Another legend from my younger days …
Had no idea he/they were still doing shows.
Had no idea Leon Russell was in their band in the early 60’s, or that the Monkee’s “I’m not your steppin’ stone” was actually a cover of Paul Revere and the Raiders.
I do know that B3 solo ending to “Cherokee Nation” is burned into my DNA, and every time I do something vaguely “organish” with a VST, I realize it’s some variation or another of that lick. Absolutely essential! Finally found it on youtube a while ago, burned the fingering into my retina!
RIP Mr. Revere (his real name as it turns out), and thanks for the tunes …
R.I.P.
You guys helped changed things and that IMHO is rock.
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I didn’t know about Leon Russell or “I’m not your steppin’ stone” either.
Your comment regarding the B3 riff is probably similar to the ingrained riff in my mind regarding the solo riff from Iron Butterfly’s Inagaddadavida.
The first song I ever sang (we started out instrumental) in my Junior High School band was “Just Like Me”, (not to mention “Kicks”). They also did a great version of “Fever”. RIP
I was sad to hear of his passing
I remember my band opening for him in the old Edmonton Gardens in Alberta in 1965, that’s when I had teeth & hair ! Oh to be 19 again
Time marches on and we all get old eventually ( if we’re lucky )
Their pants were too tight….
Soooooooo true!
Life is like a one-nighter gig; good bad or indifferent
before you know it, it’s over.
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