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The Mamas & Papas
After the break-up of the legendary Mugwumps and the Journeymen, John Philips and Denny Doherty formed a new group called the Magic Cyrkle which included John's wife, Michelle. Cass was the last member brought into the group although John didn't really want her in the group as he thought they could never be successful with someone of her size in the group.
One night, while hanging out with Barry McGuire, they were talking about bikers. Barry mentioned that the Hell's Angels called their women 'Mamas'. Cass jumped up yelling "I wanna be a Mama, I want to be a Mama", Michelle joined in and they danced around the room chanting. After a few minutes of this John said "I guess we're the Papas". Barry helped them secure a secure a 5 album deal with Dunhill records and the name stuck.
Their first single 'Go Where You Wanna Go' failed to chart, although I remember hearing it in constant rotation on bay area radio stations, but their second single 'California Dreaming' made good on the group's promise. Their first album became their only number one. Their third and last single 'Monday Monday' was a number one and gained them international success.
During the recording of their second album it became public knowledge that Michelle was having an affair with Denny Doherty and she was kicked out of the band and replaced with Lou Adler's girlfriend, Jill Gibson. Who sang on that second album is a controversial topic and there are many opinions concerning it. Only engineer Bones Howe and Lou Adler know who really sang on the LP.
In a few months Michelle was back in the band. The album yielded 3 singles and peaked at number 4 in the states. The first single 'I Saw Her Again' has a false start at the final chorus of the song and was later mimicked by John Sebastian on 'Darling Be Home Soon' and Kenny Loggins later repeated the theme in his 1980s song 'I'm Alright'. Paul McCartney wasn't as taken by how the group had come in too soon and said to the group "That has to be a mistake. Nobody is that clever".
In 1967 their third album was released. It peaked at number 2. Denny was in a fog of drink and drugs trying to get over Michelle Philips. John Philips and Lou Adler organized the Monterey Pop Festival. The band was the closing act of the show. They didn't rehearse and Denny showed up at the last minute to perform. They considered their show to be horrible.
The group made their last television performance together on the Ed Sullivan Show in June of 67. They then went to Europe to get some inspiration for their 4th album. While at a Dunhill Records party in England, Cass was hanging out with Mick Jagger when John Philips made a scathingly rude remark about her in front of all the guests. Cass told him to get stuffed, stormed out of the party and quit the group but....she was bound by contract to perform on their next album. The self titled album peaked at number 15 and was really saved by the Cass Elliott solo cover of 'Dream A Little Dream of Me'. Cass left the group to pursue her solo career but before she could take off Dunhill said that the band owed them 1 more album and threatened to sue each member for $250,000.00. The resulting album 'People Like US' only reached number 84. That was it for the original Mamas & Papas. They did enter the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame, they were also inducted into The Vocal Group Hall of Fame and the Hit Parade Hall of Fame.
The Mamas & Papas
After the break-up of the legendary Mugwumps and the Journeymen, John Philips and Denny Doherty formed a new group called the Magic Cyrkle which included John's wife, Michelle. Cass was the last member brought into the group although John didn't really want her in the group as he thought they could never be successful with someone of her size in the group.
One night, while hanging out with Barry McGuire, they were talking about bikers. Barry mentioned that the Hell's Angels called their women 'Mamas'. Cass jumped up yelling "I wanna be a Mama, I want to be a Mama", Michelle joined in and they danced around the room chanting. After a few minutes of this John said "I guess we're the Papas". Barry helped them secure a secure a 5 album deal with Dunhill records and the name stuck.
Their first single 'Go Where You Wanna Go' failed to chart, although I remember hearing it in constant rotation on bay area radio stations, but their second single 'California Dreaming' made good on the group's promise. Their first album became their only number one. Their third and last single 'Monday Monday' was a number one and gained them international success.
During the recording of their second album it became public knowledge that Michelle was having an affair with Denny Doherty and she was kicked out of the band and replaced with Lou Adler's girlfriend, Jill Gibson. Who sang on that second album is a controversial topic and there are many opinions concerning it. Only engineer Bones Howe and Lou Adler know who really sang on the LP.
In a few months Michelle was back in the band. The album yielded 3 singles and peaked at number 4 in the states. The first single 'I Saw Her Again' has a false start at the final chorus of the song and was later mimicked by John Sebastian on 'Darling Be Home Soon' and Kenny Loggins later repeated the theme in his 1980s song 'I'm Alright'. Paul McCartney wasn't as taken by how the group had come in too soon and said to the group "That has to be a mistake. Nobody is that clever".
In 1967 their third album was released. It peaked at number 2. Denny was in a fog of drink and drugs trying to get over Michelle Philips. John Philips and Lou Adler organized the Monterey Pop Festival. The band was the closing act of the show. They didn't rehearse and Denny showed up at the last minute to perform. They considered their show to be horrible.
The group made their last television performance together on the Ed Sullivan Show in June of 67. They then went to Europe to get some inspiration for their 4th album. While at a Dunhill Records party in England, Cass was hanging out with Mick Jagger when John Philips made a scathingly rude remark about her in front of all the guests. Cass told him to get stuffed, stormed out of the party and quit the group but....she was bound by contract to perform on their next album. The self titled album peaked at number 15 and was really saved by the Cass Elliott solo cover of 'Dream A Little Dream of Me'. Cass left the group to pursue her solo career but before she could take off Dunhill said that the band owed them 1 more album and threatened to sue each member for $250,000.00. The resulting album 'People Like US' only reached number 84. That was it for the original Mamas & Papas. They did enter the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame, they were also inducted into The Vocal Group Hall of Fame and the Hit Parade Hall of Fame.
RDC
Can
you imagine... paying just a $1.50 to see the Mamas and Papas, and
getting to see Jimi too??!!!! (Yes,,, that's one dollar fifty cents...
thank you very much, next person in line. No, sir, the front row seats
are 4 times as much - that would be $6. Yes, I know that's just
crazy... who's got that kinda bread? But them Mamas and Papas ARE
pretty good. Next person in line.)
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The Los Angeles Free Press 60's Music Site hmmm - so what is better now? A dime for a bag if the bag was a bag like it used to be OR a gallon for 32 cents like it used to be when you could get a dime bag when a bag was a bag?
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Kevin Gallagher How about the Sunday Love Ins every week at the Griffith Park Merry go round area. I loved those things...
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Kevin Gallagher For that matter, I saw the Beatles for $8. The $10 tickets were sold out, but at least I didn't have to sit in the $6 seats.
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The Los Angeles Free Press 60's Music Site All a matter of perspective, hey? Then, again, not likely that a full day's work is going to get you Beatles' tickets today.
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Kevin Gallagher That's the trouble with the old days when prices were cheap. People didn't have any money... heh heh
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There
were steps in between the Mugwumps and the Mamas & Papas. They
were the Magic Circle. Getting high one day in their place with Barry
McGuire they were discussing the Hell's Angels and Barry told them that
the Angels called their lad
ies "mamas."
Cass thought that was hilarious and started jumping up and down
shouting" I want to be a mama, I want to be a mama" and John, between
puffs of whatever they were smoking, said "I guess that makes us papas"
and there you have it....The Mamas &
Papas.............................nv
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The Los Angeles Free Press 60's Music Site [Steve here] Well, let's have a bit of fun with this one... the Mugwumps (and, surely, you don't want to know where that name came from], actually split into TWO famous groups... the M & P' s were one... and the other?
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The Los Angeles Free Press 60's Music Site I don't see any takers on this quizz. I know the answer but I won't spoil the fun...................nolan
I
picked this one because it said Calf Dreaming. That it not ham and
that's in the future for this group. I imagine Dick knew change was in
the air with these guys. nv
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James Thomas Giasi My favorite all-time song since my youth Cynthia...so much so that it was the first song I learned to play on the guitar. I sure loved Cass. There's a video of Janice Joplin at Monterey Pop festival 1967, singing 'Ball and Chain' and Cass is in the audience. It's an awesome performance! Check it out if you can.
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The stars of our masthead, MC5, sounding very pop and still managing to be the forefathers of garage. rc
'Looking
At You, one of those garage-crazy, relationship gone wrong, psychotic
songs and one of the best of the genre. This is getting kicked out by
the ol' lady, jonesing off drugs, drinking tequila, sleeping in the
gutter DOWN. The Damned, great 70s band and accomplished retro-rockers
totally owned this tune on Machine Gun Etiquette. Adios......rdv
MC5 Looking At You July 19th, 1970 LIVE Widescreen
MC5
playing Looking At You live at Tartar Field on Wayne State University
Campus in Detroit on July 19th, 1970 TURN YOUR VOLUME UP NOW!
From Meri St. Mary........Michael Davis, bassist of the legendary MC5 has passed away................nv
MC5 " Kick Out The Jams " Mother + + + + + + +
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Kick Out The Jams Motherfuckers " - MC 5 Live Detroit 1970 - Stay Alive
With The MC 5 - http://www.youtube.com/machinegunthompson -
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RIP Mike Davis.........................nv
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Joe Pampena Rage Against the Machine did a killer cover of the title track, in fact, I just found this gem... Tom Morello and Wayne Kramer, it just doesnt get better than that:
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The
legendary MC5, one of the bands that defined rock as social and
political revolution, has lost another member. 68 year old Mark Davis
succumbed to liver failure in a California hospital on Friday. 1991 saw
the passing of Rob Tyner, si
nger, and
Fred "Sonic" Smith, guitarist and husband of the godmother of punk,
Patti Smith, passed on in 1994. Sans those two members the band, Wayne
Kramer, Mark, and drummer Dennis Thompson had their last gig together in
2004 in Chicago as DKT/MC5. RIP nv
The stars of our masthead, MC5, sounding very pop and still managing to be the forefathers of garage. rc
MC5 The American Ruse (www.easyaction.co.uk)
Davis,
Kramer and Thomson kick out the jams at the 100 Club London. We've got a
couple of gigs coming up at the 100 club with Brian James and
Penetration so ...
'Looking
At You, one of those garage-crazy, relationship gone wrong, psychotic
songs and one of the best of the genre. This is getting kicked out by
the ol' lady, jonesing off drugs, drinking tequila, sleeping in the
gutter DOWN. The Damned, great 70s band and accomplished retro-rockers
totally owned this tune on Machine Gun Etiquette. Adios......rdv
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Anyone who, at the top their game, would forgo a world tour in order to raise money for UNICEF is just 'tits' (as my Canadian friends say) in my book! And the fact that she showed up at the ill-fated Powder Ridge Rock Festival, which I and my friends made it to, and at which she actually played! when no one else did. So much for the rest of those tossers that didn't, Melanie had game and my 14 year-old anarchist hormones knew it.
Melanie Safka
Anyone who, at the top their game, would forgo a world tour in order to raise money for UNICEF is just 'tits' (as my Canadian friends say) in my book! And the fact that she showed up at the ill-fated Powder Ridge Rock Festival, which I and my friends made it to, and at which she actually played! when no one else did. So much for the rest of those tossers that didn't, Melanie had game and my 14 year-old anarchist hormones knew it.
About 30,000 of us showed up anyway, my krewe having driven from Ohio for the weekend, and Wiki pretty much sums it up saying no entertainment, no food, and no plumbing but.......about 70 drug dealers. Party in my book. Anyways, she was born in Queens, graduated in New Jersey, signed with Columbia but hit pay dirt with Buddha.....records that is.
So,
she played Woodstock (Melanie had
an office in the same building as the festival producers and had asked to perform), Powder Ridge (and I wonder if she even got paid
for it.......), Isle of Wight where she was introduced by Keith Moon.
(They should grant Keith a knighthood in absentia, shouldn't they?)
Melanie had a few hits then ~ Lay Down Lay Down, Beautiful People and
What Have They Done to My Song, Ma? and is still out there
performing and recording now.
Ruben Chandler
Melanie's page
A guide to Melanie's recordings
43
years ago, Melanie played her set in the morning's light rain. Just
about 2 months before that, tho, *Liza Williams from this here LA Free
Press had a chance to sit down and talk with her. Yes, people WERE
pulling for her... she seemed
a
sweetheart... but, too, she had moxie... and ASKED for the invite. Am
also providing this link for those of us old enough to actually have
been there (has magnifier :)) http://losangelesfreepress.com/images/M69M2S25636BX.jpg
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about Melanie... there's our 1969 B.W (Before Woodstock) interview with
her (posted 7/21 on our Page0, the performance at the Festival that you
all know, and... this little gem written by her the very same year that
you may not have heard (or it might be fun to remember).
One final note ~ if you know where dear Liza is - our intrepid interviewer - please tell us.... :)
One final note ~ if you know where dear Liza is - our intrepid interviewer - please tell us.... :)
Finally...
you can catch some other videos on our website now... and next week see
some of the old adverts... when she appeared at the Come Cluster, and
with Dion, and so....
Melanie Safka | The Los Angeles Free Press 60's Music Site
www.lafpmusic.com
Political posters, 1960s articles, 60's music reviews and vintage concert ads from the original Los Angeles Free
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Don't
be a defeatist if yer a Blue Cheer completist.....a little something
for you from Mint Tatto.........a true forerunner of the group and not a
toyota. nv.
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march 11, 2012
march 15, 2012
I
want to take your mind out for a test drive here.....we know Led Zep
ripped off so many artists to make their "original" songs. Little Roger
et al. released this little chestnut, a 45, and were sued by Page &
Plant! The single was withd
rawn. I
bought one in 1978 for 38 frog skins and have no clue what they go for
now. Also dig out your Gene Autrey 78's. Years ago the most expensive
record in existence was Gene's High, Wide, and Handsome (sums a few of
us up in these later years, eh?) fetching a tidy 32,000 clams for a
playable copy. Enjoy.
Happy
Friday the 13th kiddies! You are watching the genesis of ACDC right
here. The oldest Young brother was in this group. Later he was in the
original lineup for ACDC. They wisely decided he was too
old.....then.....he'd fit right in now................have a great
weekend..............I'll be out soon for some debauch and tender
crimes.........
Get up and get down with the truly mod sound of the early Who....n.v.us
The High Numbers Live! - Ooh Poo Pah Doo 1964
Ooh Poo Pah Doo - The High Numbers Live 1964 Keep visitin': http://luizcore.wordpress.com/ http://luizcore.blogspot.com/
These
guys owned this song! Like the angelic Kennedy brothers owned Marilyn!
And pool parties? Hey,we could use some in this inclement Hollywood
weather. nv
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The Los Angeles Free Press 60's Music Site It would be years before they would truly electrify the jug...
Three posts of the same song? Hey, but ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons absolutely shreds this mofo! nv
Roky Erickson/Billy Gibbons-You're Gonna Miss Me (2010 With Lyrics)
www.youtube.com
Roky
Erickson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Erickson sings his classic
from his days with the 13th Floor Elevators
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_13th...
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The Los Angeles Free Press 60's Music Site and.......................to get a punk perspective......punks have a lot in common with early hippies. if you like that stripped down guitar band sound without the 40 minute solos and some excitement.........you're on the same page....n.v.
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The Los Angeles Free Press 60's Music Site [Steven here] If only we could count... we would know this is number 4 of the same damn song.
I loved the 60s disco scene and Mad Magazine, trolls, mood rings, Big Daddy Roth, CARtoons.................anyone else?
The Los Angeles Free Press 60's Music Site byline................n.v. oops
january 19, 2012
There
are 2 schools of buddhism. The Hinayana and the Mahayana. Hina means
small and maha means great. Yana is boat. Politically it means it has
to include everybody. You can't throw anyone out of the boat to make it
better for everybo
dy else. So I think
we can honor some folks that play 60s music in whatever day and age.
They want to be included too. They want to have their names linked to
their favorite artists of the past so.............please forgive me and
post your negative responses, if any, and I will cease and desist. We
have all come such a long way and endured so much. Can't we just
include everybody. The past was great but our best years are in front
of us. Plus I champion the unheard. If you are doing something, let me
know, I will play the radio on it. I will put YOU on BLAST!!!!!
january 19, 2012
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From his 1977 album Low Lyrics: Every chance, every chance that I take I take it
not to mention............nv
From his 1977 album Low Lyrics: Every chance, every chance that I take I take it
on the road Those kilometres and the red lights I was always looking left an...
I
think this is totally superior to the MC5 version. Love the MC but
these guys made it their own. Update revolution. Make it work for the
times. nv
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Looks
like Steve is out....................man, the old days. this looks
like a clip from Where The Action Is. all stage managed to appear fun.
i even remember it that way................nv
january 19, 2012
Quick before the FBI gets these guys.
january 19, 2012
january 29, 2012
There
was some dreck................out of the two columns I file my life
experiences in, pain in the ass or mildly amusing, this one fits the
latter. nv
Raquel Welch - Bang Bang (Rare 1967 clip)
Don't
forget to check out my other channels:
http://www.youtube.com/user/SixtiesPopGold
http://www.youtube.com/user/SixtiesPopExtra http://www.youtube.com/us...january 19, 2012
took down the department of justice.........check it out...............hilarious!
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The Los Angeles Free Press 60's Music Site the group has knocked out the following websites: RIAA, MPAA, Universal Music Group, the US Copyright Office, BMI and French copyright authority HADOPI. There may be more, but that's the list we have for now. january 20, 2012
and then Anonymous kicked his ass.........................nv
This
dude made his own fuzzbox in 61! It was probably a poor choice to say
no when Gibson approached him to endorse the Maestro fuzz petal. Great
Memphis session player......................nv
Travis Wammack-Distortion Pt 1 and 2 (2/65) (Pt 2 was never released officially)
Travis
Wammack http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travis_Wammack was a session
guitarist in Memphis and made his own fuzzbox back in 1961. Gibson
wanted him to end... january 20, 2012
Syd Barrett - Pink Floyd - Get it free before the man takes it away.......
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Joe Pampena Syd Barrett rules, the band wasn't the same without him. Interstellar Overdrive is definitely my favorite Floyd song... make sure the lights are off, put some headphones on, start the song, and get ready for a crazy ride.
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The Los Angeles Free Press 60's Music Site I just got a live boot with a killer version of Interstellar on it......and an even rarer Grantchester Meadows and a beyond rare live Atom Heart Mother. The boot is from 1970 and is great. The above mentioned blog put out Vol.2 of this set today with another 10 cd's worth of material. glad you like it. I stopped listening pretty much without Syd. The last I bought was Umma Gumma. nolan voyd january 23,2012
FAMILY
TREES: Funny, I used to listen to the New Christy Minstrels when I was a
kid. Stuff like Puff the Magic Dragon, Green Back Dollar and other folk
goodies. Until just the other day I had no clue that Gene Clark,
founder of the Byrds, L
arry Ramos, later
of the Association, and Barry Mcguire of 'Eve of Destruction' fame had
all been in the New Christy Minstrels. Gene left after hearing the
Beatles' 'She Loves You' on a restaurant jukebox somewhere and Barry
McGuire took off after hearing his friend "Bobby" Dylan doing his thing.
The rest is history. I spent a couple of hours chatting with Barry last
weekend. We laughed our asses off. Great stories. (nolan voyd)
You
may think we're just wandering like a loose thread, but we're knot...
first we did the Association, then the Byrds. Both of whom had key
players in the New Christy Minstrels... and soon will be moving on (with
a personal interview!) to Barry McGuire, who can also seen in this vid
and the one below. And, yes, we skipped thru Buffalo Springfield as well
- and there's more of them to come. Got the connection?
The New Christry Minstrels & Gene Clark-1963-Part V
Watch
for Gene at 0:29. Larry Ramos of "The Association" tearing it up on
Banjo! And of course, Barry McGuire here as well on all 5 vids. :-)
Listen for the ... january 23, 2012
Come
see over 800 photos of L.A. clubs and coffeehouses from 1955-1966 in
Venice this Friday! (7 p.m. Small World Books, next to The Sidewalk
Cafe). From the Los Angeles Times' "Book" page... Domenic Priore: The
author discusses and signs his book "Riot on Sunset Strip: Rock 'n'
Roll's Last Stand in Hollywood." The presentation includes several
photos from the 1955-66 L.A. art, jazz, and folk-rock scene. Small World
Books 1407 Ocean Front Walk, Venice. 7 p.m. (310) 399-2360. nv
Now for Nolan's Sunday afternoon Unemployment theatre feature......
Wild in the Streets 1968 Movie
Christopher
Jones stars as rock singer and aspiring revolutionary Max Frost (born
Max Jacob Flatow Jr.; his first public act of violence was blowing up
his f... january 29, 2012
popcorn double feature.............................nv
FM
radio opened the way to exposure of so many groups back in the day.
Even AM back then would play local acts. FM helped redefine the way
music was presented and recorded. Some pretty obscure groups got
through that otherwise wouldn't h
ave.
Pink Floyd would have probably remained Pink Floyd Blues Band without
being able to showcase their full length pieces. I bet they sold tens
of thousands just on the scream from 'Careful With That Axe, Eugene]
alone. Thankfully that Renaissance of radio occurred and lots of us
were there to witness and remember. nv
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RARE BIRD is a quartet that relied heavily on keyboards as both Kafinetti and Field played together, the former on piano and synthesizers and the latter on o... february 8, 2012
Hellraisers - Keith Moon
Hellraisers Featuring Keith Moon Originaly Shown on Channel 4.
When
the freep hit the streets for the first time this was the Cali
lifestyle pitched to the world. Keith Moon's main obsession in life was
to be the drummer for the Beach Boys. When Dennis, the drummer who
couldn't swim, drowned the band
didn't
offer Moon the Loon the chair and alas, for poor Keith there was nothing
else worth doing. We had Teen Expo every year back then. Kids from
all over the state would come to this giant sleepover at a fairgrounds
and the Raiders and all these other groups would play. I was a mod and
not a surfer....there were a few of us.......life was rough at
times.....especially if you were like me, five feet tall and eighty six
pounds if I was lucky....nv
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The
Transcontinental Pop Festival, a train tour featuring The Grateful
Dead, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Janis Joplin, and others took place
in Canada in the summer of 1970. The musicians traveled by train to each
venue and many of the drunken antics and jam sessions were filmed.
Festival Express, a movie about this long strange trip was released in
2003 featuring this rare footage. [Ernest Bantour]
february 8, 2012
A rare bit of freebie here.......and a good review..............nv
The Los Angeles Free Press 60's Music Site
May 19, 1974 Portland, OR
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Rare
as an honest politician............Recorded in 1967 and released in '68
this is an impossibly rare album - even the later CD reissue is long
deleted. There's a great chapter about this LP in McGough's excellent
autobiography, which is well worth a read if there's a copy in your
public library (as long as your local Tory Council haven't closed it
yet!)..............nc\v
fantastic stuff here............should keep you busy for a few minutes......nv
No reason to turn you on t just one live concert recording... Deadheads rejoice! here you can find nearly a hundred of 'em!!
Internet Archive Search: 1968
www.archive.org
This
book is especially pertinent at election times which Frank concisely
reduces to "blowjobs and bunting". It is a great read, essential, and
free...nv
The Los Angeles Free Press 60's Music Site Through the magic of Altered Body Chemistry, America in the eighties has devolved into an enormous
hatchery for consumers. Corporate policy (itself influenced by drugs and alcohol) has decreed the
breeding and maintenance of hundreds of millions of helpless illiterates, destined to spend their lives
buying useless shit. When the shopping spree is over, the victims of this policy will gather in sad little
groups and show their 'treasures' to each other, discussing how they're going to keep them, since the
government is always trying to tax them away. from the Real Frank Zappa Book.....nv
hatchery for consumers. Corporate policy (itself influenced by drugs and alcohol) has decreed the
breeding and maintenance of hundreds of millions of helpless illiterates, destined to spend their lives
buying useless shit. When the shopping spree is over, the victims of this policy will gather in sad little
groups and show their 'treasures' to each other, discussing how they're going to keep them, since the
government is always trying to tax them away. from the Real Frank Zappa Book.....nv
for Brian Hart..............nv
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One
of the last sufr movies made with an all star talent cast.....the
Animals, the Castaways and loads of others. Leonard Bernstein was
allowed nowhere near this movie. Love the stage.....the bands are
playing inside a shark's mouth. nv
IT'S A BIKINI WORLD Movie Trailer 1967
Made on the Westside....nowhere near Long Beach. Starring Biggie Smalls.
march 15, 2012
From
the rare, public domain film, "It's a Bikini World" (1967). The Gentrys
make a rare movie appearance and perform "Spread it On". The guy
dancing in the big, goofy hat is none other than Bobby "Boris" Pickett,
best known for his song, "
Monster Mash".
Bobby doesn't sing at all in this movie. The girl he's dancing with is
Suzie Kaye, another beach movie regular.This song is cool!......from the
poster.....My bad opened up for these guys at Veteran's Memorial
Auditorium, Columbus Ohio, when they had their hit with Neil Young's
Cinnamon Girl. One of my first shows in a large venue. I was
13....lol. nv
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This is a clip of bikini-clad blonde Lori in the beach movie, "It's a Bikini World" (1967, public domain). I actually used this clip for her DVD documentary,... march 15, 2012
I'll leave you with this one..............have a nice day and weekend......................nv
The Toys - Attack _ 1967
from 1967 It's A Bikini World
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this flick, For Those Who Think Young, is on This TV right now................nv
I think Skipper got a little buddy for Tina Louise......................nv
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While
we are retooling the websites and catalog I would like very much to
present this album for your listening pleasure. Did anyone catch these
guys live? I would love to hear about it if you did. Thanks to Andrés
Felipe Gutiérrez Rodríguez for his research on this one. Keep 'em
coming Andres! nv
Garage
punk was brushing up against psychedelia, especially in Los Angeles,
around the same time it was hitting the Blues Magoos, New York, and
Blighty. I loved this record when it came out. The scream in this song
was everything that was
preteen angst
for me at the time. My parents were pretty cool, didn't bother me about
the stereo in my room and didn't seem to mind hearing this scream a
hundred times a day for a few months. They sure tried pushing the
Monkees on me but I dug the Seeds, Love and the Doors. nv
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Rick Taylor I went to the Roxy last night amd saw Rodney sitting up at the bar that is almost like seeing Sky up on the strip still.
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This
bad ass band was from Simi Valley California, of all places. They
formed as "The Innocents" in 1965. They were "discovered" while
performing on a flatbed truck outside a local record store. Their debut
single, "Tiptoe Through the Tu
lips With
Me" was recorded prior to Tiny Tim's smash hit novelty version and was a
hit in Los Angeles. I have never heard it but this song is the B side
and Allmusic.com says this "a savage, disarmingly visceral slab of
proto-punk genius" and it is the song they are known for. It has been
in my top 10 favorite singles forever. It is one of the most
psychotically twisted tunes I have ever heard and I love it. Enjoy! nv
While
we are on the subject of psychotically deranged tunes, here is another.
The Eyes started out in 1964 and called it quits in 1967. Too bad as
they had all the makings of a great band. They are obviously a mod
outfit and like many others (Small Faces, High Numbers or the Who, to
name a couple) were influenced by psychedelia. This is a great slab of
single serving licorice pizza. nv
Living
in California was so magical back in the mid sixties. You could feel
it in the air and hear it in your pocket size transistor radio, a recent
innovation them. Millions of kids walking around, or on the new
skateboards with metal ro
ller skate
wheels, with one speaker hanging out of their ears digging the best mono
had to offer. Everyone knows 'Incense and Peppermints" so I thought I
would sling this tune your way. It's my favorite of their work. I also
posted this tune so you could see that the dude sitting on the floor
with the dark raybans and also on keyboards in the live scenes is none
other than Meat Loaf! LOL. nv
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Kurt Page Saw them play at Cal Poly Pomona in a little gym in 1969. They and Spiral Staircase were the opening acts for Love. Fun times.
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Bob Ohsiek Ed King, good player already in SA Clock, & one of the writers of and picker on 'Sweet Home' [Strat solos and fills] . Now that's a fat credit, eh?
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From
the Marauders to the Riptides and then Zakary Thaks this group formed
in Corpus Christie, Texas, in the mid sixties. This song backed with
the Kinks song 'I Need You' was released in 1966. It became a regional
hit and landed them th
e job as support
act for their heroes, The Yardbirds. The song was picked up nationally
by Mercury and the band went on to tour with Jefferson Airplane and
Thirteenth Floor Elevators. The band's subsequent singles failed to
repeat the success of earlier releases and the band sadly called it a
day in the early seventies. Fans of the Pebbles Anthologies may have
already heard this band. Great tune from a great band. nv
Self explanatory..............nv
This
song was the rage for 2 or 3 years in California back in the day.
Travis, born in Walnut, Mississippi, began his professional musical
career at age eleven when he wrote and recorded his first record. At 17
he hit the charts with this s
ong which
peaked at number 80 in the charts. If you can find another release as
bizarre as this in 1964 I'd love to hear it. Travis worked through the
60s in Muscle Shoals and later was Little Richard's band leader in the
80s and 90s. Travis is back in Muscle Shoals and is still rocking and
rolling. nv
Long
Island axe wielder, Fain Jade, began his musical career, performing and
recording, with the mid sixties outfit The Rustic. They played
material that was little different from other garage bands throughout
the country with wildly energ
etic teen
angst music with attitude. After recording the Rustic single in 1966
Jade recorded 'It Ain't True' in his own name in 1967. This song is one
of the most sought after collectibles of the psychedelic era. nv
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psychedelicobscurities.blogspot.com I had read mentions about this album for a few years before finally checking itout. It is one of those few that to my ears earns its legendary status.Of course, others may have different tastes, but if you are looking at this site, I highly recommend that you check it out.And thank you, Doctor, fo... -
Did
anyone else discover using visine and then sitting under a black light
in your room made your parents wonder what the hell those florescent
yellow streaks on your cheeks were? nv
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A little shit disturbing reverb..................................nv
Ultimate spinach-mind flowers
made
with some artpics of my own!!!hope youll like it! Ultimate Spinach is
an obscure 60s Psychedelic/Hard Rock/Blues group from Boston,
Massachusetts, simil...
Bonus
time kiddies. Here is one of my favorite tunes by these guys, for
obvious reasons should you listen to the lyrics. Story of my life. nv
So long Earl. We'll miss ya..............nv
Here
is the link to the Outpost site. the place is so cool. I don't think
there is anything like it anywhere else in the city. It's like seeing a
show in an eclectic friends large living room. They often cook on site
or order pizza. Th
ere is a bicycle shop
right next door that looks deceptively benign but sometimes after dark
they turn the lights off completely, pack the place to the rafters and
have some of the ragingest punk shows this side of 1977. The talent at
the Outpost is a wide range and diverse group. You never know what you
will see. nv
Echo Country Outpost >>>----> Neighborhood Clubhouse /\ Performance Den /\ General Store /\ Playfort
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Echo
Country Outpost is a neighborhood gathering place, playfort,
performance den, general store, gallery and workshop. See us, view our
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Here's one or two bands that we often feature. I love the lead in with the radio and the cowboy. nv
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Film looking at gender benders in rock and pop music. Featuring interviews with
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Rick Taylor I got to mee3t Ed at a Car Show in about 65 i think it was. He was air brushing T-shirts at the show. Would be nice to still have the shirt today.
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Fifty Foot Hose - God Bless the Child
test test
Expect them................annoy mouse
annoy mouse...........................it's coming
A
candy pop confection complete with tripsichord sounding keyboards and
just enough harmonica to be reminiscent of "Like a Rolling Stone".
This album is definitely a keeper. Criminally under supported by their
record label who didn't pro
mote the disc,
the record sank without too much of a splash and the group faded away.
The vinyl is extremely rare and very expensive should you find it
anywhere. The duo are more popular than ever right now with the
resurgence of folk and more particularly by the rabid fans of prog/folk
music where these guys are hailed as one of the founders of the
genre....nv
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Gentle Soul - Gentle Soul
Hailed
today as Progressive Folk forerunners, The Gentle Soul were a folk duo
from California. Pamela Pollard and Rick Stanley were the nexus of an
unreal pool of talent when they recorded this one off release in 1968.
Ry Cooder, Taj Maha
l and Van Dyke Parks
were among some of the players on the album. Seeing Ry and Taj listed
on here you kind of think you would know what the group would sound like
but put that notion out of your head as this is more like the Mamas
& Papas than the bluesier things you might associate them with. I
think that is a testimony to the talent of Pam and Rick. check it
out..................nv
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Probably my favourite hippy love song ever...gorgeous, gentle harmonies by Pamela Polland and Rick Stanley of Gentle Soul. From their eponymous 1968 album.
While
we are on the subject of Pam Polland......as you can see this track was
left off the Mad Dogs And Englishmen video and dvd but.........at
around 1:02 and for a couple of seconds after you see a rather cute
moment of her singing. nv
Joe Cock
Joe Cock
With
all the stellar talent and good song crafting it's not too much of a
surprise that our oft mentioned buddy, as of late, Terry Melcher is
behind the boards on this, twiddling knobs. This little instrumental
piece is interesting, taking you through many genres in a couple of
minutes. nv
Care
for a serving of self loathing narcissism with your peace and love?
There was something rotten in the air and everyone knew it. The dream
was over. Soon Nixon with his 'Bay of Pigs thing' would have agents
provocateurs infiltrating and
inciting
everywhere. You couldn't trust anyone. Even the air was rife with
paranoia. The revolution all but died at Kent State a few months later.
Once the shooting started pretty much everybody cut and ran. Acid was
replaced with coke and heroin and the me decades ensued. nv
# PEELENIUM: Greatest Songs of the 20th Century: 1966 - I Can Take You To The Sun by The Misunderstood
# "I Can Take You To the Sun/ Who Do You Love" was #6 in "100 Greatest Psychedelic Records", a 2004 book published by UK's Record Collect
# "I Can Take You To the Sun/ Who Do You Love" was #6 in "100 Greatest Psychedelic Records", a 2004 book published by UK's Record Collect
or Magazine.
# In September 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine called them, "the American Yardbirds".
# In a recent release of early John Peel "Top Gear" shows on BBC he is recorded as saying on air, "This ("I Can Take You To the Sun" by The Misunderstood) is to my mind the best popular record that's ever been recorded". That was just a some of this big mouthful of praise for these guys......nv
# In September 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine called them, "the American Yardbirds".
# In a recent release of early John Peel "Top Gear" shows on BBC he is recorded as saying on air, "This ("I Can Take You To the Sun" by The Misunderstood) is to my mind the best popular record that's ever been recorded". That was just a some of this big mouthful of praise for these guys......nv
The Misunderstood - Find the Hidden Door, I Can Take You to the Sun - 1966
The
Misunderstood - Before the Dream Faded # PEELENIUM: Greatest Songs of
the 20th Century: 1966 - I Can Take You To The Sun by The
Another twangy great track by these Misunderstood youth........nv
By: ChrisGoesRock
It was late 1966, and Fontana Records had assembled several dozen members of the press to hear the label's newest and most adventurous act at its London headquarters. The Misunderstood had just blown the audience's mind by
It was late 1966, and Fontana Records had assembled several dozen members of the press to hear the label's newest and most adventurous act at its London headquarters. The Misunderstood had just blown the audience's mind by
running through a set
of songs that took the psychedelic explorations of the Yardbirds to new
heights. Monstrous feedback dovetailed with shimmering Indian-flavored
melodic passages; Glenn Ross Campbell coaxed all manner of dive-bombs
and eerie tidal-wave sustains from his steel guitar.,,,,,,,,,,,,that
would just about cover it.nv
At
least this Glenn Campbell didn't gain notoriety from being locked out
of a teenage Tanya Tucker's hotel room, nude. The band acquit
themselves quite well on this fuzz drenched chestnut from back in the
daze.........nv
Let's look a little at the roots of Jimmy Page and some of the Led Zeppelin catalog. nv
Davey Graham "She Moves Through the Fair" AKA "White Summer"
Davey
Graham adapted this traditional melody to DADGAD guitar in the early
60s. His groundbreaking work on the guitar greatly influenced musicians
This should spark the synapses a tad. nv
Bert Jansch - Blackwater Side
From the album - Jack Orion
House of Light or Bron Y Aur anyone? nv
Bert Jansch The Waggoner's lad
I spun in my grave like a Pennsylvania weather cock! nv
Was
posting this song to my page and hadn't seen this footage before.
Thought you kids might like it....for Padraig! Posting from youtube so
if the spelling was wrong I guess it's a bang on the ear. Apologies in
advance!
The Seeds - No Escape
A
garage rock classic with borrowed footage from "A Day In The Death Of
Donny B." (Circa 1969) a Docudrama, shot Cinema-Verite style, which
follows a junkie ...
One
of the guys quit the Rolling Stones because the didn't think they would
ever make it. The Pretty Things didn't really make it but they put in
some fine efforts. nv
A great vid of one of their greatest songs. nv
Sans Dick Taylor but still rocking!
I
posted to here from youtube earlier. No clue where the posts went.
Don't be surprised if they show up again hours from now. This band has
an ex-member of the Rolling Stones in it. He quit that band as he
thought they would never make it. nv
The Pretty Things on "Popside"
The
Pretty Things - "Can't Stand The Pain", "LSD" and "Come See Me" on
Swedish TV show "Popside" in 1966. Via
http://bedazzled.blogs.com/bedazzled/
The Things with some excitable fans. nv
I
passed over a nice color version of this as I like to try and keep you
ad free! Another Terry Melcher production here. "Someone" had them
wear the costumes. This is great garage punk. nv
This
is one of those old summer tracks you heard on the car radio.....along
with Get Around by the Beach Boys or more likely Good Vibrations. nv
Friggin'
Woody Allen presents the Raiders Good Thing. I do miss Where The
Action Is on tv. Upbeat, shindig and Hullabaloo. It sounded like my
neighbors were having a Hootenanny earlier. nv
Do
you miss the transistor, sister? I think Indian Reservation sank these
guys. It was a hit.....but it wasn't the record buying public. nv
Jim Marshall: 'They call me the Father of Loud'
www.guardian.co.uk
Shortly
before his death last week, Jim Marshall, creator of the famous
amplifier, gave his last interview to Alfred Hickling. He talked about
his
James showing those cracker kids how to boogaloo on Dick Clark's Where the Action Is!
I
would swear he has done this before. Many times before. I kept
thinking he died and then reincarnated as Dick Clark......over and
over....ad infinitum. nv
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Short and sweet. Steve doing his version of the tune, as host of the show. Enjoy april 18, 2012
Keith Allison discusses Dick Clark's Where The Action Is.....nv
Keith Allison: "I played on original Monkees Recordings!" Allison opens up about Paul Revere, Where
Part 1 of Keith Allison's interview on THE STRANGE DAVE SHOW (strangedaveshow.com) finds Allison
Didn't
realize these guys had been on Bandstand. Wonder what Dick thought of
them. You Dick was the first person to break the color barrier on TV.
Jackie Robinson for baseball and Dick for TV. Mr. Clark may be gone but
we still got dick on TV. nv
This
is the original release of this song and is very different from the one
we all know. Taken from the 1969 promotional film 'Love You Till
Tuesday which has seen subsequent DVD release. nv
David Bowie- Space Oddity Original Video (1969)
After
touring America, including meeting David Bowie who said basically
nothing except "Nice shoes." and seeing Iggy Pop, David returned home to
craft Ziggy. This tune is from the 1970 "Man Who Sold The World"
album. Definitely not you average peace and love fare. nv
Here's
a little doc on the making of Bowie and his look. Glam was kind of an
answer to the radical anti-establishment rock of the day, in a sense
that cops could hardly beat a guy with lipstick, makeup and knee length
knickers a la Star Trek. nv
Mick Rock, Richard O'Brien, Lindsay Kemp etc... Produced and directed by Dani...
"The earliest live performance (Non-BBC) of David Bowie. It doesn't get any better than this..."
Johnny
Thunders bought lunch 21 years ago today. Brutally murdered at St.
Peter's Guest House in New Orleans his legacy lives on today. Regarding
his death, Wiki has this to say "Death
Many rumors surround Thunders' death at the St. Peter
Many rumors surround Thunders' death at the St. Peter
House in New Orleans, Louisiana in April 1991. He apparently died of
drug-related causes, but it has been speculated that it was the result
of foul play. According to the autobiography Lobotomy: Surviving The
Ramones, Dee Dee Ramone took a call in New York the next day from Stevie
Klasson, Johnny's rhythm guitar player. "They told me that Johnny had
gotten mixed up with some bastards... who ripped him off for his
methadone supply. They had given him LSD and then murdered him. He had
gotten a pretty large supply of methadone in England, so he could travel
and stay away from those creeps - the drug dealers, Thunders imitators,
and losers like that."[3]
What is known for certain is that Johnny's room (no. 37) was ransacked and most of his possessions were missing (passport, makeup, clothes). Rigor mortis had set in with his body positioned in an unnatural state, described by eyewitnesses as "like a pretzel", underneath a coffee table. Friends and acquaintances acknowledge he had not been using heroin for some time, relying on his methadone prescriptions. The police did not open a criminal investigation.
Singer Willy DeVille, who lived next door to the hotel in which Thunders died, described his death this way:
I don't know how the word got out that I lived next door, but all of a sudden the phone started ringing and ringing. Rolling Stone was calling, the Village Voice called, his family called, and then his guitar player called. I felt bad for all of them. It was a tragic end, and I mean, he went out in a blaze of glory, ha ha ha, so I thought I might as well make it look real good, you know, out of respect, so I just told everybody that when Johnny died he was laying down on the floor with his guitar in his hands. I made that up. When he came out of the St. Peter's Guest House, rigor mortis had set in to such an extent that his body was in a U shape. When you're laying on the floor in a fetal position, doubled over - well, when the body bag came out, it was in a U. It was pretty awful."[4]
An autopsy was conducted by the New Orleans coroner, but served only to compound the mysteries. According to Thunders' biographer Nina Antonia as posted on the Jungle Records web site, the level of drugs found in his system was not fatal.[5] And according to the book "Rock Bottom: Dark Moments in Music Babylon" by Pamela Des Barres who interviewed Thunders' sister Marion, the autopsy confirmed evidence of advanced leukemia, which would explain the decline in Thunders' appearance in the final year of his life.[6] This also sheds light on the interview in Lech Kowalski's documentary "Born To Lose: The Last Rock and Roll Movie", where Thunders' sister Mary-Ann's husband says, "Only Johnny knew how sick he really was."
In a 1994 Melody Maker interview Thunders' manager Mick Webster described the efforts of his family, "We keep asking the New Orleans police to re-investigate, but they haven’t been particularly friendly. They seemed to think that this was just another junkie who had wandered into town and died. They simply weren’t interested."[7] Marion claims that the original police report is largely missing and Webster further explains that the Coroner who conducted the autopsy was fired for falsifying a report in another case.
Thunders was survived by his ex-wife Julie and four children:sons John, Vito, and Dino; and daughter Jamie Genzale." nv
What is known for certain is that Johnny's room (no. 37) was ransacked and most of his possessions were missing (passport, makeup, clothes). Rigor mortis had set in with his body positioned in an unnatural state, described by eyewitnesses as "like a pretzel", underneath a coffee table. Friends and acquaintances acknowledge he had not been using heroin for some time, relying on his methadone prescriptions. The police did not open a criminal investigation.
Singer Willy DeVille, who lived next door to the hotel in which Thunders died, described his death this way:
I don't know how the word got out that I lived next door, but all of a sudden the phone started ringing and ringing. Rolling Stone was calling, the Village Voice called, his family called, and then his guitar player called. I felt bad for all of them. It was a tragic end, and I mean, he went out in a blaze of glory, ha ha ha, so I thought I might as well make it look real good, you know, out of respect, so I just told everybody that when Johnny died he was laying down on the floor with his guitar in his hands. I made that up. When he came out of the St. Peter's Guest House, rigor mortis had set in to such an extent that his body was in a U shape. When you're laying on the floor in a fetal position, doubled over - well, when the body bag came out, it was in a U. It was pretty awful."[4]
An autopsy was conducted by the New Orleans coroner, but served only to compound the mysteries. According to Thunders' biographer Nina Antonia as posted on the Jungle Records web site, the level of drugs found in his system was not fatal.[5] And according to the book "Rock Bottom: Dark Moments in Music Babylon" by Pamela Des Barres who interviewed Thunders' sister Marion, the autopsy confirmed evidence of advanced leukemia, which would explain the decline in Thunders' appearance in the final year of his life.[6] This also sheds light on the interview in Lech Kowalski's documentary "Born To Lose: The Last Rock and Roll Movie", where Thunders' sister Mary-Ann's husband says, "Only Johnny knew how sick he really was."
In a 1994 Melody Maker interview Thunders' manager Mick Webster described the efforts of his family, "We keep asking the New Orleans police to re-investigate, but they haven’t been particularly friendly. They seemed to think that this was just another junkie who had wandered into town and died. They simply weren’t interested."[7] Marion claims that the original police report is largely missing and Webster further explains that the Coroner who conducted the autopsy was fired for falsifying a report in another case.
Thunders was survived by his ex-wife Julie and four children:sons John, Vito, and Dino; and daughter Jamie Genzale." nv
It's
not a surprise country rock grew out of Los Angeles, not with the close
proximity of Bakersfield and it's heavyweight luminaries of the
Bakersfield scene and sound. Here's an old favorite I used to hear a
lot of when I would have to spend my summers with my grandmother in the
thriving cultural mecca of Oildale. nv
Red
Simpson had a career boost in the 90s through his work with Jr. Brown
and also Jr covering his old hit 'Highway Patrol'. Hats off to
Bakersfield and a salute to the fellows that made it great. nv
Red Simpson - Beaver On My Lap, Bear On My Tail
I'm
slighty confined with things like the music being from the 60s. How
'bout 60s, 70s heroes playing later...in unusual configurations. I
mean, who'd a thought? nv
Joe Walsh with Jack Bruce - -White Room
Joe
Walsh and the Sunday Night Band with Jack Bruce ,playing White Room in
1988.Joe's wicked echoing solo is featured on this clip.The band smoking
Another
time warp................Cross Roads hasn't sounded so good in a
while............what, with Leslie's patented Gibson Humbucker squeak!
nv
Allman Brothers meet Leslie West - Crossroads live at the Beacon Theater, NY 3/24/11
A
first rate, one-of-a kind-jam. The Allman Brothers meet Leslie West
onstage at the Beacon Theatre, March 24th, 2011. I was there and I can
tell
Blowin'
Free is from what most consider to be the first concept album, 'Argus'.
The bass player looks like Timothy Leary in this vid or his mother
sure dresses him funny. These guys have opened up for everybody. They
still are opening up
for everyone.They
hit the A list for a brief spell and slid right back comfortably into
the minor leagues. They are part of my favorite 'B' list talent roster.
I saw them many times and often listen to them, cringing sometimes but
enjoying it nonetheless. nv
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Brian Hart A long time ago,I had the opportunity to pass a joint to the bass player.He happily accepted it
Luke
warm Colt 45 Malt Liquor by the levee in summer. That's when I first
heard this. It was playing when the dead cow floated by in the water we
had just been swimming in. Somehow never forgot this song. nv
Wishbone Ash - Vas Dis [1971]
This
band is the offshoot of what band that was famous for, among other
things, a father and son in the same band, and a stoned bald dude in the
time of long hair? nv
Love
the guitar tone in this one. Nice fuzz. Psychedelic music became hard
rock around this time. This is almost power pop ala the Illusion. nv
Colin
Moulding, Dave Gregory and Andy Partridge, members of XTC, have cited
this band and this album as being a major influence in the music and
sound of their band....nv
I
have loaded you up with 2 days of stuff here as I won't see you for the
general strike tomorrow....at least not on an official basis. Enjoy!
nv
BEGGARS OPERA Raymonds Road 1971
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you would like more input on the music presented here, there is a
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want to integrate those polls onto this page. I would like to have the
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Here's
a session from 1971 at Olympic Studios (where loads of those wonderful
Rolling Stones sessions were recorded) with Eric, Carl Radle, Bobby
Whitlock and Jim Gordon. Available in FLAC or 320kbps mp3. nv
may 2, 2012
eric,
jimmy and jeff...........and stevie winwood and charlie watts......i
never rushed out and bought the Layla album. I thought a couple of the
songs were okay. It sort of ended with Blind Faith for me. I had loved
the Yardies and Cream. forget the later stuff too....i thought Cocaine
was insipid and Lay Down Sally left me cold. it's unfortunate the
public didn't demand more of him. nv
rip nv
This was always a favorite platter featuring Donald "Duck" Dunn.....Turn it up loud! nv
This
epic lineup doing what they do best.............get down and dirty.
This is the studio half of the album. Part 2 was recorded at the Cosmic
Joy Scout Jamboree and has an appearance from Buddy Miles on one of the
tracks. nv
An
early slab of Stax wax featuring some of Donald "Duck" Dunn's earliest
work. Great title and a funky sax break. Manana you outlaws. nv
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www.duckdunn.comDuck Dunn - The Official site of Stax recording artist and bassist for the original Blues Brothers band and Booker T & The MGs
To
my way of thinking these guys bridged the gap between the Monkees and
the Jefferson Airplane. They had that AM friendly radio feel with just
enough psyche to keep it real. Discovered by Frank Zappa while in New
York he went on to get t
hem a deal with
RCA records. Hearing the album you'd never know they were started by
blue grass enthusiasts and were meant to be a jug band. Whatever they
were it worked. Rumors that Frank Zappa actually produced the album are
unsubstantiated but it sounds entirely possible. Check 'em out. Give
'em a like! nv
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psychedelicbaby.blogspot.comI interviewed Ric in the early 90s, when it dawned me that the guy from the Guitar magazine was the same guy who'd been in Autosalvage. Piece never ran, alas.Very nice guy; I think the rest of the band are still with us. Incidentally, that studio where they recorded the album was the same studio (sa... may 16, 2012
Before
leaving to form Black Sabbath Tony Iommi played with this group, The
Velvett Fogg. They are still a cult favorite. Sounding a little like
early Deep Purple, guitar, bass , drums & keys, Iommi's guitar
shreds though everything. Woulda, shoulda, coulda been huge. nv
Velvett Fogg- Within' The Night. (Keith Law)
Velvett Fogg perform Keith Law's 'Within'The Night'
There
is a huge prog resurgence going on in the music world today. I
consider it the new punk as most folks claim to vehemently hate it yet
it is one of the only areas where much originality is being shown in
rock today. Here's a little Yes appearance from 1970. Can't imagine
dressing like these guys. Did any of you? nv
51
minutes of what someone packaged as 4 masterpieces. The first track
starts off with some masterstrokes by drum ace Bill Bruford. It
certainly reminds me of 21st Century Schizoid Man. nv
Here's that relative they keep locked in the basement.......You can certainly already hear what was becoming YES. nv
Mabel Greer's Toyshop - Beyond and Before (Pre-Yes) 1968
Here
is a very significant piece of music history from a small Psych comp of
unreleased tapes. This is one of a handful of recordings from a BBC
session from...
I
posted these from youtube. This one didn't show up....yet. You may be
seeing double later. Happy birthday to Bill Bruford, some time drummer
for YES. Maybe he's like me...moving from juvenile delinquent to aging
incorrigible without missing a beat! nv
Noel
Redding, ex-side man from The Jimi Hendrix Experience, put out this
great album in 1969. The self titled Fat Mattress album was a bit of a
disappointment to folks expecting songs like "She's So Fine", one of
Noel's songs from the Experience days but on the whole is a great
record. You can return to the 60s with this download which allows you to
try before you buy. nv
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There
was a time, here in, what Iggy Pop called Butt Town, Hollywood when the
music business was not run by media hacks, when anyone could make a
record, and almost anyone could get that record on the radio. This
release predates the incep
tion of the Los
Angeles Free Press by about 4 years as it came out in 1960. This was
put together by the legendary,and infamous, Kim Fowley, who is our
subject today. So enjoy this 60s chestnut, Cherry Pie by Skip and Flip.
nv
Kim
Fowley's next foray into rock and roll history was the number one smash
hit "Alley Oop" by the Hollywood Argyles. The Argyles included Gary
"Flip" Paxton, of Skip and Flip, and legendary drummer Sandy Nelson.
And you thought Kim was o
nly famous for
managing, or mismanaging, the all girl group "The Runaways" which
launched the careers of Lita Ford and Joan Jett and left Sandy West, the
drummer, a crackhead living under an overpass in the valley until she
died. Wonder why the other girls never used her, she was a better
drummer than anyone they used later. nv
You
may remember The Trashmen's version of this song but Kim Fowley and
Flip Paxton, under the guise of the Rivingtons, did it first. Kim
Fowley wasn't really suited for any other kind of work, as was the case
for a lot of people getting i
nto the
record business in the 60s music scene. People put out dangerous
records and signed dangerous acts. You might get a deal where you had 3
albums to establish yourself unlike today if your single flops on Sony
Records your career is over. Music died when they started to hire
"cool" people to oversee everything. They just wouldn't take a chance
on anything and AOR was bored....born. nv
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Bob Ohsiek I'd read he was involved w/ 'Alley Oop' and 'Popsicles, Icicles', etc. New to me he was on this too! He was everywhere!
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The Los Angeles Free Press 60's Music Site a true svengali of rock, he was! he was all over the place, for sure!
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leave you, for today, with B. Bumble and the Stingers 'Nut Rocker' a
big hit that actually went to number 1 in the UK singles chart. Kim
fowley had secured the copyright to an arrangement of Tchaikovsky's
"March of The Wooden Soldiers
" from the
ballet The Nutcracker and the rest is history. We're really just
getting warmed up here as Kim Fowley went on to work with Paul Revere
& the Raiders, the Seeds, and a host of other talent. Back to this
song for a second....if you've ever slogged through Emerson, Lake &
Palmer's 'Pictures at an Exhibition then you've heard a cover of this
tune. Lastly, the man has put out 3 albums, so far, this year, and they
are all great. nv
B. Bumble & The Stingers - "Nut Rocker" (1962)
"Nut
Rocker" was a single by American instrumental ensemble B. Bumble and
the Stingers that went to number 1 in the UK singles chart in May 1962.
The recordi... may 18, 2012
Have a nice week end.............I'm out..........................nv
hey publikkans////////////
Take Me For What I'm Worth - The Searchers
(P.F.
Sloan) Don't try and understand me, you never could do that Ah, and in
the end you'd wind up being hurt I'm a man with too many problems that
keep poun... march 11, 2012
One
of the last sufr movies made with an all star talent cast.....the
Animals, the Castaways and loads of others. Leonard Bernstein was
allowed nowhere near this movie. Love the stage.....the bands are
playing inside a shark's mouth. nv
march 15, 2012
From
the rare, public domain film, "It's a Bikini World" (1967). The Gentrys
make a rare movie appearance and perform "Spread it On". The guy
dancing in the big, goofy hat is none other than Bobby "Boris" Pickett,
best known for his song, "
Monster Mash".
Bobby doesn't sing at all in this movie. The girl he's dancing with is
Suzie Kaye, another beach movie regular.This song is cool!......from the
poster.....My bad opened up for these guys at Veteran's Memorial
Auditorium, Columbus Ohio, when they had their hit with Neil Young's
Cinnamon Girl. One of my first shows in a large venue. I was
13....lol. nv
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This is a clip of bikini-clad blonde Lori in the beach movie, "It's a Bikini World" (1967, public domain). I actually used this clip for her DVD documentary,...
I'll leave you with this one..............have a nice day and weekend......................nv
John
Paul Jones: “As far as I’m concerned, the key Zeppelin gig, the one
that put everything into focus, was one that we played on our first
American tour at the Boston Tea Party. We’d played our usual one hour
set, using all the material
for the first
album and Page’s White Summer guitar piece and by the end, the audience
just wouldn’t let us offstage. It was in such a state that we had to
start throwing ideas around, just thinking of songs that we might all
know or that some of us knew a part of and work it out from there.
this flick, For Those Who Think Young, is on This TV right now................nv
I think Skipper got a little buddy for Tina Louise......................nv
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Kurt Page He and Johnny Fain would appear in Beach Blanket-type movies of the 60's. Sometimes they'd have to dance. Good fun!
While
we are retooling the websites and catalog I would like very much to
present this album for your listening pleasure. Did anyone catch these
guys live? I would love to hear about it if you did. Thanks to Andrés
Felipe Gutiérrez Rodríguez for his research on this one. Keep 'em
coming Andres! nv
Garage
punk was brushing up against psychedelia, especially in Los Angeles,
around the same time it was hitting the Blues Magoos, New York, and
Blighty. I loved this record when it came out. The scream in this song
was everything that was
preteen angst
for me at the time. My parents were pretty cool, didn't bother me about
the stereo in my room and didn't seem to mind hearing this scream a
hundred times a day for a few months. They sure tried pushing the
Monkees on me but I dug the Seeds, Love and the Doors. nv
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Rick Taylor I went to the Roxy last night amd saw Rodney sitting up at the bar that is almost like seeing Sky up on the strip still.
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This
bad ass band was from Simi Valley California, of all places. They
formed as "The Innocents" in 1965. They were "discovered" while
performing on a flatbed truck outside a local record store. Their debut
single, "Tiptoe Through the Tu
lips With
Me" was recorded prior to Tiny Tim's smash hit novelty version and was a
hit in Los Angeles. I have never heard it but this song is the B side
and Allmusic.com says this "a savage, disarmingly visceral slab of
proto-punk genius" and it is the song they are known for. It has been
in my top 10 favorite singles forever. It is one of the most
psychotically twisted tunes I have ever heard and I love it. Enjoy! nv
The Humane Society-Knock Knock
60's garage band from California,USA
While
we are on the subject of psychotically deranged tunes, here is another.
The Eyes started out in 1964 and called it quits in 1967. Too bad as
they had all the makings of a great band. They are obviously a mod
outfit and like many others (Small Faces, High Numbers or the Who, to
name a couple) were influenced by psychedelia. This is a great slab of
single serving licorice pizza. nv
Living
in California was so magical back in the mid sixties. You could feel
it in the air and hear it in your pocket size transistor radio, a recent
innovation them. Millions of kids walking around, or on the new
skateboards with metal ro...See More
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Kurt Page Saw them play at Cal Poly Pomona in a little gym in 1969. They and Spiral Staircase were the opening acts for Love. Fun times.
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Bob Ohsiek Meat Loaf too? ... the other RayBanner is great fuzztone gtr. picker Ed, later in Skynyrd.
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Bob Ohsiek Ed King, good player already in SA Clock, & one of the writers of and picker on 'Sweet Home' [Strat solos and fills] . Now that's a fat credit, eh?
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The Los Angeles Free Press 60's Music Site major cred on that........i like to find folks go deep, Bob. lol Patti, and there were NO knee pads and helmets back then, just cool t-shirts like.......go directly to hell, do not pass go, do not collect 200 dollars!
From
the Marauders to the Riptides and then Zakary Thaks this group formed
in Corpus Christie, Texas, in the mid sixties. This song backed with
the Kinks song 'I Need You' was released in 1966. It became a regional
hit and landed them th
e job as support
act for their heroes, The Yardbirds. The song was picked up nationally
by Mercury and the band went on to tour with Jefferson Airplane and
Thirteenth Floor Elevators. The band's subsequent singles failed to
repeat the success of earlier releases and the band sadly called it a
day in the early seventies. Fans of the Pebbles Anthologies may have
already heard this band. Great tune from a great band. nv
Self explanatory..............nv
History of Psychedelic Rock 迷幻樂的歷史 Part 1 (中文字幕)
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史丹利五 提供 History of Psychedelic Rock 迷幻樂的歷史 Part 1 7 Parts total 中文字幕
Psychedelic rock is a style of rock
Long
Island axe wielder, Fain Jade, began his musical career, performing and
recording, with the mid sixties outfit The Rustic. They played
material that was little different from other garage bands throughout
the country with wildly energ
etic teen
angst music with attitude. After recording the Rustic single in 1966
Jade recorded 'It Ain't True' in his own name in 1967. This song is one
of the most sought after collectibles of the psychedelic era. nv
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t.com I had read mentions about this album for a few years before finally checking itout. It is one of those few that to my ears earns its legendary status.Of course, others may have different tastes, but if you are looking at this site, I highly recommend that you check it out.And thank you, Doctor, fo... -
This
song was the rage for 2 or 3 years in California back in the day.
Travis, born in Walnut, Mississippi, began his professional musical
career at age eleven when he wrote and recorded his first record. At 17
he hit the charts with this s
ong which
peaked at number 80 in the charts. If you can find another release as
bizarre as this in 1964 I'd love to hear it. Travis worked through the
60s in Muscle Shoals and later was Little Richard's band leader in the
80s and 90s. Travis is back in Muscle Shoals and is still rocking and
rolling. nv
While
rummaging around the Quicksilver vids on Youtube I found this. There
is no info on when or where but it is interesting even though I have yet
to ingest enough lucky charms and peach brandy to catch up with the
laid back feel of this post. Perhaps I should switch to kahlua and
cocoa puffs.................nv
Seeing
John Cipollina sing is about as rare as an honest politician. It was
great in San Francisco in the late seventies into the eighties seeing
various permutations of John's various bands around town in small clubs.
The person who uplo
aded this said that
no matter how small the venue John made it magic. So here are the
Dinosaurs! There are also some Terry & The Pirates and his other
bands floating around on Youtube. nv
John Cipollina & Dinosaurs Motel Party Baby.mp4
For those who love the world of real music
Terry
Dolan, John Cipollina, Greg Douglass, David Hayes & Greg Elmore
grooving somewhere. I imagine there were a lot of people that saw these
offshoot bands and never had a clue..................nv
Did
anyone else discover using visine and then sitting under a black light
in your room made your parents wonder what the hell those florescent
yellow streaks on your cheeks were? nv
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A little shit disturbing reverb..................................nv
Good night to some................good morning to others...............nv
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Terry Greene Good for them. I have given booze many chances and I keep ending up like the girl in the Excorcist whose head spins as she projectile vomits a vile green substance all the while stating "your mother s**** ... ", well, you know. BTW, my dear old mate is dear old friends with Legs Larry Smith, for gawd's sake. Exclusive interview? Think you both would love it. Goodnight, nv.
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The Los Angeles Free Press 60's Music Site I'd love that.............who was it said "I don't drink ordinarily, I drink extraordinarily!
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Terry Greene JK. Sober tonight. You don't drink or smoke anymore, do ya, nv? Please, since we're spilling our guts online, tell me why not. This is message worthy, not for public consumption. Message? I'm out! Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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Bonus
time kiddies. Here is one of my favorite tunes by these guys, for
obvious reasons should you listen to the lyrics. Story of my life. nv
Hot Tuna - 99 Year Blues
Title:
99 Year Blues Album: Burgers Track No: 3 Written By: Julius Daniels
Jorma Kaukonen - Lead Guitar, Lead Vocals Jack Casady - Bass Guitar
Sammy Piazza -... march 28, 2012
So long Earl. We'll miss ya..............nv
test test
(:
Fifty Foot Hose - God Bless the Child
annoy mouse...........................it's coming
Expect them................annoy mouse
Hailed
today as Progressive Folk forerunners, The Gentle Soul were a folk duo
from California. Pamela Pollard and Rick Stanley were the nexus of an
unreal pool of talent when they recorded this one off release in 1968.
Ry Cooder, Taj Maha
l and Van Dyke Parks
were among some of the players on the album. Seeing Ry and Taj listed
on here you kind of think you would know what the group would sound like
but put that notion out of your head as this is more like the Mamas
& Papas than the bluesier things you might associate them with. I
think that is a testimony to the talent of Pam and Rick. check it
out..................nv
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Probably my favourite hippy love song ever...gorgeous, gentle harmonies by Pamela Polland and Rick Stanley of Gentle Soul. From their eponymous 1968 album.
A
candy pop confection complete with tripsichord sounding keyboards and
just enough harmonica to be reminiscent of "Like a Rolling Stone".
This album is definitely a keeper. Criminally under supported by their
record label who didn't pro
mote the disc,
the record sank without too much of a splash and the group faded away.
The vinyl is extremely rare and very expensive should you find it
anywhere. The duo are more popular than ever right now with the
resurgence of folk and more particularly by the rabid fans of prog/folk
music where these guys are hailed as one of the founders of the
genre....nv
The Los Angeles Free Press 60's Music Site
Gentle Soul - Gentle Soul
march 30, 2012
With
all the stellar talent and good song crafting it's not too much of a
surprise that our oft mentioned buddy, as of late, Terry Melcher is
behind the boards on this, twiddling knobs. This little instrumental
piece is interesting, taking you through many genres in a couple of
minutes. nv
# PEELENIUM: Greatest Songs of the 20th Century: 1966 - I Can Take You To The Sun by The Misunderstood
# "I Can Take You To the Sun/ Who Do You Love" was #6 in "100 Greatest Psychedelic Records", a 2004 book published by UK's Record Collect
# "I Can Take You To the Sun/ Who Do You Love" was #6 in "100 Greatest Psychedelic Records", a 2004 book published by UK's Record Collect
or Magazine.
# In September 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine called them, "the American Yardbirds".
# In a recent release of early John Peel "Top Gear" shows on BBC he is recorded as saying on air, "This ("I Can Take You To the Sun" by The Misunderstood) is to my mind the best popular record that's ever been recorded". That was just a some of this big mouthful of praise for these guys......nv
# In September 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine called them, "the American Yardbirds".
# In a recent release of early John Peel "Top Gear" shows on BBC he is recorded as saying on air, "This ("I Can Take You To the Sun" by The Misunderstood) is to my mind the best popular record that's ever been recorded". That was just a some of this big mouthful of praise for these guys......nv
The Misunderstood - Find the Hidden Door, I Can Take You to the Sun - 1966
The
Misunderstood - Before the Dream Faded # PEELENIUM: Greatest Songs of
the 20th Century: 1966 - I Can Take You To The Sun by The
Another twangy great track by these Misunderstood youth........nv
By: ChrisGoesRock
It was late 1966, and Fontana Records had assembled several dozen members of the press to hear the label's newest and most adventurous act at its London headquarters. The Misunderstood had just blown the audience's mind by
It was late 1966, and Fontana Records had assembled several dozen members of the press to hear the label's newest and most adventurous act at its London headquarters. The Misunderstood had just blown the audience's mind by
running through a set
of songs that took the psychedelic explorations of the Yardbirds to new
heights. Monstrous feedback dovetailed with shimmering Indian-flavored
melodic passages; Glenn Ross Campbell coaxed all manner of dive-bombs
and eerie tidal-wave sustains from his steel guitar.,,,,,,,,,,,,that
would just about cover it.nv
Here's
one of those strange drones that the Velvet Underground churned out so
well. They were aces of the drone. It features our warbling songbird and
chanteuse, Nico, wailing above it all while some people are "freaking"
on the roof. Ah, the old days. nv
I
can't figure out who Lou Reed looks more like in this video, Leo Sayer
or Richard Simmons. A very understated performance but wasn't that what
the Velvets were all about? nv
NV..found
this in posts by others. You haven't lived until you've checked out
world psychedelia. I collect psyche stuff from around the world and this
is a great page. Thanks for putting this up!
Turkish 60s & 70s Psych Funk Rock Music
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may 28, 2012
Continuing
our foray into some of the girl groups and performers of the 60a rock
scene we will take a brief look at Genya Raven. Here she is with one of
her first acts, Goldie and the Gingerbreads, from 1964. You would have
needed major talent to break out of early 60s as a girl group. nv
Here is a bit of historic primer billing Goldie & the
Gingerbreads as the first all female rock n roll band. It highlights a
few of their acheivements as well. Pop quiz the 5th Thursday of the
month. nv
A long way from California Dreamin' or any of that stuff. Nice steel guitar though. nv
John Phillips - Topanga Canyon
Fuzz bass...............nv
" We recorded
Very Dread and after Mick Taylor played a tremendous solo on Oh Virginia,
Keith turned to him and said, ' Now I know what I never liked you!'"
Very Dread and after Mick Taylor played a tremendous solo on Oh Virginia,
Keith turned to him and said, ' Now I know what I never liked you!'"
Erroneously
tagged as one hit wonders this group has the distinction of having had
Meat Loaf on keyboards, players that went on to the Allman Brothers,
Lynyrd Skynyrd, Oingo Boingo and a lot of contributions to Danny Elfman
film scores. The roadies had to carry the band on to the stage with
magic carpets and the bongo player had little has jets on his wrists
that made it appear as if his hands were on fire. nv
I
think this is about the oldest thing you'll find with Steve Miller
performing live. He relocated to Chicago to play blues and this is the
result. Some crushing fretwork. When psychedelia emerged Steve
relocated again to California. The rest is history.
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Jim will be performing at McCabe's Guitar Shop in Santa Monica, Sunday June 17th at 7pm. Admission is 20 clams.
I
don't know that the Roulette's every graced LA with a visit. They
should have. They were up there with the Fab Four talent wise.
This
album is pushing it with a 1972 release date but I am posting it here
in the progressive vein as it is purportedly the first rock concept
album. This album, for some reason, is still in rotation in my
household. For those of you unfa
miliar
with the band they were a B list talent back in the day. I saw them
open up for almost everybody I can think of. I say Argus is purportedly
the first concept album as Tommy is purportedly the first rock opera.
Well, the first rock opera was SF Sorrow Is Born by the Pretty Things so
people then try to throw Tommy the life line of being the first concept
album but Tommy hits and slides down the brick wall of Argus, this
album. nv
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Arjuna Kat Trivia half-way down (2nd topic) Who's in photo/source of costume. Plus, UFO left off the reissues and curiously, off the artwork used for article!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2011/mar/23/argus-wishbone-ash
www.guardian.co.ukThe things you find underneath the arches; I was the warrior on the Argus album cover; Why atoms are enormous, in their own way -
The Los Angeles Free Press 60's Music Site You know what? I'd forgotten about the UFO..............but I remember it. Thanks for posting this. Fantastic stuff!
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So,
who is Charles Wright? Express Yourself was the first cross over funk
hit....and Charles and the band are still out there cooking. Catch them
if you can. nv
Pop
Staples doing an old, old blues number allegedly written by two skinny
white boys in the 70s in a band whose name had references to dirigibles
but the world knows better. Pop shakes the shack with his version. nv
Pop Staples - Nobody's Fault But Mine
Bobby Jones Gospel Hour. Pop Staples - Nobody's Fault But Mine. Eugene Sawyer interview.
Bill
Cosby's only R&B hit. This song is great. Bill owned
Tetragrammaton Records which is the label for several of Deep Purple's
albums. I wonder why he didn't release this single on his own label. I
guess Warner Brothers had wider distribution. nv
The
mothership lands......1969. True to form they look absolutely fried.
They ask the age old question "what is soul" and one of the answers is
"ham hocks in your cornflakes". I prefer Lucky Charms and peach brandy
or Kahlua and Cocoa Puffs but that's just me. nv
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Rare clip featuring the original Parliaments and Funkadelics (With Eddie Hazel!)minus Tiki Fullwood. Im not sure who is playing the drums This is also the o...
june 21, 2012
The Los Angeles Free Press 60's Music Site http://rocknrollgraffiti.blogspot.com/2007/07/goose-lake-festival-reassessed.html
rocknrollgraffiti.blogspot.comRock n Roll Graffiti is a weekly column spotlighting engaging music personalitie
The
Goose Lake Festival isn't as well known as Monterey Pop or Woodstock
but there may have been more people in attendance than Woodstock. Here
is a great band from that time, SRC. Anyone remember them? nv
rocknrollgraffiti.blogspot.comRock n Roll Graffiti is a weekly column spotlighting engaging music personalitie
s.
The column stresses not only rock 'n' roll, but blues, jazz, country
and folk. Stories feature a nostalgic look at Michigan's stars, local
musicians and beloved rock legends, all from a personal, Upper Peninsula
persp...
july 17, 2012
Meanwhile, back at Goose Lake...........the Great Fatsby et. al. tear it up. nv
Stop
me if you've heard this one before.......I doubt it....Japan seriously
rocked psychedelic during the 60s and 70s. I give you one of the rarer
groups. There is a lot of found radio, conversations, and the like in
the mix......the song is almost an afterthought. nv
Flower Travellin' Band - House of the Rising Sun
If
you like your rock with some swagger Speed, Glue & Shinki can hook
you up. This sounds almost like a combination between early Grand Funk
& the James Gang....with Randy Holden on guitar. How do you top
that? Let them freak and frolic in your brain like so many randy
baboons! nv
Some cheery banter on the Phil Spector Wall of Sound recording technique. Be My Baby is stand up! nv
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Terry Greene A very brilliant, if insane, man as we all know now. I remember stalking the Rolling Stones in 1965 and lurking in the halls of the RCA Victor recording studios on Sunset only to see Mr. Spector arrive in Mod suit and dark glasses. My fellow stalkers did not know who he was and decided we should give up against my protestations that he was PHIL SPECTOR, for the love of mac 'n cheese, and the Stones must be on their way. They were unconvinced and took me home. ;(
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The Los Angeles Free Press 60's Music Site Rats! Some people, man, I tell ya. QOTSA called a friend of my mine and I to come down and hang with them while they recorded in the big room there.....Elvis' old room and a fav of Frank Sinatra's as well. We got there and QOTSA were gone so we jammed all night. I broke 3 bass drum heads. I guess they thought we were with the band and they just kept bringing new bass drums. My friend, Tex Mosely, of the Hangmen, was on lead guitar, Gary from the Bad Brains on bass, Gilby Clark of Slash's Snake Pit on rhythm guitar, and me breaking the drums. Great room. We went into the vault and saw all the masters of Aretha, Frank, Elvis, Rod Stewart and everybody. it was pretty amazing.
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Terry Greene Dang, Ruben. You must be one helluva convincing drummer. I can just picture it. The breaking of bass drum heads repeatedly just made you more believable as a "professional musician! P.S. Who's QOTSA?
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The Los Angeles Free Press 60's Music Site Queens of the Stone Age........i use a wood beater on the pedal...........loud as hell but one does have to be a little careful.
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I
was going to post the phil spector sessions of this song but this was
just too cute. Ike paid Tina union minimum to record with Spector and
Spector kept Ike away from the sessions. nv
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Terry Greene Never thought these words would be spoken but Tina was actually lucky to be married to Ike rather than Phil who was later convicted of murder. Ronnie Spector, lead singer of the Ronettes (Be My Baby), did marry Phil and reported in her biography that he kept her "as a near-prisoner and limited her opportunities to pursue her musical ambitions. She said that he would force her to watch the film Citizen Kane to remind her she would be nothing without him. Spector's domineering attitude led to the dissolution of their marriage. Bennett was forbidden to speak to the Rolling Stones or tour with the Beatles, because Phil Spector feared that she would be unfaithful.
Furthermore, Ronnie claimed Spector showed her a gold coffin with a glass top in his basement, promising to kill and display her if she left him. During Spector's reclusive period in the late 1960s, he reportedly kept his wife locked inside their mansion. She claimed he also hid her shoes to dissuade her from walking outside, and kept the house dark because he did not want anyone to see his balding head. She later walked out of the house through the closed and locked rear sliding glass door, shoeless, shattering the glass as she left, and feet all cut up by the time she got to the gate. She never returned. Ronnie Spector filed for divorce in 1972. Years later she said, "I can only say that when I left in the early 1970s, I knew that if I didn't leave at that time, I was going to die there". Sound familiar? -
The Los Angeles Free Press 60's Music Site Big time. She had a good time with the Stones......Dee Dee Ramone had great Phil stories........held hostage at gunpoint kinda stuff. The nefarious part of Hollywood, eh?
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Terry Greene Oh, she was a naughty girl! I heard about another gun pulling incident with Ike. My big sister used to go out with a booking agent who booked mostly soul acts like Ike and Tina, Little Richard and "little" Stevie Wonder. He regailed us with stories about how Ike would burst into the room waving a gun demanding money the second he walked off stage. What a frackin' character. One time I was on an international flight with them. I put Ike to shame in bad behaviour eight miles high (and no, it wasn't The Mile High Club kinda thing AND I didn't punch anybody).
From
Lucy Cotter, Sky News: ON 12 July 1962 the group played their first
formal gig at the Marquee Club Billed as.......... "The Rollin' Stones"
The line up was Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Ian (Stu) Stewart on piano, Dick Tay
The line up was Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Ian (Stu) Stewart on piano, Dick Tay
lor on bass and Tony Chapman on drums.
Jones intended for the the band to play primary Chicago Blues but Jagger and Richards brought the rock 'n' roll of Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley to the band.
Bassist Bill Wyman joined in December and drummer Charlie Watts the following January to form the long-standing Stones rhythm section.
The Band embarked on their first UK tour in July 1963 and played their first gig outside greater London on Saturday 13 July 1963 at the Outlook Club in Middlesbrough in which they were paid £40 ; they shared the billing that night with the Hollies. nv
Jones intended for the the band to play primary Chicago Blues but Jagger and Richards brought the rock 'n' roll of Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley to the band.
Bassist Bill Wyman joined in December and drummer Charlie Watts the following January to form the long-standing Stones rhythm section.
The Band embarked on their first UK tour in July 1963 and played their first gig outside greater London on Saturday 13 July 1963 at the Outlook Club in Middlesbrough in which they were paid £40 ; they shared the billing that night with the Hollies. nv
50 Years TODAY 12th.July 1962 Rolling Stones play their first gig at the Marquee Club, London.
Sky reporter Lucy Cotter reports on the Rolling Srones 50 years since their first gig at the famous Marquee Club in London.
There
was some discussion of John Phillips the other day which made me think
of the Smoothies this morning. That is John in the center of the photo.
Phil Blondheim was also in this group. You may know him as Scott
McKenzie, singer of "Sa
n Francisco
(Flowers in Your Hair)" who took his last name from the middle name of
John's daughter, Laura, and took Scott right out of the air just to be
anything but "Phil". This group was really sophisticated compared to a
lot of music out there with ace production credits. So, here is your
Wolf King of LA....nv
Dick
Weissman, Phil Blondheim aka Scott McKenzie, and John Philips on the
band's last tour which I think would have been the "Hoots" tour. The
Hoot Tour was the Hootenanny TV show taken on the road. Most of the
dates were in the southern
United states
and were during the time of the civil rights movement. The band were
called 'Nigger Lovers', beaten with baseball bats and run out of town on
a couple of occasions. They made national headlines for refusing to
play in a southern town where the blacks were, by law, not allowed to
attend shows with a white audience. They instead played at an African
American church nearby. There was a cross burning when they arrived.
They were attacked. They kept going the whole tour. They were for
real. No wonder they used drugs. In America, drugs are bad. You can
get more jail time for a joint than for tying a black man to a truck,
dragging him for miles, dousing him with gas and you know the
rest.....I'm thinking Texas, and other cracker states, where nobody does
time for acts like this and this kind of stuff still goes on. Been to
Georgia lately where the waiting rooms for the doctor are segregated, as
are restaurants, and public lakes? These guys had courage! They were
scared out of their wits half the time. They played. That's courage.
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The Journeymen - Run Maggie Run (Chase the Rising Sun)
The
Journeymen in concert a month before they disbanned in the Spring of
1964. Dick Weissman carried on to play outstanding 5 string banjo. Scott
John
Phillips had been having trouble being faithful to his wife for years,
often leaving for weeks at a time with no warning or explanation. He
finally talked his way back into the relationship, moved his wife and
kids 3000 miles to Calif
ornia only to
discover 17 year old Michelle a few days later. He ditched the wife and
his 2 kids, again, and the rest is history. After the break up of the
Journeymen John founded this version of the group after his new wife had
been unfaithful to him...so they would never be apart. Sounds lame,
sappy....his frame of mind...not the music. His pal Denny Doherty was
now in the group and most of the pieces were in place for things to
come. nv
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The Los Angeles Free Press 60's Music Site Mike Johnson and John pulled one over on John's wife at the time, Susie. They showed up saying John was driving Mike to the airport and that Mike needed to borrow suitcases. John's mom was over that night cooking filet mignon for the whole family. Mike and John disappeared into the bedroom for a little while, emerged with two suitcases, and said good bye. Susie asked "What about the steaks?". She was upset. John's mother came out and said 'I'll take the steaks out and we'll just wait until you come back." Some wait! They took off to the airport and left for Cuba and stayed there for months. The suitcases were full of John's stuff.
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Terry Greene Dang, Ruben, if I didn't know better (?) I'd either say you're making this stuff up or you were there. Hmmm?
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Let's
just be blatant about media exploitation of youth subculture. From the
film 'Wild Angels' comes Blue's Theme form Davie Allan, a great piece
of fuzz rockin' noise complete with the potato potato potato harley
sound. nv
Blues Theme Davie Allan & the Arrows
The Genius of Davie Allan Is very apparent throughout this recording. -Mike Curb
This
cut really sums up the garage rock genre. It has everything, boy girl
problems, a twisted, psychotic world view, and a fuzz guitar. Some of
you will know this stand up track from the collection, Nuggets. nv
Thanks for this bit of news Chrystel Kastophe! Happy birthday Ron Asheston of the Stooges..........wherever you are! nv
From
Poppermost Songs: Sometimes, I would find singles like this one in the
"Big Box of Records." This one, I played the hell out of. lol Cheers!
