PETA-Approved: no animals were harmed in putting together this playlist. AND - The usual potpourri of birthdays, recent deaths (Part 2 of spotlight on "GLEN CAMPBELL as session man"), new material to the WMBR and some requests (I hope) BIRTHDAYS: Ronald Meagher (BEAU BRUMMELS/bass guitar); Don McLean; Lolly VEGAS (Redbone);Michael Rutherford (Genesis, from 1967 {start} - 1998, also 2006–present), Leon RAUSCH (BOB WILLS & the TEXAS PLAYBOYS), Howard Roberts (jazz guitarist, member of 'The Wrecking Crew') ........ EVENT: ......... Debut single on PHILLES RECORDS released ........................ DEATHS ...................................Holker Czukay/ age 79 (co-founder of CAN); Don WILLIAMS/age 78 (Pozo-Seco singers, later a C&W singer); Johnny SANDLIN (drummer for the pre-Allmans Hourglass/ mixer/producer for Live At Fullmore East, Eat A Peach LPs); Guy Vilari (Regents); Ammon THARP (lead singer, drummer for Bill Deal & The Rondels); Charles BRADLEY (soul singer, late-in-life success)
Time
Performer [Composer]
Song
Album [Format]
Misc
Misc –
[ ]:Highest chart position - US BB Pop, unless noted
B'DAY:Artist was born the day of that show
DEATH:Recent death of that artist/musical figure
BED:Instrumental bed that I talk over
REQ:Requests from listeners
BUB:45 peaked only in the Billboard 'Bubbling Under'
NEW:New Release
( ):Label, Year Rec/Rel
born 1939 - Lolly Vegas; co-founder of the band in 1969 along with brother Pat Vegas // REDBONE = Cajun term for a mixed-race person, the band's members being of mixed blood ancestry
died Sept 5th/age 77 - RICK STEVENS (real name: Donald Stevenson) lead singer for TOWER of POWER /1969-1972, mainly on their second "Bump City" LP // From their first LP
died August 8th - Glen Campbell/ age 81 - singer/ session guitarist, background vocals, TV host (The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, Jan. 1969 - June 1972), actor (True Grit)
DIED August 8th - Glen Campbell/ age 81 - singer/ session guitarist, background vocals, TV host (The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, Jan. 1969 - June 1972), actor (True Grit)
died August 8th - Glen Campbell/ age 81 - singer/ session guitarist, background vocals, TV host (The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, Jan. 1969 - June 1972), actor (True Grit)
Comment:
... THIS is the END yes really, it really is the END of "THE BUBBLING UNDER":
Comment:
.... We are ending the Bubbling Under the same way we started, with REDBONE, but as the music bed ...
born 1939 - Lolly Vegas; co-founder of the band in 1969 along with brother Pat Vegas // REDBONE = Cajun term for a mixed-race person, the band's members being of mixed blood ancestry
born 1929 - Howard Roberts/ jazz guitarist, who plays on this; played on many TV/movie themes; also session musician as part of the famed "Wrecking Crew"
[R&B #24, #29 / 07-72] • DEATH • NEW • (WB, May 1972 / 1993)
Comment:
died Sept 5th/age 77 - RICK STEVENS (real name: Donald Stevenson) lead singer for TOWER of POWER /1969-1972, mainly on their second "Bump City" LP // Their first album for Warner Bros
... Born 1925 - Phil URSO/ jazz tenor sax; played with Woody Herman (1950-51), Miles Davis (1952), Oscar Pettiford (1953); Jimmy Dorsey (1954), Chet Baker (on-and-off, 1985-85), Bob Brookmeyer (1956)
DEATH • (Liberty / UA, single: June 1968 / 2-LP RI: Dec. 1973)
Comment:
died Sept. 19th - Johnny Sandlin/age 72 - engineer, producer who A) mixed the Allman Brothers LPs: 'Live At The Fillmore East', 'Eat A Peach' ... B) produced 'Brothers and Sisters', 'Win, Lose or Draw'.
died Sept. 19th - Johnny Sandlin/age 72 - drummer for the HOURGLASS // Also an engineer, producer who A) mixed the Allman Brothers LPs: 'Live At The Fillmore East', 'Eat A Peach' ... B) produced 'Brothers and Sisters', 'Win, Lose or Draw'.
died Sunday/ Sept 3rd - Walter Becker, founder, composer, bass player and then guitarist for STEELY DAN till the break-up w/Donald Fagan in 1981 // this song was loosely based on Augustus Owsley Stanley, the notorious drug "chef" who was famous for manufacturing hallucinogenic compounds // ... NO Top-40 singles between spring 1975 - fall 1977
Time:
1:00
Artist:
Genesis [Anthony Phillips, Mike RUTHERFORD, Peter Gabriel and Tony Banks]
born 1950 - Mike Rutherford - (mainly) bass; ALSO guitars, backing vocals, bass pedals, twelve-string guitar, cello, electric sitar // MEMBER from 1967 (start) - 1998, also 1999, 2000, 2006–present
[LP charts: UK #3, US #70 / 10-73] • B'DAY • BED • (Charisma, Nov. 1973)
Comment:
... See "artist link" for list of instr's ... // born 1950 - Mike Rutherford - (mainly) bass; ALSO guitars, backing vocals, bass pedals, twelve-string guitar, cello, electric sitar // MEMBER from 1967 (start) - 1998, also 1999, 2000, 2006–present
died Sept. 23rd - Charles Bradley/age 68 - soul singer who did not achieve success till late in his life // Mojo placed this album at number 40 on its list of "Top 50 albums of 2011"
... Born 1939 - Lolly Vegas; co-founder of the band in 1969 along with brother Pat Vegas // REDBONE = Cajun term for a mixed-race person, the band's members being of mixed blood ancestry // B-side of 'Crazy Cajun Cakewalk Band'
died August 8th - Glen Campbell/ age 81 - singer/ session guitarist, background vocals, TV host (The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, Jan. 1969 - June 1972), actor (True Grit)
died August 8th - Glen Campbell/ age 81 - singer/ session guitarist, background vocals, TV host (The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, Jan. 1969 - June 1972), actor (True Grit)
Time:
1:40
Artist:
Ronettes [Pete Andreoli, Phil Spector, Vince Poncia, Jr.]
... Born 1941 - Ronald Meagher/bass: in the group from the start till early 1968, shortly before "Bradley's Barn" (drafted into The Army); one of Meagher's few lead vocals // ... 'Just A Little' was their highest-charting single
[#32 / 03-66] • DEATH • (Capitol, May 1966 / 1996)
Comment:
died August 8th - Glen Campbell/ age 81 - singer/ session guitarist, background vocals, TV host (The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, Jan. 1969 - June 1972), actor (True Grit)
