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Topic: The blueprint for most popular music of the last 50+ years |
Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Posted 22 Aug 2009 6:22 am |
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Great clip of Alistair Cook with Les Paul & Mary Ford demonstrating the blueprint for much of popular music of the last 50+ years. I don't think Mary Ford gets enough credit for their hits for her very quick ear for harmony and accuracy in overdubbing so many parts. Nevertheless, my favorite Les Paul cuts are the ones before Mary.
http://tinyurl.com/lehxbk
I'm so bummed that I never got to see him at the Iridium. My son and I talked about going many times and somehow, I never made it happen. Now it's too late. |
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Mitch Drumm
From:
Frostbite Falls, hard by Veronica Lake
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Posted 22 Aug 2009 7:33 am
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Andy:
Thanks for posting that, I got it saved to my hard drive.
Here is a minute or so of his funeral procession in Milwaukee.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUxYvyRMHjs
I have listened to "How High The Moon" probably 20 times in the last few days--maybe the most perfectly conceived pop song I ever heard.
Here is another dandy:
http://tinyurl.com/lcymn4 |
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Kevin Macneil Brown
From:
Montpelier, VT, USA
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Posted 22 Aug 2009 8:15 am
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That's just wonderful; thanks for posting, Andy.
"...maybe the most perfectly conceived pop song I ever heard." -- Well put, Mitch.
The beautiful, alluring, and visionary mystery of the pop record as art is on full display in that clip. |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Dave Mudgett
From:
Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 22 Aug 2009 8:45 pm
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That really is a great clip.
I also have talked about getting into the city for a Monday night at the Iridium for the last few years. I'm completely frustrated with myself that I didn't just make it happen. |
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Jeff Evans
From:
Cowtown and The Bill Cox Outfit
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Posted 22 Aug 2009 9:04 pm
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| Who knew it was so easy? |
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Richard Damron
From:
Gallatin, Tennessee, USA (deceased)
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Posted 23 Aug 2009 6:02 am
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There were a few of us who fed the jukebox in order to hear Les and Mary over and over again. Wouldn't waste my money these days.
Just an old fogey reliving his musical past. |
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Richard Damron
From:
Gallatin, Tennessee, USA (deceased)
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Posted 23 Aug 2009 6:11 am
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Mitch -
There's a clip on that same site of Les - in later years - doing "How High The Moon" with a great ensemble. Let the music speak for itself! |
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Eddie Cunningham
From:
Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 23 Aug 2009 3:48 pm "Waiting for the sunrise" !!!
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| When I was in the Army over in Germany in 1951 thru "53 A.F.N. radio came on every morning at 6.oo A.M. playing Les & Mary doing "The World is Waiting for the Sunrise" !! I couldn't wait to get up to that tune !! Will never forget it and still enjoy listening to that record !! Was great music !! Eddie "C" The old Geezer |
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