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There are 7 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Re: What Is Rock & Roll?
From: Mike Rashkow
2. Slappin' Macca
From: Steve Harvey
3. Re: More Superman-Related Requests
From: Phil Reynolds
4. Re: Slappin' Macca
From: Richard Havers
5. Re: Telephone songs
From: Simon White
6. Elvis' SunDays
From: Steve Harvey
7. Re: Telephone songs/Litrtle Richard concert
From: Andrew Jones
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 18:17:25 EST
From: Mike Rashkow
Subject: Re: What Is Rock & Roll?
Richard Gagnon wrote re. "Hound Dog":
> Elvis made it one.
I must humbly disagree. Presley's version, in my most humble
opinion, was very vanilla and the start of his walk down the
road to perdition.
My view is that Presley was cooked when he left Sun and never
made a real good record after that---maybe with one exception
"Mary In The Morning".
Rashkovsky
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 16:16:55 -0800 (PST)
From: Steve Harvey
Subject: Slappin' Macca
Steve Harvey:
> Would love to hear him play some slapbass on Bill
> Black's old upright (which Linda bought him for a birthday
> present).
Richard Havers:
> I did once.....he caressed it, revered it....and
> made it hum!
What was the occasion? I never knew that Paul could
really slap bass. It's a special art, almost an
entirely different instrument in some ways. So how did
you get to hear him play? He must have forgotten to
call me that night.
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 22:32:31 -0600
From: Phil Reynolds
Subject: Re: More Superman-Related Requests
For what it's worth:.....the jazz/rock group "Chase" did an
instrumental version of the "Theme from Superman" - the old
George Reeves one. It appeared on an album on the Churchill
label, and was recorded after the death of leader Bill Chase.
It did bring back the original lead vocalist from the first
Epic album.....it's pretty fun, and surprising. Most people
around that time would've expected the theme from the
Christopher Reeve movie.
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2003 00:33:41 +0000
From: Richard Havers
Subject: Re: Slappin' Macca
Steve Harvey:
> Would love to hear him play some slapbass on Bill
> Black's old upright (which Linda bought him for a birthday
> present).
Richard Havers:
> I did once.....he caressed it, revered it....and
> made it hum!
Steve Harvey:
> What was the occasion? I never knew that Paul could
> really slap bass. It's a special art, almost an
> entirely different instrument in some ways. So how did
> you get to hear him play? He must have forgotten to
> call me that night.
I was working with him and it was at his studio in East Sussex.
He was messing about playing rock n roll.......he thought he was
Bill Black. Just like we all imagine we can be our heroes with a
spot of air guitar.......in the bath harmony......full on vocals
when driving down the highway. Even legends have heroes!
Richard
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2003 00:30:52 +0000
From: Simon White
Subject: Re: Telephone songs
Bill Craig wrote:
> Has anyone mentioned The Stones "It's Off The Hook"?
> Cool song. Did they write that? I can't remember.
The first 45 I ever went out and bought with my own money !
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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 16:30:00 -0800 (PST)
From: Steve Harvey
Subject: Elvis' SunDays
Mike Rashkow:
> I must humbly disagree. Presley's version, in my
> most humble opinion, was very vanilla and the start
> of his walk down the road to perdition.
> My view is that Presley was cooked when he left Sun
Yeah, right! And the Beatles never did anything great
after "My Bonnie" either. Elvis rocked on "Hound Dog".
His version was as different from the original as much
as his cover of "Mystery Train" was from Junior
Parker's version. Love the Sun stuff, but Elvis never
did anything like "Heartbreak Hotel" before or
afterwards.
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Message: 7
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 23:42:56 -0500 (EST)
From: Andrew Jones
Subject: Re: Telephone songs/Litrtle Richard concert
We're probably coming close to ending the Telephone Songs thread,
but here's one last contribution: "Echo Valley 2-6809," on Wayne
Newton's "Daddy Don't You walk So Fast" album. It's mosly Wayne
wondering if he should call the girl he's been away from for so
long, and thinking maybe he should've called sooner; finally he
dials the title number and gets a "this number has been
disconnected" message.
And all this talk about "What is Rock & Roll?" and mentions of
Little Richard reminds me: The man himself is scheduled to perform
this weekend at a casino in a town near here. The ads say it's gonna
be one of his last concerts. Don't think I'll be able to make it,
though.
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