Posted on 07/31/2012 12:30:09 PM PDT by HMS Surprise
I have an alter ego in the blogosphere. Here, its politics, but on Facebook I blog about popular music, usually leaning heavily towards rock and roll. And until a few days ago I never imagined that there would be any ideological cross-pollination to worry about. But then I had an epiphany
Ill start my little tale here- I blog about music to promote a fiction book that I wrote 3 years ago. The book is about a garage band from the early 70′s that was on the cusp of making it big, but then fell just short. I plot an improbable future success for the fictional band decades after they break up and go their seperate ways, and then have some fun as our heros revitalize and reenergize the sad state of contemporary music. Why is this relevant to the dicussion of culture and politics today? Wait for it
(Excerpt) Read more at teapartytribune.com ...
Christian band The Seventy-Sevens were confidently predicted to be about to take both the secular and Christian rock world by storm, according to the guy who signed them...except that the label they signed on? Island Records -- which released U2's debut album just a little bit later.
As Rick Perry would say, "Oops."
Cheers!
(I saw him doing that clip live in 1981 outside of DC...; IIRC the E-bow came out in 1977 and he was using it on albums in 1978.)
(sound of grey_whiskers purring)
Cheers!
Nice! I first heard of Phil Keaggy in 1974 when someone at school gave me What a Day to listen to.
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