HAVE YOUR FORTUNE READ

April 19, 2014, 2:58 pm

FORTUNE TELLER

Written in the early early sixties by Naomi Neville. No relation to the Neville Brothers out of New Orleans. But indeed this was the pen name for Allen Toussaint from that same
city.

Allen Toussaint (born January 14, 1938) is an American musician, songwriter and record producer.

One of the most influential figures in New Orleans R&B, many of Toussaint's songs have become familiar through their numerous cover versions, including "Working in the Coalmine", "Ride Your Pony", "Brickyard Blues", "Get Out My Life Woman", "Southern Nights" and "Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky".Another was Fortune Teller, covered by many 1960s rock groups including The Who and The Hollies, and recently (2007) by Robert Plant on Raising Sand

The first version I remember hearing was the Rolling Stones cut from their Newest Hitmakers lp
I think that this song is one of those great garage type songs that so many of the early bands adopted to their own style

01 rolling stones
02 merseybeats
03 who
04 downliners sect
05 hollies
06 tornados
07 shortlist
08 hardtimes
09 del rays
10 fire escape
11 iguanas
12 radiators
13 cowslingers
14 throb
15 nine nine nine
16 papamali
17 chains
18 thee sixpence
19 stellas
20 episode six
21 crazyhorse
22 collins & colson
23 plant & krauss
24 allen touissaint

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G...L...O...R...I...A

April 20, 2014, 10:48 am

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GLORIA

"Gloria" is a rock song classic written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison and originally recorded by Morrison's band Them in 1964 and released as the B-side of "Baby, Please Don't Go". The song became a garage rock staple and a part of many rock bands' repertoires. It is particularly memorable for its "G–L–O–R–I–A" chorus. It is easy to play, as a simple three-chord song, and thus is popular with those learning to play guitar.It is in OMO the ultimate garage song.

Morrison said that he wrote "Gloria" while he performed with the Monarchs in Germany in the summer of 1963, at just about the time he turned eighteen years old.] He started to perform it at the Maritime Hotel when he returned to Belfast and joined up with the Gamblers to form the band Them. He would ad-lib lyrics as he performed, sometimes stretching the song to fifteen or twenty minutes. After signing a contract with Dick Rowe and Decca, Them went to London for a recording session at Decca Three Studios in West Hampstead on 5 July 1964; "Gloria" was one of the seven songs recorded that day. Besides Morrison, present were Billy Harrison on guitar, Alan Henderson on bass, Ronnie Millings on drums and Patrick John McCauley on keyboards. Rowe brought in session musicians Arthur Greenslade on organ, Jimmy Page on guitar, and Bobby Graham on drums, since he considered the Them members too inexperienced. There remains some dispute about whether Millings and McCauley were miked up, but Alan Henderson contends that Them constituted the first rock group to use two drummers on a recording Gloria was the B-side, when "Baby, Please Don't Go" was released in the U.K. on 6 November 1964. It was re-released in 1973 on the Deram label, but did not chart

The beauty of the original is that Van Morrison needs only to speak-sing, in his Howlin' Wolf growl, "I watch her come up to my house/She knocks upon my door/And then she comes up to my room/I want to say she makes me feel all right/G-L-O-R-I-A!" to convey his teenage lust. The original Latin meaning of the name is not lost on Morrison. Them never varies from the three chords, utilizing only dynamic changes to heighten the tension.

In 1999, "Gloria" by Them received the Grammy Hall of Fame Award. In 2000, "Gloriae" by Them was listed as number 81 on VH1's list of The 100 Greatest Rock Songs of All Time. In 2004, "Gloria" by Them was ranked #211 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time

01 them
02 shadows of knight
03 13th floor elevators
04 los walkers
05 tracers
06 aftermath
07 blues magoos
08 far end
09 hombres
10 human beinz
11 jimi hendrix
12 king beez
13 kontikis
14 oxford 5
15 robb london a7the rogues
16 santa esmeralda
17 sky saxon
18 standells
19 doors
20 gillian row
21 hangmen
22 illusions
23 tangerine zoo
24 yardbirds

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FAST JOE OR SLOW JOE

April 20, 2014, 6:12 pm

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HEY JOE
The absolute winner of the Basic Garage Mechanics series is the all time classic HEY JOE

This song has been recorded by hundreds of artists snd every garage band had this one in their repertoire this song has been arranged in many different variations and styles,

"Hey Joe" is an American popular song from the 1960s that has become a
rock standard and as such has been performed in many musical styles by
hundreds of different artists since it was first written. "HeyJoe" tells the story of a man who is on the run and planning to head to Mexico after shooting his wife. However, diverse credits and claims
have led to confusion as to the song's true authorship and genesisThe earliest known commercial recording of the song is the late-1965 single by the Los Angeles garage band The Leaves; the band then re-recorded the track and released it in 1966 as a follow-up single which
became a hit. Currently, the best-known version is The Jimi Hendrix Experience's 1966 recording, their debut single.

The song title is sometimes given as "Hey Joe, Where You Gonna Go?" or similar variations.
While claimed by the late Tim Rose to be a traditional song, or often
erroneously attributed to the pen of American musician Dino Valenti (who
also went by the names Chester or Chet Powers, and Jesse Farrow), "Hey Joe" was registered for copyright in the U.S. in 1962 by Billy Roberts.
Scottish folk singer Len Partridge has claimed that he helped write the
song with Roberts when they both performed in clubs in Edinburgh in
1956. Other sources (including singer Pat Craig), claim that Roberts
assigned the rights to the song to his friend Valenti while Valenti was
in jail, in order to give him some income upon release.Roberts was a relatively obscure California-based folk singer, guitarist and harmonica player who performed on the West Coast coffeehouse circuit.

01 leaves
02 jimi hendrix
03 surfaris
04 tim rose
05 love
06 byrds
07 stillroven
08 cryan' shames
09 music machine
10 yuya uchida
11 johnny rivers
12 tangets
13 roks
14 deep purple
15 jelly bean bandits
16 soulbenders
17 os baobas
18 marmalade
19 gants
20 pied pipers
21 standells
22 enemys
23 buckwheat zydeco
24 dukes of hamburg

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CRASH AND BURN

April 24, 2014, 6:22 pm

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The Sonics are an American garage rock band from Tacoma, Washington, originating in the early 1960s. Among the Sonics' contemporaries were the Kingsmen, the Wailers, the Dynamics, the Regents, and Paul Revere & the Raiders. Their aggressive, hard-edged sound has been a major influence on punk, garage, and hard rock music worldwide.

They played a mixture of garage rock standards ("Louie, Louie", "Have Love, Will Travel"), early rock and roll ("Jenny, Jenny", "Skinny Minnie") and original compositions such as "Strychnine", "Psycho", and "The Witch", all based upon simple chord sequences, played hard and fast.

The lyrics of The Sonics' original material dealt with early 1960s teenage culture: cars, guitars, surfing, and girls (in songs like "The Hustler", "Boss Hoss" and "Maintaining My Cool") alongside darker subject matter such as drinking strychnine for kicks, witches, psychopaths, and Satan (in the songs "Strychnine", "The Witch", "Psycho", and "He's Waitin'", respectively).

    Gerry Roslie — organ, piano, lead vocals
    Freddie Dennis — bass guitar, vocals
    Larry Parypa — lead guitar, vocals
    Rob Lind — saxophone, harp, vocals
    Dusty Watson — drums

The Sonics
The Bell House

Brooklyn, New York
April 13, 2013

01. Cinderella
02. Money (That's What I Want)
03. Shot Down
04. He's Waitin'
05. Dirty Robber
06. Have Love, Will Travel
07. Vampire Kiss
08. Keep A Knockin' But You Can't Come In
09. Cheap Shades
10. You've Got Your Head On Backwards
11. Boss Hoss
12. Wildfire?

13. Bad Attitude
14. Louie Louie
15. Psycho
16. Crowd Ambience
17. I Don't Need No Doctor
18. Miriam Linna Intro
19. Have Love, Will Travel
(with Miriam Linna - drums)
20. Strychnine
21. The Witch

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DRUMMING CIRCLE

April 27, 2014, 2:26 pm

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Diga Rhythm Band with Special Guest Jerry Garcia
05/30/75
San Francisco, CA -
Marx Meadows, Golden Gate Park

1.Persuasion
2.Introductions and Noodling
3.Fire On the Mountain

below is a copy paste of the Musicians that Contributed to the Diga Album Released in 1976. Who, of these people were onstage this day, is a quest for the Historians to Nail down.

    Diga Rhythm Band
    * Jordan Amarantha - congas, bongos
    * Peter Carmichael - tabla
    * Aushim Chaudhuri - tabla
    * Vince Delgado - dumbek, tabla, talking drum
    * Tor Dietrichson - tabla
    * Mickey Hart - traps, gongs, timbales, tympani
    * Zakir Hussain - tabla, folk drums, tar
    * Jim Loveless - marimbas
    * Joy Shulman - tabla
    * Ray Spiegel - vibes
    * Arshad Syed - duggi tarang, nal

    Guests
    * Jerry Garcia - guitar (on Razooli and Happiness Is Drumming)
    * Jim McPherson - vocals (on Razooli)
    * Kathy McDonald - vocals (on Razooli)
    * David Freiberg - vocals (on Razooli)

This is a recent request for repost

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BEWARE!

April 28, 2014, 6:31 pm

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Frumious Bandersnatch – Live at The Poppycock, Palo Alto, CA 1968

1. You Gotta Believe (George Tickner, Jack King)
2. Ten Cents A Ride (unknown)
3. Bang, Bang You’re Dead (unknown)
4. Black Box (Jack King)
5. Woodrose Syrup (Jack King)
6. Baby Mine (unknown)
7. Rosemary’s Baby (Bob Winkelman)
8. I Believe You (unknown)
9. Cheshire (George Tickner, Jack King)
David Denny: lead guitar
Jack King: drums, vocals
Jimmy Warner: solo guitar
Bobby Winkelman: rhythm guitar, vocals
Ross Valory: bass, vocals (December 1967 thru October 1968)
or
Jack Notestein: bass, vocals (November 1968 onward)

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EARLY ELECTRONICA

May 8, 2014, 10:44 am

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Decades after their brief yet influential career first ground to a sudden and mysterious halt, the Silver Apples remain one of pop music's true enigmas: a surreal, almost unprecedented duo, their music explored interstellar drones and hums, pulsing rhythms, and electronically generated melodies years before similar ideas were adopted in the work of acolytes ranging from Suicide to Spacemen 3 to Laika. the Silver Apples formed in New York in 1967 and comprised percussionist Danny Taylor and lead vocalist Simeon, a bizarre figure who played an instrument also dubbed the Simeon, which (according to notes on the duo's self-titled 1968 debut LP) consisted of "nine audio oscillators and eighty-six manual controls...The lead and rhythm oscillators are played with the hands, elbows and knees and the bass oscillators are played with the feet." Although the utterly uncommercial record -- an ingenious cacophony of beeps, buzzes, and beats -- sold poorly, the Silver Apples resurfaced a year later with their sophomore effort, Contact, another far-flung outing which fared no better than its predecessor. After the record's release, the duo seemingly vanished into thin air, perhaps returning to the alien world from whence they purportedly came; however, in 1996 the Silver Apples mysteriously resurfaced, as Simeon and new partner Xian Hawkins released the single "Fractal Flow." American and European tours followed, and a year later, a new LP, Beacon, was released to wide acclaim. The follow-up, Decatur, appeared in 1998, and was soon joined by A Lake of Teardrops (a collaboration with avowed fans Spectrum) as well as The Garden, the long-unreleased third and final effort from the original Simeon/Taylor partnership. However, on November 1, 1998, the Silver Apples' van crashed while returning from a New York gig; the accident left Simeon with a broken neck and spinal injuries, from which he recovered, performing under the band name well into the 2000s.

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SPAGHETTI PROG

May 9, 2014, 4:22 pm

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The band OSAGE TRIBE were formed in 1971 by sicilian multi talent (composer, avantgardist, chansonier and pop singer) Franco Battiato together with drummer Ninzio "Cucciolo" Fava, guitarist Marco Zoccheddu (coming from the band NUOVO IDEA) and bass player Bob Callero. Battiato found a recording deal with the brandnew Bla Bla label but then left the band, just singing on their first single "Un Falco Nel Cielo", before starting his solo career with two albums in minmalism style; the single is rather commercial and was also used for a popular TV quiz show at the time.

The remaining trio, based in Genova, a prolific city for many great bands, veered towards a more aggressive sound and released their masterpiece, "Arrow Head", in 1972, a five tracks album that's still regarded as one of the finest in its genre. Mainly hard rock based, but with strong progressive influences rather than dull solo parts, the album has in the long "Soffici Bianchi Veli" and the softer "Cerchio Di Luce" with some jazzy influences are the best cuts.

The band had a good live activity but a short life, and Zoccheddu and Callero formed Duello Madre at the end of 1972, leaving Cucciolo with the name OSAGE TRIBE and new line-ups for a while. The drummer then joined The TRIP after their fourth album (but this line up never recorded) and then DIK DIK.

Bob Callero has had a very active career, with IL VOLO and many collaborations as sessionman.
"Arrow Head" is a particularly rare album, much requested by foreign collectors of the genre. It's never been reissued on vinyl in Italy and came with a gatefold laminated cover and the usual Bla Bla-styled lyric cutout inner. "Arrow Head" is indeed an interesting album and something like a lost gem in Italian Progressive Rock. It's highly recommended to any fan of this particular genre.

t's definitely worthwhile! (source: www.italianprog.com )

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GRAN MAW MAW

May 12, 2014, 5:18 pm

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I trust that everyone had a grand mother's day. Hopefully you reached out to Mom and if you are like myself ( Mom's passed on) you thought of her. In keeping with the Motherly love theme Here's a little ditty from the Grandmothers for all'

The first version of the Grandmothers came along in 1980 and naturally featured a triumvirate that had -- among many other things weird and Zappa-esque -- been photographed wearing dresses for the gatefold cover of the 1968 We're Only in It for the Money. Drummer and singer Jimmy Carl Black, the infamous "Indian of the group," plus former Army buddies Don Preston on keyboards and multi-instrumentalist Bunk Gardner, are certainly among the most versatile and entertaining players Zappa had ever hired. Zappa himself became the target of the new band's on-stage satire and was apparently particularly upset over a dummy of himself that was being used in various provocative ways.

This began a pattern of the Zappa family and its legal minions fighting with various members of the Grandmothers. In the case of the aforementioned ribbing of Zappa it was clearly an example of something actor Edward G. Robinson described perfectly in one of his gangster roles: "You can dish it out, but you can't take it in." Other legal wranglings involved the right to perform and record Zappa compositions and, most importantly, unsanctioned use of the actual name of the Mothers of Invention by greedy promoters. At one point in the early '90s, the Zappa estate quashed a new recording deal for the Grandmothers with a major label that was unfortunately not interested in working with the band unless it was allowed to use the name of the Mothers of Invention.

Black has pointed out in many interviews that the Grandmothers are not, strictly speaking, a Zappa cover band. The group's repertoire touches only on material from the Mothers of Invention days and also features songs by Black and Preston as well as much other appropriate cover material from the '60s and '70s. Some of the membership over the years has involved players from Zappa's later bands and projects, however. Black has detailed a lively anecdote when some of these younger musicians attempted to hijack a version of the Grandmothers, their goal being to replace some of the older members with younger upstarts. "I came down to breakfast one morning in the hotel and the first thing they said," Black recalls, "was to ask 'How would you like to be the only original Mother in the Grandmothers?'" Black says he answered their question with another question: "How would you like to hang it out your ass?"

Black, usually with Gardner and Preston and sometimes with original Mothers of Invention bassist and falsetto vocalist Roy Estrada, has been responsible for the most coherent and industrious versions of the band, one of which was seen in many American towns during a lengthy tour in 2000. Black's genius in this situation was to involve the aforementioned Europeans, who brought to the stage a combination of youthful energy and a looser, much less uptight attitude about Zappa music. Black had a version of the band with local musicians based out of Austin, TX, during his residency there in the '80s, but his version of the Grandmothers only really took off after Black became an expatriate in 1992 -- allowing him much easier access to the European audience.

Since 2002, Preston has become the de facto leader of the Grandmothers, shifting the band's base of operations to his hometown of Los Angeles and utilizing musicians from this area as well as the geographically altered name of the Grandmothers .

R.I.P. Jimmy Carl Black

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RAIN RAIN RAIN

May 14, 2014, 5:49 pm

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It's been pretty crappy here today. Some big thunderstorms have passed through the area so I thought you should have some rain too. Rain should make everything bright and green now. Georgia is very beautiful in the spring.

01 flowers in the rain - move
02 one more rainy day - deep purple
03 rainin' in paradise - neil young
04 little ruby rain - west coast pop art experimental band
05 rain keeps fallin' - grand funk railroad
06 when will the rain come - troggs
07 rain - randy california
08 acid rain pelting the undergroun - grandmothers
09 rain on the roof - lovin' spoonful
10 rain song - youngbloods
11 the rains came - sir douglas quintet
12 rain - donna jean godchaux (jgb)
13 way beyond the rain - roy wood
14 hey mr. rain - velvet underground
15 before the rain - lee oskar
16 whispers in the rain - camel
17 buy for me the rain - nitty gritty dirt band
18 rain - uriah heep
19 rainy day mushroom pillow - strawberry alarm clock
20 little rain - blues project
21 see the sky(about to rain) - byrds
22 ashes, the rain, and i - james gang
23 crying blue rain - jimi hendrix
24 rain - beatles

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SPEAKING IN TONGUES

May 18, 2014, 4:32 pm

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As the world knows the Rolling Stones recently celebrated their 50th anniversary this past year as being the world's greatest rock and roll band. I myself prefer the early Stones work over the latter. I say that their rhythm and blues influenced LP's from 63 to 68 are my own personal favorites. I began to pay less attention to the their works after the Sticky Fingers release. The Stones to me will always be the band that included Brian Jones and Bill Wyman. I have put together a few songs that are some of own favorites with the twist that they are covered by other artists.Of course they have that 24hrdejavu touch about them.I would say the greatest tribute to any musician would be when other artists play your music. Some of these versions are quite good and many have a unique presentation. The Stones have given us some truly great songs in their 50 year history

01 (i can't get no) satisfaction - terry knight & the pack

02 the last time - who
03 surprise surprise - ola & the janglers
04 spider and the fly - buffalo tom
05 lady jane - rotary connection
06 jumpin' jack flash - leigh stephens
07 19th nervous breakdown - standells
08 paint it black - mind garage
09 ruby tuesday - d'cukoo
10 play with fire - beau brummels
11 get off of my cloud - tomcats
12 heart of stone - allman brothers band
13 under my thumb- sweetheart
14 off the hook - mojo men
15 as tears go by - marianne faithful
16 mother's little helper - liz phair
17 honky tonk women - hank williams jr
18 street fighting man - chesterfield kings
19 no expectations - soulsavers
20 she's a rainbow - world of twist
21 child of the moon - ant-bee
22 wild horses - flying burrito brothers
23 dead flowers - new riders of the purple sage
24 gimme shelter - grand funk railroad

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R & B ROOTS

May 19, 2014, 4:30 pm

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So as I mentioned in the previous posting, I felt that the Stones early LP's were by far my own personal favorites and still are. It was part of the Stones roots to play American Rhythm and Blues material. It was very common that that would play the music of Otis Redding, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, among so many others. Here's some of that music that influenced their style in the early years

01 poison ivy
02 down the road apiece
03 everybody needs somebody to love
04 can i get a witness
05 now i've got a witness
06 little red rooster
07 i'm a king bee
08 route 66
09 i just want to make love to you
10 around and around
11 if you need me
12 tell me baby
13 honest i do
14 bright lights, big city
15 cops and robbers
16 mona( i need you baby)
17 little by little
18 mercy mercy
19 cry to me
20 high heel sneakers
21 reelin' and rockin'
22 you can make it if you try
23 that's how stong my love is
24 the spider and the fly

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PROJECT 1984

May 22, 2014, 6:08 pm

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BLUES PROJECT - PIER 84, NEW YORK, JULY 9TH 1984.

Really rare show.

1. INTRO > GOIN' DOWN TO LOUISIANA
2. STEVE'S SONG
3. SPOONFUL
4. HONEST I DO
5. ALBERTA
6. I CAN'T KEEP FROM CRYING SOMETIMES
7. JELLY JELLY JELLY BLUES
8. CATCH THE WIND
9. RED HOUSE
10. YOU GO AND I'LL GO WITH YOU
11. FLUTE THING

BAND:
Roy Blumenfeld - drums, vocals
Danny Kalb - lead guitar, vocals
Steve Katz - guitar, harp, bass, tambourine, vocals
Al Kooper - keyboards, guitar, vocals
Andy Kulberg - bass, flute

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K & D

May 24, 2014, 4:31 am

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Keith and Donna Band
Winterland Arena,San Francisco, CA
12/20/75

1. Introduction [0:09]
2. Stuck On You [5:32]
3. River Deep, Mountain High [4:31]
4. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry [6:27]
5. I Can't Turn You Loose [6:52]
6. Strange Man [3:19]
7. Scarlet Begonias [13:01]
8. Drums [1:29]
9. Scarlet Begonias [11:11]

Keith and Donna Band:

Keith Godchaux
Donna Godchaux
Jerry Garcia
Matt Kelly
Bill Kreutzmann
Ray Scott
Mike Larsheid
Steve Shuster.

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THAWED

May 26, 2014, 4:38 pm

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Detroit hard rockers Frijid Pink formed in 1967, originally comprised of singer Thomas Beaudry (stage name Kelly Green), guitarist Gary Ray Thompson, bassist Tom Harris, keyboardist Larry Zelanka, and drummer Richard Stevers. After two years of relentless touring throughout the southeast Michigan area, the group -- substituting Harris with Beaudry on bass -- signed with the Parrot label in 1969. Although their first two singles, "Tell Me Why" and "Drivin' Blues," failed to attract much attention, their third effort for the company -- a distorted, guitar-heavy interpretation of "The House of the Rising Sun" -- reached the Top Ten on the U.S. pop charts, becoming an even bigger hit overseas. Frijid Pink's self-titled
debut LP followed in 1970, as did the follow-up Defrosted; subsequent singles including "Sing a Song for Freedom" and "Heartbreak Hotel," however, failed to match earlier successes, and after 1972's Earth Omen the group did not reenter the studio until recording 1975's All Pink Inside,
disbanding soon after.
Another version of the band (featuring no past members) formed in 2001. They recorded one album, Inner Heat, which was set for release in 2002, but was pulled by the record label, Dynasty Records. In 2005 yet another lineup formed featuring most of the original members; drummer Stevers had succeeded in getting bassist Tom Harris and vocalist Tom Beaudry together with guitarist Steve Dansby (from a late 1970s line-up of Cactus) and keyboardist Larin Michaels.In late 2006, after a failed attempt to once again reunite the original members, Stevers began auditioning guitarists for the reformation of
Frijid Pink. A keyboard player was also brought in, recruited by Stevers from an Oldies cover band they had played in together, and from which Stevers had recently resigned. Over the course of the next five years, this new lineup would play a dozen or so gigs, such as local venues and street fairs, but never had any steady work or did any touring. The focus would eventually shift to basement recordings and
album, available in the U.S. as an import, is a mix of re-recorded songs from the group's previous albums and new original music. In late 2011, the lead singer/guitarist/engineer and the keyboard player were replaced, which ended the longest contiguous line-up in the band's history. Recording work continued with this latest lineup, and an EP was released in late Spring of 2012.

Personnel:
TOM BEAUDRY bs A
KELLY GREEN ld vcls A
RICH STEVERS drms, tympani A B
GARY THOMPSON gtr A
TOM HARRIS B
JOHN WEARING ld vcls B
CRAIG WEBB ld gtr B
LARRY ZELANKA piano, organ B

ALBUMS:
1(A) FRIJID PINK 1970 ( tracks 1-10)
2(A) FRIJID PINK DEFROSTED 1970 (tracks 11-14)
3(B) EARTH OMEN 1972 (tracks 15-19)
4(B) ALL PINK INSIDE 1975 (tracks 20-24

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TWIN CITY GYPSIES

May 27, 2014, 7:07 pm

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Progressive rock outfit Gypsy began its existence as the Minneapolis-based pop band the Underbeats, formed in 1964 by guitarist James Johnson, bassist Doni Larson, and drummer Tom Green.
subsequent addition of singer/guitarist Enrico Rosenbaum, the group regularly performed throughout the Twin Cities circuit, scoring a handful of local hits including "Footstompin',""Annie Do the Dog" and "Book of Love." Keyboardist James "Owl" Walsh was recruited after Johnson was drafted for military service in 1969; upon his discharge, Johnson returned to the Underbeats lineup, and the quintet relocated to Los Angeles soon after, where they landed a gig as the house band at the famedWhiskey-a-Go-Go. Rechristened Gypsy, they began pursuing a heavier, more complex sound inspired by the rise of British progressive rock, though often compared to the music of Santana. After replacing Green with drummer Jay Epstein, the band signed to the Metromedia label, issuing their self-titled double-album debut in 1970 and earned considerable FM airplay with the tracks "Gypsy Queen" and "Dead and Gone." Larson and Epstein exited Gypsy prior to recording the follow-up, 1971's In the Garden, cut with bassist Willie Weeks -- who later resurfaced in the Doobie Brothers -- and drummer Bill Lordan. Randy Cates assumed bass duties for 1972's Antithesis, Gypsy's first album for new label RCA; however, upon releasing 1973's Unlock the Gates, the group dissolved, reforming just long enough to play the Super Jam '77 concert at St. Louis' Busch Stadium. A year later Walsh formed a new Gypsy lineup, issuing The James Walsh Gypsy Band on RCA to little notice; in 1996 -- once again the sole original member -- he assembled
another Gypsy unit, releasing 20 Years Ago Today. While Lordan went on to play with Robin Trower, Rosenbaum died September 10, 1979 after a long battle with drug abuse; he was just 36 years old.

Albums

A Gypsy (1970) Tracks 1=10
B In the Garden (1971) Tracks 11-15
C Antithesis (1972) Tracks 16-19
D Unlock the Gates (1973) Tracks 20-24

James Calvin Johnson
Enrico Rosenbaum
James "Owl" Walsh
Doni Larson
Randy Cates
Willie Weeks
Bill Lordan
Jay Epstein

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MIDDLE FINGER FAME

May 30, 2014, 7:55 pm

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Loose Gravel was formed in San Francisco, California, USA, in the early-70s by Mike Wilhelm (guitar/vocals; ex-Charlatans), Kenny Sreight (bass) and Gene Rymer (drums). The line-up also sometimes featured Chris Wilson, later of the Flamin’ Groovies. Several tracks they recorded between 1971 and 1972 were later released on Wilhelm’s self-titled debut, eventually issued in 1976. These included a searing version of ‘Styrofoam’, later popularised by pub-rockers Ducks DeLuxe. Michael Deryckx (bass) and Rol Gjano (drums) then joined Wilhelm and together they recorded two privately-pressed singles, ‘Frisco Band’ and ‘Gravel Rash’. However, Wilhelm folded the band in 1976 when he joined the Flamin’ Groovies. He remained in the line-up for seven years, after which he resumed a low-key solo career that included the album Mean Ol’ Frisco in the late 80s. Loose Gravel’s Thanks For The Memories meanwhile combines three studio tracks with a live set recorded at the Coffee House, Long Beach, California, in 1976.
Wilhelm famously gave Bill Graham "the finger" in the movie Fillmore, when Graham refused to let Loose Gravel perform in the film. Graham liked the scene where Mike gave him the finger so much that he left it in the movie. Loose Gravel only released one single during their existence, but there have been several subsequent issues of material.

1    Blue Skies & Sunshine     4:55
2    Can You Do It / Waitin' In Line     4:17
3    Frisco Band     4:07
4    Love In Vain     4:30
5    Travelin' Riverside Blues     5:25
6    Gravel Rash     4:11
7    Sittin' On Top Of The World / It's All Over Now     5:48
8    Styrofoam / Don't Flash Out     6:03
9      I'm Not Satisfied     2:28
10    Dust My Bloom     3:22
11    The Last Time     7:18
12    Loose Gravel     17:22

Tracks 1-3 recorded at Kelly Quan's studio, San Francisco, 1975.
Tracks 4-12 recorded live at the Coffee Gallery, North Beach, San Francisco, 6th February 1976

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HIGH GROUND

May 31, 2014, 8:37 pm

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I've had a couple of folks asking about Stoneground. Here is a nice set from KSAN and I will work on trying to repost the older postings.

Stoneground
Pacific High Studios,
San Francisco,CA.,USA
June 1971

Cd1

1-Looking For You
2-Colonel Chicken Fry
3-Instrumental
4-We Got A Good Thing Goin'
5-Heads Up
6-Tom Donahue Talks
6a- Tom Donahue Intro
7-Big River
8-Passion Flower
9-No Doreen
10-Band Intros
11-I Can't Help It

Cd2

1-Super Clown
2-It Takes A Lot To Laugh It Takes A Train To Cry
3-If You Gotta Go
4-Precious Lord
5-Corina
6-Get Rhythm
7-All My Life
8-Richland Woman
9-Queen Sweet Dreams
10-Won't Be Long

Sal Valentino - Vocals, Guitar
Lynne Hughes - Vocals
Annie Sampson - Vocals
Deirdre Laporte - Vocals
Lydia Moreno - Vocals
Tim Barnes - Guitar
Luther Bildt - Guitar
John Blakeley - Bass
Pete Sears - Keyboards
Mike Mau - Drums

KSAN-FM Live Broadcast

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SUN ARISE

June 3, 2014, 6:57 pm

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A few posts back I did a comp themed around Rain. It was received by you all pretty well and I had fun researching the tunes to put on it. As with each compilation I am sure I miss( sometimes purposely) some of the selections that are obvious. That is what makes it interesting to do the comp. I listen to music all the time and sharing my selections with you is fun. I try to put unusual songs in the mix as well as recognized ones. And as always there are "24" in each volume. I have a few ready to post and the theme with this one is the Sun. Choosing the 24 songs makes the listening more interesting and provides you with a much better variety . You can hear some really unusual songs as well as some favorites.

01 sun arise - rolf harris

02 sunrise - jefferson starship
03 the sun also rises - fever tree
04 waiting for the sun - doors
05 here comes sunshine - grateful dead
06 sunshine is too long - mystic siva
07 look into the sun - jethro tull
08 yellow sun - jim capaldi
09 who loves the sun - velvet underground
10 paper sun - traffic
11 sun arise - alice cooper
12 children of the sun - billy thorpe
13 i live for the sun - sunrays
14 california sun - rivieras
15 summer sunset - sugar cube blues band
16 here comes the sun - beatles
17 sunrise - uriah heep
18 sunshine - country joe mcdonald
19 english sunset - moody blues
20 next plane to the sun - west coast pop art experimental band
21 into the sun - grand funk railroad
22 where's the sun - fresh blueberry pancake
23 a walk in the sun - turtles
24 do you remember the sun? - it's a beautiful day

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This one was a little easier to compile. There are so many songs that include the "Moon" in their title. There are a lot of really great songs about this theme.

01 midnight moonlight - new riders of the purple sage
02 moonshine - dennis wilson
03 pakistan(ring around the moon) - country weather
04 seven moons - jack bruce & robin trower
05 moon food - linn county
06 concentration moon - mothers of invention
07 harvest moon - neil young
08 sittin' alone in the moonlight - banana & the bunch
09 under the moon - camel
10 moonlight drive - doors
11 child of the moon - rolling stones
12 mr. moon - clover
13 standing on the moon - grateful dead
14 waltzing in the moonlight - country joe &the fish
15 moon song - 13th floor elevators
16 full moon hot sun - captain beefheart
17 sullen moon - chris wood
18 rising of the moon - terry& the pirates
19 moonchild - king crimson
20 half moon - janis joplin
21 monkeys on the moon - sopwith camel
22 the moonstone - tommy flanders
23 sacrifice of the moon(in 4 parts) - ultimate spinach
24 maiden of the cancer moon - quicksilver messenger service

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