Nonamedufus's Posts - Classic Rockers Network2024-03-28T18:40:22Znonamedufushttps://www.classicrockersnetwork.com/profile/nonamedufushttps://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2520433962?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1https://www.classicrockersnetwork.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=3hi8rdoq4g76a&xn_auth=noListen To The Musictag:www.classicrockersnetwork.com,2010-02-27:1599616:BlogPost:440352010-02-27T15:20:54.000Znonamedufushttps://www.classicrockersnetwork.com/profile/nonamedufus
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">They started out in biker bars and got their name from their fondness for marijuana. But, boy, could they play. I was attracted to the Doobie Brothers because they had two drummers. They also had two lead guitarists: Tom Johnston and Patrick Simmons. They had three when Jeff “Skunk” Baxter joined them later from Steely Dan.</span><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Verdana, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><br/></span></font></div>
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">The “softer” 70s brought a popular, yet relatively short-lived group to popularity, known as Argent. The group was led by organist-singer Rod Argent, former founding member of the Zombies who had a string of hits into the late 60s.…</span></div>
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">The “softer” 70s brought a popular, yet relatively short-lived group to popularity, known as Argent. The group was led by organist-singer Rod Argent, former founding member of the Zombies who had a string of hits into the late 60s.</span></div>
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<p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Well we started a series this past Tuesday, with a profile of Seals and Crofts, taking a look at the incursion of soft-rock in the…</span></p>
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<p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Well we started a series this past Tuesday, with a profile of Seals and Crofts, taking a look at the incursion of soft-rock in the early 70s. The movement had its fans but it had its critics too. And a group that epitomized the movement, and attracted both fans and critics alike was America.</span></p>
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<p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Formed in the early 70s, with its members barely out of their teens, Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell and Dan Peek took a while to catch on and reached their greatest success once “5th Beatle” George Martin took over producing their albums.</span></p>
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<p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">In and out of various groups throughout the 60s Jim Seals and Dash Crofts finally came together as a duo and released a couple of albums that were largely ignored. But their fourth album on a new label, Warner Brothers, took off hitting #7 on the charts, and the title track “Summer Breeze” hit the Top 10.</span></p>
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<p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">For more and an early 70s performance of Summer Breeze, drift on over to <a href="http://dufusdownbeat.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/summer-breeze/">dufusdownbeat</a></span></p>The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgeraldtag:www.classicrockersnetwork.com,2010-02-04:1599616:BlogPost:429572010-02-04T13:18:54.000Znonamedufushttps://www.classicrockersnetwork.com/profile/nonamedufus
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Gordon Lightfoot is a Canadian music legend. The then struggling folk singer came to prominence in the early 60s and his songs have been recorded by a who’s who of artists such as Elvis, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Jerry Lee Lewis, Barbara Streisand, Ian and Sylvia, Peter, Paul and Mary, Sarah McLachlan and John Mellencamp.<br />
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Gordon Lightfoot is a Canadian music legend. The then struggling folk singer came to prominence in the early 60s and his songs have been recorded by a who’s who of artists such as Elvis, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Jerry Lee Lewis, Barbara Streisand, Ian and Sylvia, Peter, Paul and Mary, Sarah McLachlan and John Mellencamp.<br />
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For more and a performance of The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, paddle on over to <a href="http://dufusdownbeat.wordpress.com/2010/02/04/the-wreck-of-the-edmund-fitzgerald/" target="_blank">dufusdownbeat</a>Make Me Do Anything You Wanttag:www.classicrockersnetwork.com,2010-02-02:1599616:BlogPost:428712010-02-02T13:17:08.000Znonamedufushttps://www.classicrockersnetwork.com/profile/nonamedufus
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We’re spending the week looking at several notable Canadian acts. We had some great bands through the years. Not all were as big in the States as they were in Canada – some of my American readers might think them to be obscure – but they were nevertheless popular north of the border and competed for record sales and chart positions of American artists.<br />
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One such group was A Foot In Cold Water. The group was actually a collection of musicians from two…
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We’re spending the week looking at several notable Canadian acts. We had some great bands through the years. Not all were as big in the States as they were in Canada – some of my American readers might think them to be obscure – but they were nevertheless popular north of the border and competed for record sales and chart positions of American artists.<br />
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One such group was A Foot In Cold Water. The group was actually a collection of musicians from two merging Canadian groups: Island and Nucleus.<br />
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For more and a performance of Make Me Do Anything You Want go to <a href="http://dufusdownbeat.wordpress.com/2010/02/02/make-me-do-anything-you-want/" target="_blank">dufusdownbeat</a>Hey Joetag:www.classicrockersnetwork.com,2010-01-28:1599616:BlogPost:427282010-01-28T12:33:15.000Znonamedufushttps://www.classicrockersnetwork.com/profile/nonamedufus
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When you think about this song you immediately think of the version by Jimi Hendrix, first recorded in 1966 by the Jimi Hendrix Experience. It’s usually held as the classic version of this song. I’m also partial to the version by Deep Purple on their first album Shades of Deep Purple in 1968.<br />
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Were you aware Seal, Robert Plant, Buckwheat Zydeco, the Standells, Patti Smith, Alvin Lee, the Byrds and Roy Buchanan all recorded covers of Hey Joe?<br />
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When you think about this song you immediately think of the version by Jimi Hendrix, first recorded in 1966 by the Jimi Hendrix Experience. It’s usually held as the classic version of this song. I’m also partial to the version by Deep Purple on their first album Shades of Deep Purple in 1968.<br />
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Were you aware Seal, Robert Plant, Buckwheat Zydeco, the Standells, Patti Smith, Alvin Lee, the Byrds and Roy Buchanan all recorded covers of Hey Joe?<br />
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For more and and a vintage performance of Hey Joe by The Leaves tumble on over to <a href="http://dufusdownbeat.wordpress.com/2010/01/28/hey-joe/" target="_blank">dufusdownbeat</a>Hey Baby Que Pasotag:www.classicrockersnetwork.com,2010-01-26:1599616:BlogPost:423782010-01-26T13:29:50.000Znonamedufushttps://www.classicrockersnetwork.com/profile/nonamedufus
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In 1965, a little tune called She’s About A Mover by the Sir Douglas Quintet rocketed up the charts. It was a great song and most people thought it was the next big thing from Britain. Turns out organist Augie Myers and guitarist and lead singer Doug Sahm and their bandmates were from Texas. And it was the next big think alright – Tex-Mex.<br />
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Flash forward to 1990, add Freddy Fender and Flaco Jimenez and the next big thing was born – The Texas…
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In 1965, a little tune called She’s About A Mover by the Sir Douglas Quintet rocketed up the charts. It was a great song and most people thought it was the next big thing from Britain. Turns out organist Augie Myers and guitarist and lead singer Doug Sahm and their bandmates were from Texas. And it was the next big think alright – Tex-Mex.<br />
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Flash forward to 1990, add Freddy Fender and Flaco Jimenez and the next big thing was born – The Texas Tornados. The Tornados kept the Tex-Mex beat but whipped in country and rock for a truly distinctive and popular sound.<br />
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Whip on over to <a href="http://dufusdownbeat.wordpress.com/2010/01/26/hey-baby-que-paso/" target="_blank">dufusdownbeat</a> for more and a vintage performance of Hey Baby Que PasoA New Englandtag:www.classicrockersnetwork.com,2010-01-21:1599616:BlogPost:419132010-01-21T13:05:52.000Znonamedufushttps://www.classicrockersnetwork.com/profile/nonamedufus
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Billy Bragg is an English alternative rock musician, who I first discovered through my brother Jim. Thanks, Jim. And I’ve bought pretty much everything he’s put out since.<br />
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He played in a punk band, busked throughout London and collaborated with other musicians, perhaps most famously on a couple of albums with Wilco which set Woody Guthrie lyrics to music.<br />
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Billy Bragg is an English alternative rock musician, who I first discovered through my brother Jim. Thanks, Jim. And I’ve bought pretty much everything he’s put out since.<br />
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He played in a punk band, busked throughout London and collaborated with other musicians, perhaps most famously on a couple of albums with Wilco which set Woody Guthrie lyrics to music.<br />
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For more and a performance of A New England pop on over to <a href="http://dufusdownbeat.wordpress.com/2010/01/21/a-new-england/" target="_blank">dufusdownbeat</a>Imaginary Voyagetag:www.classicrockersnetwork.com,2010-01-19:1599616:BlogPost:418662010-01-19T16:18:50.000Znonamedufushttps://www.classicrockersnetwork.com/profile/nonamedufus
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In 1976, after spending several years at university followed by a couple of years in the working world, I’d returned to school to study journalism. A fellow classmate introduced me, musically, to a fusion violinist – Jean-Luc Ponty. I think I still have the album he “loaned” me, to this day.<br />
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The sound was something new to me and I liked it. The album was called Imaginary Voyage.<br />
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In 1976, after spending several years at university followed by a couple of years in the working world, I’d returned to school to study journalism. A fellow classmate introduced me, musically, to a fusion violinist – Jean-Luc Ponty. I think I still have the album he “loaned” me, to this day.<br />
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The sound was something new to me and I liked it. The album was called Imaginary Voyage.<br />
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For more and a video performance trip on over to <a href="http://dufusdownbeat.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">dufusdownbeat</a>In Memory of Elizabeth Reedtag:www.classicrockersnetwork.com,2010-01-14:1599616:BlogPost:411612010-01-14T13:34:19.000Znonamedufushttps://www.classicrockersnetwork.com/profile/nonamedufus
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Duane Allman, founding member of the Allman Brothers Band, passed away as the result of a motorcycle accident in 1971, just weeks shy of his 25th birthday. Yet, he was an in-demand session musician, spent several years in that capacity at famed Muscle Shoals, traded licks with Eric Clapton on the album Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs By Derek and the Dominos and formed 2 other groups with brother Gregg before they achieved success as the Allman…
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Duane Allman, founding member of the Allman Brothers Band, passed away as the result of a motorcycle accident in 1971, just weeks shy of his 25th birthday. Yet, he was an in-demand session musician, spent several years in that capacity at famed Muscle Shoals, traded licks with Eric Clapton on the album Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs By Derek and the Dominos and formed 2 other groups with brother Gregg before they achieved success as the Allman Brothers.<br />
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For more and a rare performance of In Memory of Elizabeth Reed head on over to <a href="http://dufusdownbeat.wordpress.com/2010/01/14/in-memory-of-elizabeth-reed/" target="_blank">dufusdownbeat</a>The Jokertag:www.classicrockersnetwork.com,2010-01-12:1599616:BlogPost:411042010-01-12T15:30:00.000Znonamedufushttps://www.classicrockersnetwork.com/profile/nonamedufus
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In 1965 the Goldberg-Miller Blues Band was gigging in Chicago and New York and appeared on Hullabaloo. Half the group’s namesake – Steve Miller – left the group for the psychedelic scene of San Fransisco and formed the Steve Miller Blues Band, which was shortened to the Steve Miller Band when they landed a contract with Capital records in 1967.<br />
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In 1965 the Goldberg-Miller Blues Band was gigging in Chicago and New York and appeared on Hullabaloo. Half the group’s namesake – Steve Miller – left the group for the psychedelic scene of San Fransisco and formed the Steve Miller Blues Band, which was shortened to the Steve Miller Band when they landed a contract with Capital records in 1967.<br />
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In the late 70s I was working the evening shift, Mondays thru Saturdays at a Canadian all-news radio network. Anyone who knows about shift work knows that their internal clock is screwy. Would I go to bed when I got home? No I’d usually make myself some dinner and watch Carson. But Saturdays were even better. That’s when Midnight Special aired and that was must-see TV for any rock fan.<br />
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In the late 70s I was working the evening shift, Mondays thru Saturdays at a Canadian all-news radio network. Anyone who knows about shift work knows that their internal clock is screwy. Would I go to bed when I got home? No I’d usually make myself some dinner and watch Carson. But Saturdays were even better. That’s when Midnight Special aired and that was must-see TV for any rock fan.<br />
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I recall new wave having an influence on music about this time and one of the major influences was Deborah Harry and Blondie.<br />
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David Bowie had an out of this world hit – literally – when he released Space Oddity in 1969. The BBC used the song during it’s Apollo 11 moon landing coverage. Talk about exposure. The song went to #5 in Britain. However, in the States it couldn’t even crack the Top 100.<br />
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David Bowie had an out of this world hit – literally – when he released Space Oddity in 1969. The BBC used the song during it’s Apollo 11 moon landing coverage. Talk about exposure. The song went to #5 in Britain. However, in the States it couldn’t even crack the Top 100.<br />
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Well it’s New Year’s Eve and one of the finest commemmorances of the occasion is U2’s New Year’s Day. The track is from their 1983 album War and the lyrics were originally intended to be from Bono to his wife but were altered and in the final version were written about the Polish Solidarity movement.<br />
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Well it’s New Year’s Eve and one of the finest commemmorances of the occasion is U2’s New Year’s Day. The track is from their 1983 album War and the lyrics were originally intended to be from Bono to his wife but were altered and in the final version were written about the Polish Solidarity movement.<br />
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You found us! Great. Happy New Year – well almost – and welcome to the new home of dufusdownbeat. We’ve cleaned things up and as we get a little further along more items will be added to the pages and sidebar. I hope you enjoy the blog, and the music that helps shape my world.<br />
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You found us! Great. Happy New Year – well almost – and welcome to the new home of dufusdownbeat. We’ve cleaned things up and as we get a little further along more items will be added to the pages and sidebar. I hope you enjoy the blog, and the music that helps shape my world.<br />
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For our last "unusual" Christmas rock tune we go back to 1974 when Greg Lake took a break from buddies Emerson and Palmer to record a song he'd written protesting the commercialism of Christmas.<br />
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For our last "unusual" Christmas rock tune we go back to 1974 when Greg Lake took a break from buddies Emerson and Palmer to record a song he'd written protesting the commercialism of Christmas.<br />
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For more and a performance of I Believe in Father Christmas, zip on over to <a href="http://dufusdownbeat.blogspot.com/2009/12/unusual-rock-and-roll-christmas-songs-7.html" target="_blank">dufusdownbeat</a>Unusual Rock And Roll Christmas Songs (6)tag:www.classicrockersnetwork.com,2009-12-26:1599616:BlogPost:404682009-12-26T12:52:05.000Znonamedufushttps://www.classicrockersnetwork.com/profile/nonamedufus
Well, I hope everyone had a great Christmas and got all the CDs you were asking for! We conclude our week of unusual rock Christmas tunes today with what has become a modern day classic.<br />
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Well, I hope everyone had a great Christmas and got all the CDs you were asking for! We conclude our week of unusual rock Christmas tunes today with what has become a modern day classic.<br />
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Merry Christmas! I just had to include this song from U2 this week and today seemed like the most appropriate day to do it. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) was co-written by Phil Spector and originally sung by Darlene Love in 1963. It had been intended for Ronnie Spector of the Ronettes.<br />
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Merry Christmas! I just had to include this song from U2 this week and today seemed like the most appropriate day to do it. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) was co-written by Phil Spector and originally sung by Darlene Love in 1963. It had been intended for Ronnie Spector of the Ronettes.<br />
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Well it's Christmas Eve and what better unusual Christmas rock song to profile than 2000 Miles by Chrissie Hynde and the Pretenders. The song was released in November of 1983, followed by inclusion on the group's third album Learning to Crawl.<br />
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Well it's Christmas Eve and what better unusual Christmas rock song to profile than 2000 Miles by Chrissie Hynde and the Pretenders. The song was released in November of 1983, followed by inclusion on the group's third album Learning to Crawl.<br />
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Our third unusual Christmas rock song is one of the first I recall hearing that wasn't by Bing Crosby, Dean Martin or Elvis or some such artist. Little Saint Nick by the Beach Boys was released in 1963 at the height of their popularity, when I was 11 years old. I thought it was pretty cool. Written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love, the song borrows heavily from their hit Little Deuce Coupe.<br />
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Our third unusual Christmas rock song is one of the first I recall hearing that wasn't by Bing Crosby, Dean Martin or Elvis or some such artist. Little Saint Nick by the Beach Boys was released in 1963 at the height of their popularity, when I was 11 years old. I thought it was pretty cool. Written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love, the song borrows heavily from their hit Little Deuce Coupe.<br />
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Welcome to Day 2 of our week long look at unusual Christmas rock songs. Today's tune comes from a favourite artist of mine - Chris Rea. <i>Driving Home For Christmas</i> was one of two new tracks on the compilation album New Light Through Old Windows, released in 1988.<br />
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Welcome to Day 2 of our week long look at unusual Christmas rock songs. Today's tune comes from a favourite artist of mine - Chris Rea. <i>Driving Home For Christmas</i> was one of two new tracks on the compilation album New Light Through Old Windows, released in 1988.<br />
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Welcome to Christmas week at <i><b>dufusdownbeat</b></i>. This week, in the days leading up to Christmas, I thought I'd post every day and share with you some of my favourite not-so traditional Christmas songs from the world of rock and roll.<br />
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Welcome to Christmas week at <i><b>dufusdownbeat</b></i>. This week, in the days leading up to Christmas, I thought I'd post every day and share with you some of my favourite not-so traditional Christmas songs from the world of rock and roll.<br />
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<a href="http://dufusdownbeat.blogspot.com/2009/12/please-mr-postman.html" target="_blank"></a><p style="text-align: left;"><img alt="" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540198467?profile=original"></img> Some might think it was originally performed by the Beatles in 1963 or by the Carpenters in 1975, but it was the girl group the Marvelettes who first had a hit with Please Mr. Postman in 1961. While there's some discrepancy over the writing credits for the tune, the one constant in the various versions include Brian Holland of Motown's hit-making team…</p>
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Some might think it was originally performed by the Beatles in 1963 or by the Carpenters in 1975, but it was the girl group the Marvelettes who first had a hit with Please Mr. Postman in 1961. While there's some discrepancy over the writing credits for the tune, the one constant in the various versions include Brian Holland of Motown's hit-making team Holland-Dozier-Holland.<br />
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<a href="http://dufusdownbeat.blogspot.com/2009/12/please-mr-postman.html" target="_blank">dufusdownbeat</a> "delivers" more and a performance of Please Mr. Postman. Drop over.</p>Leader Of The Packtag:www.classicrockersnetwork.com,2009-12-15:1599616:BlogPost:399992009-12-15T12:16:16.000Znonamedufushttps://www.classicrockersnetwork.com/profile/nonamedufus
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One genre <b>dufusdownbeat</b> has sadly slighted is Girl Groups. Well, this week we rectify that.<br />
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The Shangri-Las formed in Queen's New York in 1963 and was made of of two sets of sisters: 14 year-old lead singer Mary Weiss and her 17 year-old sister Betty, and back up singers and identical twins Marge and Mary Ann Ganser, 16 years of age. While they recorded as a quartet, they often toured as a trio because Betty didn't like to tour.<br />
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One genre <b>dufusdownbeat</b> has sadly slighted is Girl Groups. Well, this week we rectify that.<br />
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The Shangri-Las formed in Queen's New York in 1963 and was made of of two sets of sisters: 14 year-old lead singer Mary Weiss and her 17 year-old sister Betty, and back up singers and identical twins Marge and Mary Ann Ganser, 16 years of age. While they recorded as a quartet, they often toured as a trio because Betty didn't like to tour.<br />
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In the mid 70s, as FM radio was coming into it's own in Canada, there was a song getting a lot of airplay that many listeners thought was the new disc by the Beatles. Sub-Rosa Subway had a Beatlesque sound to it and the vocals were dead ringers for John Lennon and Paul McCartney.<br />
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The song was about Alfred Ely Beach, the man responsible for building the New York city subway system. But the group wasn't England's Beatles. In reality it was Canada's…
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In the mid 70s, as FM radio was coming into it's own in Canada, there was a song getting a lot of airplay that many listeners thought was the new disc by the Beatles. Sub-Rosa Subway had a Beatlesque sound to it and the vocals were dead ringers for John Lennon and Paul McCartney.<br />
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The song was about Alfred Ely Beach, the man responsible for building the New York city subway system. But the group wasn't England's Beatles. In reality it was Canada's Klaatu, a progressive rock trio formed in Toronto in 1973. The group was named after the extraterrestrial in the film The Day the Earth Stood Still.<br />
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For a 13 year old living in Canada the Viet Nam war was not something top of mind for me. But I was into music and in 1965 a guy named Barry McGuire began to climb the charts with a tune called Eve of Destruction.<br />
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The song was everywhere. It was on the radio. My buds and I used to sing it. And McGuire performed it on every television music show beamed into my rec room.<br />
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For a 13 year old living in Canada the Viet Nam war was not something top of mind for me. But I was into music and in 1965 a guy named Barry McGuire began to climb the charts with a tune called Eve of Destruction.<br />
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The song was everywhere. It was on the radio. My buds and I used to sing it. And McGuire performed it on every television music show beamed into my rec room.<br />
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For more and a performance of Eve of Destruction go do <a href="http://dufusdownbeat.blogspot.com/2009/12/eve-of-destruction.html" target="_blank">dufusdownbeat</a>White Birdtag:www.classicrockersnetwork.com,2009-12-03:1599616:BlogPost:393482009-12-03T13:36:53.000Znonamedufushttps://www.classicrockersnetwork.com/profile/nonamedufus
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It's A Beautiful Day formed in 1967 in San Francisco. They achieved moderate success but nowhere near the popularity of some of their "summer of love" contemporaries.<br />
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Their leader, David LaFlamme, had been a violin soloist with the Utah Symphony Orchestra.<br />
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It's A Beautiful Day formed in 1967 in San Francisco. They achieved moderate success but nowhere near the popularity of some of their "summer of love" contemporaries.<br />
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Their leader, David LaFlamme, had been a violin soloist with the Utah Symphony Orchestra.<br />
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For more and a live performance drop by <a href="http://dufusdownbeat.blogspot.com/2009/12/white-bird.html" target="_blank">dufusdownbeat</a>Hang on Sloopytag:www.classicrockersnetwork.com,2009-12-01:1599616:BlogPost:392452009-12-01T12:24:14.000Znonamedufushttps://www.classicrockersnetwork.com/profile/nonamedufus
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In the mid 60s, a group called the Strangeloves were riding high with a song called I Want Candy. They'd been touring with the Dave Clark Five and had been playing a tune called Hang On Sloopy. The Dave Clark Five liked it so much they were about to record it. But the Strangeloves had other ideas. They gave it to an outfit called Rick and the Raiders, led by 17 year-old Rick Zehringer - later known as Rick Derringer - and they put it out under the…
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In the mid 60s, a group called the Strangeloves were riding high with a song called I Want Candy. They'd been touring with the Dave Clark Five and had been playing a tune called Hang On Sloopy. The Dave Clark Five liked it so much they were about to record it. But the Strangeloves had other ideas. They gave it to an outfit called Rick and the Raiders, led by 17 year-old Rick Zehringer - later known as Rick Derringer - and they put it out under the name of The McCoys. In October 1965, it hit #1.<br />
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For more and a 60s television performance of Hang On Sloopy dance on over to <a href="http://%3Ca%20href=">http://dufusdownbeat.blogspot.com/2009/12/hang-on-sloopy.html</a>" target="_blank">dufusdownbeat