Blasts From The Past - 50S,60S And 70S Music

[bannork]

finger pickin good

 

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[inThailand]

 

[bannork]

The Hollies recorded this Harrison number but then The Beatles put it out. So many magical pop singles in the mid 60s.

 

[inThailand]

 

[inThailand]

A good video but not really pertinent in LOS.

 

 

[Tippaporn]

Peter Green truly was (still is) a guitar God.  In the 90's I had collected approx. 1,500 CDs.  49 of them were Fleetwood Mac.  No other artist came close.

 

I had the great fortune to see him live in a very nice small venue called Park West in Chicago . . . twice.  The second time it was a double billing with John Mayall on first.  I had high expectations that Mayall would jam with Peter but it didn't happen.  After the show ended Peter and the band came out to chat for about half an hour with the maybe half a dozen people who had yet to leave the venue.  I had been tipped off that he had done that the year before when I saw him at the first show.  Still have his autographed ticket stub.

 

 

This song rocks.  The guitar picking is simply incredible.  This live version is also from one of the Boston Tea Club shows in '69.

 

 

[balo]

10cc - I'm Not In Love 1975 

 

 

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10cc - Wall STreet Shuffle 1974 

 

 

[balo]

10cc - Rubber Bullets 1973  

 

 

[Tippaporn]

I'm new to this thread so I'm starting out at page 1,013.  There's no chance of going back through that many pages to ensure that I don't post something that's already been posted.  But this thread must include this timeless masterpiece.

 

 

[bannork]

A moving song Tippaporn but somewhat recent for this thread ( 50s, 60s, 70s) . Its  true home lies in the 'What are you listening to..' thread. Never mind.

Is Peter Green still playing? I heard that Snowy white covered for him ( brilliantly imo) on albums like In the Skies.

In the meantime, Jeff  Buckley's father, whom apparently he only met once in his life.

 

 

[Isan Farang]

5 hours ago, Tippaporn said:

Peter Green truly was (still is) a guitar God.  In the 90's I had collected approx. 1,500 CDs.  49 of them were Fleetwood Mac.  No other artist came close.

 

I had the great fortune to see him live in a very nice small venue called Park West in Chicago . . . twice.  The second time it was a double billing with John Mayall on first.  I had high expectations that Mayall would jam with Peter but it didn't happen.  After the show ended Peter and the band came out to chat for about half an hour with the maybe half a dozen people who had yet to leave the venue.  I had been tipped off that he had done that the year before when I saw him at the first show.  Still have his autographed ticket stub.

 

 

This song rocks.  The guitar picking is simply incredible.  This live version is also from one of the Boston Tea Club shows in '69.

 

 

A true Master

 

 

[Tippaporn]

Blues Jam at Chess/Fleetwood Mac In Chicago/Blues Jam In Chicago Vols. 1 & 2

 

Fleetwood Mac

• Peter Green - vocals, guitar
• Jeremy Spencer - vocals, guitar, slide guitar
• Danny Kirwan - vocals, guitar
• John McVie - bass guitar
• Mick Fleetwood - drums

Chicago Blues artists

• Otis Spann - vocals, piano
• David "Honeyboy" Edwards - guitar
• Buddy Guy - guitar
• Walter "Shakey" Horton - harmonica
• J. T. Brown - tenor saxophone
• Willie Dixon - acoustic bass
• S.P. Leary - drums

Amazing, amazing, amazing!!  So many fond memories of blues in Chicago.

 

[Tippaporn]

2 hours ago, bannork said:

A moving song Tippaporn but somewhat recent for this thread ( 50s, 60s, 70s) . Its  true home lies in the 'What are you listening to..' thread. Never mind.

Is Peter Green still playing? I heard that Snowy white covered for him ( brilliantly imo) on albums like In the Skies.

In the meantime, Jeff  Buckley's father, whom apparently he only met once in his life.

 

 

You're right, bannork.  I always think of Tim Buckley when I listen to his kid.  Good selection from his pops, though.

[Tippaporn]

I can find only a limited selection from those Chicago sessions on YT.  Was looking for "Madison Blues" but, ah well, a substitution will have to suffice.

 

 

[Tippaporn]

What wonderful days!  Come on, ya all, sing along now!!

 

 

Lowell George and Little Feat . . .   I can't imagine anyone sitting still listening to this.  Tap your fingers, stomp your feet, nod your head, sway your body . . . I dunno.

 

 

Edited July 25, 2017 by Tippaporn

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[Tippaporn]

I've certainly had my share of southern influences in the late 60's & early 70's . . . Marshall Tucker, Charlie Daniels, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Pure Prairie League, Ram Jam, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, New Riders of the Purple Sage, ZZ Top, The Outlaws, Waylon & Willie, The Allman Bros., Wet Willie, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, Elvin Bishop, Dickey Betts and the Great Southern Band (of the Allman Bros.), Grinderswitch, Little Feat, The Band, Hank Williams Jr., Asleep at the Wheel, Jimmy Buffet, George Thorogood and the Destroyers, etc. . . . 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dickey Betts with Vassar Clements

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just included for a perspective on Black Betty

 

 

I'm gonna cheat just this once . . . this didn't release until '88 but it fits this playlist so well that I couldn't refuse it.  Hopefully it's not a lynching offense.  

 

 

[bannork]

5555 (lol) you have good taste Tippaporn, like most of us born back in the 40s or 50s.

I always loved this number from the wonderfully named Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen.

 

 

[Tippaporn]

Thanks, bannork.  And I have to commend you on the Little Feat number . . . one of my favorites from Little Feat.  And you can't go wrong with Commander Cody.  

 

Yeah, as I mentioned in the other thread, I feel blessed to have grown up during what I consider a true renaissance of music.  The quality of the music, the musical geniuses of those times, the lyricism, the variety of genres, on and on and on.

 

Here's the song that started it all off for me when I was just knee high to a grasshopper . . . and it's still a classic.

 

 

Followed by  . . . 

 

 

Keep on rockin', my friend!!

[VBF]

1 hour ago, Tippaporn said:

I've certainly had my share of southern influences in the late 60's & early 70's . . . Marshall Tucker, Charlie Daniels, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Pure Prairie League, Ram Jam, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, New Riders of the Purple Sage, ZZ Top, The Outlaws, Waylon & Willie, The Allman Bros., Wet Willie, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, Elvin Bishop, Dickey Betts and the Great Southern Band (of the Allman Bros.), Grinderswitch, Little Feat, The Band, Hank Williams Jr., Asleep at the Wheel, Jimmy Buffet, George Thorogood and the Destroyers, etc. . . . 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dickey Betts with Vassar Clements

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just included for a perspective on Black Betty

 

 

I'm gonna cheat just this once . . . this didn't release until '88 but it fits this playlist so well that I couldn't refuse it.  Hopefully it's not a lynching offense.  

 

 

How that's what I call a playlist! Respect!!?

[Tippaporn]

Thinking about the Ventures, and seeing as how they were one of the only groups which acquired fame by purely instrumental music, got me to thinking about another great, classic instrumental written and performed by Santo and Johnny and released in 1959 (a bit before my time).  This song has been covered many, many times by a variety of well known artists.  In fact, the song was the inspiration for Peter Green's masterpiece, Albatross.  I want to present the original with a number of covers as well.  And perhaps the best cover of all is by some unknown dude named Joan Calaf who posted his rendition on YT in 2008.  I have to say his version is absolutely stunning. Perhaps my favorite, truth be told.

 

Again, I'm breaking a rule by going outside of the 50's~70's but by now everyone should know that I'm really a lowdown, no good, lyin' son-of-a-bitch and hopefully everyone will get used to me.  Seriously, though, some songs straddle different eras and it's pleasant to hear an original song done up well in another time frame and sometimes totally restyled.

 

 

Joe Satriani live in Anaheim 2005

 

 

Les Paul, date unknown.

 

 

Brian Stetzer, date unknown.

 

 

Jeff Beck, date unknown.

 

 

Chet Akins and Leo Kottke, circa 1988.

 

 

And now, check out this version by Joan Calaf!! Every note is so crisp and clean.

 

Play LOUD!!  

 

 

[Tippaporn]

24 minutes ago, VBF said:

How that's what I call a playlist! Respect!!?

 

 

Thanks VBF.  Just a few more to add to that particular playlist.

 

Woman of my dreams . . . 

 

 

The original from the late, great Townes Van Zandt.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bonus!!  With John Prine.

 

 

 

The guitar solo at the end actually gives me goosebumps.

 

 

I'm migrating away from strictly southern rock to a general country influence. 

 

Can't find the studio version so I'll take a decent live version.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[balo]

Yes - Wonderous Stories 1977

 

 

[Tippaporn]

On 7/25/2017 at 6:20 PM, Isan Farang said:

A true Master

 

 

Awesome!!

[roo860]

Yes - Wonderous Stories 1977
 
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I went to see them on this tour, Donovan was the support act!

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[bannork]

Tippaporn- so much wonderful music but it would be lovely if you posted in small batches to  give others a chance to reply- sort of like playing tennis:

Roger McGuinn serves  with 'Eight Mile High whilst Gene Clark hits a stinging return with 'Gypsy Rider'.

On the other hand you may have just dropped a tab, enjoyed some mother nature, chased a few lines or had a few drinks- or simply enjoyed damn good music! 

 

[Tippaporn]

16 hours ago, bannork said:

Tippaporn- so much wonderful music but it would be lovely if you posted in small batches to  give others a chance to reply- sort of like playing tennis:

Roger McGuinn serves  with 'Eight Mile High whilst Gene Clark hits a stinging return with 'Gypsy Rider'.

On the other hand you may have just dropped a tab, enjoyed some mother nature, chased a few lines or had a few drinks- or simply enjoyed damn good music! 

 

John Prine is golden.  I would put his Sam Stone lyrics as some of the best ever written.  Those lyrics were absolutely brilliant (and applicable to today as well).  Of course, there are a LOT of bests.

 

5555555555555.  These days it's simply enjoying damn good music, bannork.

 

 

 

I'm conflicted as to posting multiple selections at a time versus singles.  Many years ago I used to record cassettes for a very good friend of mine whose music collection was a bit wanting.  Rather than record albums or CD's in their entirety I would put playlists together.  After all, practically speaking some albums were entirely excellent while others had maybe a song or two that were worthy of listening to more than once.  I enjoyed arranging music in an endless variety of ways (and these days it's so easy with computers) . . . sometimes by genre, or perhaps by year/decade/era, or by artists who collaborate with each other.  Playlists of great guitar solos.  Playlists of what I call "pretty" songs (think Fleetwood Mac's "Sarah" or Van Morrison's "Tupelo Honey").  Great covers is another.  Then there are driving playlists particularly suited for long road trips (think Foghat's "Highway Killing Me" and The Doors "Roadhouse Blues").  On and on.  Playlists allow for versatility, setting moods, exploring how to connect so much music together so as to create a wondrous, personalized musical experience that could extend for hours.

 

Perhaps I could post a playlist as consecutive posts.  Geez, my post count would rise up to the outer rings of Saturn, 55555555!!  I'll take any good suggestions you have, bannork.  

 

In the meanwhile . . . 

 

A very underrated artist . . .

 

Everybody's gotta know this song.  Classic!!

 

 

River's version cut in '64 topped a million sales and outperformed Chuck Berry's original '59 version on the charts by a wide margin.

 

 

Live at the Whiskey A-Go-Go with the great John Lee Hooker back in '67.  Allow your body to move in whatever ways come naturally to it (for real, my just-turned-5-year-old daughter who was playing behind me in the room actually got up and started dancing to it as it came on).

 

 

Enjoy!!

 

Tips

[Tippaporn]

On 7/27/2017 at 3:03 PM, roo860 said:

 

I went to see them on this tour, Donovan was the support act!

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I saw Yes on their Fragile tour as the opening act for Emerson, Lake & Palmer during their Tarkus tour on 14 Nov., 1971 at Chicago's Auditorium Theater.  I was a youthful 16 at the time.  Awesome show in an equally awesome venue.  For those unfamiliar, the well-known architects Louis Sullivan and Dankmar Alder designed the Auditorium Theater, which was completed in 1889.  For sound quality it just doesn't get any better, especially back in those days.  The premier venue in Chicago; and a bit surprising that they hosted rock concerts during that era.

 

 

 

 

I would have been seated on the first level box seats stage right.

 

A memorable show and interestingly there's an actual audio recording of the full Yes show by a concert goer.  The quality of the audio is a tad poor but my mind together with my memory can seem to remedy it.

 

 

During the EL&P show Keith Emerson had two electronic organs facing each other with Keith situated betwixt them, playing both simultaneously, one with each hand.  During the "Knife Edge" take he started sticking knives in the keyboards.   Memorable, memorable times.

 

From the live 12.31.70 Beat Club performance.  Great way to kick in '71!!  The organ setup was the same as at the show I saw . . . other than the knife play.