DR. JOHN - BABYLON 1968.
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Tuesday, November 24, 2015
MICK RONSON - SLAUGHTER ON 10th AVENUE 1974.
A few Words:
If you ever wonder who played guitar in one of the best David Bowie's album "The rise
and fall of Ziggy Stardust" then,you don't have to wonder anymore.Ladies and
Gentlemen MICK RONSON.
Most talented guitarist, composer, arranger and producer who also played several other istruments born at the 26th of May 1946 in Hull (UK) and died at the 29th of April 1993.
His first instruments as a kid where the piona, recorder, violin and harmonium, later he started to play guitar. He joined his first band called The Mariners in November 1963 at an age of 17, later he joined The Crestas which he left in 1965 to move to London (UK) where he soon joined Voice, which soon after disbanded.
He joined the soul band The Wanted for a short period before he moved back to Hull (UK). There he joined The Rats in 1966 which changed their name into Treacle in 1968 which wasn't a succes as well. In 1970 was asked to join David Bowie's backing band The Hype and at the 5th of February of 1970 he made his debut with David Bowie at the Peel Sessions in BBC Radio 1.
Later on Mick played for a short period with "Mott the The Hoople" and another line up
called "Hunter Ronson Band".Soon, he found himself a member of " Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue" a side project typical of Dylan and even more typical of the time.
Mick also appeared in Elton John's"Tumbleweed connection",Lou Reed's"Transformer" and many more.
MICK RONSON / 1974 SLAUGHTER ON 10th AVENUE
Tracks:
1.Love Me Tender ... Elvis Presley, Vera Matson Mick Ronson (4:42) - 2.Growing Up and I'm Fine ... David Bowie, Mick Ronson Mick Ronson (3:11) - 3.Only After Dark ... Mick Ronson Mick Ronson (3:31) - 4.Music Is Lethal ... David Bowie Mick Ronson (5:11) - 5.I'm the One ... Annette Peacock Mick Ronson (5:06) - 6.Pleasure Man/Hey Ma Get Papa ... David Bowie, Mick Ronson Mick Ronson (8:52) - 7.Slaughter on 10th Avenue ... Mick Ronson (4:38) -
BONUS TRACKS:
8.Solo on 10th Avenue ... Richard Rodgers Mick Ronson (2:07) - 9.Leave My Heart Alone [Live] ... Craig Fuller Mick Ronson (4:32) -10.Love Me Tender [Live] ... Elvis Presley, Vera Matson Mick Ronson (4:44) -11.Slaughter on 10th Avenue [Live] ... Mick Ronson (4:35)
Line up:
Mick Ronson Guitar, Piano, Arranger, Conductor, Keyboards,Vocals,Producer,Main
Performer.
Mike Garson organ,piano,keyboards, ).
Aynsley Dunbar Percussion, Drums.
Trevor Bolder Bass, Trombone, Trumpet, Horn.
David Hentschel Strings, Keyboards, Arp.
Margaret Ronson Vocals.
Sidney Sax Strings.
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Saturday, November 21, 2015
QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE
photos and story.
Quicksilver Messenger Service was one of the vintage acid-rock San Francisco bands of the late 1960s. Its early shows and albums (featuring the heavily tremoloed guitar work of John Cipollina, plus that of second guitarist Gary Duncan) contributed some of the best-remembered instrumental jam music of the period. But as the '60s ended, Quicksilver's popularity waned, and it never achieved the national popularity of its San Francisco contemporaries, Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead.
The group formed in 1965 with Gary Duncan, John Cipollina (whose godfather was classical pianist Jose Iturbi), David Freiberg, Greg Elmore, and Jim Murray. Its original guitarist was to have been Dino Valenti (a Greenwich Village folksinger and, under the name "Chester A. Powers," writer of "Hey Joe" and the Youngbloods' hit "Get Together"). But Valenti was arrested on a drug charge and jailed for 18 months.
In December 1965 the quintet began playing the local circuit, but soon after, Murray left to study the sitar. Quicksilver recorded its debut as a quartet in December 1967, and it came out in May 1968, featuring jams like the 12-minute "The Fool." The band also provided two songs for the soundtrack of Revolution, out that year, and in late 1968 QMS recorded its part-live second LP, Happy Trails the group's only gold album. In January 1969 Valenti got Duncan to move to New York and form a group with him; British session keyboardist Nicky Hopkins took Duncan's place and was prominently featured on Shady Grove.
In early 1970 Duncan returned, bringing Valenti with him. Valenti finally joined Quicksilver three years late (though his "Dino's Song" appears on the debut LP). The new sextet issued Just for Love, and "Fresh Air" received substantial FM airplay, helping to make the LP one of its biggest sellers (#27, 1970).
Hopkins left just before the release of What About Me, and some of the tracks featured his replacement, Mark Naftalin, formerly of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band. Cipollina also left around this time; he later formed Copperhead with early Quicksilverite Jim Murray. During 1971 Freiberg left. That year he was jailed for marijuana possession; in 1972 he began a 12-year hitch with Jefferson Airplane/Starship. The remaining Quicksilver threesome —Duncan, Elmore, and Valenti —produced two more LPs, Quicksilver and Comin' Thru, with Mark Ryan (bass) and keyboardist Chuck Steales, but these sparked little public interest. Though the band didn't break up, it was virtually inactive from 1972 to 1975. That year, Valenti, Duncan, and Elmore recorded Solid Silver with bassist Skip Olsen and keyboardist W. Michael Lewis (and with Cipollina and Freiberg making cameos). Quicksilver then disbanded.
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
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Sunday, November 15, 2015
THE CHILDREN - REBIRTH + UNRELEASED 2002.
A San Antonio story, The Argyles were a group which formed in 1965, which rose to fame from one hit and went on to relocate to California and become The Children. All five members hailing from different sections of the Alamo city: Alamo Heights, Keystone, Macarthur, Jefferson and Cole graduates, jumped into music at a young age.
The Members were:
Steve Perron on guitar and VOX, Luis Cabaza on the keys, Ben Trieber on bass, Steve Anderson on drums, Chris Holzhaus on guitar, VOX.
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