Josh Paxton Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 I don't think I've seen this posted here before. While it's only tangentially related to our interests, it warrants discussion simply for the powerhouse keyboard section consisting of Gregg Allman on B3, James Ingram on [checks notes] another B3, and [checks notes again, does a double take, looks one more time just to be sure, checks for signs of a stroke, then hesitantly continues] Donnie Osmond on keytar, set to a shitty B3 patch. There is much to unpack here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Woodward Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 Is there a tossing equivalent of an orgy? 4 Quote Korg Grandstage 73, Keystage 61, Mac Mini M1, Logic Pro X (Pigments, Korg Legacy Collection, Wavestate LE, Sylenth), iPad Pro 12.9 M2 (6th gen), iPad 9th gen, Scarlett 2i2, Presonus Eris E3.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElmerJFudd Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 24 minutes ago, Josh Paxton said: I don't think I've seen this posted here before. While it's only tangentially related to our interests, it warrants discussion simply for the powerhouse keyboard section consisting of Gregg Allman on B3, James Ingram on [checks notes] another B3, and [checks notes again, does a double take, checks for signs of a stroke, then hesitantly continues] Donnie Osmond on keytar, set to a shitty B3 patch. There is much to unpack here. It’s Ringo’s All Star Band 2 Quote Yamaha CP88, Casio PX-560 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonglow Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 Well, that was fun! 2 Quote "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightbg Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 Just because you can doesn’t mean you should………. Frankie Avalon on trumpet? Why? 1 Quote 1967 B-3 w/(2) 122's, Nord C1w/Leslie 2101 top, Nord PedalKeys 27, Nord Electro 4D, IK B3X, QSC K12.2, Yamaha reface YC+CS+CP "It needs a Hammond" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floyd Tatum Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Kinda silly, but it put a smile on my face anyway! Gotta admire the stones on Bo Diddley - writing a song with his name as the hook. 🙂 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Paxton Posted January 29 Author Share Posted January 29 5 hours ago, lightbg said: Just because you can doesn’t mean you should………. Frankie Avalon on trumpet? Why? Your sig line is especially relevant here. "It needs a Hammond. And another Hammond. And a shitty Hammond patch on a keytar." 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Paxton Posted January 29 Author Share Posted January 29 My own thought on this... Most pleasant surprise: Lita Ford. What she played was spot-on perfect for that moment in that context from that performer. Person whose overall demeanor most screams "I owed someone a favor and/or was blackmailed into being here": John Entwistle. Most perfect encapsulation of the player's personality: Joe Walsh, making his spot as ridiculous as the situation warranted by just doing one giant slide, in a musical articulation of "Fuck it, let's just get this silliness over with." Overall MVP: shoulder pads. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KuruPrionz Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 5 hours ago, Floyd Tatum said: Kinda silly, but it put a smile on my face anyway! Gotta admire the stones on Bo Diddley - writing a song with his name as the hook. 🙂 Many years ago in Fresno, the band I was in was hired to open for Bo Diddley and then be his backup band. I switched from lead guitar to bass to play the gig and we hired a keyboard player so we met Bo's band spec. 1 Quote It took a chunk of my life to get here and I am still not sure where "here" is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nursers Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 That was a heap of fun - Entwhistle looked actually more interested than he usually did at a Who gig 1 Quote The Keyboard Chronicles Podcast Check out your fellow forumites in an Apple Music playlist Check out your fellow forumites in a Spotify playlist My Music: Stainless Fields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Williams Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 You guys are harsh! Excepting maybe Avalon (who could've made a nice impression if he had played trumpet earlier, just to show that, well, he could play trumpet) and Walsh, I thought all of them (a) had fun, and (b) played in an entertaining manner. That includes decent licks by Osmond on the keytar. 2 Quote -Tom Williams {First Name} {at} AirNetworking {dot} com PC4-7, PX-5S, AX-Edge, PC361 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill H. Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 7 hours ago, Moonglow said: Well, that was fun! I thought so, and for real 😀 An all star band only someone like Dick Clark could dream up - just chuggin' along over 30 years ago. Bo could still hit high "A"s back then... of course he's gone now. So is Gregg, James Ingram, John Entwistle, probably others. Kind of a wistful way to end a Sunday evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Paxton Posted January 29 Author Share Posted January 29 Oh, and my biggest unanswered question: why bring up Stanley Clarke and then give everyone a solo but him, including the other bass player?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHarrell Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 8 minutes ago, Josh Paxton said: Oh, and my biggest unanswered question: why bring up Stanley Clarke and then give everyone a solo but him, including the other bass player?? He technically had a solo spot but he decided to keep it down to earth, same with the first dude on organ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konaboy Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 what an unbearable racket. would have worked with just 4 people playing. 1 1 Quote hang out with me at woody piano shack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legatoboy Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Opened for Bo Diddly once at an upscale club owned for the most part by Sam Ash, he was older and frail toward the end of his life about 18 years ago, sat down when he performed . but still his indomitable self and I was glad about that... remembering 1st hand the late 50's ....my wife almost knocked him down the stairs backstage, I freaked a bit as she told me that and called her 'name'!! after the fact, he was pretty fragile ...you gotta know most of them hated doing this show.... I've had to do some of those on a much smaller local scale on the scene out here on LI when I was gigging in the clubs more, you always walk off stage feeling a little, 'dirty'....at some point PR has a trap door in it..... somthing like that!! 1 Quote CP-50, YC 73, FP-80, PX5-S, NE-5d61, Kurzweil SP6, XK-3, CX-3, Hammond XK-3, Yamaha YUX Upright, '66 B3/Leslie 145/122 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokely Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 9 hours ago, konaboy said: what an unbearable racket. would have worked with just 4 people playing. That pretty much describes every single large ensemble "jam" to me, regardless of quality of players. Especially the ones with multiple guitarists, ugh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamuelBLupowitz Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Wow and the keyboard section is the tip of the iceberg. I guess if you're going to have two bass players, they might as well be John Entwistle and Stanley Clarke. Quote Samuel B. Lupowitz Musician. Songwriter. Food Enthusiast. Bad Pun Aficionado. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EscapeRocks Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Okay as Moonglow said, that was fun. I enjoyed it for exactly what it was. I don't do a deep dive into these things. I just enjoy the jam. I think we take ourselves too seriously at times. 3 1 Quote David Gig Rig:Depends on the day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoken6 Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 I'll see your Bo Diddley, and raise you the song I'm working up at the moment: Until You Come Back To Me - Aretha Franklin: vocals and piano - Donny Hathaway: Rhodes (I think it's Rhodes not Wurly) - Richard Tee: Hammond Organ - Kenneth Bichel: synth (that's four keyboard players) - Hugh McCracken: Guitar - Chuck Rainey: Bass - Bernard Purdie: Drums Plus Joe Farrell playing some of the coolest flute ever to be immortalised in a pop single. Bonus points: written by Stevie Wonder, alongside Morris Broadnax and Clarence Paul. Cheers, Mike. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzpiano88 Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Sorry, I read Aretha Franklin as Al Franken 😆. I'll see their Shiela E. and raise them a Yoko Ono. Very fun video! They all looked so healthy at the time. Quote J a z z P i a n o 8 8 -- Yamaha C7D Montage M8x | CP300 | CP4 | SK1-73 | OB6 | Seven K8.2 | 3300 | CPSv.3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MathOfInsects Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 You have to love any performance where the introduction of the players lasts as long as the song itself. That was crazy. I'm sorta Jonesing to loop that solo section and make an "8 Hours of Bo Diddley" video. Quote Now out! "Mind the Gap," a 24-song album of new material. www.joshweinstein.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyRude Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 call me crazy, but Donny Osmond’s keytar organ solo is pretty good! 😁😁😂😂 2 Quote Some music I've recorded and played over the years with a few different bands Tommy Rude Soundcloud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o0Ampy0o Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 On 1/28/2024 at 9:05 PM, Josh Paxton said: Person whose overall demeanor most screams "I owed someone a favor and/or was blackmailed into being here": John Entwistle. I thought it was the realization upon turning off his hearing aid, "If I can't hear this I'm not really here." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o0Ampy0o Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Stanley Clarke did not do a solo? How is this being mistaken? His moment is as much riffing the instrument as anyone and more than a few. A couple only made noises on beat. I agree these mass jams are typically incoherent. In the Concert For George documentary someone mentions knowing what and when not to play when there are so many musicians and duplicated positions. If you ever listened to the third disc of All Things Must Pass the jams are more like the ongoing noise of a crowd than a perceptible cheer or conversation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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