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Post by Michael Messer on Jul 8, 2024 12:20:15 GMT
My favourite cover of Bo's masterpiece "Who Do You Love" is this one by British/US band Juicy Lucy
1970 I was fourteen years old. Having seen Juicy Lucy on BBC TV's Top Of The Pops and had my brains blown apart, I rushed to my local record shop to buy the 45 RPM single. It was the American steel guitarist, Glenn Ross Campbell's playing that I wanted in my bedroom on number eleven! I still have the Vertigo 45.
Here they are, apparently on BBC TV's Top Of The Pops in 1970, but from a German broadcast of the performance. It's a live vocal over the studio backing track. Personally, I am not convinced it is the TOTP performance because it just doesn't look like the BBC set.
54 years later I can of course hear the influence it had on my fourteen year old little grey cells.
Shine On Michael
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Post by mitchfit on Jul 9, 2024 18:21:32 GMT
since we are uploading covers, here's "Lonesome George" doing a pretty good job. a very sad truth, when this came out in 1978 my AM radio mindset thought it was his cover of a Quicksilver Messenger Service tune (!?!?) even gets more pathetic, i thought Loosyanner Blues was a Savoy Brown tune when first heard in that timeframe.
it's really bad, huh? donations can be sent to the "learn mitchfit some music origins" foundation at:
noitain'ttaxdeductable.com
anywaze:
mitchfit
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Post by Michael Messer on Jul 9, 2024 19:34:47 GMT
since we are uploading covers, here's "Lonesome George" doing a pretty good job. a very sad truth, when this came out in 1978 my AM radio mindset thought it was his cover of a Quicksilver Messenger Service tune (!?!?) even gets more pathetic, i thought Loosyanner Blues was a Savoy Brown tune when first heard in that timeframe. it's really bad, huh? donations can be sent to the "learn mitchfit some music origins" foundation at: noitain'ttaxdeductable.com anywaze: mitchfit In 1978 I played this one to death too. It's also a great cover of Bo's song. I met Bo Diddley on a few occasions and I enjoyed the times I spent talking with him. In 1982 I was obsessed with getting his groove down and I went to two or three shows on the same tour, just to stand at the front and watch him, and then rushed home to play my guitar and get his style. I got pretty close at times. I think it was 1980 when my girlfriend and I went to see Bo in Redcar on the North Yorkshire coast. Bo was playing in a sports hall to around 300 people and he did a great piece of showmanship and audience participation. He got four teenage girls from the audience up on stage, put them around one mic and taught them to sing "Hey Bo Diddley" and they nailed it! They probably had no idea who Bo Diddley was and just went to the show because very little happens in sleepy Redcar, especially back then. I spent some time with him and his wife after the show and they were delightful. I think over the years I met two of his four wives. This one isn't a song, but it is a wonderful recording of Bo laying it down on his guitar. Shine On Michael.
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Post by bonzo on Jul 9, 2024 20:27:42 GMT
Hey Bo Diddley! 👍🎸🎸🥰
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2024 20:44:07 GMT
Memphis Jellyroll
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Post by Malc on Jul 10, 2024 18:58:26 GMT
One of the greatest vocalists.
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Post by Malc on Jul 10, 2024 19:02:38 GMT
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Post by mitchfit on Jul 10, 2024 21:56:13 GMT
^^^^ a couple more scarce 12 strings above from Tim. the Fender XII and the Guild F 212. nice! another rare bird below--a dog eared P 90 gold top. i really like the way the bass and the Les Paul trade lead duties toward middle of song:
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Post by zimmharpo23 on Jul 11, 2024 4:01:59 GMT
Hi all
Haven’t listened to Rory for a bit. I’ve been enjoying this performance from 1976 on YouTube. Particularly enjoying the acoustic set.
Enjoy
Andy
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Post by Michael Messer on Jul 11, 2024 7:53:42 GMT
Aloha - Some very beautiful Hawaiian steel playing here from Jeff Au Hoy, accompanying the Cyril Pahinui & Peter Moon. Cyril is the son of the great late Gabby Pahinui, who befriended Ry Cooder in the 1970s and got worldwide recognition for himself and his family.
Jeff's control and accuracy with palm harmonics are superb.
This reminds me of Raymond Kane, the great and also late Hawaiian slack key guitarist. Hmmm.. I will have to post some of his music.
Shine On Michael
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Post by Michael Messer on Jul 12, 2024 18:07:47 GMT
Red & Chet....
Shine On Michael
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Post by mitchfit on Jul 14, 2024 2:45:40 GMT
^^^^
you got me with the, "Red & Chet" title. didn't know that was his original hair color back in the day.
my mind was thinking "Chet" playing a "Red" guitar named after himself:
mitchfit
PS- just guessing Chet is playing a "CE" Gibson prototype with Lester, another one that got his name.
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Post by blueshome1 on Jul 15, 2024 10:36:51 GMT
Source of "On the Road Again"
Not his first recording of it but what a line up for Floyd
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Post by ken1953clark on Jul 17, 2024 9:01:13 GMT
Not Blues, but interesting in a nerdy way :-)
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Post by Michael Messer on Jul 17, 2024 9:15:32 GMT
Not Blues, but interesting in a nerdy way :-) Nerdy, but interesting. It happens a lot with artists that do big shows. I saw the Eagles back in 1977 at the Empire Pool, Wembley, and they were superb. No mimed vocals, all live and all brilliant. What a catalogue of songs and what a signature sound. Although much of that classic sound was influenced by Jackson Browne. They were a superb band, but I lost interest after Hotel California. Their first few albums were definitive. Shine On Michael
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