Paul Lawson wrote to Bill Riley <=-

Bill Riley wrote in a message to Paul Lawson:

Oh well, we had our share of those too. Anybody remember the
Cowsills or the 1910 Fruitgum Company?

1910 fruitgum I remember. Not that it's a good thing...

What were their hits again? I seem to recall, "1, 2, 3, Red Light",
and "Simon Says". I suspect Riley will remember those, too (even if
he doesn't actually come out and admit it). <cheeky grin>

Anyway, you must remember The Cowsills, Paul. No? They had hits
with, "The Rain, The Park, and Other Things" and with the title song
from the '60s hit musical, "Hair".

Here's some useless trivia for you...

The Cowsills were a family of musical siblings who became the model
for the Partridge Family. The producers originally wanted the Cowsill
family for the TV show, but the family refused when the powers that be
insisted that the mother be played by an established actress, Shirley
Jones.
After the Cowsill family backed out, the producers went ahead and
auditioned for the other parts. (Enter David Cassidy, Susan Dey,
Danny Bonaduce, and a couple of other little tykes.)

Anyway, Billy Cowsill, who I believe is the eldest sibling, was
performing around Vancouver here and the U.S. northwest throughout
the 1990s in a superb country-pop group called, The Blue Shadows.
They made two critically acclaimed CDs, which sadly fell between the
stylistic cracks - i.e. too country for pop radio, and too pop for
Nashville. I saw them perform several times though, and can tell
you that he still has a great singing voice. They appear to have
disbanded now, but I'm keeping an eye out for his next project.

Susan Cowsill has also been performing in what I'm told is a very
good band called The Continental Drifters, based in New Orleans. I
found out about them right here on this echo. They and the Cowsills
were the subject of brief thread here about 3 years ago. :-)

Okay now..., while we're on this bubblegum trivia thing, does
anyone remember The Ohio Express? ;-)

Martin
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Paul Lawson wrote to Bill Riley <=-

Bill Riley wrote in a message to Paul Lawson:

Oh well, we had our share of those too. Anybody remember the
Cowsills or the 1910 Fruitgum Company?

1910 fruitgum I remember. Not that it's a good thing...

What were their hits again? I seem to recall, "1, 2, 3, Red Light",
and "Simon Says". I suspect Riley will remember those, too (even if
he doesn't actually come out and admit it). <cheeky grin>

Anyway, you must remember The Cowsills, Paul. No? They had hits
with, "The Rain, The Park, and Other Things" and with the title song
from the '60s hit musical, "Hair".

Here's some useless trivia for you...

The Cowsills were a family of musical siblings who became the model
for the Partridge Family. The producers originally wanted the Cowsill
family for the TV show, but the family refused when the powers that be
insisted that the mother be played by an established actress, Shirley
Jones.
After the Cowsill family backed out, the producers went ahead and
auditioned for the other parts. (Enter David Cassidy, Susan Dey,
Danny Bonaduce, and a couple of other little tykes.)

Anyway, Billy Cowsill, who I believe is the eldest sibling, was
performing around Vancouver here and the U.S. northwest throughout
the 1990s in a superb country-pop group called, The Blue Shadows.
They made two critically acclaimed CDs, which sadly fell between the
stylistic cracks - i.e. too country for pop radio, and too pop for
Nashville. I saw them perform several times though, and can tell
you that he still has a great singing voice. They appear to have
disbanded now, but I'm keeping an eye out for his next project.

Susan Cowsill has also been performing in what I'm told is a very
good band called The Continental Drifters, based in New Orleans. I
found out about them right here on this echo. They and the Cowsills
were the subject of brief thread here about 3 years ago. :-)

Okay now..., while we're on this bubblegum trivia thing, does
anyone remember The Ohio Express? ;-)

Martin
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Martin Ridgley wrote in a message to Paul Lawson:

What were their hits again? I seem to recall, "1, 2, 3, Red
Light", and "Simon Says". I suspect Riley will remember those,
too (even if he doesn't actually come out and admit it). <cheeky
grin>

Oh I remember them. I grew up in a small town in the desert of Idaho. All we got was top 40 crap on AM radio. The only way you could hear anything decent was to wait until midnight when all the local stations were off the air. Then you could get Wolfman Jack on XERB. Also KOMA out of Okalahoma City, (anybody else remember them at midnight when they would go directional? They'd say "we're going coast to coast and border to border" and suddenly the volume on your radio would jump 100%. 50,000 am watts coming at you from 9 diectional towers. Man, the days of clear channel stations.

The Cowsills were a family of musical siblings who became the
model for the Partridge Family. The producers originally wanted

Damn, you're as warped as Gilmore...and that's saying a lot. :)

Okay now..., while we're on this bubblegum trivia thing, does
anyone remember The Ohio Express? ;-)

Not me, never heard of them? :))

Bill

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Martin Ridgley wrote in a message to Paul Lawson:

Okay now..., while we're on this bubblegum trivia thing, does
anyone remember The Ohio Express? ;-)

We all have a few things we try hard to forget. ;> How about Tommy Roe or Bobby
Sherman?


Stephen

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Steve Kaplan wrote in a message to Stephen Jones:

We all have a few thing we try hard to forget ;> Well.......I did
forget about Alan Sherman, and Mitch Miller :) UNtil remembering
who I forgot about :/

Hello muddah, hello faddah? One of our junior leaders in the boy sprouts loved to sing that at our summer camp. Mitch Miller???? akkkkk!


Stephen

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Hello muddah, hello faddah? One of our junior leaders
in the boy sprouts loved to sing that at our summer
camp. Mitch Miller????

Allen Sherman.

--gary

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ohio players ?

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We all have a few thing we try hard to forget ;> Well.......I did forget about Alan Sherman, and Mitch Miller :) UNtil remembering who I forgot about :/

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Gary Gilmore wrote in a message to Stephen Jones:

Hello muddah, hello faddah? One of our junior leaders
in the boy sprouts loved to sing that at our summer
camp. Mitch Miller????

Allen Sherman.

I remember seeing him on Ed Sullivan. (creeek!) Then there was Alvin and the chipmunks. I even think one of them played guitar...was it Theodore? We're showing our age, Gilmore. ;>


Stephen

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Sherman was a TV writer originally.. Yes, I recall (somehow/somewhere) seeing his name in "cartoonesque" style print..following a few comedy's. I don't recall which one's he produced, nor do I remember if his albums, and writing took place around the same time ??? I do recall the folks playing "My son the folk singer", before I was able to understand the lyrics tho...

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I remember seeing him on Ed Sullivan. (creeek!)

If I recall correctly, Sherman was a TV writer originally.

We're showing our age, Gilmore. ;>

Showing AND feeling it, Mr. Jones! ;-)

--gary

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Allen Sherman.

I remember seeing him on Ed Sullivan. (creeek!) Then there
was Alvin and the chipmunks. I even think one of them
played guitar...was it Theodore? We're showing our age,
Gilmore. ;>

Hell, I still have an Allen Sherman LP in my collection. Has a picture
of him with a guitar. I believe it's called "My Son the Folk singer."

Don

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Don DesChamps wrote in a message to Stephen Jones:

Hell, I still have an Allen Sherman LP in my collection. Has a
picture of him with a guitar. I believe it's called "My Son the
Folk singer."

He had that east coast Jew style of comedy. I'm not being antisemitic... What were some of the other titles on the record?


Stephen

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Martin Ridgley wrote in a message to Paul Lawson:

Paul Lawson wrote to Bill Riley <=-

What were their hits again? I seem to recall, "1, 2, 3, Red
Light", and "Simon Says". I suspect Riley will remember those,
too (even if he doesn't actually come out and admit it). <cheeky
grin>

Fortunately I can't remember any of thier songs I do remember they sucked swamp water...

Anyway, you must remember The Cowsills, Paul. No? They had
hits with, "The Rain, The Park, and Other Things" and with the
title song from the '60s hit musical, "Hair".

Just how old do you think I am? ;>

The Cowsills were a family of musical siblings who became the
model for the Partridge Family. The producers originally wanted
the Cowsill family for the TV show, but the family refused when
the powers that be insisted that the mother be played by an
established actress, Shirley Jones.

Ah that story I have heard...

They made two critically acclaimed CDs, which sadly fell between
the stylistic cracks - i.e. too country for pop radio, and too pop
for Nashville. I saw them perform several times though, and can

wow, my wife likes country and from some of the stuff she listens to, I wasn't sure anything was too pop for country anymore...

Okay now..., while we're on this bubblegum trivia thing, does
anyone remember The Ohio Express? ;-)

FIRE!!! duh duh duh... yeah I remember them :)

Paul

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Steve Kaplan wrote in a message to Martin Ridgley:

Does anyone remember the Ohio Express...... Would you accept BT
express, or the ohio players ?

Good catch! It was Ohio Players :) I got the song right though.... FIRE! duh duh duh... :)

Paul

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"Lost my wife, and my truck, and my beer" and my other tooth

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Rich Lockyer wrote in a message to Paul Lawson:

These days, certainly. Ever notice how modern country sounds like
early (really, ANY) Eagles? They do have a country "feel" to them,
but in their early years, they certainly weren't "country".. no cat-torture slide guitars, no "I lost my wife and my truck and my
beer"...

I think that's a steel guitar you're refering to as "cat-tortured." Slide guitar is very different and you hardly ever hear it in country playing.

Bill

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"steel vs. slide"
I've always LOVED the tastefull use of a pedal steel guitar in country-rock, and ballad. Listen to your JT stuff, real pretty...pure=prairie.....etc. America...I get vaklempt
reminiscing...talkst amongst yourselves

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Paul Lawson wrote in a message to Martin Ridgley:

They made two critically acclaimed CDs, which sadly fell between
the stylistic cracks - i.e. too country for pop radio, and too pop
for Nashville. I saw them perform several times though, and can

wow, my wife likes country and from some of the stuff she
listens to, I wasn't sure anything was too pop for country
anymore...

These days, certainly. Ever notice how modern country sounds like early (really, ANY) Eagles? They do have a country "feel" to them, but in their early years, they certainly weren't "country".. no cat-torture slide guitars, no "I lost my wife and my truck and my beer"...


C-ya! Rich

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Stephen Jones wrote to Martin Ridgley <=-

We all have a few things we try hard to forget. ;> How
about Tommy Roe or Bobby Sherman?

Yep. I'll admit it. I once bought a single by Tommy Roe.
'Hooray for Hazel'. In fact, I still have kind of a nostlagic
soft spot for that song. ;-)

Martin
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Paul Lawson wrote to Martin Ridgley <=-

Martin Ridgley wrote in a message to Paul Lawson:

Anyway, you must remember The Cowsills, Paul. No? They had
hits with, "The Rain, The Park, and Other Things" and with
the title song from the '60s hit musical, "Hair".

Just how old do you think I am? ;>

Oooops! <Damn! Where are those Nomex pyjamas I ordered?>
Sorry Paul. I guess I just always assume that everyone here is
a *really* old fart like me! I do realize that there are some
young'uns around like Rich Lockyer, and apparently, you! ;-)

re: the Blue Shadows....

They made two critically acclaimed CDs, which sadly fell between
the stylistic cracks - i.e. too country for pop radio, and too pop
for Nashville.

wow, my wife likes country and from some of the stuff she listens
to, I wasn't sure anything was too pop for country anymore...

The Blue Shadows were sort of retro-country-pop, kinda like Buck
Owens meets the Everly Brothers, but with a more modern sound, if
that makes any sense.

Okay now..., while we're on this bubblegum trivia thing, does
anyone remember The Ohio Express? ;-)

FIRE!!! duh duh duh... yeah I remember them :)

Hmmm... That sounds like 'The Crazy World of Arthur Brown' to me.
That's okay. We can talk about them, if you want. <scratching head>
Now let's see, who *was* their guitarist? ;-\

Martin
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Steve Kaplan wrote in a message to Bill Riley:

"steel vs. slide"
I've always LOVED the tastefull use of a pedal steel guitar in country-rock, and ballad. Listen to your JT stuff, real pretty...pure=prairie.....etc. America...I get vaklempt reminiscing...talkst amongst yourselves

Uh, okay. If you say so. :)

Bill

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Martin Ridgley wrote in a message to Stephen Jones:

Yep. I'll admit it. I once bought a single by Tommy Roe.
'Hooray for Hazel'. In fact, I still have kind of a nostlagic
soft spot for that song. ;-)

I've still got a 45 of "Downtown" by Petula Clark ;>


Stephen

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"Downtown"
and I've got Sugar Town..N. Sinatra say a little
PRAYER...pictures of matchstick men...Mrs Brown, dreaming of you.. I'm a believer, CLarksville....Penny lane/Strwaberry Fields..and the 45 record box I bought along with those around "THAT" time :( Can I part with them...no......why not you ask ? <shrug> ?

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Steve Kaplan wrote in a message to Stephen Jones:

"Downtown"
and I've got Sugar Town..N. Sinatra say a little
PRAYER...pictures of matchstick men...Mrs Brown, dreaming of you..
I'm a believer, CLarksville....Penny lane/Strwaberry Fields..and
the 45 record box I bought along with those around "THAT" time :(
Can I part with them...no......why not you ask ? <shrug> ?

What a disgusting collection. :) I'm gonna dig out my old box of 45's now that
I've got a turntable again. Somewhere in there is a copy of Snoopy Vs. The Red
Baron!

Bill

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"Snoopy vs Red Baron"
I have that one somewhere around "the Israelites". I have a few that are as current as Blood Sweat and Tears too :)

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Steve Kaplan wrote in a message to Stephen Jones:

"Downtown"
and I've got Sugar Town..N. Sinatra say a little
PRAYER...pictures of matchstick men...Mrs Brown, dreaming of you..
I'm a believer, CLarksville....Penny lane/Strwaberry Fields..and
the 45 record box I bought along with those around "THAT" time :(
Can I part with them...no......why not you ask ? <shrug> ?

Downtown, Sugarshack, Mrs.Brown, Sillouettes, Live For The Sun... yeah, we shopped the same stores it sounds like. ;> I even once bought a copy of what I thought was "A Hard Days Night" by the Beatles. It was cheaper and I was dumber. The resemblence went away after that first cord. I think I was about 13...


Stephen

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Stephen Jones wrote in a message to Steve Kaplan:

"Downtown"
and I've got Sugar Town..N. Sinatra say a little
PRAYER...pictures of matchstick men...Mrs Brown, dreaming of you..
I'm a believer, CLarksville....Penny lane/Strwaberry Fields..and
the 45 record box I bought along with those around "THAT" time :(
Can I part with them...no......why not you ask ? <shrug> ?

Downtown, Sugarshack, Mrs.Brown, Sillouettes, Live For The Sun...
yeah, we shopped the same stores it sounds like. ;> I even once
bought a copy of what I thought was "A Hard Days Night" by the
Beatles. It was cheaper and I was dumber. The resemblence went away
after that first cord. I think I was about 13...

Well...some of us were buying the Stones, the Bluesbreakers, the Kinks, ect. Not *all* of us had bublegum mentalities.

Bill

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Steve Kaplan wrote in a message to Bill Riley:

"Snoopy vs Red Baron"
I have that one somewhere around "the Israelites". I have a few
that are as current as Blood Sweat and Tears too :)

I stocked up on some of the current ones that were out when 45's made their last gasp. I figure to start selling them back to the '80's kids real soon at highly inflated prices. Let them pay to buy their memories back!

Bill

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"not all of us had bubblegum mentalities" Yeah but your also a few years older..I;m sure you amde your share of BAD album purchases as well...and I'd say alot of the early kinks stuff was quite "bubblegum" :)

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"let them pay to buy their memoriesnback" hehe...Speaking of bad memories..can't believe Danelectro's made such a big comeback..I thru away my damn covertible countertop when I was in High School...now they've reissued those pieces of garbage ? Heck.....soon leisure suits and earth boots will be on the front cover of GQ mag :( Now the harmony companies back too

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Steve Kaplan wrote in a message to Bill Riley:

"Snoopy vs Red Baron"
I have that one somewhere around "the Israelites". I have a few
that are as current as Blood Sweat and Tears too :)

I think have a copy of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" kweee-um-um-away. ;>


Stephen

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Steve Kaplan wrote in a message to Bill Riley:

"not all of us had bubblegum mentalities" Yeah but your also a few
years older..I;m sure you amde your share of BAD album purchases as well...and I'd say alot of the early kinks stuff was quite
"bubblegum" :)

Actually Jones is older than I am, he has no excuse except bad taste. :)

Bill

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Steve Kaplan wrote in a message to Bill Riley:

"let them pay to buy their memoriesnback" hehe...Speaking of bad memories..can't believe Danelectro's made such a big comeback..I
thru away my damn covertible countertop when I was in High
School...now they've reissued those pieces of garbage ?
Heck.....soon leisure suits and earth boots will be on the front
cover of GQ mag :( Now the harmony companies back too

Well Jimmy Page is resonsible for Danelectro returning. But most seventies fashions can remain buried. We would look stupid in them, even more so than we
did origionally. And it never seems that kids can pull the look off.

Bill

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Bill Riley wrote in a message to Steve Kaplan:

seventies fashions can remain buried. We would look stupid in
them, even more so than we did origionally. And it never seems
that kids can pull the look off.

They couldn't possibly look as cool as we did in our Nehru jackets....much less
know who Nehru was. Platform shoes and even bell bottoms are in the stores now along with tie-dye t-shirts. Oooo, I'm finally having an acid flashback just like Joe Friday warned me. 8=)


Stephen

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"never seems that kids can pull the look off" I dunno bill, my father would still track me down and have me "roughed up' if I even today pierced an ear...now these kids are piercing body parts that I never even knew I had....well sortuh did ..but never would've died my6 hair purple and orange either :(

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