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Here’s a classic for you guys, out of Cape Breton
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That's a good one. Sad as hell but good song.
Let’s not forget the Godfather of rock and roll Chuck Berry who punched Kieth Richards in the face cause Kieth who was in chucks waiting room touched his guitar
Johnny be good - original lyrics were - lived a coloured boy named Johnny be good but decided the song would fail because of it so changed it to - country boy.
Almost every group and solo entertainers use guitar licks originality by Chuck plus many redid his songs without his permission including the Beatles.
Long distance information give me Memphis Tennessee
Help me reach the party that tried to get in touch with me
I do not know the number but I know who placed the call
My uncle took the message and wrote it on the wall
Johnny be good - original lyrics were - lived a coloured boy named Johnny be good but decided the song would fail because of it so changed it to - country boy.
Almost every group and solo entertainers use guitar licks originality by Chuck plus many redid his songs without his permission including the Beatles.
Long distance information give me Memphis Tennessee
Help me reach the party that tried to get in touch with me
I do not know the number but I know who placed the call
My uncle took the message and wrote it on the wall
I remember as a teenager going to the Capital theatre to watch April Wine or the Stampeders every yr. Free concert on the hill every natal day and at the forum if raining.
Back around 73-74 big concert at the Hfx Forum- Brownsville Station, Rare Earth, Sha NA Na, Chuck Berry and couple others. They called it Rock on 22 cause was on Sept 22. Hugh crowd.
Chuck Berry came out sang one song and left ! Rare Earth drummer went nuts doing a drum solo, wouldn’t stop the other band members had to drag him off the drums and off the stage!
Back around 73-74 big concert at the Hfx Forum- Brownsville Station, Rare Earth, Sha NA Na, Chuck Berry and couple others. They called it Rock on 22 cause was on Sept 22. Hugh crowd.
Chuck Berry came out sang one song and left ! Rare Earth drummer went nuts doing a drum solo, wouldn’t stop the other band members had to drag him off the drums and off the stage!
So when I was just a kid Dad would get his guitar out and try to teach us kids how to sing. See we were poor and we didn’t have a Tv. We would go to my grandparents place Sunday evenings to watch Littlest Hobo and the Beverly Hillbillies, think I was about zten when we actually got a TV, 18” RCA,lol. Anyway we would sing songs like You are My Sunshine and This land is your land. Then Dad would sing numerous songs by Hank and Wilf. That was our entertainmen. Although my Dad always worked two jobs just so we could eat plus building his own house cause at the time we lived in a four room shack with an outhouse, my father always found time for his family esp us kids! Anyway I was introduced to music at a very early age. Dad was extremely good with a guitar but could play almost any instrument he picked up.
Couple times a yr maybe more Don Messer ( just lived down the road) would come up and bring his fiddle sometimes Marg Osborn would come as well and we’d have a real ho - down! I remember Don asking Dad a few different time to go on the show and sing a song or two but he never would. Mom told me later he’d have been scared to death playing on TV. Well that would have been the only thing that man was scared of!
Some of you older guys up around Windsor / Falmouth area may know or heard of Kieth Ross, had a couple music stores back in the day, one in Windsor and one in Kentville or New Minus. Also a very accomplished fiddler who travelled Canada and the US playing ( overseas as well) he is now in the Music hall of fame. He was Dad’s cousin. Some but not likely very many of the real old guys may have heard of Tex Cochran from Sweete Corner. Broadcaster on CHNS and then in PEI but also recorded and sold a few records, even before Hank Snow, he was Dads uncle. So music ran in the family but unfortunately pretty much died with my father,lol. Lucky if I can sing two words, but I try.
Couple times a yr maybe more Don Messer ( just lived down the road) would come up and bring his fiddle sometimes Marg Osborn would come as well and we’d have a real ho - down! I remember Don asking Dad a few different time to go on the show and sing a song or two but he never would. Mom told me later he’d have been scared to death playing on TV. Well that would have been the only thing that man was scared of!
Some of you older guys up around Windsor / Falmouth area may know or heard of Kieth Ross, had a couple music stores back in the day, one in Windsor and one in Kentville or New Minus. Also a very accomplished fiddler who travelled Canada and the US playing ( overseas as well) he is now in the Music hall of fame. He was Dad’s cousin. Some but not likely very many of the real old guys may have heard of Tex Cochran from Sweete Corner. Broadcaster on CHNS and then in PEI but also recorded and sold a few records, even before Hank Snow, he was Dads uncle. So music ran in the family but unfortunately pretty much died with my father,lol. Lucky if I can sing two words, but I try.
Love that one! So simple and easy to play too.
As I walked out in the streets of Larado
As I walked out in Larado today
I spied a young cowboy all wrapped in white linen
All wrapped in white linen and cold as the clay
So pick the song title and the artist
Could be streets of Larado OR cowboys Lament
Artist let’s see Burl Ives , Jimmie Rodgers, Marty Robbins and countless others
As I walked out in Larado today
I spied a young cowboy all wrapped in white linen
All wrapped in white linen and cold as the clay
So pick the song title and the artist
Could be streets of Larado OR cowboys Lament
Artist let’s see Burl Ives , Jimmie Rodgers, Marty Robbins and countless others
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Funny i was thinking about that song last night. Mom dated a guy who would sing it when he was half cut, hed get about 3/4 through it and start sobbing like crazy.
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Pretty amazing American Woman was actually thought up on the spot right on the stage. Randy was on stage playing the main riff just killing time cause Burton Cummings was late,when at last he showed up he just started singing whatever popped into his head. The original version is about 14 minutes long so the beginning was cut out as was the very last part,lol last two words were actually American SHIT !!!
Randy was walking down a street one day and saw a bunch of bikers so he crossed the street to avoid any possible trouble. However just as he started to cross he saw a women giving one of the bikers a tongue lashing and her saying - No sugar for you tonite. That inspired him to write the song of that title. However the song was too short for radio time slots. Burton had written a song which also was too short for the time slot so they combined the two to give the song - no sugar tonite new Mother Nature. Which became such a hit it didn’t matter that it was now too long for the normal radio song time slot!
Randy was walking down a street one day and saw a bunch of bikers so he crossed the street to avoid any possible trouble. However just as he started to cross he saw a women giving one of the bikers a tongue lashing and her saying - No sugar for you tonite. That inspired him to write the song of that title. However the song was too short for radio time slots. Burton had written a song which also was too short for the time slot so they combined the two to give the song - no sugar tonite new Mother Nature. Which became such a hit it didn’t matter that it was now too long for the normal radio song time slot!
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