And The Stiffs Just Keep On Comin'

[Silkie]

Midnight At The Oasis was not actually a stiff; however, Maria Muldaur did cover an old Swallows tune, "It Ain't The Meat, It's the Motion".

Mama Cass had a good one too; "Make Your Own Kind Of Music", which has not been played in a very long time.

"Let Your Love Go" was a Bread rocker that seems to qualify as well.

 

[JustPastBuffalo]

"Let Your Love Go" was a Bread rocker that seems to qualify as well.

Bread! Good studio group with internal problems that lead to the demise of the band. Even stiffer than "Let Your Love Go" was another song that rocks, "Mother Freedom." This song sounds like it could just as well have been done by The Guess Who or BTO. It almost has a "Let It Ride" feel to it, especially the intro.

 

[Silkie]

"Let Your Love Go" was a Bread rocker that seems to qualify as well.

Bread! Good studio group with internal problems that lead to the demise of the band. Even stiffer than "Let Your Love Go" was another song that rocks, "Mother Freedom." This song sounds like it could just as well have been done by The Guess Who or BTO. It almost has a "Let It Ride" feel to it, especially the intro.

It is almost difficult to imagine Bread rocking out. "Let It Ride" seems to have a more subdued intro, although it does rock. I like it. Thank you. The rhythm reminds me more of "Run Run Run", by Jo Jo Gunne. http://www.last.fm/music/Jo+Jo+Gunne/_/Run+Run+Run

 

[Desert Pete]

"Mother Freedom" was actually a hit in Rochester. Summer '71.

 

[heydaybegone]

"Mother Freedom" was actually a hit in Rochester. Summer '71.

Yes it was. (Fiesty yeast in that Bread!)

 

[qman]

Mother Freedom was actually the first Bread tune I had heard. Imagine my disappointment to discover they were actually a soft rock group as I hated soft rock at the time.

 

[Debaser]

Speaking of Blood, Sweat and Tears (a few posts back), how about some pre and post David Clayton Thomas stiffs like "I Can't Quit Her" with Al Kooper or "Snow Queen" which KB played after DCT left the band.

 

[JustPastBuffalo]

Speaking of Blood, Sweat and Tears (a few posts back), how about some pre and post David Clayton Thomas stiffs like "I Can't Quit Her" with Al Kooper or "Snow Queen" which KB played after DCT left the band.

I Can't Quit Her... what an absolutely great song, DB! From the Super Sessions?

"Let Your Love Go" was a Bread rocker that seems to qualify as well.

Bread! Good studio group with internal problems that lead to the demise of the band. Even stiffer than "Let Your Love Go" was another song that rocks, "Mother Freedom." This song sounds like it could just as well have been done by The Guess Who or BTO. It almost has a "Let It Ride" feel to it, especially the intro.

It is almost difficult to imagine Bread rocking out. "Let It Ride" seems to have a more subdued intro, although it does rock. I like it. Thank you. The rhythm reminds me more of "Run Run Run", by Jo Jo Gunne. http://www.last.fm/music/Jo+Jo+Gunne/_/Run+Run+Run

"Man, that's a lotta Bread!" (one of my favorite drop-ins) Good inside skinny on Bread here. Very talented musicians... you'd almost expect them to show up at Artpark or on the summer circuit, kind of like America. Mother Freedom also was a mid chart hit on KB (Another KB-Klassic) that perhaps Berns-with- an-e can talk about.

Just a thought, doing a morning show on a male-oriented FM that also streamed Internet audio... would that be called "The Morning Stream"... always steady and strong? (Gray Fidelipac, "Rimshot, :01")

I'll now back away from the board slowly, leaving you with "Let Your Yeah Be Yeah" by Brownsville Station on Big Tree Records, cassette and 8 Track tape, available at all cavages and Record Theatre stores.

 

[Silkie]

Speaking of Blood, Sweat and Tears (a few posts back), how about some pre and post David Clayton Thomas stiffs like "I Can't Quit Her" with Al Kooper or "Snow Queen" which KB played after DCT left the band.

I Can't Quit Her... what an absolutely great song, DB! From the Super Sessions?

"Let Your Love Go" was a Bread rocker that seems to qualify as well.

Bread! Good studio group with internal problems that lead to the demise of the band. Even stiffer than "Let Your Love Go" was another song that rocks, "Mother Freedom." This song sounds like it could just as well have been done by The Guess Who or BTO. It almost has a "Let It Ride" feel to it, especially the intro.

It is almost difficult to imagine Bread rocking out. "Let It Ride" seems to have a more subdued intro, although it does rock. I like it. Thank you. The rhythm reminds me more of "Run Run Run", by Jo Jo Gunne. http://www.last.fm/music/Jo+Jo+Gunne/_/Run+Run+Run

"Man, that's a lotta Bread!" (one of my favorite drop-ins) Good inside skinny on Bread here. Very talented musicians... you'd almost expect them to show up at Artpark or on the summer circuit, kind of like America. Mother Freedom also was a mid chart hit on KB (Another KB-Klassic) that perhaps Berns-with- an-e can talk about.

Just a thought, doing a morning show on a male-oriented FM that also streamed Internet audio... would that be called "The Morning Stream"... always steady and strong? (Gray Fidelipac, "Rimshot, :01")

I'll now back away from the board slowly, leaving you with "Let Your Yeah Be Yeah" by Brownsville Station on Big Tree Records, cassette and 8 Track tape, available at all cavages and Record Theatre stores

Or to be really prudish about it, "Let Your Yes Be Yes" (very neat accoustic)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7NlyzpGcnQ

 

[alw]

Speaking of Blood, Sweat and Tears (a few posts back), how about some pre and post David Clayton Thomas stiffs like "I Can't Quit Her" with Al Kooper or "Snow Queen" which KB played after DCT left the band.

I Can't Quit Her... what an absolutely great song, DB! From the Super Sessions?

"Let Your Love Go" was a Bread rocker that seems to qualify as well.

Bread! Good studio group with internal problems that lead to the demise of the band. Even stiffer than "Let Your Love Go" was another song that rocks, "Mother Freedom." This song sounds like it could just as well have been done by The Guess Who or BTO. It almost has a "Let It Ride" feel to it, especially the intro.

It is almost difficult to imagine Bread rocking out. "Let It Ride" seems to have a more subdued intro, although it does rock. I like it. Thank you. The rhythm reminds me more of "Run Run Run", by Jo Jo Gunne. http://www.last.fm/music/Jo+Jo+Gunne/_/Run+Run+Run

"Man, that's a lotta Bread!" (one of my favorite drop-ins) Good inside skinny on Bread here. Very talented musicians... you'd almost expect them to show up at Artpark or on the summer circuit, kind of like America. Mother Freedom also was a mid chart hit on KB (Another KB-Klassic) that perhaps Berns-with- an-e can talk about.

Just a thought, doing a morning show on a male-oriented FM that also streamed Internet audio... would that be called "The Morning Stream"... always steady and strong? (Gray Fidelipac, "Rimshot, :01")

I'll now back away from the board slowly, leaving you with "Let Your Yeah Be Yeah" by Brownsville Station on Big Tree Records, cassette and 8 Track tape, available at all cavages and Record Theatre stores.

Hey Pastrick.......i thought you had a garage to clean!

 

[Savage]

"Let's reach back! WAY back! Back to the back of the rack for another one-hit wonder from the rusty, dusty musty files....droppin' that diamond needle into GOLDEN GROOOOVES for...."

(Tympani)

"1900 Yesterday." Liz Damon's Orient Express (1970ish.)

 

[Silkie]

Speaking of Blood, Sweat and Tears (a few posts back), how about some pre and post David Clayton Thomas stiffs like "I Can't Quit Her" with Al Kooper or "Snow Queen" which KB played after DCT left the band.

I Can't Quit Her... what an absolutely great song, DB! From the Super Sessions?

"Let Your Love Go" was a Bread rocker that seems to qualify as well.

Bread! Good studio group with internal problems that lead to the demise of the band. Even stiffer than "Let Your Love Go" was another song that rocks, "Mother Freedom." This song sounds like it could just as well have been done by The Guess Who or BTO. It almost has a "Let It Ride" feel to it, especially the intro.

It is almost difficult to imagine Bread rocking out. "Let It Ride" seems to have a more subdued intro, although it does rock. I like it. Thank you. The rhythm reminds me more of "Run Run Run", by Jo Jo Gunne. http://www.last.fm/music/Jo+Jo+Gunne/_/Run+Run+Run

"Man, that's a lotta Bread!" (one of my favorite drop-ins) Good inside skinny on Bread here. Very talented musicians... you'd almost expect them to show up at Artpark or on the summer circuit, kind of like America. Mother Freedom also was a mid chart hit on KB (Another KB-Klassic) that perhaps Berns-with- an-e can talk about.

Just a thought, doing a morning show on a male-oriented FM that also streamed Internet audio... would that be called "The Morning Stream"... always steady and strong? (Gray Fidelipac, "Rimshot, :01")

I'll now back away from the board slowly, leaving you with "Let Your Yeah Be Yeah" by Brownsville Station on Big Tree Records, cassette and 8 Track tape, available at all cavages and Record Theatre stores.

Hey Pastrick.......i thought you had a garage to clean!

The garage bands - also great ones. Do you have any music to contribute to our thread, or are you the monitor?

 

[Silkie]

But moving on, and back to the stiffs, I commend for your enjoyment a most excellent rendition of "Sealed With A Kiss".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDhvJTkHr20&feature=related

 

[Play Freebird]

Most correct about FM99 being the home of the stiffs in the mid 70's. I'll name a few. "Pour Me A Little More Wine" by Wayne Newton (1974), "Save Our Ship" by Blood Sweat & Tears (1973), "Ships In The Night" by Vicki Lawrence (1974), "I'm A Train" by Albert Hammond (1974), Walkin' In The Georgia Rain" by Climax (1973), ....

It was MICK St. John, by the way.

I do remember most of those. Let me also add "All Kinds of People" by Burt Bacharach (1971), which I've never heard played anywhere else. WHFM was also big on "D.O.A." by Bloodrock.

Anyone know what happened to Mick St. John?

As I mentioned in my previous post, some radio geek buddies and I had the chance to discuss WHFM's old format with him after he moved to WROC in 1975. This was part of a radio station bike tour I arranged during summer vacation, when normal teenagers were all on the beach or at camp.

I was in high school but wasn't yet a car owner, so we rode our bicycles out Routes 370 and 104 all the way from the Syracuse area for the sole purpose of visiting Rochester radio stations. I recall the first place we stopped was WAXC to meet Larry White, then we went over to Midtown. WVOR (which was on the 3rd floor in those days) was very hospitable and WBFB let us take a quick look, but BBF turned us away. We did get in to the old WHAM/WHFM studios on East Avenue, talked with Al Peterson and took a few pictures of the air studio (wish I still had them) and also visited WDKX (in their original building) before heading over to WCMF and WROC.

Mick recommended a visit to WSAY on French Road, so we went over there after a ride up Pinnacle Hill to inspect the WPXY automation system, which had recently been moved from Humboldt St. to the transmitter site. (Reportedly, Schulke thought the elimination of the STL would improve audio quality, but the high RF environment on the hill introduced new problems, such as TV sync buzz getting into the tape preamps.)

We also stopped at high school stations WRHR and WGMC, but I don't recall visiting WIRQ.

At least we got a lot of exercise from the 150 mile ride, not to mention the tour of WSAY made it well worth the effort.

 

[Desert Pete]

1900 Yesterday. Thanks Savage.

"Like smoke from a cigarette, dreams that you soon forget, and night has no day - and it's 1900 yesterday"

One of the best songs ever, by Liz Damon's Orient Express. Early '71. Not a stiff at all. It too was a hit in Rochester, and it was pretty big in ... for some reason ... Texas. Someone posted it on You Tube. A crystal clear stereo version with a bunch of stills.

Q ... since you're no doubt reading this, go get it. Have Maggie play it without prior talk-up. I guarentee at least two inquiries about it. Run it by your PD first, of course.

 

[biggguy]

Also, Mr. Begone- I gather by your reference to my comment about wanting to board the "party train" that Adrienne Edwards was on as my being an "ill puppy"...would I be correct to assume that if you wanted to have dinner with her, you'd open a can of dog food and call her? Doesn't matter though. That's why they call radio "theatre of the mind".

Your assumptions are incorrect. I was mearly suggesting that amoungst the crowd, it is known that "perception is reality". You felt a need to express it. (fine, I guess). I didn't say either way what kind of food you should bring to dinner, IIHO, you probably should have had the background before sounding, um, rude.
Dats all.

First off, a public apology to both Ms. Edwards (wherever she may be) and the group in general about my disparaging comment. Obviously, I took the "ill puppy" the wrong way. Whatever she may have looked like, it never really mattered- although, if my perceptions and assumptions gathered by "ill puppy"were incorrect, so much the better, and thank you for setting me straight. I was never much for female jocks, but, for some reason I really enjoyed her immensely. And, for the record, I'm sure that there's more than a couple of females that would tell you I need to be fed "Gravy Train" as well....

WOW! 1900 Yesterday. An all time favorite! Someone remembers! And the only two Bread sings I could ever stand!
The memories of the group never fail to amaze!

I now slink from this forum for the moment, feeling a little better with my apology for my rudeness, with my tail between my legs...

 

[Silkie]

This one can't get by without notice. The eye rolls, the sneers and snickers - and then the good Lord pokes them all in the eye.


http://en.sevenload.com/videos/V28irjR-Susan-Boyle-Britain-Has-Talent-2009

 

[Debaser]

Speaking of Blood, Sweat and Tears (a few posts back), how about some pre and post David Clayton Thomas stiffs like "I Can't Quit Her" with Al Kooper or "Snow Queen" which KB played after DCT left the band.

I Can't Quit Her... what an absolutely great song, DB! From the Super Sessions?

It may have been on that album, which was not BS&T (it was with Mike Bloomfield---who went to high school with my cousin, which is appropro of nothing lol); the song appeared on the first BS&T album, "Child Is Father To The Man."

 

[JimMcGrath]

In going on my thrift store LP hunt for the month/year I found one of the aforementioned Adrissi Brothers' LPs but I also ran across what might be a super stiff which is everything Christopher Cross released after "Sailing". Correct me if I'm wrong here.
Also one for the tangent discussion of TV/movie people doing LPs: The Dynamic George Chakiris

 

[Bill Myers]

Lemme throw a couple more into the fire...
How 'bout -

Third Rate Romance - Amazing Rhythm Aces
T-R-O-U-B-L-E - Elvis Presley

and one that 'NYR probably played:

Jambalaya - Blue Ridge Rangers - (Post CCR - Feat. John Fogerty)