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Cool rock n roll photos
- Thread starter Chad-Chicago
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a band formed in 1960 in Niles, Michigan, first as The Echoes, then as Tom and the Tornadoes, with 12yr old Tommy (then known as Tommy Jackson) as lead singer and motivator, they released the single Long Pony Tail in 1962, then in 1964 he renamed the band The Shondells because in the Pop fashion of the era, the name "sounded good.". in a couple of years, Jackson would take the name Tommy James and christen his group Tommy James and The Shondells! those wild years didn't prepare him for the insane ride that success had in store for the young man with hyper drive and a hundred top hits in his head. if you haven't read his book, do it asap, it's an incredible read that is still going strong today with Tommy killing it on stage as long as The Rolling friggin Stones. the movie that was supposed to happen, won't, BFD, the book is better. Tommy James is a National treasure and a true musical hero... who survived the mob, and so far, time.
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these Country cats had a different kind of talent, and loads of it.
studio bassist Bob Moore, pedal steel pioneer Bud Isaacs, Chet Atkins, fiddler Dale Potter
studio bassist Bob Moore, pedal steel pioneer Bud Isaacs, Chet Atkins, fiddler Dale Potter
young Jerry Reed (at the mic) on Ernest Tubb's Midnight Jamboree radio show. band members include Jack Drake (bass), Rusty Gabbard (rhythm guitar), likely Dickie Harris (steel guitar) Billy Byrd (lead guitar), Ernest is smiling in the background as they tear it up.
ELP&P - July 1975 at the Montreux Festival
John Mayall at the Grande Ballroom in Detroit 1968
The great English blues singer-songwriter & multi-instrumentalist performed three engagements at Detroit's Grande Ballroom, with a single date in January of 1968, followed by three more in October of '68 (one of which featured Clapton jamming with Mayall), and lastly, two shows in March of 1969. Guitarist Mick Taylor, who joined Mayall's band in 1967, performed at all of the Grande Ballroom gigs.
photo-Mike Lower
John Mayall, Steve Thompson bass, Grande Ballroom, Detroit, 1968
photo-Mike Lower
photo-Mike Lower
The great English blues singer-songwriter & multi-instrumentalist performed three engagements at Detroit's Grande Ballroom, with a single date in January of 1968, followed by three more in October of '68 (one of which featured Clapton jamming with Mayall), and lastly, two shows in March of 1969. Guitarist Mick Taylor, who joined Mayall's band in 1967, performed at all of the Grande Ballroom gigs.
photo-Mike Lower
John Mayall, Steve Thompson bass, Grande Ballroom, Detroit, 1968
photo-Mike Lower
photo-Mike Lower
Phyllis Lee & Don Deal c1956 nice push for the kids, but they disappeared.
B.B. King and his band playing at San Quentin prison, 1981.
July 3, 1969 Reed's Ranch, Colorado Springs
Reed's Ranch was the Reed family's rodeo arena barn and likely had the Dead longing for the Cow Palace back home. after endless opening bands, including local favorites Zephyr w/Tommy Bolin, they played very late in the morning, one long set that ended after dawn. at the Ramada Inn afterward they got booted when Pigpen kicked-in a cigarette machine.
Reed's Ranch was the Reed family's rodeo arena barn and likely had the Dead longing for the Cow Palace back home. after endless opening bands, including local favorites Zephyr w/Tommy Bolin, they played very late in the morning, one long set that ended after dawn. at the Ramada Inn afterward they got booted when Pigpen kicked-in a cigarette machine.
The J. Geils Band at Detroit's Grande Ballroom, Jan. 28-29 1972
photo-Christine LaRouche
photo-Christine LaRouche
Lynval Golding and Horace Panter the other day, signing copies of a just-released live album.
