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Unusual Rock Trivia?
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Maybe not Rock trivia but it is a story!
Louise Armstrong loved Swiss Kriss laxatives so much that he even did advertisements for the company that showed him sitting on a toilet with a big smile. He often gave bottles of the laxative to his friends as a present, and once during a tour of England, he regaled members of the royal family with details about his use of Swiss Kriss.
He also loved smoking weed!
Louis Armstrong’s marijuana smoking, however, did not go unnoticed. He was one of the first celebrities arrested for using the drug. A policeman spotted him and another musician smoking a joint outside a club in California. Armstrong was sentenced to 30 days and served nine in jail for the act. However, this reprimand did not seem to affect his connection to weed. (There is no known strong connection of Louis Armstrong with drugs beyond his affinity for marijuana.)
How Louis Armstrong Got Entangled with Weed, Laxatives and the Mob
Louise Armstrong loved Swiss Kriss laxatives so much that he even did advertisements for the company that showed him sitting on a toilet with a big smile. He often gave bottles of the laxative to his friends as a present, and once during a tour of England, he regaled members of the royal family with details about his use of Swiss Kriss.
He also loved smoking weed!
Louis Armstrong’s marijuana smoking, however, did not go unnoticed. He was one of the first celebrities arrested for using the drug. A policeman spotted him and another musician smoking a joint outside a club in California. Armstrong was sentenced to 30 days and served nine in jail for the act. However, this reprimand did not seem to affect his connection to weed. (There is no known strong connection of Louis Armstrong with drugs beyond his affinity for marijuana.)
How Louis Armstrong Got Entangled with Weed, Laxatives and the Mob
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Roger Taylor, the drummer for Queen, actually played drums on an album by folk rock legend Al Stewart.
He's credited with percussion on Al Stewart's Past, Present & Future album.
Also playing on that album (and one other by Stewart)--bass god Bruce Thomas of Elvis Costello's Attractions.
Wow! Perhaps one of the wildest posts ever! Reality is sometimes stranger than fiction.
My older pal used to swear that one time in the 60s he was watching Satchmo on TV and saw evidence of another drug. We all remember how he would often take out his handkerchief and wipe his sweaty brow. My pal said he always did it the same way…folding it in half in a specific way and then wiping his forehead. He said that this one time he varied from the usual and when he wiped there was a white streak on his forehead. My pal said that he generally had the coke in the handkerchief and could sniff it easily and surreptitiously if he unfolded one way, or wipe sweat off with the OTHER side when folding it the other way. So the idea was he screwed up that time and thus, caused the white streak.
I always found this improbable, but with live TV, I guess it could have happened. Anyone else ever hear this??
The name Nazz was derived from the Yardbirds' song "The Nazz Are Blue".
I read there was another up and coming band called “Nazz” also at the same period of time and they released one single under that name. They found out Rundgrens band had a hit single so they changed their name to “Alice Cooper”.
I read there was another up and coming band called “Nazz” also at the same period of time and they released one single under that name. They found out Rundgrens band had a hit single so they changed their name to “Alice Cooper”.
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Terry Melcher, the man who supervised records for the Byrds and the Beach Boys (and was one of Charles Manson's closest allies), was also the son of singer and actress Doris Day.
Brian Eno's song "Julie With" is about his then-girlfriend, the actress Julie Christie. He broke up with her not long after.
One of the bands Tommy Shaw played in before joining Styx was MSFunk.
Runt is the self-titled debut album of the band Runt, commercially released September 1970. Runt was a trio consisting of Todd Rundgren (guitars, keyboards, vocals), Hunt Sales (drums), and Tony Fox Sales (bass). The Sales brothers were the sons of comedian Soupy Sales.
The entire album was written and produced by Rundgren, formerly of Nazz, and he performed most of the instruments.
In 1970, the Sales brothers joined Todd Rundgren in the newly formed group, Runt, and recorded two albums. Tony and Hunt went on to work with Chequered Past, David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Todd Rundgren, Bob Welch, Andy Fraser of Free, Harry Dean Stanton and The Cheap Dates, The Hunt Sales Memorial, Tin Machine (with Bowie), and others from 1989 to 1994. The Hunt Brothers solo album together was called Hired Guns in 1979 and it is very R&B Soul. They had a Sam and Dave soulful harmony vibe. Check it out!
The entire album was written and produced by Rundgren, formerly of Nazz, and he performed most of the instruments.
In 1970, the Sales brothers joined Todd Rundgren in the newly formed group, Runt, and recorded two albums. Tony and Hunt went on to work with Chequered Past, David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Todd Rundgren, Bob Welch, Andy Fraser of Free, Harry Dean Stanton and The Cheap Dates, The Hunt Sales Memorial, Tin Machine (with Bowie), and others from 1989 to 1994. The Hunt Brothers solo album together was called Hired Guns in 1979 and it is very R&B Soul. They had a Sam and Dave soulful harmony vibe. Check it out!
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In 1965 Alfred "Freddie" Lennon, long lost father of Beatle John, tried to cash in on his son's fame by putting out a record. Session musicians on the record incuded Noel redding and Mitch Michell, later know as Jimi Hendrix's Experience.
That is a great piece of trivia. Freddie sounds a little like John except for the thicker British accent!
"Here comes the Nazz" is what P. P. Arnold allegedly said and was misheard as "The Nice", leading to the name of Keith Emerson's first big band. But I don't know if Arnold was referring to The Yardbirds in any way.
The Yardbirds morphed into The New Yardbirds (Led Zeppelin) which included Small Faces fan Robert Plant, Steve Marriot having been considered. He was romantically involved with P. P. Arnold around 1968 when The Nice hit the big time. The Small Faces may also have inspired some of LZ's music. The Nice's guitarist David O'List tried out for Jethro Tull, which later featured Dave Pegg on bass, earlier in a band with Plant. Pegg was also in Fairport Convention that had featured Sandy Denny, who guested with Led Zeppelin. He was also in a band with the father of ultimately three of UB40, but now I am getting well off topic
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Since I'm seeing "Nazz" ...
The band Nazareth got their name (ultimately) from a little town here, in Pennsyltucky.
They took the name from "The Weight" by The Band who got it from said small town.
The band Nazareth got their name (ultimately) from a little town here, in Pennsyltucky.
They took the name from "The Weight" by The Band who got it from said small town.
Melcher was no ‘ally’ of Manson’s; he met Manson through the Beach Boys’ Dennis Wilson(who was the first of the Hollywood rock scene to get conned by Charlie). Manson was just another would-be singer/songwriter, out for a hustle(all the while assembling his cult family). Wilson picked him up hitchhiking, and that was his foot in the door, actually letting Manson and some of his girls move in. Melcher thought about doing a film on the ‘family’, and did some preliminary demos with Manson, but decided to pass due to the non-commerciality of the material, and some behavioral red flags. Melcher at the time was dating Candice Bergen and sharing a house with her and Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere and the Raiders, another band Melcher produced. The three soon moved out of the place, which was then taken over by Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate. Both Melcher and Wilson soon distanced themselves from Manson, setting him off, and it’s been speculated that the eventual attack on the house, regardless of the then-current residents, was a result of Charlie’s madness.
The Moody Blues were signed by Deram (a subsidiary of Decca Records) to demonstrate a new stereo recording technique that was being released on LP’s.
Originally released in November 1967, Days of Future Passed was an outstanding technical achievement for its time. The record label Deram wanted to show off its new studio recording techniques by having The Moody Blues record a Dvorák symphony in this "Deramic Stereo Sound" process, which The Moodies did not want to do.
Instead, new comers Justin Hayward and John Lodge wrote an incredible Day-In-The-LIfe concept idea of celebrating the day itself--Dawn, Afternoon, Twilight, and Nighttime. Then Peter Knight wrote the symphonic score to these pop tunes to underscore the Moody Blues' original songs, using the London Festival Orchestra. The result was a lush sounding, extremely innovative pop album, which blew the minds of critics and fans alike.
Originally released in November 1967, Days of Future Passed was an outstanding technical achievement for its time. The record label Deram wanted to show off its new studio recording techniques by having The Moody Blues record a Dvorák symphony in this "Deramic Stereo Sound" process, which The Moodies did not want to do.
Instead, new comers Justin Hayward and John Lodge wrote an incredible Day-In-The-LIfe concept idea of celebrating the day itself--Dawn, Afternoon, Twilight, and Nighttime. Then Peter Knight wrote the symphonic score to these pop tunes to underscore the Moody Blues' original songs, using the London Festival Orchestra. The result was a lush sounding, extremely innovative pop album, which blew the minds of critics and fans alike.
Correct. It is believed that Melcher was Manson's intended target, but Manson did not know Melcher had moved out and Polanski/Tate had moved in.
