Sounds of The Seventies

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 8:07 am

WALSH, JOE............... Life's Been Good

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 6:48 am

VAN HALEN ............. Dance The Night Away

Joe Strummer · Post by **Joe Strummer** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 7:22 am

Working Man - Rush

Post by **noreply66** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 8:08 am

1975

In 1977,the unthinkable happened.Ronnie Van Zant, was killed in a plane crash,along with guitarist Steve Gaines,backup singer Cassie Gaines and manager Dean Kipatrick. The ramaining members disolved the group. But the Rossington Collins Band was formed in 1980 by four surviving members of Lynyrd Skynyrd. The band ended its concerts with an instrumental version of Free Bird that was a stirring tribute to Van Zant and a fond farewell to Southern rock in general.

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 10:07 am

1975

In the 1970s, the self-contained black band,made up of both singles and players,became as commonplace as the typical unit of stars vocalist with backup members.KC and the Sunshine Band and Earth,Wind and Fire were arguably the two most successful black groups of 1975, although they didn't have much in common.

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 9:00 am

1975

KC and the Sunshine Band were considered more disco than funk, but their party-down sound set them apart. The nine-piece group was led by its two white members,singer keyboardist H.W. Casey and bassist Richard Finch. They met when Casey began working at T.K. Productions in Miami where Finch,a former sessions bassist,was an engineer.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 10:08 am

TROWER, ROBIN -................ Caledonia

Joe Strummer · Post by **Joe Strummer** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 12:37 pm

noreply66 wrote:1975

In 1977,the unthinkable happened.Ronnie Van Zant, was killed in a plane crash,along with guitarist Steve Gaines,backup singer Cassie Gaines and manager Dean Kipatrick. The ramaining members disolved the group. But the Rossington Collins Band was formed in 1980 by four surviving members of Lynyrd Skynyrd. The band ended its concerts with an instrumental version of Free Bird that was a stirring tribute to Van Zant and a fond farewell to Southern rock in general.

Saw one of Rossington Collins first shows - the stage was semi-dark during the Freebird intro; at the first note of the verse, a single spotlight lit up an empty mic stand in the center of the stage - powerful moment.

mustang_lvr · Post by **mustang_lvr** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 9:08 pm

I'm not in Love

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:44 pm

The all-black, nine-member Earth,Wind and Fire was the vehicle for former Chess Records sessions drummer Maurice White. White began developing a spirtual streak while touring the Middle East with jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis. Upon returning to the States, he formed the first incarnation of Earth,Wind and Fire, which he named by juggling elements of his astrological sign.

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 9:00 am

The Isley Brothers and War were self-contained black bands. War (which included a white harmonica player, Lee Oskar) came from Long Beach,California, and backed Ex-animal Eric Burdon until 1971 in songs like Spill the Wine,Low Rider was typical of War's sparse,funky sound. The Isleys had been around for nearly two decades when they began enjoying a career resurgence on the strength of tightly wound,danceable material such as Fight the Power.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 9:59 pm

WARWICK, DIONNE & THE SPINNERS ............ Then Came You

Joe Strummer · Post by **Joe Strummer** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 2:38 pm

Oct 20: 30th anniversary of the Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash

RIP Ronnie, Steve, & Cassie

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 8:53 am

WHITE, BARRY - You're The First, The Last, My Everything

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 9:29 am

In 1975, Al Green was recovering from a trauma brought on by an ex-girlfriend who had put him in the hospital by pouring boiling grits on him while he was in the bathtub.She had then killed herself. Soon after this, Green would move into recording only religious music. But in 1975 he was still carrying the torch for sexy Southern soul with efforts like L-O-V-E (Love).

mustang_lvr · Post by **mustang_lvr** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 9:37 pm

Poetry Man

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 8:23 am

McCARTNEY, PAUL & WINGS .................- Live And Let Die

Joe Strummer · Post by **Joe Strummer** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 7:59 am

Jackie Blue - Ozark Mountain Daredevils

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 11:59 pm

1975

More typical of the black music trends were You're the first, the last,My Everthing, Barry White's silice of symphonic disco, and They Can't Stop it the (Games Peope Play), the Spinner's Philly-rooted dance sound. Disco's most left-field hit, and one of the greatest singles the genre ever produced,was Shirley and Company's Shame, Shame, Shame. Shirley was Shirley Goodman, the female half of the 1950s New Orleans R & B duo Shirley and Lee.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 8:47 am

McGOVERN, MAUREEN - The Morning After