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I laughted my ass off when i saw that in guitar player..LOL.
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I didn't know it was in GW and/or GP. It just came to mind.
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When John Bonham, the ledgendary drummer of Led Zeppelin, first met one of his idols, Carmine Apice of the band Vanilla Fudge at a concert both bands were doing together, he and Carmine got to talking about Carmine's drum technique. So Bonham shows him all this cool stuff he learned from listening to Carmine's songs and he shows Carmine his super fast bass drum work.
Carmine laughs and says with astonishment, "I guess you didn't know I use two bass drums, not one!" Bonham had done it all with one foot.
Geezer Butler was a rythym guitar player when he first formed the blues band Earth with Ozzy, Tony and Bill Ward, which they later renamed (due to another band with that name) to Black Sabbath. Tony Iommi looks at him and says "There's only room for one guitarist in this band, and that's me." So Geezer had to become the bass player.
Bill Ward (drummer for Black Sabbath) could not read or write drum music. He finally got around to taking his first drum lessons in his 50's.
Carmine laughs and says with astonishment, "I guess you didn't know I use two bass drums, not one!" Bonham had done it all with one foot.
Geezer Butler was a rythym guitar player when he first formed the blues band Earth with Ozzy, Tony and Bill Ward, which they later renamed (due to another band with that name) to Black Sabbath. Tony Iommi looks at him and says "There's only room for one guitarist in this band, and that's me." So Geezer had to become the bass player.
Bill Ward (drummer for Black Sabbath) could not read or write drum music. He finally got around to taking his first drum lessons in his 50's.
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Just finished reading "Jimmy Page Magus Musiciam Man" by George Case. Few interesting notes:
1. First guitar was a Hofner Senator purchased from "paper round money".
2. In 1958,Page hosted Jeff Beck at his house at age 14. Page played Buddy Holly's "Not Fade Away" for Beck in the front room of the family home.
Page was hurdling champion at his school.
3. In 1959 traded his Grazioso electric for a Strat.
4. Page played on " Baby Please Don't Go" and " Gloria" by Them.
5. Played 12 string on Beck's Bolero with JP Jones and Keith Moon.
6. Played on Joe Cocker's " with a Little Help From My Friends".
7. Contributed to " I Can't Explain" and " You Really Got Me".
8. The solo on stairway was played on the 58 Tele used on LZ 1.
9. "Black Dog" was named for a stray black lab that hung around Headley Grange during the recording. Listen closely for a click before the main riff and you can hear Page cue the band by using the toggle switch.
Next book on the list " Saucerful of Secrets"
Just finished reading "Jimmy Page Magus Musiciam Man" by George Case. Few interesting notes:
1. First guitar was a Hofner Senator purchased from "paper round money".
2. In 1958,Page hosted Jeff Beck at his house at age 14. Page played Buddy Holly's "Not Fade Away" for Beck in the front room of the family home.
Page was hurdling champion at his school.
3. In 1959 traded his Grazioso electric for a Strat.
4. Page played on " Baby Please Don't Go" and " Gloria" by Them.
5. Played 12 string on Beck's Bolero with JP Jones and Keith Moon.
6. Played on Joe Cocker's " with a Little Help From My Friends".
7. Contributed to " I Can't Explain" and " You Really Got Me".
8. The solo on stairway was played on the 58 Tele used on LZ 1.
9. "Black Dog" was named for a stray black lab that hung around Headley Grange during the recording. Listen closely for a click before the main riff and you can hear Page cue the band by using the toggle switch.
Next book on the list " Saucerful of Secrets"
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i saw an interview with ronnie james dio...you know...the vertically challenged...and sometime singer from black sabbath...he said he was educated as a pharmacist...
i guess he's nailed down two out of three parts to the "sex and drugs and rock and roll" triad...
i guess he's nailed down two out of three parts to the "sex and drugs and rock and roll" triad...
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Jimmy Page was hired as a session musician by Andrew Loog Oldham and played on the Rolling Stones hit Heart of Stone.
John Paul Jones arranged the orchestral strings for the Rolling Stones hit She's A Rainbow.
Brian Jones originally played piano on Jimi Hendrix sessions for All Along The Watchtower. Jones' playing was edited from the final version.
The original Marshall stack was custom built by Jim Marshall for Pete Townshend.
John Paul Jones arranged the orchestral strings for the Rolling Stones hit She's A Rainbow.
Brian Jones originally played piano on Jimi Hendrix sessions for All Along The Watchtower. Jones' playing was edited from the final version.
The original Marshall stack was custom built by Jim Marshall for Pete Townshend.
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Back in the day, all the great guitarists in England (Page, Hendrix, etc.) used to go into the shops for amps and just said "Give me what Townsend has". He was pretty much the "go to" guy for getting tone.
quite a lot of really cool tidbits like that in clapton's bio.I think it's been mentioned that Eric Clapton's dad was a canadian soldier but....did you know that his mom dumped him with her parents and moved to another country... I think it had something to do with the fact that it would have been embarrassing for her to be a single mom. His grandparents raised him and he thought they were his parents until his real mom came home when he was 8 and broke the news to him. Then she stuck around for a bit a treated him like a little brother instead of her son. I think she took off again after that....No wonder they guy can play the blues as well as he does....
one I found particularly amusing - that song we all think of as a loving song between a man and a woman - "Wonderful Tonight" was written by clapton when he was downstairs in their house waiting for Patti to get ready for a party - she was taking a really really long time...so Clapton wrote that song in frustration...."YES F$$## you look F%$%# Wonderful - now let's go!"
being from the shwa - I find it interesting that Steppenwolf's founders were also from here - the Edmonton Bros - they wrote and rehearsed here as "The Sparrows"...they changed their name to Steppenwolf when they moved to LA. John Kay wasn't from the shwa though - he lived in Scarborough after moving there with his parents from Germany
On a really sad side note, I heard on the radio the other day the RJD has stomache cancer..
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That made me think about Shirley Eckhart ?
Apparently she is now running from the Jazz police.
I didn't know that Chet Atkins had recorded her stuff
Steven tyler got kicked out of highschool and stole the marching bands bass drum on the way out, that same drum can be heard on "livin on the edge"
slash auditioned to be poisons lead guitarist and had a good audition, they spoke breifly about stage clothes and make up, on his way out he was passed by C.C Devil in full stage make-up
jimmy page is also on the kinks "you really got me" fuzz tone guitar sound
slash auditioned to be poisons lead guitarist and had a good audition, they spoke breifly about stage clothes and make up, on his way out he was passed by C.C Devil in full stage make-up
jimmy page is also on the kinks "you really got me" fuzz tone guitar sound
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