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Post by azbob643 on Mar 18, 2024 14:08:55 GMT -5
Yep...those are the two. Don't recall "She May Call You Up Tonight" Wouldn't call myself a huge Moody Blues fan, but as things have worked out I've seen them in concert several times. Red Rocks was the best...and most appropriate. Red Rocks is beautiful. I was blown away when I finally made it there. I am sure you know The Beatles played there. Hollywood Bowl, where they also played, is another wonderful venue. We went to many concerts there, but it was usually for the LA Philharmonic. One of my favorite Red Rocks shows was "1964"...a tribute to the original show. A great time...it's played there several times. |
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Post by 1955nyyfan on Mar 18, 2024 14:10:42 GMT -5
Straight to the folk music rack. And I did enjoy some of their stuff, too… I was helping to set up a new store once and there was a guy about ten years younger than me that came in to do a bit of carpentry. I had soft rock on that day. He liked heavier rock. As the day went on, he said “Leon, I just heard the Carpenters! Can we change the station?” I said “Gary, put it on any station you want buddy.” It was like I had told him he’d get double pay…. Call me sexist, but I always thought it was weird when Karen played drums, which she did early on. It was unusual at the time...fairly common now. There was a female drummer who played with Santana alot who was really good. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Mar 18, 2024 14:11:00 GMT -5
I will admit right here on this forum that I liked the fuzz guitar solo on "Goodbye To Love." And remember even John Lennon loved Karen's voice. Of course he also married Yoko, so maybe we shouldn't take his opinions too seriously. "Who Has Seen The Wind".... youtu.be/2hMaGLwPq_UBy Yoko standards that's practically "In My Life" caliber. At least she doesn't sound like she is being murdered in this one. At least the world was spared a Yoko/Linda McCartney "Together At Last" tour. |
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Post by azbob643 on Mar 18, 2024 14:11:31 GMT -5
The Byrds were my favorite American group. Their original drummer, Michael Clarke, barely knew how to play drums. He was chosen because of his resemblance to Stones Brian Jones. Let's not forget Rochester native Steve Gadd among terrific studio drummers...he of the fantastic "Aja" sem-solo. I've been a drummer pretty much since I was born, and have seen over 50 years of some great drummers. Steve Gadd may be the best I've ever seen. There's a video of Steve playing in the army jazz band some time in the 1960s. He was already pretty awesome then. Great! What's your opinion of Neil Peart? |
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Post by pippsheadache on Mar 18, 2024 14:12:22 GMT -5
The Byrds were my favorite American group. Their original drummer, Michael Clarke, barely knew how to play drums. He was chosen because of his resemblance to Stones Brian Jones. Let's not forget Rochester native Steve Gadd among terrific studio drummers...he of the fantastic "Aja" sem-solo. I've been a drummer pretty much since I was born, and have seen over 50 years of some great drummers. Steve Gadd may be the best I've ever seen. There's a video of Steve playing in the army jazz band some time in the 1960s. He was already pretty awesome then. How do you rate Gene Krupa? And who are your favorite rock drummers? |
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Post by azbob643 on Mar 18, 2024 14:16:47 GMT -5
Call me sexist, but I always thought it was weird when Karen played drums, which she did early on. It was unusual at the time...fairly common now. There was a female drummer who played with Santana alot who was really good. Yeah...I just thought it was odd at the time, just as I thought drummers as lead singers was. I can't justify it...just was. Sheila E. was Prince's drummer. I think Cindy Blackman was Santana's drummer. Check out "Count Me In" if you have Netflix. |
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Post by azbob643 on Mar 18, 2024 14:20:30 GMT -5
Anyone remember Sandy Nelson?
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Post by chiyankee on Mar 18, 2024 14:21:35 GMT -5
Numerous bands claimed The New York Dolls had an influenced in their muscial careers from Aerosmith, Kiss, Sex Pistols, and The Clash to name a few. I saw The New York Dolls in concert as well as David Johansen as David Johansen and Buster Pointdexter. I saw Buster Pointdexter in concert of all places in Disneyland and I pretty sure Marie Osmond was there as well. Yeah, back in the day at the Whiskey a Go Go, the Los Angeles version of CBGB, I saw Tom Petty opened up for Blondie and John (Cougar back then) Mellencamp opened up the Jam, not to forget seeing The Runaways (Joan Jett), Televison, Mink DeVille and Van Halen and down the street at the Roxy, I saw the Patty Smith Group and David Essex to name a few that I can remember at the top of my head. Going to concerts was great since the prices were so low compared to today. I saw Queen play for $6 at the Santa Monica Civic and a couple years ago a Queen tribute band wanted $20 at the Bakersfield Fox Theater. Didn't know you were an LA guy. I lived there from 95-2000, but by then when I went to a club it was to see somebody whose heyday was decades earlier. Although I made a point to visit the legends that were still around like The Whisky and The Roxy and The Rainbow Bar and Grill. I actually did stop in at the Rainbow while passing through LA in the summer of 72 on a trip from the Bay Area to Tijuana. It was brand new then and the group NRBQ was playing there. We also dropped into Gazzari's if you remember that one. Great fun. It's pretty amazing and convenient that the Roxy and Rainbow were right next to each other. And the Whiskey wasn't too far away. Some worthless trivia: Neil Young played the first shows at the Roxy. His band for the gigs was what was left at the time of Crazy Horse, Ben Keith and a very young Nil Lofgren, long before he joined the E-Street Band. Last year, for the 50th anniversary of the show, Neil and the current version of Crazy Horse, including Lofgren reunited and played the Roxy again. I wish I was there! |
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Post by chiyankee on Mar 18, 2024 14:22:28 GMT -5
Call me sexist, but I always thought it was weird when Karen played drums, which she did early on. It was unusual at the time...fairly common now. There was a female drummer who played with Santana alot who was really good. I believe she's Carlos's wife. |
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Post by chiyankee on Mar 18, 2024 14:27:46 GMT -5
The Byrds were my favorite American group. Their original drummer, Michael Clarke, barely knew how to play drums. He was chosen because of his resemblance to Stones Brian Jones. Let's not forget Rochester native Steve Gadd among terrific studio drummers...he of the fantastic "Aja" sem-solo. I've been a drummer pretty much since I was born, and have seen over 50 years of some great drummers. Steve Gadd may be the best I've ever seen. There's a video of Steve playing in the army jazz band some time in the 1960s. He was already pretty awesome then. What's your opinion Jeff Porcaro, the 70's version of Hal Blaine, who later was in Toto? |
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Post by pippsheadache on Mar 18, 2024 14:30:43 GMT -5
Anyone remember Sandy Nelson? Absolutely! "Let There Be Drums" and "Teen Beat" among others. Now you're going back there. If memory serves he had a prosthetic leg. From that same era was a guy named Preston Epps who had a hit with "Bongo Rock." |
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Post by azbob643 on Mar 18, 2024 14:32:50 GMT -5
Neil and the current version of Crazy Horse, including Lofgren reunited and played the Roxy again. I wish I was there! Saw Neil Young at "Fiddler's Green" (Denver). I've heard he can be very impulsive and undependable when he decides to tour. He was on the same bill as "Gin Blossoms"...a band, IMO, that never achieved the success they deserved. |
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Post by azbob643 on Mar 18, 2024 14:35:35 GMT -5
I've been a drummer pretty much since I was born, and have seen over 50 years of some great drummers. Steve Gadd may be the best I've ever seen. There's a video of Steve playing in the army jazz band some time in the 1960s. He was already pretty awesome then. What's your opinion Jeff Porcaro, the 70's version of Hal Blaine, who later was in Toto? Jeff Porcaro & John Bonham replicated Bernard Purdie's "Purdie Shuffle".... |
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Post by pippsheadache on Mar 18, 2024 14:37:27 GMT -5
Didn't know you were an LA guy. I lived there from 95-2000, but by then when I went to a club it was to see somebody whose heyday was decades earlier. Although I made a point to visit the legends that were still around like The Whisky and The Roxy and The Rainbow Bar and Grill. I actually did stop in at the Rainbow while passing through LA in the summer of 72 on a trip from the Bay Area to Tijuana. It was brand new then and the group NRBQ was playing there. We also dropped into Gazzari's if you remember that one. Great fun. It's pretty amazing and convenient that the Roxy and Rainbow were right next to each other. And the Whiskey wasn't too far away. Some worthless trivia: Neil Young played the first shows at the Roxy. His band for the gigs was what was left at the time of Crazy Horse, Ben Keith and a very young Nil Lofgren, long before he joined the E-Street Band. Last year, for the 50th anniversary of the show, Neil and the current version of Crazy Horse, including Lofgren reunited and played the Roxy again. I wish I was there! Outstanding knowledge there, Chi. My brother dragged me to see Nils Lofgren back around 1971 at a small club in Washington DC. He was fronting Grin at that time, and I hadn't heard of him, but my brother really liked the band. They did a great show. He introduced a song called "Slippery Fingers" that hadn't yet been released and he played up a storm on that one. Made me a fan. |
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Post by chiyankee on Mar 18, 2024 14:38:23 GMT -5
Saw Neil Young at "Fiddler's Green" (Denver). I've heard he can be very impulsive and undependable when he decides to tour. He was on the same bill as "Gin Blossoms"...a band, IMO, that never achieved the success they deserved. I'm going to see Neil in May in Chicago with Crazy Horse. I saw Gin Blossoms play in the parking lot of Chicago's Hard Rock Cafe back in the 1990's. We had a good time. But now I have that "Hey Jealousy" song stuck in my head since reading your post.  |
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