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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: oldbike54 on October 22, 2015, 07:11:34 AM
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RIP Cory Wells .
Dusty
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...they tell me I was born there, But I really don't remember
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...they tell me I was born there, But I really don't remember
Ive never been to spain...
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One IS the loneliest number. I wore the grooves of his records.
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They were set to play in Fort Lauderdale on November 12th. Does anyone know if they are cancelling any dates? :boozing:
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saw 'em in 1970
RIP. One of the great '60s show bands.
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I met him a few times.
Nice guy. Lived a few towns over.
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Never understood a single word he said...
Some of my favorite music. RIP.
Shaun
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Never understood a single word he said...
Some of my favorite music. RIP.
Shaun
:1: Mine too. Eli's coming..... great tune.
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:cry:
. . . when two dogs just won't do . . .
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...they tell me I was born there, But I really don't remember
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saw 'em in 1970
RIP. One of the great '60s show bands.
I remember being a little tyke living in Santa Barbara in 1970 and Jeremiah was a bullfrog was our whole family's favorite song!
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In high school we had a big bonfire and all-city dance for homecoming every year. 3DN played for us in 70-71-thereabouts. The music was piped over the outdoor campus speakers. "Light My Fire" was played continuously when the band wasn't working on account of the "burning man"-sized bonfire. And when they weren't singing, they came down and mixed with the kids.
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"Well the tell me I was born there ", which in my case is true , but like Hoyt Axton , "I really don't remember "
Dusty
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"Well the tell me I was born there ", which in my case is true , but like Hoyt Axton , "I really don't remember "
Dusty
Hoyt Axton was the song writer for several of their number 1 songs. Hoyt was a friend of mine, we worked on a movie together.
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ALL of their hits were covers. "Joy to the World" was a Hoyt Axton song. Heard that on the radio this morning, I never knew.
I miss the music of that era. Top 40 country plays in the shop, Christ it's terrible. And they're covering old rock songs, not a shred of originality. I know there's good stuff out there,
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Never understood a single word he said...
But I helped him drink his wine....
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ALL of their hits were covers. "Joy to the World" was a Hoyt Axton song. Heard that on the radio this morning, I never knew.
"Never been to Spain" was also written by Hoyt Axton.
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"Never been to Spain" was also written by Hoyt Axton.
. Really also enjoy Waylon's Version of this song!
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Yep a favorite...sad
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Saw them live at the first Denver Pop Festival back in 1969. Their cover of Chest Fever outdid the Band's version. Also thought they put on a better show than Hendrix that night.
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i remember at 9 or 10 years old, on the playground swings, pumping my legs hard to get higher and faster, singing, Jeremiah Was A Bullfrog!, at the top of my lungs. Great era in music, great performers and writers.
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Hoyt Axton sold "Ive never been to Spain" to Elvis Presley who recorded it first. Hoyt's mother wrote a song that Elvis made famous. "Heartbreak hotel" She wrote it in Hoyts home town of Ada Oklahoma.
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i remember at 9 or 10 years old, on the playground swings, pumping my legs hard to get higher and faster, singing, Jeremiah Was A Bullfrog!, at the top of my lungs. Great era in music, great performers and writers.
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Great performers , though I don't think they wrote much . Left that to the pros like Hoyt Axton .
Speaking of Hoyt , contrary to a long serving R&R myth , he did not pen "the pusher "
Dusty
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Great performers , though I don't think they wrote much . Left that to the pros like Hoyt Axton .
Speaking of Hoyt , contrary to a long serving R&R myth , he did not pen "the pusher "
Dusty
Are you sure about that dusty? I have a Hoyt Axton cd that disagrees with that. We are talking about the song god damn the pusher man right?
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Great performers , though I don't think they wrote much . Left that to the pros like Hoyt Axton .
Speaking of Hoyt , contrary to a long serving R&R myth , he did not pen "the pusher "
Dusty
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pusher
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Are you sure about that dusty? I have a Hoyt Axton cd that disagrees with that. We are talking about the song god damn the pusher man right?
Yeah , I know about all of that . However , he was interviewed by the Morning Zoo , you know , Phil and Brent in Tulsa (think Roy D Mercer) several years ago , and they were going down the list of songs he had written . When they got to "the pusher" Hoyt just kinda laughed and said , "well , I didn't actually write that " . Dunno.
Dusty
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"Eli's Coming" was written by Laura Nyro.
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Yeah , I know about all of that . However , he was interviewed by the Morning Zoo , you know , Phil and Brent in Tulsa (think Roy D Mercer) several years ago , and they were going down the list of songs he had written . When they got to "the pusher" Hoyt just kinda laughed and said , "well , I didn't actually write that " . Dunno.
Dusty
Wikipedia gloves Hoyt the credit, wonder what the whole story's about?
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Wikipedia gloves Hoyt the credit, wonder what the whole story's about?
Hoyt is given the songwriting credit for the song , but my understanding is it was for legal/contractual reasons . Jagger/Richards are given the credit for Jumping Jack Flash , in reality Bill Wyman wrote the song with help from Mick Taylor , Jagger finally admitted that a few years ago . More than likely John Kay and the keyboard player from Steppenwolf actually wrote the song , as it showed up on an album before the movie came out . The music biz is rife with stories like this .
Dusty