music in the shed

This gal can sing and project, let alone great upright/double bass, doffs me stage hat to her. Maryanne was with this lot at one stage and this gal did backing vocals, two great gal singers in one band, only so much room... well i know the situation "...no two female singers on stage with the band at anytime whatsoever no exceptions.." was a plaque enshrined, took me two weeks to calm one of them down after bolting from the stage...true..j.

 
iis_iis said:
For the true devotees in Australia, the effect of hearing this song and energy the first time, few words can encompass. Though Easybeats had that quality and then some, fabulous time as the memory imposes. ** use the guitar and Bass unison hook riff for how my skill is waning, and it is, sigh j.

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Here is original The Masters Apprentices’ Mick Bower, who wrote many of The Masters Apprentices songs, today in Melbourne. Over 60 years since they hit the airways.
And a tragic groupie…..
 

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....... re-visiting an old friend ........... My name is mud is wordplay for " I`ve really f*cked up this time " ..........

Someone said guitarist Larry La Londe knows the right notes , but chucks them all away and plays something else instead ......... Perfect ..........
 
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Dave and co have a pretty good stab at covering Arfurly`s " Alone Again Or " ...........

All that money spent on the video , and some old geezer goes and spoils it by deciding to join in on his BSA C12 ......

( It says 1953 BSA , but that would make it a C11 ........ I spy a swing arm , so that makes it a C12 , I reckon ) .........
 

DAF .... ( German-American Friendship ) ... perform a song with Mussolini in the title where the video features a bloke in a John Travolta mask who gets off with a girl in a disco ........

I seem to recall the video ended with John Travolta taking his mask off and it not ending well for the girl .... but maybe I`m wrong ..........

Posted them doing this live a long time ago so here`s the official version instead ..........
 
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....... and just in case you haven`t had enough of Dusseldorf from the 1980`s ........

Here`s Der ( We Are The Turks Of Tomorrow ) Plan with " Da Vorne Steht Ne Ampel " ........ Try telling that to the bloody cyclists round here ..............


I bought their first album " Geri Reig " back in 1980 , the same year I bought the Laverda Mirage ...... It doesn`t seem like yesterday ...........
 
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I suppose it's normal for most people to think the music they grew up with was the best and everything else is bit crap in comparison.

Here's something from my era:


Melanie performed in Hobart in 1976. Maybe there was a cock-up in ticket sales or something because there was hardly anyone there. It was in the Hobart city hall - a venue big enough for a thousand people but only about 40 people turned up. It must have been rubbish as a money earner for her. When she came out on stage, she looked surprised and asked where everybody was. She stood up there on the stage for a few moments, looking around the mostly empty hall, then down at the small group of people. Then she said "this isn't going to work", and walked off the stage. I thought she was about to cancel the performance, but then a roadie appeared from backstage and set up a chair and microphone on the floor in front of the stage, amongst our little group. Melanie came in, sat on the chair with her guitar on her lap, greeted us and then proceeded to do her songs. It was like an intimate little gathering at a private party. She was absolutely lovely, chatting to various people between songs and being utterly charming. She made us feel like we were all her friends. She was beautiful and I was completely smitten by her. Sadly she's no longer with us.
 
rocketonarail said:

Dave and co have a pretty good stab at covering Arfurly`s " Alone Again Or " ...........

All that money spent on the video , and some old geezer goes and spoils it by deciding to join in on his BSA C12 ......

( It says 1953 BSA , but that would make it a C11 ........ I spy a swing arm , so that makes it a C12 , I reckon ) .........
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Good to hear, but it reminded me of the torture of sitting through an episode of 'Glee' with my Daughter and hearing some lo-cal version of a favourite song.
So here's the original:

PS. Good spot on the Beezer!
 
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....... and just in case you haven`t had enough of Dusseldorf from the 1980`s ........

Here`s Der ( We Are The Turks Of Tomorrow ) Plan with " Da Vorne Steht Ne Ampel " ........ Try telling that to the bloody cyclists round here ..............


I bought their first album " Geri Reig " back in 1980 , the same year I bought the Laverda Mirage ...... It doesn`t seem like yesterday ...........
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Wow! you're the first (assumed) non-german speaker that listened to Der Plan.
Back in the day a sure way to end a party was to play this tune....

23 Skidoo and Residents are most likely bands you know as well.
 
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Melanie performed in Hobart in 1976. Maybe there was a cock-up in ticket sales or something because there was hardly anyone there. It was in the Hobart city hall - a venue big enough for a thousand people but only about 40 people turned up. It must have been rubbish as a money earner for her. When she came out on stage, she looked surprised and asked where everybody was. She stood up there on the stage for a few moments, looking around the mostly empty hall, then down at the small group of people. Then she said "this isn't going to work", and walked off the stage. I thought she was about to cancel the performance, but then a roadie appeared from backstage and set up a chair and microphone on the floor in front of the stage, amongst our little group. Melanie came in, sat on the chair with her guitar on her lap, greeted us and then proceeded to do her songs. It was like an intimate little gathering at a private party. She was absolutely lovely, chatting to various people between songs and being utterly charming. She made us feel like we were all her friends. She was beautiful and I was completely smitten by her. Sadly she's no longer with us.
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That's a pretty amazing story, Cam. A nice tale of an unpretentious performer. Melanie wrote that song about Woodstock I think? Or maybe she performed it there - or both? I saw a doco on her (or maybe Woodstock) and she was pretty much unknown when she was booked and then performed there, a folk singer from the UK who had absolutely no idea what she was about to be part of.

It was a huge hit here, and probably worldwide, so I'm puzzled that noone turned up to her gig! I'm sure in melbourne it would have been a major sold out concert.
 
Dellortoman said:
I suppose it's normal for most people to think the music they grew up with was the best and everything else is bit crap in comparison.
Melanie performed in Hobart in 1976. Maybe there was a cock-up in ticket sales or something because there was hardly anyone there. It was in the Hobart city hall - a venue big enough for a thousand people but only about 40 people turned up. It must have been rubbish as a money earner for her. When she came out on stage, she looked surprised and asked where everybody was. She stood up there on the stage for a few moments, looking around the mostly empty hall, then down at the small group of people. Then she said "this isn't going to work", and walked off the stage. I thought she was about to cancel the performance, but then a roadie appeared from backstage and set up a chair and microphone on the floor in front of the stage, amongst our little group. Melanie came in, sat on the chair with her guitar on her lap, greeted us and then proceeded to do her songs. It was like an intimate little gathering at a private party. She was absolutely lovely, chatting to various people between songs and being utterly charming. She made us feel like we were all her friends. She was beautiful and I was completely smitten by her. Sadly she's no longer with us.
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I had a similar experience with Country Joe, on his own, in the Victoria Venue in London in '79.
There were less than thirty people in the audience! He'd just finished a 'Woodstock 10th Anniversary Tour', in Europe. Playing all the old stuff to people who, mainly, couldn't understand what he said. On top of that, his son, Devin, had just been admitted to hospital. The watch word of the tour, he said, was "What can they do to us tomorrow?"
I felt, cancel the gig, refund the tickets. No-one needs that kind of night.
But, no, ever the trouper, he went for it.
"Please, don't ask me to play any old songs? I've got new ones. You're gonna love them!"
As few as the audience were, you could almost hear the groan. He started a new song, got one verse in and broke a string.

"What can they do to us tomorrow?"

He chatted while he restrung his guitar and started in, again.
Starting the second verse, another string broke!

"What can they do to us tomorrow?"

As he restrung, again, the entire atmosphere changed.
Everyone had heard the first verse twice, the chorus once and wanted to know what happened.

One of the best concerts I've ever attended, and I include seeing The Stones, in the 100 Club, in '82.

He's, also, no longer with us but, each New Year, I play this and remember him.

 
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