quodec
Veteran Rocker Rollin'
Twelve bar blues is now alright.
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Favourite Quo Album: Blue For You
Favourite other bands.: early AC/DC, Angel City, Blackfoot, Rose Tattoo, Slade
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Post by quodec on Nov 23, 2022 13:10:48 GMT
They were really inventive when Tony Bourge was in the band (check out some of the song titles! ) 'Hot as a Docker's Armpit' is a particular favourite of mine
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Post by kursaal75 on Nov 23, 2022 18:39:01 GMT
Budgie, I'm sure they supported Quo at the Kursaal in the mid 70s I think they were on the bill at Cardiff Castle in 1976. Don't recall them supporting Quo on tour. But maybe the odd gig down south for all I know 👍 Yes, that was it, I always get Cardiff Castle mixed up with the Southend Kursaal
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quodec
Veteran Rocker Rollin'
Twelve bar blues is now alright.
Posts: 1,248
Favourite Quo Album: Blue For You
Favourite other bands.: early AC/DC, Angel City, Blackfoot, Rose Tattoo, Slade
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Post by quodec on Nov 24, 2022 0:03:13 GMT
Per social media, Baz Barry of Predatur fame was born on 24th November, and though I don't know his age, he founded the band back in 1976, so is probably in his early/mid 60s now. Predatur released two albums back in the 2000s, 'Mean' which features a compilation of their older tunes going back to the 80s and 'In Your Garden', a current crop of songs at the time. Originally roped in with the NWOBHM bands, Baz ended up taking Predatur in a boogie direction and even got a side-line gigging with John Coghlan's Quo for a few years. Here he is, in his trademark kilt, with the band at a festival in 2010 playing a couple of original Predatur songs. Happy birthday Baz and thank you for keeping the boogie flame lit.
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mortified
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Favourite Quo Album: Hello!
Favourite other bands.: Talking Heads, Rolling Stones, Sheryl Crow, Gary Numan, Alabama 3, ZZ Top, Paul van Dyk, Jeff Beck, Bowie, Gerry Rafferty, Band of Skulls, UFO, S.A.H.B
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Post by mortified on Nov 24, 2022 6:30:17 GMT
I only ever saw Predatür the once; at the Quo French fan club party in Lille. And I do have the Mean CD kicking about somewhere. I didn't appreciate the band had been going that long. Always associated with Quo since I've been aware of them, for obvious reasons and as that video demonstrates. But never a tribute band. Rough and raw, like early 70's Quo. Recommendation in itself
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Post by kursaal75 on Nov 24, 2022 8:33:03 GMT
Saw Baz Barry and his band play at Minehead in September, one of my highlights of the weekend, especially when the band played one of my Quo favourite covers Spicks And Specks from the 60s
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quodec
Veteran Rocker Rollin'
Twelve bar blues is now alright.
Posts: 1,248
Favourite Quo Album: Blue For You
Favourite other bands.: early AC/DC, Angel City, Blackfoot, Rose Tattoo, Slade
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Post by quodec on Nov 25, 2022 0:29:08 GMT
Bev Bevan, Birmingham-born drummer with The Move, ELO and Black Sabbath as well as other projects, turns 78 today.
Reading that the amazing drumming on ELO's 1979 hit 'Don't Bring me Down' was in fact a slowed down sample loop from another track on the Discovery album, I decided to look for a live version of the song to see if he really could get his chops into the song - and boy does he do just that with this 1986 clip! Broooce!
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mortified
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Favourite Quo Album: Hello!
Favourite other bands.: Talking Heads, Rolling Stones, Sheryl Crow, Gary Numan, Alabama 3, ZZ Top, Paul van Dyk, Jeff Beck, Bowie, Gerry Rafferty, Band of Skulls, UFO, S.A.H.B
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Post by mortified on Nov 25, 2022 5:28:26 GMT
Could never call myself an ELO fan apart from the odd song, particularly early in their career, but I did always like that one.
Has had a long and successful career has Bev Bevan. I don't know the first thing about drumming, but I presume he's good because he's always been in demand.
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Post by mm1 on Nov 25, 2022 23:51:45 GMT
Holy crap Mort, that's like a Jane Fonda workout video!! What must the 'Road to Nowhere' knees-up be like? Good song though, always partial to a bit of David Byrne & co. Yup. That's one seriously energetic way to present a song. Good that.
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quodec
Veteran Rocker Rollin'
Twelve bar blues is now alright.
Posts: 1,248
Favourite Quo Album: Blue For You
Favourite other bands.: early AC/DC, Angel City, Blackfoot, Rose Tattoo, Slade
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Post by quodec on Nov 26, 2022 1:35:28 GMT
Anna Mae Bullock was born in Brownsville, Tennessee, on 26th November 1939 and is 83 today. In the late 50s she started singing with the Ike Turner band and by 1960 had changed her name to Tina Turner. They had considerable success in the 60s and 70s with hits such as 'River deep, Mountain High' and 'Nutbush City Limits'. But by the mid 70s Tina and Ike had separated and the hits dried up. But she re-invented herself in the 1980s and there followed a string of top selling hits and sold-out tours. I saw her play in Dublin in 2000 on a farewell tour and she was a real force of nature on the big pyrotechnic stage.
This clip is from 1993 and features her iconic version of the 1969 CCR hit.
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mortified
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Posts: 5,890
Favourite Quo Album: Hello!
Favourite other bands.: Talking Heads, Rolling Stones, Sheryl Crow, Gary Numan, Alabama 3, ZZ Top, Paul van Dyk, Jeff Beck, Bowie, Gerry Rafferty, Band of Skulls, UFO, S.A.H.B
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Post by mortified on Nov 26, 2022 8:16:58 GMT
Tina Turner is hard not to like, although I only own one album ( Foreign Affair). And I haven't played that in a long time. But you never hear a bad word about her. One very small and obscure Quo connection for me is that I first heard Nutbush City Limits before Quo came on stage at a gig in 1973 during the Hello! tour. Me and a couple of schoolmates wondered what it was because it sounded really good. I cannot fathom out why I remember that. I also remember they played BTO's You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet and both of those songs always take me back to that gig. Sorry, went a bit off piste there
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Post by kursaal75 on Nov 26, 2022 8:56:11 GMT
Tina Turner is hard not to like, although I only own one album ( Foreign Affair). And I haven't played that in a long time. But you never hear a bad word about her. One very small and obscure Quo connection for me is that I first heard Nutbush City Limits before Quo came on stage at a gig in 1973 during the Hello! tour. Me and a couple of schoolmates wondered what it was because it sounded really good. I cannot fathom out why I remember that. I also remember they played BTO's You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet and both of those songs always take me back to that gig. Sorry, went a bit off piste there I think Marc Bolan played the lead on Nutbush City Limits. I don't know where that take us, but Happy Birthday Ms Turner, if by any chance she is reading this
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quodec
Veteran Rocker Rollin'
Twelve bar blues is now alright.
Posts: 1,248
Favourite Quo Album: Blue For You
Favourite other bands.: early AC/DC, Angel City, Blackfoot, Rose Tattoo, Slade
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Post by quodec on Nov 27, 2022 0:04:55 GMT
If James Marshall Hendrix was still alive, he would be celebrating his 80th birthday today! Born in Seattle, Washington State, on 27th November 1942, he would come to be regarded as probably the greatest guitar virtuosos of the rock 'n' roll era.
The clip I've chosen is Jimi's cover of The Troggs 'Wild Thing' and was recorded in Blackpool, England in November 1967, round about the time Rossi was sitting in his loo in London working out the structure of POMM!!!!
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mortified
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Favourite Quo Album: Hello!
Favourite other bands.: Talking Heads, Rolling Stones, Sheryl Crow, Gary Numan, Alabama 3, ZZ Top, Paul van Dyk, Jeff Beck, Bowie, Gerry Rafferty, Band of Skulls, UFO, S.A.H.B
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Post by mortified on Nov 28, 2022 6:08:19 GMT
If James Marshall Hendrix was still alive, he would be celebrating his 80th birthday today! Born in Seattle, Washington State, on 27th November 1942, he would come to be regarded as probably the greatest guitar virtuosos of the rock 'n' roll era. The clip I've chosen is Jimi's cover of The Troggs 'Wild Thing' and was recorded in Blackpool, England in November 1967, round about the time Rossi was sitting in his loo in London working out the structure of POMM!!!! Mr Hendrix is without doubt THE most influential guitarist in history. He literally created the axeman and heavy rock singlehandedly. One of the first, if not the first, to use feedback to enhance the delivery. Technically very good for his day, although soon surpassed very quickly by others coming through. My very first rock albums were Hendrix's Axis Bold As Love and John Mayall's Beyond The Turning Point. I think I was about 12 and got them for Christmas. From that point on, the Subbuteo and the Dinky cars were heading for the bin. There was no turning back. Francis, of course, cites Hey Joe as a huge influence in the writing of ... Matchstickmen and when he played the chords of both during his talk tour, you suddenly got it.
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quodec
Veteran Rocker Rollin'
Twelve bar blues is now alright.
Posts: 1,248
Favourite Quo Album: Blue For You
Favourite other bands.: early AC/DC, Angel City, Blackfoot, Rose Tattoo, Slade
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Post by quodec on Nov 29, 2022 0:05:07 GMT
As chance would have it, Mort, it's John Mayall's 89th birthday today. He and his Bluesbreakers band were the go-to group, during the 60s blues resurgence, for up-and-coming musicians and a veritable who's who of talent went through his ranks. Here is a 1982 clip of him powering through 'Room to Move', a single he released in 1969.
Today, the 29th November, is also the birthday of guitarist Ronnie Montrose, who released one of the best hard-rock albums of the 70s, the eponymously titled 'Montrose' album in 1973. Sadly, Ronnie took his own life in 2012. This video is from the OGWT and features a track from the above album, 'Bad Motor Scooter'. Incidentally, Sammy Hagar, the vocalist, would go on to sing with Van Halen in the 80s.
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mortified
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Favourite Quo Album: Hello!
Favourite other bands.: Talking Heads, Rolling Stones, Sheryl Crow, Gary Numan, Alabama 3, ZZ Top, Paul van Dyk, Jeff Beck, Bowie, Gerry Rafferty, Band of Skulls, UFO, S.A.H.B
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Post by mortified on Nov 29, 2022 5:43:18 GMT
I'm sure Room To Move was on that John Mayall album I had. I no longer have the vinyl; that's long gone. But I do remember the track. At least I think I do. It was a long time ago! As for Montrose, in my humble opinion, they released the best debut album of all time. So much so, they could never follow it up with anything nearly as good. Supported Quo on their 1974 UK tour and that did them no harm at all. They got good press coverage, with one or two music papers saying they blew Quo off the stage. They didn't by the way Bad Motor Scooter was the single, which I bought. The B-side, I Don't Want It, was so good as well that I got the album with whatever money I did have as a schoolkid. Highly recommended for any fans of 70's Quo 👍
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