The Official Classic Rock Thread

[Mannix]

This is my favorite song from Vancouver-based Chilliwack: Fly at Night from their 1977 album of the same name.

Four men in a rock 'n roll band
Fly at night in the morning we land
Fly at night 'til we're satisfied
See the morning from the otherside

And when you close your eyes
Sleep comes fast
When you fly the universe
Well, you need some rest
Yeah, you need some rest

Ooh, we like the big wide spaces
Yeah, we like a sea of faces
Time is just a rubber band
Time is at our command

And when we look out
And see you there
You seem much closer
And you feel so near
Yeah, you feel so near

Well we fly by night, it's like a rocket flight
And baby that's just what it's for
Yeah, we fly by night, it makes you feel alright
It keeps you coming back for more

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Well we fly by night, it's like a rocket flight
And baby that's just what it's for
We fly by night, it makes you feel alright
It keeps you coming back for more

[Guitar break]

Four men in a rock 'n roll band
Fly at night in the morning we land
Fly at night 'til we're satisfied
See the morning from the other side

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[Mannix]

Planet P Project is a progressive rock band fronted by Californian Tony Carey. Their self-titled debut album from 1983 contains this song: Why Me?, apparently about a reluctant astronaunt (no, not Don Knotts).

sittin' up here
watchin' all the lights blink down below
the earth is turning
why does it go so slow
thinkin' bout the girl I left behind
Houston can you hear me
or have I lost my mind
why me?
why me?
I was waiting on the pad
all systems were go
the man up in the tower
was enjoying the show
then I got this feeling
that I never had before
hey let me out of here
what am I here foe
why me?
why me?
there must be athousand other guys
must be some other way to look good in your eyes
why am I up here, what do they see in me
must be athousand other places to be
why me
the last man to be here
was never heard from again
he won't be back this way
till 2010...
and now I'm riding on a fountain of fire
with my back to the earth
I go higher and higher
why me?
why me?
there must be a thousand other guys
must be some other way
to look good in your eyes
why am I up here, what do they see in me
must be athousand other places to be
why me
take anyone but me
why me

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[Mannix]

ELP was an English progressive rock group. This song was from the 1973 LP Brain Salad Surgery.

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[Mannix]

Rainbow, formed in 1975 by Ritchie Blackmore, formerly of Deep Purple, put out an album in 1979 called Down to Earth, which contained this song - Since You Been Gone, a cover of a 1976 Russ Ballard song of the same name.

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[Mannix]

Alone Together was the 1970 debut solo album by former Traffic member Dave Mason. Only You Know and I Know is a cut from that album.

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[Mannix]

Before Steve Perry joined Journey, they put out three or so albums with Greg Rolie on vocals. In 1977, their album titled Next contained this mellow cut called Spaceman.

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[Mannix]

This Kansas City rock band put put out their first self-titled album in 1979, containing a number of great songs. This post is dedicated to their song Tonight. As far as debut albums go, I'd rank this one up there with that of Boston. Similar to Boston, Shooting Star had a kind of "spacey" sound on some of their cuts. But unlike Boston, they used synthesizers. And like Kansas, Shooting Star had a violinist, adding to their unique sound. The bottom line is that these guys had talent and they knew how to rock. This is some of the finest melodic arena rock of the early '80s.

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[Mannix]

In 1981, Shooting Star released their 2dn album - Hang On for your Life. Like their 1st, there were a number of great songs on this album that because AOR staples. Like Breakout, for instance...

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[Mannix]

Here is the title cut from the 1981 album.

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[Mannix]

Takin' it Back was a cut off the debut self-titled 1979 album from Breathless, a band out of the Cleveland, OH area.

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[Mannix]

New Jersey band Franke & the Knockouts released their first self-titled album in 1981. Sweetheart was their biggest song, but I like this one better.

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Here's Sweetheart for s***s & giggles:

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[Mannix]

The Little River band was (Melbourne) Australia's answer to the Eagles. Their self-title debut album was released in 1975, and contained the 4:12 version of t's A Long Way There. But this is the full 8:37 version.

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[michelob]

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[Mannix]

One thing I like about April Wine is their no-apologies, in-your-face, kick-ass arena rock. These Nova Scotia rockers don't f*** around. Roller is a cut off their 1978 release First Glance.

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[Mannix]

Yesca - Lost Due to Incompetence

Also known as the Theme for a Big Green Van from the Cheech and Chong movie and soundtrack Up In smoke (1978).

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[Mannix]

Nazareth is a Scottish band that had a number of hard rock hits in the '70s. Holiday comes from their 1980 album called Malice in Wonderland.

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Hair of the Dog is the title cut from their 1975 album and is probably their most recognized song.

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[Mannix]

The Easybeats were the "Australian Beatles". They didn't reach superstar status in the USA, but they were known, especially by this 1966 cut Friday on My Mind.

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[Mannix]

Triumph -- a Rush clone? Both are Canadian power trios. Both play progressive hard melodic arena rock. Both have outstanding guitarists. Both have great vocalists... But I'd have to say Rush was a little more versatile, especially with their concept albums.

But Triumph had some great music. Music that (sadly) rarely gets played on the big commercial radio stations any more.

They came into the mainstream with their 1979 album Just a Game, which contained two kick-ass songs - Lay it on the Line and Hold On.

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[Mannix]

When Quinn the Eskimo gets here, everybody's gonna jump for joy.

Manfred Mann is a South African keyboard player. The Mighty Quinn is a song originally written and recorded by Bob Dylan. From wikipedia: The song is a tale with vaguely psychedelic lyrics. The subject of the song is the arrival of the mighty Quinn (an eskimo), who changes despair into joy and chaos into rest, and attracts attention from the animals. The metaphorical lyrics have prompted suggestions that Quinn is God, a drug dealer, or simply a village elder. Dylan himself has said that the title character refers to actor Anthony Quinn's role as an Eskimo in the 1959 movie The Savage Innocents. Dylan has also been quoted as saying that the song was nothing more than a "simple nursery rhyme". Manfred Mann released this version in 1968.

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[Mannix]

Badfinger was considered to be the successor to the Beatles. They worked closely with the Beatles and had a similar sound. They even released albums on the Beatles' label: Apple Records.

Come and Get It was written my Paul McCartney and is performed by Badfinger from their 1970 album Magic Christian Music.

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[Mannix]

Uriah Heep is another British pioneer of heavy metal. The album Sweet Freedom was released in 1973 containing this song: Stealin'. And the video montage of Anne Hathaway makes it even better.

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[Mannix]

Sometimes you just can't get enough of that heavy Hammond B-3 organ. This sounds like a cross between Deep Purple and Black Sabbath. This song is a cut off their 1972 album Demons and Wizards.

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[Mannix]

This is just a cool song. Damn cool.

Gordon Lightfoot is a Canadian singer and songwriter who, in 1976, released this song on his Summertime Dream album. The song commemorates the sinking of the bulk carrier SS Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior on November 10, 1975.

The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
of the big lake they called "Gitche Gumee."
The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
when the skies of November turn gloomy.
With a load of iron ore twenty-six thousand tons more
than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty,
that good ship and true was a bone to be chewed
when the "Gales of November" came early.

The ship was the pride of the American side
coming back from some mill in Wisconsin.
As the big freighters go, it was bigger than most
with a crew and good captain well seasoned,
concluding some terms with a couple of steel firms
when they left fully loaded for Cleveland.
And later that night when the ship's bell rang,
could it be the north wind they'd been feelin'?

The wind in the wires made a tattle-tale sound
and a wave broke over the railing.
And ev'ry man knew, as the captain did too
'twas the witch of November come stealin'.
The dawn came late and the breakfast had to wait
when the Gales of November came slashin'.
When afternoon came it was freezin' rain
in the face of a hurricane west wind.

When suppertime came the old cook came on deck sayin'.
"Fellas, it's too rough t'feed ya."
At seven P.M. a main hatchway caved in; he said,
"Fellas, it's bin good t'know ya!"
The captain wired in he had water comin' in
and the good ship and crew was in peril.
And later that night when 'is lights went outta sight
came the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.

Does any one know where the love of God goes
when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
The searchers all say they'd have made Whitefish Bay
if they'd put fifteen more miles behind 'er.
They might have split up or they might have capsized;
they may have broke deep and took water.
And all that remains is the faces and the names
of the wives and the sons and the daughters.

Lake Huron rolls, Superior sings
in the rooms of her ice-water mansion.
Old Michigan steams like a young man's dreams;
the islands and bays are for sportsmen.
And farther below Lake Ontario
takes in what Lake Erie can send her,
And the iron boats go as the mariners all know
with the Gales of November remembered.

In a musty old hall in Detroit they prayed,
in the "Maritime Sailors' Cathedral."
The church bell chimed 'til it rang twenty-nine times
for each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald.
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
of the big lake they call "Gitche Gumee."
"Superior," they said, "never gives up her dead
when the gales of November come early!"

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[Mannix]

Gypsy was a progressive rock band out of Minnesota. They hit the charts with Gypsy Queen Part 1 and 2, cuts off their 1970 eponymous album. Also off that album is this cut Dead and Gone, which I think is a better tune.

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[Mannix]

Starcastle is a progressive rock band from St. Louis, Missouri, and Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. They had a sound similar to Yes. Starcastle was their 1976 debut album, containing Lady of the Lake.

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[Mannix]

Steel Breeze was a six member band from Sacramento, California. They only produced one album, the 1982 eponymous release with this cut that got airplay on AOR stations:

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[Mannix]

This song has a decent intro built right in to the video.

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[Mannix]

This is a great cut that was on their 1970 album Closer to Home. Nice pics of Scarlett Johansson, too.

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[Mannix]

Split Enz was a successful New Zealand band during the 1970s and early 1980s. They achieved chart success in New Zealand, Australia and Canada during the early 1980s and built a cult following elsewhere. Their musical style was eclectic and original, incorporating influences from art rock, vaudeville, swing, punk, rock, New Wave and pop. I Got You is a cut from their 1980 album True Colours.

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[Mannix]

Fastway was one of the first "hair bands" of the '80s. They were formed by "Fast" Eddie Clarke, former guitarist of Motörhead, and bassist, Pete Way, formerly of UFO. Their eponymous 1983 album contains this cut Say What You Will.

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[Mannix]

Mike + The Mechanics were an English rock/pop band formed in 1985 as a side project of Mike Rutherford, a founding member of Genesis, that became a successful band in its own right. They are best known for their hit singles "Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)", "All I Need Is a Miracle", "Over My Shoulder", "The Living Years" and "Word of Mouth".

Silent Running is a cut from their debut 1985 self-titled album.

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[Mannix]

The Guess Who is a Canadian rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba, that was one of the first to establish a major successful following in their own country while still residing there. They were the first Canadian rock group to have a No.1 hit in the United States.

Undun appears on their 2nd album, released in 1969 titled Canned Wheat.

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[Mannix]

The Mosquitos were actually the Wellingtons in real life. And they sang the Gilligan's Island theme song.

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Ginger

Can't forget the Honeybees:

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[Mannix]

Black Sabbath are an English heavy metal band from Birmingham, England. Formed in 1968 by Ozzy Osbourne (lead vocals), Tony Iommi (guitar), Geezer Butler (bass), and Bill Ward (drums and percussion), the band has since experienced multiple lineup changes, with a total of twenty-two former members. Originally formed as a heavy blues-rock band named Earth, the band began incorporating occult- and horror-inspired lyrics with tuned-down guitars, changing their name to Black Sabbath and releasing multiple gold and platinum records in the 1970s.

Ozzy Osbourne was fired from the band in 1979, and initially replaced by former Rainbow vocalist Ronnie James Dio. Their 1980 album Heaven and Hell contains this superb cut:

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Here's the title cut, just for s***s & giggles:

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Both of these songs kick ass all over the place.

[Mannix]

In the Court of the Crimson King (an observation by King Crimson) is the 1969 debut album by the British progressive rock group King Crimson. The album reached #3 on the British charts. The album is certified gold in the United States.

The album is generally viewed as one of the strongest of the progressive rock genre, where blues-oriented rock was mixed together with jazz and European symphonic elements. In his 1997 book Rocking the Classics, critic/musicologist Edward Macan notes that In the Court of the Crimson King "may be the most influential progressive rock album ever released." The Who's Pete Townshend was quoted as calling the album "an uncanny masterpiece".

I've always wondered about the lyrics. Is it a reference to being in Hell? Perhaps political undertones?

The dance of the puppets
The rusted chains of prison moons
Are shattered by the sun.
I walk a road, horizons change
The tournaments begun.
The purple piper plays his tune,
The choir softly sing;
Three lullabies in an ancient tongue,
For the court of the crimson king.

The keeper of the city keys
Put shutters on the dreams.
I wait outside the pilgrims door
With insufficient schemes.
The black queen chants
The funeral march,
The cracked brass bells will ring;
To summon back the fire witch
To the court of the crimson king.

The gardener plants an evergreen
Whilst trampling on a flower.
I chase the wind of a prism ship
To taste the sweet and sour.
The pattern juggler lifts his hand;
The orchestra begin.
As slowly turns the grinding wheel
In the court of the crimson king.

On soft gray mornings widows cry
The wise men share a joke;
I run to grasp divining signs
To satisfy the hoax.
The yellow jester does not play
But gentle pulls the strings
And smiles as the puppets dance
In the court of the crimson king.

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[Mannix]

Thick as Thieves is the fourth album by Canadian rock band Trooper, released in 1978. The album was produced by Randy Bachman of Bachman-Turner Overdrive and The Guess Who fame. The album went double-platinum and featured the group's only successful U.S. single, "Raise a Little Hell"

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[Mannix]

Queen put out a s***load of good tunes in their long career. But this is my favorite.

Queen is the self-titled debut album from the English rock band Queen, released in 1973. It was recorded at Trident Studios and De Lane Lea Music Centre, London, England, with production by Roy Thomas Baker (as Roy Baker), John Anthony, and Queen.

The album was influenced by the seaside rock, hard rock, and heavy metal of the day and covers subjects such as folklore ("My Fairy King") and religion ("Jesus"). Lead singer Freddie Mercury composed five of the ten tracks. Lead guitarist Brian May contributed four songs, including "Doing All Right" which was co-written by Smile bandmate Tim Staffell. Drummer Roger Taylor composed and sang "Modern Times Rock and Roll." The final song on the album is a short instrumental version of "Seven Seas of Rhye." The full version, including vocals, appeared on the band's next album, Queen II. The band included the comment 'No synthesizers' on the album sleeve, as some listeners had mistaken their elaborate multi-tracking and effects processed by guitar and vocal sounds as synthesizers. Bassist John Deacon was credited on the sleeve notes of the original vinyl release as "Deacon John", as Mercury and Taylor thought this may make him sound more interesting. Shortly after the release, Deacon decided that he would prefer to use his own name in the future.

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[Mannix]

Tycoon is a one-hit-wonder band from New York City. This cut is from their 1979 eponymous album.

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[Mannix]

Trevor Rabin (born January 13, 1954) is a South African-American musician, best known as a guitarist and songwriter for the British progressive rock band Yes from 1983–1994, and since then, as a film composer.

His 1979 release, Face to Face contains this "Yes-like" cut:

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[Mannix]

"The Dream Weaver" is a hit solo album by one-time Spooky Tooth keyboard player Gary Wright released in June 1975. Gary Wright (born 26 April 1943, Cresskill, New Jersey, U.S.) is an American musician and the piano player on one of the biggest selling and most famous ballads of all time, Harry Nilsson's version of "Without You".

The album was said by Wright to be the first-ever all-synthesiser/keyboard album (though the first all-synthesizer album was in fact Switched-On Bach by Walter Carlos, in 1968) - it features Wright on vocals and keyboards and Jim Keltner and Andy Newmark on drums. The only track to feature any guitar was "Power Of Love" which featured fellow labelmate Ronnie Montrose on electric guitar.

The album's success was a slow but steady accomplishment as the album eventually peaked at #7 on Billboard album chart in the Spring of 1976. The album's title cut and "Love is Alive" both peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

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[Mannix]

The Kings are a Canadian band formed in the 1970s, best known for their North American hit "This Beat Goes On/Switchin' To Glide."

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[Anthony]

Originally Posted by Rooser

Queen put out a s***load of good tunes in their long career. But this is my favorite.

Queen is the self-titled debut album from the English rock band Queen, released in 1973. It was recorded at Trident Studios and De Lane Lea Music Centre, London, England, with production by Roy Thomas Baker (as Roy Baker), John Anthony, and Queen.

The album was influenced by the seaside rock, hard rock, and heavy metal of the day and covers subjects such as folklore ("My Fairy King") and religion ("Jesus"). Lead singer Freddie Mercury composed five of the ten tracks. Lead guitarist Brian May contributed four songs, including "Doing All Right" which was co-written by Smile bandmate Tim Staffell. Drummer Roger Taylor composed and sang "Modern Times Rock and Roll." The final song on the album is a short instrumental version of "Seven Seas of Rhye." The full version, including vocals, appeared on the band's next album, Queen II. The band included the comment 'No synthesizers' on the album sleeve, as some listeners had mistaken their elaborate multi-tracking and effects processed by guitar and vocal sounds as synthesizers. Bassist John Deacon was credited on the sleeve notes of the original vinyl release as "Deacon John", as Mercury and Taylor thought this may make him sound more interesting. Shortly after the release, Deacon decided that he would prefer to use his own name in the future.

Brian May is one of the most underappreciated guitar players, imo.

[Mannix]

Here's another kick-ass rock tune from April Wine. This is a cut off of Harder ... Faster, the eighth studio album by these Canadian rocker, released in 1979.

This song pays homage to the Beatles (Day Tripper) and the Stones (Satisfaction).

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[Mannix]

Twin brothers Chuck and John Panozzo first got together with their neighbor Dennis DeYoung in 1961 in the Roseland section of the south side of Chicago, eventually taking the band name "The Tradewinds". Chuck Panozzo left to attend seminary school for a year but returned to the group by 1964. By this time the others had brought in guitarist Tom Nardini to replace Chuck on guitar. Chuck decided to rejoin the others as bassist. Brother John was the drummer, while Dennis had switched from accordion to organ and piano. In 1965 the name "Tradewinds" was changed to TW4 after another band called Trade Winds broke through nationally. By 1966 the Panozzo brothers had joined DeYoung at Chicago State University and kept the group together doing gigs at high schools and frat parties while studying to be teachers. In 1969 they added a college buddy, John Curulewski, on guitar after Nardini departed. And guitarist James "J.Y." Young came aboard in 1970 making TW4 a quintet.

In 1971 the band members decided to choose a new name when they signed to Wooden Nickel Records; several suggestions were made and, says DeYoung, Styx was chosen because it was "the only one that none of us hated".

Crystal Ball is the title track from their 6th album, released in 1976. This album marked the recording debut of new guitarist Tommy Shaw. The track Mademoiselle was Tommy Shaw's vocal debut and the album's Top 40 hit.

The album's title track would become a concert staple for the band as it was performed on every subsequent Styx tour that Shaw was involved with.

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[Anthony]

Rooser, how about some Chuck Berry?

[Mannix]

Originally Posted by Anthony

Rooser, how about some Chuck Berry?

Wait 'til you see who else is in this video.

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[Mannix]

Antony Laurence Carey (born October 16, 1953, Turlock, California) is a rock and heavy metal keyboardist and Hammond organ player for the band Rainbow from 1975 to 1977.

With the band Rainbow, Carey appeared on the studio album Rainbow Rising (1976) and on the live albums On Stage (1977) and Live in Germany (1994). Carey performed the keyboard introduction to "Tarot Woman", the first track on the Rainbow Rising album and the keyboard solo on "A Light in the Black", the last cut on the album.

He had a minor hit in the early 1980s with "I Won't Be Home Tonight", and then a bigger hit in 1984 with "A Fine, Fine Day", which reached #22 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks charts.

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[Anthony]

Originally Posted by Rooser

Wait 'til you see who else is in this video.

Michelob?

[Mannix]

Another KSHE Klassic, "Circus" is the first cut from their eponymous 1972 debut album.

String Driven Thing was a 1970s folk-rock band from Scotland, led by Chris and Pauline Adams formed in Spring 1965. The group recorded three albums for the Charisma label before disbanding in 1974. Their song "It's a Game" was covered by the Bay City Rollers in 1977 and became a chart hit in England and Germany.

String Driven Thing's violinist, Graham Smith, later joined his Charisma labelmates Van der Graaf Generator in 1977. Vocalist Kim Beacon sang lead on Tony Banks' solo debut, A Curious Feeling, in 1979.

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[michelob]

Originally Posted by Anthony

Michelob?

[Mannix]

April Wine released this cut on their 1975 album Stand Back.

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[Mannix]

Brownsville Station was a band from Michigan that was popular in the 1970s. Their most famous song, "Smokin' In the Boys Room" (from their 1973 album Yeah!) was recognized as one of rock's earliest teen anthems, featuring angst filled lyrics, blaring guitars and a harmonica solo. The track reached #3 on U.S. charts and #27 in the UK Singles Chart "Smokin' In the Boy's Room" was later covered by Mötley Crüe in 1985. In 1977, Brownsville Station recorded the novelty song "Martian Boogie", which is played on Dr. Demento's radio show on occasion.
Another song, "(Lady) Put the Light on Me" (1977) also received modest airplay in the Detroit markets. Original members included band founder Cub Koda (guitarist/vocalist), Mike Lutz (guitarist/vocalist), T.J. Cronley (drummer), and Tony Driggins (bassist/vocals).

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[Mannix]

Poco is an American country rock band originally formed by Richie Furay and Jim Messina following the demise of Buffalo Springfield in 1968. A favorite of AOR FM stations in the early 1970s, Poco was considered to be a highly innovative and pioneering band. Although the band charted a handful of Top 20 hits, overall their Top 40 success was somewhat uneven.

A Good Feelin’ to Know is the fifth album by the country rock band Poco. This was the grand-slam album Poco had been waiting for. The title track became Poco's most recognizable tune of its early days. Despite its strength, this album did not do as well commercially as expected, discouraging leader Richie Furay.

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[Mannix]

Blackfoot is a Southern rock band from Jacksonville, Florida. They were formed in 1972 and were contemporaries of Lynyrd Skynyrd, and tried for years to make it as a Southern rock band, although they were more popular as a hard rock outfit. They had a number of hit albums in the 1970s and early 1980s (including Strikes (1979), Tomcattin' (1980), and Marauder (1981)) before their popularity started to wane. They had broken up by 1984, though not before former Uriah Heep keyboardist/songwriter Ken Hensley had joined the group during their last couple of years together.

Strikes is the third album, released in 1979. The group's breakthrough album, it featured two Top 40 hits in "Highway Song" and "Train, Train".

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[Mannix]

Molly Hatchet is an American southern rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida in 1971. They are widely known for their hit song "Flirtin' with Disaster" from the album of the same title. The band, founded by Dave Hlubek and Steve Holland, took its name from a legendary Southern prostitute who supposedly mutilated and decapitated her clients.

Molly Hatchet is the self-titled debut album released in 1978. The cover is a painting by Frank Frazetta entitled "The Death Dealer".



This 7+ minute cut is off that album.

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[Mannix]

Barry Goudreau (November 29, 1951) is a musician, best known as one of the original guitarists for the rock band Boston.

Goudreau recorded his first solo LP titled Barry Goudreau (1980), using Brad Delp and Fran Cosmo (who would join Boston in 1991) on vocals, and Sib Hashian (then drummer for Boston) on drums. The record company sought to cash in big time with this "almost Boston" line up. The LP successfully hit the airwaves with the songs "Dreams" and "Mean Woman Blues". The album was promoted as a kind of "Boston-lite" and when Scholz caught word of this he was furious. Ultimately, it was this album that triggered Scholz to ask Goudreau to leave the band Boston.

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[Mannix]

Shanty was a real popular song when I was in high school...especially among the stoners.

Jonathan Edwards (born July 28, 1946, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.) is an artist, musician, folk singer, songwriter and performer, perhaps best known for his crossover folk singles "Sunshine" and "Shanty". Jonathan Edwards was born in Minnesota and played his first music on piano, taking a few lessons from the lady who lived next door and then learning by ear.

Shanty can be found on his self-titled debut album from 1971.

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[Mannix]

"Uneasy Rider" is a 1973 country music song written and performed by American singer and multi-instrumentalist Charlie Daniels. It consists of a narrative that is spoken rather than sung over a guitar melody and is sometimes considered a novelty song. It was released as a single and appeared on Daniels' album Honey in the Rock which is also sometimes known as Uneasy Rider.

The narrator protagonist of "Uneasy Rider" is a long-haired marijuana smoker driving a Chevrolet with a "peace sign, mag wheels, and four on the floor." The song is a spoken-word description of an interlude in a trip from a non-specified location in the Southern United States to Los Angeles, California. The narrator is waylaid in Jackson, Mississippi with a flat tire and enters a "redneck" bar where he encounters several local residents who question his manners, physical appearance, and that of his car. In order to extricate himself from a potential physical altercation, the narrator accuses one of the locals of being a spy, setting off a humorous exchange of accusations.

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[Mannix]

Mason Proffit was a folk rock band from Chicago, Illinois that released five albums between 1969 and 1973. They are widely considered by obscure rock aficionados to be one of the best bands who never made it to the big time. Although they are mostly overlooked today, along with the Byrds, Michael Nesmith, and others, they helped to invent country-rock.

On their debut 1969 album Wanted!, the Talbot brothers Forged a connection between the hippie ethos and the Old West's outlaw myth, and conjured up a portrait of long-haired cowboys riding across the plain. In "Two Hangmen," the brothers alternate vocals (and stereo speakers) to tell the odd tale of an executioner who comes to doubt his profession and is sentenced to death for it, only to be spared by a second executioner, the two then hung to preserve the status quo.

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As I rode into Tombstone on my horse whose name was Mac
I saw what I'll relate to you goin' on behind my back
It seems the folks were up in arms a man now had to die
For believin' things that didn't fit the laws they'd set aside
The man's name was I'm a freak the best that I could see
He was the executioner a hangman just like me
I guess that he'd seen loopholes from workin' with his rope
He'd hung the wrong man many times so now he turned to hope

He talked to all the people from his scaffold in the square
He told them of the things he found;
But they didn't seem to care
He said the laws were obsolete, a change they should demand
But the people only walked away, he couldn't understand

The Marshall's name was Uncle Sam he said he'd right this wrong
He'd make the hangman shut his mouth if it took him all year long
He finally arrested Freak and then he sent for me
To hang a fellow hangman from a fellow hangman's tree

It didn't take them long to try him in their court of law
He was guilty then of thinking, a crime much worse than all
They sentenced him to die so his seed of thought can't spread
And infect the little children; that's what the law had said

So the hangin' day came 'round and he walked up to the noose
I pulled the lever but before he fell I cut him loose
They called it all conspiracy and that I had to die
So to close our mouths and kill our minds they hung us side by side

And now we're two hangmen hangin' from a tree
That don't bother me at all
Two hangmen hangin' from a tree
That don't bother me at all

[Tracy]

I love classic rock. Dedicate one to me Rooser.