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Formed in 1960 in Los Angeles, California, The Gamblers were a gritty rock instrumental band who have been credited as the prototype of the surf instrumental band, technically a year before surf's official birth! Members were Derry Weaver (lead guitar...born in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada), Bruce Johnston (piano...later with The Beach Boys), Larry Taylor (bass...later with Canned Heat), Elliot Ingber (rhythm guitar...in 1966, a founding member of Frank Zappa & The Mother's Of Invention) and Sandy Nelson (drums). Some accounts have Rod Schaffer on drums. -The Gamblers released just two rock/surf instrumental singles which were Moon Dawg! b/w LSD-25 (1960) on World Pacific X-815 and Teen Machine b/w Tonky in 1961 on Last Chance 2.
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Moon Dawg / LSD 25 (World Pacific Records X-815). -Moon Dawg! written by lead guitarist Derry Weaver is a blistering guitar surf/rock instrumental which starts with a wicked drum intro followed by Derry Weaver's sizzlin' lead guitar and amazing piano from Bruce Johnston, driving bass from Larry Taylor and amazing drumming from Sandy Nelson!
-Nick Venet who put together the recording contract with World Pacific did the dog howls and was credited on the label as the musical arranger and director. -LSD-25 an amazing surf instrumental with first reference ever to the drug LSD was written by lead guitarist Derry Weaver and bass player Larry Taylor. LSD-25 is a haunting, moody bluesy mid-tempo surf instrumental with tinkling piano, percolating bass, drums, twos! sizzlin' guitar solos! Yes, LSD-25 was about drugs which was being experimented with at some universities and was made in part from rye bread! It's unlikely that any of the musicians on this recording ever actually were into drugs at the time. |
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gale garnett
In an unusual routing, Rachel Gauk first established herself as one of the leading classical guitar soloists in the country, with 7 internationally released recordings to her name, before turning her sights to the rich world of film and video.
Honing skills at the Vancouver Film School and the Canadian Screen Training Center in Ottawa, she went on to win support with the CSTC’s mentorship program to work with director Murray Battle and his team of editors in Toronto. In addition to mentoring with producer Doug Macleod (Alberta Filmworks) to gain further experience, director of photography, Roger Vernon, has also been an important mentor of filmmaking and cinematography. |
1997 Seattle Guitarist Rachel Gauk Press Photo
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genesis
As devout prog-rockers, Genesis led by The Beatles’ example, creating abstract, progressive sounds with pop sensibilities. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, the Beatles’ psychedelic masterpiece of 1967, is often regarded as the signpost to prog-rock, and rightly so.
However, chasing this lineage back one step, we arrive at The Beach Boys’ 1966 album, Pet Sounds. “I played it to John [Lennon] so much that it would be difficult for him to escape the influence,” Paul McCartney told interviewer David Leaf of the impact of Pet Sounds in 1990.
“If records had a director within a band, I sort of directed Pepper. And my influence was basically the Pet Sounds album,” he added. “John was influenced by it, perhaps not as much as me. It was certainly a record we all played – it was the record of the time, you know?”
Collins and his Genesis bandmates were influenced greatly by both The Beatles and The Beach Boys. However, when listing some of his favourite songs of all time for BBC Radio 2’s Tracks of My Years in 2016, The Beach Boys seemed to come out on top. --Far Out Magazine; Phil Collins on his favourite song by The Beach Boys
However, chasing this lineage back one step, we arrive at The Beach Boys’ 1966 album, Pet Sounds. “I played it to John [Lennon] so much that it would be difficult for him to escape the influence,” Paul McCartney told interviewer David Leaf of the impact of Pet Sounds in 1990.
“If records had a director within a band, I sort of directed Pepper. And my influence was basically the Pet Sounds album,” he added. “John was influenced by it, perhaps not as much as me. It was certainly a record we all played – it was the record of the time, you know?”
Collins and his Genesis bandmates were influenced greatly by both The Beatles and The Beach Boys. However, when listing some of his favourite songs of all time for BBC Radio 2’s Tracks of My Years in 2016, The Beach Boys seemed to come out on top. --Far Out Magazine; Phil Collins on his favourite song by The Beach Boys
Good Morning Captain / 21 Years (Tetra 4450). 1957.
-Good Morning Captain is a foot-stomping version of the classic folk song Mule Skinner Blues with percolating bass, amazing rhythm guitar solo, pounding drums and Gibson's fine vocals. -21 Years (It Takes A Worried Man) covered by the Kingston Trio in 1959 is a mid-tempo rockabilly number with hot guitar/banjo solo and rough-edged vocals from Gibson. Adapted from the traditional American folk song Worried Man Blues. |
Born Joseph Paul Katzberg on Aug. 25, 1929 in Brooklyn, New York. Rockabilly singer and talented guitar, and banjo player. Gibson was originally the lead singer of Jody Gibson & The Muleskinners. Gibson is best known for his own innovative and superb 1957 rockabilly recording of Good Morning Captain (Mule Skinner Blues) which he recorded for Monty Bruce's Tetra label (rockabilly singer Bill Flagg also recorded for Tetra). Up until Gibson recorded it, the only way anyone sang "Mule Skinner Blues" was the way Jimmy Rogers and Bill Monroe did it. Gibson's 'new' version is now the way everyone sings this old folk song, including the Muleskinners 1960 version. Joe D. Gibson (Jody Gibson) was inducted into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. A veteran of both the Korean War, and Vietnam War, he served as a Technical Sargeant in the United States Air Force. After his death on June 8, 2005, at the age of 75, he was buried with full military honours under his birth name of Joseph Paul Katzberg.
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FRESH MAGAZINE AUGUST 11, 1990
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Gary Glitter
Feb 3, 2023: New York Times: Gary Glitter Is Released From Prison After Serving Half of His Sentence
The disgraced former glam rock singer was found guilty in 2015 of sexually abusing three young girls in the 1970s. He had been given a 16-year sentence.
The disgraced former glam rock singer was found guilty in 2015 of sexually abusing three young girls in the 1970s. He had been given a 16-year sentence.
Dec 17, 2022: Express: Gary Glitter 'free to walk' from prison in just weeks after serving half of sentence
Convicted paedophile Gary Glitter is set to be freed from prison in just weeks after serving just half of his sentence after the Ministry of Justice said the former pop star has "kept his nose clean in prison". Glitter, 78, was handed a 16-year sentence for attempted rape, unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 13, and four counts of indecent assault in 2015. But he could be released in February 2023, the Daily Mail reports.
Convicted paedophile Gary Glitter is set to be freed from prison in just weeks after serving just half of his sentence after the Ministry of Justice said the former pop star has "kept his nose clean in prison". Glitter, 78, was handed a 16-year sentence for attempted rape, unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 13, and four counts of indecent assault in 2015. But he could be released in February 2023, the Daily Mail reports.
