Sunday, March 30, 2014
Thursday, March 27, 2014
NASCAR TEAM OWNER DALE EARNHARDT JR. UNVEILS ELVIS CAR! STUTZ BEARCAT III
YAHOO AUTOS - ELVIS PRESLEY'S LAST RIDE full article link DALE EARNHARDT JUNIOR UNVEILS by Justin Hyde at Yahoo Autos.
So of course it was Elvis Presley's favorite — and today, the Stutz which Elvis drove hours before his death was given a reintroduction at the hands of NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Unveiled at the Charlotte Motor Speedway by Earnhardt, NASCAR team owner Rick Hendrick and Ray Evernham — all in Elvis shades — the black 1973 Stutz Bearcat III was Elvis' third Stutz; he had bought a white copy and the second prototype the company built by hand. In that era, the Stutz could sell for the equivalent of more than $100,000 and the company often billed itself as selling the world's most expensive car. Finished in red leather, the car was essentially Presley's daily driver at the time of his death in August 1977.
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
FROM OUR ARCHIVE POST (57) I RECORD WITH NORMAN PETTY/ Buddy Holly's Ex Musicians and Backup Singers
(Thanks Arne!)
I RECORD WITH NORMAN PETTY/ Buddy Holly's Ex Musicians and Backup Singers from October 25th 2007
When Buddy Holly was on his last tour he went without the band that he was first famous with, the Crickets, so they were not on tour with him when that plane crashed. The individual Crickets were working as studio musicians in recording sessions over at producer Norman Petty's in Clovis, New Mexico.
NEW VIDEO MARCH 2014
Buddy Knox and I drove from New York to Winston Salem, visited with my dad, and then headed for Norman Petty. At Norman's studio there I recorded songs with Norman as producer and for my musicians I had Donny Lanier, the lead guitarist for Buddy Knox with the Rhythm Orchids, and Jerry Allison, the drummer for Buddy Holly with the Crickets!
Donny Lanier was the lead guitarist who did the two solo breaks on Buddy Knox and the Rhythm Orchids' hit "Party Doll." (The guitar sounded like Scotty Moore so Elvis wanted to record "Party Doll himself!)
So on my songs "Baby Blue" and "I Just Want Your Love," I've got some of Buddy Holly's Crickets sound and some of Buddy Knox's Rhythm Orchids. Donny Lanier played on "Blue Baby," and "I Just Want Your Love." His instrumental intro sounded a lot like "That'll Be The Day."
ROCKABILLY HALL OF FAME - THE ROSES updated March 2014 Here's a bit of information on the vault at Norman Petty's which I believe was located after Norman died.
SCHAUER. DE : NORMAN PETTY SESSIONS VAULT updated March 2014
Also backing me for vocals on the two songs are The Roses, David Bigham and Robert Linville, Texans who also did backup vocals for Buddy Holly, Buddy Knox, and Jimmy Bowen in 1958-1959, and who toured as backup vocalists with Buddy Holly and the Crickets.
RCS DISCOGRAPHY WES BRYAN PAGE
I RECORD WITH NORMAN PETTY/ Buddy Holly's Ex Musicians and Backup Singers from October 25th 2007
When Buddy Holly was on his last tour he went without the band that he was first famous with, the Crickets, so they were not on tour with him when that plane crashed. The individual Crickets were working as studio musicians in recording sessions over at producer Norman Petty's in Clovis, New Mexico.
NEW VIDEO MARCH 2014
Buddy Knox and I drove from New York to Winston Salem, visited with my dad, and then headed for Norman Petty. At Norman's studio there I recorded songs with Norman as producer and for my musicians I had Donny Lanier, the lead guitarist for Buddy Knox with the Rhythm Orchids, and Jerry Allison, the drummer for Buddy Holly with the Crickets!
Donny Lanier was the lead guitarist who did the two solo breaks on Buddy Knox and the Rhythm Orchids' hit "Party Doll." (The guitar sounded like Scotty Moore so Elvis wanted to record "Party Doll himself!)
So on my songs "Baby Blue" and "I Just Want Your Love," I've got some of Buddy Holly's Crickets sound and some of Buddy Knox's Rhythm Orchids. Donny Lanier played on "Blue Baby," and "I Just Want Your Love." His instrumental intro sounded a lot like "That'll Be The Day."
ROCKABILLY HALL OF FAME - THE ROSES updated March 2014 Here's a bit of information on the vault at Norman Petty's which I believe was located after Norman died.
SCHAUER. DE : NORMAN PETTY SESSIONS VAULT updated March 2014
Also backing me for vocals on the two songs are The Roses, David Bigham and Robert Linville, Texans who also did backup vocals for Buddy Holly, Buddy Knox, and Jimmy Bowen in 1958-1959, and who toured as backup vocalists with Buddy Holly and the Crickets.
RCS DISCOGRAPHY WES BRYAN PAGE
"Blue Baby" and "I Just Want Your Love" were released in 1999 without my knowledge. My writing partner, Christine, and I found out on the Internet. RCS shows them as I knew them to be - unreleased.
SUPEROLDIES - NORMAN PETTY STUDIO TOUR
Sunday, March 23, 2014
P LINKS UPDATED AND P.J. PROBY (HE'S 75 and STILL TOURING!)
New Link for drummer EARL PALMER - ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME... DITTO LES PAUL ... lots of updates in the blog for CARL PERKINS...
To Celebrate! PJ PROBY
PJ PROBY 2014 TOUR DATES
OK ON THIS VIDEO, I, Christine, could not resist posting the video below because I've been reading some newish rock and roll books including one on Jimmy Page, who is one of my favorites guitarist, and well, here is PJ with Jimmy Page, who I've learned first made it onto British TV at 15 and was a session guitarist before Led Zeppelin...
To Celebrate! PJ PROBY
PJ PROBY 2014 TOUR DATES
OK ON THIS VIDEO, I, Christine, could not resist posting the video below because I've been reading some newish rock and roll books including one on Jimmy Page, who is one of my favorites guitarist, and well, here is PJ with Jimmy Page, who I've learned first made it onto British TV at 15 and was a session guitarist before Led Zeppelin...
Thursday, March 20, 2014
YOUTUBE VIDEOS and OUR STATION CTNWB and WES BRYAN - MY LIFE IN MUSIC
When we first started including YouTube Videos on our blog WES BRYAN - MY LIFE IN MUSIC we did so tentatively. We waited a while, not sure of what the Intellectual Properties situation was and then, reading around the subject, we began to include videos.
Today we can't image our blog without these videos, which are presented by others on YouTube.
It takes a lot of work to make a collection of videos on YouTube and to have a station and WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT WORK!
Of hundreds of videos we have embedded in our blog we have only experienced maybe once or twice where someone objected. Although we don't often comment on YouTube, we often feel as if YouTube video stations are our partners in this effort, especially the ones that post historical music videos of the early days of Rock and Roll.
However, since then Google has purchased YouTube and the emphasis seems to be on ads... very annoying interruptive ads.
How much can anyone take?
As we update this blog, sometimes we click on a dozen or more videos looking for that hold out who refuses to put advertising on his or her videos!
Because this blog is not commercial, we will do everything we can to use only those videos that HAVE NO COMMERCIALS! That means that as we update both our blog and our channel, old videos may not always have the perfect match to the original post.
THANKS FOR LISTENING!
Today we can't image our blog without these videos, which are presented by others on YouTube.
It takes a lot of work to make a collection of videos on YouTube and to have a station and WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT WORK!
Of hundreds of videos we have embedded in our blog we have only experienced maybe once or twice where someone objected. Although we don't often comment on YouTube, we often feel as if YouTube video stations are our partners in this effort, especially the ones that post historical music videos of the early days of Rock and Roll.
However, since then Google has purchased YouTube and the emphasis seems to be on ads... very annoying interruptive ads.
How much can anyone take?
As we update this blog, sometimes we click on a dozen or more videos looking for that hold out who refuses to put advertising on his or her videos!
Because this blog is not commercial, we will do everything we can to use only those videos that HAVE NO COMMERCIALS! That means that as we update both our blog and our channel, old videos may not always have the perfect match to the original post.
THANKS FOR LISTENING!
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
O LINKS UPDATED and ROY ORBISON from BLACK AND WHITE NIGHT
Roy Orbison - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and New Official Site - updated along with early post about Roy in our Archive.
FROM A FULL LENGTH ALBUM/ VIDEO called BLACK AND WHITE NIGHT which is featuring as background artists JAMES BURTON, Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, James Burton, Glen D. Hardin, Tom Waits, kd lang, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, JD Souther, T Bone Burnett, Steven Soles, and Jennifer Warnes. (Recorded September 30, 1987).
FROM A FULL LENGTH ALBUM/ VIDEO called BLACK AND WHITE NIGHT which is featuring as background artists JAMES BURTON, Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, James Burton, Glen D. Hardin, Tom Waits, kd lang, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, JD Souther, T Bone Burnett, Steven Soles, and Jennifer Warnes. (Recorded September 30, 1987).
Monday, March 17, 2014
Friday, March 14, 2014
GIOTTODI BONDONE Quote on Friendship
"The sincere friends of this world are as ship lights in the stormiest of nights." - Giottodi Bondone
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
FROM OUR ARCHIVES POST (197) WHAT'D WE DO WITHOUT THOSE BLUE SUEDE SHOES ? CARL PERKINS and ELVIS PRESLEY
Carl Perkins' Rockabilly "Blue Suede Shoes," is so associated with Elvis Presley but Carl was first with it and the song was covered again and again, a true classic in its own time.
Here's a YouTube presentation of Carl singing "Blue Suede Shoes."
And here's one of many videos featuring Elvis Presley singing probably the song most associated with him other than "Hound Dog"...
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Here's a YouTube presentation of Carl singing "Blue Suede Shoes."
And here's one of many videos featuring Elvis Presley singing probably the song most associated with him other than "Hound Dog"...
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Sunday, March 9, 2014
M- N LINKS UPDATED and GUY MITCHELL
USE THE SEARCH FEATURE EMBEDDED IN THE SIDEBAR TO BRING UP OUR POSTS ON GUY MITCHELL!
Thursday, March 6, 2014
J-K-L LINKS UPDATED and BRENDA LEE
The Little Richard and Darlene Love ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME Inductee links have been updated!
To Celebrate! BRENDA LEE!
USE THE SEARCH FEATURE EMBEDDED IN THE SIDEBAR TO BRING UP OUR POSTS ON BRENDA, Little Richard, or Darlene Love!
To Celebrate! BRENDA LEE!
USE THE SEARCH FEATURE EMBEDDED IN THE SIDEBAR TO BRING UP OUR POSTS ON BRENDA, Little Richard, or Darlene Love!
Monday, March 3, 2014
ONE SUMMER NIGHT ON RANWOOD; WES BRYAN - MY LIFE IN MUSIC ARCHIVES
FROM OUR ARCHIVES : FIRST POSTED ON DECEMBER 1 2007 (After noting the record on an e-Bay auction!)
Friends, as you know, I check the e-bay auctions from time to time to see what's up there being sold "Wes Bryan."
And if you've been reading this blog from the beginning, you know one of the reasons for blogging is that there is a lot of Wes Bryan "confusion" out there. Christine and I have learned that some of the search engines put me and the Christian minister who has written a book or two and has a CD out together. I'm not the Christian minister. I'm also not the DJ, the athlete, the owner of a mini mall, or any of the other Wes Bryans out there on the Internet or in the world. (It's a great name though, isn't it guys?!)
I am the Wes Bryan who came out of Murphy, North Carolina, discovered off the Akron Beacon Journal - Roto section- who enjoyed a United Artists contract, and who changed labels a couple times to Clock and Roulette before becoming a staff songwriter at American Music.
I also became a record producer and music publisher. Though my story here on this blog is circa about 1960- 1961 about now, we noticed that a record I put out on my OWN LABEL, U. S. International, was being auctioned on e-bay and this seller has a music clip... So for as long as this lasts, enjoy listening to my record "One Summer Night." (Will this posting mean more bids for that record?) After I put "One Summer Night" out on my own label, Randy Wood who had once had Dot Records, put it out on Ranwood, his new label. It sold about 300,000 records.
Oh, I took a truck out to the beach in Malibu to record those seagulls you hear in the background...
Friends, as you know, I check the e-bay auctions from time to time to see what's up there being sold "Wes Bryan."
And if you've been reading this blog from the beginning, you know one of the reasons for blogging is that there is a lot of Wes Bryan "confusion" out there. Christine and I have learned that some of the search engines put me and the Christian minister who has written a book or two and has a CD out together. I'm not the Christian minister. I'm also not the DJ, the athlete, the owner of a mini mall, or any of the other Wes Bryans out there on the Internet or in the world. (It's a great name though, isn't it guys?!)
I am the Wes Bryan who came out of Murphy, North Carolina, discovered off the Akron Beacon Journal - Roto section- who enjoyed a United Artists contract, and who changed labels a couple times to Clock and Roulette before becoming a staff songwriter at American Music.
I also became a record producer and music publisher. Though my story here on this blog is circa about 1960- 1961 about now, we noticed that a record I put out on my OWN LABEL, U. S. International, was being auctioned on e-bay and this seller has a music clip... So for as long as this lasts, enjoy listening to my record "One Summer Night." (Will this posting mean more bids for that record?) After I put "One Summer Night" out on my own label, Randy Wood who had once had Dot Records, put it out on Ranwood, his new label. It sold about 300,000 records.
Oh, I took a truck out to the beach in Malibu to record those seagulls you hear in the background...
Sunday, March 2, 2014
WES BRYAN ON RANDY WOOD'S RANWOOD RECORDS
SEARCH FOR BLOG POSTS ABOUT RANDY WOOD and RANWOOD RECORDS in HOLLYWOOD using the Search Feature embedded in the side bar of this blog.
Now in 1957 Randy Wood sold ownership of the label to Paramount Pictures but he was the President for the company for another ten years. He left to co-founded the Ranwood Records Label with Lawrence Welk.
