edna 6 Posted January 17, 2005 Report Share Posted January 17, 2005 Sorry for the delay...... :: 1. Formed in the 70's in the home (US) state of a major songfactor. 2. Front man was a baseball player before going musical. 3. Appeared at LIVE AID. Hey, TenYears, I thought you were gone... sorry about your posts, and I still don´t have an answer to your question, but I´ll check in my rock and roll encyclopaedia... Oh oh... gotta go, people coming to dinner... Link to post Share on other sites
TenYearsGone 0 Posted January 18, 2005 Report Share Posted January 18, 2005 I'm back! :happybanana: :happybanana: :happybanana: (first ever use of banana, but I think it's okay considering...) Boy, that server ate me for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. :: Edna, I'll have a guess for yours shortly... :: Link to post Share on other sites
edna 6 Posted January 18, 2005 Report Share Posted January 18, 2005 TenYears, yours might be George Thorogood and the Distroyers? Link to post Share on other sites
TenYearsGone 0 Posted January 18, 2005 Report Share Posted January 18, 2005 Yes Edna, you are correct...excellent now for yours......hmmmmmm... CCR? Link to post Share on other sites
edna 6 Posted January 18, 2005 Report Share Posted January 18, 2005 Five days later, TenYears gone... :: I´ll post one: 1) Formed by two members of californian awesome band and harmonica player 2) Could be a member of songfacts 3) Had to eliminate the s***t from their name and change by another one (record companie refused...) Very very easy... No, two guys playing in both bands... bass and guitar... Link to post Share on other sites
edna 6 Posted January 19, 2005 Report Share Posted January 19, 2005 Californian band members used to play with them too... male singer, late drummer, fiddle... all mixed up... Link to post Share on other sites
edna 6 Posted January 19, 2005 Report Share Posted January 19, 2005 OK, more hints... late drummer mentionned last week in this forum... Link to post Share on other sites
miamisammy29 4 Posted January 19, 2005 Report Share Posted January 19, 2005 Ratdog?? :: Link to post Share on other sites
edna 6 Posted January 19, 2005 Report Share Posted January 19, 2005 No... name begins with "Spen" and ends with "cer"... = Who is ratdog? Link to post Share on other sites
TenYearsGone 0 Posted January 19, 2005 Report Share Posted January 19, 2005 Spencer Haywood? just kidding Edna ...must be The Spencer Davis Group. Ratdog is Bob Weir's band with other former members of the Dead. Link to post Share on other sites
miamisammy29 4 Posted January 19, 2005 Report Share Posted January 19, 2005 ...must be The Spencer Davis Group. Oh. Link to post Share on other sites
edna 6 Posted January 19, 2005 Report Share Posted January 19, 2005 No, no, no, not the Dead... another AWESOME Californian band who had a former drummer who recently died called Spencer ...... and two members made another band WHILE staying in first band... have a name ( two words) which could be in songfacts... no more hints, how many drummers called Spencer dried...sorry, died last week and had a special mention in the Music News thread? I love this site and these people! Link to post Share on other sites
TenYearsGone 0 Posted January 19, 2005 Report Share Posted January 19, 2005 alright, alright, stop your yelling! It's The Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna? Jorma Koukannemmnnann, Jack Cassidy. okay, okay, okay. (They were before my time) But I LOVE them! They were an awesome band fer sure. Link to post Share on other sites
edna 6 Posted January 19, 2005 Report Share Posted January 19, 2005 Where is the "ouf!" graemlin? Yes!!! TeanYears, bravo!!! I know it was very hard... so it´s your turn now... Link to post Share on other sites
miamisammy29 4 Posted January 19, 2005 Report Share Posted January 19, 2005 Jorma Koukannemmnnann I think you missed an "n". Link to post Share on other sites
TenYearsGone 0 Posted January 20, 2005 Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 I think you missed an "n". LOL :: Oooo, sorry Edna, I promise to never leave out the appropriate graemlin ever again. new one: 1. Band's name comes from a novel. 2. They were responsible for Royal Albert Hall banning rock shows for several years. 3. Leader wrote a book about the rock n roll life. Link to post Share on other sites
_jr_ 0 Posted January 20, 2005 Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 Uriah Heap? Link to post Share on other sites
TenYearsGone 0 Posted January 20, 2005 Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 Uriah Heap? no...weren't they named for a character in a novel? Anyway, not who I was thinking of. Link to post Share on other sites
miamisammy29 4 Posted January 20, 2005 Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 Aerosmith? Link to post Share on other sites
Uncle Joe 0 Posted January 20, 2005 Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 Jethro Tull? Steely Dan? Manhattan Transfer? Link to post Share on other sites
edna 6 Posted January 20, 2005 Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 Could it be Jethro Tull? I don´t know why it reminds of something... guess UncleJoe is right... Link to post Share on other sites
TenYearsGone 0 Posted January 20, 2005 Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 none of the above. These dudes formed in 1969 and began disbanding around '74, made many personnel changes in a short time. Link to post Share on other sites
edna 6 Posted January 20, 2005 Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 I know! Mott the Hoople! C´est bon? Link to post Share on other sites
TenYearsGone 0 Posted January 21, 2005 Report Share Posted January 21, 2005 Mott, c'est bon, Edna Your turn to post one dearie. Link to post Share on other sites
edna 6 Posted January 21, 2005 Report Share Posted January 21, 2005 There I go: 1) From Illinois, they began in the first-middle seventies ") Played a lot, opening for Santana, Boston, Kiss, Kinks among others 3) Three members played with John and Yoko in the sessions of "Double fantasy"... not credited. 4) Have a great album live at some place in Japan. Link to post Share on other sites
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