Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 ...Bob, that is... Not wanting to corrupt Pat's "Helpful hint for musicians" thread ~ how many of y'all knew that Bob is accredited for having done what is recognized as the first "music video?" That would have been Subterranean Homesick Blues, 1965. I remember seeing this instead of a cartoon at the movie theater. Can't recall the movie, but I do recall wondering "What is this? And who the heck is this weird dude!?" 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 26 minutes ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said: What is this? And who the heck is this weird dude!?" I believe I'm going to have to give a big thumbs up to that. A plus one. Maybe even a plus 100. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 31 minutes ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said: ...Bob, that is... Not wanting to corrupt Pat's "Helpful hint for musicians" thread ~ how many of y'all knew that Bob is accredited for having done what is recognized as the first "music video?" That would have been Subterranean Homesick Blues, 1965. I remember seeing this instead of a cartoon at the movie theater. Can't recall the movie, but I do recall wondering "What is this? And who the heck is this weird dude!?" That and “Highway 61 Revisited” are two of my favorites! “Tangled Up In Blue” and “Jack of Hearts” are in that group too! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MizPete Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 Back in THE day, I could not purchase a copy of Freewheelin'. The local record stores refused to stock it. When Bestie's older brother came home on leave from Duke, I'd borrow it from him in exchange for - you're not gonna believe this - a Searchers album. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted October 24 Author Share Posted October 24 I think I wore out multiple copies of his Self Portrait album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 29 minutes ago, MizPete said: Back in THE day, I could not purchase a copy of Freewheelin'. The local record stores refused to stock it. When Bestie's older brother came home on leave from Duke, I'd borrow it from him in exchange for - you're not gonna believe this - a Searchers album. I can believe it!! Some of us had pretty wide areas of appreciation for the new waves of music in the rock and roll spectrum!! Elvis, The Beach Boys, Dylan, The Beatles and The Stones, Peter Paul and Mary, (mostly considered “Folk” but part of “The Scene”) and the whole R&B genre! We listened to and played it ALL! Back in those days, I lived in Nashville and you couldn’t “swing a dead cat” without hitting some country music singer or one of their band members. I was in my early teens and we’d be hanging out at some other kis’s house. Some of their folks who backed up one or another big act would be rehearsing in their basement or garage studio. They’d invariably take a break from whatever they were working on and it would be some kind of ROCK that they played and jammed on! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted October 27 Share Posted October 27 On 10/24/2024 at 3:20 PM, Blackwater 53393 said: I can believe it!! Some of us had pretty wide areas of appreciation for the new waves of music in the rock and roll spectrum!! Elvis, The Beach Boys, Dylan, The Beatles and The Stones, Peter Paul and Mary, (mostly considered “Folk” but part of “The Scene”) and the whole R&B genre! We listened to and played it ALL! Back in those days, I lived in Nashville and you couldn’t “swing a dead cat” without hitting some country music singer or one of their band members. I was in my early teens and we’d be hanging out at some other kis’s house. Some of their folks who backed up one or another big act would be rehearsing in their basement or garage studio. They’d invariably take a break from whatever they were working on and it would be some kind of ROCK that they played and jammed on! Who is this "we" you're talking about? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted October 27 Share Posted October 27 (edited) 16 hours ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: Who is this "we" you're talking about? Myself and the majority of the people that I associated with at that time, as well as many of the people that I play music with these days!! Edited October 27 by Blackwater 53393 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted October 27 Share Posted October 27 (edited) I never got into Dylan or any of that kind of stuff, I was into R&B, Motown and jazz. I still am. Also Steely Dan, Chicago, BS&T, EW&F, Sly and the Family Stone, etc etc.............I was in a band called the Blue Eyed Souls!!! Most of the clubs I played with that band and other bands all wanted dance music. I played drums and that was cool stuff to play. Let me add Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Weather Report and a bunch of other jazz fusion groups. I listened to the old big band stuff with Buddy Rich, Louis Bellson, Gene Krupa also over and over again! Edited October 27 by Rye Miles #13621 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted October 27 Share Posted October 27 (edited) We are MILKBONE!! When asked about the name, we generally reply, “ What would YOU call a bunch of white guys that play The Blues??” Our tag line is “A BLUES BAND WITH A ROCK AND ROLL ATTITUDE!” We play a lot of Blues and some Classic Rock ‘n’ Roll, a good bit of jam music, (some of it with a jazz flavor) a few oldies, a good dose of Southern Rock, and “Folsum Prison Blues”, (which turns into Pinball Wizard) “Whiskey River”, (because we want to), and “The Devil Went Down To Georgia” because Charlie was a friend, his original guitar player plays in our band from time to time, and because Dan, our keyboard player, is a classically trained violinist! Out of the regular seven players, five do vocals as well, and every one of us takes a turn at lead vocals a time or two! Left to right: Tommy Butler; lead, rhythm and slide guitar. Mark Watson; lead, rhythm, slide guitar, and vocals. Dave Rank; bass. Eddie Hale (barely visible at extreme right); drums, keyboards, harmonica, vocals. Left to right: Me; vocals, percussion. Mike Wyatt; drums, percussion, harmonica, vocals. Dan Sherry; keyboards, violin, vocals. Edited October 27 by Blackwater 53393 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted October 27 Share Posted October 27 11 hours ago, Blackwater 53393 said: Myself and the majority of the people that I associated with at that time, as well as mayof the people that I play music with these days!! Too wide a brush, my brother, but that's your opinion. I'll defend your right to state your opinion even when I don't believe you are wrong. (You'd probably mess yourself if you knew all of my opinions. Hell, I don't even know all of my opinions.....and many have morphed into something else over the years.) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Moses Posted October 27 Share Posted October 27 7 hours ago, Blackwater 53393 said: We are MILKBONE!! When asked about the name, we generally reply, “ What would YOU call a bunch of white guys that play The Blues??” Our tag line is “A BLUES BAND WITH A ROCK AND ROLL ATTITUDE!” We play a lot of Blues and some Classic Rock ‘n’ Roll, a good bit of jam music, (some of it with a jazz flavor) a few oldies, a good dose of Southern Rock, and “Folsum Prison Blues”, (which turns into Pinball Wizard) “Whiskey River”, (because we want to), and “The Devil Went Down To Georgia” because Charlie was a friend, his original guitar player plays in our band from time to time, and because Dan, our keyboard player, is a classically trained violinist! Out of the regular seven players, five do vocals as well, and every one of us takes a turn at lead vocals a time or two! Left to right: Tommy Butler; lead, rhythm and slide guitar. Mark Watson; lead, rhythm, slide guitar, and vocals. Dave Rank; bass. Eddie Hale (barely visible at extreme right); drums, keyboards, harmonica, vocals. Left to right: Me; vocals, percussion. Mike Wyatt; drums, percussion, harmonica, vocals. Dan Sherry; keyboards, violin, vocals. Outstanding! Come to east Texas and let me sit in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Lizard Posted October 28 Share Posted October 28 I think those times in the 60s and early 70s we did have some good music...Not sure about today....Not sure if it is the age but find myself listening to the older stuff... Just more enjoyable... Texas Lizard 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted October 28 Share Posted October 28 “He’s so unhip that when you say Dylan, he thinks you’re talking about Dylan Thomas… whoever he was. The man ain’t got no culture…” -Paul Simon 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted October 28 Share Posted October 28 Songs from the old times that still make me smile. Not a lot these days that can pull that off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seamus McGillicuddy Posted October 28 Share Posted October 28 Here’s one you guys should appreciate. Dylan is one of only two people to both write a number one single hit and win a Nobel Prize, who was the other? Of course it’s no other than former U.S. Vice President Charles Dawes! Yes Silent Cal Coolidge’s number two man was a self taught musician and penned an instrumental tune he called Melody in A Major back 1921. In 1951 Carl Sigman added lyrics and turned it into the Song “It’s All in the Game” which hit number one in the charts in 1958 when sung by the great Tommy Edwards. Chuck scored his Nobel in 1925 for his work on the Dawes Plan which helped to lessen the economic crisis in Europe following WWI. He also served as a general in the U.S. Army in that conflict. Let’s hear it for Bob and Chuck! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted October 28 Share Posted October 28 My sister had this record and played it constantly, she was 18 in 1958 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seamus McGillicuddy Posted October 28 Share Posted October 28 I think this picture was snapped by a paparazzi while he was sneaking out the side door of the Brill Building… Seamus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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