Author Topic: MUSIC and OLE FARTS  (Read 16954 times)

Offline wil b.

  • Gosling
  • ***
  • Posts: 210
Re: MUSIC and OLE FARTS
« Reply #30 on: January 29, 2015, 12:53:36 PM »
Fotoguzzi - Wow reference of Herman Sonny Blount aka SUN RA!  On a Guzzi site.  Impressive

I can name all the members of Tower of Power 1973.

Also, my memory is fading but I think I can name the 4 guys in The Beatles!

Wil B.
Broadview, IL
"What are we here for?  We're all here TO GO!"  -Wm. Burroughs

Offline Cross-tie Walker

  • Gosling
  • ***
  • Posts: 260
Re: MUSIC and OLE FARTS
« Reply #31 on: January 29, 2015, 02:20:10 PM »
EVERYBODY here is RIGHT!!!   Cool to have such agreement in abundance!

I wonder though if future Geezers will be talking complete classic artists like we here are today? We saw it evolve and flourish like no other time. There's great stuff out there to be sure, but as groundbreaking, and to stand the test of time like ours, remains to be seen.
Kevin in Seattle
'72 Eldo
'07 Vintage

Offline Dilliw

  • Gaggle Hero
  • *****
  • *
  • *
  • Posts: 3674
Re: MUSIC and OLE FARTS
« Reply #32 on: January 29, 2015, 02:48:41 PM »
Link Wray and disciple play Elvis:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZd_5XUXMRU
 8)
cr




Link, Rick Miller and Deke Dickerson
George Westbury
Austin, TX
2003 EVT "The Tank"
2011 Griso SE

L-824 and L-825

Offline Spuddy

  • Gaggle Hero
  • *****
  • *
  • *
  • *
  • Posts: 1108
  • Best Thing About A Mind Is Being Able To Change It
  • Location: Clancy, Montana
Re: MUSIC and OLE FARTS
« Reply #33 on: February 20, 2015, 01:38:10 PM »
Just listened to INXS "Welcome To Wherever You Are." Sophisticated, exotic, earthy.  A great album.  [Are they still called that?] Lead singer sorta Lou Reed-ish.  Wonder what happened to 'em...

Spuddy
'13 Stelvio NTX
'07 California Vintage
'01 W650
'00 Quota 1100ES + Ural

Wildguzzi.com

Re: MUSIC and OLE FARTS
« Reply #33 on: February 20, 2015, 01:38:10 PM »

Offline Triple Jim

  • Gaggle Hero
  • *****
  • Posts: 5930
    • Lakeland Services Company
  • Location: North Central North Carolina
Re: MUSIC and OLE FARTS
« Reply #34 on: February 20, 2015, 01:48:44 PM »
One of my favorites, Hound Dog Taylor:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX9UG8rqRRQ
When the Brussels sprout fails to venture from its lair, it is time to roll a beaver up a grassy slope.

Offline Dilliw

  • Gaggle Hero
  • *****
  • *
  • *
  • Posts: 3674
Re: MUSIC and OLE FARTS
« Reply #35 on: February 20, 2015, 02:07:24 PM »
Just listened to INXS "Welcome To Wherever You Are." Sophisticated, exotic, earthy.  A great album.  [Are they still called that?] Lead singer sorta Lou Reed-ish.  Wonder what happened to 'em...

Spuddy

Sex drugs and rock n roll got to Michael.  The rest of them became reality tv show stars then toured for a while.  I think they hung it up down under a few years ago however.

That album came out around Nirvana times here in the U.S. and didn't sell well.  It's a good one although I probably haven't listened to it in 20 years.
« Last Edit: February 20, 2015, 03:14:35 PM by Dilliw »
George Westbury
Austin, TX
2003 EVT "The Tank"
2011 Griso SE

L-824 and L-825

Offline poorBob

  • Gosling
  • ***
  • Posts: 300
  • Location: North Georgia USA
Re: MUSIC and OLE FARTS
« Reply #36 on: February 20, 2015, 02:25:39 PM »
I was under the impression that The Kinks" You Really Got Me" in 1964 was one of the first power cords in modern rock.

Pretty sure link was the original dude to lay his left index finger across all 6 wires and crank the volume and tremolo up to 11 and wail.

Everybody who has ever played an electric guitar at volume owes Link Wray. He was the first to use distortion purposefully. Notice I did not say first to record distortion but first to use it. He used to punch holes in his speaker cones with a pencil, crank it up to 11 and have at it. He would do the same to your amp if you were silly enough to lend it to him. It was a standing joke with his band who would shake their heads anytime someone loaned him an amp or a cabinet. He went through speakers like most guitarists go though cigarettes. There were many nights the gig was in question because the equipment from last night's gig was rubbish and a replacement wasn't found until the last minute. He was doing this stuff in the 50's in the music halls of DC and the outlying areas. Rumble was written at a roller skating rink in Fredricksburg, VA when a rumble broke out and Link decided to supply the sountrack. I know 2 of the guys who were in his band and I got the chance to meet Link. He was the nicest, most humble man you ever met but he made guitars and amplifiers cringe in fear when they saw him coming. He was a true originator and pioneer. 
« Last Edit: February 20, 2015, 02:28:05 PM by poorBob »

Offline Triple Jim

  • Gaggle Hero
  • *****
  • Posts: 5930
    • Lakeland Services Company
  • Location: North Central North Carolina
Re: MUSIC and OLE FARTS
« Reply #37 on: February 20, 2015, 03:34:18 PM »
That's funny, Bob.  I read that Roy Buchanan used to sometimes take a razor blade to his speaker cones to get the sound he was looking for.
When the Brussels sprout fails to venture from its lair, it is time to roll a beaver up a grassy slope.

Penderic

  • Guest
Re: MUSIC and OLE FARTS
« Reply #38 on: February 20, 2015, 03:49:26 PM »
I wonder if that old genuine Fuzz pedal in the basement is going to be worth something someday?

Offline Guzzistajohn

  • Gaggle Hero
  • *****
  • *
  • *
  • Posts: 12374
  • Location: Missouri Ozarks
Re: MUSIC and OLE FARTS
« Reply #39 on: February 20, 2015, 07:47:47 PM »
ебать Россию!   Not anti social-pro solitude

Offline Turin

  • Gaggle Hero
  • *****
  • *
  • *
  • *
  • *
  • Posts: 5146
    • crap and stuff
  • Location: Chandler, Arizona
Re: MUSIC and OLE FARTS
« Reply #40 on: February 20, 2015, 09:09:46 PM »
Quote
Sex drugs and rock n roll got to Michael.  The rest of them became reality tv show stars then toured for a while.

If I remember right he had an accident that resulted in a head injury that killed his sense of smell and taste, and exacerbated his depressive tendencies. After his Fiancé (?) left him for Bob Geldoff, he hung himself. That's what I remember antway, no drugs. Ian Curtis also killed himself for mental health/medical reasons.
There should be a rule that if the lead singer/ front man dies tragically that you don't replace him and keep going just to keep the money coming in.
 Shame on:
The Doors
INXS
QUEEN
Lynyrd Skynyrd
1997 Daytona RS
1991 Rennsport California III
1991 LeMans 1000
1987 LeMans SE Dave's Cycle Racer
1984 LeMans III
1985 Sidlow Guzzi
1974 850-T Sport
1969 A-series Ambassador
1996 Triumph Daytona 1200
1996 Triumph Daytona 900
1982 Alfa Romeo GTV6 Balocco SE 3.0

Offline maquette

  • Gaggle Mentor
  • ****
  • *
  • *
  • *
  • *
  • Posts: 658
Re: MUSIC and OLE FARTS
« Reply #41 on: February 21, 2015, 09:37:58 AM »
Link Wray, definitely. Hank Ballard and the Midnighters, Little Richard, Jerry Lee and others.

Tom
Tom
Oriental, NC


'98 V11 EV

Offline Dean Rose

  • Gaggle Hero
  • *****
  • Posts: 12224
    • Twin Valley Riders
  • Location: Claytor Lake Virginia
Re: MUSIC and OLE FARTS
« Reply #42 on: February 21, 2015, 09:47:42 AM »
Hell I still like Big Band music, Glen Miller & that kind of stuff.

Dean
Magnolia '02 EV
Sophia '06 Breva 1100 
"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."

Offline Guzzistajohn

  • Gaggle Hero
  • *****
  • *
  • *
  • Posts: 12374
  • Location: Missouri Ozarks
Re: MUSIC and OLE FARTS
« Reply #43 on: February 21, 2015, 11:07:54 AM »
Hell I still like Big Band music, Glen Miller & that kind of stuff.

Dean

If I had to pick a favorite, big band would be my pick too.    js
ебать Россию!   Not anti social-pro solitude

Offline Guzzistajohn

  • Gaggle Hero
  • *****
  • *
  • *
  • Posts: 12374
  • Location: Missouri Ozarks
Re: MUSIC and OLE FARTS
« Reply #44 on: February 21, 2015, 11:30:34 AM »
Speaking of music and old guys , Gordon Lightfoot is touring , still sounds good at what , 105 ? ;D (Just kidding, he is really only about 90 :D )

  Dusty

At that age I hope he doesn't do all the verses of The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald. Or but green bananas. ;D
ебать Россию!   Not anti social-pro solitude

Offline M0T0Geezer

  • Gaggle Mentor
  • ****
  • Posts: 575
    • The Ones I Rode
  • Location: Sun City West, AZ
Re: MUSIC and OLE FARTS
« Reply #45 on: February 21, 2015, 03:44:04 PM »
Speaking of music and old guys , Gordon Lightfoot is touring , still sounds good at what , 105 ? ;D (Just kidding, he is really only about 90 :D )  Dusty

Back in the 1960s my band played a Gordon Lightfoot tune or two.  Audience loved them. My Band Days:

 http://www.dansher.com/banddays.htm

And to keep the motorcycle content, here's the iconic chorus to Black Denim Trousers:

 http://www.dansher.com/audio/bikes/BlackDenim_ch.wav

With love (Rock 'N Roll never forgets),

'Geezer
2007 Moto Guzzi Norge 1200 USA

My 65+ years of motorcycling here:

http://www.dansher.com/mywheels.htm

Wisdom from the road:

http://www.dansher.com/bikequotes.html

Play guitar or keyboard?  You will like:

http://www.dansher.com/audio/pdf_tunes.html

oldbike54

  • Guest
Re: MUSIC and OLE FARTS
« Reply #46 on: February 21, 2015, 04:31:11 PM »
 Pretty cool Geezer  ;-T

  Dusty

Offline poorBob

  • Gosling
  • ***
  • Posts: 300
  • Location: North Georgia USA
Re: MUSIC and OLE FARTS
« Reply #47 on: February 24, 2015, 11:10:05 PM »
That's funny, Bob.  I read that Roy Buchanan used to sometimes take a razor blade to his speaker cones to get the sound he was looking for.

It's a longstanding tradition among guitarists to "borrow" other people's ideas. It's not stealing if you give the idea back when you're done with it!

Seriously, Roy Buchanan was an unbelievably talented guitarist who, like Link Wray, also happened to be from the DC area. He was "out there" but like Link, a very humble, very nice guy. There are a lot of guitarists who achieved a lot more fame and fortune than Roy Buchanan but I can't name you a single one who was a better guitarist.

 

20 Ounce Stainless Steel Double Insulated Tumbler
Buy a quality tumbler and support the forum at the same time!
Better than a YETI! BPA and Lead free.
Advertise Here