Guest Michael Rife
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Yeah, I have listened to the Time of the Season cover again…..a little bit closer this time and the guitar outtro is amazing. Mike.
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Hi Jung;
That is a hard one to narrow down……because often our favorite guitarists are based on their body of work rather than any one particular song. I’ll try to give it a shot though.
1) Hotel California – Eagles (Felder and Walsh going back and forth is really something).
2) My Sharona – The Knack……..please don’t laugh!!!! The set up of the riff with the Strat and the guy’s work on the LP has always blown me away. I’ve always thought that a Strat combined with an LP is really a great combination.
3) Purple Haze/All Along the Watchtower (a tie)- Jimi Hendrix
4) While My Guitar Gently Weeps……..but not George and Eric but the one with Prince, Tom Petty, Dhani, et al at the concert for George. Prince was crazy good with this one.
5) A bunch tied for 5 (songs by Stills………Suite Judy Blue Eyes……..Free Bird (maybe)…….Queen (Bo Rhap)…….Layla (Eric and D. Allman together can’t be all bad). I guess I have to settle with SJBE. It has the EEEEBE tuning and Stills makes his way through 3 different movements in the song.
Mike.
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Hi;
Well I have to throw in my regular annual request of Summer Song by Chad and Jeremy. It’s a long shot, but I’ll give it a shot.
Mike
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Some of mine are A-listers:
1) Jimi Hendrix
2) Stephen Stills
3) Stevie Ray Vaughn
4) Eric Clapton
5) A change-up with Leo Kottke. Although Santana, Page, Beck, and others could be there.
Most underrated: Glen Campbell and Prince. Also in his early days James Taylor could make the acoustic hum a little. He had a few instrumentals in his early albums and they were very good.
Mike
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Hi;
I have noticed that there is a line that will not be crossed in their lives and that is a good thing. They show us what they believe will interest us while keeping personal stuff personal. And that is how it should be……..some things are none of our business really. The topics covered here are music and music related issues including trips. Other than that we don’t have to know. But, I do kinda worry about Mona around every Halloween……..it seems she does get roughed up a bit.
Mike
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Happy Thanksgiving!! Even with the lockdown, there are many things to be thankful for. Mike.
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I found the video on Youtube and it is Mona and Lisa singing…….but I am not sure if it is Mona and Lisa in the video. It does have some women dancing one a red head and another a blonde….but I cannot say for certain it is really them. The red-head is dancing when it is in color and the blonde is dancing when it is in black and white film.
Anyone know??
Mike
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Hi Joe;
Chicago and Portland are crazy towns now. I lived in Chicago from 1994 to 2002 and felt safe there even at night. That has sure changed. Also, I lived in the Portland area from 2002 to 2008. Again at night I felt safe walking around there at night. Well, that has gone way too. Mike.
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My favorite John Lennon songs are all from the Beatles:
1) If I Fell
2) Several from Help! to Revolver when he picked up a little bit of Dylan. I would start listing them but would likely leave something out. It starts with ‘You’re gonna lose that girl’ and ends around ‘She Said She Said’.
Mike
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Hi Joe;
I grew up in eastern West Virginia which was located 90 miles west of DC……so our local TV stations were in DC and Baltimore. I spent 23 years there. The next 3 in Virginia (grad school). The next 15 in Charlotte, NC. The next 8 in the Chicago area. The next 6 in the Portland OR area and now the last 12 in the Boston area. I would say the most racist place I’ve lived was the Chicago area. I couldn’t believe what people said and thought there. Other than that my accent, which started out southern, has been totally rearranged…….somewhere between southern and midwest…..I will not pick up the accent that is here around Boston, Mike.
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Hi Joe;
I think it had to do with timing. Chuck was having legal troubles and Elvis in 1964 was not the same as Elvis in 1957. But, the southern thing I am not sure about. For example, Chick’s first #1 song was ‘My Ding – a – Ling’ which was some time in the early 1970s. None of his late 1950s classics ever charted higher than #2 and only had 5 in the top 10. Also, Nat King Cole had a TV show on during the late 1950s but was promptly cancelled because the US was not ready for that in any region. I always thought that was unfair. During the late 1950s and 1960s the only show that would give Nat King Cole, Little Richard, etc. a chance was Ed Sullivan and maybe Steve Allen. Other than that there was no one. I do remember seeing Little Stevie Wonder on some program when I was a kid but I am sure it was neither of those two. BTW I have some of Nat King Cole’s CDs in my collection.
I agree the roots of RnR were the old blues guys and the stool example was to show what was there immediately for the Beatles to build on which was the legs of the stool. But, also there was Carl Perkins and a few others that the Beatles listened to.
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Thanks, Jacki!! Mike.
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Wow!!!! I never would have picked those just by listening to them. But, sometimes something that sounds easy turns into complex.
Thanks for answering and I hope you all are having a great weekend.
Mike.
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Have a few comments about this one.
1) To be honest most of the US would not have known about Chuck Berry or Little Richard or Carl Perkins or the Isley Brothers or Smokey Robinson had it not been for the Beatles. There are several reasons for this. One is that at the time the US was segregated and so was the music. Second, it is because Chuck was having some legal problems then and was kinda kept off TV……as was Jerry Lee Lewis. Third, the music labels were busy looking for the next Elvis: Pat Boone, Frankie Avalon, Kookie Burns, Paul Anka and the like. This meant the real talent was being over-looked. Another group of musicians was also popular then which were the ‘girl groups’……….I have nothing against ‘girl groups’ but we could only hear about fatal motorcycle accidents for just so long. So, then the Beatles happened and then we looked backwards to Chuck and the others and we found out we liked them.
2) Concerning RnR and the instigators of RnR. Yes, Elvis was the king but he stayed with only certain types of songs (exception: I Can’t Help Falling In Love With You……genius lyrics……”Wise men say only fools rush in”……who thinks of that??). After that he went into the army and then he made movies that were mediocre at best. So, to me RnR is a 4 legged stool with the legs being Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Roy Orbison, and the Everly Brothers. Each of the 4 gave something a little different to RnR. Chuck gave us guitar riffs. Little Richard gave us the show and flamboyance and the unrestrained happiness. Roy gave us the ballads and a high vocal register. The Everly Brothers gave us the harmonies.
I could be all wrong about this but this is what I have noticed. Mike.
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Hi;
Concerning ‘Oh Darling’………. if anyone covers the song, it might be interesting to slow it down and turn it into a ballad or part ‘do op’. To try can copy what Paul did with the song would be difficult at best.
Mike
