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Old 12-31-2021, 11:36 PM   #1141
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On about a 10 year hiatus from Dan Fogelberg 's NYE song. LOL

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I was saving that one for after midnight...
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Old 01-01-2022, 01:07 AM   #1143
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OK boys (and Girls)...
Put your beer goggles on and strap in...
Happy New Year!
Y'all be safe, and I hope 2022 is better than 2021.
See ya at the races...


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Old 01-01-2022, 10:40 PM   #1144
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This week in 1976, Boston's debut single, MORE THAN A FEELING reached its US chart peak at #5. When it was released, group leader Tom Scholz still had his day job working for Polaroid (Dec 1976)
NOTE: I've put together this video montage to accompany the song MORE THAN A FEELING.
Group leader Tom Scholz wrote this song, which is about a guy who wakes up with the blahs, turns on some music, and gets lost in reverie dreaming of his days with Marianne.
"It was written about a fantasy event," he explained.
"But it's one that almost everybody can identify with, of somebody losing somebody that was important to them, and music taking them back there."
According to Rolling Stone magazine, Scholz was inspired by the "heart-tugging mood" of the Left Banke's 1967 song "Walk Away Renee." He worked on the song for five years in his basement studio before it was released on this album.
Tom Scholz recorded most of Boston's first album, including "More Than a Feeling," in his Watertown, Massachusetts basement studio, which was stocked with equipment he bought with earnings from his job at Polaroid.
When Boston finally got a record deal with Epic, they had to abide by union rules and complete it in a proper studio, which Scholz felt was a hindrance. To get around this restriction, he re-recorded his demos pretty much note-for-note in that same basement studio and had his vocalist, Brad Delp, record his vocals in the Los Angeles studio Epic arranged. Boston drummer Sib Hashian played on "More Than a Feeling," but Scholz played all the other instruments on the track.
This was Boston's first single, and a surprising hit. The group's rise was sudden and unexpected; when "More Than a Feeling" was released, their managers spent a lot of time pitching it to radio stations, which is a very tough sell for an unknown band, but the song is so polished and radio-friendly that many stations put it on the air. It took off, and very soon this unknown band with an album recorded mostly in a basement was a major player on the rock scene.
The album Boston is one of the best selling of all time. It sold very well in the '80s and '90s due to catalog sales, which were these offers record companies made to the public where you could get something like "25 CDs for a penny" as long as you chose from their selection and agreed to buy a certain number of albums in the future.


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Old 01-11-2022, 08:10 PM   #1145
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Well... it is Tuesday...
In honor of some recent posts in other sections...

I give you these...





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Old 01-11-2022, 09:35 PM   #1146
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Crosby,........,Nash



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WOW...

Never knew what to make of CSN/CSNY...
Country?...no
Rock?...kinda
Easy listening?...not really...

Always liked their stuff...
Not sure if I could pick two favorites...
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WOW...

Never knew what to make of CSN/CSNY...
Country?...no
Rock?...kinda
Easy listening?...not really...

Always liked their stuff...
Not sure if I could pick two favorites...
I hear ya...
BTW , I forgot to mention Jerry Garcia's steel guitar on the Crosby cut...Masterful!

Oh , and here's that other guy>
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BTW , I forgot to mention Jerry Garcia's steel guitar on the Crosby cut...

Yep... saw that...
Here's another one I like a lot...

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Some Garage Rock for the Buick fans ;-)



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