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What are you listening to? ver. 15.0

Everything Must Change

 
Old 'N Chill said:
Walk Away Renee
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Produced, arranged, and written with his then 16 year old son Michael Brown. Violinist Harry Lookofsky bridged jazz and classical, going on to write and produce on his own:





Moving on to teach Quincy Jones how to produce and arrange, among many others, influencing our entire lexicon of big band jazz, pop orchestration and countless film scores:



BTW The Left Bank kept this song on the charts for two weeks, The Four Tops kept their cover of Walk Away Renee on the charts for six months. Renee was the girlfriend of the Left Bank bass player. A ballet student who eventually danced at Lincoln Center with Gregory Hines, Renee Roucharde. She still teaches at Julliard.
 
That's The Way of the World

 
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KC and the Sunshine Band - Get Down Tonight
 
Leo Fender and Les Paul are credited with simultaneously creating the solid body electric guitar. Leo never did learn how to make music on the guitar, perhaps making his accomplishment more amazing. It was often said of Les Paul, "he was born with a guitar in his hands and singing loudly as soon as he was slapped on the rump." America was already well familiar with the virtuosity of Les Paul on guitar, performing with his wholesome, lovely wife, Mary Ford, an equal guitar virtuoso, with a voice well loved by audiences when they both, after appearing in clubs and lounges across the country, released records that crossed over genres from country, western swing to pop on the airways, released their 5 five minute TV shows. Shows that played in theaters across the country for a wider audience. Yes, the movie theaters has greater attendance than that new boob tube had viewers, with most venues lucky to have reception of 1 or 2 part time channels. Soon enough, every teenage boy in America wanted an electric guitar and a girl like Mary Ford. Especially after the two appeared on American bandstand, live. That's right, live, no lip synching with recorded music. The real deal. In the studio, Les practically invented multi track recording, enabling his wife to sound like the Andrew Sisters in harmony with herself, a feat he was able to accomplish on stage with multiple microphones and speakers. This made him a key player in the coming revolution of electronic sound experimentation.

In 1948, before his 1950's series of successes with wife Mary, Leo suffered a horrid auto accident on an icy road. Consensus by doctors was that his guitar playing was over. Leo had them set his arm, which had been broken in three places and the elbow, after purposefully re-breaking it on the surgical table, in a permanent position for playing the guitar.

In 1996, Leo, long after Mary had passed, and successful remunerative career musically, and with a partnership with the Gibson Guitar Company that had licensed his designs and patents, which he continually improved for them. And a secondary career designing recording and sound equipment for studio and concert use, he took up residence on Mondays, with live performances at the 180 seat jazz club and restaurant, the Iridium on Broadway. Here he graciously and kindly hosted and performed with many other musicians, guitar players and other instrumentalists and vocalists, as well as the audiences. My very close friend Ralph, no slouch on the guitar, brought one his prized Les Paul Gibson guitars, a black beauty, to the Iridium for Les's autograph. Les signed that guitar with a pen that wrote with gold ink, and invited Ralph to play with him for the next two hours. Me, I sat like a doofus with my mouth hanging open, between gulps of wine, at our table watching them trade licks. Ralph later told me he learned more about the guitar during those two hours than he had over the previous 24 years. Ralph also took advantage of Les' invitation to come back and play with him again, many times, leading Ralph to join in the studios as a side man, with many of Les's other guests over the years. Les's generosity made Ralph's dreams come true. Like many others, Ralph cried for Les at his funeral, inconsolable for weeks.





 
These songs were many that helped pull me out of a serious opioid addiction many years ago. Kickin was making me very isolated, doomed and feeling low.



 
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Leo Fender and Les Paul are credited with simultaneously creating the solid body electric guitar. Leo never did learn how to make music on the guitar, perhaps making his accomplishment more amazing. It was often said of Les Paul, "he was born with a guitar in his hands and singing loudly as soon as he was slapped on the rump." America was already well familiar with the virtuosity of Les Paul on guitar, performing with his wholesome, lovely wife, Mary Ford, an equal guitar virtuoso, with a voice well loved by audiences when they both, after appearing in clubs and lounges across the country, released records that crossed over genres from country, western swing to pop on the airways, released their 5 five minute TV shows. Shows that played in theaters across the country for a wider audience. Yes, the movie theaters has greater attendance than that new boob tube had viewers, with most venues lucky to have reception of 1 or 2 part time channels. Soon enough, every teenage boy in America wanted an electric guitar and a girl like Mary Ford. Especially after the two appeared on American bandstand, live. That's right, live, no lip synching with recorded music. The real deal. In the studio, Les practically invented multi track recording, enabling his wife to sound like the Andrew Sisters in harmony with herself, a feat he was able to accomplish on stage with multiple microphones and speakers. This made him a key player in the coming revolution of electronic sound experimentation.

In 1948, before his 1950's series of successes with wife Mary, Leo suffered a horrid auto accident on an icy road. Consensus by doctors was that his guitar playing was over. Leo had them set his arm, which had been broken in three places and the elbow, after purposefully re-breaking it on the surgical table, in a permanent position for playing the guitar.

In 1996, Leo, long after Mary had passed, and successful remunerative career musically, and with a partnership with the Gibson Guitar Company that had licensed his designs and patents, which he continually improved for them. And a secondary career designing recording and sound equipment for studio and concert use, he took up residence on Mondays, with live performances at the 180 seat jazz club and restaurant, the Iridium on Broadway. Here he graciously and kindly hosted and performed with many other musicians, guitar players and other instrumentalists and vocalists, as well as the audiences. My very close friend Ralph, no slouch on the guitar, brought one his prized Les Paul Gibson guitars, a black beauty, to the Iridium for Les's autograph. Les signed that guitar with a pen that wrote with gold ink, and invited Ralph to play with him for the next two hours. Me, I sat like a doofus with my mouth hanging open, between gulps of wine, at our table watching them trade licks. Ralph later told me he learned more about the guitar during those two hours than he had over the previous 24 years. Ralph also took advantage of Les' invitation to come back and play with him again, many times, leading Ralph to join in the studios as a side man, with many of Les's other guests over the years. Les's generosity made Ralph's dreams come true. Like many others, Ralph cried for Les at his funeral, inconsolable for weeks.
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Nice stories OFG. The Fender Stratocaster and the Gibson Les Paul are both iconic guitars in the music industry.

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Les Paul - Sleepwalk
 
Rogue Valley said:
Nice stories OFG. The Fender Stratocaster and the Gibson Les Paul are both iconic guitars in the music industry.
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Let's not forget the Telecaster and Jazzmaster, two more Fender guitars that are also iconic. And of course, Leo's design of the Gibson SG. Throw into the mix, Gretch with his first 12 string solid and acoustic body electric guitars, we have the makings of modern country, rock, country rock, electric blues, pop and everything else, including the Beatles. The competitors abound, some horrid, some also great and effecting modern music forever. My original $39.95 DanElectro from the Sears Catalog made Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper, Rich Valens and many of their contemporaries possible. A sound never truly reproduced by any other guitar.

 
 
We love Arizona. I can't see us ever leaving, BUT, whenever I hear this song it makes me jones for Georgia. If I ever move back East it'll be back to Georgia or the Carolinas.

The last time I took the midnight train to Georgia it left Baltimore in the afternoon and I'm guessing the train got to Savannah just before midnight. It's all gone but it was fun at the time back then.

Midnight Train to Georgia, oooo y'all.

 
Several springs and summers of my misspent youth I spent my money, my time and my dreams in Ocean Drive and Cherry Grove, SC. (it's all part of north Myrtle Beach now). My money, time and dreams never lasted, but lawd I loved wasting every bit. I was a wild child and somehow against all odds I managed to make it without getting killed or caught. As much as i can remember I had/have no regrets.

There was and is today a music genre called Carolina Beach Music. It was all we listened to, danced to and drank to. Often the music was recorded before we were even born. Still today those old songs and some newer songs keep Carolian Beach music alive. There's even a channel on XM Radio. If you go to the Carolina coast you can still hear Carolina Beach Music played in clubs and bars.

I used to listen to Genial Gene, Chatty Hattie and Hot Scott on WGIV in Charlotte play all of these songs and more in between Park & Shop commercials.

Carolina Beach Music songs:

I used to like this song so much I wanted to fall in love with a woman who would end up treating me like dirt just so I could really relate to this song. Turns out it happened more than I wanted to relate to the song. Y'all wimmens can be cruel.







 
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Part II

If you remember (I'm going to) Kansas City be Wilbert Harrison you may not know that Harrison also had this regional hit. It was/may still be a Carolina Beach Music favorite.




Many people remember Stay by Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs. This was(still is?) popular in the Carolina beaches.




It can't get any better than brother Soloman Burke.

 
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Part III

Last one.

Dorothy Moore had the voice of angel. How can you not love Dorothy Moore?




One night outside the Pad in Ocean Drive Billy Stewart was kind and patient enough to talk to my overserved ass. He was a star. He was also a prince for talking to my young and sotted self. I'll never know why he did.




 
OldFatGuy said:
Let's not forget the Telecaster and Jazzmaster, two more Fender guitars that are also iconic. And of course, Leo's design of the Gibson SG. Throw into the mix, Gretch with his first 12 string solid and acoustic body electric guitars, we have the makings of modern country, rock, country rock, electric blues, pop and everything else, including the Beatles. The competitors abound, some horrid, some also great and effecting modern music forever. My original $39.95 DanElectro from the Sears Catalog made Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper, Rich Valens and many of their contemporaries possible. A sound never truly reproduced by any other guitar.

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One of my all time favorite songs.
 
Walking on Sunset

 
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