Analogman

Did they ever go to his church?

I like the sound of Heartbreaker - and even some of the songs - but I have never worshipped the album like a lot of folks. I am content to listen to the un-released stuff that Gary gave me these days.

Stranger's Almanac also

Like The Black Crowes - this dude has much better stuff in the vault than he has actually put out. I really like thge fact that he has not turned his back on his alt country roots - unlike some other certain band.

I felt JCN was a superior release to cold roses. I think A-man was the only person in america who liked 29

None of them can hold a candle to Faithless Street - but I like Love is Hell the best probably.

Dude was smaltzy back in the BS days - but he sure could sing.

What's the name of this Ryan Adams book everyone keeps mentioning?

 

Also the best part of the Kot book is the part where Jeff gobbles up a bunch of pot brownies and hits on Jay's girlfriend, Jay is such a dickhead.

Ryan Adams book

I think Dude L lost it.

I am not really a Pink Floyd fan.

Speaking of that - I wish I could get that book back.

My lovably ordinary brother Syd

The

 

I liked the book and know that a lot of research effort & hours went into it. Chapter 10 is a good one.

purple umbrella and a fifty cent hat misses cool rides out in her aged Cadillac

JAY FARRAR'S A DICK!!!1!! YAAAYYY

Well, Jeff did steal his fried chicken, girlfriend, since of humour, dirty white shirt, hat, Sprite, snuff, and air conditioner.

Rocker-turned-preacher pursuing pop fame again

By Keith Coffman Fri Jul 14, 6:36 PM ET

BROOMFIELD, Colo. (Reuters) - Rocker-turned-preacher Richard Furay, a founding member of Buffalo Springfield and Poco, says he long felt overlooked for his contributions to two 1960s bands that pioneered the next decade's country-rock explosion.

It wasn't until years after Furay stopped pursuing fame to focus on his Christian ministry that the singer-songwriter got his due -- when he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Buffalo Springfield in 1997.

"I do see the irony in that," Furay, 62, said during a recent interview at the suburban Denver church, the Calvary Chapel, where he serves as pastor. "But do I still want another hit record? Yeah, man."

Hoping to return to the pop music charts, Furay has released his first mainstream album in more than 25 years, "Heartbeat of Love," which features collaborations with Buffalo Springfield alumni

Stephen Stills and

Neil Young.

Despite his long absence from recording secular music, Furay kept in touch with the two rock icons, and they obliged when he asked them to contribute to the project.

One track on the album is a remake of Furay's most famous Buffalo Springfield song, "Kind Woman," featuring his distinctive country-flavored vocals, with guitar and background harmonies from Young.

"I couldn't get Neil to play on it the first time it was recorded, but this time he did," Furay joked.

Along with his new self-released CD, Furay's band is touring California this month as the opening act for another classic rock veteran,

Linda Ronstadt. Furay also has published an autobiography, "Pickin' Up the Pieces," in which he chronicles his sojourn from rock stardom to the Rock of Ages and back.

PILGRIMAGE TO THE VILLAGE

Furay's musical career began in the early 1960s when he set out from his native Ohio with a guitar and little else for New York's Greenwich Village, then a hotbed of the folk music scene. It was there that he first met Stills and Young.

"Who would have thought that later on we'd be part of rock and roll heritage and history?" he said.

By 1966, the popular musical landscape was changing, and Stills had moved to Los Angeles, where he summoned Furay to join him for a new band he was assembling. Buffalo Springfield was formed after he and Stills spotted Young driving his 1953 Pontiac hearse the opposite way along Sunset Boulevard.

"We flipped an illegal U-turn and flagged Neil down, and it just so happened he was searching us out too," he recalls.

Within a matter of months, the group became the house band at the legendary Whisky A Go-Go club, the launching pad for numerous other rock acts including Jim Morrison and the Doors.

Buffalo Springfield's unique sound of close harmonies and innovative country-rock guitar licks earned them a recording contract and a gig at the Monterey International Pop Festival in 1967, where they performed alongside Janis Joplin, the Who and Jimi Hendrix.

"We thought our only competition was the Beatles," Furay said of the group's meteoric rise to stardom.

After recording just three albums, egos and creative differences led to the band's breakup. But their groundbreaking efforts were quickly recognized. A greatest-hits album, "Retrospective," released shortly after the band's 1969 split, went platinum with sales of more than 1 million copies.

Furay and

Jim Messina -- a late Buffalo Springfield addition -- then formed Poco, which set the standard for the country-rock acts that followed in the early 1970s, most notably by the Eagles and

Jackson Browne. Two of the Eagles' bass guitarists, Randy Meisner and

Timothy B. Schmit, were originally members of Poco.

But frustrated with Poco's inability to reach the same level of popularity, Furay left the band in 1973. At the urging of music and movie mogul David Geffen, he then joined forces with songwriter J.D. Souther and ex-Byrd

Chris Hillman to form the Souther-Hillman-Furay Band.

END OF THE ROAD

Modeled after the Crosby, Stills & Nash supergroup, the trio recorded two albums but never quite jelled, Furay said, though one of his tunes from the band's first album, "Fallin' in Love," was a modest hit.

Furay turned away from the pop music scene in the late 1970s after seeing other artists he worked with, including Stills, Young and Messina, achieve the commercial success that eluded him. But worse than a stalled career, Furay said his personal life was in turmoil.

"My marriage was falling apart," he said. "It was then that I asked the Lord what He wanted me to do."

The spiritual journey that followed led him to become a born-again Christian and ultimately a pastor. And he credits his renewed faith with salvaging his marriage to his wife of 39 years. The couple's daughter, Jesse, performs in her father's band as a background singer.

With the turbulence of the 1960s rock scene and personal struggles now behind him, Furay said he is feels at peace and primed for a pop comeback.

"After all that's happened, the timing now just seems right," he said.

If anyone has a desire to hear Fleetwood Mac - Live At The Boston Tea Party - 1970 - all 3 discs in FLAC - someone just put them up at that one place.

I just got it - so far, I like it better than The Last DJ.

Tom Petty - Highway Companion

Now, when the day goes to sleep and the full moon looks

The night is so black that the darkness cooks

Don't you come creepin' around - makin' me do things I don't want to

Can't believe that you need my love so bad

Come sneakin' around tryin' to drive me mad

Bustin' in on my dreams - making me see things I don't wanna see

'Cause you're the Green Manalishi with the two prong crown

All my tryin' is up - all your bringin' is down

Just taking my love then slippin' away

Leavin' me here just tryin' to keep from following you

Do You Believe in Magic

Daydream

Hums of the Lovin' Spoonful

I think like the Ryan Adams book that some dude wrote a few years ago, Wilco is too early in its history - to have a book written about them. I think Mr. Kot rushed that out so he could sell a lot of copies around the time of the film.

May God bless and keep you always,

May your wishes all come true,

May you always do for others

And let others do for you.

May you build a ladder to the stars

And climb on every rung,

May you stay forever young,

Forever young, forever young,

May you stay forever young.

May you grow up to be righteous,

May you grow up to be true,

May you always know the truth

And see the lights surrounding you.

May you always be courageous,

Stand upright and be strong,

May you stay forever young,

Forever young, forever young,

May you stay forever young.

May your hands always be busy,

May your feet always be swift,

May you have a strong foundation

When the winds of changes shift.

May your heart always be joyful,

May your song always be sung,

May you stay forever young,

Forever young, forever young,

May you stay forever young.

Daniel is travelling tonight on a plane

I can see the red tail lights heading for Spain

Oh and I can see Daniel waving goodbye

God it looks like Daniel, must be the clouds in my eyes

They say Spain is pretty though I've never been

Well Daniel says it's the best place that he's ever seen

Oh and he should know, he's been there enough

Lord I miss Daniel, oh I miss him so much

Daniel my brother you are older than me

Do you still feel the pain of the scars that won't heal

Your eyes have died but you see more than I

Daniel you're a star in the face of the sky

Daniel is travelling tonight on a plane

I can see the red tail lights heading for Spain

Oh and I can see Daniel waving goodbye

God it looks like Daniel, must be the clouds in my eyes

Oh God it looks like Daniel, must be the clouds in my eyes

That Alice Cooper's band opened for Syd Barrett and the Pink Floyd in LA in 1967, one of the nights Syd got a shock from the PA through a mic and stood still for 90 minutes without playing or speaking.

 

Also, I was surprised to hear that hardly anyone showed up for those shows.

 

AC spoke about this on his syndicated radio show tonight.

Although I am sick to death of most "classic" rock, I love the stories and the deeper tracks he spins every night.

I don't think that story is quite right.

So we're watching this Peter, Paul, and Mary DVD and it's kind of strange to see John Denver singing this song.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LvtDb0ZPwQ

He wrote that song I do believe.

Actually, I didn't know what you meant. It's a good thing I'm not marrying you, isn't it?

I should have it put it this way - I suppose:

You are not going to use that are you?