R.I.P. Gary Brooker {Procol Harum} and Taylor Hawkins { Foo Fighters - drummer} and Lots of Garage Rock {and a set by The Paramounts, Gary Brooker's group pre-Procol Harum} chosen by Larry Azrin // Additional discographical, biographical information was added by Lawrence Azrin. Also, check out the links at your leisure.
Time
Performer [Composer]
Song
Album [Format]
Misc
Misc –
REQ:Request
BED:Music Played Whilst Talking
NEW:New Release
( ):Label, Year Rec/Rel
Time:
5:00
Artist:
Roscoe Mitchell [Billed as 'Roscoe Mitchell & Note Factory']
Anant-garde jazz sax, flute player, who cofounded the Art Ensemble of Chicago, also AACM, "The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians" (AACM).
Recorded at Chess Tel Mar Recording Studios, Chicago, January 1969. / PERSONNEL: Bass – John McVie / Drums – S.P. Leary / Guitar – Peter Green / Piano – Otis Spann / Vocals, Guitar – Danny Kirwan // * - Otis Spann, Willie Dixon, J.T. Brown, Honey Boy Edwards*, S.P. Leary
Time:
5:33
Artist:
The Great Society [Also billed as 'Grace Slick & the Great Society']
* - Recorded live at "The Matrix", San Francisco, CA, June 1966 /// PERSONNEL: Grace Slick – piano, vocals / Darby Slick {brother-in-law} – guitar / David Miner – guitar / Jerry Slick {husband} – drums / Peter Vandergelder (van Gelder) – bass guitar, flute, saxophone
Record producer Richard Podolor died March 6th, at age 86. He engineered, then produced many many acts including Steppenwolf, Three Dog Night, Iron Butterfly, The Dillards, The Monkees, the Turtles, Blues Image and Alice Cooper ...
The NEXT SET is for the death of founder, lead singer, pianist, and a principal songwriter for Procol Harum, GARY BROOKER. He died Feb 9th, at age 76 // All these tracks suggested by Lawrence Azrin:
... Gary Brooker died Feb 9th, at age 76. Before he was the founder and lead singer, pianist, and a songwriter for Procol Harum, he was in R&B group The Paramounts, from Sept 1960 to 1966. Two other future Procol Harum members were also in The Paramounts: guitarist Robin Trower, and longtime drummer B.J. Wilson {joined Sept 1963} // * - Bobby Day's real name; he was in The Hollywood Flames, with Earl Nelson {they became "Bob & Earl"}
... Gary Brooker died Feb 9th, at age 76. Before he was the founder and lead singer, pianist, and a songwriter for Procol Harum, he was in R&B group The Paramounts, from Sept 1960 to 1966. Two other future Procol Harum members were also in The Paramounts: guitarist Robin Trower, and longtime drummer B.J. Wilson {joined Sept 1963}/ They were based in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England.
... Gary Brooker died Feb 9th, at age 76. Before he was the founder and lead singer, pianist, and a songwriter for Procol Harum, he was in R&B group The Paramounts, from Sept 1960 to 1966. Two other future Procol Harum members were also in The Paramounts: guitarist Robin Trower, and longtime drummer B.J. Wilson {joined Sept 1963}/ They were based in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England
... Gary Brooker died Feb 9th, at age 76. Before he was the founder and lead singer, pianist, and a songwriter for Procol Harum, he was in R&B group The Paramounts, from Sept 1960 to 1966. Two other future Procol Harum members were also in The Paramounts: guitarist Robin Trower, and longtime drummer B.J. Wilson {joined Sept 1963}/ They were based in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England
... Gary Brooker died Feb 9th, at age 76. Before he was the founder and lead singer, pianist, and a songwriter for Procol Harum, he was in R&B group The Paramounts, from Sept 1960 to 1966. Two other future Procol Harum members were also in The Paramounts: guitarist Robin Trower, and longtime drummer B.J. Wilson {joined Sept 1963}/ They were based in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England
Time:
5:58
Artist:
The Paramounts [Naomi Neville {psuedonym for Allen Tousssaint}]
Song:
A Certain Girl [2nd single/ Originally by Ernie K-Doe, Dec 1961*]
Gary Brooker died Feb 9th, at age 76. Before he was the founder and lead singer, pianist, and a songwriter for Procol Harum, he was in England R&B group The Paramounts, from Sept 1960 to 1966. Guitarist Robin Trower and longtime drummer B.J. Wilson {joined Sept 1963} were also in Procol Harum // * - BUT they probably learned it from The Yardbirds cover ...
... Gary Brooker died Feb 9th, at age 76. Before he was the founder and lead singer, pianist, and a songwriter for Procol Harum, he was in R&B group The Paramounts, from Sept 1960 to 1966. Two other future Procol Harum members were also in The Paramounts: guitarist Robin Trower, and longtime drummer B.J. Wilson {joined Sept 1963}/ They were based in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England
From Pottsdam, New York; sounds a little like a cruder Velvet Underground? - but NO, no connection / Click on the Link above, to view the original single
... From Orlando, FL / Tommy Talton was later in the Southern Rock group, Cowboy, and played with Paul Butterfield, Allman Brothers Band, Bonnie Bramlett, Clarence Carter, Billy Joe Shaver, Kitty Wells, Martin Mull and Johnny Rivers // This features a unique homemade instrument , the "octagon" /// Click on the Link above, to view the original single
From Denton- Dallas, TX // The group included Jimmie Vaughan, later of the Fabulous Thunderbird {don't know if he is on this recording ...} // Click on the Link above, to view the original single
From West Palm Beach, FL / later recorded as the "Monoploy". // * - FULL title: ' (18 Prime Slabs Of Mid-60s Garage Punk Grunt!)' /// Click on the Link above, to view the original single
Don Wilson (The Ventures rhythm guitarist; died Jan 22nd, age 88 // The first album on which they played the new Mosrite brand guitars, instead of their usual Fender brand instruments.
* - George "Robin" Remaill later became a member of the Holy Modal Rounders in the 1970s / ** - reissued in 1969, titled: 'Get Together, The Youngbloods First Album', as 'Get Together' became a huge hit, almost two years after it was first released as a single
This is the Jamaican ska band that was active in the first half of the 1960s, formed by Roland Alphonso. Initially they recorded for Clement "Coxsone" Dodd at Studio One. / Click the Link above, to view the original album
* - The actual artist credits to re-issued Jamaican 1960s Ska recordings can be almost impossible to figure out. What I list is from the original Jamaican single, click on the Link above/ left, to view it.