--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "uns_tressor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "uns_tressor" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert Gimbel > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Rolling Stones Fight for Radio Play, Hire Expert > > > > > > > > It's not easy being the world's greatest rock and roll band. > The > > > Rolling Stones, currently on tour and selling tickets for $450 a > pop, > > > are having so much trouble getting their new single played on the > > > radio that they've even hired a specialist to help them.... > > > > > > Standard practice. They're called pluggers. > > > > > > Apart from the Comets, how many US bands are still touring > > > forty years on? > > > > Well, Bo Diddley is still touring 60 years on, > > and as good as ever. He used to play often in > > Santa Fe because he lives outside of Albuquerque. > > Feisty old guy, able to make fun of himself (you > > haven't lived until you've heard Bo do a parody > > of one of his own songs as sung by a Vegas lounge > > singer), and a ferocious guitarist. He can play > > anything, in almost any style...heck, he invented > > half of them. > > Wow! The man who taught us that guitars could have > corners. Does he have his web site? Does he tour > outside the US? One of the few people who can be > recognised from one note only. Along with Chuck > Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee and many of the > old bluesmen... Quite a few, really. > A side swipe at a Brit basher has turned into a > bit of an own goal. > Uns.
Can't stand any and all of the classic blues players mentioned above: shrill, off-key music that sounds like it's coming from broken electric guitars with holes in the amps. British Rock of the '60s took all of that music and improved it 100%. Kudos to the Beatles, the Animals, Manfred Mann, the Dave Clark Five... ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
