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Post by wholelottashakin on Mar 3, 2008 18:06:04 GMT -5
just want to tell wholelottashaking a heartly thank you for the dateinfo and i am shopping for flights to eindhoven or bruxells from stockholm now! i cannot expess enough in words how gratful i am,cheer! Hey Doug! No problemo. Sorry you had to wade through the negativity fields to get to the interesting stuff. Hope you enjoy the gig and if possible, take some great photos for us all to enjoy. Rock on, 1%! |
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Post by Wholelottarosie on Mar 3, 2008 18:41:02 GMT -5
WLS
You guessed it right. I`m AC/DC.
Takes one to know one.
Cheers.
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Post by wholelottashakin on Mar 3, 2008 19:37:15 GMT -5
YAWN! That post makes no sense at all. As for your mental state and/or sexual orientation, who gives a rip. I realized why this irritates me so much ... the slip shod PR work makes the band look totally unprofessional, pure and simple. They deserve better. It's not that hard to do, as my brief little posting prove. All it takes is a bit of creativity, some thought, and working smart. End of story. Okay, let's get this back on track ... the original subject is that the CHEER is touring the USA currently and will be in Europe in April. Here is the list of tourdates for Blue Cheer: 04.04. Germany, Flensburg, Roxy 05.04. Germany, Berlin, Columbiahalle 06.04. Belgium, Leuven, Sojo (Orange Factory) 08.04. Holland, Eindhoven, Effenaar 09.04. Germany, Hamburg, Downtown 11.04. Germany, Bonn, Harmonie 12.04. Germany, Osnabrück, Haus der Jugend 13.04. Germany, Erfurt, Museumskeller 15.04. Germany, Hannover, Bluesgarage 16.04. CH-Pratteln, Z 7 17.04. Germany, München, Elserhalle 18.04. Germany, Tübingen, Sudhaus Let me know if you need more info on the Leuven show. cheers, www.orangefactory.be ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I take it we have quite a few 1 ers from across the pond on the BB ... and as this has not yet been officially announced by the Band, my suggestion is that you check with each club before booking flights. But, that said, really glad to see the band picking up more gigs ... [/quote] |
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Post by wholelottashakin on Mar 3, 2008 19:46:47 GMT -5
Here is another interview ... each one has a lot of the same information but a little bit new stuff two.
Rockin' Blue Cheer still loud and proud
Cover of 'Summertime Blues' epitomized their rock esthetic
By Mark Jordan
Special to The Commercial Appeal
Friday, February 29, 2008
While the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and Stax Records, among others, have gotten their due in recent months, the world little marked another momentous musical anniversary a few weeks back.
Blue Cheer will be shaking the walls at the Hi-Tone on Thursday.
January, the San Francisco trio Blue Cheer released its debut album, Vincebus Eruptum. Though no one knew it then, the album, and especially its single and Blue Cheer's only hit, a blistering, fuzzed-out cover of Eddie Cochran's "Summertime Blues," were the beginning of a new kind of rock and roll -- bolder, more aggressive, even angry -- that would in quick measure become known as heavy metal.
Today "Summertime Blues" is widely considered the first heavy-metal record, an assertion made authoritatively in the 2005 documentary "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey." (There are other contenders, of course, mostly from across the Atlantic in the form of singles from the Who and Cream.)
But at the time, Blue Cheer simply sounded like nothing else around. The band formed in San Francisco in 1966. It was originally a six-piece, featuring bassist Dickie Peterson and his brother. Peterson confirms the band took its name from a brand of LSD that was floating around town at the time.
By 1967, the group had winnowed down to a trio, with Peterson on bass and vocals, drummer Paul Whaley, and Leigh Stephens on guitar. Peterson says Blue Cheer stuck out in the San Francisco scene of the mid-'60s, which was rooted mostly in folk music. Nevertheless, in the carefree months before the Summer of Love, when seemingly every sort of misfit (real or imagined) went to the city by the bay in search of a nonexistent Utopia, Blue Cheer found some acceptance.
"The music scene was wide open," Peterson recalls. "The only way a band like ours could have existed and developed was in a situation where a lot of the rules were thrown out the window."
In contrast to most of the bands in San Francisco, Blue Cheer was into just one thing musically, the blues. The band's heroes were Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters, and they sought to emulate them in their own music. But of course, things didn't come out sounding quite the same.
"If you look at the social context of the time, there was the Vietnam War, there was the civil rights movement, there was women's rights," Peterson says. "All these things were in the forefront of the culture at the time. I saw women arrested for not wearing a bra. I saw black people beaten for no good reason. I saw people dragged off to Vietnam who died. There was a lot of rage within our music, outrage at the way people were being treated."
All that rage is buried under the distorted guitar and the unbelievably murky bottom end that rumbles throughout Vincebus Eruptum. It is not as apparent, though, in the subject matter of the album's most famous track, a cover of a fun, even wistful Eddie Cochran rocker that dated back to the band's days as a sextet.
"When we recorded 'Summertime Blues' actually as a trio, it was, as far as we were concerned, meant to be album filler," says Peterson. "The producer was the one who designated it the single.
"But thank God for producers, because he made a much wiser decision than we could have made."
Blue Cheer is now probably more famous for what it inspired than what it followed up with. The original trio made one more classic album, Outsideinside, from the same year. The four records the band made subsequently, with a series of guitarists sitting in for the departed Stephens, were more interesting than essential, and Blue Cheer broke up in 1971.
In 1984, Peterson and Whaley reconstituted the band with guitarist Andrew "Duck" Donald on guitar.
"He's the newest member of the band, and he's been with us for 24 years," says Peterson. "The joke in the band is that we still refer to him as the new guy."
The new Blue Cheer has remained steady ever since, making five studio albums that do little to alter the basic sound it pioneered in the '60s.
"Our intention is always to make an album sound like we sound live," Peterson says. "If you really want to experience this band and what Blue Cheer is really all about, you've got to see us live. We come from an old school of rock and roll where what you see is what you get. There's no smoke. There's no mirrors. There's no backflips or jumping jacks in the middle of the stage. We come at you standing straight up, and we play hard-core rock and roll."
To this day, though, that set still includes "Summertime Blues," which makes it all the stranger that the band let the anniversary of its release slip by unnoticed. Press materials for its current tour, in support of the new album, the hard-charging What Doesn't Kill You ..., make no mention of the song's impact. The band did not even do anything special on the anniversary of the January release date to mark the occasion.
"I don't know whether you would say it was an oversight or something, but we just keep going on," Peterson says. "We've had a love affair with that song for the past 40 years. We never actually announced it was the anniversary, but we do give the song some special attention."
Blue Cheer with special guest the Dutchmasters
Thursday at the Hi-Tone, 1913 Poplar.
Doors open at 9 p.m. Admission is $12. Advance tickets available online at hitonememphis.com.
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Post by wholelottafakin on Mar 3, 2008 21:37:05 GMT -5
To "WL" (or - only part of "wannaB me") G_ F_ck Y__rs_lf Would you like to buy a vowel? Why would I answer a personal question on a public BB, posted by some moron who hasn't even balls enough to use their 'real' SCREEN NAME? ! Whacko stalker, anyone? PFFFTTT!!! This, coming from someone who doesn't even post under THEIR real name?!! Oh, and I just love your little attempt at humour (A.K.A. "Would You Like To Buy A Vowel"?). Do tell us; how many hours did it take your little brain to conjure that one up? I mean, did you think about it between thinking about another posters balls, or just as a mere afterthought....of course, AFTER your thoughts about another posters balls. |
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Post by shiloh on Mar 3, 2008 22:27:30 GMT -5
To "WL" (or - only part of "wannaB me") G_ F_ck Y__rs_lf Would you like to buy a vowel? i don't wana get in the middle of anything here but that's pretty funny, really.  Chill, people. i'm new here and having a hard time finding out band news with all this spittin' back n forth. *anyway* , just thought i would tell you my experience at the show in Santa Rosa ... It was a killer time. the crowd was half full or more. the vibe was there.~~~~ crowd was heellla cool. and the sound was the best. BC had the floor vibrating~and a cool sound. I heard from folks that BC was the best they ever saw even from 70s~~ peace out, Shiloh |
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Post by Wholelottarosie on Mar 4, 2008 1:31:01 GMT -5
WLS
Obviously, the content of my posts are totally lost on whatever miniscule thought cells function in your brain. No Blue Cheer concert would be complete unless the played `Summertime Blues`. Just like no AC/DC concert would be complete unless they played `Whole Lotta Rosie`. And with your choice of username ......WELL ..... you must be the only one here not to realise that you are merely the victim of the ancient art of urine extraction ;D
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Post by wholelottashakin on Mar 4, 2008 9:52:03 GMT -5
You stayed up half that night to come up with *that*? Used a dictionary and everything, huh? Called your dad for help? Found out what a vowel is?
Hey, Shiloh! WELCOME and thanks for the heads up on the Santa Rosa show. Don't let the current duel of wits and half-wits scare you away.
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Post by FeedbackLourde on Mar 4, 2008 9:56:20 GMT -5
WLS--As moderator of the board I must ask you to please refrain from attacking/insulting fellow posters. Must I remind you that the only person we allow to be ragged on in the forum is Randy Holden! |
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Post by hellonwheels on Mar 4, 2008 11:05:47 GMT -5
Excuse me, but I beg to differ. You`ve forgotten to mention my second favourite guitarist after me, Frank Marino!
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Post by FeedbackLourde on Mar 4, 2008 11:58:37 GMT -5
Sorry, Mr. Hill......Now that I have been shown the light, I don't allow Frank Marino to be ragged on either. The man is an amazing musician ;D
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Post by rowenafaire on Mar 4, 2008 12:43:48 GMT -5
yes, it would be nice to see more "respect" on the board. an important ingredient in life and music...we're ALL entitled to our opinions, ya?
that said i have to both agree and disagree with WLS - the grassroots approach is obviously something the band settled on after many years of dealing with the backlash created by some types of PR. the intimate gigs are very satisfying for band and audience, obviously, there are people on here who are afraid if the band gets TOO big it will also get remote from its fans... it WOULD be great to see these guys in a hall that actually fitted the music/sound and returned the energy the band have put out, but if it's an empty hall that is too depressing...my suggestion?
WLS if you are practiced in the art of PR perhaps you could take it on yourself to spread the word and give the attendance lists a boost - it could grow by fits and starts, a bigger place here and there; it's a bit of a vicious circle in the music business, if you can't get the punters in no one is going to book you in a big place, but if you don't play the bigger places you can't get the punters in!
also have to add that there is more publicity out there than we all see...friend of mine who subscribes to guitar magazines mentioned that they are getting quite a lot of attention, and he is not specially a fan...
so how bout it, WLS, maybe you could sweeten the pot - others have taken it on themselves to do their own idea of PR and none of it hurts...i think the band have expressed(thru dickie's interviews at least) a desire to stay away from the machine-type stuff that creates a runaway train scenario where the career takes precedence over the music, but a little compensation in terms of more money and respect could only help them build momentum.
but keep it organic, maan!
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Post by Wholelottarosie on Mar 4, 2008 13:43:45 GMT -5
Rowenafaire You`ve put it in a nutshell about the `organic` part. You should listen to the organ grinder and not the monkey. Feedbacklourde is the organ grinder around here and his word is law. I guess we all know who the monkey is. Wholelottashakin`  More like `Whole Lotta Achin``!!! My ears are numb reading his posts. |
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Post by FeedbackLourde on Mar 4, 2008 13:54:37 GMT -5
Y'all ever hear what an organ grinder sounds like run through a Marshall Stack? Talk about the most amazing feedback!
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Post by wholelottanuttin on Mar 4, 2008 13:58:07 GMT -5
reading her posts
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Chill, people. i'm new here and having a hard time finding out band news with all this spittin' back n forth. 
More like `Whole Lotta Achin``!!! My ears are numb reading his posts.