Rock & Roll Birthdays

too larry

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*** Bunnell has explained that "A Horse with No Name" was "a metaphor for a vehicle to get away from life's confusion into a quiet, peaceful place", while "Sandman" was inspired by his casual talks with returning Vietnam veterans. Afraid that they might be attacked and killed in their sleep, many of them chose to stay awake as long as possible, either naturally or with pharmaceuticals. Thus, they were "running from the Sandman."[6] ****

1952 Dewey Bunell, British-American musician

Although a hit, I always thought this was mega underappreciated.

Although very successful, I've always felt they were mega underappreciated.

Ear candy. Those "oooohs" ... so nice.
I was a big America fan when I was 14-15 years old. I listened to Cat Stevens, CSN&Y, Buffalo Springfield, etc. etc.
 

Amos Otis

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1947 Roderic "Rod" Evans, English rocker (The Maze, Deep Purple), born in Eton, Buckinghamshire, England

Not mentioned [of course], the band that made the album that is 'one of the best ever', and certainly the greatest musical interpretation of an acid trip. When you need a jolt of high energy, no one beats the Captain to this day.

That they could pull that album off live still blows me away. More than anything else, I love YouTube for this.
Lee Dorman and Larry Reinhardt from Iron Butterfly bass and guitar, the amazing Bobby Caldwell on drums, and Rod Evans terrific vocals, and a mean cowbell.

This is a recently posted 1st generation copy !
 

Amos Otis

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Have you watched this ??? Holy moly !!

This 1st generation remaster is off the charts. I feel vindicated for all thousands of times I've raved about this. :eyesmoke:

If you ain't watched it, set aside the time to get lit and do so. Whatever you do, don't miss the look Evans gives the crowd @ 20:45 - like 'don't you realize what we just did??'

Reposting for emphasis. Make sure it's loud enough for your neighbors to complain - then apologize and thank you..

 

too larry

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Have you watched this ??? Holy moly !!

This 1st generation remaster is off the charts. I feel vindicated for all thousands of times I've raved about this. :eyesmoke:

If you ain't watched it, set aside the time to get lit and do so. Whatever you do, don't miss the look Evans gives the crowd @ 20:45 - like 'don't you realize what we just did??'

Reposting for emphasis. Make sure it's loud enough for your neighbors to complain - then apologize and thank you..

I've watched about half of it. A tight jam so far.

I'll have to wait on the getting lit part. I've had the crud for over a week. The first few days I kept smoking, and it kept getting worse. I'm on about the 4th day of not smoking, and it is getting better. I've got edibles, but they seem to just put me to sleep.

Edit: luckily I don't have neighbors at home. Here at work I do have to keep it to a reasonable level.
 

too larry

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1945 Eric Stewart, English singer-songwriter & musician (10cc-I'm Not in Love), born in Droylsden, United Kingdom

English singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Eric Stewart who with the Mindbenders had the 1966 UK No.2 single 'Groovy Kind Of Love'. With Hotlegs the 1970 UK No.2 single 'Neanderthal Man' and as a member of 10cc the 1975 UK No.1 & US No. 2 single 'I'm Not In Love' plus 10 other Top 30 hits). Stewart co-owned Strawberry Studios in Stockport, England from 1968 to the early 1980s. He also collaborated with Paul McCartney extensively in the mid-1980s, playing on or co-writing songs for McCartney's solo albums Tug of War (1982), Pipes of Peace (1983), Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984), and Press to Play (1986).

 

Amos Otis

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1945 Eric Stewart, English singer-songwriter & musician (10cc-I'm Not in Love), born in Droylsden, United Kingdom

English singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Eric Stewart who with the Mindbenders had the 1966 UK No.2 single 'Groovy Kind Of Love'. With Hotlegs the 1970 UK No.2 single 'Neanderthal Man' and as a member of 10cc the 1975 UK No.1 & US No. 2 single 'I'm Not In Love' plus 10 other Top 30 hits). Stewart co-owned Strawberry Studios in Stockport, England from 1968 to the early 1980s. He also collaborated with Paul McCartney extensively in the mid-1980s, playing on or co-writing songs for McCartney's solo albums Tug of War (1982), Pipes of Peace (1983), Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984), and Press to Play (1986).

In a radio interview,[2] Stewart recalled the origins of the song:

National Airlinesused to have this beautiful poster that they displayed of this gorgeous stewardess inviting you onto the plane. Now her name wasn't Mandy actually, it was something like, er, oh gosh knows, "I'm Cindy", a very American name. "I'm Cindy, fly me" which was a quite sexual connotation as well, but I remember seeing in Manchester this beautiful poster and just below it was this tramp, I mean a serious tramp, quite a raggedy guy, looking up at this girl, and I thought God, do you know, there's a song there. Look at that guy looking up at Cindy-fly-me and I know he's never gonna get on an aeroplane, I don't think, except in his dreams.
So I brought it back, the idea back to the studio, where we were writing for the How Dare You! album, and put it to the guys: "Anybody interested in this 'I'm Mandy Fly Me'". I'd switched it to Mandy. And Graham said "yeah, that sounds like a good idea.

"I've often heard the jingle, it never struck a chord
But with a smile as sweet as sunshine, she called me through the poster and welcomed me on board."

 
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