So, what have you been listening to lately?

[uwe]

That someone like Linda is robbed of her voice through a cruel disease is bitter.

[uwe]

Never heard of her, reminds me of Bobbie Gentry with maybe a little Karen Carpenter thrown in. Not country, but nice.

You've spotted the Karen Carpenter connection with her before.







But the Bobby Gentry comparison is apt too.

[Dave W]

Don't blame me, blame YT's algorithms.

[uwe]

That's a nice song, Dave, nothing to be ashamed of, not as cutting edge as, say, Budgie, but still ...

BTW, I'm now the proud owner of an 8 CD Bobby Gentry box, thanks for the tip!

[4stringer77]

Is that Tommy Caldwell on Precision special? Would have been the same year he passed as the bass's first year of production. He was like the Cliff Burton of country rock. Both bands lost a lot of potential with out each of them.

[Dave W]

That's a nice song, Dave, nothing to be ashamed of, not as cutting edge as, say, Budgie, but still ...

BTW, I'm now the proud owner of an 8 CD Bobby Gentry box, thanks for the tip!

It's a great song, it was overplayed back in the day but I've come to appreciate it now,

Is that Tommy Caldwell on Precision special? Would have been the same year he passed as the bass's first year of production. He was like the Cliff Burton of country rock. Both bands lost a lot of potential with out each of them.

It's Tommy, but I'm pretty sure that's just a regular P with a white Dimarzio Split P pickup.

[uwe]

Alas!, a yacht rock jewel.



Not yacht, more a speedboat ...



Her hubby was/is a hot guitarist. But how did they manage to make her look so tall in that vid? She's 1,52m / 4 ft 10!!!

[Dave W]

From the depths of my playlists. Vocal by Bonnie Guitar, who was the second Mrs. Tutmarc.

[uwe]

Patty Smyth with two 'y's, her talent should have really taken her somewhere else.

[uwe]

Oranje pride. Though Rob always mocks me for liking them.

[TBird1958]

I saw Pat B way back in the day, she was touring with Billy Squier - great bill! Billy was on the rise, "The Stroke" was on Seattle FM, and his band was really good, I've forgotten who his drummer and bassist were, monstrous sound from the two of them!

Pat B's band has two guitarists at the time, Scott St Clair Sheets was a standout on Rhythm guitar, he got one solo the whole night and killed it. Not that Neil Giraldo is a slouch! Probably one of the very best concerts I went to.   

[uwe]

Billy's rhythm section was indeed ace:

Bobby Chouinard and Kenny Aaronson!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KCdNMRcprs&list=RDEM1fsdNvJOOQGI4mNUQgkFLA&start_radio=1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69fPof-ZTnU&list=RDEM1fsdNvJOOQGI4mNUQgkFLA&index=2





I saw them around the same time as opening act of Whitesnake on their Come And Get It Tour in I believe Mannheim. Whitesnake were in their European prime back then, but Billy & the Boys forced them to give that extra effort - as a great opening act should. Squier had a great sound and lights and he played a set tighter than a virgin's butt with his extremely catchy songs and his "Peter Frampton of the 80ies"-good looks. Kenny Aaronson was a-f***-ama-zing!!! Looking like he had stumbled in from a Stray Cats gig, he was an immaculate showman and a really flashy bass player. To his credit, Squier left him lots of room and Kenny was no shrinking violet, it was rock bass master class "Who cares if I'm louder than the guitars?!".

On that tour, cheeky Billy actually offered the other two ex-Deep Purple guys in Whitesnake - Jon Lord and Ian Paice - a job in his band! That would have been something. 

[TBird1958]

How about some Rickenbacker love with Mike Mesaros of The Smithereens, pretty "up" in the mix!

[uwe]

Donnie Iris. To my eternal shame, I had never ever even heard of him until now. But his "hard rock/pop/new wave meets Elvis Costello/Randy Newman" is right up my nerd alley. Reminds me of The Cars (but with more ooomph) and that is always a good thing.

[Pilgrim]

I had never heard of him either.  I like what I heard!