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 Mar 15, 2023 17:15:26 GMT
I was never a big Beachboys fan. All those surf and sunshine references I had difficulty relating to But they were surprisingly OK when supporting Quo at Edinburgh Castle. I found I knew all the words. Pity it was before I'd bought my Bula Quo tropical shirt. I'd have dressed for the part But there was the odd single that grabbed my ear when I was younger. Sail On Sailor in particular for some reason. And there's no doubting Good Vibrations was seriously different in its day.
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quodec
Veteran Rocker Rollin'
Twelve bar blues is now alright.
Posts: 1,304
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 Mar 17, 2023 0:01:09 GMT
Interestingly, there are several well-known Irish musicians who have a birthday on St Patrick's Day - today, the 17th March! Pat McCauley, keyboardist and drummer for Van Mossison's Them was born on 17th March, as was Dublin-born drummer Fran Byrne, who played with the Frankie Miller Band. Scott Gorham, ok US-born on 17th, but we're claiming him as a long-term member of Thin Lizzy! Caroline Corr of The Corrs is a St Parick's day girl and the late Stephen Gately of Boyzone was also born on 17th March.
So for the day that's in it, here are my home-town band The Corrs (with Caroline on drums) playing in Dublin in 2000. Her two sisters and brother make up the other members of the band. Happy birthday Caroline!
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mortified
4500 Timer
Posts: 6,547
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 Mar 17, 2023 6:57:31 GMT
Happy St Paddy's The late Stephen Gately? Who knew I obviously missed that one. Oops. Never mad on The Corrs music although, visually, they had their attractions Well that track is particularly Irish, I must say. Quite enjoyable. Similar to Red Hot Chilli Pipers who take traditional instruments and sounds and put them in a contemporary setting. They play Thunderstruck for example. Scott Gorham; quite right claiming him as one of your own 👍
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quodec
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Twelve bar blues is now alright.
Posts: 1,304
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 Mar 19, 2023 9:58:10 GMT
Steven Gene Wold, aka Seasick Steve, was born in California on 19th March 1951 and is 72 today. Much of his life is shrouded in self-imposed mystery, with Steve claiming he bummed around America as a hobo for much of it. But biographies suggest he grew up in San Francisco and by the end of the 60s was a backing musician for bluesman Lightnin' Hopkins. During the 70s he lived in Paris and Hawaii and by the 1980s he was back in Europe and had appeared on a few albums. By the 1990s he was living with his wife and three kids near Seattle and had opened a guitar store and recording studio. Ten years later he closed up the studio and relocated to Norway with his family, where he picked up on recording music again. His debut solo album Dog House Music was released in 2006 and after Jools Holland featured him on his show at the end of that year, his popularity soared. Here he is in London in 2011 with a track from his fifth album.
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mortified
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Posts: 6,547
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 Mar 20, 2023 6:04:04 GMT
Always liked Seasick Steve since I first saw him on Jools Holland. Not sure if it was the first time he was on because I think he's appeared more than once. I also saw him on TV when he brought John Paul Jones on stage to accompany him. Might have been Glastonbury. That was fun. I have a couple of his albums; I Started Out with Nothin' and I Still Got Most of it Left (great title!) and Sonic Soul Surfer. He's a sort of one man ZZ Top But it sounds like he's had an interesting life/career if any of the Wiki stuff is true.
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quodec
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Post by quodec on Mar 21, 2023 14:56:04 GMT
Ray Dorset, guitarist and lead singer with Mungo Jerry, was born in Middlesex on 21st March 1946 and is celebrating his 77th birthday today. 'In the Summertime' was the band's huge hit in 1970 and the only band hit to chart in the US, but further hits followed in the UK through the early 70s, such as 'Baby jump', 'Lady Rose', 'Alright Alright Alright' and this one, which I was particularly partial to as a 13 year old in 1974:
Ray also wrote 'Feels Like I'm in Love', which was a chart topper for Kelly Marie in 1979.
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Post by kursaal75 on Mar 21, 2023 19:44:08 GMT
My favourite Mungo Jerry track was from a ep in 1972, called Open Up, doesn't get played on the radio, as it wasn't a big hit, but I liked it...
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quodec
Veteran Rocker Rollin'
Twelve bar blues is now alright.
Posts: 1,304
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 Mar 21, 2023 20:45:08 GMT
My favourite Mungo Jerry track was from a ep in 1972, called Open Up, doesn't get played on the radio, as it wasn't a big hit, but I liked it... Here ya go Kursaal. Hadn't come across it in my 'research' for Ray, but it is indeed a good bluesy rocker.
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Post by kursaal75 on Mar 21, 2023 21:03:00 GMT
That was much appreciated Quodec and to be honest, I've never heard that version before. The band didn't have a drummer on their earlier hits, they just stomped a foot on the floor for the beat.
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mortified
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Favourite Quo Album: Hello!
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Post by mortified on Mar 22, 2023 7:41:15 GMT
Ooh, Mungo Jerry. That takes me back. I've got the Baby Jump single - with a pic sleeve. Which shows the band playing some festival or other. I must have only been about 14 or something when that was a hit. I didn't like Lady Rose so my brief dabble into the world of Mungo Jerry was over pretty quickly. That Open Up track is good though. Like that. Didn't realise Ray Dorset had written that Kelly Marie hit. That was no.1 for quite a while. Unfortunately
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quodec
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Twelve bar blues is now alright.
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Favourite Quo Album: Blue For You
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Post by quodec on Mar 23, 2023 13:22:29 GMT
A mixed collection of birthdays for you today.
Rik Ocasek, guitarist and lead singer with The Cars was born in Baltimore, Maryland on 23rd March 1944 and died in 2019. Yvette Marie Stevens, aka Chaka Khan, was born in Chicago on this day in 1953 and celebrates her 70th birthday. Marti Pellow of Wet Wet Wet fame is 58 today, while Damon Albarn of Blur is 55.
So, on Chaka's 70th birthday, let's funk it up and play a 1974 US hit, 'You've Got the Love', where she sang lead vocals with the funk/soul band Rufus.
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quodec
Veteran Rocker Rollin'
Twelve bar blues is now alright.
Posts: 1,304
Favourite Quo Album: Blue For You
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Post by quodec on Mar 24, 2023 0:01:18 GMT
Gabriele Kerner, known as Nena, was born in Germany on 24th March 1960 and is 63 today. Though having great success in her native country, she had only one big hit in the UK, 99 Red Balloons, in 1984.
Singer/songwriter and producer Nick Lowe was born in Surrey on 24th March 1949 and is 74 today. He started out with Brinsley Schwarz and progressed to Rockpile with Dave Edmunds, while producing such musical luminaries as Elvis Costello, The Pretenders and Carlene Carter. And speaking of Carlene, he married her in 1979 and the following video for Cruel to be Kind features actual footage of their nuptials.
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quodec
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Twelve bar blues is now alright.
Posts: 1,304
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 Mar 25, 2023 0:32:24 GMT
Two giants of the music world celebrate heir birthdays today, the 25th March.
Aretha Franklin, 'The Queen of Soul', was born on this day in 1942 and died in 2018. What a voice she had!
And Reg Dwight, aka Elton John, was born in 1947 and is 76 today. This was the first song of his that I remember from the old Radio Luxembourg days in 1974 and apparently is about himself! Happy birthday Elton!
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gerh
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Post by gerh on Mar 25, 2023 12:20:49 GMT
Aretha - what a voice! Reg, never liked his stuff - still don’t!🤘
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mortified
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Favourite Quo Album: Hello!
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Post by mortified on Mar 25, 2023 13:16:45 GMT
Catching up here. I've actually got that Rufus single. Didn't appreciate it was that old I'm sure I never bought it in 1974. Must have been a bargain bucket job. Always remember Nick Lowe bringing out an album called Bowi after Bowie released Low. The rascal Nick's hey day was really that late 70's post punk/new wave period. Could take him or leave him. Ah, Nena. My younger self remembers the young lady for different reasons (i.e. not the music). But misogyny is SO last millennium Aretha, although her music was not for me - always a bit too gospel sounding - there is no doubting she was a legend with an amazing voice. Elton I've liked on and off over the years. Mostly off admittedly. But The Bitch is Back is actually the first single I think I ever bought of his. Only album I ever bought was The One for some reason. But of trivia; his guitarist, Davey Johnstone, actually lived near me in the early 70's. After that he used to pitch up occasionally in a car that was as big as the street he parked it in Visiting his mum.
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