tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504642600308812834.post3991003203891361276..comments2024-03-28T12:04:50.862-04:00Comments on Boss Radio 66, formerly known as Rock 'n' Soul Ichiban: Apollo Saturday NightDebbie Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00749338355347132769noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504642600308812834.post-34381717293019652022010-02-17T19:29:58.860-05:002010-02-17T19:29:58.860-05:00It's not Wilson Pickett doing leads
for the Fa...It's not Wilson Pickett doing leads<br />for the Falcons - he'd left the group about 18 months before the<br />"Apollo" album was recorded. This<br />version of the Falcons was led<br />by Carlis "Sonny" Munro whose group<br />,the Fabulous Playboys were drafted<br />in by the Falcons' manager, Robert<br />West, to be the "new" Falcons when<br />the original group broke up.<br /><br />I'm enjoying your blog.<br /><br />DavieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504642600308812834.post-88365661222935531592009-11-03T04:28:44.249-05:002009-11-03T04:28:44.249-05:00Andy what has you had? You is DRUUUUUNK!
I forgot...Andy what has you had? You is DRUUUUUNK!<br /><br />I forgot how great Bo was so maybe I'm drunk. Don't think it was The Shirelles. Saw them around that time at the Westchester County Center with the Fake Drifters and the Belmonts and it was a total mediocre vibe. Got snubbed by Don K. Reed and I'm still pissed.Spazzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00892572891844612595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504642600308812834.post-76111404214482441822009-11-03T00:59:48.855-05:002009-11-03T00:59:48.855-05:00Ok. I have a number of things to add.
1st and fo...Ok. I have a number of things to add. <br /><br />1st and formost, I'm dead drunk so I don't know what the hell I'm talkin' 'bout. But you know, the wine goes in and the truth comes out. <br /><br />2nd. I was at both of the shows Dave mentions here. The Coasters rocked the garden, but I never saw a band before or since OWN A CLUB AND A SMALL CROWD the way they owned that shitty little RT FIREFLY'S... They came on and KILLED. You know I've watched a million bands since, and nobody ever put as much into it as those guys did that night. PERIOD. <br /><br />3rd. As far as the show at the garden goes. I think the Shirelles played as well. Aside from that it was one act topping the last until Bo Diddley came on. The backing band set up a Bo Beat and out walks Bo to the edge of the stage and for about five minutes he stands there and stares down the entire crowd at the Garden. Doesn't play a note. Just stands there. When it got to the point that the audience couldn't take know more, Bo kicks it into high gear and pours out a set of molten lava. Hit after hit after hit after hit. The band is chuggin' along and every time you think it can't get any more intense, it kicks up another ten notches. Finally the band sounds like a freight train and Bo is KICKIN' IT! Doin' splits, Karate' all kinds of shit . Just tearin' the muthafuckin' place down. Everybody in the place is goin' nuts, and you don't think that anybody could possibly follow THAT SHIT! The whole joint is screamin' their fuckin' heads off when he leaves the stage. Even that Fat Fuck Richard Nader seems to have actually come alive. Now I love Chuck Berry, but he was up next and I was thinkin' "there is no way in hell anybody could follow that". Sure enough, the lights come down and Chuck's introduced, and he proceeds to spend about ten minutes trying to tune his guitar, and the band (the same one that has backed all of the acts so far) has lost all of the steam that it had when Bo was on. It just goes on forever, the band vampin' a 12 bar blues, and Chuck lookin' confused and tryin' to find a pitch on his guitar. This is pre captains hat. He's wearin' bell bottoms and a flower shirt. Ok. I'm thinkin' Maybe he's drunk. Maybe he just gave up. After all, he's gonna get paid and what the hell difference would it make. I'm resigned to seeing him suck. It sinks in, and right when I'm givin' up, I realize he's in tune and playing along. They stop the vamp and He starts playing CHUCK BERRY. And for the next half an hour, He took everyone in that place for a ride. It was without exception the best show I have ever seen anyone ever put on. Even the cops were dancin.<br />His attitude toward the crowd was so warm. He was in the moment, asking for requests and playing them without a thought. "Carol, you got it." Man, I've seen hundreds, probably thousands of shows since, some of my favorite bands, NOBODY HAS EVER COME WITHIN MILES.<br /><br />4th. New York was so much fun for me back then. I remember that shitty little apartment. I remember listening to the Sun Sessions there. And Muddy Waters. I'd come up from school and stay up all weekend going to places who's names I can't remember, seeing bands, drinking. It was a fun time.<br /><br />LAH-DEE- Fuckin-DAH..<br />-AndyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504642600308812834.post-80559024596484183672009-11-02T19:39:55.605-05:002009-11-02T19:39:55.605-05:00This is amazing! King Coleman!!This is amazing! King Coleman!!Debbie Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749338355347132769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504642600308812834.post-50485532783143115672009-11-02T18:30:22.212-05:002009-11-02T18:30:22.212-05:00Wow, the Falcons are fantastic!Wow, the Falcons are fantastic!Funky Old Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11037417781443457082noreply@blogger.com