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  • Blue Cheer - Summertime Blues <video 3:27min>

    06/28/2014 5:58:42 PM PDT · by virgil283 · 26 replies
    youtube.com ^ | September 29, 1958 | Eddie Cochran
    "The American psychedelic blues-rock band Blue Cheer recorded their version of "Summertime Blues" in 1967. Is a song co-written and recorded by American rockabilly artist Eddie Cochran. It was written in the late 1950s by Cochran and Jerry Capehart. Originally a single B-side, it was released in August 1958and peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 29, 1958." .....WIKI;
  • Blue Cheer Frontman Dickie Peterson Passes Away

    10/12/2009 11:15:23 AM PDT · by a fool in paradise · 21 replies · 796+ views
    Metal underground ^ | Diamond Oz
    Dickie Peterson, the singer and bass player of Blue Cheer, who are considered another one of the first heavy metal bands, sadly passed away this morning in Germany at the age of sixty one. The cause of death has yet to be announced but he had been ill for some time. Blue Cheer released their first album, "Vincebus Eruptum" in 1968 and released a further five albums until a hiatus. The band returned with a new album in 1984 and released two more albums in 1990 and 1991 before another break. The bands last record was a collection of re-recorded...
  • The Official Friday Silliness Thread Low Budget/Duck-tape Everything Edition

    01/26/2007 1:58:55 AM PST · by sully777 · 227 replies · 5,107+ views
    I developed a detailed thread topic called "Summer in January", complete with pictures of beautiful people in bathing suits, satellite photos of snow cover in the northern hemisphere, and a fascinating story about 85 inch snow drifts in Denver. But you're not getting that thread because my computer decided to crash. Instead, you're getting a bare bones, low budget thread held together with duck tape and a prayer.
  • Freep a poll! (just for fun)

    07/20/2006 1:18:59 PM PDT · by dynachrome · 9 replies · 241+ views
    countypressonline.com ^ | 7-18-06 | countypressonline
    The best cure for the summertime blues is: A Day at the beach. A barbecue An ice cream cone on the front porch. Soda and pretzels and beer. There ain’t no cure for the summertime blues.