FH Reader Frank B. sent us this clip from Jimmy Kimmel Live ...
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re: SHINDIG:
Kent --
I don't know if you've covered this before (there's so much Forgotten Hits now that I can't always drink from the fire hose and not lose a little!) but Shindig's "girl with big glasses" was Carole Shelyne, who also played Metron in the excellent original series Star Trek episode, "Arena." I saw both when they were first-run and I was a kid in Chicago, but I was in my 50s before I realized that they were the same actress.
For the Girl With Big Glasses, see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc7Ump8s7pM
For Metron, see:
http://www.startrek.com/database_article/metron
Although I paid attention to the bands, Carole soon became the primary reason I watched Shindig.
-- Jeff Duntemann
Colorado Springs, Colorado
re: THE TROGGS:
Kent,
Enjoyed very quickly before I went to work the song WITH A GIRL LIKE YOU. Later on tonight when I get home, I will read in it's entirety the comments you posted for Wednesday. Looks like I have some FANCY reading to do tonight.
Larry
Although I paid attention to the bands, Carole soon became the primary reason I watched Shindig.
-- Jeff Duntemann
Colorado Springs, Colorado
re: THE TROGGS:
Kent,
Enjoyed very quickly before I went to work the song WITH A GIRL LIKE YOU. Later on tonight when I get home, I will read in it's entirety the comments you posted for Wednesday. Looks like I have some FANCY reading to do tonight.
Larry
Regional radio was fun wasn't it?
In Grand Forks, North Dakota, and Fargo, North Dakota, we didn't just hear Wild Thing, A Girl like You, and Love is All Around. We got to hear I Can't Control Myself, a personal favorite, along with Give It to Me, and You Can Cry if You Want To.
Bill
re: THE HAPPENINGS:
Your article about the Happenings and their Four Seasons sound reminded me of an interview I once did with Frankie Valli in which I asked him who he thought was the best Four Seasons sound-alike. Without any hesitation, Valli said it was the Happenings. I was in contact with their lead singer Bob Miranda at the time, and sent him a tape of that.
Ed Salamon
Your article about the Happenings and their Four Seasons sound reminded me of an interview I once did with Frankie Valli in which I asked him who he thought was the best Four Seasons sound-alike. Without any hesitation, Valli said it was the Happenings. I was in contact with their lead singer Bob Miranda at the time, and sent him a tape of that.
Ed Salamon
re: ON THE RADIO:
At 8 PM on Friday night February 8th, I will be having three girls from New Jersey who proudly call themselves The New Dimensions. They sing the songs of the 50's and 60's and they will be doing them live on my show.
The Pop Shoppe can be found at www.oldiesyourway.com from 7 PM till 3:01 AM every Friday evening (eastern time).
The girls will be singing from 8 till 10 PM
Check out their website www.thenewdimensions.com
DJ Stu Weiss
Happy to pass it along. Who knows ... if the Saxonettes ever get THEIR act together, maybe THEY can be on your show some day!!! (kk)
re: MORE MONKEES NEWS:
MIKE NESMITH OF THE MONKEES ANNOUNCES 2013 SOLO U.S. TOUR DATES
by Dave Swanson
After the huge success of last year’s Monkees tour, the usually reclusive Mike Nesmith has been recharged and is embarking on his own solo tour this spring. Nesmith took to Facebook to deliver this
information today (Jan. 28). The dates are listed below.
“This is the tour to break in the show,” he wrote. “See if you like it, earn the promoters confidence, and see if anybody comes. If it goes well we will keep going later in the summer / fall and hit the states we missed on this half-lap of the U.S. If it goes poorly we will stare blankly into the future and post pictures of cute animals and food.”
Two weeks ago, Nesmith teased his fans – also on Facebook – with the news of an upcoming solo tour in an amusing and offbeat post. “I thought the man and woman at the door might be from a religious group,” he wrote. “I was wrong. It was an easy mistake to make, it turns out they were from TIAPWWGAI (The International Association of People Who Wont Go Away) and I had been per-approved for membership. I found out later that acceptance in the club is automatic at a certain age. I wondered how they got my name and they said they heard I was going on tour in the U.S. this Spring.”
The band for this tour will consist of Nesmith on guitar, bassist Joe Chemay, Paul Leim on drums and Boh Cooper on keyboards. Rock on, Papa Nez!
Michael Nesmith 2013 Tour Dates:
3/21 – Nashville, Tenn.
3/24 – Los Angeles, Calif.
3/26 – Santa Cruz, Calif.
3/27 – San Francisco, Calif.
3/29 – Portland, Ore.
3/30 – Seattle, Wash.
4/3 – Boulder, Colo.
4/5 – Minneapolis, Minn.
4/6 – Chicago, Ill.
4/7 – Detroit, Mich.
4/9 – Munhall, Pa.
4/11 – Northampton, Mass.
4/12 – Rahway, N.J.
4/13 – Boston, Mass.
4/15- Philadelphia, Pa.
4/16 – New York, N.Y.
4/17 – Alexandria Va.
http://ultimateclassicrock.com/mike-nesmith-of-the-monkees-2013-u-s-tour/
Over the years I have seen virtually every conceivable configuration of The Monkees ... together or apart ... countless solo shows by Micky, Davy and Peter ... Micky and Davy "Just Monkeeing Around" ... Micky and Davy as part of the Dolenz, Jones, Boyce and Hart extravaganza ... "The Guys Who Sang 'Em and The Guys Who Wrote 'Em". Peter with Shoe Suede Blues (and even earlier than that doing a complete one-man solo shows) ... but I have NEVER seen Michael Nesmith. (Had a ticket to a show somewhere in Wrigleyville many years ago but, at the last minute, couldn't make it ... and missed out on the most recent "Tribute To Davy" Reunion Tour) ... so to see that he's coming back to Chicago one more time in April definitely whets my appetite ... it will most likely be my last chance EVER to catch The Nez in concert. More details to come ... but I'm truly hoping to make it to this one! (kk)
re: MORE MONKEES NEWS:
MIKE NESMITH OF THE MONKEES ANNOUNCES 2013 SOLO U.S. TOUR DATES
by Dave Swanson
After the huge success of last year’s Monkees tour, the usually reclusive Mike Nesmith has been recharged and is embarking on his own solo tour this spring. Nesmith took to Facebook to deliver this
information today (Jan. 28). The dates are listed below.
“This is the tour to break in the show,” he wrote. “See if you like it, earn the promoters confidence, and see if anybody comes. If it goes well we will keep going later in the summer / fall and hit the states we missed on this half-lap of the U.S. If it goes poorly we will stare blankly into the future and post pictures of cute animals and food.”
Two weeks ago, Nesmith teased his fans – also on Facebook – with the news of an upcoming solo tour in an amusing and offbeat post. “I thought the man and woman at the door might be from a religious group,” he wrote. “I was wrong. It was an easy mistake to make, it turns out they were from TIAPWWGAI (The International Association of People Who Wont Go Away) and I had been per-approved for membership. I found out later that acceptance in the club is automatic at a certain age. I wondered how they got my name and they said they heard I was going on tour in the U.S. this Spring.”
The band for this tour will consist of Nesmith on guitar, bassist Joe Chemay, Paul Leim on drums and Boh Cooper on keyboards. Rock on, Papa Nez!
Michael Nesmith 2013 Tour Dates:
3/21 – Nashville, Tenn.
3/24 – Los Angeles, Calif.
3/26 – Santa Cruz, Calif.
3/27 – San Francisco, Calif.
3/29 – Portland, Ore.
3/30 – Seattle, Wash.
4/3 – Boulder, Colo.
4/5 – Minneapolis, Minn.
4/6 – Chicago, Ill.
4/7 – Detroit, Mich.
4/9 – Munhall, Pa.
4/11 – Northampton, Mass.
4/12 – Rahway, N.J.
4/13 – Boston, Mass.
4/15- Philadelphia, Pa.
4/16 – New York, N.Y.
4/17 – Alexandria Va.
http://ultimateclassicrock.com/mike-nesmith-of-the-monkees-2013-u-s-tour/
Over the years I have seen virtually every conceivable configuration of The Monkees ... together or apart ... countless solo shows by Micky, Davy and Peter ... Micky and Davy "Just Monkeeing Around" ... Micky and Davy as part of the Dolenz, Jones, Boyce and Hart extravaganza ... "The Guys Who Sang 'Em and The Guys Who Wrote 'Em". Peter with Shoe Suede Blues (and even earlier than that doing a complete one-man solo shows) ... but I have NEVER seen Michael Nesmith. (Had a ticket to a show somewhere in Wrigleyville many years ago but, at the last minute, couldn't make it ... and missed out on the most recent "Tribute To Davy" Reunion Tour) ... so to see that he's coming back to Chicago one more time in April definitely whets my appetite ... it will most likely be my last chance EVER to catch The Nez in concert. More details to come ... but I'm truly hoping to make it to this one! (kk)
Just in case some of your readers might be interested (and like me, didn't notice earlier), Circus Boy is back on Antenna TV. It was dropped several months ago, but now it's back. (On Saturdays at this time.)
Mark Carter
A chance to see young Micky Braddock (with blonde hair!!!) Don't miss it! (kk)
Last weekend we told you about the up-coming Monkees Fan Convention, scheduled for March 1 - March 3 in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
Well, now comes news that Monkees.net will be broadcasting LIVE on the Internet so that fans unable to attend the show can still keep up with all of the festivities. More details below! (kk)
Additional big announcement from Monkees.Net!
This convention will be the first ever Monkees Convention to be streamed live to the internet on on Monkees.Net!
That's right - even if you can't make it to the show, you will still be able to attend and participate from your own home computer.
We will have a live video camera at our booth in the dealers room, and everyone who comes to our booth will be Live on Monkees.Net and can wave and say hi to the online fans who will be able to chat back to the dealers room.
We hope many of the celebrity guests will stop by our booth to greet the fans.
The live feed will cover all hours the dealers room is open and will be recorded for later viewing.
In addition we will be taking short video clips of some of the events at the show and uploading them for viewing online shortly after they happen so everyone can get a feel of the show and participate, even if
they can't make it in person!
So get your tickets now and meet us in person - but if that is not possible, login with the rest of the worldwide fans at Monkees.Net and join in the fun via the web!
Get your tickets for the March 1-3, 2013 at The David T. Jones Memorial Monkees Convention, to be held at the Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center, 2 Meadowlands Plaza, East Rutherford, New Jersey. Tickets on sale at: http://monkeeconvention.com/tickets.html.
re: OTHER UP-COMING AND RECENT SHOWS:
''The Golden Boys of Rock 'n' Roll,'' Frankie Avalon, Fabian and Bobby Rydell, now have a bit of competition!
Fred
Oh, this has been going on for close to 20 years already!!! Micky Dolenz and Davy Jones used to switch off as one of The Teen Idols ... and we've also seen the show with Peter Noone, Mark Lindsay, Bobby Sherman and David Cassidy ... just Teen Idols of a different generation is all ... but always a very entertaining show. Watch for appearances coming soon to your area!
(This reminds me of the '70's Teen Idols Series we did in Forgotten Hits several years ago ... we asked our female readers to write in and tell us whose posters they had on their bedroom walls way back when ... and who made YOUR panties damp back in the day!!! Got a good response actually ... and ended up doing profiles on David Cassidy, Donny Osmond, Andy Gibb, The Hudson Brothers, John Travolta and several others. Maybe it's time to rerun THAT one on the website!!!) kk
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And this from Al!
Not totally accurate but ...
http://ultimateclassicrock.com/al-kooper-keyboard-songs/
MOVING SIDEWALKS READY TO ROCK IN NYC 3/30 AFTER 44 YEAR BREAK!
MOVING SIDEWALKS READY TO ROCK IN NYC 3/30 AFTER 44 YEAR BREAK!
For the first time in 44 years, Moving Sidewalks, seminal Texas psychedelic rockers, noted for their garage rock evergreen "99th Floor," are back together. The original Sidewalks lineup -- Tom Moore, Don Summers, Dan Mitchell and Billy F Gibbons -- are intensively rehearsing in preparation for their forthcoming appearance at Cavestomp!, the 'Garage Festacular', set for B.B. King's Club in New York on Saturday, March 30.
The Moving Sidewalks date back to 1967 when The Coachmen, a Houston high school group, evolved into something beyond the cover band they had been, fine-tuning their line up and repertoire. The Moving Sidewalks were one of the first local bands to embrace the psychedelic revolution in sound and, for a time, found national distribution. They were influenced by fellow Texans The 13th Floor Elevators and, most especially, by Jimi Hendrix. The fact that the band went on to share concert bills with Hendrix, as well as The Doors, Beau Brummels, Electric Prunes, Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels, Music Machine, the Jeff Beck Group (with Rod Stewart), Steppenwolf, John Mayall, Ten Years After and Stevie Wonder was testament to the level of acid-fueled professionalism they achieved in a very short time.
The Sidewalks' run got sidetracked when keyboard man Tom Moore and bassist Don Summers were borrowed for service in the US Army winding up in Viet Nam. After the term of service, Tom went back to college gaining a degree in Fine Arts and specialized as a machine designer, later rejoining forces with Sidewalks' drummer Dan Mitchell. The two moved to Los Angeles and formed a band called Buzz Bone attempting to leverage their brand of Texas blues rock in a world then enthralled by disco.
After his Buzz Bone sojourn in California with Moore, Dan Mitchell returned to Texas where he was involved in numerous pursuits including a Houston haberdashery called "Mr. Fantasy," the first store in the region where one could buy bell bottoms and other rock star-related clothes, "imported" from London, Los Angeles and New York. He later joined Gulf Coast Sound and Lighting where he became a monitor engineer working with such bands as the Neville Brothers and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Mitchell also started Backline Musical Instruments where his clients included Ray Charles and the Beach Boys.
Don Summers, the band's bassist also wound up in Viet Nam and, later, Thailand. Summers joined the staff Roadway Express, a national trucking company where, for more than 35 years he handed customer service for such accounts as American Airlines and Mattel. Don also remained connected to music over the years building guitars and basses of his own design including one played by The Who's John Entwistle in the film Tommy. He also designed the mechanism that enabled the guitar and bass to spin in the ZZ Top video for "Legs."
Speaking of ZZ Top. That's where Moving Sidewalks guitarist Billy Gibbons alighted, post-Sidewalks. Gibbons, over the course of the next 43 years, along with ZZ Top bandmates Dusty Hill and Frank Beach became a true icon of rock and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003. ZZ Top is recognized as the longest running band in rock, 100% intact with the same personnel for the longest run that continues to this day.
The fact that the Movings Sidewalks are back at it again surely ranks as one of the most unusual reconnections in history. The keyboard man, the bass player, and, the drummer are dedicated psyche and blues-rock enthusiasts and the guitarist is acknowledged as one of the most brilliant, celebrated musicians in history, not to mention frontman for a band that has been at the pinnacle of rock's pantheon for an unprecedented tenure.
It's not a joke but after 44 years, they'll be walking into a bar: B.B. King's in New York on March 30th. Tickets: http://bit.ly/VrTsYv
-- submitted by Bob Merlis
re: THIS AND THAT:
I had always assumed, from day one, people on your site were just having some fun with Leo's claims knowing full well he was full of it. He must have presented a pretty good story! You continue cracking me up with your comments. I'm like you ... I don't believe anyone has the right to change music history.
Sid Holmes
Leo's been telling stories for quite a few years from the sounds of things. Hey, I like a good work of fiction as much as the next guy ... but acknowledge it as fiction ... don't try to deceive people into giving you their money under false pretenses. (kk)
If you think “Hey Little One” was a dismal follow up to the monster hit "Last Kiss", try the follow-up to “In The Year 2525”, “Mr. Turnkey”!!. It makes "Hey Little One" look like a smashing success! What that group of people was thinking is anybody’s guess. YIKES!
Ken
re: THIS AND THAT:
I had always assumed, from day one, people on your site were just having some fun with Leo's claims knowing full well he was full of it. He must have presented a pretty good story! You continue cracking me up with your comments. I'm like you ... I don't believe anyone has the right to change music history.
Sid Holmes
Leo's been telling stories for quite a few years from the sounds of things. Hey, I like a good work of fiction as much as the next guy ... but acknowledge it as fiction ... don't try to deceive people into giving you their money under false pretenses. (kk)
If you think “Hey Little One” was a dismal follow up to the monster hit "Last Kiss", try the follow-up to “In The Year 2525”, “Mr. Turnkey”!!. It makes "Hey Little One" look like a smashing success! What that group of people was thinking is anybody’s guess. YIKES!
Ken
From Forgotten Hits Reader Dave Barry ...
Wearing a glacial-white suit and tie, set off by a blood-orange shirt, the compact, dark-haired vocalist Rick Stevens leaned into "You're Still a Young Man," his signature song as lead vocalist of Tower of Power, when the band burst out of the East Bay funk scene 40 years ago and Stevens had a promising future. But Thursday at Bimbo's 365 Club, when he took the stage at the annual Voices of Latin Rock fundraiser, the song's lyrics collided with his own real-life narrative, and the performance fused into autobiography. "I'm back once again," he sang, his eyes glistening with tears.
Stevens once saw his life flash before him when he almost drowned as a child, but this was different. Blinded by the spotlights, the 72-year-old vocalist said he could make out only a few faces in the front rows. But he could see all the cell phone cameras going off like miniature fireworks. He could feel the love in the room.
Stevens has been out of circulation for quite a long time. Sentenced to death for his part as triggerman in a 1976 triple slaying, basically a drug deal gone bad, Stevens was paroled six months ago. After 36 years behind bars, he emerged to find the world had changed radically.
"I'm still putting the pieces of my life together - I'm still coming to grips with it," he says the day after the Bimbo's gig at a taqueria across the street from his Glen Park BART stop. He lives with his 46-year-old son in Antioch and spends his days taking care of his 96-year-old aunt at her home in San Francisco, getting up at 6 in the morning and commuting to the city.
"Getting to know my kids, my grandkids ..." His voice drifts off. "One thing I do know, I know music."
He can remember Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, anointing him with a touch and shout the night Tower of Power opened for her at the Fillmore West. His recording of "Still a Young Man" was produced by Otis Redding's guitar player, Steve Cropper.
Stevens thinks he was born to sing. His uncle was rhythm and blues star Ivory Joe Hunter, and he started singing when he was 6 years old. Growing up in Beaumont, Texas, "music was always around me," he says, "always in me."
He moved to Oakland when he was 14 and attended Oakland High School. He had been born Don Carlos Stevenson until a couple of North Beach sharpies changed his name and installed his band, Rick and the Ravens, as the new attraction at Broadway nitery the Condor when he was 25.
Stevens left Tower of Power in 1972 after the band's second album, as the East Bay soul outfit was on the cusp of a major popular breakthrough. "It was chaos," he recalls. "Egos, drugs, women. I lost all feeling. I was drained. Plus everybody was strung out. I walked away. They asked me to come back, but it was not the same."
Stevens says he groomed his replacement, Lenny Williams, and corresponded with Williams through his years in prison. He recently had a sentimental reunion in Sacramento with Tower of Power bandleader Emilio Castillo and sat in with a band featuring some of the other Tower alumni in Antioch. He also joined Pete and Sheila Escovedo onstage at Yoshi's last month, and the Escovedos prayed over him.
"I always kept close to my Psalm 51," he says, "and remembered that Moses committed murder and he rose above. Paul used to love to kill people, and he saw the light in prison. I made these people my role models. I patterned my life after them - not that alien lifestyle I was living - and everything changed."
It was an armed confrontation over drug money that quickly got out of hand. Stevens said he squared off against the first victim at his front door. Stevens was holding a gun when he slapped the man, who grabbed the gun, which went off in his face. "It was like he went to sleep," Stevens says. "My eyes went so big." The second victim came at Stevens, and the third died before he could shoot Stevens with his gun. It was over in a minute. Three men were dead and Steven's life was shattered.
"It was all drug induced," he says grimly. "They were loaded. We were loaded. I was doing heroin and cocaine - speedballing. It was sheer madness."
Stevens, who kicked drugs cold turkey in county jail when he was first arrested, told the jury that convicted him that they had done the right thing. "I never expected to have the death penalty overturned," he says. "I had made my peace with my maker."
When the California Supreme Court - Stevens calls them fondly "Diana Ross and the Supremes" - declared the mandatory death penalty unconstitutional in 1977, he returned to court where the same judge said he was glad not to have to sentence Stevens to death, and instead resentenced him to seven years to life. It took a "pit bull" attorney to finally get him parole. His crime mate had been released in 1995, and another was acquitted, but Stevens had been the gunman.
Music saved him in prison. He played music in the yard and at official prison shows. He even gave occasional performances with other cons outside prison. He went from Vacaville to Folsom, and spent the last 20 years of his sentence at Mule Creek State Prison in Amador County.
"I refused to be institutionalized," he says. "I was always reaching for that front gate, staying in the fight. I spent a lot of time organizing gospel shows in the chapel. We used whatever was available, an acoustic guitar on the yard, instruments lying around from Arts in Corrections, which doesn't seem to be happening as much anymore, instruments that had been donated to the chapel. ... Patience? I learned a lot about patience, Lord, let me tell you."
His return has been welcomed by his old friends.
Some of his oldest friends held a celebratory dinner during the holidays, including Michael Carabello, founding member of Santana and the only conga player in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, whose first professional experience was at a long-gone dive out in the Excelsior called the Rock Garden with a group that featured Stevens called the Four of Us.
From his home in Connecticut on the phone, Carabello recalls that first night he showed up, the drummer wanted to chase him off the stage before he could set up his congas, and Stevens told him to let the kid play.
"He's an angel in disguise," Carabello says.
--Joel Selvin
Joel Selvin is The San Francisco Chronicle's senior pop music correspondent.
E-mail: datebookletters@sfchronicle.com Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/music/article/Singer-Rick-Stevens-embraces-2nd-chance-4229673.php#ixzz2Jh6TDiGC
From FH Reader Tom Cuddy ...
photo by Jason Engstrom
Detroit rock legend Mitch Ryder had a close call over the weekend when he and his wife Megan survived a head-on collision with a suspected drunk driver.
The Detroit News reports Ryder, 67, was returning to his South Lyon home from a concert he played at Callahan's Music Hall in Auburn Hills when the accident took place around midnight.
"We were about a mile and a half from home," said Ryder. "... Detroit nearly lost one of its icons. It was pretty scary."
Ryder told the publication he was driving his Buick Enclave when a pickup truck coming the other direction swerved into Ryder's lane, causing Ryder to veer quickly towards the shoulder of the road. The truck still ran into the driver's side of Ryder's vehicle. Fortunately, the air bags deployed. Ryder's wife was treated for minor injuries and was hospitalized until Sunday evening for observation. A third passenger in Ryder's car was unharmed.
"I saw the headlights going for us and I had a split second to either drive towards oncoming traffic or towards the ditch," he said.
The Oakland County Sherriff's Office said the 21-year-old male truck driver -- who said he bent over to switch the radio dial -- failed road sobriety tests.
Despite the accident Ryder played at a friend's birthday party the following day.
Ryder -- best known for his work with the Detroit Wheels in the '60s and songs such as "Devil With a Blue Dress On" and "Jenny Take a Ride!" -- released his last studio album in 2012 entitled, the Promise.
The Detroit News reports Ryder, 67, was returning to his South Lyon home from a concert he played at Callahan's Music Hall in Auburn Hills when the accident took place around midnight.
"We were about a mile and a half from home," said Ryder. "... Detroit nearly lost one of its icons. It was pretty scary."
Ryder told the publication he was driving his Buick Enclave when a pickup truck coming the other direction swerved into Ryder's lane, causing Ryder to veer quickly towards the shoulder of the road. The truck still ran into the driver's side of Ryder's vehicle. Fortunately, the air bags deployed. Ryder's wife was treated for minor injuries and was hospitalized until Sunday evening for observation. A third passenger in Ryder's car was unharmed.
"I saw the headlights going for us and I had a split second to either drive towards oncoming traffic or towards the ditch," he said.
The Oakland County Sherriff's Office said the 21-year-old male truck driver -- who said he bent over to switch the radio dial -- failed road sobriety tests.
Despite the accident Ryder played at a friend's birthday party the following day.
Ryder -- best known for his work with the Detroit Wheels in the '60s and songs such as "Devil With a Blue Dress On" and "Jenny Take a Ride!" -- released his last studio album in 2012 entitled, the Promise.
RIP Paul Tanner.
Paul was the last surviving member of Glenn Miller's orchestra, and he played the theremin on some Beach Boys tracks.
Paul was the last surviving member of Glenn Miller's orchestra, and he played the theremin on some Beach Boys tracks.
David Lewis
Thanks for the Hy Lit article. It was great.
Thanks for the Hy Lit article. It was great.
Bill
Quite a few readers asked for a copy of "The Day The Music Died" on February 3rd ... I've still got it if you'd like to read it, too. Just drop me a line at forgottenhits@aol.com and I'll forward it along. (kk)
I looked at a FAQ listing on that site you discussed with Alex Valdez of the Yellow Balloon.
You got it mixed up ... they offer their materials for commercial use only, by production companies (has Alex already hooked up with one of those?), but it's true that the costs of doing these are major ... whoever does release these items is not going to be charging a budget price for them!
-- BOB FRABLE,
Easton, PA
I thought I had made that very clear ... and it is QUITE expensive to "lease" this material. But I also know that, when approached by the artists themselves, they have been known to "bend the rules" a little bit to help an artist get footage for their personal collection, most likely signing a waiver that this material will not be shared with anyone or posted on youTube or anything of that nature. (Let's face it, we live in a different era now where that's really common place ... anybody can post just about anything there ... and unless you employ someone full-time to police it ... which some organizations most certainly do ... you're typically none the wiser. My point was showing him where this stuff was ... he's now left to his own devices to see if he can obtain any of it! But I also wanted to make the point that this material sitting locked up in vault somewhere is doing absolutely NOBODY any good ... it isn't generating ANY income ... and the audience that would most appreciate this material is slowly dwindling ... and that's just a shame. My suggestion was that they start to release some of this material in compilation form ... the "Upbeat" series ... the Lloyd Thaxton series ... etc. At least enable people to view and enjoy these performances again. (kk)
Folks,
Folks,
Here is a little gem I found! It's the backing track for The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man. I believe it is Roger McGuinn with the Wrecking Crew (not with Hillman, Clark, Crosby, et al). I first heard it on YouTube and it sounded crappy so I got a hold of the original .flac file and converted to .mp3 at 320 kbps.
Brad
Brad
Yes, Roger McGuinn was the ONLY Byrd on this recording, probably because they needed to get that 12-string guitar sound right. Wouldn't this be a great addition to The Wrecking Crew soundtrack? (kk)
Everybody loves the Beatles. Eric Burdon & The Animals are my favorite British group.
Heard this story ... Nina Simone (Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood) cursed Eric out when they met - 'cause he had a hit with her song. He said what are you complaining about, I'm making you famous.
Frank B.
Eric's new solo album has been playing to rave reviews. I know you said that you ordered a copy ... and now I have, too! Can't wait to hear it! (kk)
And congratulations to Justin Bieber! The Biebs just scored his FIFTH #1 Album ... the first artist EVER to top the charts FIVE TIMES ... BEFORE HIS 19th BIRTHDAY!!!
re: VIDEO:
Here's a video clip of Snake Atkinson, one of the original Cavaliers, from a 2000 television appearance, courtesy of Sid Holmes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4scm5fXLkc
Hi Kent -
Have you checked out Billy Hinsche's videos? He sent me a copy of "On The Road with The Beach Boys, 1974" for sending him a copy of Dino, Desi and Billy on Shindig. The Beach Boys video is fantastic!!!! Some really rare stuff here. He did a great job on this. It's The Beach Boys like you have never seen them before. Just wanted to tell you about it.
And congratulations to Justin Bieber! The Biebs just scored his FIFTH #1 Album ... the first artist EVER to top the charts FIVE TIMES ... BEFORE HIS 19th BIRTHDAY!!!
re: VIDEO:
Here's a video clip of Snake Atkinson, one of the original Cavaliers, from a 2000 television appearance, courtesy of Sid Holmes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4scm5fXLkc
Hi Kent -
Have you checked out Billy Hinsche's videos? He sent me a copy of "On The Road with The Beach Boys, 1974" for sending him a copy of Dino, Desi and Billy on Shindig. The Beach Boys video is fantastic!!!! Some really rare stuff here. He did a great job on this. It's The Beach Boys like you have never seen them before. Just wanted to tell you about it.
Mickey
Yep, we've talked about these videos many times before in Forgotten Hits ... some real behind-the-scenes, fly on the wall type stuff since Billy was out on the road WITH The Beach Boys back then. Definitely worth checking out! (kk)
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Here's a great clip of TOMMY ROE and band
Casinos, festivals, fairs, corporate, private, concerts
23 billboard hits, 11 top 40, 6 top 10, 4 gold, 2 international #1
All info at www.tommyroeonline.com
Rick Levy, Mgr.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acd5ZTjEKaA&feature=player_embedded
And here's the clip of the week from Frank B ...
And here's the clip of the week from Frank B ...
Keep your eye on this one ... watch how fast it passes a million views!
Click here: Baby Is Fast Asleep Until Her Favorite Song Comes On FULL + HD - YouTube
re: TODAY'S FORGOTTEN HIT:
re: TODAY'S FORGOTTEN HIT:
I just about fell out of my chair the other day when I heard a co-worker singing this one!!!
(There can't be six people in this entire company that would know it ... talk about obscure!)
But it was a #1 Hit here in Chicago ... and peaked at #5 nationally in 1961.
Here's Hayley Mills (and Hayley Mills) singing "Let's Get Together" ... from the ORIGINAL pre-Lindsay Lohan motion picture version of "The Parent Trap"!!! (kk)
