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Unusual Rock Trivia?
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This cherry 1957 Gibson Les Paul Gold Top had four well know owners:
1. John Sebastian (The Loving Spoonful) - acquired by 1965, still with its original Gold Top finish.
2. Rick Derringer (The McCoys) - Sebastian traded the guitar to Derringer while on tour for an amp. Derringer had it refinished cherry at Gibson's Kalamazoo factory. He sold it to Dan Armstrong's guitar shop in New York.
3. Eric Clapton - Clapton bought the guitar just a few days after Derringer sold it.
4. George Harrison - Clapton gave the guitar to Harrison in August 1968. A few weeks later, Clapton used it to play lead on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps." Harrison named it "Lucy" and used it often on the White Album, Let It Be, Abbey Road and beyond. It was stolen from Harrison's Beverly Hills home in 1973, sold to a guitar shop, which then sold it to a musician in Mexico. Harrison eventually traded a new Les Paul and Fender P bass to get it back. It is currently owned by Dhani Harrison.
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No kidding -- my wife and I sang backup on a Paul McCartney album.
I should point out that it was a live recording of "Hey, Jude!" and there were 20,000 other backup singers besides us.
^ And there it is, next to one of Gary Moore's Les Pauls. Now, I guess the latter too is/was reddish and not some stage light making it appear so, but it would have been eerie if the one portrayed in the pic had been Gary's famous '59 gold LP, formerly owned by Peter Green, and now by Metallica's Kirk Hammett:This cherry 1957 Gibson Les Paul Gold Top had four well know owners:
1. John Sebastian (The Loving Spoonful) - acquired by 1965, still with its original Gold Top finish.
2. Rick Derringer (The McCoys) - Sebastian traded the guitar to Derringer while on tour for an amp. Derringer had it refinished cherry at Gibson's Kalamazoo factory. He sold it to Dan Armstrong's guitar shop in New York.
3. Eric Clapton - Clapton bought the guitar just a few days after Derringer sold it.
4. George Harrison - Clapton gave the guitar to Harrison in August 1968. A few weeks later, Clapton used it to play lead on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps." Harrison named if "Lucy" and used it often on the White Album, Let It Be, Abbey Road and beyond. It was stolen from Harrison's Beverly Hills home in 1973, sold to a guitar shop, which then sold it to a musician in Mexico. Harrison eventually traded a new Les Paul and Fender P bass to get it back. It is currently owned by Dhani Harrison.
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Wife sang on key -- I stick out like a very sore thumb!Oh, so, you were the two people in the 20,000 crowd I heard singing off key.
Not to mention Stanley Clarke, Alphonso Johnson, Gerald Veasley, and Anthony Jackson!
Rick Wakeman tells a story about how he finally got so exasperated with his Mellotrons breaking down on tour that he took at least one of them out into the middle of an empty field and set it on fire! (I think he recounts that story somewhere in the middle of the audio track on Invalid Link Removed page.)
A pre-Aerosmith Steven Tyler, then known as Steve Tallarico, contributed backing vocals to several songs on the 2nd album by the band The Left Banke titled "The Left Banke Too" including "Nice to See You", "Give the Man a Hand", "Dark is the Bark" & "My Friend Today", and also played tambourine on "Dark is the Bark"
The last lyric line in The Doors song "Touch Me" is "Stronger than dirt", which they took from an Ajax laundry detergent commercial.
This is definitely some unusual rock trivia.
Lesley Gore appeared on the Batman TV show as an accomplice to Julie Newmar's Catwoman and sang a shortened version of "California Nights". She played Pussycat, the Catwoman's protégé, who also wanted to be a singer. The song was co-written by Marvin Hamlisch and Howard Liebling and produced by Bob Crewe and became a Top 20 hit. Marvin Hamlisch and Howard Liebling also co-wrote Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows recorded by Lesley Gore, which was produced by Quincy Jones.
Lesley Gore appeared on the Batman TV show as an accomplice to Julie Newmar's Catwoman and sang a shortened version of "California Nights". She played Pussycat, the Catwoman's protégé, who also wanted to be a singer. The song was co-written by Marvin Hamlisch and Howard Liebling and produced by Bob Crewe and became a Top 20 hit. Marvin Hamlisch and Howard Liebling also co-wrote Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows recorded by Lesley Gore, which was produced by Quincy Jones.
This bit will help you win a game of "Six Degrees" in a hot minute. Toy Matinee was comprised of Patrick Leonard and Kevin Gilbert. On their one album appeared Julian Lennon and Guy Pratt (touring bassist for Pink Floyd for many years). Patrick produced/collaborated/played for Madonna, Stanley Clarke, Jody Watley, Pink Floyd, Boz Scaggs, Kenny Loggins and Peter Cetera, to name a few. Kevin collaborated/produced/played with Sheryl Crow (whom he also dated), Shalamar, Eddie Money, Tina Turner, Madonna, Michael Jackson, and Spock's Beard as well as others.
As a child, Robert Trujillo of Metallica was in an episode of CHiPs from 1982. He played a character named Flippy. When I saw his name in the credits at the end of that episode on one of those retro t.v. channels, I had to look it up to see if it was really him.
That is a great post. I remember watching that episode when Bateman was primetime two nights a week. I was like eight or nine. That costume and her in it made a big impression on my buddies and I as we were figuring out that girls were pretty awesome.
I had heard that but was under the impression it was Paul. Obviously not by the video.
Lennon and May Pang on Tom Sawyer's Island at Disney World, December 1974:
Don't know if this was taken at Disney, but it appears he bought a souvenir there:
After Randy Bachman left The Guess Who and before Bachman-Turner Overdrive, he formed the band Brave Belt, which eventually became B.T.O. Brave Belt released two albums and a few singles. "Crazy Arms, Crazy Eyes" was a Top 40 hit in Canada.
Brave Belt originally consisted of Randy Bachman (guitar/vocals & bass guitar on the first album), his former The Guess Who band mate, Chad Allan (vocals/keyboards), and Randy's brother Robbie (drums). C. F. Turner was added shortly after as bassist for the supporting concerts.
In 1972, Turner became bassist and vocalist for the Brave Belt II album. Allan left the band after the recording was completed. During the supporting concerts for Brave Belt II, Tim Bachman was added as a second guitarist. With this lineup (C. F. Turner with Randy, Tim and Robbie Bachman) a demo was shopped around that was supposed to be a Brave Belt III album. New management convinced them to change their name − they eventually settled on Bachman-Turner Overdrive. Thus, the first Bachman–Turner Overdrive album is essentially Brave Belt III.
Brave Belt originally consisted of Randy Bachman (guitar/vocals & bass guitar on the first album), his former The Guess Who band mate, Chad Allan (vocals/keyboards), and Randy's brother Robbie (drums). C. F. Turner was added shortly after as bassist for the supporting concerts.
In 1972, Turner became bassist and vocalist for the Brave Belt II album. Allan left the band after the recording was completed. During the supporting concerts for Brave Belt II, Tim Bachman was added as a second guitarist. With this lineup (C. F. Turner with Randy, Tim and Robbie Bachman) a demo was shopped around that was supposed to be a Brave Belt III album. New management convinced them to change their name − they eventually settled on Bachman-Turner Overdrive. Thus, the first Bachman–Turner Overdrive album is essentially Brave Belt III.
