Posted on 03/14/2007 3:48:16 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache
Only because my wife watches Entertainment Tonight. She's kinda hot looking, but she too is a big lefty from what I've heard.
Great album.
It's not a case of whether you get all choked up - this is a memorial thread. If you had no appreciation for the group, the man etc. then what the hell are you doing on this thread? Just to mock.
Not to mention that to compare Kurt Cobain fans to Boston fans is comparing vinegar to water. Cobain groused about the decadence of fame while actively seeking it and then decided it sucked yada yada and then killed himself in his 20's. Brad Delp lived to 55 and all the additional mileage of life that that entailed certainly would weigh heavier in creating whatever burden he was feeling. It's a shame but it wasn't some self-fulfilling prophecy like Cobain..
Oh and Duncan Hunter isn't going anywhere with advocates like yourself. Good job.
another lefty
wasn't Helm in Cole Miner's Daughter?
No! When did Rory Gallagher die? "Well did you ever wake up with those bullfrogs on your mind?"
Whine to someone who cares please.
Yes he was. I think it was his first major role.
Rory Gallagher (March 2, 1948 – June 14, 1995) was an Irish blues/rock guitarist, born in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, grew up in Cork City in the south of Ireland.
As much as I'd like to credit Goudreau, the "trademark sound" was undoubtedly due to Tom Scholz. Go to bandboston.com and read the article by Scholz titled: "How to make extra money working at home in your basement", or some such (which appeared in the liner notes of the 1st album's "digitally remastered" re-release, IIRC). Basically, he and Delp prepped all but one of the debut album's tracks before some of the band members were even hired. Scholz played all of the instruments except the drums and the very short list of guitar and bass parts listed in the following excerpt:
"Nothing about Boston was done by the book. The strangest twist was caused by the label's refusal to allow the original six-song demo to be used as the actual album; the material had to be recorded over again in a "professional" studio exactly the same way!
But I had completely adapted to playing and engineering alone in my basement; I knew I couldn't duplicate those performances without the solitude which had become both a blessing and a curse.
In a gutsy move, Epic producer John Boylan made me an offer: I record the multitrack masters in my basement myself, while he decoys the company recording a couple of Brad's songs in L.A. with Barry, Sib and Fran. Then I join him in L.A. for vocal overdubs and mixing. Oh, and we split the producer's royalty! You mean I even get paid? Deal.
So after laying down Sib and Jim's drum tracks, I settled in for the lengthy ordeal of reproducing a band's worth of bass, guitar and organ performances on the new, nearly identical, recording. Barry joined me to play the awesome lead guitar on "Long Time," and Fran to play the bass track for "Foreplay." In L.A., Brad's "Let Me Take You Home Tonight" was recorded in its entirety, and its the only song to embody performances of all five musicians that eventually ended up on stage for the first ever "Boston" concert in 1976."
I do think that Barry Goudreau helped to flesh-out the band's sound on the second album, though.
BTW, I noticed that a snippet of "Peace of Mind" is currently airing as the soundtrack of the new Panasonic Toughbook TV ad. I wonder if Delp got a piece of the action, royalty-wise.
Could you kindly STFU! There is no reason for you, and some others, to be on this thread if you are just going to denigrate and mock. So you didn't care for him, his music, or Styx, or Kansas, or.....what is your point or purpose? He's dead and some people just want to reminisce(sic) and you just need to tell people about how you're above it all. Just move on!
"He hates Robbie Robbertson for cheating him"
Levon seems to have a bad attitide about others too. Such as Mickey Jones who played drums with The Band on the Dylan first electric tour of Europe. Levon was one of the holdovers from Ronnie Hawkins and seems to think he was the star because he was vocalist on some of their biggest hits. Truth is, the writer gets the bucks, not the singer. Joan Baez made more money for Robbie Robertson on "The Night They drove Old Dixie Down" than Levon did with The Bands' version. The music business is viscious if you don't set yourself up with a good agreement. That's the main reason so many bands break up quickly. Levon is a great singer, "The Weight" is an absolute classic vocal, Robbie R gets the bucks for it though.
Levon Helm is playing a couple of shows in NYC pretty soon.
I'm guessing he does Band material mostly. I saw them post Robbie about 20 years or so ago. They were actually still very good. This was before the members started dropping like flies.
So you don't even know the guy or his music or what not. Ain't that like a liberal - strong opinions about a subject you know nothing about.
Duncan Hunter? Yeah right!
For the most part, yeah... but Lindsey Buckingham is a underrated guitarist, capable of some blistering solos. His work with Fleetwood Mac was solid, but it just barely scratches the surface of his capabilities.
He needed the Fleetwood Mac crew to tame his excesses in songwriting, IMO. But that man can still play a mean guitar.
LOL! How long ago was that?
In fairness, that band has turned up the heat quite a bit since Tommy Shaw took over the reins. They put out a "rock anthology" collection of cover tunes on the recent CD "Big Bang Theory". It's a lot better than I expected.
And when Duncan Hunter drops out...ditto.
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