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PLEASE IGNORE MY LAST POST. I AM STILL HAVING TECHNICAL PROBLEMS.

Please ignore my last 2 posts. I am still having some technical problems. I should get things straightened out shortly.

No probs Griffin, keep trying, looking forward to your posts.
This technology, is meant to make everything so easy?

I hope this works! I woke up thinking about Cream, and then I started hearing Jimi Hendrix's guitar in my mind. What an exciting time that was to grow up in with all of this incredible music!

Here's Jimi!

MORE ON CREAM & JIMI HENDRIX:

I forgot to mention that I also listened to Jimi Hendrix perform "Sunshine of Your Love" on YouTube. It was about 6-7 minutes. I enjoyed that version, as well as Cream's performance. Send me a PM If you want a link.

Brilliant Griffin, Again ( and again) RIP Jimmy Hendrix, safe in the knowledge you will never be forgotten.

I love the picture, showing Jimmy with his upside down guitar!! At that time fender did not make left handed guitars, so poor Jimmy had to re-string a right handed one upside down, as can be seen with the machine heads pointing to the floor rather than upwards......


Heres one, Jim Morrison, again RIP.

There is an odd connection to Ian Hunter here......
Did you know Ian Hunter was asked to front the Doors after Jim Morrison Died, (Or in an interviewers words,"became no longer available!")

Ian Hunter, felt he "could not fill Jims boots" so refused.
Which is probably for the best as the Doors had a massive back catologue, which might have left Ian without as much time to compose, having to learn all the catologue etc.

Anyways, I am glad he refused, for the sheer wealth Of Hunter/hoople/Ronson/ rant band, and solo work he has achieved.

heres The Doors, "people are strange"

Thanks Ros! I had thought about the Doors earlier and decided not to take that one on because I would have gone off into overly complex chatter. I'm glad you presented it now when I can comment with more brevity.

These thoughts come to mind:

I've often wondered what sort of things made it possible for me to start opening myself to listening to so many other kinds of music in the 1960s. Earlier than the 1960s I mostly listened to R&B and danced to it with my friends. Only a few years after graduating from high school and going away to college to an unfamiliar place. I started hearing a more mature Stevie Wonder. I then was introduced to the music of my new friends in college. Some of their music I didn't care for. However, I was thrilled when I heard Hendrix, Cream, Janis Joplin, Grace Slick, and the Doors.

I'm coming to the conclusion that I immediately was drawn to their music initially because it was danceable. I think there was something magical about finding dancing together and getting to know each other.

For the record I can still kick it a bit!

Thanks SlyCat! I always loved this. Did he do any jazz stuff? I'm a fan of jazz stuff. If not, he should have.

Great stuff guys, magical memories. I just realised another connection.
The late Mick Ronson was classically trained, Piano and Violin.
He didn't want to play violin, he wanted to play cello, but the school he went to in Hull, made any potential cello player start with violin, then viola, and finally cello.

When Lou read made the Transformer albumn, David Bowie and Micky Ronson produced it, moreover Micky Ronson, was the Primary session musician on the albumn, playing Piano,guitar,backing vocals, and recorder.

Take a walk on the wild side, off transformer,By Lou Read.

This video is good for its original footage of Holly and Candy....

Hi Wayne,
I've been having some quirky tech problems at times with YouTube. Finally, I got to hear the Stevie piece you shared. I never had heard this version by him. Thanks! Loved it.

Also loved the Lionel Richie piece. He still remains one of my favorite R&B ballad singers, along with Stevie. I recently watched a YouTube version of Lionel singing "Hello" on helium. It was really funny. Send me a PM if you want a link.

Thnx Griffin, perfect introduction to my next mashup...............

Check this........
"I dont like you, more than you don't like me, I don't like you much at all, The reasons for my disdain (you know) they go so much deaper, Than any of your inner city, anti-slaughter 90's bull"

The only band I have ever heard, that make the Pogues look sedentary is "The tofu love frogs"

I dont think it is possible to play or sing any faster than this, and retain melody and clarity of lyrics.

I shared this and other Tofu tracks with some folks in Miami and they were up dancing all night, or should I say "stomping the night away"

This is by no means the fastest track either....

I give you the Tofu Love frogs and "Folk off reverend"

YES!! Miss Ross and The Supremes.
My piano practice with Chopin has been temporarily been delayed for some dancin to the voice of the Divas!!

I give you something more sedentary thsan the last offering.

John Miles, much underated, a little too "clean cut " for me, but, I was just pleasing an ex girlfriend when I went to see him, and was pleasently surprised.

John Miles, Remember yesterday.

Greetings from Oregon - a place where you don't want to cross your old man.

WHOA!! That tilted my brain a bit. Glad you provided the lyrics. Very interesting similarities in places with bluegrass music. I heard some decent fiddling in the background. I'm not a big fan of Bluegrass. However, my partner is, and he has some pieces that I've come to truly appreciate. Especially when there's decent fiddling and (of course) good rhythm.

Thanks.

Welcome Chris G and brilliant choice, you just frightened the life out of me with that comment " where you dont want to cross your old man"

My father used to live in Fairview, Portland, for quite a while, I have a cousin called Chris G, and had been talking about my dad on another thread... man that nearly gave me a heart attack!!!

Synchronicity...

Rock on Oregon! Donald Fagen is on my CD shelf. BTW, Greetings from Minnesota!

While reminiscing ... perhaps the ultimate reminiscing song -"In my life".
The lyrics written by Lennon at around only 25 years old.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI0Q8ytD44Y

When I play this song now, at a slower tempo and sparely, it always moves me (but that coud be because I am now old enough to feel the lyrics).

Such uplifting lyrics too:

Can you hear the evil crowd
The lies and the laughter
I hear my inside
The mechanized hum of another world
Where no sun is shining
No red light flashing
Here in this darkness
I know what I've done
I know all at once who I am

And since this is part of the Royal Scam it totally relates to the post which started this thread.