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Title: The Greatest Band You've Never Heard Of: The Story of Happy The Man
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Published: May 17, 2005
Author: TBF
Post Date: 2005-05-17 05:33:56 by toddbrendanfahey
Keywords: Greatest, Youve, Never
Views: 191
Comments: 30

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#1. To: Diana, FormerLurker, Neil McIVer, TommyTheMadArtist, tom007, Uncle Bill, who knows what evil, Red Jones, robin, swarthyguy, honway, Sparker, Fred Mertz, MUDDOG, lodwick, continental op, itisa1mosttoolate, CWRWinger, OKCSubmariner, Elliot Jackalope (#0)

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toddbrendanfahey  posted on  2005-05-17   5:48:08 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

early Genesis, Yes and Pink Floyd, Gentle Giant, and less apparent maestros, like John McLaughlin and his Mahavishnu Orchestra, the Dixie Dregs and French electric violinist Jean-Luc Ponty.

I have all that in my collection. I'm a huge fan of Gentle Giant and all the early Genesis stuff. Even though I'm a pure rock drummer I've always preferred listening to prog. Back in the '70s when my bandmates were listening to Aerosmith and the hard driving rock of that era,I preferred stuff like Yes,Starcastle,ELP,Atomic Rooster,Triumvirat,Nectar,King Crimson,Gentle Giant,Wishbone Ash,Mahavishnu Orchestra(with Billy Cobham) and Genesis etc.

One of the ex-bassplayers in one of my bands moved out of state started a very successful buisness re-enginering old recordings such as rare albums which can't be replaced and haven't been re-released. Now and then,he'll get a recording to cleanup. If he thinks I would be interested,he'll send me a copy. Last month he sent me "Happy the Man." Even though I had heard of them,I never really heard a recording. After about 10 minutes of listening,I became an instant fan. Great stuff!!!

Grumble Jones  posted on  2005-05-17   6:49:35 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

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toddbrendanfahey  posted on  2005-05-17   7:09:23 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

frequent changes in time-signature,

That is what I look for and one of reasons I'm a huge Zappa fan. Being a drummer,I appreciate the signature changes. 2/4 can get rather monotonous and boring.

Grumble Jones  posted on  2005-05-17   7:14:16 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

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toddbrendanfahey  posted on  2005-05-17   7:30:29 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

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toddbrendanfahey  posted on  2005-05-17   7:37:48 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

You did a pretty good job at naming some of my favorites. Several more would be Terry Bozzio,Carl Palmer and Alan White.

For pure meat and potato drummers I would have to pick Bonzo,Ringo,Jerry Shirley,Jim Foxx and Simon Kirk. Ginger Baker and Carmine Appice were/are great too and along with Bonzo are in a class of their own as rock drummers.

Some great studio drummers would be Steve Gadd,Hal Blaine,Jim Keltner Carl Palmer.

There are so many and I'm sure I missed a lot of names.

Grumble Jones  posted on  2005-05-17   8:03:03 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Al Di Meola

I'm a big fan.

For blues guitarists I still like "The World's Greatest Unkon Guitar Player"...Roy Buchanan. Again,that's a different catagory with many great ones. I was glad to see Buddy Guy finally get his due.

Grumble Jones  posted on  2005-05-17   8:05:57 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

I'm a huge Zappa fan

I loved Zappa, not for his music, but rather for defense of the 1st amendment.

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Jethro Tull  posted on  2005-05-17   8:17:21 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Yep.

I can remember some of his testimony. Tipper Gore wanted to know what kind of toys his kids had and he told her to 'Come on over and I'll show ya." And Al claimed to be a fan... lol Some of his lyrics were really crude and he hated P.C.(which was great) but his ability to write and compose was incredible.

Zappa was a genius in many ways.

Grumble Jones  posted on  2005-05-17   8:24:08 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

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toddbrendanfahey  posted on  2005-05-17   8:46:05 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Heh-heh

I have two copies of that album. : ) On a serious note,"I Am the Slime" couldn't be more true.

Just don't post any lyrics from "Sheik your Booty" or "Joe's Garage."...lol ;-)

Grumble Jones  posted on  2005-05-17   8:53:58 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

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Absolutely!! Thanks for posting!

Grumble Jones  posted on  2005-05-17   9:04:43 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

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toddbrendanfahey  posted on  2005-05-17   9:12:02 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Tipper Gore wanted to know what kind of toys his kids had and he told her to 'Come on over and I'll show ya."

Great, wasn't it! His testimony should be burnt on cd's and scattered across this country. *Every* investigative body should be handled by the citizens the exact same way.

Jethro Tull  posted on  2005-05-17   9:13:14 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

I whipped off her bloomers'n stiffened my thumb An' applied rotation on her sugar plum

Now that is funny. Maybe Laura Bush can pluck a few lines from him for the next roast?

Jethro Tull  posted on  2005-05-17   9:16:31 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

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toddbrendanfahey  posted on  2005-05-17   9:17:22 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Great, wasn't it! His testimony should be burnt on cd's and scattered across this country. *Every* investigative body should be handled by the citizens the exact same way.

Frank did make an album from his testimony.

Of course it has clips of the hearing mingled with music and is very amusing at times. At one point,Frank tells one of the panelists to "Bend down and sniff my anal vapors." It wasn't from the actual testimony but was overdubed to make one his points.

The title is "Frank Zappa meets the Mothers of Prevention."

Grumble Jones  posted on  2005-05-17   9:25:14 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

That's a typical Zappa linup. He only hired the best. Most musicians said it was an 'honor' to be asked to do his albums.

Grumble Jones  posted on  2005-05-17   9:27:17 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Thanks for the info on this band which I'm not familiar with.

There is gold in them there hills, it's just hard to find out about. The last couple years I have happily come across Love and the 13th Floor Elevators.

MUDDOG  posted on  2005-05-17   9:45:50 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

13th Floor Elevators.

Were they the early '70s band from Maryland?

Grumble Jones  posted on  2005-05-17   9:47:45 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

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toddbrendanfahey  posted on  2005-05-17   9:51:03 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

thought you might find this interesting...

christine  posted on  2005-05-17   10:14:47 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Were they the early '70s band from Maryland?

Mid 60s, from Texas. Very psychedelic.

Dakmar  posted on  2005-05-17   10:19:23 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Damn, missed them completely tho a bunch of other artists mentioned were big time faves.

On a happy note, Dick Dale comes to Cambridge MA at the end of May.

swarthyguy  posted on  2005-05-17   12:36:50 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

I think that's the band with Roky Erikson (sp?)--another Syd Barrett- style "casualty."

I was trying to remember the story earlier but had too many other pressing matters to attend to. Roky didn't fry his brains, the government did. He was busted for marijuana and locked up in a psych ward because the system saw him as a threat. While he was locked up he was regularly subjected to large doses of any number of experimental drugs, and I think they did some electroshock as well. It's been years since I read about it, so please forgive me if I've mangled some of the details.

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