If you live in the States or Canada, you can be forgiven for not knowing about Majors Creek, for there are plenty of people who live in Australia who know little or nothing about it. Here is a DBAWIS primer for those in the dark.
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Frank Gutch Jr: Majors Creek (Australia) Music Fest Carries On Without Founder Peter Gillespie, Memories of the Eugene Pop Festival of 1969, and E.J. Simpson— The Most Base of Bassists… Plus the Ever-Wondrous Notes…..
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags 10cc, alice cooper, Angharad Drake, Band Who Knew Too Much, Colleen Brown, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, E.J. Simpson, Eugene Pop Festival, Frank Gutch Jr., Gary Pig Gold, Greg Shaw, Gris de Lin, hannah gillespie, hymn for her, Indie Artists, Indie Music, Jeff Ellis, John Hartford, kate & ruth, Lugh Damen, maggi pierce & ej, Majors Creek Festival, music videos, Peter Gillespie, Records, Rockin Foo, segarini, Shelley Fraley, Terry Tufts, Toiling Midgets, Undergrunnen on October 13, 2015 by segariniFrank Gutch Jr: We Are the World Done Local, Mining 45s, and Notes…..
Posted in Opinion with tags Aimee Mann., April Wine, Band Aid, Bryce Larsen, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Frank Gutch Jr., Gruppo Sportivo, Indie Music, Loss Leaders, Myspace, Now Wave Sampler, Records, Research Turtles, Rockin Foo, stealing jane, The Minnows, The Soundcarriers, Tom Dyer, USA for Africa on September 26, 2012 by segarini
Quick! Without searching, answer a few questions. Who recorded We Are the World? Who benefited? Who wrote it? Was there a B-side? Were there other projects similar? Does anyone care? Did anyone care?
For those born after the fact, it may surprise you to know that plenty cared. Over 20 million people worldwide bought the record. I mean, Michael Jackson and Lionel Ritchie, the writers of the song, were huge at the time. So were producers Quincy Jones and Michael Omartian, though Jones significantly more than Omartian.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 