Rock & Roll Birthdays

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1948. Jackson Browne. Running on empty

 

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1941. Paul Simon. Slip slidin' away

 

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1946. Justin Hayward. The Moody Blues. Are you sitting comfortably

 

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1948. Patrick Simmons. The Doobie Brothers. Black Water

 

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1940. Manfred Mann. Doo Wah Diddy.

 

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1941. Steve Cropper. Stax records house band, Booker T. & the MG's. The Blues Brothers. Green Onions

 

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1942. Elvin Bishop. Paul Butterfield Blues Band. Elvin Bishop Group. Drivin' Wheel.

Travelin' Shoes

Juke Joint Jump

 

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1939. Grace Slick. Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship. Starship. White Rabbit

 

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1947. Timothy B. Schmit. Poco, Eagles. I can't tell you why.

 

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1945. John David (J.D.) Souther. Singer-songwriter. Wrote, or co-wrote hits by Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt, James Taylor. Souther-Hillman-Furay Band. You're only lonely.

 

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1939. Grace Slick. Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship. Starship. White Rabbit

Here's the original version with the Great Society. If you're not a fan of San Francisco jam bands, and I'm not, fast forward to about 4 minutes and 30 seconds to hear Grace's vocals. I'm not a fan of any falsetto vocals, even Grace's.

As I said to my wife when I heard this, Grace ought to send Jack Casady a million dollar check every year, just for the intro to White Rabbit. The Great Society's version of this would probably not have been as successful.

 

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Here's the original version with the Great Society. If you're not a fan of San Francisco jam bands, and I'm not, fast forward to about 4 minutes and 30 seconds to hear Grace's vocals. I'm not a fan of any falsetto vocals, even Grace's.

As I said to my wife when I heard this, Grace ought to send Jack Casady a million dollar check every year, just for the intro to White Rabbit. The Great Society's version of this would probably not have been as successful.

Improvisation was the name of the game at the time. It was so free. They didn't have to adhere to the "under 3 minutes" standard. Adding to that was the emergence of FM radio. KPPC-FM in Pasadena, later KMET in L.A. were my faves. A great period for rock music. It didn't last long.

 

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Improvisation was the name of the game at the time. It was so free. They didn't have to adhere to the "under 3 minutes" standard. Adding to that was the emergence of FM radio. KPPC-FM, later KMET in L.A. were my faves. A great period for rock music.

I could listen to The Allman Bros, Canned heat, and the Airplane jam on for hours on end, was just never into the Dead or the folk/jazz scene.

 

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I could listen to The Allman Bros, Canned heat, and the Airplane jam on for hours on end, was just never into the Dead or the folk/jazz scene.

I noticed Jorma Kaukonen missing from R.S. 250 guitarists. It doesn't surprise me. R.S. record reviewers were pretentious back in 1970.

 

[Charles U Farley]

I noticed Jorma Kaukonen missing from R.S. 250 guitarists. It doesn't surprise me. R.S. record reviewers were pretentious back in 1970.

And I think it was Bass Guitarist magazine that didn't even list Jack Casady in the top 25?????