I love his work with missing persons! Did he do 'mental hopscotch'? The cymbal work is amazing!
That's crazy, I'd probably have done the same.
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Unusual Rock Trivia?
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I love his work with missing persons! Did he do 'mental hopscotch'? The cymbal work is amazing!
That's crazy, I'd probably have done the same.
Yes, Terry Bozzio did play on "Mental Hopscotch" by Missing Persons.
And, former The Knack bassist Prescott Niles has been the bassist for Missing Persons as well as Mike Pinera's Classic Rock All-Stars since 2013.
Actress Cheryl Ladd was a singing voice under the name Cherie Moor on the TV cartoon Josie & The Pussycats and their records from 1970 - 1972. She also had some songs on her own including the single "Think It Over" which peaked at #34 in 1978. Some of the Josie & The Pussycats records were also available as premiums through Kellogg's Cereal boxes. Another singing voice on Josie & The Pussycats was by Patrice Holloway, who co-wrote "You've Made Me So Very Happy" with her sister Brenda, Berry Gordy, Jr., and Frank Wilson, went on to singing with Joe Cocker and others as well as her own records.
Timothy B. Schmit has the distinction of replacing the same bassist/vocalist, Randy Meisner, in two successful bands, Poco and Eagles.
Timothy was in a band called The New Breed that had one single, "Green Eyed Woman," which was released in 1965. Changing its name to Glad, the group recorded the album Feelin' Glad in 1968.
In 1968, Schmit auditioned for Poco but was turned down in favor of founding member Randy Meisner. When Meisner quit the band in 1970, Schmit replaced him on bass and vocals. In 1977, Schmit joined the Eagles after after the Hotel California tour, once again replacing Randy Meisner on bass/vocals after Meisner quit. Although the Eagles are thought of as a quintessential California band, Schmit is the only member of the group to actually be a native of California.
Apart from Poco and Eagles, Schmit has also appeared on songs by Firefall, Steely Dan, Andrew Gold, Bob Seger, Boz Scaggs, J.D. Souther, and many other acts. In addition, he has done solo work.
Timothy was in a band called The New Breed that had one single, "Green Eyed Woman," which was released in 1965. Changing its name to Glad, the group recorded the album Feelin' Glad in 1968.
In 1968, Schmit auditioned for Poco but was turned down in favor of founding member Randy Meisner. When Meisner quit the band in 1970, Schmit replaced him on bass and vocals. In 1977, Schmit joined the Eagles after after the Hotel California tour, once again replacing Randy Meisner on bass/vocals after Meisner quit. Although the Eagles are thought of as a quintessential California band, Schmit is the only member of the group to actually be a native of California.
Apart from Poco and Eagles, Schmit has also appeared on songs by Firefall, Steely Dan, Andrew Gold, Bob Seger, Boz Scaggs, J.D. Souther, and many other acts. In addition, he has done solo work.
I have been in love with Cheryl Ladd forever, but my goodness she looks like she's having a seizure in that video
Anybody else think it was funny that the drummer's name was "Melody"?
Bassist for Toad The Wet Sprocket, Dean Dinning, is the nephew of Mark Dinning, who had hits in the 50s including "Teen Angel".
The famous 1960's amp company Vox narrowly avoided making a series of bad business decisions before finally being done in by one of them. The first was when founder Tom Jennings didn't want to give the Beatles free amps because he'd never heard of them and thought they had a dumb name. Fortunately, the sales manager worked out a deal with them despite the objections.
Then after they made the AC15, bands kept asking for a louder amp so engineer Dick Denney designed a 30 watt version, but Jennings thought it was too big and too loud and didn't want to build it. Denney began making them in secret but Jennings found out and almost fired him for it, before grudgingly allowing the now famous AC30 to be put into production.
Finally, Vox needed money to expand their production so they sold a controlling interest in the company to a big electronics maker. Unfortunately they ended up draining cash out of Vox to develop a military black box, then they lost the contract and it wiped out both companies.
This is a great documentary about Vox:
Then after they made the AC15, bands kept asking for a louder amp so engineer Dick Denney designed a 30 watt version, but Jennings thought it was too big and too loud and didn't want to build it. Denney began making them in secret but Jennings found out and almost fired him for it, before grudgingly allowing the now famous AC30 to be put into production.
Finally, Vox needed money to expand their production so they sold a controlling interest in the company to a big electronics maker. Unfortunately they ended up draining cash out of Vox to develop a military black box, then they lost the contract and it wiped out both companies.
This is a great documentary about Vox:
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"The Best" was a short-lived supergroup featuring Keith Emerson on keyboards, John Entwistle on bass and vocals, Joe Walsh on guitar and vocals, Jeff "Skunk" Baxter on guitar, and Simon Phillips on drums. Rick Livingstone sang lead vocals (along with Walsh and Entwistle). Backing vocals were provided by Hamish, Angus and Fergus Richardson of the band Brother.
In a 1994 interview posted on The Who mailing list Entwistle said that The Best had toured Japan, and that an American tour had been planned but never came to fruition. In the same interview he also noted that drummer Zak Starkey had also been "in the band a while", presumably before Phillips joined.
In a 1994 interview posted on The Who mailing list Entwistle said that The Best had toured Japan, and that an American tour had been planned but never came to fruition. In the same interview he also noted that drummer Zak Starkey had also been "in the band a while", presumably before Phillips joined.
Before backing up Genesis starting in 1977 and Phil Collins on his solo work and others, U.S. multi-instrumentalist Daryl Stuermer was in a Wisconsin jazz fusion band called Sweetbottom with his brother Duane and he also played with Jean-Luc Ponty starting in the mid 1970s until the early 1980s.
Daryl's first solo album Steppin' Out is really good.
Before changing their name to Badfinger, Pete Ham, Mike Gibbins, Tom Evans, and Ron Griffiths were called The Iveys and had a minor hit in 1969 with "Maybe Tomorrow". The Iveys were the first group signed by The Beatles' Apple label in 1968. The band renamed themselves Badfinger and in 1969 Griffiths left and was replaced by Joey Molland.
And what a fine job he did with Ponty. Ponty always had great guitarists (my favs were Daryl, Jamie Glaser, and the wonderful Joaquin Lievano). But your date isn't quite right. The wonderful Mr. Hackett was most certainly Genesis' guitarist through the huge 1977 tour. Daryl played with Genesis starting with the 1978 tour. I think that technically, Daryl was lined up in late 1977 for the '78 tour so you are not quite "wrong."
And yes, Daryl's solo efforts are excellent. I like "Go" the most.
How timely.... I had my Pandora tuned in to Badfinger this week. To me, Pete Hamm is among the most tragic losses of a great musician. He deserved so much better and I sure wish there were more of his work to listen to.
Ponty always had killer musicians in his bands in the 1970s: Tom Fowler or Ralph Armstrong on bass, Patrice Rushen or Allan Zavod on keys, Casey Schurell (sp?) or Leon Chancler on drums, and all those great guitarists...
Apparently the way Daryl got the Genesis gig was that drummer Chester Thompson originally recommended Alphonso Johnson for the role (!) since they wanted someone who could double on guitar and bass ...but Alphonso admitted that his guitar chops weren't good enough to cut the gig, so he recommended Daryl.
1) What is Duane Allman hiding in his hands?
2) Why are the laughing?
