Just got blown away by a PBS special. Once in a blue moon something
like this sneaks up on you and grabs you by the soul.
It is available on DVD... and I must get me a copy... just awesome..
The backing band was the TCB Band, which accompanied Elvis Presley
from 1969 until his death in 1977: Glen D. Hardin on piano; James
Burton on lead guitar; Jerry Scheff on bass; and Ronnie Tutt on drums.
Male background vocalists, with some also joining in on guitar, were:
Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Jackson Browne, J.D.
Souther, Steven Soles. Singing the female background vocals were k.d.
lang, Jennifer Warnes, and Bonnie Raitt.
Recorded just a year before we lost that Travelling Wilbury.....
"Robatoy" wrote
> Just got blown away by a PBS special. Once in a blue moon something
> like this sneaks up on you and grabs you by the soul.
>
> It is available on DVD... and I must get me a copy... just awesome..
>
> The backing band was the TCB Band, which accompanied Elvis Presley
> from 1969 until his death in 1977: Glen D. Hardin on piano; James
> Burton on lead guitar; Jerry Scheff on bass; and Ronnie Tutt on drums.
> Male background vocalists, with some also joining in on guitar, were:
> Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Jackson Browne, J.D.
> Souther, Steven Soles. Singing the female background vocals were k.d.
> lang, Jennifer Warnes, and Bonnie Raitt.
>
> Recorded just a year before we lost that Travelling Wilbury.....
Yes, that has been around for awhile in the civilized states. I am not
surprised that our neighbors in the frozen north have not heard about it
before now. ;)
Most of that concert is available, as single songs, on youtube. Just in
case you need a RO fix.
It is one of my favorite music videos as well. Roy Orbinson definitely was
an original. Not only in terms of the songs he wrote, but that unreal four
octave range that he had.
That concert was an event that Roy Orbinson payed for himself. That is one
reason why it is so good. He made a bunch of calls. And the artists
responded. Many of them gushed about the experience for years after. Can
you imagine getting such a call and turning him down? I think not.
"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Just got blown away by a PBS special. Once in a blue moon something
> like this sneaks up on you and grabs you by the soul.
>
> It is available on DVD... and I must get me a copy... just awesome..
>
Amazon.com has a boatload of copies on DVD and Blu-ray
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Ddvd&field-keywords=roy+orbison
B.
On Dec 14, 12:21=A0am, "Lee Michaels"
<leemichaels*[email protected]> wrote:
> "Robatoy" =A0wrote
>
> > Just got blown away by a PBS special. Once in a blue moon something
> > like this sneaks up on you and grabs you by the soul.
>
> > It is available on DVD... and I must get me a copy... just awesome..
>
> > The backing band was the TCB Band, which accompanied Elvis Presley
> > from 1969 until his death in 1977: Glen D. Hardin on piano; James
> > Burton on lead guitar; Jerry Scheff on bass; and Ronnie Tutt on drums.
> > Male background vocalists, with some also joining in on guitar, were:
> > Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Jackson Browne, J.D.
> > Souther, Steven Soles. Singing the female background vocals were k.d.
> > lang, Jennifer Warnes, and Bonnie Raitt.
>
> > Recorded just a year before we lost that Travelling Wilbury.....
>
> Yes, that has been around for awhile in the civilized states. =A0I am not
> surprised that our neighbors in the frozen north have not heard about it
> before now. =A0;)
First of all.. it's neighboUrs..and second.. it was 'I' who hadn't
seen it before. I'm sure that it's been around. Detroit 56 PBS was
getting a faithful payment from my dad for decades.
I just don't watch a lot of TV.
But shhhhheeeeeeit.. k.d. was not a bad looking chick before she
went..ermm..well..bull-dyke.
Funny how a simple viewing of a show like this has me digging through
my CD's looking for the likes of Jennifer Warnes' Famous Blue
Raincoat, one of my all-time favourite records.
And Bonnie..ahh Bonnie...who doesn't love Bonnie Raitt?
James Burton doing his Dick Dale thing was kinda cool too...
Lots of 'normal' sounding gittars with just a touch of
reverb...nice...fresh.
>
> Most of that concert is available, as single songs, on youtube. =A0Just i=
n
> case you need a RO fix.
>
> It is one of my favorite music videos as well. =A0Roy Orbinson definitely=
was
> an original. Not only in terms of the songs he wrote, but that unreal fou=
r
> octave range that he had.
>
> That concert was an event that Roy Orbinson payed for himself. That is on=
e
> reason why it is so good. He made a bunch of calls. =A0And the artists
> responded. Many of them gushed about the experience for years after. =A0C=
an
> you imagine getting such a call and turning him down? =A0I think not.
On Dec 13, 10:42=A0pm, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
> Just got blown away by a PBS special. Once in a blue moon something
> like this sneaks up on you and grabs you by the soul.
>
> It is available on DVD... and I must get me a copy... just awesome..
>
> The backing band was the TCB Band, which accompanied Elvis Presley
> from 1969 until his death in 1977: Glen D. Hardin on piano; James
> Burton on lead guitar; Jerry Scheff on bass; and Ronnie Tutt on drums.
> Male background vocalists, with some also joining in on guitar, were:
> Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Jackson Browne, J.D.
> Souther, Steven Soles. Singing the female background vocals were k.d.
> lang, Jennifer Warnes, and Bonnie Raitt.
>
> Recorded just a year before we lost that Travelling Wilbury.....
Roy is one of my favorites. One of my sisters met him when she went
home with her college room mate. The room mate was a relative of Roy
and they were invited to Roy's place for a potluck dinner. My sister
didn't know who Roy Orbison was. A few months later she was over at my
house and going through my record collection when she saw a picture of
Roy on an album cover. When I told her he was a famous singer and in
my opinion one of the greatest ever her only comment was "He seemed
sorta weird to me."
Dennis
"Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> the old "Rockefellers" in Houston, and, on two occasions when Bonnie's
road
> band was in town and playing there, she would walk across the street _on
ALL
> her breaks_ to jam with us!
Sounds like a pro hockey player getting into a game of shinny. They're there
just for the fun of it and no pressure to perform.
"Upscale" wrote
>
> "Swingman" wrote in message
>> the old "Rockefellers" in Houston, and, on two occasions when Bonnie's
>> road band was in town and playing there, she would walk across the street
>> _on
>> ALL her breaks_ to jam with us!
>
> Sounds like a pro hockey player getting into a game of shinny. They're
> there
> just for the fun of it and no pressure to perform.
Blues musician's, in particular, are like that ... you live from magic
moment to magic moment, just waiting to be elevated by that next "magic
moment", no matter how long it takes for it to come around.
You would think that a genre that relies upon the same I - IV - V chord
progression for 98% of its structure would not have that effect, but, once
experienced/elevated to that special place, you never stop waiting, hoping,
for the next time ...
And Bonnie Raitt _is_ a blues musician in the finest sense!
Incidentally, my dear SWMBO, ( http://www.dnira.com/NLowe.htm - not her
website, she refuses to partake of the web, but one put up by a fan), is one
of the few females that has ever opened for Bonnie Raitt in this area, so
the appreciation is deeper than just "jamming".
:)
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KarlC@ (the obvious)
"Robatoy" wrote
> And Bonnie..ahh Bonnie...who doesn't love Bonnie Raitt?
And a very down to earth gal ... I subbed on bass a number of times for a
band that had a regular gig at a club across directly across the street from
the old "Rockefellers" in Houston, and, on two occasions when Bonnie's road
band was in town and playing there, she would walk across the street _on ALL
her breaks_ to jam with us!
This was just after "Nick of Time" came out ... what memories, and what a
hoot! :)
Hard to believe that was almost 20 years ago!
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KarlC@ (the obvious)
"Buddy Matlosz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Just got blown away by a PBS special. Once in a blue moon something
>> like this sneaks up on you and grabs you by the soul.
>>
>> It is available on DVD... and I must get me a copy... just awesome..
>>
>
> Amazon.com has a boatload of copies on DVD and Blu-ray
>
> http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Ddvd&field-keywords=roy+orbison
>
> B.
>
Great show. I dvr-ed it. Music just isn't what it used to be. Roy among
others just died too young.
On Dec 14, 12:28=A0pm, "Upscale" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > the old "Rockefellers" in Houston, and, on two occasions when Bonnie's
> road
> > band was in town and playing there, she would walk across the street _o=
n
> ALL
> > her breaks_ to jam with us!
>
> Sounds like a pro hockey player getting into a game of shinny. They're th=
ere
> just for the fun of it and no pressure to perform.
Friends of mine were playing at The BlueNote (early 1980's) in Toronto
when Stevie Wonder was guided behind the keyboard and proceeded to
blow the place away. Fortunately for Stevie (and all of us there), the
boys in the band were up to the job. George Oliver and his guys and
the Tower Of Power horn section...and some guy from B,S&T. <G>
Stevie had just finished up a concert a the CNE and decided to have
some fun.
(I won't mention that the bar bill was $1400.00) Syd, the owner, gave
us time to pay.<G>
Good times, good times.
Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
> Just got blown away by a PBS special. Once in a blue moon something
> Souther, Steven Soles. Singing the female background vocals were k.d.
> lang, Jennifer Warnes, and Bonnie Raitt.
I caught about 5 minutes of this on my local PBS station, and I
*thought* I saw Bonnie Raitt singing backup. Didn't have time
to keep watching. Anyway, I just did a quick search and Amazon
has it on DVD and Blu Ray.
http://www.amazon.com/Roy-Orbison-Black-White-Night/dp/B0006QAIFA/ref=pd_cp_d_1?pf_rd_p=413864101&pf_rd_s=center-41&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B001FB0W8S&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=050GD893SSJYD0MMWMN5
Bill Ranck
Blacksburg, Va.
"Robatoy" wrote:
> Just got blown away by a PBS special. Once in a blue moon something
> like this sneaks up on you and grabs you by the soul.
>
> It is available on DVD... and I must get me a copy... just awesome..
>
> The backing band was the TCB Band, which accompanied Elvis Presley
> from 1969 until his death in 1977: Glen D. Hardin on piano; James
> Burton on lead guitar; Jerry Scheff on bass; and Ronnie Tutt on
> drums.
> Male background vocalists, with some also joining in on guitar,
> were:
> Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Jackson Browne, J.D.
> Souther, Steven Soles. Singing the female background vocals were
> k.d.
> lang, Jennifer Warnes, and Bonnie Raitt.
>
> Recorded just a year before we lost that Travelling Wilbury.....
SFWIW, that program runs a lot on a PBS station when the station is in
begging mode.
Around here, that is at least twice a year.
Still a great session.
Lew