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RE: Sleepers and One Hit Wonders - pslamont - 08-02-2008
Old California Friends:
Taylor Harvey Band http://www.taylorharveyband.com/music.html
Haute Flash http://www.hauteflash.net/Site/Home.html
BEST OF THE BEST: PRYOR BAIRD AND THE DEACONS... THIS IS A REAL UP AND COMER...
http://dothedeacons.com/
I have known Pryor since he was 12 years old, helped him cut his teeth on a big stage with a pro band... and the rest is history. No, I am not responsible; he did it all on his own and has talent tha can't be teat. Whoa, Pryor!
Just another day in P A R A D I S E !!
RE: Sleepers and One Hit Wonders - mella l - 08-03-2008
Hey Kathy ever get to see Hot Tuna? Saw them back when at the Longshoreman's Union Hall at Fisherman's Wharf. Rockin good time. And here is a reminiscent site! http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist1/rock.html
mella l
RE: Sleepers and One Hit Wonders - G. Leis - 08-03-2008
Most forgettable, a couple legendary, but pretty much all flash-in-the-pan.[:p]
Carl Douglas, Kung Fu Fighting
Robert Parker, Barefootin'
America, A Horse with No Name
Tiny Tim, Tiptoe Through the Tulips
Zager and Evans, In the Year 2525
Walter Brennan, Old Rivers
Chubby Checker, Do the Hucklebuck
Little Jimmy Dickens, May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose
The Hollywood Argyles, Alley Oop
Johnny Wright, Hello Vietnam
Wink Martindale, Deck of Cards
Whispering Bill Anderson, I'm Happily Married
John Wayne, America, Why I Love Her
The Chipmunk Song
Everett Dirksen, Gallant Men
Barry Sadler, Ballad of the Green Berets
Barry McGuire, Eve of Destruction
The Spokesmen, Dawn of Correction
Jeanie C. Riley, Harper Valley PTA
Bobbie Gentry, Ode to Billie Joe
Don McLean, American Pie
Richard Harris, MacArthur Park
Lorne Greene, Ringo
Norman Greenbaum, Spirit in the Sky
Mason Williams, Classical Gas
Merrilee Rush, Angel of the Morning
Mike Curb Congregation, Burning Bridges
Left Banke, Walk Away Renee
Frank Mills, Music Box Dancer
Jimmie Rodgers, Child of Clay
Floyd Cramer, Last Date
Bonnie Tyler, It's a Heartache
The Toys, A Lover's Concerto
Dave Clark Five, Glad All Over, Bits and Pieces
Three Degrees, Look In My Eyes
Jarmels, A Little Bit of Soap
Ketty Lester, Love Letters
Linda Scott, I've Told Every Little Star
Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters, Cry, Baby
Crispian St. Peters, Pied Piper
The Kingsmen, Louie Louie
Peter Frampton
aloha,
Gene
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RE: Sleepers and One Hit Wonders - missydog1 - 08-03-2008
mella, that is a fantastic site ... I've run across it before. It's wonderful that the gigs of the 60's are archived.
I never did see Hot Tuna although I bought their first album -- and add that to the list here!
Also the first Electric Flag album ... and East West by Butterfield, and Super Session by Kooper, Stills, and Bloomfield ...
I lived in the LA area until 1968-69, so most of what I saw was down there ...
The Byrds at Hullaballoo in '65, John Mayall at the Whiskey, the Beatles at Hollywood Bowl and Dodger Stadium, Stones at the Bowl in '66, Dylan and the band at Pasadena Civic in '66 ... but I did get to see all five concerts at the Monterey Pop Festival.
Other stuff I made it to, the Fantasy Faire I mentioned, with the Airplane, Doors,
the First Annual Newport Pop Festival in '68
http://gratefuldeadmusic.com/show/august-4-1968
Mothers of Invention at the Shrine
Cream Farewell Concert
Jimmy Hendrix at the Shrine Aud
are some of the ones that stand out, and then I will never forget Altamont.
At Santa Clara in '69 I got to see Santana debut at a "festival" headlining the Airplane.
I did see Tim Buckley at the Longshoreman's in 1969, the only time I went there.
I think Tim Buckley is still worth listening to, although he lost me with the strange later albums. "Goodbye & Hello" and "Happy Sad" -- one of the first "folk" albums to go jazz.
I WISH I had been in SF during the golden years, but SoCal was not a bad place to be.
I was really into concerts ...
When I got married, there was no question about our "honeymoon" -- we went to the Palm Springs Easter week Music Festival (1969) and saw Canned Heat, John Mayall, Electric Flag, Paul Butterfield, Flying Burrito Brothers, and, according to this write-up, Procol Harum ... [
]http://www.procolharum.com/99/ph_69_palmsprings.htm
Procol Harum was another group that had one amazing song ... (to stay on topic) [8D]
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RE: Sleepers and One Hit Wonders - DanielP - 08-03-2008
Kathy H,
Wow, does that take me back. I grew up in Palo Alto. Saw my first Dead Concert with only about 500 in front of the stage. Fillmore West, Carousel ballroom, Winterland was my favorite. Saw Janis, Traffic, Cream, and later Blind Faith, Procol Harum, NRPS, Frank Zappa, Charlie Musselwhite, Abert King and on and on and on every weekend. I think Hendrix was the only one I missed '66-'72. Even the cops were trippin' LOL!
After Super Session there was another live album done. Titled "The Live adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper". Hot
"Merl Saunders and Jerry Garcia Live at Keystone" is a great album.
"Nasio Living in the positive" great reggae
"Abert King with Stevie Ray Vaughn" Great electric blues.
Old Deadhead, Dan
RE: Sleepers and One Hit Wonders - punafish - 08-03-2008
Yeah, Hot Tuna's "Hesitation Blues". Always assumed it was recorded in a bar--I recall a beer bottle hitting the floor in the middle of the song? Great memories!
RE: Sleepers and One Hit Wonders - dakine - 08-03-2008
Love - Forever Changes. Probably one of the finest yet little know albums from 1967. A classic that stands up to serious scrutiny even today. Well at least I think so. Arthur Lee, the leader of Love, and the mind behind the creation of Forever Changes was pretty out there when one looks at the entire body of his work, but something clicked on Forever Changes. I'd vote it, even though it's an entire album (verses a single song), one of the all time greatest one hitters.
RE: Sleepers and One Hit Wonders - Rob Tucker - 08-03-2008
dakine - you got that right. Forever Changes is a spectacular album from the era. "Orange Skies" - Used to catch them
at the Love Ins at Griffith Park. First saw Traffic there too. With a name like Traffic and seeing them at Griffith Park multiple times I swore for years they were an L.A. Band.
Another under remembered band from The Days was Spirit. Used to see them a lot. Their work did not age. "It's Nature's Way of Telling You Somethings Wrong" hits the target 35 years later.
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RE: Sleepers and One Hit Wonders - dakine - 08-03-2008
Yes Rob those were the days. And those shows in Griffith Park were great! I have always said that we, our culture, has been way blessed by the music of our youth. I feel as if we were gifted with what will go down in history as a real classical era of music. What other period had so many inspired musicians and poets and produced such a body of work that spoke so clearly to what we all were going through in our lives. Not noise filled with complaints etc, but truly artistic bodies of work that explored the same issues were were struggling with ourselves. Another absolute wonder, and yet again one not listed in the top of the bands achievements, is Procol Harum's 'In Held Twas In I'. And try as I might I haven't been able to find any Lee Michael's albums on cd. That guy, with Frosty would really make me get up and shake every bone in my body. We're talking way early LA.. wow!
RE: Sleepers and One Hit Wonders - Greg - 08-03-2008
Mother Earth- "living with the animals" 1968. Tracy Nelson's vocals mezmerizing.
Speaking of the group Spirit;
While on weekend leave with some flight school buddies in Texas in 1969, We ended up in a Dallas Holiday Inn with the group. Imagine our surprise when Randy california Joined us in the pool and put us on their "backstage list". They were really friendly and down to earth to three bolo headed young soldiers. So we ended up back stage, staring out at thousands of screaming fans. Fantastic experience! The next day we went Go cart racing with them at a track next to the hotel. I was saddened to learn of Randy's drowning on Molokai a few years ago. I also love their song; "Fresh Garbage", But "Natures Way" is da bomb.