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1960s All Star Band Post Your Lineup!!!!
Yea, I know that's cheatin'. But I needed to get a couple of those STAX/Motown names in there somehow...- Spike
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- Forum: 60's Music
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1960s All Star Band Post Your Lineup!!!!
But are you better than the Count Basie Orchestra? (An obscure '60s music reference :) )- Spike
- Post #47
- Forum: 60's Music
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1960s All Star Band Post Your Lineup!!!!
Brit Version: Lead Singer: Van Morrison Lead Guitar: Eric Clapton Rhythm Guitar: Keith Richard Keyboards: Steve Winwood Bass: Paul McCartney Drums: Keith Moon American Version: Lead Singer: John Fogarty Lead Guitar: Duane Allman Rhythm Guitar: Steve Cropper Keyboards: Garth Hudson Bass...- Spike
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- Forum: 60's Music
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How did you get into rock music? What's your story?
No, Foxhound. I never heard it. I lived 40 miles west of Detroit. I listened to CK until sometime in '67, then I switched to Uncle Russ on WKNR-FM in Detroit when "underground" FM radio became the big thing.- Spike
- Post #72
- Forum: Rock Lounge
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How did you get into rock music? What's your story?
It was sometime in '62. I remember three greaser friends -- duck tails, pegged pants, Cuban heels -- trying to sing Duke of Earl, Soldier Boy and Sherry as we walked to school in the 6th grade. I asked them what this was about and they told me to listen to CKLW. I did and I was hooked.- Spike
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- Forum: Rock Lounge
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The World According to David Brooks
"Growing up in the '60s, I never thought I would one day mourn the passing of top 40 radio. But in retrospect—and through the comfortable haze of nostalgia that allows me to filter out those ugly memories of banging on the dashboard while the 1910 Fruitgum Co. and Strawberry Alarm Clock burbled...- Spike
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- Forum: Rock Lounge
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The World According to David Brooks
Thanks! I've got them on a playlist and will get back to you after I've listened a few times.- Spike
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- Forum: Rock Lounge
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The World According to David Brooks
This sounds about right to me. The album-oriented rock solidified a new market beyond the teeny bopper pop rock of AM radio. This new market probably began with the folk rock of post-electric Dylan/Rubber Soul-era Beatles/the Byrds/Lovin' Spoonful/Mamas and Papas in '65-'66. But it took full...- Spike
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- Forum: Rock Lounge
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The World According to David Brooks
1. I assume that rock and roll music was directly marketed to teenagers in the 50s during the first golden era. When I started buying singles in 1962 my mother was only 32 and liked a lot of the music that I bought. But that was a pretty tame period in rock history. That began to change with the...- Spike
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- Forum: Rock Lounge
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Spike!
Thanks, MW, MW and Foul! It HAS been a few years now since we started talking around the water hole. But those years seem to go by faster and faster. And I'll tell ya, the closer I get to the big Six-O, the more the bdays become something I'd prefer to ignore, not celebrate. :) I guess I'm...- Spike
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- Forum: CRF Site Announcements
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Hendrix live at Monterey 1967
Re: Hendrix at Monterey I think you're on the right track here. If we're going to see new genres emerging I'd guess it will result from the spontaneous mixing of cultures. Rock 'n' roll emerged out of a period of ferment when black R&B and white country/rockabilly began to synthesize. As the...- Spike
- Post #17
- Forum: 60's Music
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The World According to David Brooks
The Brooks piece struck a chord with me because of what it said about the fragmentation of the music marketplace, not because of criticism of today's music. It's not so much that I disagree with Fine, it's that I interpreted the Brooks piece so differently that we could be in parallel universes...- Spike
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- Forum: Rock Lounge
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The World According to David Brooks
I am not a fan of David Brooks, conservative columnist of the New York Times. But I agree entirely with this thought-provoking piece. What do you think? http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/20/opinion/20brooks.html?em&ex=1195794000&en=52e62e25f7dcf407&ei=5087%0A- Spike
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- Forum: Rock Lounge
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What's Your Favorite Album of All Time?
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- Forum: Rock Lounge
