Speaking of amazing, Little Richard was amazing--
and probably still is, especially in that Geico commercial.
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On Mar 20, 2007, at 9:02 AM, Douglas Barbour wrote:
> Ah, The Band. Yeah.
>
> Well, I should never have started this, really, as anyone with ears
> to hear will hear a lot. I mean, over the years here, we've gone
> through a lot of jazz masters, & a wide range of 'classical' music,
> with many of the same people commenting on their love for a variety
> of same.
>
> So, of course. I remember bpNichol, who also loved The BEach Boys
> (with reason!), taking Sharon & me in to listen to this new album
> he'd just bought, the new Beatles, Sgt Pepper, & we all thought it
> was amazing, man -- oh to be so young!
>
> Doug
> On 19-Mar-07, at 5:00 PM, andrew burke wrote:
>
>> It is such a complicated question! I am a swinging voter - at 20,
>> definitely
>> early Stones beat early Beatles (oh yeah). But then Sgt Pepper
>> came out and
>> kicked me back to Rovolver, and I was deep in the heart of jazz
>> coz* * was
>> managing a 'cool' jazz joint, with a side salad of blues. I played
>> Sgt
>> Pepper's to the members and they freaked - 'Get that pop music
>> off!' - but
>> George Martin and Paul had done so much there. But it was always
>> Dylan above
>> them all for me ... and when the Band kicked in with him, more
>> than ever.
>> But then Zappa ... and Tom Waits ...
>>
>> Blind Boy Burke
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