Rolling Stone Magazine recently released their latest ‘list’, “The 100 Greatest Songwriters” rollingstone.com). Let me repeat that title, “The 100 Greatest Songwriters”. Their descriptive line states “From Brill Building tunesmiths to Punk poets, from Woody Guthrie to Max Martin, the visionaries who defined music history.”
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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: 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.
Roxanne Tellier – Popping the Top off Covers
Posted in Opinion with tags 2 Live Crew, Al Green, Big Mama Thornton, Bob Marley, Bob Segarini, Brill Building, Bryan Ferry, Canadian, Carly Simon, Carole King, Charles Bradley, David Byrne, DBAWIS, Dirty Loops, Dolly Parton, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Elvis Presley, Eric Clapton, Foghat, Gerry Goffin, Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes, Howlin’ Wolf, Jake Holmes, Jason Mraz, Jay and the Americans, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Cocker, Johnny Cash, Jose Feliciano, Justin Bieber, Kate Davis, Latin, Led Zeppelin, Levon Helm, Mambo Jimi, Meghan Trainor, Menahan Street Band, Mick Hucknall, Monkees, Neil Diamond, Neil Young, New Wave, Nine Inch Nails, NME, Patti Smith, Paul Simon, PostModern Jukebox, Punk, Radiohead, reggae, Robert Johnson, Roxanne Tellier Muddy Waters, Roxy Music, Roy Orbison's, Simply Red, ska, Smashing Pumpkins, Taj Mahal, Taylor Swift, Teddy Pendergrass, The Beatles, The Cars, The Corrs, The Cyrkle, The Diodes, The Doors, The Monkees, The Talking Heads, Thom York, UB40, Urge Overkill, Whitney Houston, Ziggy Marley on January 25, 2015 by segarini
Music’s a funny thing; sometimes a song will hide in the grooves of an album, unloved and unwanted, until someone uncovers the gem and makes it their own. A struggling songwriter may dream of the day that a megastar covers their work; in the right hands, a number one hit can make the writer a fortune in publishing.
Doug Thompson – DOUG’S COOL YULE – MY “12 SONGS OF CHRISTMAS” LIST
Posted in Opinion with tags Band Aid, Bill Murray, Bing Crosby, Bob Geldof, Brenda Lee, Bruce Springsteen, Burl Ives, Conan O’Brien, Darlene Love, David Letterman, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Doug Thompson, E Street Band, Elvis Presley, Gordon Stoker, Harlem Community Choir, Harry Nilsson, John Lennon, Keith Richards, Led Zeppelin, Michael Buble, Midge Ure, music, music videos, Neal Matthews, Neil Diamond, Northern Lights, Paul McCartney, Paul Shaffer, Phil Spector, Plastic Ono Band, Records, Ringo Starr, Robbie Robertson, Sarah McLachlan, segarini, Steve Sholes, Stevie Wonder, SThe Band, Taylor Swift, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Eagles, The Jordanaires, The Rolling Stones, The Waitresses, USA for Africa, Wham, Yoko Ono on December 17, 2014 by segarini
Hard to miss that’s it’s the Christmas season. Department, drug and clothing stores have all been playing Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree”, Bobby Helm’s “Jingle Bell Rock”, Wham’s “Last Christmas” and The Beach Boys “Little Saint Nick”, along with newer Christmas ditties from the likes of Neil Diamond, Taylor Swift, Michael Buble and the omnipresent “White Christmas” from der Bingle (aka Bing Crosby) for what seems like months already.
Roxanne Tellier: The Forgotten Man
Posted in Opinion with tags Ahmet Ertegun, Aretha Franklin, Atlantic Records, Bang Records, Barbara Lewis, Ben E. King, Bert Berns, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Big Mama Thornton, Bob Segarini, Bow Wow Wow, Brill Building, Carole King, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Donal Carvin, Edwin Starr, Ellen Willis, Ellie Greenwich, Erma Franklin, Ilene Berns, Janis Joplin, Jerry Ragovoy, Jerry Wexler, Jian Ghomeshi, Joel Selvin, Leiber and Stoller, Neil Diamond, Otis Redding, Phil Medley, Phil Spector, Roxanne Tellier, Signature Theatre, Solomon Burke, Sonny Franceze, The Animals, The Beatles, The Drifters, the Isley Brothers, the Jarmels, The Rolling Stones, Them, Tommy Vastola, Twist and Shout, Van Morrison, Warner Brothers, Web IV publishing on September 7, 2014 by segarini
Imagine, if you will … writing not one, not two … but literally dozens of top ten hits, for groups as diverse as The Beatles, Solomon Burke, Edwin Starr, the Rolling Stones, Janis Joplin and Barbara Lewis. Yeah, that’s lightning, baby …
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 