I’ve run out of epitaphs. The battlefield of pop continues to accumulate bodies. During this past week we were reminded of the passing of Karen Carpenter (33 years ago) and the officially recognized Day the Music Died (really? Then what have we been listening to in the intervening 57 years?).
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JAIMIE VERNON – K-TEL’S SHINING STARS
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags 1974, 1975, 22 Explosive Hits, 8-tracks, Bay City Rollers, Billy Paul, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music Malvern, cassettes, CFTR, Chi-Lites, CHUM, Commodores, DBAWIS, Delfonics, Disco, Disco Rock, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Dorothy Moore, Earth Wind & Fire, Isaac Hayes, Jaimie Vernon, James Brown, Jim Croce, John Denver, K-Tel, Kiss, Lou Rawls, LPs, Main Ingredient, Maurice White, O'Jays, Pursuaders, Scarborough, Shining Star, Sly & The Family Stone, Soul Train, Spinners, Stylistics, Temptations, The Apollo Theatre, The Carpenters, The Dells, The Dramatics, Three Degrees, Top 40, Toronto on February 6, 2016 by segariniJAIMIE VERNON – EVERYTHING OLD IS STU AGAIN
Posted in Opinion with tags 1973, audiology, Bernie Taupin, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music, Chris DeBurgh, crowdfunding, Dark Side of the Moon, DBAWIS, DEJA S2, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Elton John, Elyse Weinberg, Evolution Records, folk music, gas crisis, Gordon Lightfoot, Harry Nilsson, hearing loss, Ian Thomas, Jaimie Vernon, James Leroy, Jim Croce, John Denver, Kickstarter, Led Zeppelin, Moonhead, moonwalk, Nixon, Nucleus, Odd Sox, Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd, Queen, Randy Newman, Sally From Syracuse, Stu Nunnery, The Beatles, therapy, Tranquility Base, Viet Nam, Warren Zevon on August 1, 2015 by segarini
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There’s a Renaissance of sorts happening in the music business right now by which music we’ve lost track of, or have ignored outright, due to the current ubiquity of pop music is crawling out from the primordial ooze and is being reborn as something new. New masters, new packaging and/or new formats are moving in to replace the gaping hole left by marginilized MP3 files and the impending death of CDs.
Doug Thompson: DON’T MESS WITH THE WRECKING CREW!
Posted in Opinion with tags Al Casey, Al De Lory, Al Vescovo, America, Barney Kessel, Bill Aken, Bill Pitman, Billy Strange, Bobby Vee, Brian Wilson, Buffalo Springfield, Buffy Sainte Marie, Carol Kaye, Chuck Berghofer, Crazy Horse, Darlene Love, David Goggin, DBAWIS, Dean Martin, Denny Tedesco, Don Peake, Don Randi, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Doug Bartenfeld, Doug Thompson, Duane Eddy, Earl Palmer, Elvis Presley, First Edition, Frank Capp, Frank Sinatra, Gary Coleman, Gary Lewis & The Playboys, Gene Cipriano, Gene Estes, George Harrison, Glen Campbell, Hal Blaine, Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, Howard Roberts, Irv Rubins, Jack Nitzsche, Jackie DeShannon, James Burton, Jan & Dean, Jay Migliori, Jeff Porcaro, Jennifer Warnes, Jerry Cole, Jim Gordon, Jim Horn, Jim Keltner, Jimmy Bond, Jimmy Page, Joe Cocker, Joe Osborn, Joe Porcaro, Joe Saraceno, John Denver, John Goldthwaite, John Lennon, Johnny Rivers, Julius Wechter, Kenny Rogers, Kent Hartman., Kickstarter, Larry Knechtel, Larry Levine, Leon Russell, Leonard Cohen, Louis Shelton, Lyle Ritz, Mac Rebennack (Dr. John), Max Bennett, Mike Deasy, Mike Melvoin, Mike Porcaro, Mike Rubini, Movies, music, music videos, Nancy Sinatra, Neil Diamond, Neil Young, Nilsson, Nino Tempo, P.F. Sloan, Paul Revere & The Raiders, Petula Clark, Phil Spector, Plas Johnson, radio, Ray Pohlman, Records, Red Callender, Rene Hall, segarini, Simon & Garfunkel, Sonny & Cher, Sonny Bono, Steve Douglas, Steve Porcaro, The 5th Dimension, The Beach Boys, The Byrds, The Captain & Tennille, The Carpenters, The Crystals, The Funk Brothers, The Grassroots, The Mamas & The Papas, The Marketts, The Monkees, The Partridge Family, The Righteous Brothers, The Rolling Stones, The Ronettes, The Routers, The Searchers, The T-Bones, The Wrecking Crew, Tommy Roe, Tommy Tedesco, Toto, Will Jennings on January 26, 2015 by segarini
So, what project in your life has taken you the longest to complete? Has anything you’ve really wanted to do ever taken you 18 years? Most likely not, but that’s how long it took director Denny Tedesco to complete his documentary on a small group of musicians in Los Angeles who, from the late 1950’s through to the 1970’s, supplied the rhythm section (drums, bass, guitar, keyboards, percussion, saxophone) for hundreds, if not thousands of hit records.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 