Man, that's nothing. Check out Buddy Holly when the Crickets were still together - you've got TEENAGERS in that group. Holly was only 22 when he died.
It's crazy how young some of these legends were. (Then of course you have someone like Chuck Berry who was months away from turning 30 when he cut his first single.)
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 4 August 2020 01:43 (three years ago) link
Thanks for posting that film. I don't know if anyone quite had their combination of toughness, laid-backness, and "groove". That guitar in Willy and the Poor Boys has the bite of a chainsaw, but it has the swing of a country song.
― Tōne Locatelli Romano (PBKR), Tuesday, 4 August 2020 12:29 (three years ago) link
The announcer says they were all 24 years old at that point except for Tom who was 27. Damn
Better get this in before Mr. J. Redd does, Emitt Rhodes' career was over when he was 23.
― Sonny Shamrock (Tom D.), Tuesday, 4 August 2020 12:32 (three years ago) link
It's of slight interest to me that Creedence and AC/DC share the younger brother on lead guitar/older brother on rhythm guitar dynamic, though of course AC/DC was Malcolm's band and Creedence was John's.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 4 August 2020 12:59 (three years ago) link
crüt, at first I did not believe you about the 18" hats. Holy shit, those are manhole covers. The energy required to get them to move must be tremendous, and they have a really slushy decay.
(fwiw I only ever play 13" hats, and am regarded as an eccentric)
― we slept on the banks on the leaves of a banyan tree (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 4 August 2020 13:21 (three years ago) link
/The announcer says they were all 24 years old at that point except for Tom who was 27. Damn/Better get this in before Mr. J. Redd does, Emitt Rhodes' career was over when he was 23.
― Time Will Show Leo Weiser (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 4 August 2020 13:44 (three years ago) link
xx-posting
Richie Valens had a top 10 single and died in that plane crash before he turned 18.
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 6 August 2020 01:45 (three years ago) link
Randy California was 19 when Spirit released their fourth album (and last with the original lineup), Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus.
― aphoristical, Thursday, 6 August 2020 01:57 (three years ago) link
Free were all teenagers when the cut A Ton of Sobs, their first album, in '68. IIRC, Andy Fraser was only 15 and Kossoff was 16.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 6 August 2020 02:27 (three years ago) link
..and, of course, Juan Soto is still 21.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 6 August 2020 02:29 (three years ago) link
okay so now i think we're starting to approach a point where the accomplishments given as examples aren't exactly impressive no matter how young the musicians were
― budo jeru, Thursday, 6 August 2020 02:30 (three years ago) link
i was 6 when i ghostwrote "they reminisce over you" man get outta here
― methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Thursday, 6 August 2020 02:40 (three years ago) link
― Elvis Telecom
Do you mean “La Bamba”? That’s a traditional Mexican song it wasn’t written by him.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 6 August 2020 18:15 (three years ago) link
"Donna" went Top 10. "La Bamba" wasn't as big at the time, but became a bigger Oldies staple and legacy song.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 6 August 2020 18:24 (three years ago) link
"La Bamba" was the b-side to "Donna" which went to #2.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 6 August 2020 18:36 (three years ago) link
― aphoristical, Wednesday, August 5, 2020 8:57 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
goddamn!
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 6 August 2020 18:40 (three years ago) link
I guess to tie this thread together a little, the opening guitar of "Centerfield" pays enormous homage to Valens' arrangement of "La Bamba".
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 6 August 2020 18:45 (three years ago) link
Oh yeah!
― calstars, Thursday, 6 August 2020 19:41 (three years ago) link
Yeah Centerfield intro is 100% La Bamba. Has Fogerty mentioned it or credited it as inspiration?
Huh had no idea Donna was Valens’ popular song. Not a fan of that style of ballads. For me La Bamba and Come On Let’s Go are the ones I’d keep.
Is it me or did people in the 40’s/50’s aged worse? Valens looks more like a 30 year old than a 17 year old in every late picture I’ve seen of him.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 6 August 2020 21:20 (three years ago) link
Is it me or did people in the 40’s/50’s aged worse? Valens looks more like a 30 year old than a 17 year old in every late picture I’ve seen of him.I always take this phenomenon to be that we’re just used to seeing folks with this general style and demeanor old, because we keep some of the styles of our youth as we age. That said, for the last few decades, a lot of folks look 30ish well into their 40s, whereas most were getting haggard and jowly with the tobacco, disease, diet and work conditions of the past.
― Julius Caesar Memento Hoodie (bendy), Friday, 7 August 2020 02:20 (three years ago) link
Big Bopper was actually 11 years old. Times were tough back then,
― pplains, Friday, 7 August 2020 02:38 (three years ago) link
wasn't there a thread about this ? or something online somewhere ? about how people in the '40s and '50s always seemed to look run-down and haggard by 35
― budo jeru, Friday, 7 August 2020 02:54 (three years ago) link
https://www.boredpanda.com/past-young-people-look-older/
This one?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 7 August 2020 03:13 (three years ago) link
yeah, i think that's it !
― budo jeru, Friday, 7 August 2020 03:35 (three years ago) link
pic.twitter.com/XFCwiOadr2— John Fogerty (@John_Fogerty) October 16, 2020
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, 17 October 2020 04:47 (three years ago) link
too cool. John is the man
― calstars, Saturday, 17 October 2020 13:02 (three years ago) link
New documentary along with rediscovered and fully restored footage of the Royal Albert Hall concert.
― birdistheword, Saturday, 30 April 2022 00:31 (one year ago) link
yesssssssss
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 30 April 2022 00:37 (one year ago) link
xpost with Jeffs vs. Bills
EXCLUSIVE: Production is underway on a concert documentary about legendary rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival, built around one-of-a-kind performance footage of CCR that sat in a London vault for five decades.
Academy Award-winning actor Jeff Bridges will narrate Travelin’ Band: Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall, a production of Craft Recordings, Concord Originals and Marathan Films. Bob Smeaton, the filmmaker behind Grammy-winning documentaries on The Beatles and Jimi Hendrix, is directing the Creedence doc.
...
"What a band! Love listenin’ to ‘em, love playin’ Fogerty’s tunes,” Bridges said. “They’re certainly favorites of mine. Creedence, yeah, man.”
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 30 April 2022 00:42 (one year ago) link
Wouldn't hold out much hope for the tape deck, though.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 30 April 2022 00:44 (one year ago) link
hell yeah, the setlist for the real royal albert hall 1970 performance (there was a live release by CCR called the same, later realized it was oakland, lol)
Born on the BayouGreen RiverTombstone ShadowTravelin' BandFortunate SonCommotionMidnight SpecialBad Moon RisingProud MaryNight Time Is the Right TimeGood Golly Miss MollyKeep On Chooglin'
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 30 April 2022 00:46 (one year ago) link
― Eric B. Mash Up the Resident (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 30 April 2022 00:47 (one year ago) link
Revisited Green River and Cosmo's Factory and Live at Woodstock this week. These guys really were incredible.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Saturday, 30 April 2022 00:56 (one year ago) link
my favorite american rock band (i think)
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 30 April 2022 01:03 (one year ago) link
pop band? i'm horrible at genres. my favorite group of american people standing on stage making music
The Oakland show is great, I hope they restore that and put it out on DVD or Blu-ray. Maybe as a bonus feature for the doc?
― birdistheword, Saturday, 30 April 2022 01:12 (one year ago) link
My '08 Voice review of the 40th Anniversary series of expanded reissues is archived here:http://myvil.blogspot.com/2016/06/out-my-front-door.html
― dow, Saturday, 30 April 2022 01:31 (one year ago) link
Only way to improve on that set list is to include walk on water > effigy > someday never comes, which the allmans were known to include in their late 70s sets
― calstars, Saturday, 30 April 2022 02:01 (one year ago) link
i would take that over the covers, but one thing that's crazy about 1970 CCR is that they could make a setlist with absolutely any of their songs and it would be bonkers good. similar to my other favorite american band (oh god, i'm later going to remember a bunch and feel bad) REM, in the mid-80s. there is no song they could pick that would be bad
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 30 April 2022 02:06 (one year ago) link
REM was a great band to see live in the mid 80s. Their shows had a very spontaneous feel to them, and Stipe was endearingly weird.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 30 April 2022 02:12 (one year ago) link
I hear their records now and I really dig how well they sound. Got to have some of the same studio rooms and people that did all that jazz and other records on Fantasy. Early Dead would have been awesome recorded so well, but they don't sound CCR good in the studio - production wise that is.
― earlnash, Saturday, 30 April 2022 02:27 (one year ago) link
It's kind of wild that Fantasy didn't have that many (or any?) other Rock bands on their roster during CCR's heyday.
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 30 April 2022 02:36 (one year ago) link
And this miracle came up during/was maybe part of the basis of their long, long running feud: Golliwog John's dayjob was in the Fantasy warehouse, and then it was, "Look what I done for you, fortunate son!" Ever after.
― dow, Saturday, 30 April 2022 02:55 (one year ago) link
Of course, CCR income prob helped Fantasy keep going too, beyond Blue Note's Nora Jones money (well maybe. Fantasy was better set that way than most jazz labels, of course).
― dow, Saturday, 30 April 2022 02:58 (one year ago) link
Odd that they only do two songs from their latest LP at this Royal Albert Hall show, one of them a non-single cover.
― Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 30 April 2022 03:12 (one year ago) link
my favorite american rock bandpop band?
pop band?
Ellen Willis called them a dance band.
― Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 30 April 2022 03:13 (one year ago) link
CreeDNCE
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 30 April 2022 03:57 (one year ago) link
"Choogle By The Ocean"
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 30 April 2022 03:58 (one year ago) link
You were born in the choogle E7s under your feet
― calstars, Saturday, 30 April 2022 04:03 (one year ago) link
I love CCR and it still fascinates me that theyre from Berkeley because i spent half my life thinking they were country as a chicken coop lmao excited about that new documentary but also this is my least favorite sentence in the english language “No projected release date for the film has been announced.” ;_; :(
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 30 April 2022 04:21 (one year ago) link