Bobby Vee, RIP

[GA Russell]

Bobby Vee has died at 73.  RIP.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bobby-vee-sixties-pop-idol-dead-at-73-w446448

His The Night Has a Thousand Eyes has always been a favorite of mine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssCLB6Y8zjA

[paul secor]

The man made good pop records. Nothing to be ashamed of there.

RIP, Mr. Velline.

[felser]

1 hour ago, paul secor said:

The man made good pop records. Nothing to be ashamed of there.

RIP, Mr. Velline.

Bob Dylan played piano with him pre-NYC, and remained fond of him.  

[JSngry]

5 hours ago, GA Russell said:

His The Night Has a Thousand Eyes has always been a favorite of mine.

 

Has it been established who the drummer was on that? Hal Blaine? That's a really schizo drum part, something different every few bars, never a chance to lock in to a steady beat, really, so the drummer's time has to be implicitly pocketized, which this drummer's time certainly was.

[duaneiac]

Just last week I was listening to this collection --

All songs from Liberty Records in 1962 and Bobby Vee figures prominently.  Sad to hear about his five years with Alzheimer's.  May he rest in peace.

[paul secor]

19 hours ago, JSngry said:

Has it been established who the drummer was on that? Hal Blaine? That's a really schizo drum part, something different every few bars, never a chance to lock in to a steady beat, really, so the drummer's time has to be implicitly pocketized, which this drummer's time certainly was.

I don't know if this is gospel, but Earl Palmer's bio, Backbeat, lists "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" as a record that he played on.

[JSngry]

That sounds right. It's a pro for sure, not some random thwacker.