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Post by creolian on Jan 11, 2019 17:07:16 GMT
Hi there, Although aware of the blues connections, I would have never guessed that in the UK, the American television shows from the 60s and 70s were popular without this forum... One thing ive always appreciated about those shows is the music... i can play the theme from Bonanza in my musical imagination without thinking about it. anyhowze... a lot of tv music was performed by a group of studio cats known as the "wrecking crew". There is a film by the same title that documents thier exploits and contributions to the culture. They also were the actual muscians that played the music on many hits from the era... too numerous to name, unbelievable group of artists no ones ever heard of... I just wanted to share this tid-bit with some of the other inner children round here... ;-) film is titled: "the wrecking crew". I highly recommend it for any...musical adventurer  all best... creolian jeff |
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Post by pete1951 on Jan 11, 2019 18:51:23 GMT
Hi there, Although aware of the blues connections, I would have never guessed that in the UK, the American television shows from the 60s and 70s were popular without this forum... One thing ive always appreciated about those shows is the music... i can play the theme from Bonanza in my musical imagination without thinking about it. anyhowze... British TV was mostly more cheaply made than US stuff at that time , cowboy shows (not too many of them in the UK) were very popular. I was also very keen on Bonanza, in fact when I was last in the States I tried to find the location of the Pondarosa but all the maps have been set on fire! Pete |
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Post by Michael Messer on Jan 11, 2019 20:00:18 GMT
Jeff, When we we children and even into my twenties, we loved everything American; TV shows, films, music, clothes, food, cars, language, etc.... The first time I went to the US in the 70s I felt like I had landed in heaven. It was a very big part of our lives. When I was a teenager it was very cool to dress in American western style clothes. When McDonalds opened in the centre of London in the mid 70s, it was considered pretty damn cool to be seen there eating a hamburger. That seems unbelievable now, but that is how it was. I used to go to a late night restaurant/bar in London in the mid 70s called Peppermint Park, and their whole thing was to be as American as possible.
I was definitely influenced by the onslaught of everything American in my young life. I am sure that is one of the reasons I have spent the past fifty years playing American music on American instruments.
Long live American TV shows and music from the golden age!
Shine On
Michael
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Post by creolian on Jan 12, 2019 2:04:25 GMT
Lol... and we here loved everything british. I cannot express the "cool" i felt wearing my mod polka dots and paisly... The Beatles were an Invasion against " the "establishment" and the Stones a rude punctuation for a generation of rebellious adolescents... The first car I got my hands greasy on was my dads. 50s MG TD... Ironically my introduction to Blues was the london sessions record. I stll get a kick out of the Clash. I read every old British author I find and a fair few of the current ones... English cuisine.... i wont go there. Aside from all the differences we have in common... I watched the film again and its worth it for the moment when Cher says Phil Spector IS nuts... lol. The wrecking crew represents around 20-30 studio muscians... maybe 1000 hit songs. I was vaguely aware of some of these cats but The playing of Carol Kaye is something i was not familiar wth and is spectacular. She gives some insight into the creative process and a couple mini bass demos... That Glenn Cambell played in the Beach Boys was another surprise... even Frank Zappa gives an opinion.... I cant spam this enough. Its some essential watching. jeff PS. Theres even a shot of glen campbell with what looks like a mosrite reso... just to keep this, forum relevant  |
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Post by Michael Messer on Jan 12, 2019 9:55:05 GMT
The grass is always greener on the other side! What I do find interesting about that period is that both countries had a slightly different perception of each other's music and fashions. My brother, Alan, has lived in Tennessee for 40 years and I have worked with many American musicians, and we dealt with it in a slightly different way to how it was perceived at home. We had Beatle Mania that dominated the media as much as it did in the US, but the US had a slightly different viewpoint and understanding of what the Beatles were about and who they were. Just as we did with Jimi Hendrix. Jimi had to come to London to be noticed. Interesting stuff. In my excitement about Levis and cowboy boots I forgo to mention that I have seen the Wrecking Crew film and it is excellent. Amazing players and so many incredible records. Carol Kaye has been one of my favourite musicians for as long as I can remember, and as for Phil Spector, well he did make some extraordinary records and I guess we should be thankful for that. Glen Campbell, what can be said. Glen was an amazing musician and was well known for appearing on TV with his Dobro Mostrite D-100 Californian guitar.  Glen was a very talented boy, there is no doubt about it. When I was a teenager and first started hanging around guitar shops in London, there were always a few Dobro Mostrites in the shop windows that I used to drool over! Shine On Michael |
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