I thought we would revisit some Edgar Winter Group, Frankenstein.
They local radio played this today and I had to see how loud the Harmon Kardon would go.
Loud.
The Edgar Winter Group – Frankenstein (HD) Live 1973 at Old Grey Whistle Test
Enjoy.
Some Music: The Edgar Winter Group – Frankenstein
by coldwarrior ( 123 Comments › )Filed under Music, Open thread at January 19th, 2013 - 7:15 pm
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We're not easily offended and don't want people to think they have to walk on eggshells around here (like at another place that shall remain nameless) but of course, there is a limit to everything.
Play nice!
I have the Whistle Test dvd’s and this one is a fav. Another one is John doing Tiny Dancer all by his lonesome.ht,tp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBS-fGJUVNY
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It was called Frankenstein because the master tape had over 500 splices in it to capture all of the various tracks, overdubs, phase ins and a number of unique techniques that Edgar used to produce it.
The fact that the song is a concise, coherent work is nothing short of genius.
unclassifiable wrote:
i had no idea! makes sense.
cw
delete that please. it is not the sound from TOGWT.
from wiki:
@ song_and_dance_man:
We have a VHF tape -- “To Russia…with Elton” about the same time as your video. Great concert. Love me some Elton John!
@ song_and_dance_man:
oh…ok.
i was gonna comment that that is not my fave elton song; not a huge elton fan but i do recognize the brilliant talent he has.
the mission’ is.
@ coldwarrior:
Somebody dubbed in the album version over the vid of the live performance.
song_and_dance_man wrote:
now that just aint right!
RICK DERRINGER -- Rock & Roll Hoochie Koo (1973)
@ coldwarrior:
The first time I saw the Edgar Winter Group live was on a TV program called In Concert. Rick Derringer was awesome. His performance was an early form of what Angus Young would eventually do. Non stop rocking with a maniacal type of performance. Of course this was stuff from the early 70′s. And of course Edgar playing everything.
saw Edgar and Rick Derringer do this song…special guest?…Johnny Winter…Fountain St Church, Grand Rapids MI
Made Ricotta Meatballs with marinara sauce for dinner. These are fabulous! I used garlic and herb bread crumbs (vs. plain) and used Newman’s marinara sauce.
frankenstein charted, i was 4 i think…
Dolphin wrote:
bring on the food thread!
@ brookly red:
Music and food Saturday night! Can’t get much better than that.
I heard this rendition of where the name Old Grey Whistle Test (which is a really odd name—hey British;obscure) came from and after reading the Wiki version it matches.
…the programme[sic-heh] derived its name from a Tin Pan Alley phrase from years before. When they got the first pressing of a record they would play it to people they called the old greys—doormen in grey suits. The songs they could remember and whistle, having heard it just once or twice, had passed the old grey whistle test.
momcat,the young lady, the niece and myself are chowing down on pappa murphys pizza
@ Dolphin:
Sounds like it tastes great. Tonight it’s quick non cuisine. But last night I fell onto a fav. Tuna Salad Burritos.
momcats song
coldwarrior wrote:
Sophomore year of HS for me. I think. The weed hazed the memories of those days.
I have earworms.
Here’s one I had for a while a long time ago (warning crappy live video but it at least gives you the sense (or lack there of) of what it was like live…
@ unclassifiable:
techno elevator music…you really dig that shit?
lets get logical
This one (a personal earworm) is a little more “accessible”:
@ unclassifiable:
loves me some kraftwerk
@ heysoos:
Earworms have nothing to do with digging. It’s stuff that get stuck in your head.
Dude, I have got a little of everything in my various collections.
Sex Pistols
Berlin Philharmonic
Portishead
Toot and the Myatals
Amboy Dukes
On and on…
@ unclassifiable:
dude, you have no clue…you are a pop zombie…grow up and find some Freddie King
Here is something really obscure to those who haven’t heard of these guys.
Beaver and Krause.
heysoos wrote:
how rude.
@ coldwarrior:
all in fun…at least I thought so…music is like sports
@ coldwarrior:
CW-- There’s an OOT in the queue, so reschedule it if you want. Set up for 2200 est.
@ song_and_dance_man:
now that was pretty cool
BTW that Montrose playing the ace on that song.
@ heysoos:
You gonna have an argument about…
…music.
3 things you don’t argue about:
1) Choice of significant other
2) Choice of ingestibles
3) Choice of entertainment
But since you are wondering:
@ heysoos:
These are the guys that promoted Moog’s invention to the rock world.
Bunk X wrote:
it can run at 2200, that’s cool.
heysoos wrote:
i missed the intonation in the text. maybe a smiley at the end helps.
@ unclassifiable:
preach it bro…Ive posted that a few times myself, and I’m a huge fan…thanks
coldwarrior wrote:
I don’t have any smlieys…I always wondered where they came from…I mean no harm bro, jus riffin
Umm guys, I’m a little confused. I dropped a new thread into pending and it already posted. This is the first time it happened. Is my thread the next one or did something go wacky?
Mars wrote:
premature posting? oh my…
a personal Taj favorite of mine…I’ve seen him numerous time and consider him to be close to legendary
Queen Bee
song_and_dance_man wrote:
yeah, the original Moog was a mind bender…few people could ‘play’ it was so far advanced…and fussy
Another obscure artist to most, working the gears of the music industry as a producer who made his own album after many years in the biz.
@ brookly red:
@ Mars:
OK did someone push the big red button?
brookly red wrote:
they make meds for that
brookly red wrote:
Heard it starts at my age.
@ unclassifiable:
I don’t know what the heck happened.
It’s not showing up on the blogmocracy homepage so maybe it is just due to my RSS reader.
@ song_and_dance_man:
cool, has a Motown sound… rock and roll coronet!
http://theulstermanreport.com/2013/01/20/now-rand-paul-defends-nra-against-chris-christie/
@ heysoos:
Here is a personal favorite of mine:
I am going to stop for a while with the Taj. Don’t want to wear it out. I am going selunking for some really old stuff. BBIW
@ Mars:
fixed
brookly red wrote:
Not that Enzyting is it?
heysoos wrote:
One had to be almost an electrical engineer or really lucky.
@ coldwarrior:
TY
unclassifiable wrote:
that’s some ancient stuff…Taj is all about the roots, the beginning…he’s very special
@ unclassifiable:
Found it!
This is for you Eric Clapton fans:
song_and_dance_man wrote:
I remember the early Moody Blues and asking, what is that?…where did that come from?…not the Stones for sure
If you get a chance to see the Zep concert from 2008 or was it 07, they finally give credit to the roots of many of their early songs.
@ unclassifiable:
I’ve lectured so much about the Delta blues, I think people get tired of me…that song has been recorded probably 300 times..if a song were a prophet, ‘Crossroads’ would walk on water, eh?
@ unclassifiable:
This is for Aerosmith fans.
there is a whole netherworld of blues and jump regarding sex…thousands of old recordings, some so brazen they blow you away even now
I like the old blues, but being a boomer I really like what came out of Motown, Staxx and Chess.
http://lawreview.wustl.edu/inprint/75-3/753-4.html
I have to find a way to summarize this and do it as a post. This is an incredible article and hits on a lot of things most americans aren’t even aware of.
@ heysoos:
I think every musician has been at the Crossroads at some point.
My brother who is a Jazz guitarist has a “Jazz damn near killed me.” t-shirt.
I believe all of blogmocracy should like the lyrics and message of this song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4opebNhQVc
song_and_dance_man wrote:
same with me..I grew up with all that stuff…a whole sub group are the one hit wonders…maybe more hits but dinos let in the past…Del Shannon types…alot right there that is very good stuff
Thanks Mars
cigarguymt wrote:
Fixed.
@ unclassifiable:
I’ve traveled all down through the Delta, all the famous places…it’s spooky…the land, the vibe…to this day, very much of that area is still living in the fifties
does anybody remember this stuff?…it’s part of the fabric of American music and I don’t discount it….
@ heysoos:
Oh yeah I remember that and haven’t heard that since my last Bronto burger.
How about this?
mahvelous…the brats are in bed. the wife is in bed (has to work early tomorrow) and i just meandered down to the workshop/bar. got some wood to stain and some tunes to listen to posted above.
@ song_and_dance_man:
That was childhood music for me.
Great selection IMHO.
after that taj i need some jowl bacon and greens.
@ coldwarrior:
I practically worship the guy, and the company he keeps!…whoa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpsRV4A-0jM
OK. I’m gonna go in a little different direction with this next one. So if you are on the happy song music please by all means skip this.
There are very few songs that actually put me in another man’s shoes. This is one of them and it sort of shows that the tenents of “The Blues” don’t have to be “The Blues”:
this is relevant only cause it relates to the arts & blues…
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_FILM_SUNDANCE_PELOSI?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-01-19-16-49-03
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Alexandra Pelosi was beaming: She had just made her Sundance Film Festival debut with the HBO documentary “Fall from Grace,” about former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey
“I’m drawn to broken men -- Why is that?” Pelosi pondered at a brunch Friday morning to celebrate the documentary. “I don’t know. I’m really drawn to the recovering politician.
/If McGreevey needs a guitar player to back up his blues I can suggest one…
unclassifiable wrote:
Lou… the blues Northern style.
drug rock is endless…maybe the best dope song ever…
@ heysoos:
Bonnie seems to be playing some kinda custom blue Dobro or one made like the old ones, sorta. Cool.
@ brookly red:
Just the tone of the song is enough to convince you not to try it.
unclassifiable wrote:
heh. well hate to say but over the last 4 yrs it has made a biiiig come back. coincidence?
@ song_and_dance_man:
I’ve seen her several times…she’s deep into her guitars…plays a couple with , trades off…but when she straps on her old beat up Strat, hang onto your seats…
@ unclassifiable:
Lou Reed pulling off a two chord song.
heysoos wrote:
How about this one.
heysoos wrote:
Here’s a pretty serious dope song. Some great slide work by Mick Taylor.
@ Mars:
Check the time/date. I’ve preposted by accident occasionally.
@ coldwarrior:
Crawling through the thread…
Now for something completly different.
THE THE THE weirdest concert I ever went to was these guys in SF on New Years 1980 (I think). I do not know what I actually saw. Well I saw it. I heard it. But I still cannot quite describe it. Yoko Ono has nothing on these folks:
@ song_and_dance_man:
a real rock and roll classic…those MI boyz can play, eh?
@ huckfunn:
yeah, I have every lick memmorised…I’m a serious Stones head
@ song_and_dance_man:
That song was my introduction to the roots of blues. I found out that my favorite r&r songs were covers, often without attribution, and I also found that I liked the originals better. Willie Dixon was a God.
unclassifiable wrote:
I am seeing a lot of people on a nod in the trains and on the street, black & white, all over 40. 2 or 3 years with out a job can do that to you.
@ heysoos:
She is so hot. Best rock slide since Rory. And what do you know, this is on topic coming from the Old Grey Whistle Test.
@ brookly red:
Obamacare in practice or how I coped with the collapse of the United States by Mr. Weak Will.
@ heysoos:
My favorite Little Feat tune. I saw them at SMU a year or 2 before Lowell George died.
@ heysoos:
Eubie Blake said that he first heard the term “Rock And Roll” in the late 1800s cat houses. It was a piano playing style designed to keep the johns moving through the services.
@ Bunk X:
Dixon was a very rare talent, a tough guy…he alone willed those old guys to play…he forced the ‘Chicago blues’ on them and they responded…Willy Dixon is huge
@ huckfunn:
I’ve seen Little Feat no less than 200 times…scary huh?
@ unclassifiable:
wow! the residents!
@ song_and_dance_man:
What’s better than 3-chord Rock&Roll?
unclassifiable wrote:
for real. once upon a time it was parents worried their kids were doing dope… nowadays it’s kids watching their parents nod out. hope & change.
the oot is up.
this one is getting slow. must be all the opiates
heysoos wrote:
Indeed! If you like yer rock ‘n roll rough & raw, here’s Johnny Winter and Rick Derringer… live.
♦@ Bunk X:
that and $1 drinks…rock on bro
@ Bunk X:
Well this is a small clip but um Marcia Ball, Clint Eastwood, and Red Beans:
@ coldwarrior:
dopiates…music heads
@ heysoos:
He was also a stutterer. There are very few recordings where he sang.
@ Bunk X:
I mentioned up above that Zep in their reunion concert finally gave credit to where many of their songs came from. I had no idea In My Time Of Dying was originally recorded in 1927 by Blind Willie Johnson.
coldwarrior wrote:
The aromatic cocktails are making my eyes burn.
@ heysoos:
UPSTAIRS PARTY
@ huckfunn:
smash mouth Texas blues..I’m like a sponge amogo
@ Bunk X:
I’ve read that…vocals were not his thing
@ song_and_dance_man:
always check the books…all the great bands covered their fathers
I’m going upstairs to slow the next thread down.
huckfunn wrote:
that’s the stain and lacquer i am using on these trim prices…
@ song_and_dance_man:
Damn S&D were in the back seat of the Ford station wagon when mom was taking all the neighborhood kids to school back in the day.