Re-discovering bands you used to like.

[Andrew]

how could you ever forget about the Minutemen

I didn't say I forgot about the Minutemen, just saying that after not listening to them heavily for a few years it was nice to revisit them and still really dig their music.

[gweimer]

These guys were one of the bar circuit bands that should have gone further.  I remember them coming through Chicago as The St. Louis Sheiks.  Nick Furber had this huge, fat sound, despite the fact that he was a string popper.  Someone on TalkBass has a whole bunch of videos posted from them.

[Rhythm N. Bliss]

Santana!



Carlos is wearing a Hendrix shirt.

[rahock]

Hey Pilgrim, thanks for the Cold Blood piece
I caught them way back about 1970-71 and they were dynamite. They played too a damn near empty house at the Grande Ballroom in Detroit. Back when nobody dressed in anything but raggedy Levis, Linda came out on stage dressed to kill. Very sexy black dress , slit way up the side, 4-5" heels and overall looking just as sharp as she could , and sang "I just want to make love to you" like nobody has ever sang it before. The absolute sexiest,hottest ,female vocal performance I've ever seen .......not to mention a kick ass band.

I can't believe they never went anywhere.

Rick

[Freuds_Cat]

These guys were one of the bar circuit bands that should have gone further.  I remember them coming through Chicago as The St. Louis Sheiks.  Nick Furber had this huge, fat sound, despite the fact that he was a string popper.  Someone on TalkBass has a whole bunch of videos posted from them.

This is some pretty good shit! 

Here is some info I found on them if anyone is interested.

The Sheiks---Michael O Hara-vocals and keys, Leslie martin-Guitar, Nick ferber- Bass, Rob Drums
They did an Album called: Going Public

[Rhythm N. Bliss]

Anyone remember Blodwyn Pig? Mick Abrahams --original Tull guitarist--formed this band when he left Tull in 1968.

www.myspace.com/blodwynpig

DEAR JILL is a Classic!

[PWV]

I feel almost "guilty pleasure like" about this one.  For a time, I couldn't stand these guys.  Especially in their Big-hair period of the 80's.   The first 2 or 3 albums were ok, but "Dog and Butterfly" and "Bebe Le Strange" really became part of my musical DNA.  One of Heart's best songs imo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWhlC_xCPok&feature=related

[PWV]

And here they are today.  Nancy looks great....but this song was another underrated one imo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwxTeWqX3a8&feature=related

[bobyoung]

I got my first B.J. when I was 15 in '69 listening to this on tv with a sexy lil brunette named Michelle:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x6chChxzV0&feature=related

Inside Looking Out, one my favorite tunes by Grand Funk, ever hear The Animals version which predates this one by several years?

[bobyoung]

Anyone remember Blodwyn Pig? Mick Abrahams --original Tull guitarist--formed this band when he left Tull in 1968.

www.myspace.com/blodwynpig

DEAR JILL is a Classic!

Used to do See My Way when it was new. Always loved Mick Abram's playing, Jethro Tull really changed and not for the good IMHO when he left.

[gweimer]

I've done "Bebe Le Strange" and "Barracuda" in bands before, but "Mistral Wind" is definitely my favorite.  True stoner rock.

[Rhythm N. Bliss]

Inside Looking Out, one my favorite tunes by Grand Funk, ever hear The Animals version which predates this one by several years?

Yeah! I discovered the Animals version in the 90s. Not bad, blew my mind!
The Animals were great! Simple, Classic bass lines.

I've got EVERYTHING by Heart. Nancy singin' Treat Me Well is my fav.
I have a dvd of them in '76 which is real hot!!
Saw 'em last summer & this spring.

[Rhythm N. Bliss]

Still Alive & Well & Johnny Winter And Live

From back when ol' JW WAS still well. I got on his tourbus & got his sig a few years back & told him I was the loudmouth who kept screamin' for Still Alive & Well & Tore Down & he smiled ear to ear as he signed my ticket...legibly!
One of the few sigs I have that can actually be read.

[rahock]

Still Alive & Well & Johnny Winter And Live

From back when ol' JW WAS still well. I got on his tourbus & got his sig a few years back & told him I was the loudmouth who kept screamin' for Still Alive & Well & Tore Down & he smiled ear to ear as he signed my ticket...legibly!
One of the few sigs I have that can actually be read.

Back in 1970-71 Johnny , Edgar and the Allman Bros as well as a few other bands were playing at the Michigan State Fairgrounds. I was fresh out of high school , as was a drummer friend of mine who went with me.He also happens to be an albino who looks a lot like Edgar. Jonny and Edgars crew mistook him for Edgar and dragged him backstage to get ready dispite his protests. He got to meet Johnny an Edgar and the Allman bros and during their discussion they found out he was a drummer and invited up to sit in. They had two drum kits set up so they had nothing to lose. Once they got him up there and saw how good he was, they kept him up to play  several tunes with both bands. The crowd loved having a local kid up there, so when the Allman bros came up they kept him going .
Talk about a dream come true for an 18 year old kid!!

Rick

[Dave W]

Three albinos playing on one stage? That could have caused the universe to implode.