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Post by oldnewhartfordboy on Mar 5, 2011 17:08:50 GMT -5
With all this reminiscing about the old days of R & R. I guess I am not as old as most of the people on this board. All this talk of Sylvan Beach in the 50's & 60's kinda predates me. I would only have been old enough to stand outside and listen at best. So the other day I am in a local establishment and talking to the other patrons at the bar and barmaid about a show I saw the night before on PBS. It was Carole King & James Taylor @ the Troubadour. After talking for a few seconds and seeing the blank faces I realized no one except me knew who Carole King & James Taylor are. NOW, I feel old!
Chris where were you when I needed you? Maybe if I had the same conversation @ Schooners.......
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Post by chris on Mar 5, 2011 19:17:03 GMT -5
I still have Carol Kings" Tapestry...............in LP format ;D And a whole bunch of others. All my old Elvis albums that I ever bought,my disco albums. I even have some 45's and 8 tracks....hahaha (don't ask me why...I don't have anything to play them on.
My brothers GF went to Italy yesterday so I ran across Andrea Bocelli song on youtube. Now I have to get his cd. (I'll pretend I'm in Italy...sitting in an outdoor cafe sipping on a cappucino)
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Post by kit on Mar 5, 2011 19:54:16 GMT -5
There you have it ONB. We all have our era that we lived and remember. 25 years from now folks will be talking about rap music, heavy metal and crap like that that they lived through. Okay for them, but is wasn't our thing (I speak for myself here). We did the 50s and 60s and that was our primary thing.
And by the way... I wouldn't know Carol King if she walked up and planted a lip-lock on me.
No fault - no foul. Do your thing and celebrate it.
Just be thankful for whatever has your name on it. Enjoy.
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Post by Clipper on Mar 5, 2011 20:33:55 GMT -5
I watched a little bit of DooWop on PBS today, hosted by Bowzer from Shanana. It was great.
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Post by oldnewhartfordboy on Mar 5, 2011 20:54:50 GMT -5
Kit you might be amazed what I do know ( Being a latter baby boomer)about the music of the 50's & early 60's. I am the baby not only in my immediate family but my entire generation. So my older cousins and siblings were rock & rollin' from day one. I actually do remember the day the music died Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, & The Big Bopper. I particularly remember how crushed my cousin and his best friend Dave Bowers -who went on to work at WTLB, were. Although, I'm not a big fan of doo wop (I do like Dion & the Belmonts though). I am a big fan of the Everly Brothers, early Elvis and a lot of the true rock & roll of the period.
My true time in Rock & Roll probably started the first night The Beatles were on Ed Sullivan and two weeks later when The Rolling Stones were on. My era lasted thru the 70's & 80's with The Eagles, Elton John Springsteen & such.
Carole King Started her career writing at the Brill Building in NYC. If you Google her I think you'll find she wrote many of your favorite songs of Golden Age of Rock & Roll.
I was never in a band. Can't play a lick. But I have been in the business for over 40 years now. I play other people's hits. I worked in radio in high school in the Mohawk Valley and later worked at WTLB and WRUN before moving on. I have been close to the big time a couple times and settled on just working part time about 20 years ago and sought out other careers. Good thing for me, I actually have a pension to look forward to.
This reunion thing sounds great to me. I hope I am invited so I can hear the roots of the Utica rock & roll scene again.
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Post by dgriffin on Mar 5, 2011 23:02:29 GMT -5
ONB, of course you're invited. Everyone is invited, come to think of it. You can sit with Jon and I and then you'll feel really old!  |
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Post by dgriffin on Mar 5, 2011 23:04:22 GMT -5
Which reminds me, if anyone on the forum sees Guy V. regularly, tell him we're having it again this year and where the hell was he last year? He's still playing gigs, he told me, when I saw him about 2 or 3 years ago.
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Post by kit on Mar 6, 2011 7:31:07 GMT -5
ONB... what year(s) did you work at WRUN? I worked there part time in the summer of 1970. Bob Lux had just left to go into TV and Gordie Hood was the Program Director. The studio was on Commercial Drive in the building that later became an animal hospital. All of our music was on 33 and 45 rpm vinyl and we used Ampex reel-to-reels back then.
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Post by tonyj on Mar 6, 2011 10:31:02 GMT -5
I see Guy Vivenzo's partner, Don Leo almost daily at proctor HS. Last year they were committed to a gig. They may make it this year. I hope. They are very talented entertainers.
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Post by oldnewhartfordboy on Mar 6, 2011 11:58:56 GMT -5
Kit, I never worked on Commercial Drive. Only Thomas Rd. Gordie was still there when I first started. I have good memories of "the Good Hood". I started out as an engineer running WRUN -FM and doing rip & read news on the AM. I ended up doing mid days during the glory days of RUN Music Radio 1150 and later weekends and fill ins. I worked for John Woods -what an a$$hole and later for Regional-good intentions but too many problem$. You'd be interested in knowing I have been out in Hollywood and have hung out with Dick Clark and his wife Kari. My family and I were invited to, and went to the American Bandstand 40th Anniversary Special. It was pretty funny. We were treated as V.I.P.s. All these Hollywood big shots around us. They were pretty friendly and all wanted to know about Dick and his Utica connections.
Just let me know when and where the reunion is, and I'll try to be there.
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Post by dgriffin on Mar 6, 2011 22:41:12 GMT -5
I see Guy Vivenzo's partner, Don Leo almost daily at proctor HS. Last year they were committed to a gig. They may make it this year. I hope. They are very talented entertainers. That's great news, Tony. I'll look forward to seeing him again. Two or three years ago, I stopped in at the limo place to say hello. He said he was quite pleased with the sound they were getting from midi, he told me and said with the proper software and equipment he and Don could sound like the Glen Miller band! |
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Post by bobbbiez on Mar 6, 2011 23:40:19 GMT -5
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Post by tonyj on Mar 7, 2011 10:23:38 GMT -5
BobbieZ, everyone and anyone are welcome to participate in the reunion. The can post here or contact JPlatt, Ron Colangelo, Charley Currie, Sammy Sapaneiro of the Honeybush Brothers, Dlaurey or me. It's all volunteer and all are invited.
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Post by bobbbiez on Mar 7, 2011 16:27:48 GMT -5
Ah, just thought some people might need that little extra nudge (like Dave for instance.) 
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Post by kit on Mar 8, 2011 8:46:46 GMT -5
ONHB,
My time at WRUN on Commercial Drive was very lonely. I had the Sunday 6:00pm-Midnight shift. When I was there, nobody else was. It was mostly pre-recorded tapes, network feeds and I did the ever-popular 1 hour on-air show, "Music For A Sunday Evening" (duh!) and whatever news I could dig up. Once in a while I'd see Dick Thomas working in the FM studio and would chat with him for a while. An interesting guy. But all-in-all it was pretty boring and
I already had a full-time job at Special Metals, so one summer at the radio station was enough for me. Also, my wife had just had our first daughter, so that took precedence.
I know this has nothing to do with the possible upcoming band reunion, but our radio stations are definitely "old music talk."
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