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Remember last month when I was hot on the trail of identifying the first recording of a clavinet, thanks to a tip from Jim Kimsey: “Six O’Clock” by John Sebastian & The Lovin’ Spoonful? Was John Sebastian‘s “electric harpsichord” (as he referred to the instrument), in fact, a clavinet? Sebastian
Jan Davis is a guitarist who once played with B. Bumble & the Stingers, who are among the first groups to rearrange classical works (as the pioneering pianist, Dorothy Donegan had earlier done) into boogie and early rock & roll numbers. German Wikipedia, interestingly enough, helpfully names the musicians in
Back in the days when the jukebox was king, casual music fans often had not a clue that Top 20 hit “Pinball Wizard” happened to contain one of the nuttier B-sides (i.e., drum solo of sorts) that must have provoked, one must imagine, rather lively – and possibly angry –
El Chicano – a Los Angeles band who created what they termed, “the brown sound” – hit the US top 40 in 1970 with the Latin jazz funk instrumental, “Viva Tirado” on the Kapp label. (image courtesy of Discogs) Kapp – an indie label started in 1954 by David Kapp,
Rather bemused to learn from UK music periodical Shindig! about a beloved ‘cult’ English rock band named Stackridge who released an original composition entitled “Dora, The Female Explorer” in 1971: Oddly, the article neither mentioned the popular Nickelodeon character of the same name, nor indicated whether the band received any
During the 1970s when progressive rock, pop and soul were at their peak, a number of wizard keyboardists enjoyed superstar status: Rick Wakeman, Keith Emerson, Stevie Wonder, Jan Hammer, Billy Preston, Jon Lord, Bernie Worrell. And Sir Christopher Scott. The liner notes for Sir Scott’s 1970 Decca LP, More Switched
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