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Rocky like Rocky Marciano!

My bad. 'Now' was where I first heard "Hello To The Wind", and I had always just thought of it, "Slow Change", and "Now" as being McDaniels songs without even checking. 'Now' is another album I've been thinking of for AOTW - it's a unique experience with the Hutcherson/Land group, the McDaniels lyrics and vocals, and the great writing on "Hello To The Wind" and "Slow Change". Joe Locke has recorded Hello to the Wind on his State Of Soul cd with Mark Ledford on vocals.

Sure, if you can't hear it, what's the use? No problem with that or anyone else's expieriences. There have been many times, say at a recording studio, where I can't for life of me hear a defect or a difference in the sound that some musicians can.

I saw him once in the early 70's when he made the Main Act ( Savoy Brown) go on because he, Berry, refused to go on first. So everything started late and he finally went on for less than a hour with a pretty lame back up band. When the auditorium turned up the lights and cut is electirc power to try to make him stop his show because it was overtime, Chuck staged a protest march around the stage with the band following him. To avoid a riot in the face of this maniac, they turned the power on for one more song. This was during the time of his "My Ding- A -Ling" hit: MY DING-A-LING - 25/11/1972 4 weeks at #1 - 17 weeks on chart When I was a little biddy boy My grandmother bought me a cute little toy Silver bells hanging on a string She told me it was my ding-a-ling-a-ling Oh My Ding-A-Ling My Ding-A-Ling I want you play with My Ding-A-Ling My Ding-A-Ling My Ding-A-Ling I want you play with My Ding-A-Ling And then Mama took me to Grammar school But I stopped off in the Vestibule Everytime that bell would ring You'd catch me playing with my ding-a-ling My Ding-A-Ling My Ding-A-Ling I want you play with My Ding-A-Ling My Ding-A-Ling My Ding-A-Ling I want you play with My Ding-A-Ling Once I was climbing the garden wall, I slipped and had a terrible fall I fell so hard I heard bells ring, But held on to My ding-a-ling My Ding-A-Ling My Ding-A-Ling I want you play with My Ding-A-Ling My Ding-A-Ling My Ding-A-Ling I want you play with My Ding-A-Ling OnceI was swimming cross turtle creek Man them snappers all around my feet Sure was hard swimming cross that thing With both hands holding my dingalingaling My Ding-A-Ling My Ding-A-Ling I want you play with My Ding-A-Ling My Ding-A-Ling My Ding-A-Ling I want you play with My Ding-A-Ling Hmm this here song it ain't so bad The cutest little song you ever had And those of you who will not sing You must be playing with your own Ding-a-ling My Ding-A-Ling My Ding-A-Ling I want you play with My Ding-A-Ling My Ding-A-Ling My Ding-A-Ling I want you play with My Ding-A-Ling Your Ding-A-Ling Your Ding-A-Ling we saw you playing with your Ding-A-Ling My Ding-A-Ling everybody's ding I want to play with My Ding-A-Ling My Ding-A-Ling My Ding-A-Ling I want to play with My Ding-A-Ling

Happy Birthday Chris, and many more to come. Tom

Heroin overdose did it JR Monterose told me a combination of junk and alcohol did him in. He said he and Sonny were junk "partners" - JR said Sonny "nodded off" with a gallon jug of wine on his finger and when he woke up he struggled to pull it off his (now swollen) finger and had a heart attack. That is what JR told me in 1964 or 5. From several sourses here: CLARK, Sonny (b Conrad Yeatis Clark, 21 July '31, Herminie PA; d 13 Jan. '63, NYC) Piano. Bud Powell was the definer of jazz piano; the brilliant young Clark simplified and personalized Powell's approach with a soulful drive, but died of a heart attack probably exacerbated by drugs. He freelanced in New York from 1957-62, until he was hospitalized for a leg infection. He died suddenly of a heart attack shortly after he was discharged from the hospital. One notorious drummer junkie told me that he was found either in a doorway or a hall "frozen" in a stoop or a crouch. Sorry about the gory details.

Well, I have downloaded mp3 files that were given to me as a gift and have them on my iPod along with lossless flies from cds AND anolog vinly transfers that I made to cd. By far the best are the analog transfers to cd. I can hear the difference in the depth and the range of the mp3 files. As far as pop music goes, maybe they do optimize the recording for lower end listening situations. I don't know. I currently happen to have on my IPod both mp3 files and analog tranfers of two recordings ( that is in BOTH formats); Miles Davis Agartha ( Japanese pressing) and Ray Brown - Something For Lester. Now I know that the original pressing of Agartha is considered the best, but the mp3 files sound like mush compared to the analog transfer. The Ray Brown sounds much fuller and meatier; more like a live set. If you ever heard Ray Brown live, up close, you'll know what I mean. I guess spending so many years in front of instruments has effected my sonic palette! What we try to create ( or re-create) is that sound, right? My point is if you have the technolgy on hand why not use it? And yes, If I have the LP, I'll transfer it to cd rather than buy it in the new format (CD). If it's only on cd, like almost all of new music is, I have to buy the cd. To each his own.

When you think about all of the years a artist spends getting a good sound and the time and effort that is spent getting that sound on a recording, it seems to me that the very least we can do as consumers is to playback on the best equipment we can afford. The technology is available so why not use it?

Mike - That Nistico has the Comin' On Up recording on it with Vinnie Ruggiero playing drums. Western New York Italian American bebop!

Maybe it's just me, but I can tell the difference.

Happy Bithday John!

I've been listening to a lot of bootlegs of the '73 - '75 band lately. Either that music has been given a good listen by the majority of the hip hop / funksters, or Miles was way, way ahead of the curve. I think it's the later. I just sent a couple of cdrs to Terreon Gully with a note that I could just hear him as a good fit in those bands. We're takling about music that's more than 30 years old here!

Frankly, I still dig this one more than the recent one with Trane:

I loved those Fortune records like "Long Before Our Mothers Cried". Charles Sullivan was great too. I wonder what happened to him?

Thanks Rod, that a cool Kidnappers Ransom font!

Thanks again, Pals!

All of the contracts for the Detroit Festival said 75 minutes but everyone only played a hour. Maybe they did this incase they needed to have time filled out, but they should have told you before going on stage.

Thanks to all of you. It's been fun here and It's also been nice to have made some new friends over the past couple of years. Chuck, That cake looks big enough to sleep on!

They can tell you in Buffalo!

Nice post Jim. Very well said, thanks.

I understand what you're saying; but at this time, in this century, it cuts both ways. White and Black.

Pigeons?!

I have the Galper and it is all acoustic and very good.

Cadence has hundreds of them, so it seems. Cadence Music Sales One of my favorites is "Among Friends" by Cedar Walton

Happy Birthday Rod, it's been nice to read your posts!