Lighthouse was gradually becoming a North American force to be reckoned with. They were making in-roads on tour on both sides of the border having performed a city-wide tour with the Winnipeg Ballet, played at Carnegie Hall in New York, The Isle of Wight Festival with Jimi Hendrix, the Atlantic City Pop Music Festival, and Expo 70 in Japan. In a short 18 months, Lighthouse had released three studio albums for RCA Records. They were a live sensation, but they weren’t selling a lot of albums. Something needed to change.
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SUNNY DAYS: THE SKIP PROKOP STORY (PART 10) by Jaimie Vernon
Posted in Interview, music, Opinion, Serialized Book with tags Bob McBride, Bruce Bell, Carnegie Hall, Columbia Recording Studio, Ed LaBuick, Evolution Records, Expo 70, Grant Fullterton, GRT Records, Hats Off To The Stranger, Isle of Wight, Jimmy Ienner, Keith Jollimore, Lighthouse, Mud Flat, One Fine Morning, Pinky Dauvin, RCA Records, Ross Reynolds, Skip Prokop, Sunny Days, Vinnie Fusco on June 1, 2020 by segariniSUNNY DAYS: THE SKIP PROKOP STORY (PART 9) by Jaimie Vernon
Posted in Interview, music, Opinion, Review, Serialized Book with tags Al Kooper, Bob Segarini, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Duke Ellington, Hertz Car Rentals, Howard Shore, Jaimie Vernon, Janis Joplin, Lighthouse, MGM Records, Mike Bloomfield, music, Paul Hoffert, Peter Csanky, Ralph Cole, RCA Records, Skip Prokop, Super Session, The Paupers, The Rockpile, Vinnie Fusco on May 25, 2020 by segarini
Pat Blythe – The Blushing Brides and Smooth Jazz
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Bob Segarini, Chaudiere Club, Claude Jones, DBAWIS, Desmond Leahy, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Doug Inglis, Eddie Bullen, Gene Krupa, Gina Hargitay, Goddo, James Green, Jeff Jones, Larnell Lewis, Liberty Silver, London Bluesfest, Louis Armstrong., Matthew Greenberg, Maurice Raymond, Michael Dunstan, Miss Jamaica World, ONES Show, Pat Blythe, Quincy Bullen, Quisha Wint, RCA Records, Red Rider, Rob Cooper, Rockpile, Sascha Tukatsch, Smooth Jazz Cruise, Snarky Puppy, Strawberry Records, The Blushing Brides, The Brides, The Carpet Frogs, The Ink Spots, The River Gambler, Vic Cassis on September 13, 2017 by segarini
Holy summer!!! The weather is simply gorgeous. Warm and sunny….Mother Nature has apparently had a relapse or she’s feeling a bit guilty about the rather insipid summer we just…..I don’t know…..experienced? Let’s see…..what else…..day-to-day shit you don’t need to hear about but I will say this, the homemade grape jelly IS AWESOME!!!! Made from my own concord grapes, the vines are now 20 years old. Every year it’s a battle between me and the urban wildlife. Just who plucks the most grapes? The ones left behind or dropped from the vines eventually ferment, providing the neighbourhood with a little late night comical relief as the raccoons waltz about, stumbling and bumbling until they flop over in a deep slumber. The following night is unusually quiet as they nurse their hangovers.
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.
Frank Gutch Jr: MB Is For Music Biz
Posted in Opinion with tags Amelia Jay, Bill Brown, Bill Follett, Bill Graham, Charlie Brown, Dala, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Frank Gutch Jr., gigi shibawbaw, Greg Laswell, Gruppo Sportivo, hem, Indie Artists, Indie Music, Lisbee Stainton, music, Nick Holmes, Phonogram, RCA Records, Records, Steve Franken, Zoe Muth on October 15, 2013 by segarini
After reading what I consider Cam Carpenter‘s best column ever this past week (if you missed it, read it here), I could not help but look back over my years in the business. The big difference between Cam and myself is that I spent all of my years on the bottomside, i.e. retail, and started those years looking longingly at the labels, hoping to score that most wonderful and elusive job in A&R (Artists & Repertoire— the people who spend ungodly amounts of time listening to live tapes and demos and sucking in smoke in scuzzy bars looking for that next big thing in music). Cam did that.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 