I only vaguely remeber it. I don't know why I'm like this but I am lol
Enjoy the benefits of a premium membership!
Upgrade Account
-
TalkBass has been independent since 1998. Add your voice.
Create a free account to reply to discussions, view embedded media, and browse with fewer display ads.
Join free Log in
Want zero display ads or expanded classifieds tools? Compare plans.
Led Zepplin, "Rock and Roll." Just for that first line: "It's been a long time since I rock and rolled . . . ."
Indeed it had.
Indeed it had.
the band played three tunes:
- theme from a summer place (percy faith)
- baby elephant walk (henry mancini)
- glad all over (dave clark five)
i don't remember the order, but i'd bet that we did them in the order as listed. it was for an all-school convocation, 8th grade, 1964.
we were a hit --- and i was playing my first bar, later that year, after joining the musician's union and starting high school!
i played saxophone(s) then, bernie played bass!
- theme from a summer place (percy faith)
- baby elephant walk (henry mancini)
- glad all over (dave clark five)
i don't remember the order, but i'd bet that we did them in the order as listed. it was for an all-school convocation, 8th grade, 1964.
we were a hit --- and i was playing my first bar, later that year, after joining the musician's union and starting high school!
i played saxophone(s) then, bernie played bass!
Wow, this brings me back. We were teenagers that somehow got the chance to play at one of the local all-girls schools with our teenage angsty band (we were all boys) for some kind of "dance" thing. I don't really remember what the event was exactly. We were the only males at the entire event minus a few adult chaperones, and wearing our full rock-star uniforms and copping a full rock-star attitude we played Rockin in the Free World to open our set. It was my first time on stage, I think it was also the first time for most (if not all) of the band as well. Looking out upon a sea of dancing girls I felt I was at the peak of teenage masculinity. I wasn't some nerdy weird kid anymore, I was a rock god making all the girls dance to my bass line. I remember thinking we killed the set.
...Then we got kicked out of the school's parking lot and banned from ever returning when we went back to my drummer's car for an after-show congratulatory beer.
Kind of the perfect night actually.
...Then we got kicked out of the school's parking lot and banned from ever returning when we went back to my drummer's car for an after-show congratulatory beer.
Kind of the perfect night actually.
High school talent show.
Pink Floyd - "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", followed by an original written by a classmate, then unexpectedly rocking "Coming Into Los Angeles" by Arlo Guthrie. Everyone got up and danced to this last number, and I was hooked.
It kind of struck the odd paradigm that has followed me ever since: practice, create, wing it!
Pink Floyd - "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", followed by an original written by a classmate, then unexpectedly rocking "Coming Into Los Angeles" by Arlo Guthrie. Everyone got up and danced to this last number, and I was hooked.
It kind of struck the odd paradigm that has followed me ever since: practice, create, wing it!
No, this was a high school group, not a famous band such as the Grateful Dead who showed up later...
On stage? Piano recital when I was eight. Song was supposedly some sort of "Traditional Native American" tune that I remember because it alternated majors and minors. I could probably still play it.
On stage playing electric bass the very first song was Montrose - Make it Last. My "bass instructor" called me up on stage at one of his gigs and handed me his Rickenbacker and moved to drums while the drummer took a bathroom break. I was 13 and played three or four songs until the drummer returned. Yay for bad burritos.
On stage playing electric bass the very first song was Montrose - Make it Last. My "bass instructor" called me up on stage at one of his gigs and handed me his Rickenbacker and moved to drums while the drummer took a bathroom break. I was 13 and played three or four songs until the drummer returned. Yay for bad burritos.
First piano performance was a recital when I was 6 (no clue what song).
First trombone performance was a 6th grade concert (no clue what song).
First bass performance was Led Zeppelin "Over the Hills and Far Away" for a HS battle of the bands.
First trombone performance was a 6th grade concert (no clue what song).
First bass performance was Led Zeppelin "Over the Hills and Far Away" for a HS battle of the bands.
It ain’t real rock’n’rock until The Man comes down hard on you.
I don't remember much from 1966, but I find it hilarious that one of the songs was Tequila by the Champs, and just a month ago, I was playing it again!
Last edited:
