Show 61....

[Rick and Roll]

I just posted this twice and both times I got kicked out. i spent over an hour, and sent Avian a message. I'll try before the weekend again...

[Rick and Roll]

Originally Posted by Rick and Roll

I just posted this twice and both times I got kicked out. i spent over an hour, and sent Avian a message. I'll try before the weekend again...

OK let's try it again!

This show is a celebration of great classic rock. All songs except for two are between 1967 and 1974. Most selections are in the prog realm. Hope you enjoy songs from a time I was a bit too young too remember...

All selections except for the first song will be two cuts by each artist, in the classic "two fer" format...

Sugarloaf - Green Eyed Lady - You all know how I feel about this one.

Deep Purple - Blind, Child In Time

Blind is from the third record (self titled, why do bands do that!) and features a great composition by Jon Lord and the excellent Rod Evans (later Captain Beyond) on vocals.

King Crimson - Cadence And Cascade, Easy Money

Cadence is a tribute of sorts to Mossy, who I finally got to listen to the song (thanks to Keith for giving her a copy), and Easy Money is just a classic...the two sides of early Crimson.

The Beatles - I'm Only Sleeping, Fixing A Hole

Sleeping was played by Salem Hill when I saw them, a nice choice. Damn, I should have picked Hey Bulldog too...

Heart - Soul Of The Sea, Magazine

A couple of semi-off the main radio songs from a great rock band.

ELO - Fire On High, Strange Magic

Fire is from the live record, and Magic quenches my thirst for AM radio hits.

Robin Trower - Daydream, A Tale Untold

Daydream is indeed a monster song, and Tale is quintessinal Trower. Funky, then very bluesy. I have all the Trower from the first through the Davey Pattison (Gamma) records. Maybe one day I'll do a show - but he's gotta get in line.

The Sweet - Into the Night, Love Is Like Oxygen

After they started writing their own songs, they became more polished and kicked some ass. Into the night illustrates that. Oxygen, I finally got the long version.

The Who - We're Not Gonna Take It, Put The Money Down

The last cut from Tommy, paired with an obscure one from Odds And Sods. Love the line "Before I walk on the water, put the money down!"

Blue Oyster Cult - The Subhuman, Astronomy

Both live, both very prog. Subhuman is off the double live and features a nice keys solo. Astronomy is from Some Enchanted Evening, and in concert always lifts me off my feet. Buck Dharma is magic.

Yes - Harold Land, Astral Traveller

Two great early Yes cuts from when Bill Bruford looked like Art Garfunkel.

Styx - A Day, Evil Eyes

A Day, from II, is their most prog tune, penned by the long-replaced John Curleweski. Evil Eyes shows Dennis DeYoung at his best, before he got sappy.

Chicago - Questions 67 & 68, Byblos

You want rock and roll? Searing guitar? Jazz? Song oriented rock? They had it from records 1-8. Sometime in 2006, I need to do a show on this band. I went for a classic from the first record, and a Terry Kath acoustic gem from VII.

Elton John - Take Me To the Pilot, Madman Across The Water

Pat Travers said (I saw him in concert on Monday) that he was watching an old Elton concert on TV and it inspired him to play Pilot. Imagine the orchestral lead and piano parts replaced by guitar, it was awesome! Add to that I had this song picked out before I saw him, it was an overwhelming coincidence. I chickened out when he came out to the lobby after the show, didn't mention it to him. The version I'll play is from 11-17-70, just Elton, Dee Murray, and Nigel Olsson - a LOT of soul. Madman has a perfect blend of guitar and orchestra.

Hot Tuna - Song From The Stainless Cymbal, Water Song

Cymbal is from Hoppkorv, a fine electric effort. Water Song is one of the most beautiful acoustic pieces ever written. Inspired by another show I saw recently. Funny shirt I saw on sale at the show - "If you don't have Jorma, you don't have Jack"!

Come back in time with me!

[podakayne]

how do you do it rick? this is a great show you hit some underlooked classics
Kings Easy Money i love it, ELO Strange Magic another fav, Beatles FixN a hole (a tape bought by an evil step-father probably as a joke—shows you how much attention he paid), Yes 2 hits, Robin Trower yes do a show plez, as for Chicago well one of the best "Big Bands" ever i'm a fan of robert's...i'll be listening.

thanks
poda

[podakayne]

oh...and my very favorite elton song...Madman it's prime!!!

[Methem]

Originally Posted by Rick and Roll

Deep Purple - Blind, Child In Time

I'm not very familiar with Purple, but I've always liked "Child In Time".
Definitely a classic.

Cymbal is from Hoppkorv, a fine electric effort. Water Song is one of the most beautiful acoustic pieces ever written. Inspired by another show I saw recently. Funny shirt I saw on sale at the show - "If you don't have Jorma, you don't have Jack"!

Glad the other name is not Dick. The word "jorma" (Jorma is a common name among Finnish men of JK's age), I believe, has sometimes been used to refer to this same particular thing to which you people might refer with the word "dick".

http://www.pbase.com/holopain/kaukoneninkaustinen

... not my photos.


-Methem

[Rick and Roll]

wow Methem thanks! Barry Mitterhoff is amazing on his 1/2 guitar and Mandolin (see my post in the concert reviews)...

I can relate to the "dick" thing...for some reason, Richard in the US is shortened to Dick. It's like John and Jack...never figured out the origin. Most people under 40 are not named Dick anymore. I may have been called Dick maybe twice in my life, by very old men.

As an aside, I'm definitely playing Kingston Wall on the 18/19 and may be able to get a copy of II and or III.

[Methem]

Originally Posted by Rick and Roll

wow Methem thanks! Barry Mitterhoff is amazing on his 1/2 guitar and Mandolin (see my post in the concert reviews)...

Yea, I read the post. I'm somewhat familiar with the music of Jefferson Airplane (of course), but I have to admit that I'm not sure if I've ever actually heard anything from Hot Tuna.

I can relate to the "dick" thing...for some reason, Richard in the US is shortened to Dick. It's like John and Jack...never figured out the origin. Most people under 40 are not named Dick anymore. I may have been called Dick maybe twice in my life, by very old men.

Oh, I definitely don't have anything against Dick. Just thought there was something funny in the whole thing, especially when you wrote that it was a funny shirt.

As an aside, I'm definitely playing Kingston Wall on the 18/19 and may be able to get a copy of II and or III.

Nice.

Speaking of "Jorma" and KW...

Long ago, there was a popular Finnish band called Jormas
(http://60spunk.m78.com/finnishbands.htm). One of the members of the band was guitarist Hasse Walli. He's perhaps best known from the old folk/world music group Piirpauke. Late Petri Walli of KW was his 20 years younger stepbrother/half-brother.

... Talk about a far-fetched connection between the two things, but...


-Methem

[roger]

damn. I haven't heard this Sweet for too fucking long.

thanks for the memories, rick.

[Rick and Roll]

Originally Posted by roger

damn. I haven't heard this Sweet for too fucking long.

thanks for the memories, rick.

you better wash your mouth out young man! what would your students say? (probably fuck )

[roger]

hah. I thought the word nanny would have caught me!

and yes, they would. oh, how many times I have wished I could use that word in class....

[roger]

wow. I haven't heard this Styx for like 25 years either... had this on 8-track...

feeling 18 again...

[podakayne]

gotta love that roger...who else could say 8-track and 18 in the same sentence...i hope they'd moved on to cassette tapes by that time.

;-)
LOL

[roger]

I actually had an 8-track recorder... part of my JCPenney stereo... made all that vinyl portable... loved that I didn't have to turn that damn tape over...

Originally Posted by roger

I actually had an 8-track recorder... part of my JCPenney stereo... made all that vinyl portable... loved that I didn't have to turn that damn tape over...

I was given an 8-Track player for my 17th birthday. Thought it was really good until I got Yessongs. It was really annoying having the track change in the middle of a tune.

8-Tracks great for the 4 minute pop tunes but for prog epics????? Nah!!!!