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Cool rock n roll photos
- Thread starter Chad-Chicago
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A damned good read.
Why? They're performing live(at the Santa Monica Civic Theater)and being filmed/recorded for what would become The T.A.M.I Show, one of the earliest US concert movies, going way beyond anything seen on Shindig or Hullabaloo. Other iconic sets were…
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First I've ever heard of that show. Perhaps you can tell me where to find Don Kirschner's Friday night "In Concert" shows online. Those were some good ones.
David Bowie performing on In Concert in '74.
Quite a few of those, plus Midnight Special(NBC)and In Concert(ABC)are all over YouTube, as well as Hullabaloo and Shindig clips(which were primarily lip-synched).First I've ever heard of that show. Perhaps you can tell me where to find Don Kirschner's Friday night "In Concert" shows online. Those were some good ones.
David Bowie performing on In Concert in '74.
As far as "Teen Age Music International" and corresponding "TNT" are concerned…
The T.A.M.I. Show (1964) - IMDb
The Big T.N.T. Show (1966) - IMDb
The first film was directed by Steve Binder, who organized the Elvis '68 comeback special.
T.A.M.I. Show - Wikipedia
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Thanks. I'll check again. It's been years since I searched YT for those shows. We're fortunate that so many of those old shows are finely making it to streaming platforms. In Concert was a staple watch for me. Head out early for a couple of beers. Back to the apartment for the concert and then back out to the bars in Madison.
It was the same for the first season or two of Saturday Night Live. The Madison bars pretty much emptied for the show and then repacked after. Except for the first Saturday of the month, when there was a news magazine type show (like 60 Minutes, only way cooler). I liked that too, but can't remember the name of the host. Very inventive stuff. The only segment I can remember was one detailing what officers in the Belgium military were served in their mess hall (hint: gourmet!!!). EDIT: And one showing how those perfect "hard boiled egg slices" for salads were made. Never ate another one.
All those early 70's shows were important for giving exposure every once in a while to under the radar bands, as FM rock radio was getting so restrictive in what they played around that time, and the general rock audience was fragmenting anyway. It would have taken me a lot longer to discover Gabriel-era Genesis or Sparks without them, for example…
Then there was Soul Train, where I learned how to bust a move.
I've never seen/heard this pairing before. So good!
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I got lucky with Genesis. Didn't know them, but lucked into the Lamb Lies Down tour stop in Madison. Only about 1500 in the crowd. That show was SO good. The next tour, sans Gabriel but still with Hackett, with the 747 landing lights was also a monster. Never saw a solo Gabriel show in person, but plenty of Hackett solo shows. He was and still is excellent.
Don't remember Sparks. Will check them out.
Soul Train. Where I learned that I was better off playing bass for the ladies to groove to than trying to bust a move myself.
Nice view of the (SVT) tubes.
More than likely the cover is on the stage right in front of the amp out of sight. It probably vibrated out of the Velcro pads that were holding it in place. My SVT started doing that after awhile because the pads just wore out.
To be a Sparks fan is to be a member of one of the world's biggest secret societies…
Essentially two brothers, Ron and Russ Mael, they emerged in LA in the early 70's, the original line-up of the band included another pair of brothers, Earl and Jim Mankey. Earl went on become a well-known engineer and producer, and Jim played guitar in Concrete Blonde. Ron and Russ eventually went to the UK, and were a huge hit there for a while. They've weathered all sorts of ups and downs and stylistic changes over the decades, but have experienced a resurgence in the last five years or so(I've seen them three times in that period, and once before in the early 80's). The two pioneered the pretty boy/dork image dichotomy that Cheap Trick later picked up on, and have been an influence on bands as different as Queen, Siouxie and the Banshees, The Go-Go's, and The Darkness, plus many more. Doesn't hurt to have some Beatles as fans, either.
