From: owner-bomp-digest@xnet2.com (bomp-digest) To: bomp-digest@xnet2.com Subject: bomp-digest V2000 #86 Reply-To: bomp Sender: owner-bomp-digest@xnet2.com Errors-To: owner-bomp-digest@xnet2.com Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send e-mail to majordomo@xnet2.com with "unsubscribe bomp-digest" in the body X-Bomp-web-site: http://www.bomp.com X-BompList-Administrator: efd@xnet2.com bomp-digest Monday, February 21 2000 Volume 2000 : Number 086 It's another issue of bomp-digest, the digest version of the Bomp list. To unsubscribe, send an e-mail with the words "unsubscribe bomp-digest" to majordomo@xnet2.com or use the form at . The following subjects are included in this digest: Re: hey there frozen face! apollojams Re: Tee & Thee Crumpets Tour Dates missinglink@ebox.tninet.se (nicke) Coffee 'n' Smokes Playlist, 2/19/2000. APiandes@aol.com MC5: Thunder Express Snowdome01@aol.com Radio Rumpus Room playlist, 02/11/00 Ron Thums testors/sonny vincent "Emery, J." Re: deke dickerson in the tundera Brian Phillips Re: testors/sonny vincent Brian Phillips Re: testors/sonny vincent "Sylvain" Hello Ralph Alfonso Re: Dialtones "tobba andersson" Was it a Rock Land, or just plain Folk? Brian Phillips Re: deke dickerson in the tundera Cavestomp@aol.com Re: deke dickerson in the tundera nixie nox Deke Dickerson: Renaissance Man! PETEP@aol.com Any idea... "Harold Freshour" Re: Was it a Rock Land, or just plain Folk? Mark Robinson <999@techemail.com> Re: Deke Dickerson: Renaissance Man! brian marshall Re: hey there frozen face! "fbrandon" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 02:12:03 -0800 From: apollojams Subject: Re: hey there frozen face! Frank: Yeah, it IS cool. I'm still in that virgin phase where i'm pleased to see that anyone CARES about this stuff enough to take an hour to compose a post for everyone to read, whether they enjoy the tangents or not. Oh, and bonus is that Lenny and I are trading, my comp for his comp. of Joe Meek rarities (hopefully it'll have some stuff i don't already have). Which wouldn't have happened if i didn't broach this subject in the first place. The side threads about the earliest uses of "funky" on a record, plus the Dyke thread, have been great, as well. I wonder, tho...with the list being so quiet and all....just the above convo and a few side-comments and radio dj's set lists (maybe i'm not GETTING every post?? or everyone's being polite whilst yawning and hitting "delete" over and over as they scan the posts??) Looks like i'll get together my NEXT set of questions soon: basically an all-UK 60's list of q's on some mod bands, early Beat stuff, etc., that only YOU guys can properly answer, and one question in particular that perhaps only Greg (or Seymore Stein, but he ain't here) can answer. NOT that it's any fresher of a topic than anything else, Lord knows we've covered (many aspects of) this ground before, but as i research and enjoy this music, i run into some stone walls now and then, and it's almost always the Bompers who have the answers. And no one even picked up on the reference made in the subject line over and over. Hmm. I couldn't possibly be the only one on Earth to own that (hint: Warner Bros.) single, could I? - - gary apollo! http://apollojams.com - ----------------------------------------- fbrandon wrote: > > wow---this is the stuff i love about this list----gary and dan just told us > more about arlester "dyke' christian than i ever hoped to know---in just two > days---cool... > -----Original Message----- > From: dannowicki@uswest.net > To: bomp@xnet2.com > Date: Sunday, February 20, 2000 8:24 PM > Subject: Re: hey there frozen face! > > > > >Artco was a pretty solid Phoenix R'n'B label run by Art Barrett and Austin > Coleman, not > >Art LaBoe. Dyke and The Blazers' connection to LaBoe was via Tony Evans, a > local disc > >jockey and program manager at Phoenix's Top 40 giant KRIZ. Evans (whose > Routeen Music > >company published "Funky Broadway") also placed a Bittersweets single with > LaBoe's > >Original Sound Records a little bit later. (The Bittersweets, sometimes > spelled Bitter > >Sweets, were a Byrdsian Phoenix garage band that evolved into The Twentieth > Century Zoo. > >Check out their great "Feel A Whole Lot Better" rip-off "Cry Your Eyes Out" > on the Hype > >label, if you get the chance.) > > > >Here in Phoenix we like to consider Dyke and The Blazers local heroes, > although they > >were indeed Buffalo transplants. The O'Jays and The Blazers were originally > brought to > >Phoenix by KRIZ dj Hadley "Who Loves You Madley" Murrell (whom some of you > might > >remember from The Caravelles thread of a couple of months ago). So Hadley > takes some > >credit for the band's subsequent success in the Valley of the Sun. > > > >Dyke Christian wrote "Funky Broadway" in Phoenix. Broadway Road is a main > east-west > >artery through the predominantly black South Phoenix. He also apparently > was thinking of > >the Broadway Road back in Buffalo, too, if you listen to the lyrics: "In > every town I go > >in, there's a street now . . . The name of the street . . . Funky, Funky > Broadway . . . > >" > > > >"Funky Broadway," which was a big local hit in Phoenix before going > national, was > >recorded in 1966 at the famous Audio Recorders of Arizona on North Seventh > Street. So > >was Dyke and The Blazers' second single, the mighty "So Sharp" b/w "Don't > Bug Me," which > >went directly to Original Sound. A few other tracks also were cut at Audio > Recorders, > >but most of the rest of The Blazers' catalog was recorded in L.A. > > > >The Blazers, however, never severed their ties to Phoenix. It was on the > mean streets of > >Phoenix's south side -- in the vicinity of 12th Avenue and West Buckeye > Road to be > >precise -- that Dyke Christian was shot dead on March 13, 1971. Services > were held in > >Phoenix, but he was buried back in Buffalo, at least according to his > obituary in the > >"Arizona Republic." > > > >At least a couple of ex-Blazers still live here, too. Back when that Kent > CD compilation > >came out a few years ago, the only local shop I could find that stocked it > was an R'n'B > >music store in Phoenix's mostly black Maryvale section. When I presented > the album at > >the cash register, the proprietor, who had come to Phoenix from California > just a short > >time before, said: "Yeah, Dyke Christian. I swear, every other person who > comes through > >that door either says they're related to him or that he was their best > friend!" Now > >THERE's a testament to Dyke and The Blazers' impact on Phoenix . . . > > > >Dan N. > >Phoenix, Arizona, USA > > > >apollojams wrote: > > > >> > >> You know....Dyke and the Blazers is in that same situation as the > WildWeeds and so > >> on. Why is there a Buffalo connection in people's minds? Correct me if > i'm wrong, > >> but here's the history in a nutshell. "Carl LaRue and His Crew" cut one > single on > >> KKC: "Please Don't Drive Me Away"/"Monkey Hips and Oyster Stew". The > band: CL on > >> piano, Maurice Jones on trumpet, Alvester Jacobs on guitar, "Dyke" > Arlester > >> Christian on bass and vocals, Willie Earl on drums. All of whom are back > living in > >> Buffalo now btw, those who are still alive, that is. Anyway, Dyke WAS > born in > >> Buffalo in 1943, I assume the rest of the band are natives too. This band > became > >> the Blazers, renowned as the O'Jays backing band for a spell (PHILLY). > The O'Jays > >> left them stranded in PHOENIX (which is where i always THOUGHT they > originated > >> until i learned better), so they became their own entity. The first Dyke > single > >> was ON a Phoenix label (right?): ArtCo 101 in 1966: "Funky Broadway" > (referencing > >> a street in New York City? Hmm. There's a "Broadway" in Buffalo, and > probably > >> Phoenix, as it's a common street name. Oh, and it's the first time the > word > >> "Funky" was used on a record, by the way). Anyhoo: THEN the subsequent > stuff was > >> leased to a LOS ANGELES label, Original Sound! Tho who knows: Artco? Art > Laboe? > >> Maybe both owned by Art? Then didn't the Blazers basically become the > nucleus of > >> the "Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band"?? Talk about all over the place!~ > >> > >> Phew. What started all this? Oh yeah....i think the point was there's > enough good > >> stuff by Dyke to fill an entire cd (there IS one on Kent via Ace, UK) and > it's > >> essential if you even BARELY like soul and funk. Wilmer and the Dukes, on > the > >> other hand, are basically one fantastic single and a pair of fairly good > lp cuts. > >> Good "nuggets" fodder. > >> ----------------------------------------------- > > > > > > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 05:55:05 -0600 From: missinglink@ebox.tninet.se (nicke) Subject: Re: Tee & Thee Crumpets Tour Dates If you want a gig the 8:th, why not try to get in touch with Pit's in Kortrijk (BE). Excellent little joint close to the French border. I don't know if they're online, but try the bass player in Hot Rod Honeys, Saft'n, as he works there: hotrodhoneys@hotmail.com >*Sunday May 7th in Brussells -details to be announced >*Monday May 8th open >Tuesday May 9th at Geckos in Leuven, BE Nicke ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 08:47:03 EST From: APiandes@aol.com Subject: Coffee 'n' Smokes Playlist, 2/19/2000. Hello BOMP!ers. Not much to report on other than I managed to make it to the station through the tail end of a major snow storm. What a boy won't do for his 15 minutes of fame... I received recordings by both The Resinators & Urban Surf Kings which I've previewed, but haven't aired yet due to my own absent-mindedness. Also, Boston BOMP!ers, if you don't already know, WMFO's Mikey Dee, host of our much-acclaimed local rock show, "On The Town", is in very serious condition after an allegedly simple heart proceedure. Even the best prognosis won't have him back behind the mic for 6 months. Some of us 'MFO-ers will be keeping it warm for Mikey, including yours truly. Here goes for 19 February: The Jesus & Mary Chain: Never Understand (Psycho Candy/Warner Bros.) The Neptunas: Shapes Of Things to Come (V/A Girl Crazy/Remedial) The Soul Survivors: Can't Stand To Be In Love With You (V/A Fuzz, Flaykes & Shakes, Vol. 3/Dionysus) The Nomads: Have Love Will Travel (V/A The Rebel Kind/Sounds Interesting) Zombie Surfers: Hodads From Hell (V/A It Came From The Garage/Wanghead With Lips) The Saturn V feat.Orbit: Fooba Wooba John (Behind Closed Doors At A Recording Session 7" EP/Big Ben) The Navarros: Moses (V/A Mondo Frat Bash A Go Go/Arf! Arf!) The Rangers: Justine (Ho-Dad Hootenanny/Crypt) The Retreds: Johnny Be Good (V/A Move It!/Teenage Shutdown) The Sounds Like Us: The Other Side Of The Record (V/A Everything You Wanted To Know About.../Arf! Arf!) Joe Simon: Drowning In The Sea Of Love (V/A 20 Electrifying Hits (ca.1971)/Commonwealth Marketing) Harvey Scales & The 7 Sounds: Get Down (V/A Whip It On 'Em/Candy) James Brown: Say It Loud-I'm Black And I'm Proud, Pt.1 (Star Time Box/Polydor) H-Bomb Ferguson: She Don't Want Me (V/A Stompin', Vol.7/Stompin') Ralph Wilson: What's Shakin' (V/A Stompin', Vol. 18/Stompin') Ritchie & The Squires: Beat Party (V/A L.V.Grind, Part 3 CD/Strip) Screamin' Jay Hawkins: Orange Colored Sky (I Put A Spell On You/Collectibles) Dave Diamond & The Higher Elevation: The Diamond Mine (V/A Pebbles, Vol. 3 LP/B.F.D.) Napoleon XIV: They're Coming To Take Me Away HA HAA! (V/A Dr. Demento's Delights/Warner Bros.) Downliners Sect: Shame Shame Shame (Singles A's & B's/See For Miles) The Evil: Whacha Gonna Do About It? (V/A Scum Of The Earth/Wanker) The Inferno: Your Heart Is Too Big For Your Head (V/A Psychedelic Unknowns, Vol. 9/Scrap) The Guys Who Came Up From Downstairs: Growth (V/A Hipsville 29 B.C./Kramden) Mucus 2: Je N'Suis Pas Desole (7"/Larsen) Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg: Je T'Aime...Moi Non Plus (7"/Fontana) The Genteels: Take It Off (V/A L.V.Grind, Part 1 CD/Strip) Little Luther: Du De Squat (V/A T-Bird Party!/Lido) Louis Jones: Rock 'n' Roll Bells (V/A Lookey Dookey!/Honk-It) "Groovey" Joe Poovey: Ten Long Fingers (On 88 Keys) (V/A Starday-Dixie Rockabillys, Vol. 1/Diamond) Chuck Grey: Rock 'n' Roll Is In My Soul (V/A Desperate Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 5/no label) Jackie Morningstar: Rockin' In The Graveyard (V/A Sin Alley, Part 4/Crypt) Doorknobs: Hi-Fi Baby (V/A Desperate Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 4/no label) Los Shakers: Gitana (V/A At The Club/Monster) Bats: Money (V/A Beat On The Krauts/Romulan) Mickey Finn: Garden Of My Mind (V/A English Freakbeat, Vol. 2 LP/A.I.P.) Rupert's People: Dream In My Mind (V/A English Freakbeat, Vol. 3 LP/A.I.P.) The Spirit: Man Enough For You (V/A Pebbles, Vol. 13/A.I.P.) The Glass Sun: I Can See The Light (V/A Fuzz, Flaykes, & Shakes, Vol. 1/Dionysus) Blu-erebus: Plastic Year (V/A An Overdose Of Heavy Psych/Arf! Arf!) Canadian Rogues: You Better Stop (V/A Garage Punk Unknowns, Vol. 8/Crypt) Dave Travis Extreme: Last Night, The Flowers Bloomed (V/A Fuzz, Flaykes, & Shakes, Vol. 2/Dionysus) The Savage Generation: You're Not Going To Change My World (V/A Acid & Flowers/Timothy's Brain) The Leaves: Hey Joe (V/A Nuggets Box Set/Rhino) The Esquires: Come On, Come On (V/A Texas Flashbacks, Vol. 1 CD/Way Back) The Kaisers: Twist It Up (Wishing Street/Imperial Wireless) The Standells: There's A Storm Comin' (Best Of.../Rhino) The Sonics: Anyway The Wind Blows (Fire & Ice II: The Lost Tapes/Jerden) Ricky Nelson: Lonesome Town (V/A Pulp Fiction Sdtrk./MCA) The Tallysmen: Little By Little (V/A N.E.Teen Scene CD/Arf! Arf!) Simon Raven: I Wonder If She Remembers Me (V/A Diggin' For Gold, Vol. 1 CD/Way Back) The Boss Tweeds: A Wristwatch Band (V/A Psychedelic Unknowns, Vol. 7/Scrap) The Electras: Soul Searchin' (V/A The Scotty Story/Arf! Arf!) Dirty Wurds: Why (V/A Pebbles, Vol. 5 CD/A.I.P.) Aztex: Little Streets Of My Town (V/A B.F.T.G., Vol. 5/Crypt) The Bittersweets: Hurtin' Kind (V/A Girls In The Garage, Pt. 1 CD/Romulan) Bud & Kathy: Hang It Out To Dry (V/A Hang It Out To Dry/Satan) Shames: Special Ones (V/A B.F.T.G., Vol. 6/Crypt) TUNE IN LIVE VIA MP3 THROUGH THE COFFEE 'N' SMOKES WEBSITE!!! http://members.aol.com/apiandes/Main Coffee 'n' Smokes airs every Saturday morning from 6-9am (EST) and... 3-6am (Pacific), 4-7am (Mountain), 5-8am (Central), 11am-2pm (GMT), Noon-3pm (Paris/Rome), 1-4pm (Athens), 8-11pm (Tokyo), and 9pm-Midnight (Sydney/Melbourne) Check yez later Alex Piandes Coffee 'n' Smokes WMFO (91.5fm) Medford, MA ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 09:28:42 EST From: Snowdome01@aol.com Subject: MC5: Thunder Express >Re the MC5 "Thunder Express" LP : Is this any good? Yeah, definitely. The 8-minute recording of Kick Out The Jams seguing into Empty Heart is among the most righteous, unhinged recordings I have ever experienced. When I first got Thunder Express I played this selection (track 2) over and over for an hour and 15 minutes. It's insane. You must hear it. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 08:42:09 -0600 From: Ron Thums Subject: Radio Rumpus Room playlist, 02/11/00 NEW STUFF this week included a fresh dose of rockinitus by alive'n'kickin' Ray Campi ("Rockabilly Ladies"), punk ("Class War," live Dils recorded back in 1980) and '60s garage/psych (the third volume of the fine Fuzz, Flaykes, & Shakes series -- "Stay Out of My World." All of these came courtesy of the folks at Dionysus. A couple instro efforts were also very well-received at the station. Austin, Texas' 3 Balls Of Fire has a live album of totally engaging covers of non-surf tunes out on Deep Eddy, and the same town gives us the Sir Finks, who split a surfy 7-inch EP with Italy's I Cosmonauti ("Guitar's Don't Argue," on Wildebeest). As always, many thanks to the artists and labels responsible for producing tonight's music, and to the loyal listeners who encourage us to air it every week! (For over five years now, Radio Rumpus Room has been broadcast Fridays at 9-10:30 p.m. on KFAI Fresh Air Radio, FM 90.3 Minneapolis and 106.7 St. Paul. Now the show also streams live in RealAudio, and as always, our last three shows are archived in their entirety -- also in RealAudio. YOU CAN HEAR THIS SHOW RIGHT NOW -- just head for the Radio Rumpus Room webpage for all the ear-corrodin' goods!) Here's what went down in the Radio Rumpus Room on Friday, February 11, 2000: SAVVY SHOW STARTER (ALWAYS LOCALLY RECORDED!) Miller-Olsen Combo -- Fidel Castro Rock (Bloodshot!: The Gaity Records Story, Vol.2; Norton) The refrain went: "We're singin' bye-bye Fidel..." Minneapolis' Miller-Olsen Combo waxed this commie-slammin' ode in the summer of '61. How'd this diplomatic deal go down? To quote Jean's informed comments: "Thirty nine years after the fact we know that the Miller-Olsen Combo went on to great fame and fortune, whereas Fidel Castro -- where is he today?!?!?" Knuckel Drager -- The Song That Cannot Be Named (self-titled; Lane Zero) Church Keys -- Who Drank My Beer? (Work With It!; Norton) Wailers -- Snake Pit (Wolf Call!: Tall Cool Ones From the Vaults of Golden Crest; Norton) Woggles -- Kudzu Creep (live; Continental Magazine #7 CD sampler) Chimps -- I Confess (Live at the Safari Club; MuSick) Missing Links -- You Hypnotize Me (No No No; Cheep! Cheep!) Flamin Groovies -- Please Please Girl (Groovies' Greatest Grooves; Sire) Paul Revere & the Raiders -- Take A Look At Yourself (Midnight Ride With...; Sundazed) Burgundy Runn -- Stop! (Teen Jangler Blowout; Teenage Shutdown) Bedforde Set -- Girl Go Run Away (Fuzz, Flaykes, & Shakes, Vol. 3: Stay Out of My World; Bacchus Archives/Dionysus) Kevin Deal -- I Look in Dance Halls (Honky Tonks -n- Churches; Blind Nello) Star Room Boys -- Foolish (Why Do Lonely Men and Women Want to Break Each Other's Hearts; Checkered Past) Koerner, Ray & Glover -- I Ain't Blue (One Foot in the Groove; Tim/Kerr) Charline Arthur -- Welcome to the Club (Welcome to the Club; Bear Family) Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys -- Playgirl (Radio Favorites; HMG) Ray Campi -- I'll Go Stepping Too (Rockabilly Ladies; Dionysus) Robbie Fulks -- Parallel Bars (The Very Best Of...; Bloodshot) 3 Balls of Fire -- Wild Weekend (Friday Night at Ego's Lounge; Deep Eddy) Ramonetures -- She's the One (Ramonetures; Blood Red) Sir Finks -- Mazatland Stomp (Sir Finks/I Cosmonauti split 7-inch EP; Wildebeest) Treblemakers -- The Great White Lunch Hour (...Versus the Doomsday Device; Dionysus) Blanket Bomber -- Anything at That Speed (Max; no label) Dils -- Sound of the Rain (Class War; Dionysus) And that was that! Ron ________________ RADIO RUMPUS ROOM: An unholy mix of surf, hot rod, rockabilly, '60s garage, psychedelia, primal pop and traditional and alt.country KFAI 90.3 FM (Minneapolis) and 106.7 FM (St. Paul) Now streaming live in RealAudio every Friday 9-10:30 p.m. http://www.kfai.org/kfai2/kfailive.ram Recent archived shows in RealAudio, playlists and much more at: http://www2.bitstream.net/~rumpus2/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 09:17:24 -0600 From: "Emery, J." Subject: testors/sonny vincent i've recently gotten into the testors from the powerpearls and backseat love comps, as well as a late 70s lp that just got reissued. all the stuff on their recs says "the testors, featuring sonny vincent" as if he became famous or something -- does anyone know if he went on to greatness in some more well-known band? thanks, joe ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 10:25:42 -0500 From: Brian Phillips Subject: Re: deke dickerson in the tundera >Unless he was waylaid by roving Yeti in the frosty hillsides and highways >of New Jersey, Deke Dickerson of Untamed Youth Not like he NEEDS praise from a fellow such as me, but I can vouch for the prowess of Mr. Dickerson's guitar skills. Those who have not seen him and the Youth ought to. It is nothing less than scary how well he plays. Eek, Brian Phillips ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 10:38:34 -0500 From: Brian Phillips Subject: Re: testors/sonny vincent You (and everyone else! I am NOT excluding anyone! Leave me alone! Mommmmm!) can read about him here: http://www.angelfire.com/ny/punkrocknroll/biography.html He has quite a few solo albums as well as working with Maureen Tucker and Captain Sensible. Brian "Complex, Oedipus?" Phillips ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 17:14:04 CET From: "Sylvain" Subject: Re: testors/sonny vincent >He has quite a few solo albums as well as working with Maureen Tucker and >Captain Sensible. ... and you shouldn't miss his last and killer album ( the best he ever made ) that came out last year on the french Nest Of Vipers label. It's called « Hard In Detroit »,and I'd heartly, fully recommend that one for anybody into (early) Hellacopters and Stooges. By the way... am I wrong or is he now « working » occasionally with Steve Baise / Bobby & The Nightcaps ? ? ? sylvain / switzerland ______________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 08:57:55 -0800 From: Ralph Alfonso Subject: Hello Hello. Ralph Alfonso here. Just a quick note if any of my old buddies are on this list that I'm back in.... you can see what I've been up to on my web site... Http://www.bongobeat.com Dig that crazy Bongo Beat! Visit my web site Http://www.bongobeat.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 09:02:46 PST From: "tobba andersson" Subject: Re: Dialtones Hey Trev, Hur är det efter denna helg? Själv blev jag ju så full att jag aldrig tog mig till Svensson & co. Mycket pinsamt! Hörde att ni inte kom in på krogen under söndag, hade du inte mobilnumret till Niklas som äger stället? Jag har inget praktiskt att göra med dem, jag "bara" bokar banden. Hoppas annars att allt är ok med dej, jag ska försöka att ta mig till Stockholm snarast. Ha en bra dag & hör av dej. Tobba Andersson ZORCH PRODUCTIONS, giving music a bad name since 1989... #0708-570219 e-mail:zorchman@hotmail.com www.24timmar.se/zorch ______________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 12:08:10 -0500 From: Brian Phillips Subject: Was it a Rock Land, or just plain Folk? >Regarding the Upstate NY thread, I recently bought a Chapin (Steve, Tom and Harry) Brothers single on Rock-Land Records, because I was so thrilled to see the publisher, Ramapo Music, which means that my home county of Rockland in New York had SOMEthing going on besides Laurie Records' office being in Monsey. Were there any Bomp-ish records on this label ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 14:35:08 EST From: Cavestomp@aol.com Subject: Re: deke dickerson in the tundera I was at Maxwell's for Deke's show on Sat. night. WHOA! I cannot describe how amazing "Deke Dickerson & The Eccophonics" are. Blair? Help me out... - -Jon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 16:30:50 -0400 From: nixie nox Subject: Re: deke dickerson in the tundera bad bad jokes, but everything else was sublime. nixie >I was at Maxwell's for Deke's show on Sat. night. WHOA! I cannot describe >how amazing "Deke Dickerson & The Eccophonics" are. Blair? Help me out... >-Jon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 20:06:50 EST From: PETEP@aol.com Subject: Deke Dickerson: Renaissance Man! Deke Dickerson is so good at whatever music he plays, it's really frightening. He makes it look so easy, like he's barely breaking a sweat- and his band is truly amazing. It was a great night of music at Maxwells Saturday night. It's impressive when a musician can play garage, surf, hillbilly, rockabilly, swinging jazz, etc. And look authentic at each one of them. Deke is our very own renaissance man- he can do it all! Easily the best talent on the scene today, and a great live performer. Pete ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 17:09:41 -0800 From: "Harold Freshour" Subject: Any idea... ... if anyone here can remember a Pop/New Wave song from about '79 or '80 about a guy who was in love with a majorette? "The drummer man, the drummer man told me, he was so in love, He was so in love with the majorette that used to lead the band" ....that's all the words I can remember! Any idea who the band was, or what the song was really called? TIA! HotBot - Search smarter. http://www.hotbot.com ------------------------------ Date: 21 Feb 2000 17:09:20 -0800 From: Mark Robinson <999@techemail.com> Subject: Re: Was it a Rock Land, or just plain Folk? Just curious.....what year was the single. On Mon, 21 February 2000, Brian Phillips wrote: > > > > >Regarding the Upstate NY thread, > > > > I recently bought a Chapin (Steve, Tom and Harry) Brothers single on > Rock-Land Records, because I was so thrilled to see the publisher, Ramapo > Music, which means that my home county of Rockland in New York had > SOMEthing going on besides Laurie Records' office being in Monsey. Were > there any Bomp-ish records on this label _______________________________________________________ Are you a Techie? Get Your Free Tech Email Address Now! Many to choose from! Visit http://www.TechEmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 17:33:31 -0800 (PST) From: brian marshall Subject: Re: Deke Dickerson: Renaissance Man! I second this! And he's coming to Indy so I can witness the splendor that is Deke once again! Brian NFTG - --- PETEP@aol.com wrote: > > Deke Dickerson is so good at whatever music he > plays, it's really > frightening. He makes it look so easy, like he's > barely breaking a sweat- and > his band is truly amazing. It was a great night of > music at Maxwells Saturday > night. > It's impressive when a musician can play > garage, surf, hillbilly, > rockabilly, swinging jazz, etc. And look authentic > at each one of them. Deke > is our very own renaissance man- he can do it all! > Easily the best talent on > the scene today, and a great live performer. > > Pete > > __________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 20:21:25 -0800 From: "fbrandon" Subject: Re: hey there frozen face! gary---i did see the expanded and detailed listing mentioning underwater surfers---by the way, danny n was the late afternoon/early evening guy and joey was the night guy on kbw---think Royal Order of the Night People---he was crazy nuts on the air and i dug him---this was when rado was everything to a kid growing up and wanting to hear more---on the east coast for me, there was wbz (bruce bradley and dick summer) and wmex (arnie ginsberg) in boston, wls (art roberts) in chicago, CKLW in windsor, cousin brucie and murray the K in nyc---and i could listen to the pirates on kdka---i missed out on the nashville/memphis stations---and of course the west was only a rumor---there is a great site of 60's airchecks that david brock posted a year and a half back www.reelradio.com that has fantastic stuff---dig dewey phillips in memphis---check this site out for some true flashbacks.... the jocks were boss, the search for the newest sounds was ongoing---hearing the stones, animals, zombies, hullabaloos, hollies for the first time was amazing and there were lots of local scenes that made it on to the air---chicago wcfl and wls were sooooo supportive of their own scene.... the good old days - -----Original Message----- From: apollojams To: bomp@xnet2.com Date: Monday, February 21, 2000 2:15 AM Subject: Re: hey there frozen face! > >Frank: > Yeah, it IS cool. I'm still in that virgin phase where i'm pleased to see that >anyone CARES about this stuff enough to take an hour to compose a post for >everyone to read, whether they enjoy the tangents or not. > Oh, and bonus is that Lenny and I are trading, my comp for his comp. of Joe Meek >rarities (hopefully it'll have some stuff i don't already have). Which wouldn't >have happened if i didn't broach this subject in the first place. > The side threads about the earliest uses of "funky" on a record, plus the Dyke >thread, have been great, as well. > I wonder, tho...with the list being so quiet and all....just the above convo >and a few side-comments and radio dj's set lists (maybe i'm not GETTING every >post?? or everyone's being polite whilst yawning and hitting "delete" over and >over as they scan the posts??) Looks like i'll get together my NEXT set of >questions soon: basically an all-UK 60's list of q's on some mod bands, early Beat >stuff, etc., that only YOU guys can properly answer, and one question in >particular that perhaps only Greg (or Seymore Stein, but he ain't here) can >answer. NOT that it's any fresher of a topic than anything else, Lord knows we've >covered (many aspects of) this ground before, but as i research and enjoy this >music, i run into some stone walls now and then, and it's almost always the >Bompers who have the answers. > And no one even picked up on the reference made in the subject line over and >over. Hmm. >I couldn't possibly be the only one on Earth to own that (hint: Warner Bros.) >single, could I? > >- gary apollo! > http://apollojams.com > >----------------------------------------- > >fbrandon wrote: >> >> wow---this is the stuff i love about this list----gary and dan just told us >> more about arlester "dyke' christian than i ever hoped to know---in just two >> days---cool... >> -----Original Message----- >> From: dannowicki@uswest.net >> To: bomp@xnet2.com >> Date: Sunday, February 20, 2000 8:24 PM >> Subject: Re: hey there frozen face! >> >> > >> >Artco was a pretty solid Phoenix R'n'B label run by Art Barrett and Austin >> Coleman, not >> >Art LaBoe. Dyke and The Blazers' connection to LaBoe was via Tony Evans, a >> local disc >> >jockey and program manager at Phoenix's Top 40 giant KRIZ. Evans (whose >> Routeen Music >> >company published "Funky Broadway") also placed a Bittersweets single with >> LaBoe's >> >Original Sound Records a little bit later. (The Bittersweets, sometimes >> spelled Bitter >> >Sweets, were a Byrdsian Phoenix garage band that evolved into The Twentieth >> Century Zoo. >> >Check out their great "Feel A Whole Lot Better" rip-off "Cry Your Eyes Out" >> on the Hype >> >label, if you get the chance.) >> > >> >Here in Phoenix we like to consider Dyke and The Blazers local heroes, >> although they >> >were indeed Buffalo transplants. The O'Jays and The Blazers were originally >> brought to >> >Phoenix by KRIZ dj Hadley "Who Loves You Madley" Murrell (whom some of you >> might >> >remember from The Caravelles thread of a couple of months ago). So Hadley >> takes some >> >credit for the band's subsequent success in the Valley of the Sun. >> > >> >Dyke Christian wrote "Funky Broadway" in Phoenix. Broadway Road is a main >> east-west >> >artery through the predominantly black South Phoenix. He also apparently >> was thinking of >> >the Broadway Road back in Buffalo, too, if you listen to the lyrics: "In >> every town I go >> >in, there's a street now . . . The name of the street . . . Funky, Funky >> Broadway . . . >> >" >> > >> >"Funky Broadway," which was a big local hit in Phoenix before going >> national, was >> >recorded in 1966 at the famous Audio Recorders of Arizona on North Seventh >> Street. So >> >was Dyke and The Blazers' second single, the mighty "So Sharp" b/w "Don't >> Bug Me," which >> >went directly to Original Sound. A few other tracks also were cut at Audio >> Recorders, >> >but most of the rest of The Blazers' catalog was recorded in L.A. >> > >> >The Blazers, however, never severed their ties to Phoenix. It was on the >> mean streets of >> >Phoenix's south side -- in the vicinity of 12th Avenue and West Buckeye >> Road to be >> >precise -- that Dyke Christian was shot dead on March 13, 1971. Services >> were held in >> >Phoenix, but he was buried back in Buffalo, at least according to his >> obituary in the >> >"Arizona Republic." >> > >> >At least a couple of ex-Blazers still live here, too. Back when that Kent >> CD compilation >> >came out a few years ago, the only local shop I could find that stocked it >> was an R'n'B >> >music store in Phoenix's mostly black Maryvale section. When I presented >> the album at >> >the cash register, the proprietor, who had come to Phoenix from California >> just a short >> >time before, said: "Yeah, Dyke Christian. I swear, every other person who >> comes through >> >that door either says they're related to him or that he was their best >> friend!" Now >> >THERE's a testament to Dyke and The Blazers' impact on Phoenix . . . >> > >> >Dan N. >> >Phoenix, Arizona, USA >> > >> >apollojams wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> You know....Dyke and the Blazers is in that same situation as the >> WildWeeds and so >> >> on. Why is there a Buffalo connection in people's minds? Correct me if >> i'm wrong, >> >> but here's the history in a nutshell. "Carl LaRue and His Crew" cut one >> single on >> >> KKC: "Please Don't Drive Me Away"/"Monkey Hips and Oyster Stew". The >> band: CL on >> >> piano, Maurice Jones on trumpet, Alvester Jacobs on guitar, "Dyke" >> Arlester >> >> Christian on bass and vocals, Willie Earl on drums. All of whom are back >> living in >> >> Buffalo now btw, those who are still alive, that is. Anyway, Dyke WAS >> born in >> >> Buffalo in 1943, I assume the rest of the band are natives too. This band >> became >> >> the Blazers, renowned as the O'Jays backing band for a spell (PHILLY). >> The O'Jays >> >> left them stranded in PHOENIX (which is where i always THOUGHT they >> originated >> >> until i learned better), so they became their own entity. The first Dyke >> single >> >> was ON a Phoenix label (right?): ArtCo 101 in 1966: "Funky Broadway" >> (referencing >> >> a street in New York City? Hmm. There's a "Broadway" in Buffalo, and >> probably >> >> Phoenix, as it's a common street name. Oh, and it's the first time the >> word >> >> "Funky" was used on a record, by the way). Anyhoo: THEN the subsequent >> stuff was >> >> leased to a LOS ANGELES label, Original Sound! Tho who knows: Artco? Art >> Laboe? >> >> Maybe both owned by Art? Then didn't the Blazers basically become the >> nucleus of >> >> the "Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band"?? Talk about all over the place!~ >> >> >> >> Phew. What started all this? Oh yeah....i think the point was there's >> enough good >> >> stuff by Dyke to fill an entire cd (there IS one on Kent via Ace, UK) and >> it's >> >> essential if you even BARELY like soul and funk. Wilmer and the Dukes, on >> the >> >> other hand, are basically one fantastic single and a pair of fairly good >> lp cuts. >> >> Good "nuggets" fodder. >> >> ----------------------------------------------- >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------ End of bomp-digest V2000 #86 **************************** ===================================================================== You've been reading bomp-digest, the digest version of the Bomp list. To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe bomp-digest" to majordomo@xnet2.com