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Post by azbob643 on Jan 3, 2024 21:23:10 GMT -5
All over OC...Buena Park (not far from Knotts's), Garden Grove, Orange...last place was Anaheim Hills before moving to Colorado. Nice. I think a lot of the Angels' players lived in Anaheim Hills. And of course the great Leo Fender changed the music world from his shop in Fullerton. Yes...and neighboring Villa Park. Rod Carew lived there, the Boone family, Phil Nevin among many others. Cal State Fullerton is a baseball player factory. Chapman College used to have a very good program (Randy Jones, Tim Flannery)...not sure about now. Many MLB players came out of OC high schools...Andy Messersmith (Western HS/Anaheim), Bert Blyleven (Santiago HS/ Garden Grove)...many, many others...Gerrit Cole, Jeff Kent & Kyle Higashioka...far too many to mention. |
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Post by rizzuto on Jan 3, 2024 21:50:23 GMT -5
Nice. I think a lot of the Angels' players lived in Anaheim Hills. And of course the great Leo Fender changed the music world from his shop in Fullerton. Yes...and neighboring Villa Park. Rod Carew lived there, the Boone family, Phil Nevin among many others. Cal State Fullerton is a baseball player factory. Chapman College used to have a very good program (Randy Jones, Tim Flannery)...not sure about now. Many MLB players came out of OC high schools...Andy Messersmith (Western HS/Anaheim), Bert Blyleven (Santiago HS/ Garden Grove)...many, many others...Gerrit Cole, Jeff Kent & Kyle Higashioka...far too many to mention. I attended Chapman for two semesters and had a colleague who played second base (and graduated from) at Cal State Fullerton, right before the run of their great teams. He was a heck of a high school baseball coach. Looked very similar to David Cone. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jan 4, 2024 6:00:31 GMT -5
Yes...and neighboring Villa Park. Rod Carew lived there, the Boone family, Phil Nevin among many others. Cal State Fullerton is a baseball player factory. Chapman College used to have a very good program (Randy Jones, Tim Flannery)...not sure about now. Many MLB players came out of OC high schools...Andy Messersmith (Western HS/Anaheim), Bert Blyleven (Santiago HS/ Garden Grove)...many, many others...Gerrit Cole, Jeff Kent & Kyle Higashioka...far too many to mention. I attended Chapman for two semesters and had a colleague who played second base (and graduated from) at Cal State Fullerton, right before the run of their great teams. He was a heck of a high school baseball coach. Looked very similar to David Cone. My wife and I occasionally worked college fairs on behalf of Penn State back in the day. One we did was at Mater Dei in Santa Ana, a major jock factory that turned out a lot of USC quarterbacks and, for a Yankee connection, our old friend Bobby Meacham. At the table next to us was a woman working for USC who was a Mater Dei alum. Turned out she was a classmate there of Jennifer Warnes and actually was working for her in some capacity on the business end. She thought the world of Jennifer. The one factoid that stayed with me is that both of them were fans of Soupy Sales! |
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Post by bumper on Jan 4, 2024 7:23:24 GMT -5
I only know that song from Jackson Browne's "The Load-out / Stay" closer from Running on Empty. Yep...Jackson Browne did "Stay" with an obvious change in lyrics. Living in SoCal OC, I saw him in small, local venues before "Doctor My Eyes". Very talented guy... yeah jackson was great. saw him a couple times during his "classic" period - 1st 5 albums. my bands covered a couple songs - "take it easy", "doctor", "road and the sky". david lindley, who sadly passed last year, was such an integral part of his sound - he could make that lap steel sing. his parts were always perfect. "doctor" may be a good song to do again ... |
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Post by azbob643 on Jan 4, 2024 8:49:55 GMT -5
Yep...Jackson Browne did "Stay" with an obvious change in lyrics. Living in SoCal OC, I saw him in small, local venues before "Doctor My Eyes". Very talented guy... yeah jackson was great. saw him a couple times during his "classic" period - 1st 5 albums. my bands covered a couple songs - "take it easy", "doctor", "road and the sky". david lindley, who sadly passed last year, was such an integral part of his sound - he could make that lap steel sing. his parts were always perfect. "doctor" may be a good song to do again ... Great to see you here...lots of knowledgeable posters...baseball & music. So far...no drama. |
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Post by azbob643 on Jan 4, 2024 8:55:42 GMT -5
Yes...and neighboring Villa Park. Rod Carew lived there, the Boone family, Phil Nevin among many others. Cal State Fullerton is a baseball player factory. Chapman College used to have a very good program (Randy Jones, Tim Flannery)...not sure about now. Many MLB players came out of OC high schools...Andy Messersmith (Western HS/Anaheim), Bert Blyleven (Santiago HS/ Garden Grove)...many, many others...Gerrit Cole, Jeff Kent & Kyle Higashioka...far too many to mention. I attended Chapman for two semesters and had a colleague who played second base (and graduated from) at Cal State Fullerton, right before the run of their great teams. He was a heck of a high school baseball coach. Looked very similar to David Cone. Small world. In addition to the big schools (Long Beach State, USC, etc.) the OC CCs (Golden West, Orange Coast, Cerritos, Saddleback, Cypress, etc.) churned out a lot of baseball talent... |
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Post by 1955nyyfan on Jan 4, 2024 10:24:34 GMT -5
Yep...Jackson Browne did "Stay" with an obvious change in lyrics. Living in SoCal OC, I saw him in small, local venues before "Doctor My Eyes". Very talented guy... That had to be cool, seeing those Laurel Canyon west coast artists before they made it big. I saw Bruce at the State Theater in New Brunswick before anyone outside of NJ knew who he was. It was one of the best concerts I have ever attended. Anyone want to share the best show(s) they attended? |
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Post by bumper on Jan 4, 2024 10:59:04 GMT -5
That had to be cool, seeing those Laurel Canyon west coast artists before they made it big. I saw Bruce at the State Theater in New Brunswick before anyone outside of NJ knew who he was. It was one of the best concerts I have ever attended. Anyone want to share the best show(s) they attended? back in mid 60's -70's played in bands in northern nj and the village. trying to time date it, but think as far back as 1970 remember hearing about a guy named "bruce springsteen" down the jersey shore who was supposed to be the best. didn't see him until 1978 when he was already a major star. |
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Post by azbob643 on Jan 4, 2024 11:02:22 GMT -5
That had to be cool, seeing those Laurel Canyon west coast artists before they made it big. I saw Bruce at the State Theater in New Brunswick before anyone outside of NJ knew who he was. It was one of the best concerts I have ever attended. Anyone want to share the best show(s) they attended? It'd have to be The Byrds @ Westchester County Center. They were 2nd only to Beatles as my favorite band, so very excited to see them in person. BTW...Bette Midler had a great line re Springsteen..."I knew him when his arms were as skinny as his chord changes". |
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Post by chiyankee on Jan 4, 2024 11:04:10 GMT -5
That had to be cool, seeing those Laurel Canyon west coast artists before they made it big. I saw Bruce at the State Theater in New Brunswick before anyone outside of NJ knew who he was. It was one of the best concerts I have ever attended. Anyone want to share the best show(s) they attended? Was he a long haired Bruce then? I've seen some of those early pictures of Springsteen and their quite humorous. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jan 4, 2024 11:08:45 GMT -5
That had to be cool, seeing those Laurel Canyon west coast artists before they made it big. I saw Bruce at the State Theater in New Brunswick before anyone outside of NJ knew who he was. It was one of the best concerts I have ever attended. Anyone want to share the best show(s) they attended? Good topic, 55. I think azbob might win the internet on this one since he saw The Beatles at Shea, but we all have our own moments. I've been to dozens, as I am sure many of you have, and most of them I thought were quite good. It's more unusual to see a bad concert for any well-known act. Keeping it to the rock world, I would say my two best (very different) were James Brown and The Guess Who. James I saw at BB King's in NYC, and it was standing only and we were about 15 feet away. He was just what you would hope for, gripping from start to finish. Guess Who I saw way back in college at Penn State, and I put them up there because they were absolute perfection in concert. Note for note like the records. But I've enjoyed every concert I ever went to. Stars get that way for a reason. |
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Post by azbob643 on Jan 4, 2024 11:12:45 GMT -5
Guess Who I saw way back in college at Penn State, and I put them up there because they were absolute perfection in concert. Note for note like the records. Interesting, because I also like to hear the songs "like the records". Many people prefer to hear somewhat different takes... |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jan 4, 2024 11:20:05 GMT -5
Guess Who I saw way back in college at Penn State, and I put them up there because they were absolute perfection in concert. Note for note like the records. Interesting, because I also like to hear the songs "like the records". Many people prefer to hear somewhat different takes... Yeah, I prefer that it sound like what I heard on the radio. Although an occasional riff here and there I can live with. In 1966, I saw The Bobby Fuller Four play at Convention Hall in Philadelphia, a few months before Fuller's suspicious death in Hollywood. They were excellent, but he made a point of saying that one of his goals was to recreate on stage the sound of the recording as faithfully as possible. He would have had a bright career. One of the few duds I ever saw was Martha and the Vandellas, which really disappointed me because they were one of my favorite girl groups. This was at an outdoor block party, also in Hollywood, and was in the late 90s, so maybe it was the impact of aging that had shredded her voice. Chuck Berry I saw at the Greek Theater in Griffith Park. He kind of mailed it in, as was his reputation, but still he was Chuck Berry and I couldn't believe I was seeing him. |
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Post by 1955nyyfan on Jan 4, 2024 11:28:03 GMT -5
I saw Bruce at the State Theater in New Brunswick before anyone outside of NJ knew who he was. It was one of the best concerts I have ever attended. Anyone want to share the best show(s) they attended? Was he a long haired Bruce then? I've seen some of those early pictures of Springsteen and their quite humorous. Can't recall if his hair was long but I do recall he played for almost 4 hours non stop. The audience were on our feet from the first number and never sat down. At the end of the show my hands were red and sore from clapping. |
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Post by azbob643 on Jan 4, 2024 11:29:02 GMT -5
Interesting, because I also like to hear the songs "like the records". Many people prefer to hear somewhat different takes... Yeah, I prefer that it sound like what I heard on the radio. Although an occasional riff here and there I can live with. In 1966, I saw The Bobby Fuller Four play at Convention Hall in Philadelphia, a few months before Fuller's suspicious death in Hollywood. They were excellent, but he made a point of saying that one of his goals was to recreate on stage the sound of the recording as faithfully as possible. He would have had a bright career. One of the few duds I ever saw was Martha and the Vandellas, which really disappointed me because they were one of my favorite girl groups. This was at an outdoor block party, also in Hollywood, and was in the late 90s, so maybe it was the impact of aging that had shredded her voice. Chuck Berry I saw at the Greek Theater in Griffith Park. He kind of mailed it in, as was his reputation, but still he was Chuck Berry and I couldn't believe I was seeing him. The last concert we attended was Phil Collins...never a huge fan of him individually/Genesis...but were given tix as a gift. He did all the hits perfectly..."just like the records". His son was on drums. Phil sat on a chair in the middle of the stage the entire concert...he's had major back problems. But his voice was still there. |
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