Re: Rock'n'Roll History Department - June

2012-06-21 Thread t bedford
June 21 Born O.C. Smith (1936) Raymond Douglas Davies (the Kinks) (1943) Chris Britton (the Troggs) (1945) Joey Cramer (Aerosmith) (1950) Events 1948 Dr. Peter Goldmark of CBS Records, demonstrates the 1st 33 1/3 Long Player 1981 Donald Fagen and Walter Becker formally dissolve Steely Dan

Re: Rock'n'Roll History Department - June

2012-06-21 Thread t bedford
AAAUUUHH I've *incorrected* Maxcess!! In my defense, you just have to assume they are wrong Raymond Douglas Davies (the Kinks) (1944) All these years I've thought Ray a year younger thatn Brian Macca. Must have read it wrong somewhere decades ago? And thanx to the Blooie's

Re: Rock'n'Roll History Department - June

2012-06-21 Thread Eidem
... and more June 21 birthdays – Nick Noble (aka Nicholas Valkan, 1926) – singer (The Tip Of My Fingers). Helen Merrill (1930) – Jazz singer. Lalo Schifrin (1932) – film and television composer (Theme from Mission: Impossible). Jon Hiseman (1944) – drummer for Colosseum. Miguel Vicens Danus (1944)

Re: Psychedelic Weekend - June is Busting Out All Over Edition

2012-06-21 Thread MLB
Somewhere along the way (can't remember where) Amen Corner's version of Bend Me Shape Me came up. Well it seems they have a new compilation of their early recordings out soon. They had two of their biggest hits (If Paradise Is Half as Nice and Hello Susie) after moving to Immediate records but

Gordon Higgins

2012-06-21 Thread Eidem
Hey Headz, I just learned Gordon had a heart attack last week. He's in the hospital now and is doing fine. I guess he didn't realize it, and was walking around with a heart attack going on. Mr. Whiskey Olympics! Anyway, I guess he's doing alright and will be released this weekend. Thoughts

Re: Gordon Higgins

2012-06-21 Thread D-Squared
Good vibes out to our friend, Gordon! Can he now be described as a Walking Heart Attack? LOL! Glad as all hell to see that he's recovering nicely, and will be home soon. On Jun 21, 2:36 pm, Eidem bluewaterh...@yahoo.com wrote: Hey Headz, I just learned Gordon had a heart attack last week.  

Re: Gordon Higgins

2012-06-21 Thread t bedford
Gordon, I hope they can spring you from hospital soon!! Heart Attacks will no longer be tolerated amongst the Headz mrmbership. From now on, the offence shall be known as a myocardic infarction infraction. Thanking you all in advance for not having one.

Re: Gordon Higgins

2012-06-21 Thread Eidem
I have to admit, doing the R.I.P. on this day thing kind of freaks me out once in awhile, and has actually gotten me to think about my own mortality. So, I'm with you, t: no heart attacks! I'm doing my best to avoid one - I take my daily blood pressure pill, a Centrum vitamin, and an aspirin a

Re: Gordon Higgins

2012-06-21 Thread Eidem
By the way, what happened to Alan Boyd?

Re: Gordon Higgins

2012-06-21 Thread Eidem
Sounds like he had a brain aneurysm or a stroke or something like that.

Re: Gordon Higgins

2012-06-21 Thread C.R. Domino
Best of luck Scotty Wishing you a quick recovery On Thursday, June 21, 2012 4:52:52 PM UTC-7, t bedford wrote: How do you know you are middle aged? When half of your friends are dead. Luckily for Gordo, the Reaper just stopped by to slap him around a little bit, but not take him, yet!

Redbone...Thought you Headz might like this...

2012-06-21 Thread C.R. Domino
A pretty neat performance from '72 Midnight Special... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dj0drevGOgA

Re: Redbone...Thought you Headz might like this...

2012-06-21 Thread C.R. Domino
Sorry...'74 On Thursday, June 21, 2012 8:10:49 PM UTC-7, C.R. Domino wrote: A pretty neat performance from '72 Midnight Special... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dj0drevGOgA

And some Frampton in his heyday...

2012-06-21 Thread C.R. Domino
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLgeTtYwQ7o

Re: And some Frampton in his heyday...

2012-06-21 Thread C.R. Domino
The deal with the Midnight Special was... There were three stages set up. Bands would each be assigned a stage and do sound checks and the like before people were let in... There were kind of upholstered cushion seats all over the floor. People would come in and grab one of the seats and sit