OT: Dead hard rockers week

[Cheese sandwich]

What a time to be alive - go out Saturday night, get home alone with no love and watch the taped edition of “the late show” on the ABC. Great memories

I was only in primary school/early high school years when that was on. How good was it!

 

[tom of poland]

RIP Jerry Miller, guitarist in legendary late 60s San Franciscan band Moby Grape. Robert Plant is a big fan of theirs and has covered several of their songs. The NME obituary says Eric Clapton reckoned he was one of the best guitarists in the world. I liked his dual/ trio lead work with the other guitarists Peter Lewis and Skip Spence.

Moby Grape co-founder and guitarist Jerry Miller has died aged 81

Psychedelic rock band Moby Grape member Jerry Miller has died at 81. His songs have been covered by Robert Plant, Cat Power, and more.

www.nme.com

 

[tom of poland]

Abdul ‘Duke’ Fakir, last surviving member of Four Tops, dies aged 88​

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/22/abdul-duke-fakir-four-tops-dead

The 4 Tops are another old favourite.

 

[Quigs]

John Mayall is no longer with us .... has died aged 90

Loved the legends music. He gave a few up and comers a leg up. Clapton, Mick Taylor, Peter Green just to name a few.

Saw him a few times many decades ago.

Very sad day

 

[tom of poland]

I am also quite a fan of the late John Mayall. I didn't get to see him until about 2010 down in Launceston, but he was terrific. He blew a mean harmonica, which I thought was amazing for a 76 year old. Room to Move was one of the highlights of the show.

 

[Quigs]

I saw Mayall at the State Theatre (1972), it was the jazz blues fusion tour when I was but a teenager. I think it was Feddie Robinson on guitar.

TRUE STORY. On the day of the concert I was playing league in the Shire and I dislocated my kneecap. I ended up with plaster from my groin to ankle.

I still made it to the concert that night and had to put my leg between the seats in front of me and resting on the armrests. The patrons in front were very understanding.

Memories gone on when and where I saw Mayall the second time. Might of been the Hordern Pav, not sure. I got to watch some great bluesmen over those years, mostly at the Hordern Pavilion. (Just checked he did the Hordern in 73)

Even had McKinley Morganfield lay some skin on me ((shook my hand)) as he sung 'Got my Mojo working' pssst for the youngens Mckinley is Muddy Waters.

 

[DJDL]

Even had McKinley Morganfield lay some skin on me

One of my favourite song lyrics - “if it weren’t for McKilnley Morganfield I wouldn’t know where my mojo was”. Jimi Hocking, The Blues Is My Boss.

 

[bad boy bubby]

Martin Phillips from legendary NZ band, The Chills. 61

 

[bad boy bubby]

From the LA Times

Martin Phillips, founder of New Zealand's influential Chills, dies at 61

Martin Phillips of the New Zealand jangle-pop act the Chills, which influenced R.E.M., Pavement and more, has died at 61, the band announced Sunday on social media.

www.latimes.com

 

[bad boy bubby]

 

[tom of poland]

RIP Stephen Conlon, an old friend of mine with whom I played and shared a house in the mid to late 80s. He managed the legendary Sandringham Hotel in Newtown and booked all the bands over much of that period and also had a few years doing the same for the Landsdowne Hotel . Stephen was also a singer songwriter and occasional drummer. He moved to Thailand in the mid 90s to become an English teacher and family man, but never stopped dabbling in music and maintained his ties with Australian musician friends.

He was kind enough to give my band of the time The Elastique Mindbladder a start at the Sando and we played there many times over 1988 - 1992.

 

[Thick Skinned Shark]

RIP Stephen Conlon, an old friend of mine with whom I played and shared a house in the mid to late 80s. He managed the legendary Sandringham Hotel in Newtown and booked all the bands over much of that period and also had a few years doing the same for the Landsdowne Hotel . Stephen was also a singer songwriter and occasional drummer. He moved to Thailand in the mid 90s to become an English teacher and family man, but never stopped dabbling in music and maintained his ties with Australian musician friends.

He was kind enough to give my band of the time The Elastique Mindbladder a start at the Sando and we played there many times over 1988 - 1992.

Wow Tom How TF did you come up with that name for your band?

 

[tom of poland]

Wow Tom How TF did you come up with that name for your band?

The name Elastique Mindbladder came up over a very stoned group conversation one Friday night in a shared house I was living in, in Chippendale.