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Musings on the Most Ridiculous Band I Can't Stop Listening To
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Musings on the Most Ridiculous Band I Can't Stop Listening To
You never know what you’ll catch…
© 2024 Thoughts On The Dead
Theme by Anders Noren — Up ↑
Garcia dug Cheap Trick! I made a video a few years ago about Jerry’s interest in punk and new wave, using a bit of interview from 1978 and he mentions Cheap Trick and Elvis Costello (I’m not saying Cheap Trick were punk or new wave, but gotta cut Jerry some slack). I deleted the video because I allowed comments and, surprise, it all degenerated into the worst shit ever. Though it did get high praise from one of those good Dead blogs (Lost Live Dead or dead essays or something). Maybe I’ll repost it and disable comments. I admit it had an angle and went for it. Mostly convincing myself that it was ok that I was slowly becoming all-consumed by this “ridiculous” band.
https://youtu.be/h6fijoFd8v0
Oh! I thought I’d deleted it…Weird. I had a kid this year and it’s fried my brain more than any illicit activity.
The original link was deleted, I found this on the youtubes. I agree that kids fry the brain on a different level than anything illicit. Just as I feel my brain is healing I realize that my oldest is entering the teenage years.
some say that zander stole johnny ramone’s rickenbacker and played it for the rest of his career. if it’s true, nothing more punk than that.
That 5-neck guitar is both awesome and ridiculous at the same time. But don’t show it to Phil … it might give him ideas.
Thankfully, no one ever had those ideas again.
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii217/Aladaube/4nek.jpg
Why does a drummer need glasses?
Bun E.? too much TeleViewing of The Star Wars on Betamax/VHS with a dodging Tracking Feature.
In the category of Small World, the Grateful Dead played the Sound Storm Festival in Poynette, WI on April 26, 1970. It was a three-day Festival (Friday-Sunday April 24-26) and one of the many regional acts on the bill was a Rockford, IL band called Fuse. Fuse featured Rick Nielsen and Tom Petersen (bassist) from Cheap Trick. Fuse had a self-titled album on Atlantic around this time. I used to have it, it wasn’t bad. So it is at least plausible that Garcia and Rick Nielsen met, if unlikely.
http://rockarchaeology101.blogspot.com/2009/12/york-farm-poynette-wi-april-24-26-1970.html
The name Cheap Trick came from,of all things, Slade. The band was called Sick Man Of Europe, but some members of the group saw Slade around 1974. Lead singer Robin Zander said “they use every cheap trick in the book” and the new name was born.
Rick also played Travis Bean (tb1000s) guitars.
Among 12000 other guitars
http://www.vhnd.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Eddie_Rick-Nielsen-of-Cheap-Trick.jpg
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzAzWDY4NA==/z/vAMAAOxyNq5SIffw/$(KGrHqRHJB!FIdbZhWmkBSIffwC(fw~~60_58.JPG
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/b7/fe/df/b7fedfd17b30f37b139923762aa362b7.jpg
My apologies, slow day at work.
that’s pretty Boss. better than the Ugly Sweater Christmas Party over at Admin.
Keeping them all in tune is a full time job…
for someone…
http://45.media.tumblr.com/ca7d23ea2eeee20a1915695b5af1bf79/tumblr_nzid4zcjVy1tpg4boo1_500.gif
Not a fan of Rockford’s finest, I take it?
https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/hphotos-xfa1/t51.2885-15/s320x320/e15/11372441_578184288988649_1593750174_n.jpg
John Hiatt has the last word on smashing a perfectly good guitar…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNpRpEQOAOg