PLUCKED - The Sixties' Tribute
Graphic by Bob Van Voorhis
This package includes bonus CD's of MP3's -
The Complete Youngbloods
and The Complete Lovin' Spoonful.
DISK ONE 1) Langtail & Dore - Intro to San Franciscan Nights 0:47 2) Steve Marcus - Feel A Whole Lot Better/Needles and Pins/96 Tears 2:42 3) John Chris Christensen - Four Eyes 3:22 4) John Chris Christensen - Other Side of This Life 4:57 5) Bridgeburners - Sin City 4:16 6) J.J Belinski - Sin City 2:46 7) J.J Belinski - Misty Roses 3:03 8) J.J Belinski - Other Side of This Life 2:42 9) Clutch Cargo presents Chelsea Set - I Want Candy 2:49 10) Clutch Cargo presents Chelsea Set - Pushin' Too Hard 2:53 11) Bill Morse - Sugar Babe 1:41 12) Bill Morse - Imagine 4:21 13) Bill Morse - Blues in the Bottle 1:50 14) Stooed - 40,000 Headmen 3:25 15) Deja Blue - Jumping at Shadows 2:33 16) Delta Hoovercraft - China Cat Sunflower 3:50 17) Peter Schindelman - It Won't Be Wrong 2:01 18) Peter Schindelman - Don't Look Now 2:13 19) Peter Schindelman - Coconut Grove 2:48 20) Peter Schindelman - Flying on the Ground is Wrong 2:38 21) Alec Newell - Albatross 4:07 22) Alec Newell - Underway 6:15 23) Haze-Beenz - Daydream Believer 3:28 24) Haze-Beenz - Eve of Destruction 3:18 25) Hypnodance - Se Qualcuno Mi Dira 3:56
DISK TWO 1) John Murphy III - Walter Cronkite 2:08 2) Craig Juan & Friends - Gangster Purple 4:44 3) Juvenators - Bertha 6:09 4) Juvenators - For What It's Worth 4:48 5) Rumor Hazzit - Dirty Water 4:01 6) Lincoln Blues Project - Piece of My Heart 3:49 7) Brandon Kuptz - I Loved Another Woman 2:52 8) Brandon Kuptz - Lookin' for Somebody 2:40 9) Widows - Rock And Roll 4:36 10) Widows - Turn on Your Love Light 5:30 11) Snow Crow - Green Hill Mountain Home 3:23 12) Snow Crow - Sham 2:45 13) Render the Wave - California 3:57 14) Mike Fornatale - High Flying Bird 4:43 15) Mike Fornatale - Martha 2:47 16) Mike Fornatale - Wild Tyme 3:25 17) Mike Kuptz - Bald Headed Lena 2:44 18) Mike Kuptz - Butchie's Tune 2:56 19) Mike Kuptz - Day Blues 2:53 20) Mike Kuptz - Sportin' Life 3:10 21) Wormwood Junction Majority - Blues in the Bottle 2:35 22) Wormwood Junction Majority - My Gal 1:36 23) Topo Gigio - Kiss Me Goodnight Eddie 0:09
In addition to the songs above, there are 5 bonus MP3's of songs which did not make it onto the audio CD's due to space limitations. These are at the end of the second MP3 disk included as part of the PLUCKED package.
Credits written by [ Steve
A. Dore
]
-as tweaked by-
Langtail & Dore
from Strictly Nosehairs On Tap (S.N.O.T.)
Steve A. Dore -(rap & aquatic sound effects at end,
engineering)
Schnoodles Langtail -(acapella vocal melody)
The Psychotic Neighbors Network (PNN) -(ravings in
background
were *generously* provided!)
Credits written by Steven Marcus:
Feel A Whole Lot Better (Written by Gene Clark - Recorded by The
Byrds)
Needles and Pins (Written by Jack Nitzsche and Sonny Bono -
Recorded by The Searchers)
96 Tears (Written by Rudy Martinez - Recorded by ? And The
Mysterians)
Steven Marcus - Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Drums, Cheezy Organ
Credits written by John "Chris" Christensen:
All instruments, recording, mixing,
and production by John "Chris" Christensen.
Recording
etc. was done at Mad Labs Studio in
Lakewood, Ca in March of 2003.
Credits written by Bill Morse:
"Sin City" (written by Gram Parsons & Chris Hillman,
recorded by
Flying Burrito Brothers)
Eric Elmer - Vocal
Matt Pederson - Vocal & piano
Jerry Waggoner - Slide guitar
Bill Morse - Pedal steel guitar, mandolin, rhythm guitar, bass, &
percussion
Recorded March 2003 at Rubber Ball Productions, East
Brunswick, N.J. Engineered by Terry Hughes.
Credits written by George Manney:
I Want Candy:
George Manney - Drums, Bass, Tambourine & Synth
Su Teears - Vocals
Jim Mahoney - 'Rickenbacker' Lap Slide, Tele & Strat guitars
Pushin' Too Hard:
George Manney - Vocals, Drums, Tambourine, Rhodes Piano, Organ &
Synth
Su Teears - Bass & Strat w/ mini Vox amp
Produced, Engineered, Mixed & Arranged by: George Manney
Recorded @ [GEO SOUND ] in Philadelphia, Pa.
Clutch Cargo web site: [ Clutch Cargo ]
Credits written by Bill Morse:
"Blues In The Bottle" (written by Lightnin' Hopkins,
recorded by Lovin' Spoonful)
Bill Morse - Vocals, piano, & bass
"Imagine" (written & recorded by John Lennon)
Bill Morse - Vocals, bass, drums, guitars, organ, & percussion
YEAH, I know this was 70s, but it's so close, and it sure fits the
mindset of the 60s.
"Sugar Babe" (written by Jesse Colin Young,
recorded by the
Youngbloods)
Bill Morse - Vocals & percussion
"Comin' Back To Me" (written by Marty Balin,
recorded by
Jefferson Airplane)
Bill Morse - Vocal, guitar, flute, percussion
"Norwegian Wood" (written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney,
recorded by the Beatles)
Bill Morse - Vocals, guitar, sitar, percussion
Forty Thousand Headmen (Traffic)
Credits written by David Williams:
Dan Landis - Flute
Ryan Williams - Bass
Doug Boissonault - Vocals & Drums
Mark Baird - Percussion
Dave Williams - Guitars
Recorded at Mixolydian Studios - Sparta, NJ
Don Sternecker engineer
Credits written by Steve Campbell:
A cover of
Peter Green's version of "Jumping At Shadows" (Duster Bennett) from the
original Fleetwood Mac.
Steve Campbell
(vocals & lead guitar),
Bev Rodrigues (backing vocals), Dan Fassett (rhythm guitar),
Ross Lama (bass)
and Andy Sadler (drums).
This was recorded at Jim
Tierney's
The
Electric Cave
in Portsmouth, NH in October, 2000.
Credits - written by Roger Stompuerud:
Artist: Delta Hoovercraft
Song: "China Cat Sunflower" (Garcia-Hunter) by the Grateful
Dead
Studio: Hoovercraft Sound, Delta, BC, Canada (March 2003)
Producer: Lou Hoover
Engineer(s): Lou Hoover and Roger Stomperud
Musicians:
Lou Hoover - drums, percussion, bass
Roger Stomperud - guitars, keyboards and lead vocal
Hughie Rudd - lead guitar
Roger Stomperud:
I was a teenager in the 1960s, and as such I have a great fondness
for
the music of that era, music that still holds up today (at least among us
old folks). I thought that the music of the late 1960s was some of the
most adventurous in the history of rock'n'roll, and no band was more
adventurous than The Grateful Dead. Using lyrics by Robert
Hunter
(and his
cat, while high on LSD and visiting Saturn),Jerry Garcia put a
bouncy
groove to this Dame Edith Sitwell inspired lyric and on their third
album
dressed it up with a lot of overdubs on their newly acquired 16 track
recorder. The Dead never stopped playing this song, which was
usually tied
to an old folk-blues chestnut called "I Know You Rider" from 1970 on.
We did not set out to duplicate the Grateful Dead song, but opted instead to try to capture some of the 1960s feel and do it our own way. We didn't stray too far from the original arrangement, and we did tame it somewhat. Though neither Lou Hoover (bass & drums) nor Hugh Rudd (lead guitar) were familiar with the music of the Dead, (though Lou had played with Bob Weir at one time), both players contributed greatly to my vision.
In my search for a name I wanted something that sounded 1960s, when we had bands like Jefferson Airplane, Springfield Rifle, Sopwith Camel, and Buffalo Springfield. Since both Lou and I live in Delta, and his recording studio is called Hoovercraft Studios I decided on Delta Hoovercraft.
I thank all my fellow Grapenuts for allowing me to be a part of this fun
project.
Credits written by Peter Schindelman:
"Flying on the Ground Is Wrong" (Buffalo Springfield)
For years I'd owned their Retrospective LP and then CD; later I got a
scratchy used Last Time Around LP. I finally got to hear their first
(mono...argh!) and second albums, and other songs, when I bought the boxed
set.
I chose this song because I like it and it has lots of harmony.
Recorded/mixed on 2/27-28; 3/1 & 3/2003 via Cool Edit Pro and Waves L1 Ultramaximizer.
Instrumentation: Lead and harmony vocals, drums, electric and acoustic
rhythm guitars, electric lead guitar, bass, keyboard set on "dulcimer"
Recorded/mixed: 3/4-5 & 7/2003 via Cool Edit Pro and Waves L1 Ultramaximizer.
Instrumentation: Lead and harmony vocals, drums, electric rhythm guitars, electric lead guitar, bass, shaker
Recorded/mixed: 3/6-7 & 9/2003 via Cool Edit Pro and Waves L1 Ultramaximizer.
Instrumentation: Lead and harmony vocals, drums, electric rhythm guitars (one with vibrato pedal), electric lead guitars, bass, keyboard set on "sitar"
I'm fairly happy with the vocal reverb setting I made for this (altering a
Cool Edit Pro preset) and for the heck of it added some light tremolo to the
"aah" harmonies in the bridges. (I'd thought about adding organ there
instead after recording the acoustic guitar but realized later that the
guitar wasn't in tune
with the keyboard... thus the tremolo'd vox.)
Recorded/mixed on 3/26-27 via Cool Edit Pro and Waves L1 Ultramaximizer. Instrumentation:� Lead and harmony vocals, drums, acoustic rhythm guitars, electric lead guitar, and bass
Credits written by Alec Newell:
Albatross: written by Peter Green (Fleetwood Mac) 1969
Underway: written by Peter Green (Fleetwood Mac) 1969
Greeny himself has said that Underway was really a collaboration
between him and Snowy White. But the original recording by the band
was
like 27 minutes long. The three minute version on Then
Play On is but a snippet, and the melody Peter plays that defines
Underway quite probably evolved through one of their infamous
extended
psych-jams of that period.
Anyway...er, i mean Underway...
P.A. Green
gets the writing credit on the album.
Fleetwood Al's recordings of these tunes took place at The
Bakery,
Toronto, Canada.
All instruments by Alec Newell
Credits - written by Dave Kidney:
Eve of Destruction (written by PF Sloan)
Rick Haze: electric & acoustic guitars, bass, harmony vocals
Max Yamaha: drums beat
Dave Kidney-Beenz: acoustic guitar, harmonica, lead and harmony
vocals
Daydream Believer(written by John Stewart)
same minus the harmonica
Recorded in the Haze Family Attic.
Produced by...wait a minute...does that sound produced to you?
Dave Kidney:
Rick and I have known each other for almost twenty
years.
We work together, and on slow days have been known to bring in our guitars
and sing Everly Brothers tunes in the empty rooms!
When my brother's computer crashed and we were unable to put together
any
tracks for this project, Rick said come on over to my place and we'll do it!
So one Saturday night, we had a couple of brews, and retired to the attic to
relive those glory days in the 60s when the "Eastern World, it was
explodin'".
John Stewart tell the story that "Daydream Believer" had to have
a
line
changed for Davy Jones to be able to sing it. If I could've
remembered the
line I would've sung it that way.
Davy sings, "You once thought of me as a white knight on a steed / now
you
know how happy I can be." Stewart says, "That just doesn't make any sense!"
The original line was..."now you know how funky I can be."
See...the white knight has tarnished a bit with regular usage!
Credits written by Ernesto de Pascale:
Ernesto de Pascale -lead vocals & electric piano
Giulia Nuti - viola
Alex Raimondi - drums
Gianni Salaorni - electric Guitar
Alessio Vitali - electric bass
Recorded on 23.04/2003 at Hypnodance's rehearsing studio, Campi
Bisenzio, Firenze, Italy
Mixed by Sergio Salorni @ Larione 10, Grassina, Firenze, Italy
Produced by Ernesto de Pascale
Executive Producers Ernesto de Pascale & Sergio Salaorni for
Il Popolo del
Blues s.a.s.
copyright recording : Ernesto de Pascale & Il
Popolo del Blues S.A.S.
Things went like this : upon kindly request by Bill Morse I had
the dream
of reforming my band of the eighties, Hypnodance ( 1983-1990) ,a
vastly
renewed live band which played more than 500 concert in their 7 years of
frantic activities. They recorded 1 LP/CD, 1 Ep, 1 45 single, 1
12" and contributed
to more than 10 important rock albums from the Italian rock renaissance
of
the eighties.
Giulia Nuti, a protegee of mine (she is only 18 years old) joined
the band
bringing Hypnodance strongly into the next generation of
skillfulled musicianship. She
was a great help in preproducing the song and bringing charts to the rest
of the crew.
Gianni Salorni and Alex Raimondi are from the original band.
The reunion was discussed at Larione 10 on April 10th and on the 17th a
meeting
was arranged to plan the recording. On that occasion Some photos were
shot
by American journalist Joseph Pascale who is actually writing a
piece on
me.
Larion 10 Studio is run by my partner and long term associate Sergio Salorni, Gianni's cousin. This was the location where Ernesto De Pascale and Jono Manson recorded their contribution to the Mo' Grape tribute.
After the recording, Hypnodance decided to keep
going. This is the greatest news of all.
You are all a big part of
this reunion.
The Youngbloods had a 45 on Italian RCA performing "Get
Together" in the Italian
language
(Se Qualcuno Mi Dir�) sung by
Jesse Colin Young on
the original band's basic tracks either 1967 or 1968.
It was out only in Italy, it has never been reissued on CD.
The
guy who took care of the vocal recording told me it was done on a 3 track
machine in New York.
Many foreign bands did their hits for the Italian market singing in
Italiano.
In 1988 I compiled a whole LP/CD of Motown artists singing in
Italian
Credits written by John P. Murphy III:
J.P. Murphy III has
been playing music for 35 years. he has
been
listening to Walter Cronkite for longer than that. He remembers
hearing
newsmen on the radio and TV that actually wrote their own material, had gray
hair with no spray on it, and actually had a personality, (as opposed to the
Ken dolls on the networks today)
J.P. actually gets paid for playing Guitars, Pedal Steels,
Dobro and
harmonicas. He does not get paid for his his amazing vocal impersonations.
J.P. had his own radio show for a while. He also has played
music
with many bar bands, with Jerry Miller, opened for Waylon
Jennings, The
Chambers Bros., Jerry Jeff Walker, and
Carol Doda
to
name but a few.
And
that's the way it is!
Craig Juan - Bass & Vocal
John P. Murphy III -
Guitar & Vocal
Lynn Giles - Drums
Paul White - Saxophone
Thanks to John
"Capt. Cow" Mork for the recording, Eric for the assist
and
Naomi Giles
(prettiest bassist in the county) for tolerating our Saloon-antics.
Credits - written by Jojo Fox:
The Juvenators:
Tom Fox, Joanna "Jojo" Fox, Bill Levine, Glenn Morse
Song #1: "For What It's Worth" (Buffalo Springfield)
Drums, Vocals - Glenn Morse
Guitars -Tom Fox, Bill Levine
Piano, Keyboard, Bass, backing vocals - Jojo Fox
Engineering: Tom Fox, using Cool Edit Pro
Produced, Arranged and Mixed by the Juvenators
Jojo Fox:
"For What It's Worth" - this song is so timely it's eerie. We
selected
this song before the launch of the occupation of Iraq by our so-called
leaders (okay, I won't get into the whole political thing here). But this
song and a few choice lines from Joni Mitchell's
"California" really made
these contributions poignant and more meaningful for me.
I was born in '65 and have always preferred the music of the 60s to any other decade, or era. Every few weeks you can find me at Logo's, the used record store in Santa Cruz (free plug: Logo's rules!) snatching up classic LPs (y'know, those big round black things?). My discovery of the Beatles as a pre-teen in the mid-70s was a turning point in my life. It led me to seek out and find the music that spoke to me most, and not to rely on the radio to brainwash me. I admit, I've had my subsequent musical phases (heavy metal, punk, grunge etc.) but have always come back to the 60s, which I consider my musical roots.
So to wrap it up, I'm proud to be a contributor to this collection.
Thanks to you all, kindred spirits!
JoJo Fox, member of both "The Juvenators" and "Render
the
Wave"
Song #2: "Bertha" (Grateful Dead)
Vocals - Tom Fox
Guitars - Bill Levine
Organ, Bass, backing vocals - Jojo Fox
Drums - Glenn Morse
Engineering: Tom Fox, using Cool Edit Pro
Produced, Arranged and Mixed by the Juvenators
Bill Levine:
I was fortunate enough to be attending Chester F. Awalt High in
Mountain View. CA
when the Grateful Dead played the Junior Prom in '68. The parents
said they
were just too Damn loud so that was it for hiring bands for the kids. Later
on in life I stumbled upon Mr. Garcia and we chatted for 45
minutes. Neat
guy. My love for the Dead continues today and I hope that is
apparent
through my guitar on our Bertha contribution. Working with the
Juvenators on
these songs has been a warm friendly endeavor.
Being on this CD is a
privilege and I hope it falls on lots'a ears!
Credits - written by Mike Fraticelli:
[ Mike Fraticelli ]
Dirty Water - The Standells (Ed Cobb) As performed by Rumor
Hazzit
Produced by George Manney at Geo Sound
Vocal: Dan Bucceroni
Rhythm
Guitars: Mike Fraticelli
Bass & Harp: Jay Meehan
Lead
Guitar: Terry
Cushmore
Drums, Tambourine, Backing Vocals, Special EFX water &
party
noise: George Manney
George Manney and I have worked together many times before, and I think "Dirty Water" came out just FAB! Wait till you hear it! In fact George suggested we include it on our upcoming CD release (as a bonus track)
Credits written by Steve Campbell:
Kit Holland - lead vocal
Curt Davis - lead guitar & backing vocal
Steve Campbell - bass & backing vocal
Glenn Perras - drums
Gregg Marcus - backing vocal
Engineer: Jim Tierney Studio: The Electric Cave, Portsmouth, NH.
Credits written by Brandon Kuptz:
Brandon Kuptz: vocals, guitars, drum machine
Mike Kuptz: bass
Two home recordings of two of my favorite Peter Green compositions
off of the very first
Fleetwood Mac album. Recorded on 4-track,
circa 1993.
[Some Odd Sense ]My band's website
Credits written by John Elder:
Rock and Roll was recorded
live at our rehearsal space, on a CD recorder. There was no editing or
mixing at all. It�s a real garage band performance - the garage, in this
case, being a barn.
Turn On Your Love Light was recorded in a studio.
Rock and Roll Written by Lou Reed. Performed by Velvet Underground on Loaded.
John Elder lead vocal, guitar
Sue Barstow keyboard
John Galeros drums, backup vocal
Heather Hermann
alto sax, backup vocal
Ross Lama bass, backup vocal
Turn On Your Love Light
Written by Joe Scott & Deadric Malone. Performed by the
Grateful
Dead on Live/Dead.
Originally performed by Bobby �Blue�
Bland.
John Elder lead vocal, guitar
Larry Finn drums
Dave Limina piano, organ
Dick Lourie alto sax, tenor sax, baritone sax,
trumpet
Mike Rivard bass
Mary Rees Gould backup vocal
Will Holland backup vocal
Credits written by Dan Fassett:
Sham - Jesse Colin Young, music and lyrics
Arrangement - Dan and band
Dan Fassett - Lead vocal, harmony vocal, harmonica and acoustic
guitar
Jim Reynolds - Bass guitar
Tom Reynolds - Drums
Nancy (Wood) Brown - Back-up and duet vocals
Green Hill Mountain Home- (Jesse Colin Young)
Arrangements Dan and band
Dan Fassett - Lead vocal, harmony vocal, harmonica and acoustic
guitar
John Elder - Back-up vocals
Jim Reynolds - Bass guitar
Tom Reynolds - Drums
Nancy (Wood) Brown - Back-up and duet vocals
Our web site Snow Crow and bands [ Snow Crow and bands ]
Vocals, flute - Jennifer Rankin Piano, bongos - Joanna Fox
Engineering: Tom Fox, using Cool Edit Pro
Produced, Arranged and Mixed by Render the Wave
Mike Fornatale:
I did an odd thing back in 1990...
I got tired of listening to a couple of tape-trading friends of mine, constantly trying to one-up each other. Finally I couldn't stand it any more, and told them that a kid had come into the store, heard me listening to "Early Flight", and claimed to have a copy of a hitherto-unknown tape of Jefferson Airplane, live in the studio, playing High Flying Bird with Janis Joplin singing instead of Grace.
They, of course, reacted violently. "There's no such tape! No such thing ever happened!" "Well, the kid says he's bringing it in on Monday." Okay, they called my bluff. So, uh, NOW what do I do? What I did was to go down to my basement studio, fire up the 16-track, and try and re-create, instrument by instrument and voice by voice, what something like that might actually have sounded like.
Well, since "After
Bathing At Baxter's" was what I was listening to when I first learned
how to play guitar in 1968, it was actually easier than I expected.
Singing like Janis, of course, was not. But I just buried
everything under everything else, mixed it real muddy, and played it two
days later for my smart-ass friends. And it FOOLED them.
Well,
they deserved it.
I finally let 'em in on my little secret, and
they--like all self-respecting Practical Joke Victims--took it upon
themselves to fool as many OTHER people as they could. The "Jefferson
Airplane Loves You" box set had just been released, and they had had
some contact with the compliers thereof (one of them even had quite a few
of his photos published in the book) so they played it for a couple of
those guys....who, by report, went nuts. "Oh NO! Why didn't you bring us
this before we finished the track list for the box!!!"
Now THAT
wouldn't have been quite as funny!
So, I figured, why stop there......? (The rest of this story can be found at: http://portfolio.fdu.edu/wsc/fornatale/html/altbaxters1.html )
Mike Kuptz:
The Lovin' Spoonful used to be one of my favorite bands and as I
looked back
and listened to my reel-to-reel tapes (I had been recording on a two-track
machine since 1966) I realized I had recorded quite a few of their tunes!
Bald Headed Lena is me on vocals, acoustics and the Electric
Gargle
circa
1967. Also that year I recorded Butchie's Tune with my brother Bob
on his
brand new "Liverpool Combo" drum set! That's me on guitar, bass, a banjo
someone left at my house that I had no business playing, (I think at the time
- I was blowing into it) and whatever other instruments are on
there. Younger
Girl was recorded in 1970 as part of a duo with friend Duane on guitar
and
harmony vocals and me on lead vocal and of course my Oscar Scmidt Autoharp!
Sportin' Life was done in 1973 with an older Brother Bob on his
real
Slingerland drums while Day Blues brings us to the present with me
on
everything produced by me!
Hope you like it and don't laugh too much
about
the banjo playing!
Credits - written by Gary Paruszkiewicz:
The band is "The Wormwood Junction Majority", of Detroit (circa 1966-1969)
Lead vocals are by Gary Paruszkiewicz
2nd vocals by Brian McCarty and Dave Spybrook.
Gary plays Washtub Bass, Washboard and various kazoos.
Brian plays Guitar, and some kazoodle
and
Dave play the kazoodle, the kazoffee, washboard, and
various other effects.
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