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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-02-09 10:26 PM
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Name a musician who was never full appreciated in his / her lifetime, and now it's too damned late
I'm gonna go with John Hartford, because while he had a rabid following, he NEVER got the recognition he deserved. For what it's worth, I thonk he KNEW he had the rabid following, and for John, he probably prized that more than being a "rock star."

John Hartford (with Roy Huskey Jr.) - Gentle On My Mind: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fXXkybycsU

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likesmountains 52 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-02-09 10:32 PM
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1. Nick Drake
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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-02-09 10:35 PM
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2. Absolutely.
I posted "Pink Moon" here a short while back, noting its resurgence due to that Volkswagen commercial...a LOT of people responded, clearly remembering the commercial, and noting what a shame it was that the spotlight wasn't a little brighter in Nick's lifetime.

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likesmountains 52 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-02-09 11:00 PM
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7. I was reading the Vanity Fair article about Heath Ledger. He wanted to make a movie about Nick
Drake. I think the article said that he had made some sort of video of Nick Drake's songs. I should have paid more attention, I'd forgotten about it until just now.
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Iggo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 10:19 AM
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26. Nick Drake was my first thought also.
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pepperbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-02-09 10:41 PM
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3. Chris Bell


that's him seated, smiling at the camera

http://www.frontlinearts.com/bigstar/
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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-02-09 10:48 PM
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4. Big Star rocketed right past me in their prime...
...I remember the CD reissue of "Sister Lovers" and the claim in Rolling Stone that it was some kind of lost masterpiece, but when these guys were MAKING the music, I never heard a single NOTE.

Such is the music business, eh?

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pepperbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 01:55 AM
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49. get "#1 record" and "radio city", which are available on 1 cd. n/t
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greendog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-02-09 10:54 PM
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5. Townes Van Zandt
"Pancho & Lefty":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtzgwNDZAs4&feature=related
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likesmountains 52 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-02-09 11:01 PM
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8. Yes, him too..
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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-02-09 11:14 PM
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9. And Steve Earle's done what he can to make that situation right...


http://www.amazon.com/Townes-Steve-Earle/dp/B001QZEHEI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1249272818&sr=8-1

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merh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-02-09 10:56 PM
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6. Eva Cassidy
Fields of Gold
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3YVil3Ajjs
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Inspired Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 05:21 AM
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18. Her voice has a lovely soothing tone.
When I bought my first Eva Cassidy CD, I didn't know that she passed away years earlier. It made me very sad.
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kwassa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 09:43 PM
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48. Eva was a giant talent just beginning to hit it big.
when she died of cancer at age 33

Over the Rainbow

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUwTdqPkluY
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LibDemAlways Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-05-09 12:22 AM
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62. I could not agree more. The voice of an angel. RIP, Eva.
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-02-09 11:15 PM
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10. Elliott Smith
One of my best friends since childhood knew him.

Now she's dead, too. :cry:
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 10:46 AM
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50. He would've been 40 this Thursday
He was born exactly 10 days before me. He was one of GenX's greatest songwriters.
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-05-09 12:07 AM
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61. Gawd, yes. Elliott was so amazingly talented.
Sorry about your friend. :hug:
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bluesbassman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-02-09 11:39 PM
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11. Hafta go with Danny Gatton AV.
Although he did see some recognition near the end of his life it was just too little too late.

Here's a taste...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUpP7CnW4yA&feature=related
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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 12:31 AM
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12. Danny AND Roy Buchanan...
...although there is a degree of tinfoil hat "conspiracy theory" surrounding whether or not Roy REALLY hung himself in that jail cell...

Buchanan and Gatton, for me, were "twin sons from different mothers"...and you're right, Danny DID get a little, but it just wasn't enough. The record industry just doesn't know how to market musicians who don't write songs about teenage boys getting laid.

That's why I thank God on a regular basis that we still have Buddy Guy...one CRAZY SON OF A BITCH who can play like no other man alive.

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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 04:02 AM
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16. Clapton says Buddy Guy's the best. Buddy Guy says the best
ever is Magic Sam.
Magic Sam was one of the greatest guitar players ever and is virtually forgotten now, and another was Guitar Slim.
Add Little Walter and Sonny Boy Williamson II on harp.

mark
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abq e streeter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 11:21 AM
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29. and for that matter--entire generations of blues players white America never heard of
best guitar players I ever saw in the blues bars in Chicago were Son Seals , and J.B. Hutto ( who was carrying on the legacy of the great Elmore James). And Little Walter? In the immortal words of Arthur Conley: "he's the king of em all y'all".
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 05:36 PM
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41. I have been a fan of blues for nearly 50 years, and I am still finding
music online by artists whose names I have hears, but not their music. I am just now discovering Memphis Minnie,Blind Willie Johnson and Louis Jordan. If not for the internet, I would probably never heard their music.

Most of these people were never appreciated, screwed out of their rightful income and discarded. I recall Eric Burden stating that British musicians of the '60's discovered the height of American culture - the Blues- in America's trash can. Sadly, he is right.
They are black musicians, therefor their art did not count or matter to most people in their own nation.

It is yet another fucking disgrace from a nation that routinely spits on its creative people while elevating the greedy and stupid.

mark
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enigmatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 12:39 AM
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13. Peter Laughner
http://recluseshow.blogspot.com/2009/04/sylvia-plath-peter-laughner.html
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abq e streeter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 01:25 AM
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14. Tim Buckley, for one
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noamnety Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 02:23 AM
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15. Can they be just instrumentalists?
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abq e streeter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 11:15 AM
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28. ooh..I think she just winked at me
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armyowalgreens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 04:17 AM
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17. Elliott Smith
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MajorChode Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 05:36 AM
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19. Herbert Khaury
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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 10:15 AM
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24. Tiptoe Through The Tuplis indeed...
:rofl:
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Monk06 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-05-09 02:50 AM
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66. The man was a genius ........


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DEoOdcYKbc
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KG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 06:37 AM
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20. Chris Gaffney, Bob Childers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEanuYnuiIU&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyUDZU39Rg0
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Blue_Tires Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 07:45 AM
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21. James Jamerson -- bassist and the backbone of countless Motown hits
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Jamerson


and i did see he got into the Rock and Roll hall of fame, but he died penniless...
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abq e streeter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 11:29 AM
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30. I drove from Albuquerque to Chicago with James Jr. a few years ago--he idolized his dad
maybe a little too much, because he had some of the same problems . He was a brilliant bass player in his own right, but had a bad problem with alcohol too, and was so broke that I gave him a few bucks when I put him on the Greyhound to Detroit so he could get something to eat when he got there. James Sr. was, in his son's words, a musical genius.
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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 04:47 PM
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36. I learned a bit about James, many years ago...
...and yes, I knew who he was and what he was. Once again, that's the music business for you...a damned shame.

For anyone who'd like a clearer picture regarding the scope of his contribution, I found the following:

http://www.bassland.net/jamersonhits.htm



This list of recordings is started from the list on the back of the Jamerson Tribute T-Shirt (let me know if you are interested in purchasing one). I do not believe this list is complete but will get back with updates as I become aware of them. The songs were recorded with electric bass unless otherwise noted (U = Upright Bass). Some songs include two bassplayers (the other bassist being Bob Babbitt or Tony Newton).

From the Detroit Free press story (by Brian McCollum) on Jamerson "In all, he performed on nearly 30 No. 1 pop hits -- toppling the record commonly attributed to the Beatles. On the R&B charts, nearly 70 of his performances went to the top."

My Girl - Temptations
Bernadette - 4 Tops
Aint That Peculiar - Marvin Gaye
Ooh Baby Baby - The Miracles
To Many Fish In The Sea - The Marvelettes
Uptight (Everything Is Alright) - Stevie Wonder
Heat Wave (U) - Martha & The Vandellas
This Old Heart Of Mine - Isley Brothers
I Heard It Through The Grapevine (2 recordings) - Marvin Gaye, Gladys Knight & Pips
Where Did Our Love Go (U) - Diana/Supremes
Since I Lost My Baby - Temptations
For Once In My Life - Stevie Wonder
My Guy (U) - Mary Wells
Your Precious Love - Marvin Gaye/Tammy Terrell
You've Really Got A Hold On Me - The Miracles
Love Child - Diana/Supremes
I Guess I'll Always Love you
Dancing In The Streets - Martha & The Vandellas
Don't Mess With Bill - The Marvelettes
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
Standing In The Shadows Of Love - 4 Tops
Mickey's Monkey (U) - The Miracles
Cloud Nine - Temptations
Nothing's To Good For My Baby - Temptations
My Baby Loves Me - Martha & The Vandellas
You Keep Me Hanging On - Diana/Supremes
You Beat Me To The Punch - Mary Wells
Little Darling (I Need You) - 4 Tops
I'm Ready For Love
The Way You Do The Things You Do - Temptations
I Can't Help Myself - 4 Tops
Roadrunner - Jr. Walker & The All-Stars
You're All I Need To Get By - Temptations
You Can't Hurry Love - Diana/Supremes
Shop Around - The Miracles
Ain't To Proud To Beg - Temptations
My Cherie Amour - Stevie Wonder
It's The Same Old Song - 4 Tops
How Sweet It Is - Marvin Gaye
Take Me In Your Arms (And Rock Me A Little While) - Brenda Holloway
Ain't No Mountain High Enough (2 recordings) - Marvin Gaye/Tammy Terrell, Diana/Supremes
My Baby Must Be A Magician - The Marvelettes
Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart - Diana/Supremes
Beauty Is Only Skin Deep - Temptations
Ask The Lonely - 4 Tops
Going To A Go-Go - The Miracles
I was Made To Love Her - Stevie Wonder
Hitch Hike - Marvin Gaye
I Second That Emotion - The Miracles
Please Mr. Postman - The Marvelettes
Jimmy Mack (U) - Martha & The Vandellas
I Hear A Symphony - Diana/Supremes
Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over) - 4 Tops
I'm Gonna Make You Love Me - Temptations
Get Ready - Temptations
The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game
Stop! In The Name Of Love - Diana/Supremes
That's What Love Is Made Of
Nowhere To Run - Martha & The Vandellas
Seven Rooms Of Gloom - 4 Tops
Pride & Joy - Marvin Gaye
(I Know) I'm Losing You - Temptations
Two Lovers - Mary Wells
I'll Turn To Stone - 4 Tops
Come See About Me - Diana/Supremes
Stubborn Kind Of Fellow - Marvin Gaye
How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone
If I Were your Woman Gladys Knight & The Pips
My World Is Empty Without You - Diana/Supremes
The Tracks Of My Tears - The Miracles
I'm Wondering - Stevie Wonder
Can I Get A Witness - Marvin Gaye
The Girls Alright With Me - Temptations
Shoo Be Doo Be Doo Da Day - Stevie Wonder
Reflections - Diana/Supremes
What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted - Jimmy Ruffin
Baby I Need Your Loving - 4 Tops
Quicksand... - Martha & The Vandellas
Reach Out...I'll Be There - 4 Tops
You Beat Me To The Punch - Mary Wells
The Bells - The Originals
Shotgun - Jr. Walker & The All-Stars
Fingertips (pt2)- Stevie Wonder
Hey Girl - Stevie Wonder
What Are You Gonna Do When I'm Gone (U) - Kim Weston (submitted by Chuck Whaley)
Still Water Runs Deep - Four Tops (Chuck Whaley)
All in the Game - Four Tops (Chuck Whaley)
My Baby - Temptations
The One Who Really Loves You (U)- Mary Wells
This Old Heart Of Mine - Isley Brothers
My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left) - David Ruffin
It Takes Two (U) - Marvin Gaye/Tammy Terrell
Honey Chile - Martha & the Vandellas
To Busy Thinking About My Baby - Marvin Gaye
When Your Young And In Love - Marvelettes
Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing - Marvin Gaye/Tammy Terrell
Still Waters Run Deep - Four Tops
If I Were Your Woman - Gladys Knight & the Pips
I Want You Back - Jackson 5 (see below)
It's Growing - The Temptations (thanks to Catherine J. Lewis)
Agent Double O Soul - Edwin Starr(thanks to Catherine J. Lewis)
I Can't Get Next To You - Temptations (thanks to John Coe)
I want A Love I can Feel - Temptations (thanks to Anthony Parker)
Heart Breaking Guy - Supremes (thanks to Anthony Parker)

...And countless other Album tunes and "B" sides
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 08:02 AM
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22. Jeffrey Lee Pierce
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Tikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 09:08 AM
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23. Absolutely and, also, Top Jimmy...
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=60131840

Tikki
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 10:18 AM
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25. Sandy Denny. nt
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Steely_Dan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 10:23 AM
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27. Ian Anderson
He is so creative and musically talented. He can play a variety of instruments. I don't think he has received or will ever receive the recognition he deserves.

-P
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 11:37 AM
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31. Frank Zappa
Hell he's still not fully appreciated, and neither were his efforts to fight for our free speech rights!
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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 04:53 PM
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37. I don't think he ever will be fully appeciated...
...human nature likes to put people in a box, as quickly as possible, and for a guy who wore as many hats as Frank, that just doesn't work.

Ringo Starr had a great quote about Bob Dylan in Rolling Stone about a year ago, how when you attend a Bob Dylan concert you "get the Bob Bob wants to give you that night."

Frank, like Bob, did it for Frank first, and if the audience "got it," great, and if they didn't...

...well...

:shrug:

:evilgrin:
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 06:57 PM
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42. That's certainly true.
Edited on Mon Aug-03-09 06:59 PM by Initech
I never got to see FZ live but I can definitely tell that from all the live concerts and bootlegs that I've listened to. He wasn't afraid to present a different show every night because the crowds were different. Look at Roxy & Elsewhere, then look at something like Broadway The Hard Way. I think the reason the MOI (Mothers Of Invention) got to where they are is because they were an ever-evolving, mutating self-entity - something that a lot of bands aren't. That's the reason that bands like MOI, the Beatles, and the Rolling Stones will survive decades from now - and still be discovered by countless fans. And I think FZ had envisioned it that way.
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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 07:03 PM
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43. I saw Frank live three times...
1). With the Flo & Eddie "Mothers Fillmore" band at Boston Music Hall with Chuck Berry (!) as the opening act. FILTHIEST show I have ever seen in my life. My brother set me up with a blind date. Very shy girl who looked like Carole King on the cover of her "Tapestry" album. She wore a white turtleneck sweater with a big peace medal and after the few songs featuring multiple references to bodily fluids did not say another word to me for the rest of the evening.

2). The Napoleon Murphy Brock / George Duke / Ruth Underwood "Roxy & Elsewhere" band at Circle Star Theatre in San Carlos. Small venue, rotating stage, and front row seats. George Duke stuck his tongue out and bugged his eyes at me and I doubled over laughing. This was one of THE MOST musically competent bands in Zappa's career. Duke was AMAZING, but then again, so was the entire BAND. Opening act was a solo Tom Waits who had just released his first album.

3). The Bongo Fury Band with Captain Beefheart as the opening act, Berkeley Community Theater. Frank and the Captain sadly did NOT share the stage that night...seemed odd, but I guess they had their reasons...but Frank EFFING WAILED on guitar that night, especially on "Black Napkins."

Loved him, miss him, he will never be replaced.

:toast:
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 07:12 PM
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44. I would have loved to have seen the Roxy & Elsewhere band.
I saw the first ZPZ tour (the closest thing I'll ever get to the real deal) and it featured many of the members from that band including Napoleon Murphy Brock. Hell it should have been called the Zappa All Stars tour.
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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 07:19 PM
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46. Brock was in the Bongo Fury band too...
...he had one solo where Zappa was doing this comedy riff about Brock being the Wolfman, and Brock was prowling the stage, sort of crouching, blowing this slow, low, obscene sax solo...kind of like slowing down Bobby Keys' "Brown Sugar" solo, that really nasty honking groove, with the famous Zappa "ba DUM, ba DUM, ba DUM" bass throb going on behind it...that "Illinois Enema Bandit" rhythm section feel.
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CrownPrinceBandar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 03:22 PM
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32. Chris Whitley...........
amazing guitarist and songwriter. Cancer took him way too early.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRSJgx9cfU4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HdzJ03tsmM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-SDmIAJVYo
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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 04:40 PM
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35. HELL yes..."Dust Radio" is just one of THOSE songs, beyond description
"Baby call the number
Nobody left in town
Baby paint skulls and constellations on the ground
Where she lay me gently, she lay me slow
Somebody receiving up there
On dust radio"...

:toast:
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_dynamicdems Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 03:59 PM
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33. Stevie Ray Vaughn. n/t
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 04:11 PM
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34. Kevin Gilbert. Simon Jeffes.
I'll always answer "Kevin Gilbert" to questions such as this. It's boring.
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JanMichael Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 05:04 PM
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38. Shannon Hoon - The guy who was lead singer for Blind Melon.
He had a remarkable voice and an even more remarkable drug problem which killed him off way too young.
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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 07:13 PM
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45. My Shannon Hoon story:
When "No Rain" was a hit, so was San Jose FM rock station KOME. The morning guys, Blazy & Bob, had regular remote broadcasts from local bars and such, as well as in-studio performances. During one of these times, Blind Melon came to the studio and REFUSED TO PLAY NO RAIN.

I think you know where this story is going.

Because the song was HOT, Blazy & Bob HAD TO keep playing it on their show, but for the next few weeks took a swipe at the band for being dicks every time they did.

When Hoon died, Blazy & Bob reported it, and you can tell that they were still pissed about the appearance on their show.

A similar thing happened a few years ago when Todd Rundgren appeared on Howard Stern's show in his "TRI" (Todd Rundgren Interactive) persona and only wanted to talk about TRI. Stern wanted him to play "Hello It's Me" and Rundgren wouldn't step out of his Devo wannabe character. Stern trashed him for months after that.
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ulaes Donating Member (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 05:10 PM
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39. Kevin Dubrow
Edited on Mon Aug-03-09 05:11 PM by ulaes


:sarcasm:
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NightWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 05:28 PM
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40. Warren Zevon
Most people (not you musically cultured DU'ers) only really got hip to him aside from Werewolves of London after his last shows on Letterman.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHDdqubE7zQ
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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 07:28 PM
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47. My favorite Warren songs are:
Carmelita (couldn't find a Warren version, so here's GG Allin...I don't think Linda Ronstadt really captured the irony on this one, which is why I didn't post her version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKwa3g3gRos)

Tenderness On The Block (couldn't find a Warren version, so here's a live acoustic Jackson Browne version):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE7aeqriVLk)

Desperados Under The Eaves: (Warren with Jackson Browne,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwqOLprj8VY)

:toast:
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 11:04 AM
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53. Ahh...someone else who also appreciates the heartbreaking side of Zevon...
rather than "the evil Jimmy Buffet" persona (Zevon's own phrase)
Those are three great songs
I would also add "Accidentally Like A Martyr" to your list
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OwnedByFerrets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 10:48 AM
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51. Michael Hedges...
Unbelievable guitarist and wonderfully entertaining performer. Check his stuff out on Utube
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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 10:56 AM
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52. "Rickover's Dream"...
...but it's got to be the version from "An Evening With Windham Hill Live."

Michael was another musician who had a remarkable gift and...on occasion...insisted on using another not-so-remarkable gift (his singing voice)...

...but that "Evening With..." version of "Rickover's Dream" is one of those "soundtrack of your life" songs. I have all KINDS of good and bad memories attached to that one.

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OwnedByFerrets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 12:09 PM
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54. I disagree with you about his voice.....
it was a very good voice IMHO.:toast:
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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 01:48 PM
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55. It's the Neil Young - Frank Zappa Syndrome...
...you REALLY wanted to hear Frank WAIL on the guitar...Black Napkins, Zoot Allures, Muffin Man...but the ticked you paid for was for the show where Frank did that "henarunahenaruna" comedy stuff all night. It was still Frank, and you figured "Well, at least I got to see Frank..."

...you REALLY wanted to hear Neil do "Down By The River" or "Cinnamon Girl" but the ticket you paid for was the "Tonight's The Night" tour, where Nils and Crazy Horse and Neil spent all day shooting pool and smoking weed and drinking tequila and at the show only played songs from "Tonight's The Night, and you figured "At least I got to see Neil..."

And for me, "Rickover's Dream" was a similar thing...when I wanted to hear Michael, and hear him do that criss-crossing of the base notes and the dum...dum..dum...POW thump of the strings, and Michael wanted to sing instead, I figured "It's still Michael..."

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OwnedByFerrets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 10:50 PM
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58. VERY GOOD POST
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hellbound-liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 10:02 PM
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56. Rory Gallagher was way underappreciated. Check it out!
Bad Penny-Live at Montreux
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSzsDWTc4mY
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NNadir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 10:09 PM
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57. Roy Buchanan, and oh, what's his name, um...um...
Mozart.
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aint_no_life_nowhere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 11:56 PM
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59. Jazz guitarists Jimmy Raney and Lenny Breau
Raney worked with Stan Getz for several years and replaced Tal Farlow in Red Norvo's combo. He won Downbeat magazine's Critic's Poll as the best jazz guitarist on one occasion. What's amazing is that he was almost totally deaf. I heard the guy play live and he was phenomenal. I would rank him right up there with guys like Joe Pass, Tal Farlow, and Barney Kessel.

Lenny Breau I think was simply the greatest jazz guitarist in the world. His style of playing, like pianist giant Bill Evans' style adapted to the guitar made it sound at times like two guitars were playing at the same time. He played the instrument fully, fingerpicking and playing chords and solo lines together. There is a small hardcore group of fans who recognize Breau's absolutely stunning greatness, but he never earned as great a name on the guitar as he should have. It's too bad that he was murdered at a relatively young age because otherwise I think he would have been a universally recognized giant on the guitar.

I'd also like to mention classical pianist and composer Cecile Chaminade (1857 - 1944). She was a very gifted composer and wrote some amazing pieces like Scarf Dance and Autumn, the latter which is my favorite piece of classical music. She was quite celebrated for her compositions in Europe and the U.S. during her time, but in the second half of the 20th century her name and her pieces fell into complete obscurity. You never hear her compositions on the classical radio stations and recordings of her wonderful music are hard to find. A symphonic arrangement of Autumn was recorded in about 1955 (I used to have the record) and it was the most passionate and thrilling piece of classical music I have ever heard.
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carlyhippy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-05-09 12:05 AM
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60. Robert Palmer n/t
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Juche Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-05-09 12:38 AM
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63. Winston Churchill
He played a mean Kazoo.
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Lindsey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-05-09 12:59 AM
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64. The first one that came to mind was Eva Cassidy. Had she
lived, I really believe that she would have been a super star.
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libodem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-05-09 01:53 AM
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65. Gram Parsons
I loved those, Flying Burrito Brothers.
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coyotespaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-05-09 03:20 AM
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67. If I may redneck it up a bit...
The man who deserves to be more famous than the guy whose career he helped kick start: Chris Ledoux
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiIgADk2EJc

And Keith "no, it's not an Allison Kraus song, she just borrowed it" Whitley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3hP0K1UUTQ
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