Mitch Mitchell, drummer for Hendrix, found dead I feel like the official “rock coroner” of MR Central. Nov. 12, 2008, 8:24 PM EST PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Mitch Mitchell, drummer for the legendary Jimi Hendrix Experience of the 1960s and the group’s last surviving member, was found dead in his hotel room early Wednesday. He […]
The list goes on: Geez some of us must be getting old LONDON – Jimmy Carl Black, who went from drummer in Frank Zappa’s avant-garde Mothers of Invention to doughnut shop worker and house painter, has died at age 70. Black died Saturday of cancer in Siegsdorf, Germany, said Roddie Gilliard, a British musician who […]
I had heard this in the late sixties, but had never heard anything about since…….until now. This is from the News.OK website: A rock-and-roll mystery has finally been solved. For years, record album liners noted Buddy Holly and The Crickets recorded four songs at the Officers Club at Tinker Air Force Base — including the […]
For all you blues aficiandos: http://bluesexcuse.southburnett.com.au/blueswayoflife.htm
If you’re in Chicago, you gotta check out Bifunkal. They are an extremely impressive duo. Bifunkal’s music is a blend of Progressive Rock, Funk (duh), Reggae, Pop, and more! Both the guitarist and drummer employed live looping for greater presence. The biggest surprise though is the drummer, Hershyl Edwards, “played” bass with his voice. He […]
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I’m taking anon’s template for my music this year and just gonna post a few ramdomly found and uninteresting facts about music as they come to me or see fit. The theme tune used for the radio, television, LP and film versions is “Journey of the Sorcerer“, an instrumental piece composed by Bernie Leadon and […]
As I was driving home a couple of days ago, I saw this new huge billboard with the following: The first line was in huge capitol letters taking up most of the top half of the bill board – OKLAHOMA – In much smaller letters the following was proclaimed: “The electric guitar was invented in […]
After careful tabulation with my abacus and beads and using the Gregorian calender I present the final totals for the Quarter and the Year. These Have been Ran thru the Hal 9000(What are you Doing Dave?) and TRS 80 Super Computers and certified by the accounting firm of Dewey, Cheatum, and Howe. The Quarter: 1st […]
OK Friends this the one that you have been waiting for, The final Music Trivia Quiz for 2007 and probably for good. I really don’t have time to keep up with it, and it seems that after a couple of days interest is lost in each quiz so I appreciate each and every one of […]
Earlier this year I went to see the Spamalot musical. What a hoot! When we first walked in the theater, there was this smell. Salisbury steak? Bacon? DUH! It was fried Spam!! What a crazy thought. Here was our fancy theater serving fried Spam sandwiches. Fortunately a friend snapped a pic. As for the musical […]
Welcome to the Kollege of Musical Knowledge Name These Big Band Leaders By Their Big Hits of the Day. 1. Pennsylvania 6-5000 2. Take The A Train 3. Begin The Beguine 4. One O’Clock Jump 5. And The Angels Sing 6. On The Sunny Side Of The Street 7. Minne The Moocher 8. A Night […]
A special quiz for turkey day Alice’s Restaurant 1. How many “eight-by-ten color glossy photographs with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each” were taken? 2. What was the color of the VW microbus? 3. In which town was the crime committed? 4. How far away is the railroad track from […]
Name these 8 Supergroups. 1 Point Each. 1.Tommy Shaw, Jack Blades, Ted Nugent, Michael Cartellone. 2.Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood, Dave Mason, Rik Grech. 3.Eric Clapton, Bobby Whitlock, Carl Radle, Jim Gordon, Duane Allman, Dave Mason 4.Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Ginger Baker, Ric Grech. 5.Geoff Downes, John Whetton, Steve Howe, Carl Palmer, Greg Lake. […]
Friday night, Anon and I went to see the Million Dollar Quartet, a musical put on by the Village Theatre (a NW outfit, I think). The setting was Sun Records on December 4, 1956 when a chance meeting/recording of Elvis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, and Jerry Lee Lewis took place. The actors/musicians did a great […]