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    Michael Jackson - Thriller (1982)

    in The 80s

    Posted · Edited by kiwibank

    but man....couldn`t he sing and dance and arrange and write.....loved eddie van halens solo in " beat it "...classic..and the video was classic as well..as i said michael jackson could move...

    fav jackson track?..." don`t stop till you get enough "

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    PICTURE FROM????

    in The 90's

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    C'mon now, you're not even trying are you Dutch?

    1: The Band

    2: Roger Waters

    3: Rick Di Fonzo

    Give us something a litte harder than Waters  :P

    okay Crazy Diamond

    for you the last one from the Meltdown concert 2002

    saw david gilmour live at western springs stadium in auckland.. new zealand, a couple of years ago...he was absolutely shocking...one of the worst performances i have ever seen...he couldn`t sing and he wasn`t that cool on the guitar either... i was shocked and needed a lot of extra medication and tender loving care over the next couple of months to get over my hurt and disappointment.....some days you just shouldn`t get out of bed...

    Snoop Dog Launches Clothing Line

    in Music & Entertainment News

    Posted · Edited by kiwibank

    Yeah, but will he really participate and actually crack the whip in the sweat shop full of 12 year old boys in some third world country?

    I think it would show he's really a hands-on guy, if he were to smack around the slave labor a bit.

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    no...he would show compassion for those poooor boys in the snoop dog sweatshop..hahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahaahaha.........

    "In my last job, I was there for a year and a half. ... I ironed fine dresses with labels from J.C. Penney, May Company and Robinson's May. I was paid five or six cents per dress. I worked from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m., Monday through Friday. On Saturdays, if there wasn't much work, you could leave by 5 p.m. I earned $150 per week before taxes. This means I earned about $25 a day for 13 hours of work. I was paid less then $2 an hour. I saw the fine dresses I ironed in the stores and malls, but I never had the money to buy them. Because we were either not paid or paid less than the minimum wage, we workers could never buy the clothes that we made with our own hands."

    On August 2, 1995, the American public was horrified by press reports about the discovery at an apartment complex in El Monte, California, of seventy-two Thai garment workers who had been held in slavery for up to seventeen years, sewing clothes for some of the nation's top manufacturers and retailers. The workers labored over eighteen hours a day in a compound enclosed by barbed wire. Armed guards imposed discipline. Crowded eight or ten into bedrooms built for two, rats crawled over them during their few precious hours of sleep. From their homes in impoverished rural Thailand, these women and men had dared to dream the immigrant's dream--a better life for themselves, hard work with just pay, and decent living conditions. What they found instead was an immigrant's nightmare--a garment industry that reaps exorbitant profit from its workers, organized to disclaim any responsibility for the inhumane consequences.

    Starvation wages, long hours, and illegal working conditions are standard business practices in the industry, and the El Monte story has helped to dramatize public awareness of these crimes. But the story told here is about how workers have endured, and have mobilized to bring about change.

    " The Thai workers were industrial homeworkers, forced to eat, sleep, live and work in the place they called "home." The slave labor compound where they were confined was a two-story apartment with seven units, surrounded by a ring of razor wire and iron guardrails with sharp ends pointing inward. Their captors, who supervised garment production and enforced manufacturer specifications and deadlines, ruled through fear and intimidation. Workers were forbidden to make unmonitored phone calls or write uncensored letters, and were forced to purchase goods from their captors, who charged four to five times the market price for food, toiletries, and other daily necessities. Living under the constant threat of harm to themselves and to their families in Thailand, they labored over sewing machines in dark garages and poorly lit rooms, making clothes for brand-name manufacturers sold in some of the biggest retail stores in America: labels like Tomato, Clio, B.U.M., High Sierra, Axle, Cheetah, Anchor Blue, and Airtime. Many of these labels are privately owned and sold by well-known retailers--Mervyn's, Miller's Outpost, and Montgomery Ward. Others are sold on the racks of May department stores, Nordstrom, Sears, Target, and elsewhere. "

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    Montrose

    in Metal

    Posted · Edited by kiwibank

    excellent guitarist.....i`ve got a couple of very good ronnie montrose live club concerts with edgar and johnny winters on mp3.....choice electric rock/blues in a confined space...can`t beat it...

    fav track?..." rock and roll hoochie coo "

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    The first time I saw Edgar perform was with his brother Johnny at Fillmore West. Johnny played a hot set, and in the middle of it, out comes Edgar... his presence on sax and Hammond B3 did nothing short of blow the roof off the joint (or at least help Johnny finish the job)!

    The next time was when I was doing a small tour with Boz Scaggs as the second guitarist in his band (side note: Boz is a great guitarist!) and we opened for White Trash somewhere in the Midwest. I remember standing on the side of the stage with my mouth hanging open! Heavy, powerful R&B coming from that band!

    I didn't actually meet Edgar on that tour, only saw him play, and am not sure if he heard me play that night. But when I got back from that tour, I received a call from a fellow who knew my style of playing would be right, who told me that Edgar's management was looking for a guitarist for what was to become "The Edgar Winter Group."

    They wanted to have a rock band as opposed to an R&B band, and needed a "rock guitarist"... His manager, Steve Paul called me in California, and asked if I would be interested in coming to New York to audition. My first response was concern for getting back to California in case it didn't work out! I was sent a round-trip ticket, and don't believe I used the return half... :)

    My previous gigs with Van and Boz were more Blues/R&B based, and even though that was truly Edgar's background, this chapter of my playing would be my first introduction to what we called "Coliseum Rock"...

    I recall calling home and stating that I couldn't believe I was having so much fun, and actually getting paid for it!

    I used Johnny's amps for the first shows, and had only one guitar - I broke a string during the show, and had to change it between songs... needless to say, I got a spare guitar immediately after that! I had boundless energy on-stage, and people responded to it nightly. There seemed to be a "chemistry" balance between Edgar and myself, and I always enjoyed the musical energy exchange between us. (Keep in mind that I was still trying to learn how to properly play, and hadn't started writing much of anything... at that time, a simple thing like "vibrato" was a challenge!)

    The band went through a few drummers in the beginning (Andy Newmark, Rick Marotta, and a couple of others) before we settled on Chuck Ruff - connection: Chuck was in the band "Sawbuck" with me in California.

    Bass was handled by Randy Jo Hobbs ("White Trash," "Johnny Winter And") until he had a stroke and couldn't continue. I recall we were backstage literally right before a show we were playing in Texas when it happened to Randy... he was taken to the hospital, and the show was sold out, so Dan Hartman simply picked up the bass and the show went on. An altogether eerie night, to say the least...

    Dan Hartman was the other guitarist in the band and when we officially became a "four piece" that night, switched over to bass. My memories of Dan are good ones... very "up", talented, enthusiastic, etc... I heard tape demos that Dan had made at his home using a pair of two-track tape recorders bouncing overdubs back and forth that blew my mind! He would use things like cardboard boxes for drums, etc., a prodigy in every sense of the word...

    Both Randy and Dan have passed away, and are missed by many...

    When we became the "four piece", we went into the studio in New York City to record this album. It spawned the songs, "Frankenstein" and "Free Ride," still staples on classic radio today... I don't think anyone in the entire organization had any idea how huge "Frankenstein" would become... I sure didn't!

    We played constantly, on many, many shows of all sizes from 450 people to 450,000 people and eventually, I grew "restless" and felt the need to "stretch out" on my own... Back home to California then, the story continues...

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    ALLMAN BROTHERS

    in The 70s

    Posted · Edited by kiwibank

    Meanwhile Warren Haynes' solo acoustic album, LIVE AT BONNAROO (ATO Records),

    which documents the entire 16-song set Haynes performed at the 2003 Bonnaroo

    music festival, will be released June 8, 2004. The release features Mule

    favorites "Beautifully Broken" and "Fallen Down" and some exciting covers,

    like the glorious version of Radiohead's "Lucky" and a redefining interpretatio

    n of U2's "One."

    Just picked it up yesterday...great songs...and I agree great musician.

    I see you like Zappa... :D

    A person got evicted from his apartment in my neighborhood. Don't know who he is or what he looks like...shit ... he could be a she...anyway... and they were MIA for a few months. I was walking by and the "evictors" were throwing shit out from his apartment. In a box were old photos/projection slides, notes, casettes.. I have a cassette of a Dylan concert...or just gathering (sounds like he's in a dressing room or something) talking to people..PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY TALKING AS HE'S PLAYING... :evil:

    Anyway, I'm going to go through the stuff and see what I can post here..

    Kiwi: I definitely have old Zappa pics...I'll scan on for you...you'll get a kick out of it. Any Jorma fans out there?

    frank zappa is my god...i worship at his altar...yep, i like jorma..i`ve managed to download most of hot tuna`s live stuff and early stuff way back to " burgers "

    fav hot tuna track?...' keep your lamps trimmed and burning "

    Blues Lyrics - Hot Tuna

    Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning

    by rev. Gary Davis

    Well mother don't you stop prayin'

    Father keep right on prayin'

    Don't you stop prayin' for this old world is almost done

    Keep your lamps trimmed and burning

    Keep your lamps trimmed and burning

    Keep your lamps trimmed and burning

    For this old world is almost done

    Brother don't you stop prayin'

    Sister keep right on prayin'

    Don't you stop prayin' for this old world is almost done

    Keep your lamps trimmed and burning

    Keep your lamps trimmed and burning

    Keep your lamps trimmed and burning

    For this old world is almost done

    Keep our lamps trimmed and burning

    Keep our lamps trimmed and burning

    Keep our lamps trimmed and burning

    For this old world is almost done

    Keep our lamps trimmed and burning

    Keep our lamps trimmed and burning

    Keep our lamps trimmed and burning

    For our race is almost run

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