A Mish Mash St. Patrick's Day Coming, Tribute to Gary Brooker {died Feb 19th - age 76}, Some New Orleans funk, New Sarah Borges, and more... / Additional discographical, biographical information was added by Lawrence Azrin. Also, check out the links at your leisure.
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REQ:Request
BED:Music Played Whilst Talking
NEW:New Release
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Gary Brooker, the founder, lead singer, pianist and frequent songwriter of Procol Harum, died Feb 19th at the age of 76. / In 1977, the song was named joint winner (along with 'Bohemian Rhapsody') of "The Best British Pop Single 1952–1977" at the Brit Awards.
Gary Brooker, the founder, lead singer, pianist and frequent songwriter of Procol Harum, died Feb 19th at the age of 76. / Click on the Link above, left, to view the original single
Gary Brooker, the founder, lead singer, pianist and frequent songwriter of Procol Harum, died Feb 19th at the age of 76. / Click on the Link above, left, to view the original single
Time:
5:14
Artist:
Procol Harum [Keith Reid, Gary Brooker, Mathhew Fisher]
Gary Brooker, the founder, lead singer, pianist and frequent songwriter of Procol Harum, died Feb 19th at the age of 76. / Click on the Link above, left, to view the original single
* - Folk singer Anne Bredon first wrote this c. 1960 and it was recorded by Joan Baez on her "Joan Baez in Concert, Part 1" album in 1963. Jimmy Page and Robert Plant then took additional writing credit for _COUGH, COUGH_, _ HMMMM_ arranging it.
Time:
5:32
Artist:
The Phantoms [also known as "Ken Levy and The Phantoms"]
Sam Lay died January 29th, 2022 at age 86. He played with Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters, and many other blues greats and was drummer for Bob Dylan when he went electric at Newport, 1965 / * - was better-known by Elmore James' 1961 version
Sam Lay died January 29th, 2022 at age 86. He was drummer for Bob Dylan when he went electric at the Newport Folk Festival. / This may be the best of the batch of "blatant imitation of early electric Dylan" recordings - Campbell was backed here by The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, also Peter Cetera, later in Chicago. // Click on the Link above, left, to view the original single, with a {semi}-color picture sleeve
Sam Lay died January 29th, 2022 at age 86. // Recorded live in Berkeley, CA just five months before Sam passed away on December 1,1969 / Magic Sam's real name: Samuel Gene Maghett
Sam Lay died January 29th, 2022 at age 86. He played with Little Walter, Muddy Waters, and many other blues greats and was drummer for Bob Dylan when he went electric in 1965 at the Newport Folk Festival.
Sam Lay died January 29th, 2022 at age 86. He played with Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter and many other blues greats and also played drums for Bob Dylan when he "went electric" in 1965 at the Newport Folk Festival. / * - He was billed as 'Muddy Waters and his Guitar'
Sam Lay died January 29th, 2022 at age 86. He played with Howlin’ Wolf, Little Walter and Muddy Waters, and many other blues greats and was drummer for Bob Dylan when he went electric in 1965 at the Newport Folk Festival.
Sam Lay died January 29th, 2022 at age 86. He played with Howlin’ Wolf, Little Walter and Muddy Waters, and many other blues greats and was drummer for Bob Dylan when he went electric in 1965 at the Newport Folk Festival.
[Original single:] • BED • (UK Columbia, May 1964)
Comment:
Robert Taylor was a guitar player in Chris Farlowe's band "The Thunderbirds" - this is NOT the Motown artist in "Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers" // Click the link above, to see the original English single.
Curated by Nick Saloman, of the Bevis Frond! / FULL name of CD: "Phantom Guitars: A Cool Collection Of Twangin' Guitar Instrumentals From The UK 1961-1964" / Click the link above, to see the original English single
* - Those 4 singles were, in order: 'Ride Your Pony' {May 1965}, 'Get Out of My Life Woman,' 'Working in the Coal' and 'Holy Cow' {Sept 1966} / Click the link above, to see the original single.
The B-side, 'If I'm In Luck I Might Get Picked Up', was her first chart single / The album was produced by Greg Errico, the drummer for Sly and the Family Stone. /
Click the link above, to see the original single, with a picture sleeve
The NEXT few sets goes out to my pal, GARY TULLY, celebrating St. Patrick's Day, next week look for a full three hours of all kinds of music related to Ireland.
Wilson and Love began composing the song on November 22, 1963, the day of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. / * - as the B-side of the "Dance, Dance, Dance" single
A favorite song of Black Panther leader Huey Newton. / Dylan: "There were a lot of Mister Joneses at that time. Obviously there must have been a tremendous amount of them for me to write that particular song. It was like, 'Oh man, here's the thousandth Mister Jones"
... A compilation to accompany the book "Listen Whitey! The Sights And Sounds Of Black Power 1965-1975" by Pat Thomas ( I announced his name wrong...) . While befriending members of the Black Panther Party, Thomas discovered rare recordings of speeches, interviews, and music by noted activists Huey Newton, Bobby Seale, Eldridge Cleaver and many others. // * - Full title: 'Listen, Whitey! The Sounds Of Black Power 1967-1974'
... ALSO ... This also chronicles the forgotten history of Motown Records; from 1970 to 1973, Motown’s "Black Power" subsidiary label, Black Forum, released politically charged albums by Stokely Carmichael, Amiri Baraka, Langston Hughes, Bill Cosby & Ossie Davis, and many others.
Wilson and Love began composing the song on November 22, 1963, the day of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. // * - as the B-side of the "Dance, Dance, Dance" single
