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Cool rock n roll photos
- Thread starter Chad-Chicago
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Danny McCulloch of British pop group the Animals weds Carol Fielder at Paddington Registry Office, September 1967. To the left of the happy couple is the group's guitarist John Weider, in the role of best man.
Circa 1980, Portrait of American rock group Blondie. Clockwise from bottom left, Clem Burke, Frank Infante, Nigel Harrison, Jimmy Destri, Chris Stein and Debbie Harry.
27th August 1964: Two members of pop group The Pretty Things, guitarist Dick Taylor, left, and bass player John Stax, sit with their nineteen year old housekeeper Wendy Young on the steps outside their 40 guinea-a-week flat in Chester Road, Belgravia. Neighbours in the exclusive London area have complained one too many times and their landlord has told The Things to pack their bags. Only a few days ago a group of students renting a flat in Chester Road from Chancellor of the Exchequer Reginald Maudling were also told to leave after neighbours complained.
I've gotta say, in spite of that particular line-up's brief time in the spotlight(and his brief time in the band), McCulloch is an overlooked bass stylist, and personally woke me up to what a bass was, and what it could be past all the mundane, cliche' stuff(as a kid, up till then I heard bass as just part of the overall wall of sound, not anything specific). I really wasn't tuned in to any "rock" until late 1966, but what a great time to jump in.
Especially on "Monterey", partially from the upfront mix, his lines drove the song, and it was almost like a lead duet with the sitar in the middle part. Plus the fuzz bass on "A Girl Named Sandoz", that was radical.
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