It’s going to be a busy week. A very, very, busy week. IT’S CMW TIME!!! Registration has begun. Lanyards and wristbands retrieved, hotel scoped out and the first shoot of the week tonight at the Smiling Buddha.
Archive for Motown
Pat Blythe: Short and Sweet – CMW 2016 Begins…and the first PFT!
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera, AB Co, Billy Idol, Bob Segarini, Bryan Ferry, CMW, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Motown, Pat Blythe, Roxanne Tellier, Ruthless Ones, Smiling Buddha, The Beatles on May 4, 2016 by segariniPat Blythe – Squirrels, Applesauce and Swing
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Basil Rathbone, Big Song Magazine, Bob Segarini, Bobbie Breen, boy soprano, Crown Records, Dallas Fairmont Hotel, DBAWIS, Decca, Dizzy Gillespie, Dolores Costello, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Fred Waring Band, Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Hit Parader, Hit Radio Songs, Hit Records, Inaugural Ball, Jazz, Johnnie Scat Davis, Lenny Bruce, Madame de Monterey, May Robson, Motown, Palace Pier, Pat Blythe, Penny Blythe, President Reagan, Sally Breen, Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Silver Slipper Dance Hall, Sing, Swing Era, The Beatles, The Comback Story, trumpet on January 13, 2016 by segarini
I have recently rediscovered (for the umpteenth time) an entire box of music, lyrics, short stories and pics stretching from the late 1930s to 1949. The collection once belonged to my late mother-in-law, Penny Blythe. Since she was born in 1924, by my calculation, she started collecting Hit Parader, Sing, Hit Radio Songs, Big Song Magazine, Song Hit Folio, etc. when she was a young teenager. They contain hundred of song lyrics and the list of performers is endless. Some names I am familiar with but many I’ve never heard of.
Roxanne Tellier – Motown: the Musical
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags . Jesse Nager, Allison Semmes, Barrett Strong, Berry Gordy, Bob Segarini, DBAWIS, Detroit, Dizzy Gillespie, Elvis Presley, Global Warming., Harry Balk, Hitsville U.S.A. Motown: The Musical, Janie Bradford, Jarran Muse, Jim Crow laws, Josh Tower, Leon Outlaw Jr., Let's Get It On, Martha and the Vandellas, Martha Reeves, marvin gaye, Maxine Powell, Michael Jackson, Motown, Nathaniel Cullors, Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Roxanne Tellier, Sam Phillips, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, Tamla, Tammi Terrell, The Beatles, The Four Tops, The Jackson 5, The Marvelettes, The Miracles, The Supremes, THE TEMPTATIONS, The Velvelettes, Vietnam War on September 27, 2015 by segarini
The sixties were a glorious time, unlikely to ever be repeated or rivalled. The fifties had been a cautious decade, where women stayed home after marrying to take care of their men, kids didn’t sass parents, and no one questioned authority in the family or in their country. Well, at least on the surface.
JAIMIE VERNON – POP GOES THE WORLD
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Adele, Barry Manilow, Blue Ash, Bob Segarini, Bruno Mars., Canadian Music, Cat Stevens, Cheap Trick, Dana Countryman, DBAWIS, Dead Beat Poets, Don't Believe a Word I Say, ear candy, ELO, Fastball, Fountains of Wayne, Frank Secich, Herb Eimerman, Jaimie Vernon, jangly guitars, Jeff Lynne, Mark Hershberger, Mark Ronson, Motown, Old School Pop, Paul Anka, Pop Detective Records, Power Pop, Spiral Staircase, Taylor Swift, The Byrds, The Dahlmanns, The Enemy, The Go Wows, Uptown Funk on September 26, 2015 by segarini
For the last 15 to 20 years the idea of pop music – like the good old guitar/piano driven stuff we grew up with on the CHUM Top 30 and Billboard Top40 charts – has been Verboten and buried like a forgotten dog bone in the backyard. Like some nerdist guilty pleasure there’s been a counter movement which has dubbed itself the keepers of Power Pop though its supporters can never agree on the definition of the term.
Doug Thompson: HAL BLAINE – DANCE TO THE DRUMMER MAN!
Posted in Opinion with tags Art Garfunkel. Roy Halee, Benny Benjamin, Bill Drake, Bob Segarini, Bobby Darin, Charlie Watts, Cherry Cola's, D.J. Fontana, Dave Clark, DBAWIS, Denny Tedesco, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Doug Thompson, Ginger Baker, Hal Blaine, Jay & The Americans, John Bonham, John Lennon, Karen Carpenter, Keith Moon, Larry Evoy, LORNE GREENE, Motown, music, Neil Diamond, Neil Peart, Paul Simon, Phil Collins, Phil Spector, Records, Ringo Starr, Roy Orbison, Sheila E, Stewart Copeland, Terry Melcher., The Byrds, The Wrecking Crew, Tommy Roe, Tommy Tedesco on February 16, 2015 by segarini
My last blog on January 26th on “The Wrecking Crew” documentary went through the roof in terms of readership, so Boss Segarini tells me. I think that’s mainly because Denny Tedesco, the Director of the documentary about the session musicians of the ‘60’s and ‘70’s, re-posted it to his list of contacts.
Doug Thompson: “(WE’RE GONNA) ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK” AGAIN
Posted in Opinion with tags American Film Institute, American Graffiti, Bill Haley and The Comets, Bill Haley and The Saddlemen, Bill Haley with Haley’s Comets, Billboard Magazine, Billie Holiday, Billy Crystal, Blackboard Jungle, Cashbox, Dave Prater, DBAWIS, Dean Martin, Denny Doherty, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Doris Day, Doug Thompson, Ed Sullivan, Eddie Fisher, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Gene Clark, Gene Pitney, George Clooney, George Lucas, Glenn Ford, Grammy Hall of Fame, Halley’s Comet., Happy Days, International Astronomers Union, James Myers, Jim Dawson, Jimmy De Knight, jo stafford, John Phillips, Johnny Clifton and His String Band, Jr. Walker, Kay Starr, Kitty Kallen, Lionel Hampton, Louis Armstrong., Louis Jordan, Mary Wells, Max C. Freedman, Mike Smith, Milt Gabler, Motown, music, Nat King Cole, New Musical Express, Patti Page, Peggy Lee, Perry Como, Peter Ford, Pythian Temple, Records, Rock and Roll, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Rolling Stone Magazine, Rosemary Clooney, Roy Orbison, Sam & Dave), segarini, The Andrew Sisters, the Dave Clark Five, The Four Aces of Western Swing, The Ink Spots, The Weavers, Tony Bennett on November 17, 2014 by segarini
This column is the first of what hopefully, will become more of a regular one on DBAWIS by yours truly. My intention (and we all know what happens to intentions, especially good ones) is to take a closer look at some of the hit records and hit makers from the rock era using some of my interview archives.
Roxanne Tellier: 20 Feet from Stardom
Posted in Opinion with tags 20 Feet From Stardom, Avatar? Growing Pains, Bad Girls, Berry Gordy, Betty Everett, Bob Segarini, Bobby Darin, Brown Sugar, Burt Bacharach, Carole King, Chaka Khan, Claudia Lennear, Darlene Love, David Bowie, David Letterman, DBAWIS, Delaney and Bonnie, Dionne Warwick, Disney, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Donna Summer, Elton John, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, George Harrison, Gimme Shelter, Gregg Allman, Humble Pie, Ike and Tina Turner, Jo Lawry, Joe Cocker, Josh Groban, Judith Hill, Leon Russell, Lethal Weapon, Lisa Fischer, Lou Rawls, Luther Vandross, Lynyrd Skynrd, Madonna, Merry Clayton, Michael Jackson, Mick Jagger, Motown, Neil Young, Nine Inch Nails, Patti LaBelle, Pearl Bailey, Phil Ochs, Phil Spector, Ray Charles, Robbie Williams, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Rod Stewart, Roxanne Tellier, Sam Cooke, Sonny and Cher, Stevie Wonder, Sting, Tata Vega, Taylor Hicks, The Beach Boys, The Blossoms, The Crystals, The Lion King, The Raelettes, The Rolling Stones, The Ronettes, The Voice, Thriller, Tina Turner, Tom Jones, Waters Family on August 17, 2014 by segarini
I’d been longing to see the Academy Award winning documentary film “20 Feet from Stardom” since it first came out in 2013, but it was only recently that I actually had the chance.
Frank Gutch Jr: If You Don’t Like To Read, Maybe You’re Reading The Wrong Stuff: Books On Music… Plus Notes
Posted in Opinion with tags American Sound Studios, Bill C. Malone, Books, Cat Piano, Chips Moman, Chris & Gileah Taylor, Creekside Strays, DBAWIS, Death of a Rebel, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Don't Get Above Your Raisin', era for a moment, Frank Gutch Jr., gary minkler, Gene Clark, Gerald Early, High School Sweetheart, High Strung, Ian Thomas, Indie Artists, Indie Music, Johj Broven, John Einarson, jud norman, Memphis Boys, Michael Rabon, Motown, Mr. Tambourine Man, music, Music Industry Books, Nelson George, One Nation Under a Groove, Papa Don Schroeder, Phil Ochs, RCA Records, Records, red dress, Research Turtles, South to Louisiana, The Death of Rhythm & Blues, The Five Americans, Ticktockman, Tommy Cogbill, University of Illinois Press, University Press of Mississippi, Where Did Our Love Go?, Xprime on February 4, 2014 by segarini
I worked with a guy for four or five years who had never read a book after college. He read, he just didn’t read books (which had me scratching my head until I developed a bald spot). Books have always been part of my life. As a child and even toddler, books were a never ending source of pleasure. So how is it, I ask myself, that people hate to read? And I think I have found the answer. They haven’t found anything which, to them, is worth reading. Books are like music in the forest for the trees idiom. There are so damn many choices, one has no idea where to start. Well, for people who love music, the obvious starting point is books about music (or would that be “are”?). Like soul? Find a book about soul music. Love country? There are tons of biographies of country artists, past and present, and even books about country’s musical past. Blues? The same. Rock? Too many to count.
