Posted on 08/20/2017 4:35:29 PM PDT by SamAdams76
It was late October 1964 and the British Invasion was on. The Beatles had exploded upon the scene earlier that year in February and the Rolling Stones were just one of another number of rock bands that suddenly started getting U.S. airplay and hits.
The performance linked here was at the T.A.M.I. show (Teen Age Music International) in Santa Monica, CA. I'm posting this because the the video and sound quality of this performance is extraordinary for the times.
For context, The Rolling Stones had yet to have their first big U.S. hit ("Satisfaction" would go to number one the following year). At that time, the Stones were still doing mostly covers and this performance of "Around and Around" was a Chuck Berry original.
Mick Jagger was just 21 years old at the time. He and his band had to follow James Brown who was not only a seasoned performer but put on an electrifying performance. Yet they carried it off. The audience went absolutely nuts as Jagger did his moves and the band backing him was already pretty tight.
I got a kick out of the middle-aged men (probably the orchestra) behind the band. They had absolutely nothing to do during this number and just sat their silently with their instruments, probably wondering just what the heck was going on in front of them as the audience went into an absolute frenzy.
For better or worse, this period of time was definitely a turning point in American culture. The decade of the 60s was in full swing and nothing would be the same again. At the time, I was alive but just a baby in diapers. I missed the whole 60s scene!
Back to the 21-year-old Jagger, say what you want about him but he was already a man of the world on the verge of international superstardom. He had been a student at the London School of Economics (he dropped out to pursue his music career) so he was no dummy. Contrast that to the average 21-year-old of today who is more focused on playing video games, making burritos at Chipotles, and living with the parents.
Charlie Watts is OK in my book too
There’s a YouTube interview of his friend and golfing buddy, Alice Cooper, a day or so after Glen’s passing.
AC mentions Eddie Van Halen asked AC to arrange a meeting with Glen Campbell for a guitar lesson.
Glen was a world class guitarist and certainly the business recognized it.
I saw the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan shoe when I was 5.
The stones were considered bad stuff, wrong side of the tracks.
Few years later I heard this on the AM radio at the beach...Lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17h773ldGds
I attended both the Beatles’ and Stone’s first US tour concerts in 1964 in Philadelphia when I was 17. It was evident even then that the former was all about estrogen and the latter about testosterone.
I watched that. Very interesting interview. I remember seeing Glen on the “Goodtimes Hour” (forgot the actual name) back in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, and was amazed by his guitar prowess.
BTW, the "wrong side of the tracks" image was intentionally done. The Stones marketed themselves as the anti-Beatles, as The Beatles already had claim to the white hat.
Never saw the Beatles live, saw the Stones in 77 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium with Kansas and Peter Tosh.
It was raining.. The Stones just sucked, Like they were mad it was raining, Kansas tried during the rain.
Tosh stole the show
I wanted to see someone electrocuted!
Oh My! That is Hilarious!
Cochran was so far ahead of his time. I occasionally play a CD of Eddie’s songs and my son had never heard of him but he was all over that sound. This was back in the mid-nineties.
Wonder if that’s Leon on ‘Count Me In’ another of my Gary Lewis favorites? He was in on several of those recordings...
I grew up with electric white boy Blues
No doubt. The Wrecking Crew played on most American rock ‘n roll hits of the 1960s including the Beach Boys album “Pet Sounds (with Glen Campbell).
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