Mr. Smooth Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 On 3/5/2023 at 9:29 PM, Yessongs said: Dam.....just got a text from my buddy back in Calif....say goodbye to Gary Rossington. One of the all time great songs.....man he could play that Les Paul. Saw them in 1977....RIP. https://apnews.com/article/lynyrd-skynyrd-guitarist-gary-rossington-died-4c8974380d034e916a39fbf50c606387 Had the pleasure of seeing them 3 times, twice in the 90's and once in the early 2000's. On that last concert, they opened for ZZ Top and played about an hour, squeezing in as many of their classics as they could in the limited time. So many of their songs stretched out for 6-8 minutes, so as to let their musicianship shine during extended solos. And Gary Rossington definitely shined as bright as any guitarist I've ever seen on stage. He was the last of the original members to pass on. But in reading his obit, the man battled all kinds of health problems, including heart attacks, that it's a wonder he made it into his 70's. In a strange bit of irony, I believe they were going to be touring this summer and their opener was going to be none other than.....ZZ Top. RIP. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yessongs Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 April 15th 1977 at the Atlanta Braves home opener. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coxyhog Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 19 hours ago, Horizondave said: Saw them on the 'Old Grey Whistle Test' back in 1975. It was the day that turned me on to them, I thought (as a 20 year old) that they were amazing and loved them ever since. Sad news, too many of my heroes are taking the exit door. RIP I've got all the OGWT CD's & DVD's,some rare & brilliant stuff on them. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasseye Posted March 8, 2023 Author Share Posted March 8, 2023 They were huge back in the day. Played the shit out of this album... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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KWA Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 "If I were a rich man" . . . . from Fiddler on the Roof, actor Topol has died. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64898895 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasseye Posted March 9, 2023 Author Share Posted March 9, 2023 On 3/8/2023 at 8:58 AM, Yessongs said: April 15th 1977 at the Atlanta Braves home opener. Wow ! and I mean Wow ! That is a hell of a pic my friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasseye Posted March 9, 2023 Author Share Posted March 9, 2023 My fav. Skynard song... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Dangleberries Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Mystic Meg !! https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64900348 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Horizondave Posted March 9, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted March 9, 2023 1 hour ago, Derek Dangleberries said: Mystic Meg !! https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64900348 Blimey, bet she didn't see that coming. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yessongs Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 @GlasseyeOne of my favorites.....dam these guys were good! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forqalso Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64911189 Robert Blake, famous from Our Gang to Baretta to his murder trial has died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fforest Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 42 minutes ago, forqalso said: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64911189 Robert Blake, famous from Our Gang to Baretta to his murder trial has died. I thought he had died a good while back... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 On 3/9/2023 at 2:20 PM, Horizondave said: Blimey, bet she didn't see that coming. Loved Brian Conley’s piss take of her on his show. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasseye Posted March 10, 2023 Author Share Posted March 10, 2023 20 hours ago, Yessongs said: @GlasseyeOne of my favorites.....dam these guys were good! Yep ! Man that song rocks. Love the driving guitars and vocals on that. .38 Special was another really good Southern rock band. Saw them once (probably around 2000) in an airport hanger, Rantoul Illinois. I couldn't believe how closely they sounded compared to their recorded stuff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqualung Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 Skynard and 38 special were great. Bit of a shout for 2 of my favourite Southern rock bands... Blackfoot and Molly Hatchet. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasseye Posted March 12, 2023 Author Share Posted March 12, 2023 On 3/11/2023 at 6:54 AM, Aqualung said: Skynard and 38 special were great. Bit of a shout for 2 of my favourite Southern rock bands... Blackfoot and Molly Hatchet. Yep. "Dreams I'll Never See" What a great one. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasseye Posted March 12, 2023 Author Share Posted March 12, 2023 Nobody (IMO) can touch the Allman Brothers of course. But, The Marshall Tucker Band came in a close second for Southern Rock music.... A great live version of "Can't You See"... *** That lead singer has got some friggen pipes. Their vocals were always great. Then there was Pure Prairie League. "Amie" Harmonic masterpiece. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freee!! Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 On 3/9/2023 at 10:36 AM, KWA said: "If I were a rich man" . . . . from Fiddler on the Roof, actor Topol has died. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64898895 May he rest in peace, only knew him from "For Your Eyes Only". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Smooth Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 16 hours ago, Glasseye said: Nobody (IMO) can touch the Allman Brothers of course. But, The Marshall Tucker Band came in a close second for Southern Rock music.... A great live version of "Can't You See"... *** That lead singer has got some friggen pipes. Their vocals were always great. Then there was Pure Prairie League. "Amie" Harmonic masterpiece. Unfortunately, the Marshall Tucker Band would lose brothers Tommy and Toy Caldwell, Tommy in 1980 from an auto accident in Spartanburg, SC and Toy from cocaine in '93. Toy is the guy with those great vocals singing "Can't You See" in that video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasseye Posted March 13, 2023 Author Share Posted March 13, 2023 On 3/12/2023 at 7:30 PM, Freee!! said: May he rest in peace, only knew him from "For Your Eyes Only". Fiddler on the Roof. What a classic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gs joe Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 2 hours ago, Glasseye said: Fiddler on the Roof. What a classic Also in this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasseye Posted March 13, 2023 Author Share Posted March 13, 2023 12 hours ago, Mr. Smooth said: Unfortunately, the Marshall Tucker Band would lose brothers Tommy and Toy Caldwell, Tommy in 1980 from an auto accident in Spartanburg, SC and Toy from cocaine in '93. Toy is the guy with those great vocals singing "Can't You See" in that video. Kind of reminds you what the Allman Brothers went through. Devastating. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 Masatoshi Ito, Japanese billionaire behind the rise of 7-Eleven, dies at 98 ... Ito is the post-war entrepreneur credited for making it a global brand that sells everything from yoghurt to ready-made meals and medicine, through a series of acquisitions and expansions between the 1970s and 1990s. According to state broadcaster NHK, Ito got his start in 1958, when he became the president of a small apparel store in Tokyo that was run by his family. He later stared selling food and other daily necessities. He renamed the company Ito Yokado and started running the business like a US supermarket. Ito Yokado later forged a deal with 7-Eleven’s owner, the Southland Corporation, and opened Japan’s first 7-Eleven in Tokyo in 1974. His firm then acquired a controlling stake in Southland in March 1991. A year later Ito resigned as president of Ito Yokado “to take responsibility for alleged payoffs to racketeers by company officials,” according to NHK. Ito Yokado was renamed Seven & I Holdings in 2005, and Ito remained its honorary chairman until his death. Looking back at 7-Eleven’s success, Ito was quoted as saying in the 1988 interview: “I am frequently asked if I succeeded because of hard work or because I was just lucky. The answer is some of both.” 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fforest Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 1 hour ago, forcebwithu said: Masatoshi Ito, Japanese billionaire behind the rise of 7-Eleven, dies at 98 ... Ito is the post-war entrepreneur credited for making it a global brand that sells everything from yoghurt to ready-made meals and medicine, through a series of acquisitions and expansions between the 1970s and 1990s. According to state broadcaster NHK, Ito got his start in 1958, when he became the president of a small apparel store in Tokyo that was run by his family. He later stared selling food and other daily necessities. He renamed the company Ito Yokado and started running the business like a US supermarket. Ito Yokado later forged a deal with 7-Eleven’s owner, the Southland Corporation, and opened Japan’s first 7-Eleven in Tokyo in 1974. His firm then acquired a controlling stake in Southland in March 1991. A year later Ito resigned as president of Ito Yokado “to take responsibility for alleged payoffs to racketeers by company officials,” according to NHK. Ito Yokado was renamed Seven & I Holdings in 2005, and Ito remained its honorary chairman until his death. Looking back at 7-Eleven’s success, Ito was quoted as saying in the 1988 interview: “I am frequently asked if I succeeded because of hard work or because I was just lucky. The answer is some of both.” https://www.forbes.com/real-time-billionaires/#459e91433d78 Yep, these billionaires have a heck of a hard time making it over 100.....Really over 95 for that matter... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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