OT: Weekend Jukebox - whatcha got?
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Staple of 1970s AM radio. Best Native American /Hispanic band ever from California.
not very creative. Saw a commercial with the Stones' "She's a Rainbow". Love the arrangement with the introductory piano turning into a full band. I understand John Paul Jones did some of the arrangement.
When I look at those lyrics I get the feeling that comes and coming are misspelled.
yeah...maybe a little acid was dropped as well. "She combs her hair" seems to be a low bar for a guy like Mick. Regardless, I always get a kick out of what must go into the artistic process to come up with these lyrics, tunes and arrangements. Where and how do you get some kind of consensus with the artists, labels and others to say "That works! Done!".
Wore the vinyl off on this one hanging out in McElwain. Will be good to go this weekend...even if a little scratchy.
I have a friend in Miami who is learning this - we are going to try to have a 1000 mile jam session - him on his guitar in Miami and me on my bass in NJ. See if we can pull it off. Although he has made it clear we have to play slow and he has not figured out the solo part yet.
"She's A Rainbow" is a fantastic song. I recall reading once where Mick said that while he really likes it, he didn't have anything to do with writing it and Keith wrote it all, but I can't find it now so maybe I was imagining it.
I fool around on the piano a little now and then, very slowly learning stuff. Now and then to keep me motivated I'll go you Youtube and find a tutorial and learn to play a bit of a song I like. I did it a few times with the piano intro to She's A Rainbow but I'd always forget.
But if you learn scales, as I'm doing gradually, it becomes a lot easier. Now that I know the B flat major scale, I immediately see that She's A Rainbow is right from it.
A scale is typically 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8. For She's A Rainbow, drop the 1 and switch the 7 and 8. So in the B flat major key, play 2-3-4-5-6-8-7 and that's the beginning. Of course, since you're not playing 1 you're not actually playing the B flat key. The B flat key, BTW, is the rightmost black key in the clump of 3 black keys.
Major scales are 2-2-1-2-2-2-1. The number are the number of half steps you go up. So if you start at C and do the above pattern you see you hit only white keys, which is why beginners like the C major scale, since it doesn't involve the black keys, which are intimidating when you're first starting.
Start at the B flat key and do that same pattern and you're in the key of B flat major. Play 2-3-4-5-6-8-7 in that key and you're doing She's A Rainbow.
Hal Blaine was a famous session drummer in the 60s and 70s (part of The Wrecking Crew). He turns 90 in February and a few weeks ago I said I was going to post a few of the many hit songs he played on each week until his birthday in February but I slacked the last couple weeks. So I'm picking it up again.
"Hazy Shade of Winter" by Simon & Garfunkel
"It Never Rains in Southern California" by Albert Hammond
"Little Old Lady From Pasadena" by Jan & Dean
"Windy" by The Association
"Hazy Shade of Winter" by Simon & Garfunkel
"It Never Rains in Southern California" by Albert Hammond
"Little Old Lady From Pasadena" by Jan & Dean
"Windy" by The Association
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