As a teen I used to love Rock Scene magazine. It was mostly just pictures of Richard and/or Lisa Robinson at Max's or CBGB's or parties with their version of celebrities: the Stooges, Patti Smith, the Ramones, Bowie, Roxy, [...]
Viv Prince 2
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Just got back to town and found this in my mailbox courtesy of Scott, the earliest known photo of Viv Prince as a professional musician-- that's him second from left, with Carter-Lewis & the Southerners. This came out [...]
Gillian's Found Photos #17
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This week's edition of Gillian's Found Photos carries on last week's look at the Murray The K holiday shows at the Brooklyn Fox Theater. That's the Rolling Stones onstage. Playing in front of the curtain, which is drawn, [...]
Wacko Jacko Ain't Comin' Backo!
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Amazing, trashy, tell all, no publisher listed! Jordie's drawings of Jacko's genitalia reproduced in the above book.I'm not much a fan of Michael Jackson's music, but as I media [...]
Sky Saxon 1946-2009
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In all the Farrah-Jacko mania you might have missed the passing of SkySaxon of the Seeds. They made some great records-- Pushin' TooHard, Can't Seem To Make You Mine, etc. In fact their first two LP's:The Seeds and Web Of Sound (GNP Crescendo) are great, [...]
Viv Prince
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Viv Prince after a night out in Denmark. The Pretty Things 1965:Viv Prince front and center Feelin' down? Me too, maybe it's the rain, but here's something that might cheer you up, it worked for me. It's footage of [...]
Lafayette "The Thing" Thomas
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The Thing demonstrates how to keep white shoes clean while playing.Jerhl was his middle name, but why did they call him "The Thing"? Killer 1957 instrumental. The Thing gets top billing on this 1955 [...]
Gillian's Found Photos #16
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These found photos are dated Febuary 3, 1964, and were taken at the Brooklyn Fox Theater during one of Murray The K's package shows. Murray the K was a motor mouth DJ on New York's WINS, then the biggest top 40 station [...]
The Ventures' Bob Bogle 1934-2009
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Bob Bogle of the the Ventures died yesterday, he was 75. Bogle started as the lead guitarist and switched to bass after Nookie Edwards who originally played bass switched to guitar. Whatever...in their own way the Ventues [...]
Gillian's Found Photo #15
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This week's found photo from the Fang dates to May, 1957. The fellow's name was Larry Boyter, maybe it still is. I've never heard of him, he doesn't seem to had any records released, at least none I can find listed anywhere. [...]
Jeremy Spencer
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Fleetwood Mac, 1969: John McVie, Danny Kirwan, Mick Fleetwood, Jeremy Spencer, Peter GreenJeremy Spencer and the very early 'Fleetwood Mac'The original Fleetwood Mac (1968-1971) were a very different band than the one that [...]
