This weekend's musical treat

[TwoTankAmin]

For those who enjoyed the Billy Strings and Tommy Emmanuel duet above, I was just sent this:

Doc’s Guitar/Black Mountain Rag | Collaborations | Tommy Emmanuel & Billy Strings​

 

[TwoTankAmin]

This weekend all of the bands are one's we did the sound for in the 1970s. There is a story behind each one.

NRBQ is an American rock band founded by Terry Adams (piano), Steve Ferguson (guitar) and Joey Spampinato (bass).[1][2] Originally the "New Rhythm and Blues Quintet", the group was formed circa 1965. From 1974 to 1994, the band included pianist Adams, bassist Spampinato, guitarist Al Anderson, and drummer Tom Ardolino. This is considered the classic lineup of the group.

NRBQ stands for the New Rhythm and Blues Quartet. When we worked with them the drummer had been given the knickname f Boom Boom. This was because he had some of the largest drumsticks I have ever seen, The one in his left hand almost looked like a miniature baseball bat. He held the tip end in his hand and wailed on the snare or tom tom with the back end of he stick. You could hear this a mile away

This is one of their signature songs.



Donald byrd and the Blackburds

The Blackbyrds are an American rhythm and blues and jazz-funk fusion group, formed in Washington, D.C., in 1973[1] and reformed in 2012 by Keith Killgo.....
The group was inspired by trumpeter Donald Byrd[3] and featured some of his Howard University students: Kevin Toney (keyboards), Keith Killgo (vocals, drums), Joe Hall (bass guitar), Allan Barnes (saxophone, clarinet), and Barney Perry (guitar).[1] Orville Saunders (guitar), and Jay Jones (flute, saxophone) joined later.[1] Merry Clayton joined them to sing on "Rock Creek Park" and "Happy Music"

Climax Blues Band (originally known as The Climax Chicago Blues Band) are a British blues rock and pop band that has released 22 albums. he band were formed in Stafford, Staffordshire, England in 1968 by vocalist, saxophonist, guitarist and harmonica player Colin Cooper (1939–2008), guitarist, bassist and vocalist Pete Haycock (1951–2013), guitarist Derek Holt (b. 1949), bassist and keyboardist Richard Jones (b. 1949), drummer George Newsome (b. 1947) and keyboardist Arthur Wood (1929–2005).

We did two shows with the Climax Blues Band. One was at Trinity College in Hartford and the other a week later was on the UCON Storrs campus. They played at a very high volume. UCON had a rule that said the volume in their venue was not permitted to exceed 120 db, The head ot their Maint. Dept. was tasked with measuring the volume in the hall:

Concert volume is measured in decibels (dB) using a sound level meter (SLM), which converts sound pressure waves into electrical signals and displays the readings numerically.

He walked around the entire hall from front to back and both the stage level seats and balcony all the way to the back, of the hall. No matter where he measure he got a reading of 120 dB.

At the Trinity show I was doing the main mix for the audience and one of the other partmners was doing the on stage mix. Because of how loudly the band played that partner had serious problems with feedback. Ultimatelky, I came of the main board and took over the on stage monitor mix which ended the feedback issues.



This band began as the fabulous Rhinestones. When we worked for them them they were playing asThe Rhinestones – The Fabulous Rhinestones (Kal David, Harvey Brooks, Marty Grebb) (1975) Just Sunshine/20th Century which was the title of their album. They broke up and wnet on with Kal to play as the Rhinestones when we worked them for for multiple clubdates in CT.

They had a single roadie who set up their equipment and then reloaded it into their small truck after the show. They had a Hammond C3 organ which his guy could pick up alone and put it into their van. This is nuts. We did a nymber of shows with them.




We did a show with Doc and Merle at Trinity college. The show was filmed and recorded by PBS in Hartford wich was located near the campus at that time. Thye needed to take the audio feed from our sound board. AT the meeting a few weeks prior to the show attended by Trinity reps, myself anf one of my partners and PBS, they asked us if we could use their studio condenser mikes instead of what we normally used. We told them we would do that and anything else that would be of help for them. All we asked in return was that our company would be listed in the show credits when the concert was broadcast as the Live sound for the show. They agreed to do this.

We used their mikes and tried to get the mox right for both the live ayudience and the PBS recording. When The show aired our name never appeared in the credits. Since they had agreed to give us credit in front of the Trinity people, we could have sued them. But what is the point of suing Public TV? I did the mix for this show.

 

[gwand]

Pianists' subtle finger movements influence variations in timbre, according to new study

While it is known that auditory characteristics like loudness and tempo are associated with the physical movements of musicians, more subtle features, like timbre (also known as the "tone color" or tonal quality), are not as well understood.

phys.org

 

[TwoTankAmin]

This weekend I decided to feture a somewhat historical event from 1970 that was recorded in movie form. The film is called Fesitval Express. I cannot get the movie to load but I can offer the URL where one can play it. I suggest you choose the higher def 720p and go full screen.
https://tubitv.com/movies/257206/festival-express

Festival Express is a 2003 British documentary film about the 1970 train tour of the same name across Canada taken by some of North America's most popular rock bands, including Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Band, Buddy Guy, Flying Burrito Bros, Ian & Sylvia's Great Speckled Bird, Mountain and Delaney & Bonnie & Friends.[2] The film combines footage of the 1970 concerts and on the train, interspersed with contemporary recollections of the tour by its participants.

Festival Express was staged in three Canadian cities: Toronto, Winnipeg and Calgary, during the summer of 1970. Rather than flying into each city, the musicians traveled by chartered Canadian National Railways train, in a total of 14 cars (two engines, one diner, five sleepers, two lounge cars, two flat cars, one baggage car, and one staff car).[5] The train journey between cities ultimately became a combination of non-stop jam sessions and partying fueled by alcohol. One highlight of the documentary is a drunken jam session featuring The Band's Rick Danko, the Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir, New Riders of the Purple Sage's John Dawson, as well as Janis Joplin.[4][6]

both the above are from Wiki

 

[TwoTankAmin]

On 30 January 1969, the Beatles performed a concert from the rooftop of their Apple Corps headquarters at 3 Savile Row, in central London's office and fashion district. Joined by guest keyboardist Billy Preston, the band played a 42-minute set before the Metropolitan Police arrived and ordered them to reduce the volume. It was the final public performance of their career.They performed nine takes of five new songs as crowds of onlookers, many on lunch breaks, congregated in the streets and on the rooftops of nearby buildings to listen. The concert ended with "Get Back", and John Lennon joking, "I'd like to say thank you on behalf of the group and ourselves, and I hope we've passed the audition.



And for no particular reason I will add this -

 

[TwoTankAmin]

So far the music I have offered has been for listening. However, there are a lot of folks whosee music as something to which one dances. I suggrst uou play the vids in both the highest def you can and in full screen.



There are a variety of musical styles suitable for danceing, And you are never too young to start.



Dancing is so popular people often attend contest en mass. This one is being done to JJ Cale.



Because I skipped a week I have extra vids and am using two posts for them.

 

[TwoTankAmin]

Post #2-dancing the night away.

You are never too old to dance either it seems.



You have to love those competitions where everybody is out there shaking their booty.



And since I started with a vid that featured a couple, that is how I will end this week's treat.



(edited because I posted the wrong killer boogie vid. I prefer the one shot at eye level to what I posted which was shot from above)

 

[TwoTankAmin]

This is something new for me in this trhread. I used to do it in my thread on another forum entitled Music From My Generation. I would play one song but performed by different people/bands across time.

This is the song by the man who wrote it.
Solomon Burke- Everybody Needs Somebody To Love:
(play in 720p)



Wilson Pickett - Everybody Needs Somebody To Love - Vinyl Play
(play in 480p)



The Blues Brothers (1980) - Everybody Needs Somebody to Love
(play in 720p)



The Rolling Stones & Solomon Burke - Everybody Needs Somebody To Love
Solomon gained a little wait since the first song above.
(play in 1080p or higher)

 

[Fishmanic]

I never heard the Stones rendition… very nice

 

[Fishmanic]

Wilson picket and blues brothers renditions are best

 

[gwand]

 

[TwoTankAmin]

I am not much of a fan of classical music nor opera. The closest I came was the song I posted by Clapton and Pavarotti. I know I have never seen an opera and I am pretty sure the same applies to classical.

I will never post something like the above in this thread and only played about 30 second of it before I stopped it. Sorry.

Light opera, i.,e. Gilbert and Sullivan is about a s close as I can get . A s a boy I saw the Mikado, The Pirates of Penzance. and HMS Pinafore on Broadway.