Thanks, Lee. The posts concerning Jim Gordon and Richard Harris are both attributed to a book I'd recently read called THE WRECKING CREW by Kent Hartman. For anyone who loves the music of the mid 60's thru the early 70's, this is a must read. I thought I knew a lot about that period of music, but after reading this very well-written and researched book, I realized I didn't know that much.
Never "useless" information! I love these rock facts and really enjoy reading such stories. The stories of how the songs came about are sometimes better than the stories of what the songs are singin' about LOLMy last piece of useless information for today. Songwriter Jimmy Webb had written a long composition called The Cantata. Bones Howe, after listening to Webb playing this on piano, told Webb that a band he was managing would probably love to have this composition as one side of their next album. Bones called the band to come listen to it and hear what they thought about it. The band I'm referring to was The Association. They were not impressed and told Webb that any two members of the band could write something better than this, plus it was too long. A couple of months later while playing the piano for a fund raiser in west LA, Jimmy was approached by Richard Harris. Harris was so impressed with Webb that he invited Webb to come to London and bring some songs with him. After playing a bunch of songs, none of which Harris was too fond of, Harris noticed the composition, The Cantata. "Please play that, Jimmy."
When Harris heard the lyrics about someone leaving a cake out in the rain, he said "I'll have that one." The rest is history and, of course, the music was provided by The Wrecking Crew.
Never "useless" information! I love these rock facts and really enjoy reading such stories. The stories of how the songs came about are sometimes better than the stories of what the songs are singin' about LOL
If you hang around the bass communities online you will learn that basswise... Carol Kaye was brought in to re record all the great lines.
She is credited for some great lines... but she claims to have come in after the fact to replace the other guys lines
Couldn't help it, they used a blurry picture for some goofy reason.Next time-- Even More blurry...
My wife and I were just talking about that song the other day. Did you ever see the SCTV send-up of that? To me, hilarious. Maybe you like-a too, eh?
Yup. See Above.
According to Quincy Jones, it was probably "Some no-playing %#^+*€#¥€£*^!!!"
GJ
Ciao JTWas listening to the Asleep at the Wheel cd I got today when I heard Huey Lewis. I thought what the hell? The song Ida Red featured Jody Nix, Huey Lewis, Willie Nelson and Ray Benson. Just seemed a like an unusual grouping to me.