The RIP Thread...

[Steve Mack]

Sad about Mary Tyler Moore as well.

I remember her from Richard Diamond one of our first tv series. You never saw her face, just her legs and heard her voice. Starred David Janssen, he was in some good stuff.

Good show. Might watch it now, there's nothing much on tv tonight.

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[Steve Mack]

Well she wasn't in that one but she talks about it in this one.

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[woodworkingboy]

Diamond was pretty smooth. Never seen that series before. Mary must of had nice legs.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Whuta babe!

 

[Altissimus]

Nobody mentioned Butch Trucks , another legend!

 

[Altissimus]

Maggie Roche , the Roche Sister's

 

[MasterBlaster]

'People's Court' judge Joseph Wapner dies at 97

 

[Fiddler]

Chuck Berry

 

[cory]

He was basically a genius.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Really? I never thought that. Word was, he was an asshole.

 

[Burnham]

Many geniuses are. And yes, he was brilliant and difficult both, as I understand it.

 

[MasterBlaster]

He was a mediocre guitar player, like me.

Back then mediocre was enough, for the most part.

 

[FireFighterZero]

Good enough for me.

 

[woodworkingboy]

When Chuck came on the scene, there probably were very few guitar playing models of advanced technique that a person could aspire to equal. Eddy Van Halen and others sure changed that.

 

[Altissimus]

Chuck , my first show ...Played all the hits , worked the crowd , did the Duck

 

[cory]

Many geniuses are. And yes, he was brilliant and difficult both, as I understand it.

Exactly.

He was a mediocre guitar player, like me.

Back then mediocre was enough, for the most part.

Guitar playing has obviously evolved a lot, but for his time he was cutting edge, doing stuff no one else was.

John Lennon said something like- If you were to rename rock n roll, you'd call it Chuck Berry'. That is ridiculously high praise.

 

[cory]

Chuck , my first show ...Played all the hits , worked the crowd , did the Duck

Hella first show!!

Mine was Aerosmith with Ted Nugent opening. That did the trick.

 

[MasterBlaster]

My first was The Boxtops...

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Love how they lol the lip syncing.

 

[Burnham]

He was a mediocre guitar player, like me.

Back then mediocre was enough, for the most part.

Sorry, Butch...but that is lame-ass. The technical aspect of his playing isn't the genius...it's the meld of early influences and evolving a new genre that makes Berry a genius. Let alone his unusual skill at lyrics.

If you don't see and understand that, well...self described mediocre is appropriate.

 

[MasterBlaster]

I can play anything he can play.

 

[Burnham]

Not the point, Butch. The ability to imitate proves nothing of the imitators' ability at generating originality.

Could you imagine everything he could imagine 50some years ago, before anyone else had heard anything like it?

Not my wish to get into an argument that seems to belittle you, my friend. I'm done.

 

[MasterBlaster]

It's all good!

 

[woodworkingboy]

My first concert was Alvin Lee with Ten Years After. John Mayall and the Blues Breakers were on the bill too.

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[MasterBlaster]

Hell yea.

 

[Cobleskill]

Alvin Lee and John Mayall are two greats I missed. Johnny Winter as well. Saw Clapton, but he was so drunk he sucked bad. John Sebastion was so drunk he didn't even show up for his show.

First was Zep in 72. Second was Floyd. Sadly Floyd show was ruined by seeing a guy who thought he could fly or wanted to end it.