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There are 4 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Hudsons, Ringo et al
From: Alan Gordon
2. Re: Martin Scorsese's Blues
From: Richard Havers
3. Blues Labels, British Blues
From: Art Longmire
4. Re: Baby Jane Holzer
From: Simon White
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 13:59:21 -0700
From: Alan Gordon
Subject: Hudsons, Ringo et al
Mark Wirtz:
> Arguably, Playboy's most notable (pop/rock) release was an album by
> the Hudson Brothers, signed to Playboy during the short A& R "reign"
> of Bob Cullen.
I LOVE those guys. Their best-of album/CD that came out in '95 on
Varese is one of my all-time fave raves. Great pop stuff. They sound
like a slightly more bubbly Badfinger. I wish there was more of their
stuff available. (and as an aside: I thought their hit "So You Are A
Star" was Badfinger the first time I heard it.)
Also for you Beatles fans. Mark Hudson has been doing a great job
writing and producing for Ringo's last few albums.
And on another related note: The Jellyfish Box set that came out last
year has a few toons that were written by Jellyfish band members for
Ringo's solo efforts. They amazingly sound just like the songs George
Harrison and Ringo put together for Ringo early in "Ring's" solo career.
peace,
albabe
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 22:12:23 +0100
From: Richard Havers
Subject: Re: Martin Scorsese's Blues
Good points Richard about it not being a comprehensive piece on the
history of the Blues. I've been to that place and it's no fun!
The British blues boom is one that is sadly underplayed and it's good
that it's getting this exposure. Alexis, along with Cyril Davies, was
the great catalyst without whom it probably would never have happened.
So many bands got their start from playing the blues, bands like the
Sheffields, Gerry Levene & The Avengers, The Soul Agents, The
Primitives and The Blue Rondos are just musical footnotes. As Richard
pointed out Rod the Mod was amazing back then. The Spencer Davis Group,
the Animals, the Yardbirds, The Stones......the list of those that made
it big goes on. Most everyone knows that Pink Floyd were named for two
bluesmen, but they also cut ‘I’m A King Bee’ as an acetate in 1965.
Even Prog rock had its roots firmly planted in the blues. In 1968 Jon
Anderson, calling himself Hans Christian, as a struggling solo artist
for Parlophone released a single entitled ‘The Autobiography of a
Mississippi Hobo’. Yes’ drummer, Bill Bruford, played with the Savoy
Brown Blues Band. Carl Palmer’s first band was The King Bees, from
which he graduated to Chris Farlowe’s Thunderbirds.
Richard do you know if the Sister Rosetta and the Muddy footage is from
the 1964 TV special filmed on Alexandra Park railway station?
Richard
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 21:16:11 -0000
From: Art Longmire
Subject: Blues Labels, British Blues
Rashkovsky mentioned that British blues didn't appeal at first-I
always think of it as the American artists are the roots and the main
body, the source, and the British blues and other music influenced by
the great blues artists are the branches. Like you, Mike, I really
love the great blues labels like Chess, Savoy, Vee Jay and Aladdin,
and Sun in its early days. Speaking of Vee Jay, I think that was the
label that Rosco Gordon recorded on-there was a nice segment on Rosco
where he went into a record store and said "Hey, wait a minute-my
records aren't in here!" I really dug the part where he and his band
played his great 50's hit "No More Doggin'".
As far as Marshall Chess-he is a bit of a hot dog, but I did enjoy
his anecdotes about the old Chess days. I don't have many blues
records on Chess, but I have a ton of great soul 45's on the label.
Also I like their Cadet Concept series that featured a lot of great
psychedelic stuff-groups like Rotary Connection. Speaking of which,
has anybody heard Minnie Riperton's first album from 1969? I hear
that it's supposed to be outstanding.
Art
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 22:15:55 +0100
From: Simon White
Subject: Re: Baby Jane Holzer
Mark wrote:
> Anyone know anything about her? I have an episode of a 60s rock show,
> maybe Hullaballoo but I'm not sure, with her doing a nice song. All
> I've found on vinyl is 1 45 on Atco that's pretty good. Was she a
> model who tried singing, ala Twiggy?
It must be mentioned at this point that the song being sung is "Hurt
Yourself (You're Gonna)", as recorded by Frankie Valli, but unreleased
by Baby Jane -or so it seems. This may have been the subject of some
disscussion previously on Spectropop - if not it has certainly been the
subject of disscussion in my house !
--
Simon
Have you been, Walter?
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