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 30, 2023 6:19:01 GMT
Bit like Achy Breaky Heart that Not a great fan of Clapton myself. I can see what the fuss will have been about in, say, 1966 but that was before my time and, for me, even his immediate contemporaries were always technically better (Jeff Beck, Ritchie Blackmore etc.). And certainly more innovative. But when he sticks to the blues or country flavoured stuff, he can be very listenable. You can keep your Wonderful Tonight though .Also, to be fair to him, he put that guitar rock God thing behind him many moons ago. I remember as a teenager my mate bought 461 Ocean Boulevard and I was really disappointed in it. I expected sparks but it was all wet wood to a youngster craving loud and heavy music. But he's had a very successful career. If I'd recommend any recordings, I'd plump for his album with J J Cale, Road To Escondido a few years back. I really liked that. But then I liked J J Cale.
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gerh
Grizzled Rocker Rollin'
Posts: 3,198
Favourite Quo Album: 'Hello' [and 'Quo Live']
Favourite other bands.: Zappa, Kansas, Rush, Deep Purple, Yes, Richard Thompson, Horslips, Rory Gallagher, Thin Lizzy, Judas Priest etc etc. [ANYONE but Kiss!]
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Post by gerh on Mar 30, 2023 19:09:42 GMT
...aye, ol' EC wins the 'Most over-rated Guitarist' award by a Light-Year [and I believe he's a f*#kin' strange fish too! ] Gimme Rory, etc, any 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 30, 2023 23:01:10 GMT
Herb Alpert is 88 years today. Famous for his many catchy 60s instrumentals, he also co-founded A&M Records in 1962.
Mick Ralphs, guitarist with Mott the Hoople and Bad Company is 79 today.
Dave Bickler, lead singer with Survivor, and vocalist on that perennial ear-worm 'Eye of the Tiger' is 70 today.
... and last but certainly not least is Angus McKinnon Young who was born in the Cranhill area of Glasgow on 31st March 1955 and is 68 today. The rest of his story I'm sure you know. I saw him - and the band - in action only once, back in 1982, in Dublin and I can still smell the sweat and the numbness in my ears at the loudest, most packed gig I was ever at. What an experience to have though. I was a huge fan from 1978 to 1983, but after Flick of the Switch, that was me gone. Very little after that appealed to me. So, like many of these musicians from my youth, picking a song on a hero's birthday is practically impossible. But since I love the manic crowd scenes at Buenos Aires in 2009, let's throw in one of their songs from that night and watch Angus strut his stuff while 70000 fanatics lap up his every move!
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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 31, 2023 6:16:11 GMT
That has to be the greatest rock crowd I've ever seen 🤘 I first saw AC/DC in 1976 at what is now known (I think) as Leith Town Hall in Edinburgh. It was called the Citadel back then. Women dressed in St Trinians-esque uniforms, movies, videos, all manner of strange things going on before the band came on. I then saw them about 9 months later at Edinburgh Uni. Both light years away from Buenos Aires! No more than 100 people at each. I'd heard It's A Long Way To The Top on the radio and sought out the album. The rest, as they say.... I saw the band 6 times in all, 5 of them with Bon Scott and last went to see them in 1982. Similar to you, quodec , after Back In Black, I was done. I liked that album but none of the releases after that, although I did think Razor's Edge was half decent. They lost something when Bon passed. Not just a great vocalist and showman but a very clever lyricist. Touch Too Much is terrific in that sense. There was a subtlety about his songs. OK, it was heavy rock misogyny disguised as poetry but rock was always synonymous with that. We're not proud of ourselves For a short period of time, very close to the greatest band on the planet. Present company excepted
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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 Apr 3, 2023 7:58:12 GMT
Judie Tzuke, whose parents were Polish and moved to England in the 1920s, was born in London on 3rd April 1956 and celebrates her 67th birthday today. Probably regarded as a one hit wonder with 1979's Stay with me till Dawn, she has however released over 20 studio albums since 1979 and continues to tour and record to this day. Mr John Edwards of this parish was her bass player, both on stage and in the studio, from 1980 to 1985 and this song 'The Flesh is Weak', which he got got a co-writing credit for, is off her third album, 'I am the Phoenix'.
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Post by kursaal75 on Apr 3, 2023 8:36:51 GMT
I have 2 singles by Judie, the one you mentioned and a accepplla track called 'For You'. I'm not sure if it was released before her hit, 'Stay With Me Til Dawn', or after.
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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 Apr 3, 2023 10:20:04 GMT
Mr Edwards and Mr Rich performing with Judie in that video I see. Rhino sporting some natty striped spandex by the looks. I'd have worn them. My own that is, not his That track doesn't really do Judie Tzuke or, more especially, those doing the harmonies any favours. Never owned a Judie Tzuke record. But I'm such a sad collector of Quo related stuff, maybe I should start Didn't Mike Paxman play with Judie Tzuke as well? Musically speaking of course
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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 Apr 3, 2023 23:10:35 GMT
The Hoochie Coochie man himself, McKinley Morganfield, aka Muddy Waters, had a birthday today 4th April. He was born in 1913 and died in 1983.
Slade guitarist Dave Hill is celebrating his 77th birthday today.
Irish rock and blues guitarist Gary Moore was born on 4th April 1952 and died in 2011, aged only 58.
... and Josh Todd, lead singer with US rock band Buckcherry, is 53 today. The following live clip of their track 'All Night Long' is from their fifth studio album of the same name which was released in 2010. Buckcherry is a band I've heard of but never really listened to. So, with this track, they definitely have a kind of modern day Aerosmith vibe to them, imho. A pretty good live band though!
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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 Apr 4, 2023 4:51:25 GMT
Don't know a lot about Buckcherry myself, although I have heard of them. Not sure that track encourages me to delve any further if I'm honest. There is an Aerosmith vibe, I agree. Or maybe bands like Chickenfoot or Velvet Revolver. Didn't appreciate they'd been going that long and tend to get them mixed up with Black Stone Cherry. I can never tell my cherries apart Gary Moore I was never a fan of. Just one of these things. I know he was loved, respected and admired by many but his playing style wasn't up my strasse. But he was taken far too young. Dave Hill? Well, what can you say? Again, not exactly my favourite guitarist but his place in popular culture is assured. The glitter, the silver boots and that daft fringe. Does bring a smile to your face Muddy Waters is a true legend. His influence over many 60's and 70's musicians, in the UK in particular for some reason, is unquestioned. Would there be a Rolling Stones, for example, if it were not for artists like him?
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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 Apr 10, 2023 10:31:43 GMT
Sophie Ellis-Bextor ("Murder on the Dancefloor") was born on the 10th April 1979 and is 44 today.
Katrina Leskanich (Katrina & The Waves) was born in Topeka, Kansas on the 10th April 1960 and celebrates her 63rd birthday today. She and her band struck pay-dirt in 1985 with Walking on Sunshine but I rather like the infectious follow-up 1986 single 'Sun Street'.
Singer/guitarist Brian Setzer was born in New York on this day in 1959 and is 64. This is Runaway Boys from 1980.
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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 Apr 11, 2023 12:47:12 GMT
William Stuart Adamson was born on 11th April 1958 in Manchester, though his family soon moved to Dunfermline in Scotland. In 1977 he founded punk group The Skids, who got to the Top Ten in the UK with Into the Valley in 1979. Due to musical differences Adamson quit the band in '81 and formed Big Country shortly afterwards. They had four top ten albums during the 80s and 8 top 20 singles in the same decade. Sadly, Stuart took his own life in Hawaii in December 2001. The following clip is One Great Thing, taken from their third album The Seer, and probably my favourite Big Country song.
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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 Apr 11, 2023 13:10:09 GMT
Catching up a bit here. Both Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Katrina & the Waves are really known for their one big hit. In the UK anyway. Sophie is still going strong I believe. Not sure about Katrina. There's a Quo fan on Facebook (so Mrs Mortified tells me) that is a huge Sophie fan and goes to see her quite a lot. No accounting for taste Brian Setzer has become quite the celeb musician guesting with all manner of people over the years. Again, still going strong. I own one single called Little Miss Prissy, which goes way back. But Stray Cats definitely gave a heavier kick to that rockabilly groove (daddy-o) I managed to catch The Skids, purely by accident, when they supported The Stranglers very early in 1978. They were on Top of the Pops within a year. Big Country I always found a bit hit and miss but they were massively popular in Scotland. I did have their debut album, The Crossing, but after that I only grabbed the one single; King of Emotion. That one's on CD so it must have been late 80's or so. There is an occasional contributor on here from New Zealand who grew up with Stuart Adamson. His avatar is an old pic of the two of them. I think Big Country are still on the go, although not sure how many of the original line up are still there. I do know that Mike Peters of The Alarm sang with them for a while. Sad about Stuart Adamson. And his compadre in The Skids, Richard Jobson, of course, went on to be a TV presenter. Mainly in arty-farty progs. Well, they were whenever I seen him
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quodec
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Twelve bar blues is now alright.
Posts: 1,304
Favourite Quo Album: Blue For You
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Post by quodec on Apr 14, 2023 16:39:37 GMT
Richard Hugh Blackmore was born in Weston-super-Mare on 14th April 1945 and is 78 today. He joined the band Roundabout in 1967 and soon had it re-christened Deep Purple after his mother's favourite song. Blackmore left Deep Purple in 1974 and founded Rainbow the following year. The band lasted for nine years before he joined a reformed Deep Purple in 1984. His stint with them last until 1993 when he left DP for good. He reformed Rainbow briefly in the mid 90s, where they released one album and after a world tour he finally called it quits with hard-rock music in 1997. Since then, alongside his partner Candice Knight, he has concentrated on folk/neo medieval style music, releasing 11 studio albums in that time. Apart from Rossi and Parfitt, Ritchie was my guitar hero for much of the late 70s. I was too young for the early 70s DP albums, but the first four Rainbow albums certainly flickered on my budding heavy rock antennae. 'Man on the Silver Mountain' is from their first album.
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gerh
Grizzled Rocker Rollin'
Posts: 3,198
Favourite Quo Album: 'Hello' [and 'Quo Live']
Favourite other bands.: Zappa, Kansas, Rush, Deep Purple, Yes, Richard Thompson, Horslips, Rory Gallagher, Thin Lizzy, Judas Priest etc etc. [ANYONE but Kiss!]
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Post by gerh on Apr 14, 2023 23:06:30 GMT
Wonder if fake-Tony sent him a birthday card… even a fake one!!🤣
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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 Apr 14, 2023 23:11:01 GMT
Phil Mogg, lead singer with UFO, was born in London on 15th April 1948 and is 75 today. The band mainly passed me by but I do remember this song on the radio back in 1978, but it only made No. 50 in the UK charts!
And one of my teenage rock 'n' roll heroes is 79 today. Dave Edmunds was born in Cardiff on this day in 1944 and went on to have a very successful career as a singer, guitarist and producer from the late 1960s up until he retired six years ago. This track is from 1990 and was his last charting hit. I liked it so much I went out and bought the single at the time.
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