Confessor
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Post by Confessor on Mar 14, 2019 5:48:14 GMT -5
One of the greats of '60s music, yet hardly known to most people. I bet there's an awful lot of people out there who own multiple records that feature Hal's drumming, and yet have never heard of him. Hal Blaine is all over my record collection. I knew of his session work with major artists such as Simon and Garfunkle and The Ronettes (that epic drum beat in "Be My Baby"!) but did not know that he also drummed on the theme song for the Batman TV show. What a legacy. And, as a Byrds' fan, you should know that he played on both sides of their debut single, "Mr. Tambourine Man"/"I Knew I'd Want You", and also stepped in to cover for the band's drummer Micheal Clarke on several cuts on the Notorious Byrd Brothers album.
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Post by rom on Mar 14, 2019 11:59:53 GMT -5
RIP Jan Michael Vincent. Didn't see much of his work, but am a huge fan of Charles Bronson's The Mechanic (1972) - he co-starred in this film. IMHO this is Bronson's best film, and also one of my top-ten favorite movies from the '70's. The drawn-out opening sequence is especially impressive, starting with Bronson setting up the "hit" & then observing what he had done in order to make sure everything went the way it was supposed to.
And, the storyline involving a lone hit man "training" a younger guy in the same profession is interesting & cleverly done.
The "twist" at the end is something I never saw coming the first time I watched this, but is one I look forward to in each subsequent viewing.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Mar 17, 2019 18:13:29 GMT -5
R. I. P. Dick Dale. Dale, King of the Surf Guitar passed away at 81. Dale's guitar style led the way for more successful acts like the Surfaris and the Chantays. Dale's 1962 version of Miserlou is the basis of pretty much all surf rock.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2019 18:24:56 GMT -5
Dick Dale is a favorite of mine ...
This is my first song that I haard ... Let's go Trippin!
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Post by Mister Spaceman on Mar 17, 2019 18:42:35 GMT -5
Ah, Dick Dale - a legend. Rest in peace.
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Post by Confessor on Mar 17, 2019 19:18:19 GMT -5
Yeah, sad news about Dick Dale. He was a hell of a player, with an instantly recognisable, reverb-laden guitar tone, and he wrote a handful of absolute classic Surf instrumentals. He was a massive influence on Surf Rock bands like the Chantays, the Surfaris, the Ventures, Jan & Dean, and the Beach Boys, but you can also hear traces of the California surf tone that Dale pioneered in the music of the Shadows and Jimi Hendrix. Not to mention '80s and '90s acts like the Stray Cats, Nirvana and Chris Isaak.
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Post by codystarbuck on Mar 17, 2019 22:25:43 GMT -5
Heard when I got home' loved Dick Dale. Just fantastic. I listen to the Rhino compilation album, regularly (and their Link Wray collection) and he was just tremendous. One of my favorites is the duet he did, with Stevie Ray Vaughn, on the Chantay's "Pipeline," for the movie Back to the Beach.
He was great in the film, too. When Frankie, Annette and their son turn up at Connie Stevens' club, the marquis says "Dick Dale and at least 3 Del-Tones." Later, Frankie is asked to sing and asks Dick if he knows "Venus," to which he replies, "You're asking me, Dick Dale, if I know "Venus"?.....No......"
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Post by EdoBosnar on Mar 18, 2019 4:54:04 GMT -5
Aw, man. That sucks. RIP, Mr. Dale.
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Post by codystarbuck on Mar 27, 2019 9:57:34 GMT -5
RIP to Ranking Roger (Roger Charley), of The Beat (known as The English Beat, in the US) and General Public. Born in Birmingham and a major fan of punk, Roger was part of the group The Dum-Dum Boys, before joining up with Dave Wakeling and the rest, as The Beat. They were a major component of the ska revival, with early hits like "Mirror in the Bathroom," and "Stand Down Margaret." The Beat was known as The English Beat in North America, due to a previous band with that name. Their biggest success here was on their final album, Special beat Services, featuring the hit "Save it For Later," as well as the use of "Rotating Head," in the movie ferris Bueller's Day Off.
The Beat were considered to be on the cusp of being massive, with fans like David Bowie predicting big things, when Wakeling and Roger split off to form a new band, General Public. They would have hits with "General Public" and "Tenderness." The remaining members of the Beat went on to form Fine Young Cannibals.
Roger was known for adding Jamaican vocal styles to the band, plus rap elements, which helped differentiate them from other ska bands, like The Specials or Madness. Part of the tension in the band was the movement away from the ska sound into more of a pop style, with Special beat Services epitomizing the more commercial sound, compared to I Just Can't Stop It or Wha'ppen?, the two earlier Beat albums. General Public had massive success with their debut album, All The Rage; but, the second, Hand To Mouth did far less and the band soon broke up. Roger and Wakeling would reform for tours and Roger had a solo careeer and collaborated with other musicians of the same era, including members of the Clash, The Specials, and The Police.
He had been suffering from lung cancer and had been operated on for two brain tumors, in January.
Mirror in the Bathroom...
Ranking Roger with his cover of the Clash's "Rock the Casbah"
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Post by codystarbuck on Mar 27, 2019 10:00:56 GMT -5
ps The Ska Revival led to a bit of comedy, at their expense, from Not The Nine O'Clock News and Rowan Atkinson...
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Post by Mister Spaceman on Mar 27, 2019 10:20:52 GMT -5
I grooved to many of the Beat's tunes in high school. That first album is a classic. Rest in peace, Ranking Roger.
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Post by Rob Allen on Mar 28, 2019 10:50:14 GMT -5
Another Golden Age great is gone - Ken Bald passed away on March 17 at age 98. In his long career he drew comic books, comic strips, advertising and commercial art. His first job after graduating from Pratt Institute in 1941 was at the Jack Binder shop, and his last comic work was a cover for Marvel in 2015. The term "photo realistic" was reportedly coined to describe Bald's art. Ken and his wife were good friends with Stan and Joan Lee. His obituary: www.berminghamfh.com/notices/Kenneth-BaldA tribute from the Daily Cartoonist site with a lot of art and links: www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2019/03/28/ken-bald-rip/Ken's own website: www.kenbald.com/
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Post by codystarbuck on Mar 28, 2019 18:44:51 GMT -5
Well, the links to that era are vanishing. What's sarrier is how many of the Silver Age are also gone. Well, maybe for an old fart like me.
Never saw the Dark Shadows or Kildare strips in the day; but, the samples available are excellent. Really great work, visually.
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Post by Mister Spaceman on Mar 29, 2019 15:34:05 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2019 12:33:29 GMT -5
RIP Mark Alessi, founder of Crossgen. He passed yesterday morning. -M
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