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  1. Spike

    Favorite slide guitar players!

    Elmore James
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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...
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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 :) )
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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...
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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.
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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.
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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
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    What's Your Favorite Album of All Time?

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    Hendrix live at Monterey 1967

    Re: Hendrix at Monterey This has always been a favorite. I was running the McGovern campaign on my campus during the '72 election. Someone from the campaign sent me about 50 cut-out copies of this album to hand out to campaign workers. I got rid of most of them but still had a small stash that...
  17. Spike

    Happy Birthday kath!

    Wow. I remember when you were in your 30s. Savor the loot....:tongue: Spike
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    Best Strong Vocalist: Plant, Daltry or Mercury?

    I agree, Rev. This issue was solved in 1925 with the invention of the modern microphone. Up until that point, you had "strong vocalists" like Al Jolson and Sophie Tucker who had to really belt it out to be heard on the vaudeville stage. But with the advent of the microphone, the predominant pop...
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    Best Strong Vocalist: Plant, Daltry or Mercury?

    I'm not sure what you mean by "strong" vocalist, but those three wouldn't make my personal Top 10: (in no particular order) 1. John Fogerty 2. James Brown 3. Stevie Winwood 4. Stevie Wonder 5. Paul McCartney 6. John Lennon 7. Janis Joplin 8. Otis Redding 9. Van Morrison 10. Rod...
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    Favorite Rolling Stones Song. Optional Runners Up

    Favorite: Paint It Black Runners Up: Dear Doctor Dead Flowers Wild Horses Gimme Shelter Prodigal Son Spike
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    Celebrating 1967

    I love all the tracks that you listed. 1967 was a particularly strong year for soul. But these two are semi-obscure and may qualify as undiscovered gems if you haven't heard them. The first is an infectious dance number that is just impossible to stand still to. The second is a sinuous slow...
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    Celebrating 1967

    If I were going to listen to this list more than once here are ten that would get skipped on the second time through: 1. "59th St Bridge Song" Harpers Bizarre 2. "The Happening" The Supremes 3. "Daydream Believer" The Monkees 4. "Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out)" The Hombres 5. "For...
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    Celebrating 1967

    While we're on the topic of Celebrating 1967, here's a collection of radio pop from '67 that's on my Shuffle this weekend: "Skinny Legs and All" Joe Tex "In And Out Of Love" The Supremes "Hello and Goodbye" The Beatles "I Second That Emotion" Smokey Robinson & The Miracles "I Heard It...
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    Celebrating 1967

    I remember that day like it was yesterday. I bought it at K Mart on my way home from school. I opened it up and put it on the turntable. It was different. Very different than anything I had ever heard. I wasn't sure that I liked it. Within You Without You was just too weird. I played it several...
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    Celebrating 1967

    Literally... It Was 40 Years Ago Today By Daniel J. Levitin Friday, June 1, 2007; Page A15 Yes, it's been 40 years exactly since Sgt. Pepper, having labored the previous 20 years teaching his band to play, arranged for its debut in full psychedelic regalia. He leveraged a little help...

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