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#228
June 18, 2018
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Hour One – RIP DJ Fontana, Rocky Wiseman, Danny Kirwin1. Elvis Presley: (You Aint Nothin But a) Houndog (Jerry Leiber / Mike Stoller) 1956
2. The Ravens: Roberta (Smith / Balinrobbins) 1965 *
3. The Ravens: Young Blood (Unknown) 1965 *
4. Peter Narvaez: Rock n’ Roll Ruby (Johnny Cash) 1984 *
5. The Wonderful Grand Band: The Jig Is Up (Trad) 1978 *
6. Fleetwood Mac: Jigsaw Puzzle Blues (Danny Kirwin) 1968
7. Fleetwood Mac: Something Inside Of Me (Danny Kirwin) 1968
8. Fleetwood Mac: Only You (Danny Kirwin) 1970
9. Fleetwood Mac: Watch Out (Peter A Green) 1971
10. Fleetwood Mac: Coming Your Way (Danny Kirwin) 1969
11. Fleetwood Mac: Tell Me All The Things You Do (Danny Kirwin) 1970
12. Danny Kirwin: Life Machine (Danny Kirwin) 1977
13. Fleetwood Mac: Sunny Side of Heaven (Danny Kirwin) 1972
14. Pat Travers: My Life Is On The Line (Pat Travers) 1981 *
15. R Dean Taylor: At The High School Dance (R Dean Taylor) 1960 *Hour Two – RIP Jon Hiseman and TV Songs
1. Blues Project: Fly Away (Al Kooper) 1966
2. Downchild Blues Band: TV Mama (LW Turner) 1980 *
3. John Prine: Spanish Pipe Dream (John Prine) 1970
4. The CeeDees: Television City (Curtis Driedger) 1980 *
5. John Fogerty: Saw It On TV (J Fogerty) 1985
6. Flying Squad: TV Cowboy (Flying Squad) 1991 *
7. Madrigal: Television Nightmare (D Simpson / R Henderson / J Swainson / P Boynton) 1970 *
8. The Tubes: TV Is King (The Tubes) 1979
9. Colosseum: Tanglewood ’63 (Gibbs) 1971
10. Ry Cooder: Crazy ‘Bout An Automobile (Wm R Emerson) 1980
11. Buck Owens & The Buckaroos: Buckaroo (B Morris) 1965CanCon = 38%
And Now for The Particulars:Hour One
RIP DJ Fontana
Dominic Joseph Fontana (b. Shreveport, Louisiana, March 15, 1931 / d. June 13, 2018, Nashville)
Nicknamed "D.J.," Fontana was employed by the Louisiana Hayride to be an in-house drummer on its Saturday night radio broadcast. Fontana joined a band (originally assembled by Sam Phillips). The band included Scotty Moore (lead guitar), Bill Black (bass), and Elvis Presley (rhythm guitar). They called themselves The Blue Moon Boys. This became the band that would perform and record the vast majority of Presley's hits of the 1950s.
Wayne Fontana (Game of Love with The Mindbenders) took his stage name from D. J. Fontana.
Moore and Fontana also performed together without Presley, including a 2002 recording of "That's All Right (Mama), along with Paul McCartney.1. Elvis Presley: (You Aint Nothin But a) Houndog (Jerry Leiber / Mike Stoller)
Elvis Golden Hits: RCA Victor LPM-1707
Memphis TN
Elvis Presley: guitar, vocal
DJ Fontana: drums
Scotty Moore: lead guitar
Bill Black: bass
The Jordanaires: bg vocals
Produced by Steve Sholes, 1956
Recorded at RCA Studios, NYC, July 2, 1956
Compilation album produced 1958Presley's first recording date at RCA was in NYC on July 2, 1956. When he entered the studio he had no idea that he would record 1 of his biggest hits: Dont Be Cruel. He came ready to do Hound Dog. Apparently, Elvis wasnt fond of the song used to play it at live shows but Steve Sholes decided it should be recorded coz it always brought crowds alive. After 31 takes, they got this one down and the band decided it was time to take a coffee break.
RIP Derrick ‘Rocky’ Wiseman
b. circa 1940 / d. June 8, 2018 St. John’s NL
He was also a radio host at VOBB, Rocky Harbour NL. First came to prominence with one of NL’s original rock bands, The Ravens. Was the original drummer for the Wonderful Grand Band. Backed up Joan Morrisey, Dick Nolan, Ron Hynes; Valdy, Big Mama Thornton, Frank Sinatra JR., and Bo Diddley. Grew up listening to VOUS (US Armed Forces radio station in Newfoundland). That’s where he got influenced to play. Little Richard turned his head. He totally wore out his records. He also loved listening to trad. NL music. Greatly influenced by military marches. Started playing drums around 1961 and joined The Ravens. His philosophy about learning: “You gotta listen (coz) if it doesn’t go in (to your head), it’s not going to come out.”
After a couple of months with The Ravens, he bought his Ludwig drums which he used for the rest of his life. After The Ravens broke up in the mid-60s, did a lot of TV work (because he was in the Union). To do this he had to learn different styles of drumming.
1978 was asked to join the WGB, doing Newfoundland music and pop on CBC-TV. After leaving the WGB got into jazz style with Island Jazz.
2. The Ravens: Roberta (Smith / Balinrobbins)
Rock & Roll Comes To Newfoundland & Labrador CD Compilation
St John's NL
Rocky Wiseman: drums
Bob Rowe: guitar
Rod French: guitar
Don Oakley: lead guitar
Jim Hennessey: Fender Bass (first one in Newfoundland)
Paul Rumsey, vocal
Produced 1965
Recorded at Arc Sound in Toronto
Reproduced by Wayne Sturge - 2007
http://www.nlrocknrollarchive.com/rnrProject/RRHistoryIndex.html3. The Ravens: Young Blood (Leiber / Stoller)
Rock & Roll Comes To Newfoundland & Labrador CD Compilation
St John's NL
Bob Rowe, guitar
Rod French, guitar
Don Oakley, lead guitar
Jim Hennessey, Fender Bass
Rocky Wiseman, drums
Paul Rumsey, vocal
Produced 1965 on Arc Records A-1099
Recorded in Halifax NS
Reproduced by Wayne Sturge – 2007Jim Hennessey ordered his Fender bass guitar from Peet’s Music in Montreal. When Leo Fender heard about this, he wrote Hennessey a letter to go along with the guitar claiming that it was the first one Fender had sold in Newfoundland.
The Ravens didn’t name themselves after a bird. It was the combination of sirnames: Ryan and Evans, who formed the band in 1960. They went down to Toronto to record at Arc Sound and released Young Blood bw Sincerely in 1965 which hit Number One at CJON in Vancouver. But the band had no recording contract with Arc Records and they saw no royalties from their record which sold an estimated 20,000 copies across Canada.
4. Peter Narvaez: Rock n’ Roll Ruby (Johnny Cash) 1984 *
Rock ‘n’ Roll Ruby: Terraplane Records SW 1001
St. John’s NL
Peter Reuben Narvaez: guitars, harmonica, vocal
Rocky Wiseman: drums
Sandy Morris: guitar, slide guitar
Nelson Giles: bass
John Nugent: sax
Creg Clark, Terry Reilly: bg vocals
Produced by Steve Annan, 1984
Recorded by Steve Annan at Echo Recording Studios, St. John’s
Mixed at Reel Time Recorders, Hammond Plains, NS
Mastered by George Graves at The Lacquer Channel, TorontoPeter Reuben Aceves b. Brooklyn NY, March 16, 1942 / d. Nov 11, 2011, St. John’s NL
First came up to St. John’s to work at Memorial University’s department of folklore in 1974. He immediately befriended Ron Hynes who was playing one of Narvaez’s songs at a local pub, not knowing that Peter was in the house. His first band, in New York, was Pete and Jimmy with the Rhyrhm Knights. DJ Alan Freed was championing rock ‘no’ roll on WINS Radio in NYC, and he produced the band’s sole ’45, So Wild (Castle Records, 1959).
Narvaez started a jug band. Having earned a history degree from Drew University in New Jersey in 1963, he then went to the folklore department at Indiana State University in Bloomington and earned his MA (1967). One of his fellow students was Neil Rosenberg who would later move to St. John’s to work at Memorial University’s department of folklore.
In 1975, Narvaez gave a young musician named Kelly Russell a tape of Newfoundland fiddler Rufus Guinchard. Russell was with a then-fledgling Figgy Duff, and a folk music revival in that province then followed. (Narvaez played harmonica on the first Wonderful Grand Band album.)
5. The Wonderful Grand Band: The Jig Is Up (Trad)
The Wonderful Grand Band Quay CS 014
Saint John's NL
Ron Hynes, guitar, mando, banjo
Kelly Russell, guitars
Bryan Hennessey, bass
Bawnie Oulton, vocal
Glenn Simmons, guitars
Rocky Wiseman, drums
Produced by The Wonderful Grand Band - 1978
Engineered by Neil Bishop and Claude Caines at Clode Sound, StephenvilleRIP Danny Kirwin
Daniel David Kirwan (b. Brixton UK, 13 May 1950 / d. 8 June 2018, London)
Only 17 when he came to the attention of Fleetwood Mac, while he was playing in London with his first band Boilerhouse. He persuaded Mac's producer, Mike Vernon, to go and watch them rehearse. Vernon, impressed with Danny’s playing, got them to open for Mac and that’s when Peter Green came up with the idea of getting Kirwin into the band.
After two years, Green quit the band in 1970, foisting the songwriting and lead vocals onto Kirwin and Jeremy Spencer. Spencer couldn’t handle it and quit, mid-tour in the US. Kirwin appeared on three studio albums without Green before being fired by the band for drunken behaviour.
6. Fleetwood Mac: Jigsaw Puzzle Blues (Danny Kirwin)
45 single: Blue Horizon Records 57-3145
London UK
Peter Green - guitar
Danny Kirwan - guitar
Jeremy Spencer - piano
Mick Fleetwood - drums
John McVie - bass
Produced by Mike Vernon 1968
Recorded at Decca Studios, London7. Fleetwood Mac: Something Inside of Me (Danny Kirwan)
English Rose: Epic Records - BN 26446
London UK
Peter Green - guitar
Danny Kirwan - guitar
Jeremy Spencer - piano
Mick Fleetwood - drums
John McVie - bass
Produced by Mike Vernon – 1968
Recorded at Decca Studios, London8. Fleetwood Mac: Only You (Danny Kirwin)
Live In Boston: Shanghai Records
London UK
Danny Kirwin: guitar, vocal
Peter Green: guitar
Mick Fleetwood: drums
John McVie: bass
Jeremy Spencer: guitar
Produced by Fleetwood Mac, 1985
Recorded live at The Boston Tea Party, 1970
Original mixes by Vic Maile, Andy Rose & Nick Reynolds9. Fleetwood Mac: Watch Out (Peter A Green)
Fleetwood Mac in Chicago: Blue Horizon - 9 45238-2
London, UK
Peter Green - guitar, vocal
John McVie - bass
Mich Fleetwood - drums
Danny Kirwan guitar
Produced by Mike Vernon & Marshall Chess - 1969
Recorded at Chess Studios, Chicago IL
Released 197110. Fleetwood Mac: Coming Your Way (Danny Kirwin)
Then Play On: Reprise - RS 6368
London UK
Peter Green: guitar
Danny Kirwan: guitar, vocal
Mick Fleetwood: drums
John McVie: bass
Christine Perfect: keys
Produced by Fleetwood Mac 1969
Dinky Dawson – sound consultant
Recorded by Martin Birch 19 September 1969, CBS Studios, London and De Lane Lea Studios, LondonKiln House began a brand new direction for Fleetwood Mac. Without Peter Green they began, they deviated away from the blues. Kirwin started writing rock songs with a good flavour of pop, something that would eventually transform them into the Mac that most people know, around 1975. Kiln House was also the last album to feature Jeremy Spencer. Christine Perfect McVie was, by now, a full fledged member of the band with Bob Welch on the guitar.
11. Fleetwood Mac: Tell Me All The Things You Do (Danny Kirwin)
Kiln House: Reprise Records RS 6408
London UK
Danny Kirwin: guitar, vocal
Jeremy Spencer: guitar, piano, vocal
Mick Fleetwood: drums
John McVie: bass
Produced by Fleetwood Mac, 1970
Recorded by Martin Birch at De Lane Lea Studios, London12. Danny Kirwin: Life Machine (Danny Kirwin)
Midnight In San Juan: DJM Records 9238-9
London UK
Danny Kirwin: guitar, vocal
Steve Emery: bass
Jeff Rich: drums
John Cook: keys
Produced by Clifford Davis, 1976
Recorded by Louie Austin and Simon Davis13. Fleetwood Mac: Sunny Side of Heaven (Danny Kirwin)
Bare Trees: Reprise Records MS 2080
London UK
Danny Kirwan: guitar, vocals
Bob Welch: guitar, vocals
Christine McVie: keyboards, vocals
John McVie: bass guitar
Mick Fleetwood: drums, percussion
Produced by Fleetwood Mac, 197214. Pat Travers: My Life Is On The Line (Pat Travers)
Radio Active: Polydor PD-1-6313
Toronto ON
Pat Travers: guitar, keys
Mars Cowling: bass
Sandy Gennaro: drums
Michael Schrieve: percussion
Pat Thrall: guitar
Tommy Aldridge: drums
Produced by Dennis MacKay & Pat Travers 1981
Recorded by Andy deGanahl at Bee Jay Recording Studio, Orlando FLPatrick Henry "Pat" Travers (born April 12, 1954)
Another one of Ronnie Hawkins great musical discoveries
Released 35 albums since 197615. R Dean Taylor Combo: At The High School Dance (R D Taylor)
45 single bw How Wrong Can You Be: Amy-Mala Records AM-1
Toronto ON
R Dean Taylor: keys, vocals
Others unlisted
Produced, 1960
Recorded at Audio-Masters StudioRichard Dean Taylor b. Toronto, 11 May 1939
After trying to start a career in Toronto, he moved to Detroit in the mid-60s and was signed as a songwriter and recording artist for the Motown subsidiary V.I.P. label. His songs were covered by everyone from Marvyn Gaye to The Supremes, The Four Tops, Neil Young & The Mynabirds, Bloodstone, Rick Danko, The Fall, Jackie DeShannon, Golden Earing and Gladys Knight.
His most successful 45 was the melodramatic Indiana Wants Me, which was spiced with various effects, and climbed to No. 5 in the U.S.
Hour Two
1. Blues Project: Fly Away (Al Kooper)
Projections: Verve Folkwaves FT 3008 mono
New York City
Danny Kalb - guitar, vocals
Al Kooper - keyboards, vocals
Steve Katz - guitar, harmonica, vocals
Andy Kulberg - bass, flute
Roy Blumenfeld - drums
Produced by Tom Wilson with Jerry Schoenbaum - 1966
Recorded by Val Valentin engineerThe band was started by Danny Kalb. Initially active between 1965-67
Included Steve Katz of the Even Dozen Jug Band. Session man Al Kooper (born Alan Peter Kuperschmidt; February 5, 1944) joined the band before forming the original line-up of Blood, Sweat and Tears.2. Downchild Blues Band: TV Mama (LW Turner)
Road Fever: Attic Records LAT 1099
Toronto ON
Don Walsh: guitar, harmonica, slide guitar
Jane Vasey: piano, vocals
Tony Flaim: lead vocals
Gary Kendall: bass, vocals
Bob Heslin: trumpet
Larry Bodner: sax
Richard Howse: sax
Produced by Bill Bryans 1980
Recorded by Dan Lanois at Grant Avenue Studio, Hamilton ON
Mastered by George Graves at The Lacquer Channel, Toronto3. John Prine: Spanish Pipe Dream (John Prine)
John Prine: Atlantic Records SD 8296
Maywood, Illinois
John Prine: guitar, vocals
Reggie Young: lead guitar
Leo LeBlanc: pedal steel
John Christopher: guitar
Bobby Emmons: organ
Bobby Wood, piano
Mike Leach: bass
Gene Chrisman: drums
Bishop Heywood: percussion
Steve Goodman: guitar, harmony vocals
Dave Prine: fiddle
Neil Rosengarden: bass
Produced by Arif Mardin 1971
Recorded by Dale Smith at American Recordion Studios, Memphis4. The CeeDees: Television City (Curtis Driedger)
Hit The Ditch…: Carrot Records CD-1-1980
Peterborough ON
Curtis Driedger: guitar, keys, mandolin, violin, vocals
Ed Dick: bass, 5 string banjo
Nick Kent: drums
Susan Newman: keys, percussion, bg vocal
Rob Fortin: guitar, vocals
Produced by The Ceedees, 1980
Recorded by Glen Johansen at Integrated Sound Studios, Agincourt ON5. John Fogerty: Saw It On TV (J Fogerty)
Centerfield: Warner Brothers 92-52031
Berkeley CA
John Fogerty: all instruments, vocals
Produced by John Fogerty 1985
Recorded by Jeffrey Norman & Mark Slagle at The Plant Studios, Sausalito CA
Mastered by Bobby Hata at K-Disc Mastering, HollywoodJohn Cameron Fogerty (born May 28, 1945)
This album, Fogertys 3rd solo effort, went double platinum first album in 9 yrs.
Started off in the late 1950s as Tommy Fogerty and the Blue Velvets which eventually became CCR by 1967 after he served 2 yrs military service.6. Flying Squad: TV Cowboy (Flying Squad) 1991 *
Bulldog Records: BD 2A
London ON
Atomic Larry Brandt - lead and rhythm guitars
Hari-kari Kerry Piper - lead and backing vocals
Dan Roberts - bass
Richard Demmery - keyboards, backgroung guitar, vocals
Wayne Fisher - drums and percussion
Produced by Richard Demmery and Paul Venesoen 1991
Recorded at Studio 107, London, Ont.7. Madrigal: Television Nightmare (D Simpson / R Henderson / J Swainson / P Boynton)
Sunshine and Baked Beans: Tuesday Records GHL 1002
North York, Ontario
John Swainson (guitar, bass, vocals)
Rick Henderson (guitar, vocals)
Peter Boynton (piano, organ, bass, keys, vocals)
Don Simpson (drums, vocals)
Produced by Greg Hambleton 19708. The Tubes: TV Is King (The Tubes)
Remote Control: A&M Records SP 4751
San Francisco CA
Fee Waybill - vocals
Bill Spooner - guitar, vocals
Michael Cotten - synthesizer
Mingo Lewis - percussion
Prairie Prince - drums
Roger Steen - guitar, vocals
Re Styles - vocals
Vince Welnick - keyboards
Rick Anderson - bass
Produced by Todd Rundgren, 1979
Recorded by Todd Rundgren at Music Annex Studios, Menlo Park, CaliforniaRIP Jon Hiseman
Philip John "Jon" Hiseman (b. London UK, 21 June 1944 / 12 June 2018 Sutton UK)
In 1966, he replaced Ginger Baker in the Graham Bond Organisation and also played for a brief spell with Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames. In 1968 he joined John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers playing on the iconic album Bare Wires album. In April 1968 he left to form what has been described as the "seminal" jazz rock/progressive rock band, Colosseum with fellow Bluesbreaker Dick Heckstall-Smith.
In May 2018, Hiseman's family reported that he was struggling with a brain tumor. He died at age 73 on 12 June 2018 in Sutton, England. He was 9 days short of his 74th birthday. He put out his last recording, Heroes, in 2018.
9. Colosseum: Tanglewood ’63 (Gibbs)
Colosseum Live: Warner Brothers Records 1942
London UK
Jon Hiseman: drums
Dick Heckstall-Smith: saxes
Dave Greenslade: keys, vibes
Dave Clempson: guitar, lead vocal
Mark Clarke: bass
Produced by John Hiseman and Colosseum, 1971
Recorded at Manchester University and Big Apple, Brighton, March 1971
Mixed by Pewter Callen at Lansdown Studios10. Ry Cooder: Crazy ‘Bout An Automobile (Wm R Emerson) 1980
Borderline: Warner Bros - XBS 3489
Los Angeles CA
Ry Cooder: lead guitar, vocals
Jim Keltner, drums
George Pierre, percussion
Tim Drummond, bass
Reggie McBride, bass
William D Smith, piano, organ
John Hiatt, guitar
Jesse Harms, synth
Bobby King, vox
Willie Green Jr., vox
Produced by Ry Cooder - 1980
Recorded by Lee Herschberg at Warner Bros Recording Studio, Burbank
Mastered by Bobby Hata11. Buck Owens & The Buckaroos: Buckaroo (B Morris)
20 Greatest Hits: TeeVee Records TA-8068
Sherman, TX
Buck Owens: guitar
Don Rich: guitar, fiddle
Tom Brumley: steel
Willie Cantu: drums
Merle Haggard: bass
Originally Produced by Ken Nelson, 1965
Compilation Produced, 1977Alvis Edgar "Buck" Owens Jr. (August 12, 1929 – March 25, 2006)
"Buckaroo" was also performed live by The Byrds, and a version can be heard on their album Live at the Fillmore - February 1969.
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