A much needed Black Music thread.
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The first rock star I saw live was back in the late 50s as a teenager at the old Crang Plaza which was at Wilson and Keele I think. It was on a Sunday in a hall inside the mall. No booze was sold and we sat on bleacher seats. The artist was Ronnie Hawkins whose big hit back then was Forty Days which he sang and also sang Who do you Love which was terrific. I bought some Bo Diddley albums later that were great and of course his music became legendary because of his so called Bo Diddley beat. Saw Hawkins later at the Concord Hotel with his band the Hawkes, who later became The Band with Levon Helm and imo one of the worlds best guitarists Robbie Robertson who helped write the music in the movie The Last Waltz. The band included some great musicians, Rick Danko,Richard Manuel, Levon Helm who have all died and Garth Hudson who is 85. My favourite song of theirs is The Weight. "Take a load off Annie". Man I miss that music.
I was just listening to The Weight earlier this morning. Superb track.
Not sure I'd call him a legend but he had his moments. Couple of big tracks from his debut album.
i think Crang Plaza was at Jane and Wilson,,NW corner..and York Plaza was right across the street and right behind there was St phillips grade school..i went to school there
RH and BD were pioneers..........the song 40 days was originally done by Chuck Berry called 30 Days...Ronnie gave her more time to get back home..lol....Eddie ..You Tube is your friend...oldies still live there....and speaking of Crang Plaza i saw the late great Jackie Shane perform there
Wow, I saw Jackie Shane and I think it was at the old Club Bluenote at Yonge and Gerrard. It was one of the first late after hours lounges, very small quaint place full of hot young chicks.
For me those are the best type of places to listen to live music. Much prefer that to big concert venues.
When I went to university in Ottawa almost every Thursday night we'd track to The Pit in the Byward Market to hear the Hammerheads play. They did covers of mostly 70's soul and disco music.
Probably my favorite 'hood' movie. The soundtrack was meh but this one bumps. Same with this one
Rarely have I seen anything posted from Donny Hathaway on here. What a stellar voice. So damn soulful. And he does very well in those challenging lower registers
Billy Preston featuring Johnny "Guitar" Watson, 1990 - YouTube
sometimes you listen to something and all you can say is.........wow
sometimes you listen to something and all you can say is.........wow
Carlos Santana first three albums were killer, he also became a degenerate junkie. So he turned to Khrishna to help him get off drugs - unfortunately his "tranquil" albums didn't sell.
Because I don't have the Santana Live album he made in 1974, I didn't know the theme song that opens The Bennington Show. Perhaps the smartest talk show on satellite radio. Buddy Miles toured with the Santana Band, on and off, for over a decade.
Because I don't have the Santana Live album he made in 1974, I didn't know the theme song that opens The Bennington Show. Perhaps the smartest talk show on satellite radio. Buddy Miles toured with the Santana Band, on and off, for over a decade.
