Okay---I was at the Tree the other day, where the elites do their shopping. Ha. but yeah---they had blu-tooth headphones for $5, and door mats made from recycled rubber for 5, also. But yeah---the phones work great with my sail fine to listen to music & stuff, and save wear n tear on my Puter. Plus, this setup is portable and private. I use the door mats inside as mini throw rugs. Sweet. Hope that helps you kids. Thanks mee.
okay---coupla things. i got my phone, and my $5 headphones, and wanted to listen to music. okay---first stop---scarborough fare by pieman & gar****le. but guess what? the video i selected was one from the andy williams show, where andy, one of my lest favorite singers, barged in & made it a trio. whats a goodf word for bad? andy was a twerp, a successful, unlikeable twerp. okay---another song i like, not because of the lyrics, but because of the melodic/instrumental possibilities, is: "suavecito" by Malo. but yeah--i really like the melody & harmony ideas, but it needs to be re-done. i suspect that there's a cover band out there that has covered it, and done it justice. that one goes through my head, but Malo did not perfect it. that happens, a lot. hope that helps you some.
okay----i happened onto another video by a recording studio session musician named Leland Sklar. An electric bassist, he says his 1st real professional gig was for a record called: "Gypsy Woman". The singer was Bryan Hyland, who also sung "Itsy Bi8tsy Teeny Weeny Polka Dot Bikini" as a teen, a few years prior. But yeah---all the AM Radio stations played his records, at the timew. I know you kids were busy listening ONLY to the Beatpools(Mop-topped Foursome) or the 'Stones or Pieman & Gar****le or going camping up at Bethel, NY on that certain weekend in 1969. But yeah--I was not as sophisticated, so in late 1970, i was working on a car at the hobby garage at Elmendorf, Anchorage Ak., to get in out of the cold, and the radio played: "Gypsy Woman" and also "My Sweet Lord", by onof the Beatpools---I believe it was Harry Harrison(Mop-topped and maybe bearded by then), enough times that I recall it. Hairryson got sued by a group of girls outta dee-troit, who contended that Hairryson "borroed" the melody from THEIR song, called: "He's So Fine". But yeah---after many years, they gots a seddelmint. Yup. Where was I? Oh yeah, yeah, yeah: Leland Sklar was the recording studio bassman for "Gypsy Woman", which i liked. The record had a rather mournful, subdued melody & vocals but an upbeat, heavy rhythm bass & drums and keyboards--all dubbed in, of course. Anyway---Sklar recollects that he went into the studio, did as required(played bass guitar), without hearing the song until quite awhile after it was released to the public. Someone approached him with a Bryan Hyland record album, and asked him to autograph it, and he claims he had not heard the song on the record. Isn't that interesting? Hope that helps you some. Thankk Mee.
I replaced the clutch in my future wife's car in that very same garage a few years later. Small world huh?Originally Posted by littlebittybobby
"Things should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler." ~ Albert Einstein
I remember Bryan Hyland's Gypsy Woman. I liked it! I wonder if Leland Sklar did any of the backing vocals.
BTW, my then boyfriend, now husband, was stationed at Elmendorf too...twice. First time in 1972.
My therapist told me the way to achieve true inner peace is to finish what I start. So far today, I have finished two bags of M&Ms and a chocolate cake. I feel better already!
What kindava car was it, Al?
As far as I know, Leland Sklar simply played bass guitar. It doesn't sound to me as if there were any vocalists other than Bryan Hyland on that recording. But, there was a guy named Max Crook who played an electronic keyboard instrument on there who also did so on numerous recordings throughout the 60's; most notably Del Shannons' "Runaway", back in '61. This was the decade the mellootron & the Moog synthesizer came along, as well, displacing the Hammond & other keyboard organs. Yup.
A Datsun.
"Things should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler." ~ Albert Einstein
Wow, small world indeed!
Yep! Elmendorf AFB hosted an auto hobby shop on base where service members and their dependents could reserve a service bay and check out whatever tools and service manuals they may need for their repairs. I'm sure it was used by thousands of people over its existence so I'm not surprised to find others 50 years later who used it, I'm only surprised that littlebit was able to do so. I'm guessing he was hosted by a friend with a military ID.
"Things should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler." ~ Albert Einstein
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