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Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zdIqME_JL ... 1lIGJsdWVz

All the times that I heard this song, I never saw Cochran perform it. This video does actually seem like it was live, not just lip synced.

Of course, I first heard the Who’s cover of Summertime Blues, which is somewhat faithful to the original.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yUBy4Zvpa ... Vlcw%3D%3D

That is not the case with the Blue Cheer cover.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=as1NcX31szs
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David Watts - The Kinks

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hGrniCrIHGg

David Watts - Ray Davies and The 88 live on The Tonight Show

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wYeH5d2kD ... llcw%3D%3D

David Watts - The Jam live

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CTBl-Xq2a ... phbQ%3D%3D

The back story of David Watts

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Watts_(song)

I still like the original version the best. The arrangement highlights the piano of the late, great Nicky Hopkins. Biography here:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicky_Hopkins
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eddot98 wrote: Wed Jan 08, 2025 11:30 pm Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zdIqME_JL ... 1lIGJsdWVz

All the times that I heard this song, I never saw Cochran perform it. This video does actually seem like it was live, not just lip synced.

Of course, I first heard the Who’s cover of Summertime Blues, which is somewhat faithful to the original.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yUBy4Zvpa ... Vlcw%3D%3D

That is not the case with the Blue Cheer cover.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=as1NcX31szs
Great find. My first time seeing this video. I’ve always liked Cochran’s original the best and I agree that looks live. I like the Who’s and Blue Cheer’s versions too, in fact I can’t think of a version I don’t like. I would rate them as follows. 1. Eddie Cochran, 2. The Who, and 3. Blue Cheer.
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eddot98 wrote: Wed Jan 08, 2025 11:30 pm Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zdIqME_JL ... 1lIGJsdWVz

All the times that I heard this song, I never saw Cochran perform it. This video does actually seem like it was live, not just lip synced.

Of course, I first heard the Who’s cover of Summertime Blues, which is somewhat faithful to the original.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yUBy4Zvpa ... Vlcw%3D%3D

That is not the case with the Blue Cheer cover.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=as1NcX31szs
I have several Blue Cheer records.

I think it was the first that has that song on it? Have never since checked it but someone at the time told me that the band was so loud that instead of recording in a studio that that had to record outdoors somewhere on a pier? It all seems so strange just typing that!
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Brenda Lee’s Greatest Hits

Last night we watched a documentary of Brenda Lee’s life and career on American Masters on PBS. I heard her on the radio a lot growing up. She was the first female rocker and sang rockabilly and country too. She started her career at eight years old and knew Elvis and Patsy Cline. She played Hamburg with The Beatles (calling themselves “The Silver Beatles” back then) and they opened for her! What a great singer she is! https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmaster ... ary/34617/
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Dwight Yoakum's 2024 release Brighter Days on Apple Music.

Also available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW0dQI6 ... xpdof9afNI
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I've seen Tauk live at least three times, possibly four. Most recently this past summer.

In all those shows they did have the female lead singer with them that is in this video nor all the horn players.

This is quite a show. I'd definitely listen to it again.

TAUK Moore (TAUK Ft. Kanika Moore) Ft Taz & Funky Dawgz Horns - Peach Music Festival 2023 [Full Set]
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That’s Life — Frank Sinatra
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Nicolas wrote: Fri Jan 10, 2025 1:04 pm That’s Life — Frank Sinatra
Before I got my own system to play records (I think 11th grade of high school?) ... we had a family record player. So in addition to hearing my own music I'd hear my mother playing her own records. Not that I'd ever play any of them myself ... but I did find myself not objecting to hearing them.

Frank Sinatra was one of them.

Of course, I absolutely love hearing Frank Sinatra singing New York, New York at Yankees Stadum at the end of a game because that means that they have won the game. When they lose we get the Liza Minelli version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le1QF3uoQNg
Theme From New York, New York (2008 Remastered)

I just got all excited hearing the beginning of the song before he even started singing because I so associate hearing it with the Yankees having just won a game seconds before one hears the beginning of that song!
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My Leon Russell channel on Pandora is currently rocking the Elmore James song Done Somebody Wrong covered by the Allman Bros live at Fillmore East.
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BOC, Don't Fear The Reaper, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy4HA3vUv2c

Every time I listen to the song I hear something different, like today I hear something of the likes of a muted bell or something 7-8 seconds in, I wonder why it was muted in the mix?
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Kagord wrote: Fri Jan 10, 2025 2:24 pm BOC, Don't Fear The Reaper, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy4HA3vUv2c

Every time I listen to the song I hear something different, like today I hear something of the likes of a muted bell or something 7-8 seconds in, I wonder why it was muted in the mix?
I just heard a story about that. I can’t remember where or who was speaking, I think DW played it on her iPhone while I was doing something else. Anyway, one of the members of the band wanted to add a triangle to the song, but it didn’t sound right. The producer said try a cowbell. It still didn’t sound right, until they put some tape around it. Then they commented that they were surprised that Will Ferrell heard it because it was so faint and came up with the More Cowbell skit on SNL.

SNL skit

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cVsQLlk-T0s
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A classic!

Their first "hit" song and still a great one to hear.
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Kagord wrote: Fri Jan 10, 2025 2:24 pm BOC, Don't Fear The Reaper, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy4HA3vUv2c

Every time I listen to the song I hear something different, like today I hear something of the likes of a muted bell or something 7-8 seconds in, I wonder why it was muted in the mix?
One of my all-time favorite bands. Seen them live about 8 times. Buck Dharma severely underrated on all-time guitarist lists.

Have heard this song many, many, many times. Played the beginning just now three times and don't hear at all what you reference.
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eddot98 wrote: Fri Jan 10, 2025 2:42 pm
Kagord wrote: Fri Jan 10, 2025 2:24 pm BOC, Don't Fear The Reaper, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy4HA3vUv2c

Every time I listen to the song I hear something different, like today I hear something of the likes of a muted bell or something 7-8 seconds in, I wonder why it was muted in the mix?
I just heard a story about that. I can’t remember where or who was speaking, I think DW played it on her iPhone while I was doing something else. Anyway, one of the members of the band wanted to add a triangle to the song, but it didn’t sound right. The producer said try a cowbell. It still didn’t sound right, until they put some tape around it. Then they commented that they were surprised that Will Ferrell heard it because it was so faint and came up with the More Cowbell skit on SNL.

SNL skit

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cVsQLlk-T0s
Just tried again at loud volume and still did not hear it.
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yankees60 wrote: Fri Jan 10, 2025 3:06 pm
eddot98 wrote: Fri Jan 10, 2025 2:42 pm

I just heard a story about that. I can’t remember where or who was speaking, I think DW played it on her iPhone while I was doing something else. Anyway, one of the members of the band wanted to add a triangle to the song, but it didn’t sound right. The producer said try a cowbell. It still didn’t sound right, until they put some tape around it. Then they commented that they were surprised that Will Ferrell heard it because it was so faint and came up with the More Cowbell skit on SNL.

SNL skit

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cVsQLlk-T0s
Just tried again at loud volume and still did not hear it.
It's sounds like this, but it's even more muted...https://youtu.be/baVd3dguTzQ?t=44.
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Kagord wrote: Fri Jan 10, 2025 3:44 pm
yankees60 wrote: Fri Jan 10, 2025 3:06 pm

Just tried again at loud volume and still did not hear it.
It's sounds like this, but it's even more muted...https://youtu.be/baVd3dguTzQ?t=44.
Listened to it yet again and it felt like a hearing exam!

This time I did hear way in the distance but only during the first five seconds. Then its sound went away.
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yankees60 wrote: Fri Jan 10, 2025 1:34 pm
Nicolas wrote: Fri Jan 10, 2025 1:04 pm That’s Life — Frank Sinatra
Before I got my own system to play records (I think 11th grade of high school?) ... we had a family record player. So in addition to hearing my own music I'd hear my mother playing her own records. Not that I'd ever play any of them myself ... but I did find myself not objecting to hearing them.

Frank Sinatra was one of them.

Of course, I absolutely love hearing Frank Sinatra singing New York, New York at Yankees Stadum at the end of a game because that means that they have won the game. When they lose we get the Liza Minelli version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le1QF3uoQNg
Theme From New York, New York (2008 Remastered)

I just got all excited hearing the beginning of the song before he even started singing because I so associate hearing it with the Yankees having just won a game seconds before one hears the beginning of that song!
Not a baseball fan but I love that song too. Frank of course was of my parents’ generation ….so what, he was good. Nobody sang like him. That’s why they called him “the chairman of the board”.
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Recently hooked up my late 80’s high fidelity system. Hi Fi is putting Wi-Fi to shame in our home right now. Monster cable and all. Enjoying listening to lots of old music on it.
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Hard Rain — Rolling Thunder Revue, Ft. Collins, CO 1976,
cleanest copy I’ve ever seen.
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yankees60 wrote: Fri Jan 10, 2025 3:51 pm
Kagord wrote: Fri Jan 10, 2025 3:44 pm

It's sounds like this, but it's even more muted...https://youtu.be/baVd3dguTzQ?t=44.
Listened to it yet again and it felt like a hearing exam!

This time I did hear way in the distance but only during the first five seconds. Then its sound went away.
It’s there all the way through the song, only stopping during the quiet parts. I just listened to the song with Beats earbuds. The linked article explains a lot about the song and why the cowbell used to be heard much clearer. It’s something to do with radio stations compressing their signals and that leads to certain sounds standing out more.

https://ig.ft.com/life-of-a-song/fear-the-reaper.html
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Nicolas wrote: Sat Jan 11, 2025 2:41 pm Roy Buchanan — Live at Town Hall 1974
Discovered him fairly early on after that article on him in Rolling Stone.

Saw him once live. Years after my friend and I would oftentimes shout to one another "Roy", mimicking someone in the audience who was constantly shouting that throughout the show.
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eddot98 wrote: Sun Nov 03, 2024 8:02 pm After Clapton decided that he could sing and became Mrs. Clapton, I had had enough of him (still like his work up to Derek and the Dominoes).
I read recently that it was Delaney Bramlett who told Clapton he could sing and in fact taught him to do it. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obit ... 14978.html
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yankees60 wrote: Sat Jan 11, 2025 2:46 pm
Nicolas wrote: Sat Jan 11, 2025 2:41 pm Roy Buchanan — Live at Town Hall 1974
Discovered him fairly early on after that article on him in Rolling Stone.

Saw him once live. Years after my friend and I would oftentimes shout to one another "Roy", mimicking someone in the audience who was constantly shouting that throughout the show.
I’d never heard of him until about seventeen years ago. Too bad what happened to him.
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Nicolas wrote: Sat Jan 11, 2025 3:13 pm
yankees60 wrote: Sat Jan 11, 2025 2:46 pm

Discovered him fairly early on after that article on him in Rolling Stone.

Saw him once live. Years after my friend and I would oftentimes shout to one another "Roy", mimicking someone in the audience who was constantly shouting that throughout the show.
I’d never heard of him until about seventeen years ago. Too bad what happened to him.
Could not find that Rolling Stone article on him. I still have that issue. Must have been an early 70s one.

But, of course, there is always this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Buchanan
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Nicolas wrote: Sat Jan 11, 2025 3:10 pm
eddot98 wrote: Sun Nov 03, 2024 8:02 pm After Clapton decided that he could sing and became Mrs. Clapton, I had had enough of him (still like his work up to Derek and the Dominoes).
I read recently that it was Delaney Bramlett who told Clapton he could sing and in fact taught him to do it. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obit ... 14978.html
Too bad. He's in my classification of guitarists who are gifted at guitar but because of that their egos think that qualifies them to sing. Have always loved his guitar playing. His vocals not so much.

Saw him once. November 1968. Providence, Rhode Island.

Supposed to be Cream's last show ever. Then was changed to last ever in Rhode Island.

Acoustics were abysmal. We could not understand anything that was being said into the microphones. When the music started, my friends and I kept asking each other, "Is that Cream? Is that Cream?"

We finally got our answer when Cream followed that band (which was Terry Reid).

Cream played for a total of 40 minutes. Two songs. I think it was Toad and Spoonful? It's only been over 56 years since that show!

Years later another friend told me that that show was the night of the Nixon / Humphrey Presidential election. I was 17 years old and politically apathetic that year so it being the same day did not stick with me.
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yankees60 wrote: Sat Jan 11, 2025 3:23 pm
Nicolas wrote: Sat Jan 11, 2025 3:10 pm
I read recently that it was Delaney Bramlett who told Clapton he could sing and in fact taught him to do it. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obit ... 14978.html
Too bad. He's in my classification of guitarists who are gifted at guitar but because of that their egos think that qualifies them to sing. Have always loved his guitar playing. His vocals not so much.

Saw him once. November 1968. Providence, Rhode Island.

Supposed to be Cream's last show ever. Then was changed to last ever in Rhode Island.

Acoustics were abysmal. We could not understand anything that was being said into the microphones. When the music started, my friends and I kept asking each other, "Is that Cream? Is that Cream?"

We finally got our answer when Cream followed that band (which was Terry Reid).

Cream played for a total of 40 minutes. Two songs. I think it was Toad and Spoonful? It's only been over 56 years since that show!

Years later another friend told me that that show was the night of the Nixon / Humphrey Presidential election. I was 17 years old and politically apathetic that year so it being the same day did not stick with me.
I saw him once in 1998 during his solo Pilgrim tour. I don’t remember the set list but it’s available online. We got free tickets from a guy at work. The same guy gave us tickets to CSN&Y.

Later I read that he was criticized for the violent lyrics in his song “Sick and Tired” which I guess he wrote. I don’t remember him playing that though.

https://inmusicwetrust.com/articles/08f06.html?

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Nicolas wrote: Sat Jan 11, 2025 4:07 pm
yankees60 wrote: Sat Jan 11, 2025 3:23 pm

Too bad. He's in my classification of guitarists who are gifted at guitar but because of that their egos think that qualifies them to sing. Have always loved his guitar playing. His vocals not so much.

Saw him once. November 1968. Providence, Rhode Island.

Supposed to be Cream's last show ever. Then was changed to last ever in Rhode Island.

Acoustics were abysmal. We could not understand anything that was being said into the microphones. When the music started, my friends and I kept asking each other, "Is that Cream? Is that Cream?"

We finally got our answer when Cream followed that band (which was Terry Reid).

Cream played for a total of 40 minutes. Two songs. I think it was Toad and Spoonful? It's only been over 56 years since that show!

Years later another friend told me that that show was the night of the Nixon / Humphrey Presidential election. I was 17 years old and politically apathetic that year so it being the same day did not stick with me.
I saw him once around the turn of the millennium. I don’t remember the set list or who he played with. We got free tickets from a guy at work.

Later I read that he was criticized for the violent lyrics in his song “Sick and Tired” which I guess he wrote. I don’t remember him playing that though.

https://inmusicwetrust.com/articles/08f06.html?

I saw Jack Bruce at a Ringo All-Starrs concert in 1997 but I never saw Ginger.
In more enlightened times I'm not in favor of:

1) Those lyrics. The writer of the article above makes it a free speech issue. However, freedom of speech (which this wasn't since freedom of speech only refers to government restrictions) does not also mean freedom from consequences. So he's free to write / sing whatever lyrics he wants. But he needs to accept any of their consequences.

2) Being at a Lyrynyd Skyrnrd show in 1997 with a Confederate flag as a backdrop

3) Being at a July 4th celebration last summer where a band which had female drummer and guitarist sang these Grateful Dead lyrics: "We can share the women, we can share the wine".

I thought those lyrics were wrong when I first heard them in the early 70s.

Those two women had previously had that band as an all-female band. I see them outside of playing in the band a few times a year. Next time I see them I will ask them about singing what I think is degrading to women lyrics.

Finally, you saw Ringo!!! A big hole in my live music experiences is never seeing The Beatles or any of them. I cannot even think of the next closest thing for me was seeing them. Now I remember.

I did see Pete Best. Their original drummer. At the time I saw him he was just a lead singer in his band. Maybe 20 years ago. A quite good singer and band with him. However, from that show the most amazing thing that stuck out with me is that we were all passing things to him to autograph and he signed them all without missing a beat while also singing.
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yankees60 wrote: Sat Jan 11, 2025 4:28 pm
Nicolas wrote: Sat Jan 11, 2025 4:07 pm
I saw him once around the turn of the millennium. I don’t remember the set list or who he played with. We got free tickets from a guy at work.

Later I read that he was criticized for the violent lyrics in his song “Sick and Tired” which I guess he wrote. I don’t remember him playing that though.

https://inmusicwetrust.com/articles/08f06.html?

I saw Jack Bruce at a Ringo All-Starrs concert in 1997 but I never saw Ginger.
In more enlightened times I'm not in favor of:

1) Those lyrics. The writer of the article above makes it a free speech issue. However, freedom of speech (which this wasn't since freedom of speech only refers to government restrictions) does not also mean freedom from consequences. So he's free to write / sing whatever lyrics he wants. But he needs to accept any of their consequences.

2) Being at a Lyrynyd Skyrnrd show in 1997 with a Confederate flag as a backdrop

3) Being at a July 4th celebration last summer where a band which had female drummer and guitarist sang these Grateful Dead lyrics: "We can share the women, we can share the wine".

I thought those lyrics were wrong when I first heard them in the early 70s.

Those two women had previously had that band as an all-female band. I see them outside of playing in the band a few times a year. Next time I see them I will ask them about singing what I think is degrading to women lyrics.

Finally, you saw Ringo!!! A big hole in my live music experiences is never seeing The Beatles or any of them. I cannot even think of the next closest thing for me was seeing them. Now I remember.

I did see Pete Best. Their original drummer. At the time I saw him he was just a lead singer in his band. Maybe 20 years ago. A quite good singer and band with him. However, from that show the most amazing thing that stuck out with me is that we were all passing things to him to autograph and he signed them all without missing a beat while also singing.
Then I guess you wouldn’t like Sonny Boy Williamson’s “Good Morning Schoolgirl” :D

Yes I’ve also cringed a bit at those Dead lyrics especially if my wife was around.

I actually saw Ringo again a few years later so I’ve seen him twice. He was on a stage sponsored by Miller Brewng at a festival and they had a big Miller logo behind him which he insisted be covered up, since he was no longer a drinker (or drugger). I never saw any of the others though. You still have a chance as Paul & Ringo are still touring. (Probably not for many more years though). In fact they appeared together on stage last year.

I read that Pete Best finally got some money from his Beatles work when the Rarities or Anthology albums were released. It must’ve been tough on him psychologically when he got sacked and they immediately sprang to worldwide fame.

I actually don’t mind Clapton’s singing though I’m not crazy about it. I read that Hendrix at first thought he had a bad singing voice and was embarrassed about it, but he got over it.
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Nicolas wrote: Sat Jan 11, 2025 4:37 pm
yankees60 wrote: Sat Jan 11, 2025 4:28 pm

In more enlightened times I'm not in favor of:

1) Those lyrics. The writer of the article above makes it a free speech issue. However, freedom of speech (which this wasn't since freedom of speech only refers to government restrictions) does not also mean freedom from consequences. So he's free to write / sing whatever lyrics he wants. But he needs to accept any of their consequences.

2) Being at a Lyrynyd Skyrnrd show in 1997 with a Confederate flag as a backdrop

3) Being at a July 4th celebration last summer where a band which had female drummer and guitarist sang these Grateful Dead lyrics: "We can share the women, we can share the wine".

I thought those lyrics were wrong when I first heard them in the early 70s.

Those two women had previously had that band as an all-female band. I see them outside of playing in the band a few times a year. Next time I see them I will ask them about singing what I think is degrading to women lyrics.

Finally, you saw Ringo!!! A big hole in my live music experiences is never seeing The Beatles or any of them. I cannot even think of the next closest thing for me was seeing them. Now I remember.

I did see Pete Best. Their original drummer. At the time I saw him he was just a lead singer in his band. Maybe 20 years ago. A quite good singer and band with him. However, from that show the most amazing thing that stuck out with me is that we were all passing things to him to autograph and he signed them all without missing a beat while also singing.
Then I guess you wouldn’t like Sonny Boy Williamson’s “Good Morning Schoolgirl” :D

Yes I’ve also cringed a bit at those Dead lyrics especially if my wife was around.

I actually saw Ringo again a few years later so I’ve seen him twice. He was on a stage sponsored by Miller Beer at a festival and they had a big Miller logo behind him which he insisted be covered up, since he was no longer a drinker (or drugger). I never saw any of the others though. You still have a chance as Paul & Ringo are still touring. (Probably not for many more years though). In fact they appeared together on stage last year.

I read that Pete Best finally got some money from his Beatles work when the rarities album was released. It must’ve been tough on him psychologically when he got sacked and they immediately sprang to worldwide fame.
"Then I guess you wouldn’t like Sonny Boy Williamson’s “Good Morning Schoolgirl”"

Don't know the lyrics to that version but absolutely loved the Ten Years After version, which I listened to untold time.

As always, I major in the music and minor in the lyrics.
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Sam & Dave songs: You Don't Know Like I Know, Hold On, I'm Comin', and of course Soul Man.

Sam Moore passed away January 10th. RIP.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/arts ... -dead.html

Listening to the songs again, I heard this line from Soul Man "I was educated at Woodstock." I always thought it referred to the famous Woodstock music festival but the song came out in 1967 a couple years earlier.

Looking it up, I found this:
https://americansongwriter.com/soul-man-david-porter-songwriter-u/ wrote:Turns out it wasn’t referring to the town in upstate New York, but to an educational facility in rural Shelby County, outside Memphis
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sycamore wrote: Sat Jan 11, 2025 5:39 pm Sam & Dave songs: You Don't Know Like I Know, Hold On, I'm Comin', and of course Soul Man.

Sam Moore passed away January 10th. RIP.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/arts ... -dead.html

Listening to the songs again, I heard this line from Soul Man "I was educated at Woodstock." I always thought it referred to the famous Woodstock music festival but the song came out in 1967 a couple years earlier.

Looking it up, I found this:
https://americansongwriter.com/soul-man-david-porter-songwriter-u/ wrote:Turns out it wasn’t referring to the town in upstate New York, but to an educational facility in rural Shelby County, outside Memphis
They had some great hits. A certain political candidate was enjoined from playing one of their songs last year.
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Nicolas wrote: Sat Jan 11, 2025 10:37 pm
sycamore wrote: Sat Jan 11, 2025 5:39 pm Sam & Dave songs: You Don't Know Like I Know, Hold On, I'm Comin', and of course Soul Man.

Sam Moore passed away January 10th. RIP.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/arts ... -dead.html

Listening to the songs again, I heard this line from Soul Man "I was educated at Woodstock." I always thought it referred to the famous Woodstock music festival but the song came out in 1967 a couple years earlier.

Looking it up, I found this:
They had some great hits. A certain political candidate was enjoined from playing one of their songs last year.
Listened to a lot of them in my high school years when I did not have that many records but did have some greatest hits of the year ones among them.
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Every Little Kiss - Bruce Hornsby & The Range
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All Things Must Pass (50th Anniversary Edition) — Geo. Harrison
https://youtu.be/mvuFHVDkLag
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sycamore wrote: Sat Jan 11, 2025 5:39 pm Sam & Dave songs: You Don't Know Like I Know, Hold On, I'm Comin', and of course Soul Man.

Sam Moore passed away January 10th. RIP.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/arts ... -dead.html

Listening to the songs again, I heard this line from Soul Man "I was educated at Woodstock." I always thought it referred to the famous Woodstock music festival but the song came out in 1967 a couple years earlier.

Looking it up, I found this:
https://americansongwriter.com/soul-man-david-porter-songwriter-u/ wrote:Turns out it wasn’t referring to the town in upstate New York, but to an educational facility in rural Shelby County, outside Memphis
Thanks for posting this. I have always wondered about that reference.
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Early Takes, Vol. 1 — Geo. Harrison
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Nicolas wrote: Sun Jan 12, 2025 8:14 pm All Things Must Pass (50th Anniversary Edition) — Geo. Harrison
https://youtu.be/mvuFHVDkLag
The big surprise record when he released a record far superior to Lennon's and McCartney's solo records.
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Nicolas wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 10:31 am Early Takes, Vol. 1 — Geo. Harrison
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Was he L'Angelo Mysterioso? Or, was that Eric Clapton?
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yankees60 wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 11:02 am
Nicolas wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 10:31 am Early Takes, Vol. 1 — Geo. Harrison
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Was he L'Angelo Mysterioso? Or, was that Eric Clapton?
From AI :D

L’Angelo Misterioso was a pseudonym used by George Harrison, the lead guitarist of The Beatles, for his uncredited collaborations due to contractual restrictions. Notably, he co-wrote and played rhythm guitar on Cream’s 1968 song “Badge” under this name. The pseudonym resurfaced in speculation when “Angelo Mysterioso” appeared on Eric Clapton’s 2016 album, though Clapton denied it was Harrison.
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Nicolas wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 11:05 am
yankees60 wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 11:02 am

Was he L'Angelo Mysterioso? Or, was that Eric Clapton?
From AI :D

L’Angelo Misterioso was a pseudonym used by George Harrison, the lead guitarist of The Beatles, for his uncredited collaborations due to contractual restrictions. Notably, he co-wrote and played rhythm guitar on Cream’s 1968 song “Badge” under this name. The pseudonym resurfaced in speculation when “Angelo Mysterioso” appeared on Eric Clapton’s 2016 album, though Clapton denied it was Harrison.
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“The Dark Side With Ron Cuzner” (1938-2003)
One of the greatest jazz DJs.

https://ivy.fm/podcast/the-dark-side-wi ... er-1080481

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Stewart Copeland, drummer for The Police. The first is an interview and Stewart recreates his drumming on

Message In A Bottle

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lQGdh0kg6 ... FuZA%3D%3D

On the second it is just him recreating the drums on

Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aYr1G5X4d4g

He is very skilled!
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Arnold Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night), Op. 4
https://youtu.be/vqODySSxYpc
Belmont Music Publishers, home of the Arnold Schoenberg Archive, was destroyed in the Pacific Palisades fire.
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