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Post by inger on May 17, 2024 22:12:46 GMT -5
As legit as The Partridge Family... Susan Dey was a cutie. Although in her way I guess Veronica Lodge was too. I was way into Veronica Lodge. Not so much Susan Dey…her mouth reminded me of the grill of some of the Pontiac’s of the era… |
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Post by inger on May 17, 2024 22:13:31 GMT -5
Actually, Dawn Wells aged nicely...IMO still cute up to the very end. Her thighs did plump up pretty big, though… |
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Post by Renfield on May 17, 2024 23:15:34 GMT -5
As legit as The Partridge Family... I think David Cassidy was under rated due to his involvement with that show…And the bubblegum crap it fed to him… David Cassidy should be eternally lauded for giving us Katie Cassidy. Smokin' hot. |
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Post by fwclipper51 on May 18, 2024 17:54:47 GMT -5
I have been a Beach Boys fan since 1962. I was able to catch the 1st Brian Wilson's "Pet Sounds" tour. at the Garden State Center in NJ. It was a great experience. The touring band included 2 original Beach Boys members: Al Jardine and David Marks along with Jeffery Foskett and members of the Wondermints. He did mention after singing "Sloop John B," the words,"Now back to Pet Sounds album. Pet Sounds was not embraced by Capitol Records because it isn't the regular cars, sun and girls songs, as well as Mike Love resistance to the change. Capitol Records had 2 biggest groups on either side of the Atlantic, yes they didn't want to give The Beach Boys the artistic freedom like the Beatles had. When Paul and John heard the pre-release of the album, when Beach Boy Bruce Johnston brought over an advance copy with him to England. Paul was later quoted that the album drove them (John and Paul) to create their Sgt. Pepper album. Other English artists had listen were amaze by the album Pete Townsend, Ray Davies, members of the Rolling Stones and other leading groups.
Good stuff Clipper. I was a fan starting with the first two-sided hit "Surfin' Safari"/409." I first saw them live in 1965, soon after Brian had his breakdown, so he was replaced by some guy named Glen Campbell. Wonder whatever became of him? The Beach Boys have to be the only group that has had a Billboard Top 40 hit with six different lead singers -- the three Wilson Brothers (Dennis had his contribution with "Do You Wanna Dance"), Mike Love, Al Jardine with "Help Me Rhonda" and Blondie Chaplin with "Sail On Sailor." As much as he has been important to the Beach Boys sound, Bruce Johnston never sang lead on a Top 40 song for them. Although he did for The Rip Chords with "Hey Little Cobra" which I am sure you remember. To me The Beach Boys were almost an instruction manual for seeking pleasure as a teenager. I don't think I succeeded as much as they appeared to in their songs -- never missing with the girls they meet or blowing away their drag race competition -- but they pointed in the right direction. And I definitely followed their advice about getting around and I was in fact true to my school. Rah rah rah rah sis boom bah. Bruce Johnson did write the song "I write the Song" which became a hit for Barry M. He did worked on Pet Sounds but he wasn't credit for it. He would become offical Beach Boy in 1967, when David Marks band contract expired. He did write and sing on "Disney Girls" and "Dirdre" on Sunflower (1970) "Endless Harmony" (1980). Also in 1967 during the Wild Honey sessions, he did sing on the "With a little Help for my Friends," the track was not issued on the album. |
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Post by pippsheadache on May 18, 2024 19:12:33 GMT -5
Good stuff Clipper. I was a fan starting with the first two-sided hit "Surfin' Safari"/409." I first saw them live in 1965, soon after Brian had his breakdown, so he was replaced by some guy named Glen Campbell. Wonder whatever became of him? The Beach Boys have to be the only group that has had a Billboard Top 40 hit with six different lead singers -- the three Wilson Brothers (Dennis had his contribution with "Do You Wanna Dance"), Mike Love, Al Jardine with "Help Me Rhonda" and Blondie Chaplin with "Sail On Sailor." As much as he has been important to the Beach Boys sound, Bruce Johnston never sang lead on a Top 40 song for them. Although he did for The Rip Chords with "Hey Little Cobra" which I am sure you remember. To me The Beach Boys were almost an instruction manual for seeking pleasure as a teenager. I don't think I succeeded as much as they appeared to in their songs -- never missing with the girls they meet or blowing away their drag race competition -- but they pointed in the right direction. And I definitely followed their advice about getting around and I was in fact true to my school. Rah rah rah rah sis boom bah. Bruce Johnson did write the song "I write the Song" which became a hit for Barry M. He did worked on Pet Sounds but he wasn't credit for it. He would become offical Beach Boy in 1967, when David Marks band contract expired. He did write and sing on "Disney Girls" and "Dirdre" on Sunflower (1970) "Endless Harmony" (1980). Also in 1967 during the Wild Honey sessions, he did sing on the "With a little Help for my Friends," the track was not issued on the album. Yeah, the first Beach Boys song I recall hearing Johnston on was on the fade out in "California Girls" in 1965. I didn't know it was him at the time, I just knew I was hearing a different voice. You can easily pick him out in the closing rounds in "God Only Knows" in 1966; he's doing those nasal middle parts. "Disney Girls" is probably his best-known song with the Beach Boys, but it was never released as a single. He and Al Jardine definitely added some stability and rationality to the group. In addition to the Rip Chords stuff ("Hey Little Cobra" and "Hot Rod USA" and "Three Window Coupe") I was among the apparently few people who bought the 1964 Bruce and Terry (Melcher) single release of "Summer Means Fun." Well this is getting pretty far into the weeds for non-BBs fanatics, so I'll knock it off. I'm going to be out of town for awhile anyway so if I'm not on here it's not from lack of interest. Surf's Up. |
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Post by inger on May 18, 2024 22:12:34 GMT -5
Bruce Johnson did write the song "I write the Song" which became a hit for Barry M. He did worked on Pet Sounds but he wasn't credit for it. He would become offical Beach Boy in 1967, when David Marks band contract expired. He did write and sing on "Disney Girls" and "Dirdre" on Sunflower (1970) "Endless Harmony" (1980). Also in 1967 during the Wild Honey sessions, he did sing on the "With a little Help for my Friends," the track was not issued on the album. Yeah, the first Beach Boys song I recall hearing Johnston on was on the fade out in "California Girls" in 1965. I didn't know it was him at the time, I just knew I was hearing a different voice. You can easily pick him out in the closing rounds in "God Only Knows" in 1966; he's doing those nasal middle parts. "Disney Girls" is probably his best-known song with the Beach Boys, but it was never released as a single. He and Al Jardine definitely added some stability and rationality to the group. In addition to the Rip Chords stuff ("Hey Little Cobra" and "Hot Rod USA" and "Three Window Coupe") I was among the apparently few people who bought the 1964 Bruce and Terry (Melcher) single release of "Summer Means Fun." Well this is getting pretty far into the weeds for non-BBs fanatics, so I'll knock it off. I'm going to be out of town for awhile anyway so if I'm not on here it's not from lack of interest. Surf's Up. One small request: Bring back proof of Bigfoot… |
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Post by chiyankee on May 24, 2024 11:30:17 GMT -5
This legend turned 83 today.
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Post by azbob643 on May 24, 2024 11:41:28 GMT -5
This legend turned 83 today. One of my favorites... |
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Post by fwclipper51 on May 25, 2024 17:44:15 GMT -5
Doug Ingle, Iron Butterfly Singer and Organist, Dead at 78
Founding and last surviving member of hard rock band's "classic lineup" co-wrote 17-minute psych-rock epic "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida"
BY DANIEL KREPS Rolling Stone Magazine
MAY 25, 2024
Doug Ingle, the founding singer and organist of the late Sixties hard rock band Iron Butterfly and the co-writer of the group’s hit “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida,” has died at the age of 78.
The singer’s son Doug Ingle Jr. confirmed his father’s death on social media (via Blabbermouth), “It’s with a heavy heart & great sadness to announce the passing of my Father Doug Ingle. Dad passed away peacefully [Friday] evening [May 24] in the presence of family.” No cause of death was provided.
Ingle was the last surviving member of Iron Butterfly’s “classic,” In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida-era lineup: Guitarist Erik Brann died in 2003 at the age of 52, Bassist Lee Dornan died in 2012 at the age of 70 and Drummer Ron Bushy died in 2021 at the age of 79.
Of the 4 musicians in the In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida lineup, Ingle was the only 1 who was a founding member, having formed Iron Butterfly in San Diego in 1966. After a handful of lineup changes, a 5-piece Iron Butterfly including Ingle and Bushy put out the band’s debut Heavy in 1968; soon after release, the other 3 members left and were replaced by Brann and Dornan, resulting in the lineup that would create the 17-minute psych-rock epic “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.”
Released less than 6 months after Heavy and the lineup shuffle, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida would sell a reported 30 million copies worldwide, and a 3-minute version of the title track — whose title was based on Bushy’s mishearing of “In the Garden of Eden” — became a Top 5 hit on the Hot 100 and a classic rock staple.
“‘In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida’ was written as a slow country ballad, about one-and-a-half minutes long,” Bushy told It’s Psychedelic Baby magazine in 2020. “I came home late one night and Doug [Ingle] had been drinking a whole gallon of Red Mountain wine. I asked him what he had done, while he has been playing a slow ballad on his Vox keyboard. It was hard to understand him because he was so drunk … so I wrote it down on a napkin exactly how it sounded phonetically to me: ‘In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.’ It was supposed to be ‘In the Garden of Eden.’”
The classic lineup quickly attempted to capitalize on the success with 1969’s Ball, which was primarily written by Ingle, but the album failed to yield any hit singles. The singer remained with Iron Butterfly for 1 more studio album, 1970’s Metamorphosis, before the band broke up in 1971, in part due to debts the band incurred from the mismanagement. When Bushy and Brann reunited Iron Butterfly in 1975, Ingle did not take part, though he did perform with some of the countless iterations of Iron Butterfly that toured over the ensuing decades, including most recently in 1999.
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Post by Renfield on Jun 3, 2024 18:54:29 GMT -5
I've been reminded that this is the 3d of June--the day that Billie Joe McCallister jumped off the Tallahatchie bridge.
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Post by inger on Jun 3, 2024 19:10:56 GMT -5
I've been reminded that this is the 3d of June--the day that Billie Joe McCallister jumped off the Tallahatchie bridge. Like me and Julio, we’ll never quite know what was going on there… |
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Post by Renfield on Jun 3, 2024 19:26:52 GMT -5
I've been reminded that this is the 3d of June--the day that Billie Joe McCallister jumped off the Tallahatchie bridge. Like me and Julio, we’ll never quite know what was going on there… Thought y'all were down by the school yard? |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jun 3, 2024 20:01:04 GMT -5
I've been reminded that this is the 3d of June--the day that Billie Joe McCallister jumped off the Tallahatchie bridge. Good catch, Ren. I don't think I've ever thought of that before. That song was inescapable in the summer of 67. The "Ode To Billy Joe" album succeeded "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" at the top of the Billboard charts. Bobbie Gentry is one bright and interesting artist, in addition to being a tall cool sip of RC Cola in her heyday whose endless legs made her a natural for being a Vegas dancer. She was from a dirt-poor Mississippi family, made her way to LA where she was a philosophy major at UCLA, then switched to the LA Conservatory of Music where she studied composition. She was one of the first women in the rock world to write and produce her own records. She had a few other singles that charted, all of which I liked but which are barely recalled now -- "Okolona River Bottom Band" and "Fancy" and "The Girl From Cincinnati." A lot of what she wrote was very creative and cerebral, although she never minded using sex appeal to get your attention. She did some work with Glen Campbell that was commercially successful, but her last recordings came in the late 70s and her last public appearance was in 1981. She retired from show business and became pretty much a recluse -- she is still alive in her early 80s. There seems to be some mystery about where she even lives. She was married briefly to "comic" musician Jim Stafford, who always seemed to me to be somewhat dorky -- "I Don't Like Spiders And Snakes" and "My Girl Bill" were among his efforts. I remember reading a story about her a few years ago where some guy actually managed to get her personal phone number and reached her with the hope of getting an interview, but apparently she was not cooperative. We were in Mississippi last year when the thought occurred to me to go visit the Tallahatchie Bridge. However, we were in Biloxi and the bridge was near Greenwood, almost the opposite end of the state. I later learned that the original wooden bridge that she wrote about was destroyed by arsonists in 1972. There is a bridge in Greenwood with a historical plaque about the song and Bobbie, but it's not the one she wrote about. One day I will follow in the footsteps of my niece and do the Mississippi Blues Trail and go to the site, which is only a few miles from the grave of the nearly-mythical bluesman Robert Johnson. Because I get my jollies putting these songs in context, other songs that were popular when "Ode To Billy Joe" was out include "All You Need Is Love" by The Beatles, "Light My Fire" by The Doors, "I Was Made To Love Her" by Stevie Wonder, "Reflections" by The Supremes, "A Whiter Shade Of Pale" by Procol Harum, "Cold Sweat" by James Brown, "Thank The Lord For The Night Time" by Neil Diamond, "To Love Somebody" by The Bee Gees, "Carrie Anne" by The Hollies, "Apples Peaches Pumpkin Pie" by Jay and the Techniques, "Fakin' It" by Simon and Garfunkel, "Brown Eyed Girl" by Van Morrison and "The Letter" by The Box Tops. A lot more good ones that I just don't have time to list. It was a nice time for music. |
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Post by Renfield on Jun 3, 2024 21:57:32 GMT -5
Great info pipps! Did not know Bobbi Gentry was married to Jim Stafford. From the times I've seen him, he appeared to be the real deal as to playing guitar. You're right, it was a good time for music, but I wasn't very old when Ode to Billie Joe came out, but it's been burned into my brain from hearing it all the time on the radio.
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Post by inger on Jun 3, 2024 22:24:33 GMT -5
I've been reminded that this is the 3d of June--the day that Billie Joe McCallister jumped off the Tallahatchie bridge. Good catch, Ren. I don't think I've ever thought of that before. That song was inescapable in the summer of 67. The "Ode To Billy Joe" album succeeded "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" at the top of the Billboard charts. Bobbie Gentry is one bright and interesting artist, in addition to being a tall cool sip of RC Cola in her heyday whose endless legs made her a natural for being a Vegas dancer. She was from a dirt-poor Mississippi family, made her way to LA where she was a philosophy major at UCLA, then switched to the LA Conservatory of Music where she studied composition. She was one of the first women in the rock world to write and produce her own records. She had a few other singles that charted, all of which I liked but which are barely recalled now -- "Okolona River Bottom Band" and "Fancy" and "The Girl From Cincinnati." A lot of what she wrote was very creative and cerebral, although she never minded using sex appeal to get your attention. She did some work with Glen Campbell that was commercially successful, but her last recordings came in the late 70s and her last public appearance was in 1981. She retired from show business and became pretty much a recluse -- she is still alive in her early 80s. There seems to be some mystery about where she even lives. She was married briefly to "comic" musician Jim Stafford, who always seemed to me to be somewhat dorky -- "I Don't Like Spiders And Snakes" and "My Girl Bill" were among his efforts. I remember reading a story about her a few years ago where some guy actually managed to get her personal phone number and reached her with the hope of getting an interview, but apparently she was not cooperative. We were in Mississippi last year when the thought occurred to me to go visit the Tallahatchie Bridge. However, we were in Biloxi and the bridge was near Greenwood, almost the opposite end of the state. I later learned that the original wooden bridge that she wrote about was destroyed by arsonists in 1972. There is a bridge in Greenwood with a historical plaque about the song and Bobbie, but it's not the one she wrote about. One day I will follow in the footsteps of my niece and do the Mississippi Blues Trail and go to the site, which is only a few miles from the grave of the nearly-mythical bluesman Robert Johnson. Because I get my jollies putting these songs in context, other songs that were popular when "Ode To Billy Joe" was out include "All You Need Is Love" by The Beatles, "Light My Fire" by The Doors, "I Was Made To Love Her" by Stevie Wonder, "Reflections" by The Supremes, "A Whiter Shade Of Pale" by Procol Harum, "Cold Sweat" by James Brown, "Thank The Lord For The Night Time" by Neil Diamond, "To Love Somebody" by The Bee Gees, "Carrie Anne" by The Hollies, "Apples Peaches Pumpkin Pie" by Jay and the Techniques, "Fakin' It" by Simon and Garfunkel, "Brown Eyed Girl" by Van Morrison and "The Letter" by The Box Tops. A lot more good ones that I just don't have time to list. It was a nice time for music. I sort of enjoyed Stafford’s follies, reminding me a bit of Roy Clark with the facial expressions while playing and singing. And don’t forget “Wildwood Weed”, “Swamp Witch”, nor “Under The Scotsman’s Kilt”… I won’t pretend he was a musical icon, but he seemed to fill a void at the time he came along… |
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