Hello everyone. Let’s give a warm welcome to Debbie and Cyndi. Two unique women who dance to their own drummers…..whose talents encompass a variety of musical fields in two decidedly different decades. These ladies can pop and rock, disco down or jazz it up, sing the blues, or pour their soul into a ballad. Their many talents run the full gamut and they have led the way for a new kind of woman in music, adding their own twist and turns to rock and roll.
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The Women of Rock Redux Part 3 – Debbie and Cyndi……and music. Chapter 1 – Debbie!
Posted in Opinion with tags A Girl With A Camera “The Picture Taker”, Angel and the Snake, avant-garde, ballad, BBC Radio, Bernard Edwards, Billboard Hot 100, Blondie, blues, Bob Segarini, Broadway, Camelot, CBGB, Chic, chutzpah, Cyndi Lauper, DBAWIS, Debbie Harry, Disco, Don’t Believe A Word I Say, Eddie Bullen, funk, gay pride, go-go dancer, Grammy’s, H.R. Giger, Jazz, Julie Andrews, Kinky Boots, LGBT, luvthemusic, Max’s Kansas City, New Wave, New York Times, Nile Rodgers, Pat Blythe, Pop, Pride Toronto, Punk, reggae, Richard Burton, Rock, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Rodney Bingenheimer, Rolling Stone Magazine, ska, smooth jazz, Smooth Jazz Cruise, Stillettoes, Stonewall 50 – WorldPride NYC, The Jazz Passengers, The Muppet Show, The Wind in the Willows, Thunder Dome Sounds, U.S. on May 12, 2021 by segariniJAIMIE VERNON – THE PUNKS ARE (STILL) ALRIGHT
Posted in Opinion with tags 1979, American Idiot, Bob Segarini, Calypso, Canadian Music, CBS Records, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Gary Hector, Gates of the West, Green Day, Jaimie Vernon, Joe Strummer, Jointpop, London Calling, London's Burning, lucha libre, Mayaro, Mick Jones, Mil Mascaras, Paul Kimble, Phil Hill, Pink Floyd, Punk, Quicksand, reggae, Sex Pistols, Simply Beautiful, ska, Smashing Pumpkins, The Clash, The Wall, Train In Vain, Trinidad & Tobago, Trinidad's Burning, WWE on May 30, 2015 by segariniSmashing Pumpkins leader William “Don’t Call Me Billy” Corgan bleated something about loss of innocence at the end of the 1970s with the band’s only true Pop song called “1979” in the apex of the 1990s version of a counter-culture movement (c/f Grunge, Cobain, Seattle, et al).
JAIMIE VERNON – THE FERGUS CONVERGENCE
Posted in Opinion with tags A Passing Fancy, Ault Sisters, Bob Bryden, Bob Segarini, Bobby Curtola, Bobby Darrin, Bobby Vee, Bobby Vinton, Canadian Music Hugh's Room, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia, Cleave Anderson, David Macmillan, Davide DiRenzo, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Fergus Hambleton, George Koller, Gerry Young, Gordon Lightfoot, Graye, Hermina George, Ice On the Road, Jaimie Vernon, Jane Harbury, Jeff Jones, John Deehan, Lawrie Ingles, Linus Entertainment, Pete Otis, reggae, Rob Whalen, Rocky Raccoons, Sattalites, Snap Shots, Terry Brown, Terry Draper, The Basics, The Black Swan, Tim Bovaconti, Todd Miller, True North, Written On the Wind, yonge street on May 9, 2015 by segariniI first met Fergus Hambleton in person while I was performing with my trio, Graye featuring Todd Miller and Lawrie Ingles, at a small club on Yonge Street in Toronto called Rocky Raccoons. It was a mid-week jam night and we were going to do a few songs when I looked up and Fergus was sitting in the front row taking in what can only be described as a “loose” performance of one of my original songs.
Roxanne Tellier: Music- Like A Prayer
Posted in Opinion with tags alice cooper, Anne Archer, astrology, ‘Queen of Bondage’, “glamour photography, ” evangelical, Bettie Page, black culture, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Bob Segariani, Born Again Christian, Buddhism, Canada, Cat Stevens, Catholic, Chef” Comedy Central, Chick Corea, Christian Science, Dawud Wharnsby, DBAWIS, Doug E. Fresh, dreadlocks, Eddie Cantor, Elizabeth Taylor, folk masses, Haywood Nelson, Immigration, Isaac Hayes, Jehovah’s Witness, Jermaine Jackson, Jewish ‘joual.’ Religious Right, Joe Tex, Joey Buttafuoco, John Lennon, Judaism, Kabbalah, Katie Holmes, King of Pop, Kool and the Gang, Larry Graham; Morpheus, Madonna, Matt Stone, Michael Jackson, Mike Todd, Montreal, Nashville, near death, Neo, New York City, Phillip Bubal, pin-up girl, Pope John Paul II, Prince, Protestants, Qur’an, Rakim, Rastafarianism, reggae, religious intolerance, religious themes, Robert “Kool” Bell, Roxanne Tellier, Sammy Davis Jr., Saturday Night Live, scandalizing Christians, Scientology, Sinead O'Connor, South Park, the I Ching and Zen, The Matrix, Tom Cruise, Trey Parker, United States on April 19, 2015 by segarini
In Montreal in the sixties, growing up in a Catholic family, we were always encouraged to use our talents in religious gatherings. Even my Aunt Pat, blissfully unaware that she was tone-deaf, would raise her voice loudly and proudly in song. I sang at mass, first in Latin as the organ wheezed, and later in folk masses, where the guitar was the instrument of choice.
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 segariniMusic’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.