If I Was A Golden Oldies Station

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"Bring It On Home" vs "My Little Lucy:

"Bring It On Home" 1969:


"(My Little) Lucy", 1971:


And just for kicks, try humming the "Exodus" theme and notice how easily it would segue into the primary theme for "3rd Stone From the Sun".




Coincidence? I think not.

After all, Jimi quoted "Strangers in the Night" at Monterey Pop. He wasn't immune to the allure of great easy listening pop, either. 🎼🎶 :D
 

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Trini Lopez

Elvis Hounddog Heartbreak Hotel Little Sister etc

Everly Bros Wake up little Suzie

Chuck Berry Johnny B. Good Hail Hail Rock n' Roll

Fats Domino Blueberry Hill

Anything by Johnny Cash

Bo Diddley Bo Diddley

Aretha Respect

Ray Charles Hit the Road Jack

And that's all before lunch
 

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But wait, there's more. Hang on while I roll all the mids and treble off the mic's channel and boost the bass to max for my late late night "Underground Pop" show on our sister station, KTHC.

Tonight:
"Szabo, Santana, and the Grateful Dead"

Heard this on the local college station's Friday morning jazz show (!):


So after the intro, as the tune gets rolling, I thought it was eerily reminiscent of "That's It For The Other One" and wondered if it might even be a jazz cover of it, so had to look it up when I got home: "Lady Gabor", and sure enough, written by Gabor Szabo and first recorded with Chico Hamilton in '62:


Yep, as is usually the case, the jazz guys were there first.

It was Bill Frisell on the Charles Lloyd version that threw me off with the modern guitar sound.

And while looking for that original version, stumbled across this interview with Carlos Santana who cites just how influential Szabo was on him, and I'm willing to bet Phil Lesh knew all about the Chico Hamilton record, too.. he was the "jazz guy" in the band, after all... :)
(And Tom Wolfe mentions in the Electric Koolaid Acid Test that Charles Lloyd was a favorite to be heard on the outdoor tree speakers at Kesey's place in La Honda, too, which the Grateful Dead were more than a little familiar with. )



"Gypsy Queen" by Szabo was the OTHER cover on Abraxas, btw. ;)

Speaking of jazz guys being there first, Krupa's drum solo on "Sing Sing Sing":



Can't convince me that didn't influence Spencer Dryden's magnificent opening tattoo for "She Drives Funny Cars", especially since Dryden was already a confirmed jazz drummer before he ever heard of the Airplane:
 
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Ray Charles Hit the Road Jack

And that's all before lunch
This is the version on my playlist:


And try to tell me John and Paul weren't influenced by this one in '59:


But back to "Hit the Road, Jack", there's another one of those progressions that was used in a lot of tunes:


Speaking of hippie music, here's another often-forgotten favorite of theirs:
 

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"San Francisco Days":


"Walk Don't Run":


"Compared to What":


"Glad":



Great bass tracks after "Windy" and "We Gotta Get Outta This Place"):

"Time Won't Let Me":


"I'm A Man":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_gFF-z9OS8&list=PLcCcFPER_cQXLG3mx5_zrF68UP9Y8DGyo&index=45

"Killer Joe" vs "The Beat Goes On":

Benny Golson, 1960:

Sonny Bono (with assist from Carol Kaye), 1967:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfbmjUQOFxs

Quincy Jones' "Cool Joe, Mean Joe":

Michael Jackson "The Way You Make Me Feel" (produced by Q. Jones):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzZ_urpj4As

Some may also recognize that beat in the Red Hot Chili Peppers' cover of Stevie Wonder's "Higher Ground" ;)

Where and when the line between commercial music and commercial music just kinda disappeared:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SH2V8BLfUs&list=PLcCcFPER_cQXLG3mx5_zrF68UP9Y8DGyo&index=36

:D


The Ventures "was" The Stairway To Heaven of it's time.

Ralph
 

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Perhaps the grammar nazi's comment was misunderstood by grammatical Philistines....
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"I didn't even realize they spoke grammar in Philadelphia."
 

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I would also give ample play time to The Hollies, The Byrds, Nitty Grtitty Dirt Band, The Band, Before they stopped making great musiic..
 

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I would also give ample play time to The Hollies, The Byrds, Nitty Grtitty Dirt Band, The Band, Before they stopped making great musiic..
The Hollies, "Bus Stop", (another Graham Gouldman masterpiece)


The Byrds, "So You Wanna Be a Rock'n'Roll Star"


Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, "Mr Bojangles"


The Band "Chest Fever"


:)
 

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O.K.--growing up in L.A., I'd have to play The Byrds, but then of course the BEST version of Hey! Joe! by the Leaves: (this is the version that I and all my friends learned to play)


7 & 7 is by Love:


and Beefheart's Diddy Wah Diddy:


in your face bass idea courtesy of none other than David Gates!
 
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