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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Aug 24, 2021 12:12:30 GMT -5
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Post by Tom on Aug 24, 2021 12:39:55 GMT -5
Bad things happen in three's
Scary rest of the week for old rock stars
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Post by newfieguy74 on Aug 24, 2021 14:15:48 GMT -5
It's stunning the Stones are still touring. Obviously they don't need the money so I assume they're doing it because they still love to perform, which I respect. Plenty of other old folks are still performing. I saw Elton John perform in Boston in Dec. 2019. When he walked on stage he looked like a short, fat, old man, but as soon as he sat at the piano it was magic. At the height of the pandemic I reached out to Tom Rush (age 80), who is still performing, and asked if he would be interested in doing a Zoom concert for me and some friends. He demurred (the money I offered was not what he usually got I'm sure) but we exchanged a few pleasant emails. RIP Charlie.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2021 14:36:00 GMT -5
I was lucky enough to see the Stones in 1970 & Elton the next year. As far as old Rock guys still at it Jorma Kaukonen { Jefferson Airplane,Hot Tuna} at the age of 80 is still touring. He also had free live shows every Sat. night from his farm in Ohio on youtube durning the covid shutdown.
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Post by lou on Aug 24, 2021 14:53:42 GMT -5
Was looking forward to Springsteen & Paul Simon in NYC on Saturday (me on TV) but they didn't quite make it
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Aug 24, 2021 15:35:05 GMT -5
RIP CW......
My fav band is Blue Oyster Cult. Two remaining original members are mid 70s; they still play all over. They also put out a new album last fall, a 14 song album named "The Symbol Remains", and many feel it's one of their best (they even did a few videos of some of the songs).. One thing the original guys, Eric Bloom and Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser, did was to surround themselves with some younger quality musicians. They've had them for around 15 years, and the young guys have added a lot to the band. They are a lot more than "More Cowbell" - Buck for my money is the most underrated guitarist of all time. Old guys can still rock!
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Post by Chu Chu on Aug 24, 2021 15:46:35 GMT -5
It's stunning the Stones are still touring. Obviously they don't need the money so I assume they're doing it because they still love to perform, which I respect. Plenty of other old folks are still performing. I saw Elton John perform in Boston in Dec. 2019. When he walked on stage he looked like a short, fat, old man, but as soon as he sat at the piano it was magic. At the height of the pandemic I reached out to Tom Rush (age 80), who is still performing, and asked if he would be interested in doing a Zoom concert for me and some friends. He demurred (the money I offered was not what he usually got I'm sure) but we exchanged a few pleasant emails. RIP Charlie. I love Tom Rush. His cover of Corina is a gem. |
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Aug 24, 2021 19:00:36 GMT -5
RIP CW...... My fav band is Blue Oyster Cult. Two remaining original members are mid 70s; they still play all over. They also put out a new album last fall, a 14 song album named "The Symbol Remains", and many feel it's one of their best (they even did a few videos of some of the songs).. One thing the original guys, Eric Bloom and Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser, did was to surround themselves with some younger quality musicians. They've had them for around 15 years, and the young guys have added a lot to the band. They are a lot more than "More Cowbell" - Buck for my money is the most underrated guitarist of all time. Old guys can still rock! With you on BOC Dave. Saw them in 2019 at the Cabot Theatre in Beverly. They brought the house down, and it was one of the best shows I've ever seen. |
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Aug 25, 2021 4:40:38 GMT -5
RIP CW...... My fav band is Blue Oyster Cult. Two remaining original members are mid 70s; they still play all over. They also put out a new album last fall, a 14 song album named "The Symbol Remains", and many feel it's one of their best (they even did a few videos of some of the songs).. One thing the original guys, Eric Bloom and Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser, did was to surround themselves with some younger quality musicians. They've had them for around 15 years, and the young guys have added a lot to the band. They are a lot more than "More Cowbell" - Buck for my money is the most underrated guitarist of all time. Old guys can still rock! With you on BOC Dave. Saw them in 2019 at the Cabot Theatre in Beverly. They brought the house down, and it was one of the best shows I've ever seen. Love it ACTP. As mentioned, they did a few videos with the latest album. One sung by one of the "newbies", Richie Castellano: One sung by Buck Dharma (who sang "Don't Fear the Reaper") And one by the guy actually considered the lead singer, Eric Bloom (still dark/sinister sounding at age 76): I do apologize for the derailment; no disrespect meant to Charlie Watts. I will say, though, you guys are lucky BOC never played at HC - I probably would have filled up 30-40 pages of threads by now if they did.  |
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Post by newfieguy74 on Aug 25, 2021 6:39:30 GMT -5
The biggest name band I saw perform on campus was Poco--a good band-- in the field house. While at HC I also saw Johnny Winter perform at the Auditorium--he was amazing and blew right through what I assume was the curfew, to the consternation of Worcester PD.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Aug 25, 2021 9:20:49 GMT -5
The biggest name band I saw perform on campus was Poco--a good band-- in the field house. While at HC I also saw Johnny Winter perform at the Auditorium--he was amazing and blew right through what I assume was the curfew, to the consternation of Worcester PD. That Poco concert was the first rock concert I attended and I have seen only a few since then. If you're class of 1974 it sounds like you missed the Chicago concert your freshman year. My brother told me about it. Apparently the student organizers executed a contract for Chicago to perform and between the signing date and the scheduled concert the band "blew up" with some big hits and became much in demand. Chicago, as I understand it, asked to buy out of the engagement but the HC organizers turned down the offer, so one of the hottest bands in the country performed a concert for something like $2.00 admission with HC concert committee deciding not to gouge their fellow students. Charlie Watts RIP-- quite a drummer and unlike any of his bandmates-while they went out and "partied like rock stars" after their performances he went back to his hotel room for a quiet night, |
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Post by newfieguy74 on Aug 25, 2021 9:32:54 GMT -5
I did miss the Chicago concert, but have no memory of why. I loved going to concerts then and still do.
I heard that Charlie Watts was married to the same woman for 50+ years. There's something you don't hear very often about rock stars.
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Post by mm67 on Aug 25, 2021 9:56:21 GMT -5
OMG, there are a bunch of Stones "freaks" on this board! Wonderful!
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Post by purplenurple on Aug 25, 2021 11:12:18 GMT -5
Saw the Stones play at Rentschler in 2005. Lots of energy from all members. The Stones have been around so long that the local classic rock stations in Boston, WROR & WZLX, hardly play them anymore as most of their recognized catalog is from the mid 60s - mid 70s, and the "classic rock" lookback seems to have shifted forward to the 80s & 90s.
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Post by Crucis#1 on Aug 25, 2021 11:32:53 GMT -5
The biggest name band I saw perform on campus was Poco--a good band-- in the field house. While at HC I also saw Johnny Winter perform at the Auditorium--he was amazing and blew right through what I assume was the curfew, to the consternation of Worcester PD. That Poco concert was the first rock concert I attended and I have seen only a few since then. If you're class of 1974 it sounds like you missed the Chicago concert your freshman year. My brother told me about it. Apparently the student organizers executed a contract for Chicago to perform and between the signing date and the scheduled concert the band "blew up" with some big hits and became much in demand. Chicago, as I understand it, asked to buy out of the engagement but the HC organizers turned down the offer, so one of the hottest bands in the country performed a concert for something like $2.00 admission with HC concert committee deciding not to gouge their fellow students. Charlie Watts RIP-- quite a drummer and unlike any of his bandmates-while they went out and "partied like rock stars" after their performances he went back to his hotel room for a quiet night, The 1843 Club, was the student club responsible for booking campus entertainment had a “Hall of Fame” line up of concerts from 1968 through 1972. The groups performing were Ray Charles, Judy Collins, Smokey Robinson, The Who, Chicago, Mountain, Dion Warwick, ShaNaNa, Seals and Croft’s, David Ruffin. Sea Train, Herbie Mann, Lionel Hampton, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Kris Kristofferson. Judy Collins was the homecoming concert in 1968, The Who, was the homecoming concert in 1969, three months after the release of Tommy, Chicago was the homecoming concert in 1970. |
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Post by CHC8485 on Aug 28, 2021 12:04:02 GMT -5
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Post by hchoops on Aug 28, 2021 12:54:53 GMT -5
That Poco concert was the first rock concert I attended and I have seen only a few since then. If you're class of 1974 it sounds like you missed the Chicago concert your freshman year. My brother told me about it. Apparently the student organizers executed a contract for Chicago to perform and between the signing date and the scheduled concert the band "blew up" with some big hits and became much in demand. Chicago, as I understand it, asked to buy out of the engagement but the HC organizers turned down the offer, so one of the hottest bands in the country performed a concert for something like $2.00 admission with HC concert committee deciding not to gouge their fellow students. Charlie Watts RIP-- quite a drummer and unlike any of his bandmates-while they went out and "partied like rock stars" after their performances he went back to his hotel room for a quiet night, The 1843 Club, was the student club responsible for booking campus entertainment had a “Hall of Fame” line up of concerts from 1968 through 1972. The groups performing were Ray Charles, Judy Collins, Smokey Robinson, The Who, Chicago, Mountain, Dion Warwick, ShaNaNa, Seals and Croft’s, David Ruffin. Sea Train, Herbie Mann, Lionel Hampton, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Kris Kristofferson. Judy Collins was the homecoming concert in 1968, The Who, was the homecoming concert in 1969, three months after the release of Tommy, Chicago was the homecoming concert in 1970. ‘64-‘67 The Supremes( with her but before “Diana Ross and the Supremes”) Gary US Bonds Lionel Hampton And more that I am forgetting |
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Post by sader1970 on Aug 28, 2021 14:09:06 GMT -5
5th Dimension in the field house. Peter, Paul & Mary in the Worcester Auditorium.
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Post by rgs318 on Aug 28, 2021 14:46:40 GMT -5
How can everyone skip over Moulty and the Barbarians? No other band that I know of had a drummer with one hand.
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Post by newfieguy74 on Aug 28, 2021 15:13:56 GMT -5
How can everyone skip over Moulty and the Barbarians? No other band that Iknoof had a drummer with one hand. Moulty and the Barbarians? One handed drummer? Are you having fun with us? |
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Post by rgs318 on Aug 28, 2021 15:22:10 GMT -5
Nope. Moulty was a musician who lost his hand in an accident and took up the drums and put a 4 man band (the Barbarians) together. He used a prosthetic hook in place of his missing hand. They also had a number one song in the 1960s (around 1966 IIRC).
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Post by Crucis#1 on Aug 28, 2021 16:26:48 GMT -5
5th Dimension in the field house. Peter, Paul & Mary in the Worcester Auditorium. How could I forget the 5th Dimension? I knew I was missing another very good group that appeared at HC. Before the concert, I was sitting in the Hogan Caf (located on the second floor) when they walked in with Peter Balasano , who was the Campus Center Director, to have dinner in the private dining room on the west side of the old Caf. I was surprised to first see Ron Townson, Florence LaRue and Marilyn McCoo, only at arms length from me, then followed by Billy Davis and LaMonte McLemore. The 5th Dimension was the Winter Homecoming concert in February of 1970, at the height of their popularity. The 1843 Club brought some outstandingly and very well known top 10 music groups to campus, whose songs are still heard on commercials and radio. |
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Post by longsuffering on Aug 28, 2021 16:38:03 GMT -5
How can everyone skip over Moulty and the Barbarians? No other band that I know of had a drummer with one hand. He went on to be a very quick wallpaper hanger. |
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Post by Crucis#1 on Aug 28, 2021 17:25:31 GMT -5
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Post by hchoops on Aug 29, 2021 13:15:00 GMT -5
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