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Born on this day ... - Music Head - 09-02-2016
Carole King - Manhattan native born on this day in 1942
that would make her 74
Tapestry blew her up
that's one of those things you say these days to sound cool
[video=youtube;Msmnb676RxI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Msmnb676RxI[/video]
Born on this day ... - CRAZY-HORSE - 09-02-2016
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[INDENT] Tapestry...one of the greatest albums ever made IMO....lives up to the hype and more. [/INDENT]
Born on this day ... - Ruby - 10-02-2016
^^I'm with you on Tapestry.
Nigel Olsson was born on this day in 1949, in Cheshire, England. Elton Johnâs longtime drummer and backing vocalist who has also released a couple of solo albums and done extensive session work. From his most recent album, Move the Universe â a song written by Reggie and Bernie that was never recorded by them â âIâm Building a Birdâ â¦
[video=youtube;9mcu4YDF_xI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mcu4YDF_xI[/video]
Born on this day ... - CRAZY-HORSE - 10-02-2016
1944: Peter Richard Woolnough
better known as Peter Allen...
Australian pop singer turned Vegas cabaret performer...
Married to Liza Minelli for seven years until he finally admitted he was homosexual...
eventually dying from AIDS related issuesaged 48 in 1992.
actor Hugh Jackman recently portrayed him in a stage production of his life,
Jackman sang and danced his way through the shows proving theres more to him than Wolverine!
'I could pick probably fifteen tracks that are worthy for inclusion in this post, but on this occasion
im going to get all patriotic and play his ode to Australia...
[video=youtube;_OCKXLXWNXg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OCKXLXWNXg[/video]
Born on this day ... - Music Head - 10-02-2016
Roberta Flack - North Carolina native born on this day in 1939
that would make her 77
4 Grammys, 1 AMA
Record Of The Year for 2 consecutive years
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
and my fav
#1 in 1973
[video=youtube;Dx1XtKbEtfE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx1XtKbEtfE[/video]
Born on this day ... - Ruby - 11-02-2016
Didier Lockwood was born on this day in 1956, in Calais, France. He is an electric/experimental/jazz fusion violinist whose primary influences and inspiration are Stéphane Grappelli, and Jean-Luc Ponty.
This is from the 1996 album Storyboard â Steve Gadd on drums ⦠lovely stuff -
[video=youtube;5JvYppuRiIw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JvYppuRiIw[/video]
Born on this day ... - Ruby - 11-02-2016
and another one ....
Derek Shulman was born on this day in 1947, in Glascow, Scotland, one of the three skilled multi-instrumentalist brothers who formed Gentle Giant in the seventies; Derek was also the lead vocalist. Nowadays, heâs a big deal record exec, co-owner of 2Plus Music & Entertainment.
Critics have slammed Gentle Giantâs Giant for a Day, but the funny thing is that even although I havenât heard this album in what feels like forever, I seem to remember most of the words! Hoping the record is still languishing in the stack somewhere! â¦
So - from their worst received offering of the decade during which they were active, and which is not typical of their very complex work, but which I mustâve liked since I obviously listened to it quite a lot â
[video=youtube;GXKh1gzfN0Q]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXKh1gzfN0Q[/video]
Born on this day ... - Ruby - 12-02-2016
Happy Birthday to Steve Hackett, who, as it turns out, is one day older than his former Genesis bandmate, Peter Gabriel. They are 66 this year, and Steve was born in Pimlico, London. His status as guitarist is that of virtuoso, and heâs mastered a few other stringed things too.
He enjoys taking on classical projects and has worked extensively with his brother John who is a magnificent flautist â their Sketches of Satie is just marvellous. He first got properly noticed when he joined Genesis, after which he went solo, with one or two collaborations along the way; the supergroup GTR was one of those, as was Squackett, although they only yielded a miserly one album each.
Seems to me that nothing this man does is frivolous, not that Iâve heard all his releases, but Iâm willing to bet on it.
From Out of the Tunnelâs Mouth â âSleepersâ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xdlzUbfGEQ
From Squackettâs A Life Within a Day â âThe Summer Backwardsâ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVSkvkcRpI4
From his latest, Wolflight â âDust and Dreamsâ (instrumental alert!) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJw9Ln9TmMM
And the nothing, if not rousing, opener from Beyond the Shrouded Horizon, âLoch Lomondâ â the whole album is a delight IMHO ...
[video=youtube;LuMW-mcywd0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuMW-mcywd0[/video]
Born on this day ... - Ruby - 13-02-2016
Happy Birthday to Peter Gabriel who was born on this day in 1950, in Surrey, England. Formerly of Genesis and with a stellar solo career to his credit, heâs a composer, singer, songwriter, flautist, piano player, committed humanitarian activist and showman. Aside from his ten solo releases, heâs written a couple of serious soundtrack albums which are worth investigating â including Passion, music for The Last Temptation of Christ, and The Long Walk Home, for The Rabbit Proof Fence.
I really like Plays Live which, as the name implies, is a selection of his live material â a good selection IMHO â and a fairly comprehensive compilation for anyone who wants one. From that â âI Have The Touchâ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mlo70hRMP3I
This song was first released on his eponymous debut album which is also referred to as âCarâ - quite helpful since the following three were all eponymous. It was recorded by himself and released for the second time on Robert Frippâs Exposure and itâs this version Mr G prefers â¦. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wS8V8vCUqw,
And from the same album, his first single (although this particular version is also from Plays Live) -
[video=youtube;T8UOtg7XJsM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8UOtg7XJsM[/video]
Born on this day ... - Ruby - 14-02-2016
Eric Andersen was born on this day in 1943. Prolific folk/folk rock songwriter and singer whoâs had his songs recorded by many musicians including Sir Bob, Johnny Cash, Linda Ronstadt, Judy Collins, the Grateful Dead, Francoise Hardy, Rick Danko, Linda Thompson, etc., etc. Heâs also released 25 albums of his own.
His latest release, from 2015 is based on the writings of Albert Camus and is fairly heavy going, unless youâre in the mood for engaging your intellect, so I quickly abandoned that one and chose to listen to the much simpler and quite beautiful Be True To You from 1975. What I would have preferred to hear in its entirety, had I been able to (stupid YouTube), would have been Stages: The Lost Album.
Apparently the tapes got lost!! How the hell does that even happen?! They were found almost twenty years later â forty boxes of master tapes just sitting around in Columbiaâs vaults, if you please. Kinda difficult to misplace forty boxes .... youâd think! Iâd have been so mad. Anyway âit features guest artists such as Leon Russell, Joan Baez and Dan Fogelberg so should be rather interesting.
I had not heard any of his work prior to now â astonishing how much lovely music is out there â could definitely use a few more pairs of ears and an extra listening channel or two in my brain!!
[video=youtube;jA1ryNmTsjo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jA1ryNmTsjo[/video]