One Hit Wonders!

[billg]

My band played a charity benefit with these folks in 1970 . . . I think it was their only hitSmith covering "Baby It's You". man, I remember thinking she had to be the hottest chick I'd ever seen. good singer too.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_uGlUxZ ... re=related

[matthoggard]

Yes sir she was a HOTTIE!!!My dad had this album I used to drool over Gayle. Great singer too. Its a shame she didnt get more recognition.Damn man 1970?? I didnt figure you for a day over 30- 5- ish.....

[ernstinen]

May 1, 2009, 10:46am, mojobone wrote:Nope, Blue Cheer was louder than MC5.Yea, that's what I've heard. I was actually looking for a Blue Cheer video when I found that MC5 video.Blue Cheer's "Summertime Blues" is just atrocious compared to the Who's version. Yuk! The loudest band I've ever seen? My first concert I ever saw was Cream when I was in Jr. High. They were LOUD! But I had nothing to compare them to at the time (Yea, I'm old! ).I did road crew for Rush once, and got to watch them from right in front of the stage, and they were pretty loud from about 20 feet away! --- I've never been into real metal, but I'm sure bands like Metallica, Slayer etc. crank it up.If you've never seen a Morbid Angel video, I'll bet they're louder than Blue Cheer. Wow, take about extreme --- death metal at its finest! Ern

[gburgess]

Ern,For some reason I think of this guy when I see that blurred avatar/photo of yours, so I figured why not toss this one on the post. Rocky Burnette - Tired of Toein' the Line - 1980http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPBwbdRuKPcThis one hit wonder got his fame off of a pop song he co-wrote/sang, yet most of his other stuff was Rockabilly based.Rocky took after his dad Johnny Burnette in that both had Top Ten hits. I read that Johnny and his group had a "direct influence upon Elvis Presley, Gene Vincent, Ricky Nelson, The Beatles, The Yardbirds, Aerosmith, Stray Cats, The Cramps..." Not bad.Rocky grew up listening to the group rehearse in his home. I guess you might say Rocky was home schooled. Not a bad way to start your music career.GB

[cameron]

May 1, 2009, 11:20am, matthoggard wrote:Yeah I saw BOC in 85 (i think?) They were really loud. Surprised me.Loudest concert I ever saw was Iron Maiden in 84. My ears rang for 3 days afterward. I worked on the Indy car circuit with Rick Downey, who was the drummer for BOC 1981-85. Nice guy, and he still has his hearing... in fact he hears better than I do.http://www.blueoystercult.com/History/Rick.html

[cameron]

How about Hurricane Smith? Were those weird times or what? I loved the way it was just about "anything goes" back then. Cool sax solo. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJdkCs5RdQgHe worked with George Martin on all the Beatles albums up through Rubber Soul and also produced Pink Floyd's first four albums. He died last year at age 85.

[gburgess]

Quote:I worked on the Indy car circuit with Rick DowneyCurious. What did you do on the Indy car circuit?

[cameron]

I ran an internet service for the race teams, both Champ Car (aka CART) and Indy Car from 2001-2008. BOC's ex-drummer owns a service that operates VIP hospitality transporters that he leases to race teams, so he was often a customer of mine.

[ernstinen]

Alright, here we go: THE most distorted hit EVER by a band!The Sonics did this version of "Have Love, Will Travel." It's been used on T.V. ads over the past few years.The Sonics WANTED it to sound like their live shows in Seattle, with bad, distorted P.A. systems that sounded like this recording.Wow! If your ears can handle it, check this out:Metallica's got nothing on these guys! Ern

[gburgess]

May 2, 2009, 1:31pm, cameron wrote:I ran an internet service for the race teams, both Champ Car (aka CART) and Indy Car from 2001-2008. BOC's ex-drummer owns a service that operates VIP hospitality transporters that he leases to race teams, so he was often a customer of mine.Very cool. I began watching the Indy Cars back during the two years Al Unser Sr. drove the Johnny Lightning Special to two consecutive Indy 500 victories in a row. For a long time Indy cars ruled in the US. Sad things went down due to all the fighting for control. I still love watching the 500 and even qualifying.Thanks for sharing!