Andrew Smith once told me that when he and Bob were playing sessions out east after Motown, folks called them "Salt and Pepper". Two great folks, now together, again. Play on, Bob, you'll certainly...
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Andrew Smith once told me that when he and Bob were playing sessions out east after Motown, folks called them "Salt and Pepper". Two great folks, now together, again. Play on, Bob, you'll certainly...
Prayers for a solid recovery!
Reading this post reminded me to pull out one of her early LP's [[probably her first) with "Billy's Blues" over the weekend. A beautiful song that carried me way back...what a voice!
Yes, the name rings a bell. I booked a gig through one of their agents to fill in for Larry Santos along about 1976 for a gig that he had out on Telegraph Road, slightly north of Grand River - if my...
Yeah, I love their first album. They had quite a few hits on their debut and every song on the album was very well done, both vocally and production. I look forward to seeing what they are up to,...
I didn't know there was a version of Mind Over Matter by anyone other than Nolan Strong. On the Pirates version it says it was written by Devora Brown. Does anyone know the story? One of the...
As a guitar player, I'd like to know more about Toad's guitars.
She did some heavy touring doing the college circuits along about '77 or thereabouts. I had a friend who saw her as an opening act for Heart at Michigan State University. That's how I got to know...
I had the honor of meeting her at United Sound. One day I walked into the studio and I was sitting in the control booth with Don Davis. She was down below with a spotlight on her with some...
Oh, yes, I am a fan...I have her first four or five albums, but have lost track of her over the recent years. She's quite a guitar player!
Andrew's sitting on the cover in the sand in the Plastic Ono Band album with the pyramid. He also did some recordings with Tom Rush. He plays drums on "No Regrets", when Tom re-recorded it on the...
The gentleman on the sax is Eli Fontaine. I can't tell who the guitar player is. Eli was always around United.
Donovan deserved to make it into the Hall of Fame years ago, if only for writing "Season of the Witch", which has come to be a standard.
I had the pleasure of doing sessions with Andrew at United Sound and Orchestra Hall in Detroit. We were good friends and hung out together. I taught guitar at the first music store he opened with...