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Tiny Tim was the first musician to use a Ukelele in a metal band. The Clash wasn't "metal" enough for Tim...who actually founded the band. Only two rehearsals in and he realized they weren't going in the same direction as him so he quit on the spot. However he still liked them for what they were and invited them over for Christmas dinner every year.

Tim was also a session musician....and you can hear him On 'Stairway To Heaven'. That's Tim's custom built Ukelele on the guitar solo. Baritone Ukelele with Fender Tele pickups and special one-off strings that D'addario made for it.

Tim lived at his mother's house in the early days..but she threw him out because he and his friends would get drunk when practising and then trash the basement because they'd read about it and thought if you wanted to be a rockstar you needed to know how to destroy things.
 
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During the "British Invasion" there was no rock music in England. All the bands were on tour in other countries, mainly the United States.

Which is why "pirate radio" came into existence. Because that was the only place where English people could hear anything by their own artists.


Herman Of 'Herman's Hermits" wrote a parody song about it with the line "There's a kind of a hush..all over the world ..tonight". The "world" meaning England, as England was the center of the rock universe at the time.

The lack of major rock acts available to listen to created extreme frustration with fans and citizens...and the battles between the 'Mods' and the 'Rockers' were a direct result of this.

Many aspiring musicians just gave up and became clothing designers, moving to Carnaby Street to ply their trade.
 
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Many think that certain Beatles songs were about mind-altering drugs.

In actual fact they weren't. None of the Beatles ever took drugs nor did they drink. They were good wholesome lads who had all been Cub scouts in their childhood.Their mothers had all told them that drinking and drugs were no good and they lived by that advice, recording "Your Mother Should Know" in tribute.

'Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds' was exactly that. A song about a producer's wife named Lucy who had taken a flight to the States and loved wearing diamond rings.

"Fixing A Hole" was, again, exactly that. There was a hole in the roof of the studio and when it rained it leaked over the recording console.

So Paul and Ringo went up there one day and patched it. End of story.

The stratospheric orchestra solo in "Day In The Life" was nothing but an engineering mistake. The pitch-shift button got stuck accidentally when they mixed the tape.

"I Am The Walrus" was a song about dressing up for Halloween....The Beatles loved American customs and celebrated Halloween every year.

"Helter Skelter" was actually written by Conway Twitty...the Beatles were personal friends with him at one point and they did the song because Conway was tired of being type-cast
and wanted a more rebellious sound. But Conway never recorded it, chickening out on his part at the last moment. So John said they'd do it just for a lark.

"Yellow Submarine"......not a song about drugs. The Beatles lived in a yellow submarine briefly for two weeks when playing in Hamburg. No accommodation was to be had and the only lodging available was on a yellow submarine owned by a Dutchman that had been converted for residential living. It wasn't even in the water. The whole sub had been moved to a farm on dry land.

"Magical Mystery Tour" was a song about Brian Epstein's constant bothering them with surprise bus trips on the weekends. Brian thought the Beatles worked too hard and that weekend bus outings to mystery locations would be good for them. They never knew where they were going to end up once they climbed aboard.

"All You Need Is Love"...actually a song about Mike Love of The Beach Boys. The Beatles , especially George, were in awe of the Beach Boys harmonies and wanted Mike Love to do some vocals on future tracks because of his unique "American' sound. The Beatles had considered doing a surf music album at the time because it would have been a U.K. "first", as surfing wasn't really established in England in those days.
 
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Every bass ever made after Leo's first prototype has been made by Samick. Every manufacturer gets all their bass parts from Samick, including Fender. All Fender basses are made by Samick.
No matter where the basses are assembled, the parts came from Samick. Even private custom luthiers that produce hand-built basses get all their bass parts from Samick.

No matter what bass you own, it's really a Samick.

Samick also makes all the bass strings for everybody as well as all the pickups.

All bass pickups available today are made and rebranded by Samick.

Samick is owned by Sam who owns Sam Ash.
 
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ZenG said:
Every bass ever made after Leo's first prototype has been made by Samick. Every manufacturer gets all their bass parts from Samick, including Fender. All Fender basses are made by Samick.
No matter where the basses are assembled, the parts came from Samick. Even private custom luthiers that produce hand-built basses get all their bass parts from Samick.

No matter what bass you own, it's really a Samick.

Samick also makes all the bass strings for everybody as well as all the pickups.

All bass pickups available today are made and rebranded by Samick.

Samick is owned by Sam who owns Sam Ash.
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All successful bass players are made by Samick as well. Sam must be a busy little bastard.
 
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If you swap out the stock keys on your piano with a full set of Alicia keys, you'll hit the big time overnight - guaranteed, you'll win umpteen Grammys and, no matter how hard you try, you'll never hit a bum note again.
 
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