I think Otis wrote it, right?--- In xmakethemusicgobang@yahoogroups.com, elwood witt ... otis is great, and some of his duets are good. but his solo stuff was...
Hey I am psyched! I just booked for LA for the H.O.B. shows> I need ticket info? where to buy? Can I buy nite of show,etc.? I would like to avoid the 12 dollar...
Tom, Do you know Chuck Jackson and Maxine Brown? i never heard of either of them but I have an album of 20 duets they did from the 60s, a la Marvin and Tammi...
johnny I know both names. Dont know zip about M.Brown. I have 4 or 5 Chuck Jackson 45's; he had a couple hits, if I am not mistaken Any Day Now, was his...
Chuck Jackson and Maxine Browne are both really good. The only thing I've heard them do together was a cover of the Chris Kenner song Something You Got. It...
not sure what songs jamerson played on, there might be a listing on the net. 100's of songs for sure. A & S wrote quite a few songs for motown. i think more ...
I got to hang out at the first Motown L.A. studio. It was a store front on Melrose Place with an eight track surrounded by black lights.....very strange vibe....
yea, it says it made it to No. 55 pop and no 12 , i believe, soul . I dont know if it rocked though> Its a nice song .Who is Chris Kenner? Do you like The...
tom, do you have the single Gonna make you mine or Gospel Zone by Shadows of kn ight. great stuff! two bands that were too cutesy from then were NEw colony...
johnny a lot of the 60's groups, garage etc had 2 or 3 good songs n that was it. Doug Sahmn of Sir Douglas frame made some really good solo records. I also...
It was written by Lowell Fulson n Jimmy McCracklin. Fulson was a great guy. In the early 70's Kim Wilson (Fabulous Thunderbirds) had a band that played 4...
I was watching Jeopardy about two weeks ago and was surprised to hear a question about X.I wasn't paying much attention,but the question was something...
... that was the Mynah Birds...Bruce Palmer (bass, died last month) was in there too. The album was R&B and James also loved to do Stones covers. It wasn't...
... yah I totally enjoy and appreciate all the talk of other music here in addition to X...man cannot live by X alone...have already picked up some great CDs...
thanx Pete, give us some ideas of yours. what cds did you buy from here?I am checking into James Car based on Tom. They have some good albums of his on ebay. ...
thanks for into. Did Neil sing the lead? How odd...about the rolling stones: somoene made me listen to Exil on main street. It wasnt good, but I liked Linda...
So I'm under 18, does anyone think they can get me into the HOB show on the 26th? If I need a guardian to get in, will someone pretend to BE my guardian? I'm...
interesting point...so what is the common ground that causes the same people to like so much of the same stuff across genres? Townes Van Zandt said "there's...
OK here's one I'd like some perspectives on: What is it that keeps a band like X from becoming far more popular? I've heard the "conspiracy theory" that big...
the majority of X songs have intelligent lyrics but still have a beat, and verses and choruses to sing and dance to. Pretty unique. raneyfred@... wrote:OK...
Lack of airplay really keeps artist like X, Steve Earle, Wayne "the train" Hancock from selling more records. It's about that simple. So why less airplay. ...
So is the premise that radio airplay is what drives sales? Any examples of bands that have made it relatively big without it? I never listen to the radio...
It was actually much worse than that Tom. They had pie charts. Each pie was one hour, and each slice was a song. There whould be three song titles on each...
Radio is very important, so are videos. I think cell phones will become important too. Within a year, cell phones will allow you to watch TV. So why not have...
Of course it does. You wouldn't even know a song or band existed if it didn't get airplay. In this country, radio and MTV completely controls what you get to ...
johnny there are 2 cds that have his best sfuff on. one is called THE ESSTENTIAL JAMES CARR.....the other one has all of his Goldwax material. There is...
I guess at some level maybe it's influencing somebody who is in turn influencing me. I literally never listen to radio or watch music videos so 100% of my...
Steve was here at Cbgbs tonite. Dont know much of his stuff. Tell us about wayne hancock. Does anyone know a guy named Zane Campbell? he got to know my...