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MortSahlFan

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  1. I'm a solo musician, but about 10 years ago, I had a band that played mostly Steely Dan, and "Deep Tracks" from commercial artists... We did 2 Zep -Fool In The Rain -All My Love
  2. I had fun reading the books by Ray Manzarek and John Densmore, simultaneously, so that I could compare their perception. Pretty fun.
  3. unseen archival footage !
  4. My little cousin sent me an e-mail asking if I'd heard about them (since I introduced him to Zep, etc) and I wouldn't even respond. I shouldn't even be replying on here and giving more attention to something I wish would die out... I just keep expanding music from before I was born (60s, 70s) and it suits me well.
  5. Bob Dylan Pete Townshend (love The Who, though) David Crosby
  6. Nice picture, thanks for uploading them... I also agree that making a mess is just really stupid for any human, let alone a "fan".
  7. Their personalities.. You can like their music (or not). To clarify, I consider a singer a musician.
  8. I almost did this when I was in Amsterdam, but my friend didn't wanna go...... I was hoping to meet other fans. Did you? I wouldn't just go to see the grave, unless I was i the area.
  9. Has anyone read "Summer With Morrison" by Dennis C. Jakob? Got it today, just finished it. Of course, I got this to read about Jim's movie tastes, and this is when he was at UCLA Film School. Jim's professor was Josef von Sternberg, and again mentions "Ana-ta-Han" as being the greatest movie ever, but he mentions more. If anyone has a keyword they'd like me to search for them, I'd be happy to type it out. I recommend this for those who want to read about Jim's college years, conversations, this is really good. Especially if you are looking for something without so much overlap.
  10. If you know any favorites of Jimmy, Robert, John, and Jonesy, please list them. I might read one of my Zeppelin books, and if I see something, I'll reply.
  11. RY: Which drummers have influenced you? JB: Loads of drummers. I dig listening to drummers I know aren’t half as good as perhaps I am. I can still enjoy listening to them and they still do things that I don’t do, so therefore I can learn something. I like Vanilla Fudge’s drummer, I like Frosty with Lee Michaels. I walked into that club last night (Toronto’s Penny Farthing) and there was a group (Milkwood) whose drummer was great. He had such a great feel to the numbers. You know things like this happen all the time. You go somewhere and see a really knockout drummer. RY: How about [Ginger] Baker? JB: I was very influenced by him in the early days because when I first started Baker had a big image in England. He was the first rock guy, like Gene Krupa. In the big band era a drummer was a backing musician and nothing else. And in the early American bands, the drummer played with only brushes in the background. Krupa was the first drummer to be in a big band that was noticed. You know, he came right out into the front and he played the drums much louder than they were ever played before and much better. Nobody took much interest in drums really up until that thing and Baker did the same thing with rock. Rock had been going for a while but Baker was the first to come out with that … a drummer could be a forward thing in a rock band and not a thing who was stuck in the back and forgotten about. I don’t think anyone can put Baker down. I don’t think he’s quite as good as he was, to be honest. He used to be fantastic, but it’s a pity Americans couldn’t have seen the Graham Bond Organization, because they were such a good group—Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker, and Graham Bond—a fantastic group. Baker was more into jazz I think. He still is—he plays with a jazz influence. He does a lot of things in 5/4, 3/4. He’s always been a very weird sort of bloke. You can’t really get to know him. He won’t allow it. RY: What did you think of Ringo [Starr]’s drumming on Abbey Road? JB: Firstly, I wouldn’t really guarantee that it’s Ringo playing because Paul McCartney has been doing a lot of drumming with the Beatles, I hear. Let’s just say I think the drumming on Abbey Road is really good. The drumming on all the Beatles’ records is great. The actual patterns are just right for what they’re doing. Some of the rhythms on the new album are really far out.
  12. Could you name some books? The only one I have is John Bonham (Chris Welch)... Had no idea Bonham's favorite band was Supertramp!
  13. John Fogerty - Zanz Kant Danz (and CCR's "Effigy")
  14. Nice short Billy Joel interview clip -- never saw that.. I love "The Nylon Curtain" just as much as "The Stranger" When Jimmy said "I'll have something big next year" as in touring (2016) I thought maybe he was the guitarist in the rumored Billy Joel, Don Henley, and Sting supergroup.
  15. Supertramp doesn't even have a forum.... Not a single book has been written about them, either.
  16. Well, as long as they are in the jann wenner hall of fame! I like Rush, saw them in concert, but they have gone down the list (mostly because of other bands).
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