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Etta James - I'd Rather Go Blind
Larry, that is a fantastic example
of the comfortable marriage that once existed between C&W & R&B.
Probably, but in a certain
collateral sense it did garner positive attention to her.
Props to H.B. Barnum, a great arranger and producer, for
bringing Irma's version to the listening public.
....as did Andrew Loog Oldham, cappy.
He obtained a mechanical license from Ragavoy & Jimmy
Norman, copied the arrangement and recorded it with The Stones,
who made it their own!
Irma Thomas? Probably got a big than you w/o any money not
unlike how Big Mama Thornton was compensated for Hound Dog,
by Col.Tom, on behalf of Elvis Presley.
Time Is On My Side - Irma Thomas
Jimmy Norman, a writer and associate of Ragavoy's
added the words where the trombone had soloed on
the original, and Irma Franklin added the soulful lead vocal.
It was this version that the Stones heard, and turned into
a huge crossover success on "Twelve By Five."
Time Is On My Side - Original Recording
The Drinkard Singers were Cissy Houston (mother of Whitney), & her cousins
sisters Dionne & Dede Warwick. They are the vocalists on this recording.
It was released under the name of jazz trombonist Kai Winding.
It was a big hit for New Orleans based Irma Thomas and a bigger hit for
The Rolling Stones.
cap, he told me that when they were
introduced Janis was shocked to see that he was white.
Based on the songs he had written, and the mostly black
artists that he produced, she was sure he must be black,
but with a funny last name!
He also wrote under the pseudonym of "Norman Meade."
Well, honestly, a lot of that type
of "chicks" entertained me more than Janis, She wasn't the
only one with problems, but she was the first white hippie, out of control
screamer that got promoted big time. I just never thought
she could sing.
She made at least three of Jerry Ragavoy's song live again,
but having come of age with the originals by the Black artists
who first recorded them like Howard Tate, Erma Franklin &
Garnet Mimms, I just thought it was undisciplined emotional flailing.
(I hope Myth isn't viewing this; I do enjoy being here).
My problem was her lack
of professional restraint; exactly what her audience
LOVED about her. She was a train wreck waiting to happen.
By the time she'd come along, I'd already experienced the
vocal stylings of the greats like Jackie Wilson, Nina Simone,
Sarah Vaughan, Mose Allison and Otis Redding, at places like
The Apollo Theater, Carnegie Hall,and in college where I got to
see Smokey Robinson, among others.
The Angels were devoted to her,
at the very least!
BTW, once they got to NY, Albert, & I assume Rags,
set to work peeling JJ away from the original band with
Getz, Andrew, Gurley & Albin.
They created the Full Tilt Boogie Band after Cheap Thrills was
released, and then her solo career went into full swing.
No surprise to you folks, I'm sure, but frankly, I never cared for her
at all.
They were rabid friends of hers.
Oh no, Myth;
I smoked all of them!
The only decent Janis story I have is too indecent for this board.
I'll put it on my 900 # for those of you who were big fans of hers.
Suffice to say that it involved an "interaction" between an Oakland
Hells Angel named Lurch, and the Diva from Port Arthur. IMO,
she was as funky as anyone back then.
When Big Brother moved
to NY, David Getz, who was their drummer, gave me the keys to
a warehouse space where they practiced and rehearsed. It still
had 6 months rent paid up in front, remaining.
Had I the slightest inkling of the future value of a dozen or so broken sticks,
old drum heads and assorted miscellany, I'd have "preserved"
all that crap they left behind.
There was an itinerary for their travel to NYC, and then up to Bearsville (Woodstock)
where their new manager, Albert Grossman, had his fiefdom. I kept that for a
couple of years in my cymbal case until someone felt they "needed" it, and
I gave it away.
No doubt!
Oh yeah, man!
Another classic written by Jerry "Rags" Ragovoy.
Once again, no surprise, he used songs he'd written on his productions
for Janis Joplin.
As his career was winding down and mine was just firing up, he
was very kind and generous toward me.
Brewer & Shipley - On Toke Over The Line
That "stuff's" funny, Larry.
When I foolishly indulged in expensive European cars, many years ago,
I got a different feeling rolling up to the beckoning hand of "The Service adviser."
The sight of this dude with a clipboard, wearing a long white coat
not unlike a Doctor, always made me wonder "How much this bit of surgery
was gonna cost?"
It's like Biggie Smalls put it: "Mo' Money, Mo' Problems."
Good morning to you,as well, cap;
I don't mind losing the hour. As an insomniac, I love DST!
Ray Charles - The Midnight Hour
Randy Newman - God's Song
GA Mass Choir featuring John Askew - Help Is On The Way
John Askew - Lift Up Your Name
Thankfully
Cannonball Adderley Quintet - Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
Weather Report - Heavy Weather
Kenny Vaughan on Tom Petty
Weather Report - Heavy Weather (complete album)
Al Green - Strong As Death
Otis Clay - Trying To Live My Life W/O You
Charles Brown - Driftin' Blues
We lived on the Mississippi,
docked just outside of Memphis. Pa ran whiskey from Arkansas.
I stood on a soap box and kept the wheel steady when ma was too drunk to steer.
That's where I started listening to that NOLA music, ya know.
Sure have to separate the art
that passes through them from the artists, themselves.
"The Possom" was a prime example of that adage.
Murray's wheelhouse, cappy.
Merle Haggard - Mama Tried
True; a lot of them
do take the original to another level, sometimes "better."
Actually, I have beef w. covers,
in general. Hopefully, nobody's noticed.
Some classics should just be left untouched.
I was only 2, but
quite precocious.
I think this is the original recording......
Yes, it helped set the stage
for the musical renaissance to follow!