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SPECTROPOP - Spectacular! Retro! Pop!
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There are 25 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Sue Thompson on the radio
From: Ronnie Allen
2. Re: The Robbs / Teen Book
From: Mike Dugo
3. Re: Robbs
From: Lapka Larry
4. Re: Alternate Coasters
From: Guy Lawrence
5. Maxine Brown & the Small Faces
From: Wendy Flynn
6. Re: Dave Clark?
From: Bill George
7. Beach Movie search
From: Justin McDevitt
8. Re: Bob Dileo etc
From: Jeffrey Glenn
9. Bringing home the Tony Bacon
From: Steve Harvey
10. Re: Dave Clark?
From: Mikey
11. Re: Beach Movie search
From: Mikey
12. Re: Spectropop Party in NYC
From: Mikey
13. 4 Seasons at the beach
From: Mike Edwards
14. Re: Bob Dileo etc
From: Paul
15. Spector coverage
From: Keith Beach
16. Re: Dave Clark?
From: Ian Chapman
17. Re: London
From: Kingsley Abbott
18. Robbs Again
From: Bob Rashkow
19. Phil TV
From: Bill Craig
20. Lost 60's, Brian Vs. Frankie; George Hamilton IV; "Bad Boy"; party
From: Country Paul
21. Re: Bartok Lanski
From: Country Paul
22. Fwd: Sly Is No Show in Family Stone Reunion
From: Neb Rodgers
23. Re: Four Seasons/Beach Boys/Robbs
From: Eddy
24. Re: Bartok Lanski!!!
From: Lindsay Martin
25. Archies videos on Ron Dante Online
From: Laura Pinto
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 06:41:21 EDT
From: Ronnie Allen
Subject: Sue Thompson on the radio
I am delighted to announce that this coming Monday, June 16th, from 8 to
9 PM Eastern Time, I'll be hosting a live-by-phone interview show with
hit recording artist Sue Thompson, who had several memorable successful
recordings in the 60s and the 70s.
She was born Eva Sue McKee and came up with her professional last name of
"Thompson" by randomly selecting it from a telephone directory, much in
the same way that Walden Robert Cassotto became "Bobby Darin."
In 1950 she released her first single recording, which was called "Angels
Cry." Although it was favorably received it didn't crack the national charts.
In fact it wasn't until 11 years and 16 singles later that Sue finally became
an "overnight success"!
The year was 1961 and Sue recorded a mournful song written by stellar
songwriter John D. Loudermilk. It was called "Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)".
Sue's recording obviously struck a nerve with many people who could associate
with its storyline; it got all the way to #5 on the national chart.
Her follow-up recording, also written by Loudermilk, did even better and
became Sue's biggest hit. It was called "Norman" and it got as high as #3.
Though most people would now agree that the song absolutely fit Sue like a
glove the fact is that when she first heard the song she did not want to
record it! But she's sure glad she did and today, 41 years later, it remains
one of the most enduring and best-loved oldies of the early 60s.
Sue had five other national hits in the 60s, namely "James (Hold The Ladder
Steady)," "Have A Good Time," "Paper Tiger," "Two Of A Kind" and "Willie
Can."
Then in the 70s she became a popular country singer, recording several hit
duets with legendary singer/songwriter Don Gibson. My personal favorite of
these, and also the most successful, is "Good Old Fashioned Country Love."
Sue presently lives in Las Vegas and will be talking to me live-by-phone,
sharing stories about her illustrious musical career and bringing us up-to-
date on what she's been up to lately.
Sue has a unique "little girl" singing style all her own and it is no wonder
that her recordings are still so very popular in the US and around the world.
I hope you can join me for this show. I am looking forward to it so very
much.
If you have a question you'd like me to ask Sue during our live broadcast
please e-mail it to me in advance of the show at RonnieOldiesGuy@aol.com.
The Sue Thompson radio interview show will originate on station WBCB
(1490-AM Fairless Hills, PA) and be simultaneously broadcast on the World
Wide Web.
To access the show please use the following URL: http://www.wbcb1490.com
The above is the WBCB Home Page.
When it has loaded, look on the upper-left-hand side of the page and find
the "Listen Live" link. Double-click on that and then follow the very simple
instructions. (Yes they ARE very simple: you will be a double-click away
from the show!).
You can "try out" the station in advance of the show by using the above
instructions. The station (which has a mix of talk, sports, and oldies) is
"up" most of the time. The only "down" time occurs when the station carries
Philadelphia Phillies baseball games. The station is, by contractual
agreement, is not allowed to simulcast those games on the Web so there is no
streamed signal during those times.
If you have not yet listened to my recent "Diane Renay And Friends" and/or my
Murmaids show and would like to do so you can access either one of them from
the above WBCB home page. Simply double-click on the appropriate link(s).
Ronnie Allen
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 06:35:42 -0500
From: Mike Dugo
Subject: Re: The Robbs / Teen Book
Previously:
> If I remember they did manage to get some teen mag coverage & were in a
> paperback book from around '68 that featured only pop acts with really
> good-looking guys in them. Every Mother's Son and the Evergreen Blues
> were in it and possibly the Monkees, Grapefruit, and the Five Americans
> and the Strawberry Alarm Clock--don't remember the name of it. It made
> the rounds of some 6th-grade girls and that's where I first saw the name
> The Robbs.
Anybody know the name of this book? Thanks
Mike Dugo
60sgaragebands.com
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 05:10:53 -0700 (PDT)
From: Lapka Larry
Subject: Re: Robbs
Dear Clark:
Thanks for the info on the Robbs. I think that in the
1960s, you could have a pretty good career with just
some regional hits--but, of course, you could have a
great career if you could break out nationally.
It seems each region of the US had their "own" bands,
performers who were top hitmakers in certain areas but
just busts nationally. In the east, certainly the
Vagrants would fit that description.
More to the point, I still haven't given up on
interesting a label in releasing the Robbs stuff.
Perhaps they, themselves, don't want this stuff out.
Owning Cherokee Studios, they must have some pull one
way or the other.
We'll see what happens.
Larry Lapka
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 13:52:04 +0100
From: Guy Lawrence
Subject: Re: Alternate Coasters
David Coyle wrote:
> Here's looking forward to a new Coasters compilation.
> The last available US disc besides the budget "Very
> Best Of The Coasters" disc was a 2-CD set called "50
> Coastin' Classics," which was probably passable in the
> early '90s.
"50 Coasting Classics" (Also a Rhino production) was
way more than passable and for me, Rhino will really have
to go some to better it this time 'round. It included half a
disc of Robins stuff, a great booklet and a couple of post
-Atlantic tracks licensed from Sony. It also included one
unreleased track - an excellent Leiber/Stoller demo of
"Shake 'Em Up And Let 'Em Roll" which was also
recorded, but not released, by the Monkees. Thinking
about it, it's highly likely that the new set will be just a
revamp of this one.
> I wish I could have found Sequel's expanded edition of
> their original "Greatest Hits" album, but all I managed to
> snare was the "Coastin' With The Coasters" reissue...
Sequel reissued four albums in all and with the extra tracks
they just about wrapped up everything the Coasters did on
Atlantic. They're all worth getting if you can find them -
some of the later singles, while not quite up there with the
classics, are great fun. "Bull Tick Waltz" and "The PTA"
are two of my personal favourites. Let's hope someone
gets round to doing a similar series - a collection of all the
tracks recorded as the Robins would be pretty essential too.
Regards,
Guy.
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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 14:43:02 +0100
From: Wendy Flynn
Subject: Maxine Brown & the Small Faces
Hi s'poppers,
speaking of beverly ann and northern soul - did anyone see maxine brown
perform at cleethorpes on saturday night? . i was too busy in one of the
chalets moaning after dancing for too long. i still stink of deep heat!
anyway - was she deadly? she was ace back in '97. absolutely stunning and
as noone seems to have seen the dave clarke dolls - has anyone seen the
small faces dolls? ronnie and steve are on the cover of the paul weller
stanley road lp. does anyone know if there's a full set and who made
them?????
xoxo
wendy
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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 11:23:27 EDT
From: Bill George
Subject: Re: Dave Clark?
Me:
> ...but I did hear Dave Clark interviewed on the radio a few weeks ago.
> I guess he's put a new band together and is back on the road. Anyone
> heard him yet?
A reply:
> You mean Mike Smith, the lead singer.
> Dave Clark isn't going to touch a drum set ever again.
Well, I could always be wrong, but I'm pretty sure they kept calling him
Dave, and he hadn't been on the road in ages, and he talked about drumming
and singing. I wish I knew what station I'd heard it on so I could check.
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Message: 7
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 09:31:58 -0500
From: Justin McDevitt
Subject: Beach Movie search
Hello Spectropop,
Over the last few years, I have taped a number of the 60s era Beach movies:
Girls On the beach, Beach party, Beach Blanket Bingo etc.
One of the gems which I do not have in my possession is Beach Ball, (circa
1966), which features tracks by the Hondels, Supremes and the Walker
Brothers.
This movie may show up on a Turner Classic Beach film retrospective, though
when/if this will happen is anyone's guess. In the meantime, I conducted an
Ebay and Amazon search to see if I could find a copy (alas, no luck).
Was Beach ball ever released on VHS, or more recently on DVD. If so, I would
appreciate any suggestions for internet sites, (other than the aforementioned
ones) where I could obtain a copy?
Justin McDevitt
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Message: 8
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 10:52:46 -0700
From: Jeffrey Glenn
Subject: Re: Bob Dileo etc
Clark Besch:
> Chris, I have both "Look at the Girls" 45 and all Bob Dileo singles.
> I think Bob sounds like the vocalist on the Copout 45. If you are
> looking for the Dileo 45's, I got them all as they were released and
> dated them all. "Band in Boston" was received 9/12/68 and is really
> cool pop/psych. Followup "Just Can't Help Believin'" b/w "Mind
> Excursion' dated 5/31/69 (BJ Thomas' version of "Believin'" was aound
> 6/70). "Jessica" dated 8/23/69. Nothing that special on followup
> singles. All were on Columbia. The Copout 45 was on Poppy which also
> had Alan Bown 45 I think, or was that Music factory? Looked about
> the same label from my memory. Anyway, hope this helps and if you
> ever find out who Bob Dileo was, please post it here!
I can now reveal that The Giant Jellybean Copout is indeed Bob Dileo (I
received an e-mail from the man himself confirming it). And a comparison of
that single with any of the three Columbia Dileo singles shows that it is
indeed the same person singing. :-)
"Band In Boston" is going to be included on "Fading Yellow Vol. 6" in August
(I wrote the notes on this track for the CD), so I've played its equally fab
B-side "Rahni" - a very cool slice of soft pop with just a dash of Eastern
psych flavor thrown in - to musica.
It's also worth noting that Dileo's version of "Just Can't Help Believin'"
is the original version of this song and was apparently getting airplay in
the NY area when B.J. Thomas' version came out and essentially obliterated
it. Too bad, because it's a fine version of a great song. And the version
of "Mind Excursion" on the flip is nice too, though The Tradewinds' original
remains definitive.
Clark, are you up for a sale or trade for the "Jessica" 45? And is it a
double A-sided promo (mono/stereo) or a stock copy? And if it's a stock
copy, what's the B-side? I have an mp3 of "Jessica," and it's great (and
I'd love to have the actual 45).
Jeff
np: "The Sonic Adventures Of Zekley & Grady"
http://lostjukebox.tripod.com
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Message: 9
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 09:40:49 -0700 (PDT)
From: Steve Harvey
Subject: Bringing home the Tony Bacon
In reply to Albabe:
Love Bacon's guitar books. Got 'em all. I did mention
Mr. Tutmark earlier, but you can find out more thru
Vintage Guitar. They did the first story I ever heard
about him a couple of years ago and had pictures of
the actual bass in question. I think it was a case of
finances and being ahead of his time that confined Mr.
Tutmark to obscurity while Leo got the credit. That
said, Leo's stuff was cooler looking and still holds
up fifty years on.
The bit about the 1954 P Bass (played one last year
since it was the year I was born - only $8,000)
looking like a Strat is a little misleading. In 1953
the P Bass has the contour and beveled edge added
(like the Strat). It still had the Tele headstock,
same pickups and pickguard. It looked pretty much the
same from 1951 to 1957. It was in 1957 that its
appearances really changed. The headstock changed from
the Tele style to the Stratlike head and took on the
appearance that it retains up to today.
Quincy Jones did an interesting bit for the 50th
Anniversary (I'm sure you can find it through Fender's
BassStreet website) about how the bass, not the
electric guitar, was the real driving force behind
rock-soul and much of the music us Spectropoppers
enjoy.
Oddly enough in 1968 Fender began to reissue its
previous designs. The Telebass was very similar to the
original P-Bass. I think the name change was so people
wouldn't confuse it with the P-Bass that most people
were familiar with at that point.
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Message: 10
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 15:17:38 -0400
From: Mikey
Subject: Re: Dave Clark?
Bill George:
> Well, I could always be wrong, but I'm pretty sure they kept
> calling him Dave, and he hadn't been on the road in ages,
> and he talked about drumming and singing. I wish I knew what
> station I'd heard it on so I could check.
>>>>>hmmm.....that DOES sound like Dave, but he insisted a
few years ago that he didnt want to be a "60 year washed up
Rock Star playing the old songs".
If you find it, please post!!
mikey
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Message: 11
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 15:18:22 -0400
From: Mikey
Subject: Re: Beach Movie search
Justin,
I've seen "Beach Ball" on VHS. I don't think it's on
DVD tho'.
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Message: 12
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 15:21:16 -0400
From: Mikey
Subject: Re: Spectropop Party in NYC
Can someone post the info for the Party Friday? I may have
deleted the email. It's getting close.
By the way, I will be in full 60s dress. When in Rome....
Mikey
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ADMIN NOTE: Everything you need to know about the upcoming
NYC Shindig can be found at:
http://www.chachacharming.com/
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Message: 13
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 15:35:56 -0400
From: Mike Edwards
Subject: 4 Seasons at the beach
Justin asks:
> Was "Beach Ball" ever released on VHS, or more recently on
> DVD. If so, I would appreciate any suggestions for internet
> sites, (other than the aforementioned ones) where I could
> obtain a copy?
I don't think so but you can get a copy from Video Beat at:
http://www.thevideobeat.com/teenager_beach_drugs.htm
If you take a look through their catalog you may find some other
titles of interest.
"Psych Out" starring Jack Nicholson and Susan Strasberg has just
been issued on DVD as part of a double bill with "The Trip".
"Psych Out" is a fun period piece about the late 60s' hippie
culture in San Francisco. Dick Clark produced it and the Seeds
and the Strawberry Alarm Clock (long overdue for a write-up in
Spectropop) provided some of the music. Amazon.com is pricing
this at $12.99
Mike
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Message: 14
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 15:49:07 EDT
From: Paul
Subject: Re: Bob Dileo etc
Love the Bob Dileo track Jeff, thanks a lot for posting it.
As good as the A-side.
Cheers,
Paul
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Message: 15
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 20:10:25 +0100
From: Keith Beach
Subject: Spector coverage
I haven't noticed mention of 2 magazine articles about Phil Spector
here - just flagging them for your consideration.
June issue of Vanity Fair and July issue of Esquire.
Keith Beach
PS Have a good time in New York
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Message: 16
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 20:03:47 -0000
From: Ian Chapman
Subject: Re: Dave Clark?
Mikey wrote:
> >>>>>hmmm.....that DOES sound like Dave, but he insisted a
> few years ago that he didnt want to be a "60 year washed up
> Rock Star playing the old songs".
More to the point, when's he gonna do something about releasing
some more of the "Ready Steady Go!" footage he's been sitting on
for years?!
Ian
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Message: 17
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 20:33:47 +0100
From: Kingsley Abbott
Subject: Re: London
Must put in my two'penneth on London - As it always did it depends on
exactly where. There were difficult and depressing bits way back and
now - as with any city. To compare the West End where I spent a huge
amount of time in the sixties (Marquee, 100 Club, Flamingo, Scene,
Tiles and some great record shops), to the West End of today I believe
the vibe is still much the same. Its a good friendly buzz, especially
round Soho. Denmark Street (Tin Pan Alley) always had a slightly seedy
dark side - still does - I'm going there tomorrow - sort of proves it I
guess!!
Kingsley
Londoner born and bred for my first 40 years
PS still some pretty good record places in Berwick Street.
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Message: 18
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 18:48:40 EDT
From: Bob Rashkow
Subject: Robbs Again
BTW, I was just getting lost in Whitburn's 6Ts Billboard charts a while ago,
and "Race With The Wind", most likely due to all the regional airplay,
bubbled under at #103 the last week of July, 1966. (Not '67 as I had guessed).
Bobster
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Message: 19
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 02:08:06 -0000
From: Bill Craig
Subject: Phil TV
Did anyone catch (or already mention) the episode of I Dream Of Jeannie
shown on TV Land this past weekend featuring Uncle Phil and Tommy
Boyce and Bobby Hart? Was this Phil's pre-Easy Rider acting debut or
what?
Bill Craig
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Message: 20
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 00:06:17 -0400
From: Country Paul
Subject: Lost 60's, Brian Vs. Frankie; George Hamilton IV; "Bad Boy"; party
Mike Edwards:
> there's "Lost 60s Recordings" featuring Rick Nelson and Glen Campbell for
> $13.43
That was the used one; I bought a still-sealed for $13.76. It just arrived -
one listen through says while it isn't essential, it is a lot of fun. If you
like the Four Preps, as I do, this is just as "white." Several songs were
hits for others - "Everlovin'" for Rick Nelson and "I'm Available" for
Margie Rayburn are two examples. A more complete review is to come....
Stuart Miller:
> This debate about Brian Wilson and New Jersey has to be one of the
> funniest threads I've seen on this board
I agree. There's no WW III over Brian and Frankie - each simply IS, that's
it. I have always heartily endorsed local scenes wherever they are - it's
where acts get a chance to grow and season (no pun intended) before going
for the bigtime.
> Whilst the 4 Seasons did gig out west, California could hardly be called
> their stronghold either and they would sometimes go for years without
> getting out there. Even now, when I scan the list of gigs that Valli is
> doing currently, Vegas is the closest he gets.
Vegas is the heart of middle America, even if it is in the western desert.
Playing Las Vegas has nothing to do with geography.
Steve Harvey:
> Wasn't the Rod Stewart record, "I Don't Want To Talk About It", not
> "Discuss It".
I have ugly memories of Rod the Mod doing a song called "(You're My Girl) I
Don't Want to Discuss It," probably cut with the Faces. Is that the one
we're trying to get to? I remember it being loud, noisy, and as sloppy as
the morning after a fraternity party.
Stewart Mason, thanks for the Arthur Lee update. Hopefully there'll be a
"next time" I can catch them.
Mike Rashkow:
> Sanford Clark...One of the first country things that ever caught my
> attention, Sanford Clark's THE FOOL. Same time period as A Rose & A Baby
> Ruth, George Hamilton IV, I think.
Clark's "The Fool" was released on MCI in 1955, and re-released on Dot in
'56. I think GHIV's "Rose And A Baby Ruth," a minor masterpiece IMO, was
about the same time. I loved that light open "teenage rockabilly" sound!
I've been collecting GHIV's ABC output a bit more intensely lately,
including the gorgeous "Only One Love," "Why Don't They Understand," and "I
Know Where I'm Going," all hits at the time - and just found an album called
"George Hamilton IV on Campus." No hits, just incredibly sincere and
earnest, totally irony-deficient, and yet lovable in and for its naiveté. He
kept a lot of his freshness during his "folk country" era on RCA, but last I
heard of him (samples of a new CD on his website) his voice was gone. Sad.
You may remember John Henderson posted here that Sanford Clark played with
Al Casey at the big Wisconsin rockabilly fest last year. Glad he's still
cookin'.
Incidentally, the late Tony Conigliaro, Boston Red Sox star player, did a
credible version of "Why Don't They Understand" on RCA in the 60's (I forget
the exact year). Logically enough, it was a hit in Boston.
Alan Karr:
> few [UK] discs (Marty Wilde's Bad Boy, Frankie Vaughan's Judy) did much
> business here.
Fascinating history, Alan - thank you. Did Marty Wilde have the US hit of
"Bad Boy"? I thought Robin Luke (who did "Susie Darlin'") had the hit
version. I remember Frankie Vaughn's "Judy" - very nice minor-key
orchestral-pop rocker. UK artists in the 50's were more of a novelty item
for US listeners. One curiosity: did Laurie London ever do anything after
and/or different from "He's Got The Whole World In His Hands"? He
disappeared stateside after that one.
Finally, Bill George, re: the Spectrop NYC party:
> How about Back To Mono buttons with our screen names written on them?
I could bring a couple of sheets of Avery mailing labels and a Sharpie
felt-tip pen; we can write our names and stick 'em under or near the Back to
Mono buttons. Does that work for folks? (Write neatly, please!)
And Bill, I agree - I visited London about a dozen years ago and could
happily live there for a while.
Country Paul
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Message: 21
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 00:11:20 -0400
From: Country Paul
Subject: Re: Bartok Lanski
I forget who came up with this, but go here
http://www.deathbarney.com/Lets_Be_The_Beatles/Albums/Please_Please_Me.htm
now, scroll to almost the bottom, and listen to Bartok Lanski. I have no
idea who they are or were, but it works!
Country Paul
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Message: 22
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 22:15:17 -0700 (PDT)
From: Neb Rodgers
Subject: Fwd: Sly Is No Show in Family Stone Reunion
Why am I not surprised to read the story below?
-Neb
Sly Is No Show in Family Stone Reunion
Wed Jun 11,12:33 PM ET Add Entertainment - Reuters to My Yahoo!
By Paul Iorio
http://tinylink.com/?Qlf1PNrEqP
BERKELEY, Calif. (Reuters) - The Family Stone, the California band
that paved the way for modern funk, is back in the recording studio
for the first time in 32 years.
But missing is Sly Stone -- the heart and soul of a band that blended
race, gender, music and politics in a glorious evocation of Sixties
idealism.
"I'll put it like this," drummer Greg Errico told Reuters in an
interview. "The B3 (Hammond organ) is on and running and idling, and
the seat's warm, and whenever he (Sly) wants to come sit in it, he's
more than welcome.
"But he's been a recluse for the last 20 years or so ... I don't
understand it. Your guess is as good as mine," Errico said.
Sly Stone, 59, the innovative producer, singer, songwriter and
keyboard player behind Sly and the Family Stone has not recorded an
album since 1982. Drug-related legal and medical problems have
haunted him over the decades and he declined comment for this story.
Hailing mostly from the small northern California town of Vallejo,
Sly and the Family Stone smashed cultural stereotypes with its black
rock guitarist, white funk drummer, female horn player and blend of
soul, rock and R&B in hits like "Dance to the Music."
The band played at the 1968 Fillmore East concert, the 1969 Woodstock
festival, and it was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in
1993.
SEEDS OF REUNION
The seeds of reunion were planted 18 months ago after the Family
Stone gathered in New York to accept an R&B Foundation Pioneer Award.
"Everybody was there but Sly," said Errico. "We (wondered), 'Are we
going to...put the group back together?' Everybody decided to do it.
We waited for (guitarist) Larry (Graham) for about three or four
months. After saying, yeah, he wanted to do it, he never responded."
Undaunted by the absence not only of Sly but also of his cousin
Graham on bass guitar, five of the original members of Sly and the
Family Stone have been in the studio recording some 16 new songs. The
new tracks are being written and sung mostly by Sly's brother Freddie
Stone and sister Rosie Stone, and the album is being produced by
Freddie Stone and Errico. The band does not yet have a recording
contract.
The reunited group also includes Jerry Martini on saxophone and
Cynthia Robinson on horn, all of whom backed Sly from 1967 to 1971 on
such classics as "Everyday People" and "Stand!"
Graham who went on to found the band Graham Central Station and has
collaborated with Prince is replaced by Rusty Allen, who played on
Sly and the Family Stone's 1973 album "Fresh."
Recalling the old days, Robinson said the group's songs always
originated with Sly, who would write the material before coming into
the studio.
"He and Freddie used to work together ... at home, creating the
songs," Robinson told Reuters in a telephone interview. Then he would
give everyone their parts by playing riffs on his keyboards.
She recalled Sly's striving for musical clarity in the, session that
produced the 1970 single "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)."
"He made sure stuff wasn't cluttered, that good lines weren't covered
up by other good lines," Robinson said.
For now, the Family Stone plans no live shows until after the new
album is finished although several members -- Errico, Martini,
Robinson and Rosie Stone -- are performing with others in the San
Francisco Bay area in a funk jam group called the Funk Family Circus
(formerly the Stone Family Circus).
"If you think about it," says Errico, "that's a hard legacy to live
up to, what we've done in the past."
Or as Robinson put it, alluding to the title of the band's 1967 debut
album, "This is a whole new thing again."
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Message: 23
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 09:51:36 +0200
From: Eddy
Subject: Re: Four Seasons/Beach Boys/Robbs
Larry Lapka:
> With all the talk about the Four Seasons vs. the Beach Boys, could
> someone tell me if "East Meets West" is available on CD? If not,
> maybe someone could play it to Musica?
It's not on CD, but it is on Musica right now, Larry.
Eddy
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Message: 24
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 09:36:01 -0000
From: Lindsay Martin
Subject: Re: Bartok Lanski!!!
Country Paul wrote:
> go here
>http://www.deathbarney.com/Lets_Be_The_Beatles/Albums/Please_Please_Me.htm
Yes! That's the page I was talking about in my original post.
I've had the song on my brain for the last 3 days.
Talk about catchy!
Odd thing is, part of the melody (whaddaya call that: chorus?
bridge?) is maddenly similar to part of Françoise Hardy's "Only You
Can Do It".
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Message: 25
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 11:47:35 -0000
From: Laura Pinto
Subject: Archies videos on Ron Dante Online
Hi, fellow Spectropoppers. Just a quick note to let you know that
there are two vintage (of course!) Archies videos on Ron Dante
Online ... "Mr. Factory" and "Sunshine." And Ron's webmaster
promises that there will be new videos put up on the homepage every
week this summer. Just go to http://www.rondante.com to check it out.
Also, Ron's new duet with Toni "I'm gonna make your life so sweet"
Wine is up on the site as well ... just click on the link to listen
to their cool version of "Summer in the City." Enjoy!
Laura
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