Hal Blaine According to Weinberg, "If Hal Blaine had played drums only on the Ronettes' "Be My Baby", his name would still be uttered with reverence and respect for the power of his big beat." Rolling Stone magazine listed the song as No. 22 on The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-500-greatest-songs-of-all-time<http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-500-greatest-songs-of-all-time-20110407> [image: Inline image 1] The Hal Blaine Monster Set - bass, snare and floor tom http://bennettdrums.com/newsite/drummers/hal-blaine/<http://bennettdrums.com/newsite/category/drummers/hal-blaine/> Secret Agent Man - Johnny Rivers, Hal Blaine on Drums http://youtu.be/sdC9P58hJT8 Be My Baby - The Ronetes 1963 - Hal Blaine on Drums http://youtu.be/QzhbGaCwBzs About Hal Blaine: "He has played on 50 number one hits, over 150 top ten hits and has recorded, by his own admission, on over 35,000 pieces of music over four decades of work. Blaine is a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum and the Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame. He is widely regarded as one of the most prolific drummers in recording music history." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Blaine Work cited: 'The Big Beat: Conversations with Rock's great drummers' by Max Weinberg Billboard Books, 1988 p. 85 On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 8:34 AM, Pundit Sir <[email protected]> wrote: > The Texas Tornados > > [image: Inline image 2] [image: Inline image 3] > > Flaco Jimenez, Doug Sahm, Freddy Fender, Augie Myers - Shawn Sahm, Speedy > Sparks on bass. > > Tejano Music Awards > http://youtu.be/RFCraxUUAtU > > Doug Sahm was a childhood musical prodigy born into a working-class family > in San Antonio, Texas. I first met Doug at the Blue Note Lounge in 1962. We > met up again in California after his smash hit "She's About a Mover". The > Texas Tornados is a Grammy Award winning Tejano band. Its music is a fusion > of rock, country and various Mexican styles: Freddy Fender, Flaco Jiménez, > Augie Meyers, Speedy Sparks, and Doug Sahm. This is Tex-Mex at it's best! > Rock, country, Tejano, all mixed into one. Go figure. > > Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone - Gruene Hall, in Gruene, Texas, in 1992 > http://youtu.be/1TphoKBScfM > > The San Antonio National Anthem: > > Hey Baby Que Paso? - Gruene Hall, in Gruene, Texas, in 1992 > http://youtu.be/4tXhAYl173U > > Who Were You Thinking Of? - Gruene Hall, in Gruene, Texas, in 1992 > http://youtu.be/L6ON9tlAQ-8 > > Dinero - Live on Austin City Limits > http://youtu.be/_-4opbcLwk4 > > She's About A Mover - Live on Austin City Limits > http://youtu.be/z4KbGhqmlgw > > The Rains Came - The Sir Douglas Quintet 1966 > http://youtu.be/2KlLKuJpTgM > > Read more: > > "He made the cover of "Rolling Stone" magazine in 1968 and 1971 and > performed with the Grateful Dead, Dr. John, Willie Nelson, Boz Scaggs, and > Bob Dylan." - Amazon review: > > 'Texas Tornado: The Times and Music of Doug Sahm' > by Jan Reid > University of Texas Press, 2010 > > "Sahm, Meyers and Jiménez are from the San Antonio area. Their 2005 Live > from Austin album was a recording of a 1990 performance on the TV series > Austin City Limits. The Texas Tornados won a Grammy Award in 1991." > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Tornados > > > On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 8:41 AM, Pundit Sir <[email protected]> wrote: > > Freddy Fender >> >> [image: Inline image 1] >> >> Freddy Fender and The Texas Tornados on Austin City Limits >> >> Wasted Days and Wasted Nights >> http://youtu.be/-Qu8RPvhP-U >> >> Before the Next Teardrop Falls >> http://youtu.be/9MwB5j5lnbY >> >> Hey Baby Que Paso? - Texas Tornados Live at Gruene Hall, 1992 >> http://youtu.be/4tXhAYl173U >> >> The Texas Tornados: >> >> Freddy Fender - Vocals, guitar >> Doug Sahm - vocals, guitar, organ, piano >> Augie Meyers - Vocals, organ, piano >> Flaco Jimenez - vocals, accordion >> Speedy Sparks- bass >> >> "Freddy Fender was born in San Benito, Texas, USA and was a >> Mexican-American Tejano, country and rock and roll musician, known for his >> work as a solo artist and in the groups Los Super Seven and the Texas >> Tornados. He is best known for his 1975 hits "Before the Next Teardrop >> Falls" and the subsequent remake of his own "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights". >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddy_Fender >> >> >
