prototype-fan Posted June 12, 2007 Posted June 12, 2007 Big Star: coulda been huge, but bad luck/timing destroyed them. Sad story...+1 for Big StarAlso, Nick Drake.
Willie G. Moseley Posted June 12, 2007 Posted June 12, 2007 +1 on Fever Tree. Curiously (shameless self-promotion coming up), I'm gonna be on Greg Martin's radio show in Bowling Green, KY again (he's the lead guitarist for the Ky. Headhunters) a week from tonight, and "San Francisco Girls (Return of the Native)" is one of the songs I asked him to dig out. The primary focus is gonna be on Randy California, but a plethora "oozy-bloozy"/"woman tone" guitar songs will be spun. Will go ahead and toss in a spoiler. FT lead guitarist Michael Knust (who died in 2003) used a '66 Epi Sheraton w/ mini-humbuckers and a red-dome, two-knob Fuzz Face (dunno the amp) to get that sound, and one of the reasons I wanted Greg to play that one is it's got harmony feedback (!) at the end...
tomteriffic Posted June 12, 2007 Posted June 12, 2007 +1 on Fever Tree. Curiously (shameless self-promotion coming up), I'm gonna be on Greg Martin's radio show in Bowling Green, KY again (he's the lead guitarist for the Ky. Headhunters) a week from tonight, and "San Francisco Girls (Return of the Native)" is one of the songs I asked him to dig out. The primary focus is gonna be on Randy California, but a plethora "oozy-bloozy"/"woman tone" guitar songs will be spun. Will go ahead and toss in a spoiler. FT lead guitarist Michael Knust (who died in 2003) used a '66 Epi Sheraton w/ mini-humbuckers and a red-dome, two-knob Fuzz Face (dunno the amp) to get that sound, and one of the reasons I wanted Greg to play that one is it's got harmony feedback (!) at the end...I saw them in the spring of 1970 (if the drug haze has cleared enough for me to remember what year in college it was...). The pile of gear onstage would suggest it was probably an Acoustic. The opening band (Stopp, another great one) had the big ol' Great Kaballah 3 x 15" Kustoms, and most of the other stuff interspersed that night was Acoustic IIRC, along with four JBL equipped (plus Voice of the Theater horns) Dual Showmen for PA. Michael was using an Epi thinline as I recall. Somebody had a Vox Phantom bass that night too.Get Rick to dig out both versions of "The Sun Also Rises".
princeofdarkness56 Posted June 12, 2007 Posted June 12, 2007 Southern Culture on the Skids will be playing a music festival in July in Greenfield Ma. It's a two day event with Buddy Guy as the headliner.
shredmeister Posted June 12, 2007 Posted June 12, 2007 I don't know if anyome metnioned Y & T yet. Great great band.Were commonly using harmonic minor scales before just about anybody else.The record company never put enough money into promoting the band. They could have been big.
BCR Greg Posted June 12, 2007 Author Posted June 12, 2007 THIS JUST IN!A fanpage for LSD that has all existing recorded music in MP3 format....http://www.7171.org/lsd/audio.htmlWoo Hoo!
DaveH Posted June 12, 2007 Posted June 12, 2007 Not sure if any of these have been mentioned yet, if so I overlooked them:- Moxy. A great hard rock band from the 70's that *almost* hit it big.- Riot. They sort of died when Guy Speranza left, but Mark Reale is a hell of a guitar player. They came close as well, but always got screwed over somehow....Sammy Hagar, for one, stuck it to them.- The Godz. A no frills biker band from Ohio, they never came real close to making it big AFAIK, but I loved their first two albums.There are others too, but these immediately came to mind.
tgoss Posted June 12, 2007 Posted June 12, 2007 Hmmm,Willie NileGarland JefferiesCrack The SkyCarolyn Mas...others I'm sure...that was early 80's for those of you young enough.+1 on Jason & The Scorchers
Guest pirateflynn Posted June 12, 2007 Posted June 12, 2007 Two L.A. bands from about 1980 .......White Sisterand 707
Rechts Posted June 12, 2007 Posted June 12, 2007 Cool for August...they had a huge hit with "Walk Away"...then faded away... They didn't fade away, actually. Shad Hills changed the name to Stereo 360, and they put out a great CD in 2002 called Enjoy Your Lfe Poolside (http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/stereo360 has some samples) Every song on that CD is fantastic. Here is the one video they did: The first time I met Pam and the Cheap Chick gals, they were opening for Stereo 360 at Spaceland in LA. These guys should have been huge, and their music is just like many of the guitar-pop bands mentioned on this thread that somehow just didn't make it. How "Jimmy eat World" cracked the big time and these guys didn't is a travesty. Shad is a brilliant songwriter and has had many bites at the "big time" apple, but his reputation in the business has been weathered a little bit.
cmatthes Posted June 12, 2007 Posted June 12, 2007 Agreed about Stereo360. Good stuff.Also, Crack the Sky - quirky, yes, but some of the best recorded guitar tones ever from Rick Witkowski. Palumbo could definitely write a dark power pop/new wave song with teeth.
RobB Posted June 12, 2007 Posted June 12, 2007 Two L.A. bands from about 1980 .......White Sisterand 707Dear god! White Sister! I remember those guys, I think I used to have their indy LP. Kind of a poor man's Angel (better, though).707, IIRC, was a NoCal band from Sonoma, Santa Rosa or something like that. They had a slick, AOR sound ala Journey.
princeofdarkness56 Posted June 12, 2007 Posted June 12, 2007 I saw Crack the Sky a few times back in the day. One of the guitar players always had a Hamer. Usually a Special.
tomteriffic Posted June 13, 2007 Posted June 13, 2007 +1 for The Godz. I still have some of their vinyl around here someplace. Which, inexplicably, reminds me of Pearls Before Swine.
Buster Posted June 13, 2007 Posted June 13, 2007 Thanks for the tip...I had no idea and will be checking this out... Cool for August...they had a huge hit with "Walk Away"...then faded away... They didn't fade away, actually. Shad Hills changed the name to Stereo 360, and they put out a great CD in 2002 called Enjoy Your Lfe Poolside (http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/stereo360 has some samples) Every song on that CD is fantastic. Here is the one video they did: The first time I met Pam and the Cheap Chick gals, they were opening for Stereo 360 at Spaceland in LA. These guys should have been huge, and their music is just like many of the guitar-pop bands mentioned on this thread that somehow just didn't make it. How "Jimmy eat World" cracked the big time and these guys didn't is a travesty. Shad is a brilliant songwriter and has had many bites at the "big time" apple, but his reputation in the business has been weathered a little bit.
Buzzy Fretts Posted June 13, 2007 Posted June 13, 2007 back in the 70's there was a FM band called Climax Blues Band. They were a rare band in that their "hits" had a slow slinky blues feel. I tried to see these guys no less than 5 times in three years and each show was cancelled the_day_of or pretty close. WTF? They faded from view after that - though I see they released 18 albums over time. I figure they had some wicked contract BS that took them down in the states.
serial Posted June 13, 2007 Posted June 13, 2007 I saw Crack the Sky a few times back in the day. One of the guitar players always had a Hamer. Usually a Special.One of my favorite bands of all time.
DavidE Posted June 13, 2007 Posted June 13, 2007 +1 for The Godz. I still have some of their vinyl around here someplace. Which, inexplicably, reminds me of Pearls Before Swine.Local legends in Columbus. Mark Chatfield opened Cowtown Guitars here and thankfully moved it to Las Vegas some years ago. Mark also tours with Bob Seger when Bob decides to hit the road. I've never seen Eric Moore around town. Matt Meese (an excellent drummer) still plays around town and I think my singer talked to him about joining our band last year, but didn't get together. He's a huge man and one hell of a drummer. See www.TheGodz.netThe 1970s Godz: Where Are They Now?When Eric isn't writing, recording, or performing live, he can be found kicking around the bars of Columbus, Ohio (or "Come-blow-us, Ohio" as Michael Hannon likes to call it) with Pete Way of UFO and Michael Hannon of American Dog, otherwise collectively known as "The Drunken Bass Players of Columbus, Ohio." Eric continues to rock with THE GODZ. (See 'News' and 'Meeting Eric'.)
DavidE Posted June 13, 2007 Posted June 13, 2007 Zebra (they were just 15 years behind their time)Michael Stanley BandMcGuffey LaneSisters WadeRat Race Choir (with keyboardist Bob Mayo who went on to play with Foreigner, Hall & Oates, The Average White Band, Ian Hunter, Robert Plant, Joe Walsh and Peter Frampton). See, BobMayo.net. One of the original guitar players also ended up here in Columbus and I ended up playing in a band with him.
Buzzy Fretts Posted June 13, 2007 Posted June 13, 2007 Zebra (they were just 15 years behind their time)Michael Stanley BandMcGuffey LaneSisters WadeRat Race Choir (with keyboardist Bob Mayo who went on to play with Foreigner, Hall & Oates, The Average White Band, Ian Hunter, Robert Plant, Joe Walsh and Peter Frampton). See, BobMayo.net. One of the original guitar players also ended up here in Columbus and I ended up playing in a band with him.I used to head out to LI to catch Rat Race Choir all the time. Their covers of Tull and Zep were unmatched.
Hamer95USA Posted June 13, 2007 Posted June 13, 2007 Y&T WAS big for a while. Hey shredmeister & BCR Greg, I would have to agree with you guys on Y & T. Attended many of their shows, dug the cool songs and Dave Meniketti's vocals & guitar playing. I eventually met up with Joey Alves and Leonard Haze and got to know them as friends. They still perform around here locally and usually tour Europe during the summer. Guitar George
DavidE Posted June 13, 2007 Posted June 13, 2007 Zebra (they were just 15 years behind their time)Michael Stanley BandMcGuffey LaneSisters WadeRat Race Choir (with keyboardist Bob Mayo who went on to play with Foreigner, Hall & Oates, The Average White Band, Ian Hunter, Robert Plant, Joe Walsh and Peter Frampton). See, BobMayo.net. One of the original guitar players also ended up here in Columbus and I ended up playing in a band with him.I used to head out to LI to catch Rat Race Choir all the time. Their covers of Tull and Zep were unmatched.Huh.... I saw Zebra do some incredible Zep covers in the clubs. The Rain Song was spot on. Probably better than Zep live.Bob Catapano was the guitarist from RRC that I played with in a cover band maybe 5 or 6 years ago.
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