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There are 5 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Alan Gorrie; circumlocutious definitions
From: Country Paul
2. Re: Ahmet Ertegun at Atlantic
From: Dave Monroe
3. Re: The mysterious " Lavender Girl"
From: Don Hertel
4. Re: Solomon King, R.I.P.
From: Gary Myers
5. Prayers For Ray Peterson
From: Ed Salamon
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 01:15:10 -0500
From: Country Paul
Subject: Alan Gorrie; circumlocutious definitions
Claire:
> Actually, the singer from the Vikings on "It's A Bad News Feeling"
> also sounds very familiar - l think he went on to be a big name.
> I would appreciate it if you could play this and The Youth records
> to the S'pop nation........
Phil Chapman:
> The Vikings record is interesting in that "Bad News Feeling"
> appears to be a song from a Paul Simon session recorded only
> for the BBC in 1965. Every other song from that session
> eventually ended up on an album. How did you come to record
> this tune....?
What a treat this track is, honest and rough. Alan Gorrie, who
Scott Swanson IDs as the lead singer, was also in Forevermore
before joining AWB. Their albums on RCA (in the US) are worth
finding. Gorrie did a beautiful song, "Sylvester's Last Voyage,"
both with the group (on the first Forevermore album, "Yours,"
probably their best) and as a solo an RCA compilation called
"Buskers." Thanks for the post!
Davie asks:
> Was "Blow" a common term in the U.S. for certain substances?
One in particular, but I thought the term was of much later
currency than the song that inspired this question. More
contemporaneous would be as a verb meaning "leave" or "split"
as in, "Let's blow this joint." Of course, as a smoke-filled
haze ensued, that sentence could also be an invitation to join
in sharing a completely different substance. (Sorry for all the
circumlocution; I feel as though John Ashcroft is watching over
my shoulder....)
Country Paul
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 14:31:50 -0800 (PST)
From: Dave Monroe
Subject: Re: Ahmet Ertegun at Atlantic
Karen Andrew wrote:
> Got to see "Ray" the movie on MLK day. What a movie
> and what a performance by Jamie Fox! I'm bringing
> this up because, before that day, I did not know who
> Ahmet Ertegun was....
I liked Ray fine myself, Jamie Foxx was spot-on, and tears welled
up when they first performed "What'd I Say?" (I'd been waiting and
waiting ...), but I REALLY enjoyed the idea of people playing
Lowell Fulsom and Ahmet Ertegun (ditto A Certain Ratio and Happy
Mondays in 24 Hour Party People). Though what was up with his hair?
Looked like they just sort of glued it around his head. Like a hat
with earlaps except without the hat.
Dave Monroe
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 20:39:27 -0000
From: Don Hertel
Subject: Re: The mysterious " Lavender Girl"
Julio Niño on Patty Michaels' "Lavender Girl":
> The first notes remind me of "I can't help it if I'm still
> in love with you...").
The song reminds me of "Love Minus Zero/No Limit" by Bob Dylan.
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 10:19:04 -0800
From: Gary Myers
Subject: Re: Solomon King, R.I.P.
Eddy:
> ... Solomon King died of cancer in Oklahoma at the age of
> 73 ...he may be best known for the records he made under
> his own name, which included the hit She Wears My Ring, a
> top 5 hit in 1967.
Whitburn shows this at a top position of #117 in 4/68, a remake
of of #24 r&b hit from '62.
gem
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 18:31:06 -0000
From: Ed Salamon
Subject: Prayers For Ray Peterson
Please put our Nashville neighbor(actually Smyrna) Ray Peterson
on your prayer list, as he is very ill. Ray was the first artist
that Phil Spector produced for Hill and Range ("Corrina Corrina").
His biggest hit was "Tell Laura I Love Her" on RCA for which he
also recorded "The Wonder Of You". That became a bigger hit when
recorded by Elvis, but only after Elvis asked Ray's permission
(a story Ray loved to tell). We played Ray's "Goodnight My Love"
at the hops in Pittsburgh. Ray told me that he and Jessie Belvin
were best friends, and that he was the godfather of (one of?)
Jessie's kid(s).
Ed Salamon
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