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Today in counterculture history (01/21) 2
#13824387 - 01/21/11 01:57 AM (13 years, 2 months ago) |
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- 1941: Richie Havens is born
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Richard Pierce "Richie" Havens (January 21, 1941 – April 22, 2013) was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. His music encompassed elements of folk, soul, and rhythm and blues. He is best known for his intense and rhythmic guitar style (often in open tunings), soulful covers of pop and folk songs, and his opening performance at the 1969 Woodstock Festival.
Woodstock and increased visibility
Havens as a live performer earned widespread notice. His Woodstock appearance in 1969 catapulted him into stardom and was a major turning point in his career. As the festival's first performer, he held the crowd for nearly three hours. In part, Havens was told to continue playing, because many artists scheduled to perform after him were delayed in reaching the festival location with highways at a virtual standstill. He was called back for several encores. Having run out of tunes, he improvised a song based on the old spiritual "Motherless Child" that became "Freedom". In an interview with Cliff Smith, for Music-Room, he explained:
"I'd already played every song I knew and I was stalling, asking for more guitar and mic, trying to think of something else to play – and then it just came to me...The establishment was foolish enough to give us all this freedom and we used it in every way we could."
The subsequent Woodstock movie release helped Havens reach a worldwide audience. He also appeared two weeks later at the Isle of Wight Festival in late August 1969.
(https://en.wikipedia.org)
- 1968: Canned Heat release the album Boogie With Canned Heat
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Boogie with Canned Heat is the second album by Canned Heat, released in 1968. Unlike their debut, it features mostly original material. It included the top 10 hit "On the Road Again," one of their best known songs. "Amphetamine Annie," a warning about the dangers of amphetamine abuse, also received considerable airplay. "Fried Hockey Boogie" was the first example of one of Canned Heat's boogies, or loose jams. When released on CD in 2005, six tracks originally released on singles were included as bonus tracks.
Track listing
1. "Evil Woman" – 2:59 2. "My Crime" – 3:57 3. "On the Road Again" – 5:01 4. "World in a Jug" – 3:29 5. "Turpentine Moan" – 2:56 6. "Whiskey Headed Woman No. 2" – 2:57 7. "Amphetamine Annie" – 3:56 8. "An Owl Song" – 2:43 9. "Marie Laveau" – 5:18 10. "Fried Hockey Boogie" – 11:07
Personnel
Canned Heat
* Bob Hite – vocals * Alan Wilson – Slide Guitar, vocals, Harmonica * Henry Vestine– Lead guitar * Larry Taylor – Electric Bass * Fito de la Parra – drums
Released January 21, 1968 Recorded October-November 1967, Liberty Studios Genre Blues Length 41:00 Label Liberty Producer Skip Taylor, Dallas Smith
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- 1970: The Jefferson Airplane album Volunteers goes Gold
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Volunteers is a 1969 album by American psychedelic rock band, Jefferson Airplane. It was controversial at the time because of anti-war messages of certain songs. The original title of the album was supposed to be Volunteers of Amerikkka, but pressure from RCA Records led to this name being dropped.
History
This was the sixth album recorded by the group and the first to be wholly recorded in San Francisco, at Wally Heider's then state-of-the-art 16-track studio. Guests included Jerry Garcia on pedal steel guitar, veteran session pianist Nicky Hopkins, future Airplane drummer Joey Covington on percussion, David Crosby, and Stephen Stills. It was one of the earliest 16-track recordings. The back cover of the album shows a picture of the MM-1000 professional 16-track tape recorder built by Ampex which was used to record the album.
The album was marked with strong anti-war and pro-anarchism songs. The theme of nature, communities and ecology was also explored with the songs "The Farm" and "Eskimo Blue Day". The title track was actually inspired by a "Volunteers of America" garbage truck that awoke singer Marty Balin one morning. The album provoked even more controversy with lyrics such as "Up against the wall, motherfucker" (from the song "We Can Be Together") which appeared on the opening track and "shit" which is said several times on "Eskimo Blue Day". Musically, the album is characterized by lead guitarist Jorma Kaukonen's razor-sharp guitar work (the dueling solos on "Hey Fredrick", plus "Good Shepherd" and "Wooden Ships") and the distinctive piano playing of Nicky Hopkins. It also featured that band dabbling in a country rock sound, particularly in "The Farm" and "Song For All Seasons".
Despite its controversies, the album was a commercial success becoming the band's fourth top twenty hit record and went gold within two months of its release.
This was to be both Jefferson Airplane's founder Marty Balin and drummer Spencer Dryden's last album with the group, (although they did both appear on the "Mexico" single released in 1970 and its B-side "Have You Seen the Saucers?") signifying the end of the best-remembered "classic" lineup. It was to be the last all-new LP for two years; Jack Casady and Jorma Kaukonen would now devote more of their energy to their embryonic blues group "Hot Tuna", while Paul Kantner and Grace Slick celebrated the birth of their daughter China in 1971.
Even though the album was released in late 1969, the cover photo dates back to 1967, and features the band wearing disguises, and was taken during the filming of a promotional film made for their single "Martha."
A specially remixed Quadraphonic (4 channel) version of the album was also released in 1973. The Quad version was available on LP Record, and Reel to reel, and 8-track cartridge tape. The Quad mixes are noticeably different than the usual (2 channel) stereo mixes (actually, "Hey Fredrick" has a completely different lead vocal, "Volunteers" is a totally different recording, and "The Farm"'s backing vocals by the Ace of Cups is brought up to front). A few tracks from the Quad version were included on the 3 CD box set Jefferson Airplane Loves You, however on the box set the 4 channel recordings have been reduced to 2 channels due to the technical limitations of Compact Disc .
The 2004 CD rerelease features 5 additional bonus tracks from the group's annual Thanksgiving concert at the Fillmore East, New York in 1969.
In 2003, the album was ranked number 370 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
The album was released again in 2009 along with the entirety of the Airplane's live performance at the Woodstock Festival in 1969 as Jefferson Airplane Woodstock Experience.
Track listing
Side one
1. "We Can Be Together" 5:56 5:48 2. "Good Shepherd" 4:21 3. "The Farm" 2:32 3:15 4. "Hey Fredrick" 9:00 8:26
Side two
1. "Turn My Life Down" 2:54 2. "Wooden Ships" 5:50 6:24 3. "Eskimo Blue Day" 6:15 6:31 4. "A Song for All Seasons" 3:28 5. "Meadowlands" 1:04 6. "Volunteers" 2:21
Personnel
* Grace Slick – vocals, piano on "The Farm", "Hey Fredrick", "Eskimo Blue Day", and "Volunteers", organ on "Meadowlands", recorder on "Eskimo Blue Day" * Paul Kantner – vocals, rhythm guitar * Marty Balin – vocals, percussion * Jorma Kaukonen – lead guitar, vocals * Jack Casady – bass * Spencer Dryden – drums, percussion
(https://en.wikipedia.org)
Artist JEFFERSON AIRPLANE/STARSHIP Title VOLUNTEERS Certification Date 01/21/1970 Label RCA Award Description GOLD Format ALBUM Category GROUP Type ST
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Edited by Learyfan (01/16/21 09:52 AM)
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Re: Today in counterculture history (01/21) [Re: Learyfan]
#13824469 - 01/21/11 02:38 AM (13 years, 2 months ago) |
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first.
Hey leary, can you send me those acidxprincess pics? I know you got em.
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Re: Today in counterculture history (01/21) [Re: AsAboveSoBelow] 1
#13824750 - 01/21/11 06:59 AM (13 years, 2 months ago) |
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That canned heat album rocks.
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Re: Today in counterculture history (01/21) [Re: Epilson Lyrae] 1
#13824780 - 01/21/11 07:13 AM (13 years, 2 months ago) |
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Love these threads Learyfan.
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Learyfan
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Re: Today in counterculture history (01/21) [Re: memes]
#13826028 - 01/21/11 01:11 PM (13 years, 2 months ago) |
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Right on, bra. Hey Epilson Lyrae, here's "On The Road Again" from Boogie With Canned Heat....
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Edited by Learyfan (01/21/14 04:27 AM)
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Re: Today in counterculture history (01/21) [Re: Learyfan] 2
#13826074 - 01/21/11 01:21 PM (13 years, 2 months ago) |
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I can see by your coat, my friend, that you're from the other side. There's just one thing I've got to know: Can you tell me please who won?
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Re: Today in counterculture history (01/21) [Re: ifoundwaldo] 1
#13827212 - 01/21/11 04:42 PM (13 years, 2 months ago) |
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Yeah baby. Here's the whole Volunteers album just for you. It's my second favorite Airplane album.
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Edited by Learyfan (01/20/15 10:04 PM)
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Re: Today in counterculture history (01/21) [Re: Learyfan] 1
#13827330 - 01/21/11 05:22 PM (13 years, 2 months ago) |
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1991 i was born, oh shit.
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Re: Today in counterculture history (01/21) [Re: Enjoywho] 1
#13827361 - 01/21/11 05:31 PM (13 years, 2 months ago) |
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Enjoywho said: 1991 i was born, oh shit.
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Re: Today in counterculture history (01/21) [Re: ifoundwaldo] 2
#13827439 - 01/21/11 05:51 PM (13 years, 2 months ago) |
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Leary fan. In the unlikely event that I have neglected to give you five mushrooms as a rating; and in the unlikely event that you live your life for 5 mushroom ratings: Here are 5 for you. I don't want to get all caught up in the fact that you reminded me to pull out the vinyl. But sreiousleys old man, your post's mean a lot to me.
Here's to Canned Heat and here's to a forum where old people can still give an electronic high five and compare hoverrounds!
Thanks, and thanks for the sweet, sweet stylings.
Where are the goddamn puddings that they promised?
Old people rock bro! Just ask one.
-------------------- "Freedom is something that dies unless it's used." H.T. I've come to believe that the heart is the filter of the enlightened mind. Epilson Lyrae
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Re: Today in counterculture history (01/21) [Re: Epilson Lyrae]
#13828679 - 01/21/11 09:33 PM (13 years, 2 months ago) |
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"We are all outlaws in the eyes of America" - Jefferson Airplane from We Can Be Together
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Re: Today in counterculture history (01/21) [Re: Epilson Lyrae]
#15696633 - 01/21/12 09:01 AM (12 years, 2 months ago) |
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Annual bump.
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Re: Today in counterculture history (01/21) [Re: Learyfan]
#17583413 - 01/21/13 05:10 AM (11 years, 2 months ago) |
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45th anniversary of the Boogie With Canned Heat album.
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Re: Today in counterculture history (01/21) [Re: Learyfan] 1
#19451379 - 01/21/14 04:32 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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"Amphetamine Annie" by Canned Heat
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Re: Today in counterculture history (01/21) [Re: Learyfan]
#21153884 - 01/21/15 05:41 AM (9 years, 2 months ago) |
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45th anniversary of Volunteers going gold today.
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Re: Today in counterculture history (01/21) [Re: Learyfan] 1
#22806134 - 01/21/16 05:49 AM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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Happy 75th Birthday to Richie Havens.
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Re: Today in counterculture history (01/21) [Re: Learyfan]
#24027719 - 01/21/17 09:41 AM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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Annual bump.
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Re: Today in counterculture history (01/21) [Re: Learyfan]
#24931126 - 01/21/18 10:48 AM (6 years, 2 months ago) |
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50th anniversary of Boogie With Canned Heat today.
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Re: Today in counterculture history (01/21) [Re: Learyfan]
#25757919 - 01/21/19 05:32 AM (5 years, 2 months ago) |
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"Up against the wall. Up against the wall, motherfuckers! Tear down the wall. Tear down the wall."
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Re: Today in counterculture history (01/21) [Re: Learyfan]
#26444304 - 01/21/20 05:35 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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Annual bump.
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