Sunday, March 31, 2013
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
(456) THE VOGUES : WOOING GENERATIONS
VOGUES OFFICIAL SITE - TOUR INFO - CD - HISTORY link They are still performing and have a new CD out!
|Christine here. The song "Turn Around Look At Me," which is a Classic Cover Tune if there ever was one, was recorded by many regional recording artists who had success with it. (I think I first heard it on the radio as recorded by a group called The Skyliners.) The Vogues song that especially stays with me is " You Are My Special Angel," which came out in '68.
Dicography link FIVE OCLOCK WORLD : VOGUES DISCOGRAPHY
"Inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2001, The Vogues remain one of the top vocal groups on the oldies scene today."
|Christine here. The song "Turn Around Look At Me," which is a Classic Cover Tune if there ever was one, was recorded by many regional recording artists who had success with it. (I think I first heard it on the radio as recorded by a group called The Skyliners.) The Vogues song that especially stays with me is " You Are My Special Angel," which came out in '68.
Dicography link FIVE OCLOCK WORLD : VOGUES DISCOGRAPHY
"Inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2001, The Vogues remain one of the top vocal groups on the oldies scene today."
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
THE VOGUES - LONDON AMERICAN RECORDS
A couple of my recordings were also pressed by London American Records for sales and distribution in Britain. The Vogues were an American group, also known for their harmonies, that invaded Britain just as the British invasion of America came to the United States. Like the Righteous Brothers, many of their songs were very romantic. Those were the days!
Bring up past posts about LONDON AMERICAN RECORDS using the search feature on this Google Blogger.
Sunday, March 24, 2013
NEIL YOUNG : SINGER SONGWRITER MEMOIR : BOOK EXCERPT ABOUT TOURING AND YOUTUBE
NEIL YOUNG
WAGING HEAVY PEACE - A Hippie Dream
Published by Blue Rider Press - Penguin Group
C 2012 Neil Young
Chapter 11, pages 89-90 of hardback
"There are a lot of things that can go wrong on the road. If you get sick, you still play, but people think you are losing your edge. If you have half a house, people don't feel that they are part of something. If you don't have a great crew, your shit doesn't sound right. If you don't have the best equipment, your show may not sound as great as the last one or the next one. If you have a reputation, it is on the line. If you forget what you are doing, it shows up on YouTube. If you remember what you're doing, it shows up on YouTube. If you do something new that isn't ready, or something old that you screw up, it is on YouTube. If snot comes out of your nose while you are playing the harmonica and slithers down the harmonica rack onto your T-shirt, it is on YouTube. If you say something stupid..." - Neil Young
(Neil is working on a sound system that will vastly improve the quality of downloaded music. He is known mostly for his work with Buffalo Springfield which had a debut album in 1966, and then as the Y in Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young.)
- Christine Trzyna
WAGING HEAVY PEACE - A Hippie Dream
Published by Blue Rider Press - Penguin Group
C 2012 Neil Young
Chapter 11, pages 89-90 of hardback
"There are a lot of things that can go wrong on the road. If you get sick, you still play, but people think you are losing your edge. If you have half a house, people don't feel that they are part of something. If you don't have a great crew, your shit doesn't sound right. If you don't have the best equipment, your show may not sound as great as the last one or the next one. If you have a reputation, it is on the line. If you forget what you are doing, it shows up on YouTube. If you remember what you're doing, it shows up on YouTube. If you do something new that isn't ready, or something old that you screw up, it is on YouTube. If snot comes out of your nose while you are playing the harmonica and slithers down the harmonica rack onto your T-shirt, it is on YouTube. If you say something stupid..." - Neil Young
(Neil is working on a sound system that will vastly improve the quality of downloaded music. He is known mostly for his work with Buffalo Springfield which had a debut album in 1966, and then as the Y in Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young.)
- Christine Trzyna
Thursday, March 21, 2013
TURN AROUND LOOK AT ME - WHO MADE THIS JERRY CAPEHEART SONG CLASSIC?
GLEN CAMPBELL
THEVOGUES TODAY (It was their first million seller in 1968)
THE VOGUES ORIGINAL
THE BEE GEES?
Or maybe ELVIS?
THEVOGUES TODAY (It was their first million seller in 1968)
THE VOGUES ORIGINAL
THE BEE GEES?
Or maybe ELVIS?
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
HENRY DAVID THOREAU Quote
“Friends do not live in harmony merely, as some say, but in melody” - Henry David Thoreau
Sunday, March 17, 2013
SAINT PATRICKS DAY - AN IRISH BLESSING
May your purse always hold a coin or two.
May the sun always shine on your windowpane,
May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain.
May the hand of a friend always be near you,
May God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you.
-Irish Blessing
Friday, March 15, 2013
GOOGLE READER CANCELS FREE RSS READER SERVICE
MAC OBSERVER : GOOGLE GIVES USERS WHAT THEY PAY FOR link to full article!
Google is going to stop providing the RSS Feed Reader Service that a few of you are using to read Wes Bryan - My Life in Music.
Quote, "Google Reader is the company's online service for managing and viewing RSS feeds. RSS, or Real Simple Syndication, is a system that lets websites and podcasts push content to users instead of requiring them to visit sites to check for updated news and other content. Reader gave users a way to manage their feeds and easily sync those feeds between multiple devices."
Several other Google products are mentioned in this article as also being cancelled as well as some option suggestions.
In previous articles on the net, from various sources, it has been noted that people are reconsidering their Internet Time. We understand. We are also limited when it comes to the amount of time we can spend on the Internet so we are honored to know how many of you do visit a post or two of our Google Blogger.
Thanks Again for Reading WES BRYAN - MY LIFE IN MUSIC!
Google is going to stop providing the RSS Feed Reader Service that a few of you are using to read Wes Bryan - My Life in Music.
Quote, "Google Reader is the company's online service for managing and viewing RSS feeds. RSS, or Real Simple Syndication, is a system that lets websites and podcasts push content to users instead of requiring them to visit sites to check for updated news and other content. Reader gave users a way to manage their feeds and easily sync those feeds between multiple devices."
Several other Google products are mentioned in this article as also being cancelled as well as some option suggestions.
In previous articles on the net, from various sources, it has been noted that people are reconsidering their Internet Time. We understand. We are also limited when it comes to the amount of time we can spend on the Internet so we are honored to know how many of you do visit a post or two of our Google Blogger.
Thanks Again for Reading WES BRYAN - MY LIFE IN MUSIC!
Thursday, March 14, 2013
CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU : CLASSIC COVER TUNE!
Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio were the songwriters. Frank Sinatra and Andy Williams covered it. "Can't Take My Eys Off You" went high up to about #2 on the chart in 1967 for Frankie Vallie and the Four Seasons. Here are versions by Lauren Hill and Muse.
Check out these covers. WHICH ONE DO YOU LIKE BEST ?
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
(455) FRANKIE VALLI AND THE FOUR SEASONS :THE REAL JERSEY BOYS CELEBRATE 60 + YEARS OF MUSIC MAKING
FRANKIE VALLI and the FOUR SEASONS OFFICIAL SITE link here!
THE REAL JERSEY BOYS! Frankie's got a new CD of songs from the 60's that Frankie personally loved!
They had 48 hits in the 1960's and have worked their magic for 60 + years! In recent interviews he's talked about how the music business has changed and in particular how difficult it is to get a record played anymore.
THE JERSEY BOYS MUSICAL OFFICIAL SITE link here!
The Four Seasons were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame back in 1990.
FOUR SEASONS ROCK HALL OF FAME link here!
THE REAL JERSEY BOYS! Frankie's got a new CD of songs from the 60's that Frankie personally loved!
They had 48 hits in the 1960's and have worked their magic for 60 + years! In recent interviews he's talked about how the music business has changed and in particular how difficult it is to get a record played anymore.
THE JERSEY BOYS MUSICAL OFFICIAL SITE link here!
The Four Seasons were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame back in 1990.
FOUR SEASONS ROCK HALL OF FAME link here!
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Saturday, March 9, 2013
FRANKIE VALLI Quote
"You can take the guy out of the neighorhood but you can't take the neighborhood out of the guy."
Frankie Valli
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
(454) PETER PAUL AND MARY : FOLK SINGERS CIRCA '66
Peter Yarrow, Noel (Paul) Stookey and Mary Travers = PETER, PAUL and MARY.
By 1966 they were considered to be "Folk singers."
Other singers, Joan Baez and Bob Dylan, were also considered Folk singers.
Folk, not Country. Folk not Pop. Folk not Rock and Roll. Linking to their offical site which has a jukebox!
See archived post #239 about their debut or search within this Google Blogger for our Memorial to Mary .
PETER PAUL AND MARY OFFICIAL SITE link here! Check the JUKEBOX!
By 1966 they were considered to be "Folk singers."
Other singers, Joan Baez and Bob Dylan, were also considered Folk singers.
Folk, not Country. Folk not Pop. Folk not Rock and Roll. Linking to their offical site which has a jukebox!
See archived post #239 about their debut or search within this Google Blogger for our Memorial to Mary .
PETER PAUL AND MARY OFFICIAL SITE link here! Check the JUKEBOX!
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
FRIENDSHIP QUOTE ABOUT BEST FRIENDS
Friday, March 1, 2013
Thursday, February 28, 2013
SLIDESHOW FEATURING MUSIC ARTISTS IS TEMPORARILY DOWN!
Don't panic just because we did. PHOTOBUCKET, where we created and edit our slideshow that you've seen under the name Wes Bryan, has "upgraded" and is not offering a slideshow option at this time. We will replace it with another slideshow soon!
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
(453) THE ASSOCIATION : A BEAUTIFUL BLEND OF VOICES AND AN UNFORGETTABLE SONG
A top 1966 hit on a few charts, Cherish features a blend of beautiful voices.
The association has a website : ALONG COMES THE ASSOCIATION ; OFFICIAL SITE where you'll learn that they are still performing, hoping to put out a CD, and The Association was included in the Los Angeles Times’ list as one of the best top 50 Los Angeles formed bands. They have a lot of song samples which remind us of so many great songs we loved and love!
The association has a website : ALONG COMES THE ASSOCIATION ; OFFICIAL SITE where you'll learn that they are still performing, hoping to put out a CD, and The Association was included in the Los Angeles Times’ list as one of the best top 50 Los Angeles formed bands. They have a lot of song samples which remind us of so many great songs we loved and love!
Saturday, February 23, 2013
FROM OUR ARCHIVES : (158) THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS : TREMENDOUS HARMONIES
Probably no other duo on earth has ever had the sound of the tremendous harmonies of Bobby Hatfield (who went to that Big Jam session in heaven himself in 2003) and Bill Medley (who is still performing!). Their music was not just harmonious, it was romantic - heartbreaking sometimes.
The Righteous Brothers were not brothers at all, but brother acts and a brotherly unity (even a fraternity unity like Elvis and his entourage and closest friends) were popular then. Phil and Don Everly were the prime example but the Smothers Brothers were also out there honing their country music and comedy. (Some people used to think Buddy Knox and I were brothers when we toured, even though we looked nothing like each other.)
Now, if you'll use the search feature of this Google blog you can see that we've posted on the brothers before in the Phil Spector -Wall of Sound blog. Here is more information on the Brothers... and more music to listen to...
The Righteous Brothers own official web site. RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS OFFICIAL
Christine here... This is one of my very favorite heartbreaker songs of all time. "Just Once In My Life..."Seems to me I've felt this way - more than once!
video replaced February 2013
The Righteous Brothers were not brothers at all, but brother acts and a brotherly unity (even a fraternity unity like Elvis and his entourage and closest friends) were popular then. Phil and Don Everly were the prime example but the Smothers Brothers were also out there honing their country music and comedy. (Some people used to think Buddy Knox and I were brothers when we toured, even though we looked nothing like each other.)
Now, if you'll use the search feature of this Google blog you can see that we've posted on the brothers before in the Phil Spector -Wall of Sound blog. Here is more information on the Brothers... and more music to listen to...
The Righteous Brothers own official web site. RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS OFFICIAL
Christine here... This is one of my very favorite heartbreaker songs of all time. "Just Once In My Life..."Seems to me I've felt this way - more than once!
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Friday, February 15, 2013
"HARMONY" EXPLAINED BY ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANICCA
BRITANICCA HARMONY link
"Harmony, in music, the sound of two or more notes heard simultaneously. In practice, this broad definition can also include some instances of notes sounded one after the other. If the consecutively sounded notes call to mind the notes of a familiar chord (a group of notes sounded together), the ear creates its own simultaneity in the same way that the eye perceives movement in a motion picture. In such cases the ear perceives the harmony that would result if the notes had sounded together. In a narrower sense, harmony refers to the extensively developed system of chords and the ... " (If you subscribe to the encyclopedia there are another 10,000 words or so to define the word!)
We're bringing this up because HARMONY was an important aspect to the music of the early to mid 1960's. Think BACKGROUND SINGERS. Think Everly Brothers, Righteous Brothers, The Beach Boys, The Mamas and the Papas, and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young...
"Harmony, in music, the sound of two or more notes heard simultaneously. In practice, this broad definition can also include some instances of notes sounded one after the other. If the consecutively sounded notes call to mind the notes of a familiar chord (a group of notes sounded together), the ear creates its own simultaneity in the same way that the eye perceives movement in a motion picture. In such cases the ear perceives the harmony that would result if the notes had sounded together. In a narrower sense, harmony refers to the extensively developed system of chords and the ... " (If you subscribe to the encyclopedia there are another 10,000 words or so to define the word!)
We're bringing this up because HARMONY was an important aspect to the music of the early to mid 1960's. Think BACKGROUND SINGERS. Think Everly Brothers, Righteous Brothers, The Beach Boys, The Mamas and the Papas, and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young...
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
(452) THE MAMAS and THE PAPAS ; 1966 WAS THEIR YEAR : HARMONIES THAT STILL CARRY THE AIRWAVES
American's contribution to the global airwaves! The MAMAS AND THE THE PAPAS hit their stride after a trip to the beach where they perfected their wonderful harmonies and figured out how to raise the money for plane tickets back home. Michelle Phillips, who has lately stood for President Barack Obama and the California Dream Act, which would help people attain college educations, tells a story about being down to their last $20 and rolling the dice to win 18 times in a row, winning enough to afford first class tickets.
1966; it seemed that one hit after another was in the air; California Dreamin, Monday Monday, and This Is Dedicated To The One I Love. Cass Elliot's voice, one of the best ever. Singer Songwriter John Phillips and. Dennis Doherty a.k.a Denny, as in trying to get a fish on the line.
ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES : MAMAS AND THE PAPAS link here!
EXCERPT: "What made the Mamas and the Papas stand out was the mix of male (John Phillips, Denny Doherty) and female (Cass Elliot, Michelle Phillips) voices. Combined with sharp songwriting and arrangements from Phillips and musical contributions from some of Los Angeles’ finest session musicians-especially drummer Hal Blaine, bassist Joe Osborne and keyboardist Larry Knechtel-the Mamas and the Papas cut some of the most unforgettable songs of the Sixties. “California Dreamin’,” in particular, endures as an anthem of those heady times."
THIS IS DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE
1966; it seemed that one hit after another was in the air; California Dreamin, Monday Monday, and This Is Dedicated To The One I Love. Cass Elliot's voice, one of the best ever. Singer Songwriter John Phillips and. Dennis Doherty a.k.a Denny, as in trying to get a fish on the line.
ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES : MAMAS AND THE PAPAS link here!
EXCERPT: "What made the Mamas and the Papas stand out was the mix of male (John Phillips, Denny Doherty) and female (Cass Elliot, Michelle Phillips) voices. Combined with sharp songwriting and arrangements from Phillips and musical contributions from some of Los Angeles’ finest session musicians-especially drummer Hal Blaine, bassist Joe Osborne and keyboardist Larry Knechtel-the Mamas and the Papas cut some of the most unforgettable songs of the Sixties. “California Dreamin’,” in particular, endures as an anthem of those heady times."
THIS IS DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE
ELVIS PRESLEY SURPRISE! HE CHECKED OUT A BOOK CALLED COURAGEOUS HEART
He was 13 years old. This is the earlies known library book card - checked out to Elvis Presley. The card made it around on Twitter and showed up on a page belonging to LAPL (Los Angeles Public Library) the other day. Not sure of the original source!
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
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