R.I.P. drummers John Barbata {died May 8th, age 79] and Dennis Thompson of The MC5, {died May 9th, age 75}, Steve Albini {died May 7th, age 61} and John Hawken, pianist in The Nashville Teens {died May 9th, age 84} Happy Birthday to Mr. Bob Dylan this month - his birthday is May 24th; he turns 83. / Additional discographical, biographical information was added by Lawrence Azrin. Also, check out the links at your leisure.
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[Official release:] • (CBS / Legacy, Oct 13, 1998)
Comment:
* - DESPITE the title, this performance was at the "Manchester Free Trade Hall", in Manchester, England, on May 17, 1966. ALL of "The Hawks" played on this except for Levon Helm; the drummer was Mickey Jones, later a founding member of 'The First Edition', with Kenny Rogers..
* - On the 'Are You Experienced' album, which was ranked #30 on the "The Rolling Stone Magazine 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" list, 2020 // In a 1968 interview, Hendrix said this song "was dedicated to the American-Indian and all minority depression groups".
Wayne Kramer claimed during a 1999 interview {excerpted for "Goldmine" magazine} that the phrase "Kick out the Jams" was an exortation, specifically aimed toward British 1960s bands playing at the Grande Ballroom, who MC5 felt were not putting enough energy into their performances / Click on Link above, left, to view the original single.
John Hawken, pianist in The Nashville Teens, died May 9th, age 84 / * - IF you don't count the "Live At The Star-Club, Hamburg" album they recorded in 1964 backing Jerry Lee Lewis. / Click on Link above, left, to view the original album
The keyboard player on this, John Hawken, died May 9th, at age 84. On this LP he is credited with: piano, electric piano, harpsichord, mellotron, Moog synthesizer, Hammond organ, pipe organ.
From Seattle, WA - active from 1963 to 1965 / * - Full title: "Highs In The Mid Sixties Volume 14: The North-West Part 2" ** - BITD we called them 'bootlegs' // Click the Link above, left to view the original local single.
* - First recorded by Bob Dylan and The Band, Oct 1967, as "Quinn the Eskimo" during the period of 'The Basement Tapes' recordings. HOWEVER, a Dylan version was not _officially_ released, till his 'Self Portait album (June 1970), a version recorded live at the Isle of Wight Festival - August 31, 1969.
* - Although Dylan first wrote this in 1964, Dylan's recording was not commercially released till the 1985 'Biograph' 3-LP retrospective. / ** - , of members of LA-based groups, including: The Dream Syndicate, The Three O'Clock, Rain Parade and The Bangles (Susanna Hoffs) // Click on the Link above/ left, to view the original album
"Mr French" {His role on the "Family Affair" TV show from 1966 - 1971, as the valet-turned nanny to his employer's brother's three orphaned children } recites Mr Dylan's lyrics / Click on the Link above, left, to view the original album
He was briefly in the group Lone Justice (1985 - 1986) and was also a member of X from 1986 to 1995. where he replaced Billy Zoom Also, the son of songwriter/ folk musician Terry Gilkyson.
Comment:
The next DOZEN tracks feature JOHN BARBATA {died May 8th, age 79} on drums:
Time:
6:00
Artist:
Ry Cooder [Brenda Lee Jones, Wel- ton Young, Robert Higginbotham *]
* - known as "Tommy Tucker", whose big hit was 'High Heel Sneakers', early 1964 // Robert Christgau's contemporay review: " According to his own complaints, which may well be warranted, the world's favorite studio bottleneck is also the man from whom Mick and Keith stole "Let It Bleed." Now if only he could sing as good as Mick and Keith maybe he'd put his own blues synthesis across. As it stands, Cooder's singing and projection are so flat they recall the folkie fantasy in which the real blues comes from toothless old men on porches--songs by Tommy Tucker and Fats Waller and even Randy Newman (who gets a lot more out of his own narrow pipes) sound as humble as those by Sleepy John Estes and Blind Willie Johnson. Cooder has two folkie virtues, though--he remembers the Depression and he finds wonderful songs. Alfred Reed's "How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times as These" is proof of both. GRADE: B "
Listed at #1!, on "The Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list, 2010 // Drummer John Barbarta died May 8th, at age 79. He replaced Joel Larson in the Turtles, later in The Grass Roots and the Merry-Go-Round.
Drummer John Barbarta died May 8th, at age 79. He was in his first recorded band The Sentinals (early Surf group), from 1961 to 1965, and released 3 albums and 10 singles. / Click on the Link above, left, to view the original single.
** - with the Turtles adopting 12 different band names for each track, each in a different musical genre / Drummer John Barbarta died May 8th, at age 79. He replaced Joel Larson in the Turtles, later in The Grass Roots and the Merry-Go-Round. // The band wrote this as a parody of their hit Happy Together, and FU to their record label, * - and surprisingly it became a hit. It is one of first rock tunes to feature a MOOG synthesizer, played during the last half of the second verse. / Click on the Link above, left, to view the original single, with a color picture sleeve
Time:
6:26
Artist:
The Turtles [Johnny Barbata, Howard Kaylan, Al Nichol, Jim Pons, and Mark Volman]
Drummer John Barbarta died May 8th, at age 79. He replaced Joel Larson in the Turtles, later in The Grass Roots and the Merry-Go-Round. / * - with the Turtles adopting 12 different band names for the album, each in a different musical genre.
* - with their dressing-room fights alreasdy becoming the stuff of rock legend, being referenced by Frank Zappa / Mothers of Invention, on their 1971 LP "Fillmore East - June 1971"
Wayne Kramer claimed during a 1999 interview {excerpted for "Goldmine" magazine} that the phrase "Kick out the Jams" was an exortation, specifically aimed toward British 1960s bands playing at the Grande Ballroom, who MC5 felt were not putting enough energy into their performances / Click on Link above, left, to view the original single.
Lemmy, Motörhead " In a time of terrible manufactured music, (the album) "Back in the USA" was rock 'n' roll, untreated… I used to sit and listen to that album for hours: listen to it through, then put it straight back on again. It was the kind of album you could do that with, particularly the odd songs like 'Human Being Lawnmower'. It was impossible to see the structure of that song for a while. ... ... Then you'd sit and work it out… " / #446 on the "Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time", 2012 list
He was briefly in the group Lone Justice (1985 - 1986) and was also a member of X from 1986 to 1995. where he replaced Billy Zoom. Also, the son of songwriter/ folk musician Terry Gilkyson.
