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Topic: Duane Allman Bio | |
Dave Brophy Replies: 13 Views: 1901 |
Forum Section: Music Posted: 26 Dec 2006 9:24 am Subject: Duane Allman Bio |
Jon, Cameron Crowe, who wrote and directed Almost Famous, actually started as a teenage writer who got hired by Rolling Stone, as depicted in the movie. I think his first assignment was the Allman B ... |
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Topic: A Greener Shade of Pale? | |
Dave Brophy Replies: 36 Views: 2537 |
Forum Section: Music Posted: 22 Dec 2006 11:00 am Subject: A Greener Shade of Pale? |
I read a funny story about this song. Fisher was working with legendary but hitless London rockers Screaming Lord Sutch and his band. The drummer/bandleader said they were onstage one night, waiting f ... |
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Topic: Chris Hillman- Father of Country Rock | |
Dave Brophy Replies: 125 Views: 11474 |
Forum Section: Music Posted: 15 Aug 2006 8:32 pm Subject: Chris Hillman- Father of Country Rock |
Forest Gump? Ouch.Forest was a dumb guy who stumbled into History through a series of mis-haps and blunders.Did he have any visible skills besides ping-pong? I look at the Burrito Bros as being larg ... |
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Topic: Chris Hillman- Father of Country Rock | |
Dave Brophy Replies: 125 Views: 11474 |
Forum Section: Music Posted: 15 Aug 2006 10:34 am Subject: Chris Hillman- Father of Country Rock |
Good stuff.I hope this isn't taking too much of a left turn,but it's something I've always wondered about. In the early days of commercial Country Music,there were solo acts (Jimmie Rodgers) and group ... |
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Topic: Beatle Fans - Test Your Memory! | |
Dave Brophy Replies: 55 Views: 6133 |
Forum Section: Music Posted: 11 Aug 2006 9:59 pm Subject: Beatle Fans - Test Your Memory! |
I seem to recall Nipper,the little fella from the RCA logo pictured staring at the phonograph horn. It could be false memory syndrome,however. |
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Topic: Guitar '?'... | |
Dave Brophy Replies: 16 Views: 1592 |
Forum Section: Music Posted: 1 Jul 2006 9:40 pm Subject: Guitar '?'... |
From playing outdoor gigs in the FL Keys,I'm familiar with the problem.It's the sticky dreck that occurs in super-humid hot climates.And I second Fast Fret sprayed on the back of the neck (and strings ... | |
Topic: Days Of Wine and Roses | |
Dave Brophy Replies: 22 Views: 2249 |
Forum Section: Music Posted: 12 May 2006 7:46 am Subject: Days Of Wine and Roses |
Has anyone written "The Days Of Whining Posers"? | |
Topic: Meeting Norm Hamlet | |
Dave Brophy Replies: 30 Views: 4104 |
Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 22 Apr 2006 10:09 am Subject: Meeting Norm Hamlet |
"uses it as a stand for his keyboard onstage." That's incorrect.He has it set up near his keyoard,and once in a while puts a lyric sheet on it.It's there for the vibe.Think of it as hillbilly feng sh ... |
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Topic: Musical foulups | |
Dave Brophy Replies: 21 Views: 1681 |
Forum Section: Music Posted: 9 Mar 2006 6:14 pm Subject: Musical foulups |
Jethro Burns used to refer to Chet doing that,and announce that he was going to play 3 songs at the same time:Theme From Dr Zhivago,Somewhere My Love,and Lara's Theme. | |
Topic: roots rock meets pedal steel | |
Dave Brophy Replies: 14 Views: 2615 |
Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 20 Feb 2006 8:46 am Subject: roots rock meets pedal steel |
As far as blending r&b with country,like Delbert and Glen did (that's a killer LP,by the way),the Amazing Rhythm Aces were my favorites.Lead guitarist Barry "Byrd" Burton also played pedal steel and d ... | |
Topic: Etta | |
Dave Brophy Replies: 16 Views: 1919 |
Forum Section: Music Posted: 19 Feb 2006 9:34 am Subject: Etta |
Cody, I don't know if Etta James recorded "Feeling Good" or not. The version I'm familiar with is by Nina Simone.It was used in the HBO series "Six Feet Under" a year or two ago.In fact,there was a ... |
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Topic: B eatle's Anthology | |
Dave Brophy Replies: 105 Views: 7409 |
Forum Section: Music Posted: 4 Jan 2006 10:06 pm Subject: B eatle's Anthology |
quote:But Yesterday and Georgia? Is this wrong, or am I'm missing something? I've read that article before,and I find the arguments it makes absurd.The melodies of those 2 songs aren't even on the ... |
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Topic: OFF TOPIC Dako bass line on The Weight Last Walz | |
Dave Brophy Replies: 24 Views: 2766 |
Forum Section: Music Posted: 13 Dec 2005 10:50 am Subject: OFF TOPIC Dako bass line on The Weight Last Walz |
I must have listened to The Weight a thousand times and never paid attention to the bass line. Then one time I asked a new bass player to learn a list of tunes.He dutifully downloaded some mp3's and l ... |
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Topic: Trouble in MInd | |
Dave Brophy Replies: 15 Views: 1935 |
Forum Section: Music Posted: 15 Sep 2005 8:01 am Subject: Trouble in MInd |
The song was copyrighted by Robert Jones,a New Orleans piano player.But it's origin is widely credited to the Mississippi Sheiks,the 30's jug band that also gave us "Sitting On Top Of The World." |
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Topic: 'pretty woman' guitar riff | |
Dave Brophy Replies: 33 Views: 4150 |
Forum Section: Music Posted: 4 Sep 2005 4:26 pm Subject: 'pretty woman' guitar riff |
You know how the intro lick starts as a 5-note phrase,repeats,and then turns into a full 8-to-the-bar type boogie woogie line? According to a book I have called "Behind The Hits",Orbison and his co-wr ... |
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Topic: Steel on "Wasn't Born to Follow"?? | |
Dave Brophy Replies: 30 Views: 4810 |
Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 25 Jul 2005 5:44 pm Subject: Steel on "Wasn't Born to Follow"?? |
The Beatles were the Cartwright Family of English pop music.John was Ben (Pa) Cartwright,Paul was Little Joe (chicks dug him),George was Adam (the serious one),and Ringo was Hoss.Just smaller. | |
Topic: Pride of Cucamonga | |
Dave Brophy Replies: 29 Views: 6172 |
Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 23 Jul 2005 9:49 am Subject: Pride of Cucamonga |
Scott, Not to get all anal about it,although what else is the internet for? "there's a movie called 'Fillmore' which documents the closing of the Fillmore West in 1974." Actually,it was summer 1971 ... |
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Topic: Dylan on steel? | |
Dave Brophy Replies: 18 Views: 2589 |
Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 21 Jul 2005 2:50 pm Subject: Dylan on steel? |
I've never heard of him playing it.Bob has it there for the vibe.Sometimes a lyric sheet for new (or new old) song is placed on it. When George Harrison died,Dylan played "Something" at Madison Square ... |
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Topic: Declining interest in music... | |
Dave Brophy Replies: 116 Views: 22953 |
Forum Section: Music Posted: 18 Jul 2005 2:46 pm Subject: Declining interest in music... |
Julie London was torchin'. | |
Topic: A Swing King Re-emerges | |
Dave Brophy Replies: 37 Views: 5789 |
Forum Section: Music Posted: 12 Jul 2005 3:22 pm Subject: A Swing King Re-emerges |
"and it's so very important that you know right?...." Not vitally,no.But when people start vehemently protesting that a subject shouldn't be talked about,and then proceed to talk about it,it sparks m ... |
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Topic: A Swing King Re-emerges | |
Dave Brophy Replies: 37 Views: 5789 |
Forum Section: Music Posted: 12 Jul 2005 7:36 am Subject: A Swing King Re-emerges |
"why why why..must we dig?" Beacause we're curious? Because we're interested? Because we want to know? "are we at a point where we care more about lifestyles them music?" Lifestyles?? That's got ... |
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Topic: A Swing King Re-emerges | |
Dave Brophy Replies: 37 Views: 5789 |
Forum Section: Music Posted: 11 Jul 2005 8:27 am Subject: A Swing King Re-emerges |
"Cooley murdered his wife when he caught her in an act of infidelity." I just read several accounts of the case and trial,and this wasn't alleged by anybody. [url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/cri ... |
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Topic: 54 Strat | |
Dave Brophy Replies: 33 Views: 4149 |
Forum Section: Music Posted: 24 Jun 2005 1:17 pm Subject: 54 Strat |
I remember going to a vintage guitar shop in 1980 with a buddy.I'd told him I preferred Teles to Strats.As we were trying out different axes,he handed me a '57 Strat in like-new condition.Nice guitar, ... | |
Topic: Dylan does "Please don't play A11" | |
Dave Brophy Replies: 24 Views: 3794 |
Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 15 Jun 2005 9:36 pm Subject: Dylan does "Please don't play A11" |
". In front of his keyboard it looks like there is a gold "console" non-pedal guitar with two diamond emblems on the face." It's a blonde Stringmaster.Once in a great while a lyric sheet is placed on ... |
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Topic: Bloodbuckets/Bar Fights.. | |
Dave Brophy Replies: 83 Views: 7793 |
Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 12 Jun 2005 4:28 pm Subject: Bloodbuckets/Bar Fights.. |
This isn't about a fight,but I thought it was a pretty good story,told to me by a friend. We were on the road,and had a gig at a big roadhouse out in the sticks.The place looked like a converted barn ... |
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