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Post subject: Blast from the past.
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 9:42 am
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I've been listening to a lot of music from my past, songs that stand the test of time and stick with you :D I could probably fill a thread on my own with various bands, but this is your chance fellow Fender heads 8) Give us a tune from your past, you can even tell us why it stays with you :wink: This one from me is a band that wasn't nearly as big as they should have been, Be Bop deluxe. The track comes from an album called Sunburst Finish, Crying To The Sky. The guitar solo's are brilliant (imho) Bill Nelson did some amazing things with his geetar 8)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhQa7pJD ... re=related

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Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 9:56 am
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"A" tune. Okay.

"Harlem Nocturne."

Open it up with an Em played high to low as a slow arpeggio. Fool around with the melody and bridge in a few different positions and up and down a third. Fritz with the tempo, toss in reverb or tremolo here and there.

'Can literally fool around with that one for ahalf hour on a good night. Oh, and then switch to a different guitar and go at it using that sound-base. And then, do it on bass....

What a magnificent piece of music.


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Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:09 pm
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Boy, one that has always stuck with me through the years is the early, early Boz Scaggs' "Loan Me A Dime" with Duane Allman on lead guitar. Came out I think in 1969, although it came to me a few years later, on the self titled album "Boz Scaggs." At thirteen plus minutes, it didn't get a lot of air play back in the day, just often enough that whenever you did hear it, you went "Oh yeah, this is such a great song!" Nowadays, the song is part of my band's regular repertoire, and even without the horn section, it is still a great Am blues jam that starts in slow burn and ends in full tilt boogie.

Here is something I found on Google, for those that don't know the song; and for those who do, some nice old photos of Duane.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 5121761223

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Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:19 pm
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Hey Snowy, how you doin' pal.
You've set a tough one here, I'm like you, I could go on forever with this, I just cannot pick a favourite one.
So if you don't mind I'll go for a band, that had such an impact on me when I heard them for the first time on John Peel's saturday radio show ' Top Gear ' I just had to dash out of the house without delay and get into town to buy their album.
This band was Jethro Tull and do you know, when you hear a new band for the first time and you shout " Who the hell are these!!? " It was like that.
Man they sounded so unique, almost weird, they had this blues/rock/folk style that was difficult to describe and the sound was like nothing I'd ever heard before.
This guy called Ian Anderson was playing a flute, WHAT!!!? and like the equivalent of Hendrix on his guitar. It sounded amazing and the rest of the band were equally extraordinary in there own right. What a band and what a moment when I heard them, something I'll never forget.
So there it is pal, an unforgetable moment in time, for me.
Cheers mate and take care now. :lol:

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Rhumba wrote:
This guy called Ian Anderson was playing a flute, WHAT!!!? and like the equivalent of Hendrix on his guitar.


Ha! Nice choice. Do I remember right - Jethro Tull did a good set at the Isle of Wight festival that's on film? I think I have that on VHS: must give it a view.

Jethro Tull toured the States supporting The Who too, early '70s. I have The Who's part of a show at Tanglewood on DVD - Townshend compliments a great set by Tull earlier in the evening, but no footage. Shame.

Being the Fender Forum, I bet there's someone here who was at that show...!?

Cheers - C


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Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 1:13 pm
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Ceri wrote:
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This guy called Ian Anderson was playing a flute, WHAT!!!? and like the equivalent of Hendrix on his guitar.


Ha! Nice choice. Do I remember right - Jethro Tull did a good set at the Isle of Wight festival that's on film? I think I have that on VHS: must give it a view.

Jethro Tull toured the States supporting The Who too, early '70s. I have The Who's part of a show at Tanglewood on DVD - Townshend compliments a great set by Tull earlier in the evening, but no footage. Shame.

Being the Fender Forum, I bet there's someone here who was at that show...!?

Cheers - C


Hi Ceri,
When Mick Abrahams left Tull in '69 I saw him with his new band, in a cellar club in Manchester called the ' Magic Village ' and woah!! man they were good too.
Along with Abrahams playing his SG, there was Jack Lancaster on various saxophone's , trumpet and electric violin, Andy Pyle on Bass and Ron Berg on drums.
They were playing this jazz/rock and the sound in that cellar club was an absolute dream. Excellent.
They had the name Blowyn Pig, which I personally never liked, I always kinda thought they were too good for a name like that but a great band all the same.
The original line-up made two albums in '69-70 ish. Worth checking out.
Anyway, hope your keeping well Ceri.
Cheers pal :D

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Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 3:42 pm
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Strato, cool link thanks. I'm also a huge fan of Boz Scaggs, in fact I was listening one of his albums earlier, Dig. I love to put that album through my amp, and play along.

Rhumba, Jethro Tull, now's there's a blast from the past. A friend of mine, turned me on to them a good number of years ago. In fact if memory serves me, I met the guy who played keys with Jethro Tull.

Ceri, full of useful information as usual, thanks for your imput mate.


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Hi Snowy, interesting thread. As a kid I used to listen to the radio a lot. No musical background in my family so I would listen to anything catchy. The oldest one I remember hearing and what I was doing at the time is "Hello goodbye" from the Beatles. I was hooked with that crying sound from George's guitar. In the 80's I was more in the new wave thing. I guess that the Blues had to find me in a more mature version of myself to stick to the man. Anyway here's a clip that I really liked in those early 80's, brace yourself for the Rita Mitsuko. 8)
Claude.

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Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 8:39 pm
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Hello Snowy,

Well here's a one hit wonder from the late '60s
Something in the Air by Thunderclap Newman.
I was young when it was a hit and it was a fun time.
I can't go back but I can still remember. :wink:
Popular on your side too I think.

Http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9oxyqLW ... re=related
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Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 1:25 am
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30 days in the hole, humble pie i think that says it all.


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Mr Bill wrote:
Hello Snowy,

Well here's a one hit wonder from the late '60s
Something in the Air by Thunderclap Newman.
I was young when it was a hit and it was a fun time.
I can't go back but I can still remember. :wink:
Popular on your side too I think.

Http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9oxyqLW ... re=related
Cheers

Extremely popular Mr Bill, classic tune. Thanks for posting it 8)


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I think the name of the song is--I'm Going Home----Ten Years After
I remember seeing Alvin Lee shaking his head like a chicken on crack! :lol:


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Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 12:12 pm
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I like the guitar play that Bill Nelson did in the song (Adventure In A Yorkshire Lanscape) that was on Live In the Air Age. The guitar and keyboards in that song are great!

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How about - America - Ventura Highway - a great performance. The harmony is just great.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnhKcCwZwl8

On another forum, someone mentioned this late last year, and after listening, I went and got The Complete Greatest Hits by America

Great music, lyrics and performances.

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Post subject: Re: Blast from the past.
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 1:48 pm
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[quote="Snowy72"]

The song my Uncle Larry co-wrote was a popular standard in the 40's, covered by Glen Miller and Perry Como, among others.

It sort of faded away. Then a rather well known New Orleans piano player got a hold of it and turned it into one of the top 100 rock songs of the 20th century.

Any takers :?:

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