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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Has anyone written "The Days Of Whining Posers"?

"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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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."

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Julie London was torchin'.

"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 ...

"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 ...

"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 ...

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, ...

". 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 ...

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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Topic: Duane Allman Bio
Dave Brophy Replies: 13 Views: 1906	Forum Section: Music Posted: 26 Dec 2006 9:24 am Subject: Duane Allman Bio
Dave Brophy Replies: 13 Views: 1906	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 ...
Topic: A Greener Shade of Pale?
Dave Brophy Replies: 36 Views: 2567	Forum Section: Music Posted: 22 Dec 2006 11:00 am Subject: A Greener Shade of Pale?
Dave Brophy Replies: 36 Views: 2567	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 ...
Topic: Chris Hillman- Father of Country Rock
Dave Brophy Replies: 125 Views: 11872	Forum Section: Music Posted: 15 Aug 2006 8:32 pm Subject: Chris Hillman- Father of Country Rock
Dave Brophy Replies: 125 Views: 11872	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 ...
Topic: Chris Hillman- Father of Country Rock
Dave Brophy Replies: 125 Views: 11872	Forum Section: Music Posted: 15 Aug 2006 10:34 am Subject: Chris Hillman- Father of Country Rock
Dave Brophy Replies: 125 Views: 11872	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 ...
Topic: Beatle Fans - Test Your Memory!
Dave Brophy Replies: 55 Views: 6260	Forum Section: Music Posted: 11 Aug 2006 9:59 pm Subject: Beatle Fans - Test Your Memory!
Dave Brophy Replies: 55 Views: 6260	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.
Topic: Guitar '?'...
Dave Brophy Replies: 16 Views: 1602	Forum Section: Music Posted: 1 Jul 2006 9:40 pm Subject: Guitar '?'...
Dave Brophy Replies: 16 Views: 1602	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: 2271	Forum Section: Music Posted: 12 May 2006 7:46 am Subject: Days Of Wine and Roses
Dave Brophy Replies: 22 Views: 2271	Has anyone written "The Days Of Whining Posers"?
Topic: Meeting Norm Hamlet
Dave Brophy Replies: 30 Views: 4128	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 22 Apr 2006 10:09 am Subject: Meeting Norm Hamlet
Dave Brophy Replies: 30 Views: 4128	"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 ...
Topic: Musical foulups
Dave Brophy Replies: 21 Views: 1694	Forum Section: Music Posted: 9 Mar 2006 6:14 pm Subject: Musical foulups
Dave Brophy Replies: 21 Views: 1694	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: 2634	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 20 Feb 2006 8:46 am Subject: roots rock meets pedal steel
Dave Brophy Replies: 14 Views: 2634	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: 1978	Forum Section: Music Posted: 19 Feb 2006 9:34 am Subject: Etta
Dave Brophy Replies: 16 Views: 1978	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 ...
Topic: B eatle's Anthology
Dave Brophy Replies: 105 Views: 7512	Forum Section: Music Posted: 4 Jan 2006 10:06 pm Subject: B eatle's Anthology
Dave Brophy Replies: 105 Views: 7512	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 ...
Topic: OFF TOPIC Dako bass line on The Weight Last Walz
Dave Brophy Replies: 24 Views: 2780	Forum Section: Music Posted: 13 Dec 2005 10:50 am Subject: OFF TOPIC Dako bass line on The Weight Last Walz
Dave Brophy Replies: 24 Views: 2780	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 ...
Topic: Trouble in MInd
Dave Brophy Replies: 15 Views: 1952	Forum Section: Music Posted: 15 Sep 2005 8:01 am Subject: Trouble in MInd
Dave Brophy Replies: 15 Views: 1952	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."
Topic: 'pretty woman' guitar riff
Dave Brophy Replies: 33 Views: 4200	Forum Section: Music Posted: 4 Sep 2005 4:26 pm Subject: 'pretty woman' guitar riff
Dave Brophy Replies: 33 Views: 4200	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 ...
Topic: Steel on "Wasn't Born to Follow"??
Dave Brophy Replies: 30 Views: 4932	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 25 Jul 2005 5:44 pm Subject: Steel on "Wasn't Born to Follow"??
Dave Brophy Replies: 30 Views: 4932	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: 6234	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 23 Jul 2005 9:49 am Subject: Pride of Cucamonga
Dave Brophy Replies: 29 Views: 6234	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 ...
Topic: Dylan on steel?
Dave Brophy Replies: 18 Views: 2614	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 21 Jul 2005 2:50 pm Subject: Dylan on steel?
Dave Brophy Replies: 18 Views: 2614	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 ...
Topic: Declining interest in music...
Dave Brophy Replies: 116 Views: 23089	Forum Section: Music Posted: 18 Jul 2005 2:46 pm Subject: Declining interest in music...
Dave Brophy Replies: 116 Views: 23089	Julie London was torchin'.
Topic: A Swing King Re-emerges
Dave Brophy Replies: 37 Views: 5820	Forum Section: Music Posted: 12 Jul 2005 3:22 pm Subject: A Swing King Re-emerges
Dave Brophy Replies: 37 Views: 5820	"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 ...
Topic: A Swing King Re-emerges
Dave Brophy Replies: 37 Views: 5820	Forum Section: Music Posted: 12 Jul 2005 7:36 am Subject: A Swing King Re-emerges
Dave Brophy Replies: 37 Views: 5820	"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 ...
Topic: A Swing King Re-emerges
Dave Brophy Replies: 37 Views: 5820	Forum Section: Music Posted: 11 Jul 2005 8:27 am Subject: A Swing King Re-emerges
Dave Brophy Replies: 37 Views: 5820	"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 ...
Topic: 54 Strat
Dave Brophy Replies: 33 Views: 4171	Forum Section: Music Posted: 24 Jun 2005 1:17 pm Subject: 54 Strat
Dave Brophy Replies: 33 Views: 4171	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: 3905	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 15 Jun 2005 9:36 pm Subject: Dylan does "Please don't play A11"
Dave Brophy Replies: 24 Views: 3905	". 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 ...
Topic: Bloodbuckets/Bar Fights..
Dave Brophy Replies: 83 Views: 7894	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 12 Jun 2005 4:28 pm Subject: Bloodbuckets/Bar Fights..
Dave Brophy Replies: 83 Views: 7894	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 ...