Hour Glass (feat.Duane & Gregg Allman) - B.B/King Medley

                           

Hour Glass was a 1960s rhythm and blues band based in Los Angeles, California in 1967 and 1968. Among their members were two future members of the Allman Brothers Band (Duane Allman and his brother Gregg) and three future studio musicians at the Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama (Pete Carr, Johnny Sandlin and Paul Hornsby). 

 

                                        1965 B.B. King's album 'Live At The Regal' is released.

The medley of tracks 2, 3 & 4 ("Sweet Little Angel", "It's My Own Fault" and "How Blue Can You Get" was probably the inspiration for 'Hour Glass' to record their own "B.B. King Medley" on April 22, 1968 at Fame Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals,

 

Aretha Franklin feat.Duane Allman - The Weight (1969)

Aretha Franklin looks on from the back of the control room during the playbacks of "The Weight" sessions. Producers Jerry Wexler and Arif Mardin, engineer Tom Dowd and session guitarist Duane Allman are also in the New York studio on January 9th, 1969.

                                                                  

Fifty years ago, this set of photographs was captured showing the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, recording The Weight.  You might remember it as the anthem penned by members of The Band: “I pulled into Nazareth, just a feelin’ ’bout a half past dead…”

Released on her Soul ’69 album, the song also featured the slide guitar of Duane Allman, of Allman Brothers fame.

 

 

The session took place on January 9th, 1969 in the New York City studios of Atlantic Records, Aretha’s home since 1966. Prior to that, the prodigiously talented singer had been arguably miscast, recording a range of jazz and pop albums for another label, none of which allowed her to shine.

 

But Atlantic producer Jerry Wexler had a different idea: “I took her to church, sat her down at the piano, and let her be herself.”

And what Wexler discovered—a fact often overshadowed by her formidable voice—was that Franklin was also a highly talented pianist and musical arranger. She went into vast written detail about the sound she was seeking, and how to achieve it. The Queen of Soul, yes, but also The Queen of the Studio. 

 

 

Golden Earring - The Wall Of Dolls.

 

Golden Earring is the self-titled album by Dutch rock band Golden Earring, released in 1970. Fans often refer to it as Wall of Dolls due to the cover artwork. This is the first Golden Earring album with drummer Cesar Zuiderwijk as a member. From that time, all four members of the band on this album have remained in the lineup.

 

"The Wall of Dolls" (Gerritsen, Hay)

Ry Cooder & David Lindley - "Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer"

                              live at "Soundstage "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.  November 16,1978
                                                 

         "Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer" (album Boomer Story)

"Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer" is a World War II song with lyrics by Harold Adamson and music by Jimmy McHugh, published in 1943 by Robbins Music Corp.The lyrics tell of a bomber aircraft and its crew returning from a mission. The mission has been a success ("we really hit our target for tonight"), but the aircraft was damaged in combat and has lost one engine: nevertheless, the crew is unharmed and in good spirits as it limps towards its home airfield, "on a wing and a prayer". The song was recorded by the Song Spinners for Decca Records, reaching number one on the Billboard pop chart on July 2, 1943 (Wikipedia)

 

The Jumping Jewels - Dakota(1963)

De Haagse gitaargroep The Jumping Jewels was gebaseerd op de Fender Stratocaster-sound van The Shadows. Vooral ook door toedoen van hun manager Herman Batelaan wist de groep met zijn professionele aanpak een internationale status te bereiken. Met hun zanger Johnny Lion (Jan van Leeuwarden) hadden zij in de periode 1961-1965 een enorm groot succes in Nederland. In de zalen speelden zich vaak wilde taferelen af met hysterische fans. .

 

Dakota De bezetting bestond naast Lion uit Hans van Eijk (sologitaar), Tjibbe Veelo (slaggitaar), Joop Oonk (basgitaar), Frits Tamminga (drums). De laatste werd in 1963 vervangen door Cees Kranenburg jr.

James Marshall (Jimi) Hendrix (Seattle, 27 november 1942 – Londen, 18 september 1970)

 

Jimi Hendrix - Wild Thing

43 jaar na zijn dood is Jimi nog steeds in beeld,nog even een terugblik naar het begin van zijn veel te korte carriere.

                                          Jimi Hendrix - Wild Thing

'Jimi Hendrix overleed veel te jong en je vraagt je af wat voor muzikale plannen hij nog had. Als iemand het weet is het zijn vaste geluidstechnicus Eddie Kramer. Tijdens de presentatie van 'People, Hell & Angels' op 30 januari jl. in Londen lichtte hij een tipje van de sluier. 'We hebben er weinig over gesproken, maar ik weet dat hij zijn horizon wilde verbreden en grote, georkestreerde stukken wilde maken. En hij had waarschijnlijk ook jazz in zijn muziek verwerkt, en rap en hiphop, sampling en allerlei andere dingen', zei Kramer. 'Hij was een componist, een genie, die grote interesse voor techniek had. Volgens mij was hij ook films gaan maken, inclusief de filmmuziek, en hij was ook tv-programma's gaan produceren.'(Sony Music The Legacy)

Jimi Hendrix - Gloria (10 - 29 -1968)

 Gloria (Them,Van Morrison)

                     Studio B T.T.G Inc. Sunset-Highland Recording Studio Hollywood, California

Jimi Hendrix live!! Gaumont, St Helen Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England (04-01-1967)

Band Of Gypsys - "Stop" (Live at the Fillmore East, Dec. 31th.1969)

 On the 31st December 1969, a new Hendrix group would take to the stage for the first time at the legendary Fillmore East venue in New York City. Often referred to as Band Of Gypsys, the band consisted of Billy Cox on bass, Buddy Miles on drums and Jimi Hendrix on guitar. It had been over six months since the end of The Jimi Hendrix Experience and the Band Of Gypsys took Hendrix’s music in a new direction, mainly down to the different musical techniques of his two new band mates. The songs were funky and contained grooves that roamed around the auditorium. New songs were debuted with one in particular leaving a lasting impression that remains to this day. It could only happen at Fillmore East and it could only have been Hendrix. (Tom Caswell)https://tomcaswell.net/

   Stop", an R&B song written by Jerry Ragovoy and Mort Shuman, which had been recorded by      Howard Tate in 1968
                                                

             Buddy Miles                                       Jimi Hendrix                                     Billy Cox