C or D: Emitt Rhodes?

So as this posthumous boom of interest is winding down for me, not much more info is emerging, mostly some intriguing photos from a friend Emitt had given them to, who is turning them over one by one like playing cards. Well, there was that one Xmas card from Emitt, his wife and first son posted by a guy who played with Billy Joel in the early ( Attila?) days. There is still the ever-present curious cat part of me that wants to hear the gory details of all of his family troubles but highly doubt these will come to light. Do feel after extensive (re)listening that despite the way his career played out his musical legacy is strong, that he was much more than just a stuntman, a footnote, a might-have-been, currently residing in the where-is-he-now file.

There’s always a temptation to want to know more with these guys – to learn where and why things went off the rails and how it all maybe kind of could’ve ended differently. But I almost always find that when I do learn more—say, reading the Gene Clark, Dennis Wilson and Billy MacKenzie biographies—while I’m glad I dug deeper I’m invariably kind of bummed out and feel like I need to take a shower. Mental illness sucks that way.

I feel comfortable concluding that learning more about Emitt would almost certainly end the same way.

Otm

I feel a little bit like that already, just perusing the minimal posts of his exes.

There are a few nice pictures that keep emerging from various shoeboxes in the other place, including one of Emitt with what seems to be Jack Nitzsche along with this guy, https://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=288534&title+Harvey-Bruce-RIP, the man who signed Emitt and introduced him to Keith Olsen.

Nitzsche earlier arranged and/or produced one of the Palace Guard singles, which iirc he was dismissive of in the big interview/discography overview he did in the late '70s in BOMP!.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNLhvQvaoAU

Was thinking this thread would mention Emitt, but no: Thoughts on hum?

https://purepopradio.com/2017/08/25/pure-pop-radio-in-conversation-podcasts-emitt-rhodes-airdate-march-20-1997/

I may watch this tribute thing at 3PM PDT on FB this evening.

Tribute was kind of touching if a little thrown together. In other news, pictures are showing up of Emitt's induction into the Hawthorne Hall of Fame, courtesy of his ex-wife and others. Most interesting is a picture of Emitt and his fiancée at a restaurant she liked- at LAX!

that was presumably the proud bird, which is actually next door to lax, with a view. a strange little la landmark.

That’s the same place he went with the TV producer in 2006.

Some people keep referring to the earlier version of "Isn't It So" as one of three songs, but I think they are confusing this with the three songs with Richard Thompson and the Peterson sisters.

Pretty good writeup and interview:
https://recordcollectormag.com/articles/the-one-man-beatles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbndpazF_DU

https://joeromersa.disco.ac/playlist-new/3888115?date=20200722&user_id=61581&signature=0Fv07nNrCKE58bD4f6pdviksEqo%3AaI7He6nO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn28MvHuREk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49w0SsrqKmg

Morbius's sister recently posted a high school photo of him on Friendbook and for a beat or two I really thought it was something from the Emitt Rhodes group. #OneThread

My top artist of the year, 0.005%ile.

And The Merry-Go-Round came in number five.

you love to see it

I owe it all to you guys and this thread. Mulțumesc!

it's been a journey for sure!

Yeah, a real journey...to the nearest Red Lobster!

lol

Never gets old.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvSVMtuDf6w

the photos from the magic mountain music festival are super cool

Wonder if anyone ever revealed who "You're a Very Lovely Woman" was supposed to be about.

Finally watching that video I just posted. Not sure if there is anything new in it.

I walked by a hand car wash on an industrial street of woodside queens this morning and heard With My Face On the Floor blasting. It was an odd location for that.

This cool, new-to-me track giving me heavy Emitt Rhodes vibes though I think Rhodes would've taken this up several notches lyrically
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QziYUqeSVe0

HB, ER!

So he got a Grammy RIP nod.

And something kind of sweet on social media about him.

So he got a Grammy RIP nod.

Ah, didn’t know. That’s great.

#WhenWorldsCollide

I also think any Eagle who says they weren't blowing rails and listening to this song from five years earlier on repeat when they wrote "Hotel California" is lying.https://t.co/F7RAWxN0lB

— Tyler Mahan Coe (@TylerMahanCoe) May 7, 2021

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But came to post this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7kR8IcJGR8

I came to watch the Merry Go Round (and Jerry Butler) but stayed for the Happy Jack dance party.

!!!

Ha, dan otm.

Came to post that today is apparently a special day for Emitt.

Just saw a Father's Day weekend photo of Emitt on F-Borad, very sweet.

New cover of "Promises I Made" by Black Keys guy mentioned here.

Feels a little too slow to me upon first listen, but the story is nice.

“And of course the Emitt Rhodes song at the end [Promises I’ve Made]. I think that was the first song I recorded, and it was on the day that Emitt died. That was what set the fire for everything because I liked this new recording set-up and how it turned out, so I just kept going”.

Sounds like he was trying to make sound like something off Abbey Road. #onethread

Sixth anniversary of the release of Rainbow Ends today.

I just won a vinyl American Dream (2nd edition) on eBay!