I've deferred on my response to this as I've been trying to find an old
article clipping in which Berry talks about his beginnings and how he
credits Chess, Stax (and others) as the impetous for his success.
I think you'll find that the label Gordy Berry would credit most for
inspiring him was
At 10:36 AM 2/2/99 -0600, good ol' Stormin' Soron wrote:
I'm not disagreeing, David, and I'm not putting words in your mouth, but
this seems to me to be a heartbeat away from the commercial assumption
that, if it sells well, it must be good.
I guess I'm saying it doesn't work EITHER
On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, David Cantwell wrote:
PS: I don't know about Jerry Curry's record collection, but MINE sure is
good! g
Huh.just waking up after being prodded here. My record collection?
Well, my record collection is quite um, eclectic. it's also in pretty
poor shape since a large
On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, Scary Jerry wrote:
Come on over folks for a great dose of Bad Company, Foghat, Rainbow,
Deep Purple, UFO, Yes, Asis, Al Stewart, Blancmange, Ultravox,
Communards.
You just *had* to name names, didn't ya? Don't you realize that it's
almost lunchtime on the West Coast?
At 03:13 AM 1/29/99 -0500, Tera wrote:
You guys are all the samesheesh! gActually, there probably wouldn't
have been a Motown without Stax or Chess.
I can see, I guess, how we might argue that Chess paved the way for Motown
in that it proved there was a crossover market for black artists
Carl:
On the fabulous Hi label where Willie Mitchell produced so much fine
music. Does anyone here own the Hi box set? Is it a representative
collection of that label's finest releases?
Oh yeah. WIllie Mitchell was a recording genius Besides Ann
Peebles, what else *is* in that box
Joe Gracey writes:
There is no substitute for a 60s-era soul review. Take my word for it.
Okay, as sad as it is, I'll provide a bookend to Joe's James Brown
story. The year was 1988. I had graduated from college about a year
earlier and was working and teaching bass at a local musical
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Meanwhile, outside of town, James' estranged wife had come up to New
Hampshire and tried to burn down the motel where James and his band were
staying, not knowing that he was at the fairgrounds at the time.
this is cool.
--
Joe Gracey
President-For-Life,
