Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2014-02-12 Thread Pundit Sir
James Burton [image: Inline image 1] James Burton backing Roy Orbison - Black White Night Concert Roy Orbison performs Oh, Pretty Woman as the finale of the concert. Backed by James Burton, Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, Glen D. Hardin, Tom Waits, kd lang, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, JD

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2014-01-28 Thread Richard Williams
Bonnie Raitt [image: Inline image 1] Bonnie Raitt plays Austin City Limits in 2002, photo Scott Newton http://www.glidemagazine.com/bonnie-raitt-mavis-staples-on-austin-city-limits/http://www.glidemagazine.com/hiddentrack/televised-tune-bonnie-raitt-mavis-staples-on-austin-city-limits/ Bonnie

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2014-01-25 Thread Richard Williams
Powerful stuff - that’s what I’m talkin’ about! Powerful Stuff - Jimmie Vaughan and The Fabulous Thunderbirds http://youtu.be/CaEHFxlmf-k From the album, 'Powerful Stuff' http://youtu.be/Ow-e4QQBKoY Live in Dallas Texas 1986 http://youtu.be/JC4geMPc6pAWrap it up - Jimmie Vaughan and The

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2013-12-31 Thread Richard Williams
Janis Joplin [image: Inline image 1] Me and Bobby McGee - from the album Pearl http://youtu.be/6iX-EcRKXJw Cheap Thrills http://youtu.be/VobLiLA9qAk Janis Joplin was born in Port Arthur, Texas the same year I was born. I met Janis at Thomas Jefferson High School in San Antonio - we both

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-29 Thread Richard Williams
Arthur Lee [image: Inline image 2] My Little Red Book - from the first album Love - Monaural vinyl LP http://youtu.be/PnFBZcsFQmQ Hey Joe - from the first album - Love http://youtu.be/wbr7vpIIb3I Forever Changes - Full album - Vinyl LP http://youtu.be/Q1L11Y0I5E0 Da Capo - Full album - Vinyl

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2013-12-26 Thread Richard Williams
Rockpile [image: Inline image 1] Pet You And Hold You http://youtu.be/1RT2-JdxV6Ie Teacher Teacher - Live TV 1980 http://youtu.be/BpWCS-iFeDg Heart - Billy Bremner http://youtu.be/otoxobp6NUE Rockpile was a British rock and roll group of the late 1970s and early 1980s, noted for their strong

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-26 Thread Richard Williams
Chuck Berry [image: Inline image 1] Johnny B-Goode http://youtu.be/rVT65M4mRnM You Can't Catch Me - 1956 http://youtu.be/bcblXxc4oqo Maybellene - 1955 http://youtu.be/LvKDr8AgvK8 Rock and Roll Music - Toronto, Canada - 1969 http://youtu.be/1U_hRhImaBU Nadine http://youtu.be/Cm8ktxzaumg

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-17 Thread Richard Williams
In addition to Jefferson Airplane's Grace Slick, I also cited Heart with Ann and Nancy Wilson in this thread. Previously, I cited Suzi Quatro in my thread entitled For all you romantics out there. So, I'm posting this Suzi Quatro session from 1973. Suzi is the first female bass player to become a

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-14 Thread Richard Williams
Further Notes on the Grateful Dead The Grateful Dead's claim to fame was it's extended musical live jams and long instrumental improvisations. The Dead are well known for their Wall of Sound sound system produced by Owsley Stanley. Their forte was live performances. I saw them perform twice, once

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-14 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 12/13/2013 11:09 AM, Bhairitu wrote: Almost as interesting as playing the same bill with the Airplane at a couple of concerts and hanging out with them We listen to all kinds of music, recorded and live. Around here, there's music of some kind all the time: folk music, jazz, rock,

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-14 Thread Bhairitu
Thanks. Here another cut posted by one of our fans. This one is from the Elektra demo session: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ovhyl_FHI4 Friedman drove the mixing board levels a bit which was something we weren't expecting the engineer would let him do. Click on Eli's channel for more

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-13 Thread Richard J. Williams
You should have maybe attended one of their concerts, or at least listened to one of their albums. Apparently you didn't even listen to the one song I posted. It's a pretty good song. Go figure. On 12/13/2013 8:43 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote: The Grateful Dead. Couldn't stand their music

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-13 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote: You should have maybe attended one of their concerts, or at least listened to one of their albums. Apparently you didn't even listen to the one song I posted. It's a pretty good song. Go figure. Why would I attend a concert when

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-13 Thread Bhairitu
Almost as interesting as playing the same bill with the Airplane at a couple of concerts and hanging out with them. ;-) On 12/12/2013 08:31 PM, s3raph...@yahoo.com wrote: Re I first saw [Airplane] at the first Human Be-In held in Golden Gate Park in 1967 and later at Chet Helm's Family Dog

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-13 Thread Bhairitu
On 12/13/2013 09:37 AM, s3raph...@yahoo.com wrote: Almost as interesting as playing the same bill with the Airplane at a couple of concerts and hanging out with them. ;-) What was your band called? Magic Fern. You've never heard of them unless you saw the movie Strange Wilderness with

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-13 Thread s3raphita
Grace Slick and Marty Balin - both powerful singers. You get 18 thumbs up and 0 thumbs down on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGQ0HiypYf4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGQ0HiypYf4

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2013-12-13 Thread s3raphita
So are you aged and grey? Magic Fern Seattle, Washington 1966 - 1967 MembersMike Allan ~ Bass Brian Conrad ~ Drums Tim Cooley ~ Bass Tom Sparks ~ Guitar Mike Waters ~ Guitar

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-13 Thread Bhairitu
Probably the best studio recording of the group was done by Elektra Records who sent a producer, Barry Friedman (aka Frasier Mohawk), up to Seattle to cut some demo tracks. They thought we were a bit ahead of the times. You won't get that from listening to Maggie or much of the Jerden cuts.

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-13 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 12/13/2013 10:36 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote: At least at home I could turn it off or not listen at all. The Grateful Dead had only one single hit recording that was played on AM radio, Touch of Grey, from the album In the Dark, back in 1987, the year they toured with Bob Dylan. I

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-13 Thread Bhairitu
Not really. My next door neighbor was surprised at my age because he thought I was in my early 50s. Benefits of meditation (because it slows the metabolism). His sister played in some of the San Francisco rock bands. Actually he's 10 years older than me but looks more like someone my age.

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2013-12-13 Thread Bhairitu
On 12/13/2013 06:43 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote: ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard Williams wrote: The Grateful Dead Rolling Stone ranked them 57th in the list of the Greatest Artists of

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2013-12-13 Thread Bhairitu
Probably better known for Ripple: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVdTQ3OPtGY I wish I'd known that Jerry grew up in an Oregon town about 40 miles from where I grew up or I would have mentioned my hometown to him to see what reaction he would have had. On 12/13/2013 10:52 AM, Richard J.

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-12 Thread Richard Williams
The Grateful Dead [image: Inline image 1] Cover art by Mouse Grateful Dead - Touch of Grey 1987 http://youtu.be/wOaXTg3nAuY Rolling Stone ranked them 57th in the list of the Greatest Artists of all Time. I attended several Dead performances in San Francisco in 1966 at the Fillmore Auditorium

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-12 Thread Richard Williams
Jefferson Airplane [image: Inline image 1] Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit 1967 http://youtu.be/WANNqr-vcx0 In this song you can hear Grace Slick's great contralto voice. Two hits from the album Surrealistic Pillow are Somebody to Love and White Rabbit, listed in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-12 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 12/8/2013 9:00 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: *My Yahoo Mail hasn't been down at all.* How about now? LoL! ...the initial Yahoo Mail issues have turned into a full-scale disaster, with various outages that seem to be taking place across the network, impacting countless individuals and

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-11 Thread Richard Williams
Heart [image: Inline image 1] Heart - Crazy On You (live 1977) HQ http://youtu.be/V44HiAX91Hs One of the greatest rock bands of all time, Ann and Nancy Wilson. Number 57 on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock. They performed at the first Texxas Jam on the July 4 weekend in 1978 in Dallas,

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
We don't attend many big stadium performances or many touring shows anymore either - bad sound, hard to find a parking spot, and expensive. The last big event we saw was The River Walk Blues Festival in 2006. We much prefer smaller clubs where we can really get into the music and have some fun

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-08 Thread Richard Williams
Jimmy Vaughan [image: Inline image 1] The Fabulous Thunderbirds - Tuff Enuff, live on Austin City Limits http://youtu.be/gqc3jWtE2CY Jimmie Vaughan, brother of Stevie Ray Vaughan, has played with Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, and BB King, and many others during the 2010 Crossroads Guitar Festival.

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
If you are using Yahoo Mail, it's been down for days. Go figure. Thanks for the link to the punk band. LoL! On 12/8/2013 6:52 AM, emilymae...@yahoo.com wrote: My reply post to this has been deleted. The album cover was simply too traumatizing and gross even for me. I had a nightmare and

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2013-12-08 Thread authfriend
My Yahoo Mail hasn't been down at all. Richard wrote: If you are using Yahoo Mail, it's been down for days. Go figure.

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2013-12-08 Thread Share Long
Richard, could it be yahoo and not my server?! I got a service call into my Internet provider, fiber optic Lisco, very fast. Anyway, keep up the good work (-: On Sunday, December 8, 2013 8:30 AM, Richard J. Williams pundits...@gmail.com wrote:   If you are using Yahoo Mail, it's been down

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-08 Thread Richard Williams
Maybe YOUR Yahoo Mail hasn't been down at all. Go figure. It's probably a problem with my Internet Explorer 11. So, I seem to be able to get Yahoo Mail using the Google Chrome. At any rate, YAHOO SUCKS! This graph displays status activity for the selected service over the past 24 hours. For

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
Maybe. I can read my Yahoo Mail, what little there is, using the Google Chrome Browser, but not with Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer11. Go figure. On 12/8/2013 9:26 AM, Share Long wrote: Richard, could it be yahoo and not my server?! I got a service call into my Internet provider, fiber

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-08 Thread Share Long
Nope, Richard, it's the battery of the connector gizmo for the fiber optic. My wonderful neighbor gave me the password to their wifi and here I am! Hopefully Lisco will fix or replace battery tomorrow. I had well over 100 posts this morning. You all keep up the good work! On Sunday,

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-08 Thread authfriend
Uh, yes, that's what I said. Richard wrote: Maybe YOUR Yahoo Mail hasn't been down at all. Go figure. It's probably a problem with my Internet Explorer 11. So, I seem to be able to get Yahoo Mail using the Google Chrome. At any rate, YAHOO SUCKS! This graph displays status

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-08 Thread emilymaenot
It was dark and disturbing, although the tune wasn't bad. I was channeling S3raphita's seeming interest with the deviant psyche (sorry S3raphita). However, I'm too sensitive; I don't see horror movies either. It all affects me for the worse. I'm *still* feeling the affects of my own post, so

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
Let me re-phrase what I said: YAHOO MAIL SUCKS! On 12/8/2013 10:59 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: Uh, yes, that's what I said. Richard wrote: Maybe YOUR Yahoo Mail hasn't been down at all. Go figure. It's probably a problem with my Internet Explorer 11. So, I seem to be able to get

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-07 Thread Richard Williams
Peter Gabriel [image: Inline image 1] Peter Gabriel - Steam http://youtu.be/Qt87bLX7m_o Comments: A video is packed with in-your-face symbolism to wake you up from the dream. If you can just see beyond its entertainment value. Other favorites of mine: Shock the Monkey, from Gabriel's fourth

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-07 Thread Richard Williams
The Rolling Stones [image: Inline image 1] The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up - Official Promo http://youtu.be/SGyOaCXr8Lw Where to begin? I first saw the Stones at the San Antonio State Fair back in 1964, which Bill Wyman described as a disaster. They were booed off the stage and a troupe of

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-07 Thread Richard Williams
Doug Sahm [image: Inline image 1] Sir Douglas Quintet - She's About A Mover http://youtu.be/XboE3_7KZ3Y Taking advantage of the British invasion! This song has a unique, haunting sound - a credit to Augie Meyers' signature playing on a Vox organ that I had to lug around in a U-Haul for two

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-07 Thread Richard Williams
Oh, yeah! The Elevators, with Roky Erikson and jug player Tommy Hall, who used to play at the old Vulcan Gas Company in Austin back in 1965 - that's where I met my ex-wife, Sally Mann. I also met Janis Joplin at the Vulcan on South Congress Street. Before I split up with Sally we saw the Elevators

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2013-12-07 Thread Richard J. Williams
That's one of the main reason I'm still in Central Texas - Austin is the live music capital of the world. Austin was home to the Vulcan Gas Company that featured headliners such as the 13th Floor Elevators, Johnny and Edgar Winter and Shiva's Headband. The Vulcan morphed into the Armadillo

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2013-12-06 Thread Richard Williams
Genesis [image: Inline image 1] My favorite - Abacab, 1981, featuring the gated drum sound: Daryl Stuermer, Mike Rutherford, Tony Banks, and Phil Collins. Genesis - Abacab (Full album) http://youtu.be/KX4kpMb0mTM Genesis, is a progressive rock band, (sometimes critiqued as MOR) is among the

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2013-12-06 Thread Richard Williams
The Police [image: Inline image 1] Live at Madison Square Garden, 2007 One of my favorites which was banned by the BBC. Go figure. The Police - Roxanne http://youtu.be/3T1c7GkzRQQ Another favorite of mine from the Ghost in the Machine album, 1981 - Spirits in the Material World. These two

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-06 Thread Richard Williams
/Mark Knopfler [image: Inline image 1] Mark Knopfler, Eric Clapton, Sting Phil Collins- Money for Nothing http://youtu.be/6D6cw8Ob2sk Mark Knopfler is a fingerstyle guitarist and was ranked 27th on Rolling Stone magazine's list of 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. Dire Straits' most popular

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2013-12-05 Thread cardemaister
Just heard a claim on TV, that Jimi asked Dick Dale to teach him play the Strat! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Dale http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Dale

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-05 Thread Richard J. Williams
It's not about Jim, it's all about the music. On 12/4/2013 10:24 PM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote: Ol' Jim was doomed from the start. He was a loser. He died a wasted man having lived a wasted life. He is not someone who seemed able to choose well for himself - a man of voracious appetite and

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2013-12-05 Thread emilymaenot
Richard, here is just his voice without the band. Lyrically, well...to each his own. http://www.openculture.com/2013/08/the-lost-paris-tapes-preserves-jim-morrisons-final-poetry-recordings-from-1971.html

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2013-12-05 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote: It's not about Jim, it's all about the music. Not for me it isn't. His presence is very much in evidence for lots of reasons and although the other elements of the band are outstanding all I can feel is Jim's darkness and

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-05 Thread Richard J. Williams
Thanks for the link, it's very interesting in its own right. But, I was never a big fan of Jim Morrison, but I like his baritone voice. The Doors were a pretty good band as far as rock music goes, and most of the Doors songs are pretty good. Jim was really screwed up in a lot of ways, fer

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-04 Thread Richard Williams
John Kay and Steppenwolf [image: Inline image 1] Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride Live http://youtu.be/UtkP5gTX6Hc Taking it back to good old days! Steppenwolf was so big at the time that it was declared The Official Band of Los Angeles by the mayor! (This performance was sequencded digitally,

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-04 Thread Richard J. Williams
You won't get any argument from me! Got all their old albums on vinyl. Thanks for the reply! On 12/4/2013 7:32 PM, s3raph...@yahoo.com wrote: Nice selection Richard. But re Pink Floyd: it's their pre-Dark Side albums that appeal to me. The track Echoes on their Meddle album is the pinnacle

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-04 Thread Richard Williams
The Doors [image: Inline image 1] I met Jerry Jarvis at the first SIMS course and introduced him to Mike Love and Rick Stanley who were initiated in the second SIMS course. The Maharishi's' directions on how to meditate were incorporated into the Door's songs: Take it easy... and 'take it as it

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2013-12-04 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote: The Doors I met Jerry Jarvis at the first SIMS course and introduced him to Mike Love and Rick Stanley who were initiated in the second SIMS course. The Maharishi's' directions on how to meditate were incorporated into

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2013-12-04 Thread emilymaenot
The Doors was one of the groups my 1st year college friends listened to my first year in college. About mid-year I read his biography - No One Gets Out of Here Alive. He was an alcoholic/drug addict and he died of it.