Thanks for sharing, Joe.JD Spydo wrote: ↑Sat Jan 04, 2020 7:08 pmGlad you brought up the Bachman/Turner Overdrive Jim. The one time I seen them in concert I really liked them. I wasn't a huge fan of their studio albums but they were a really adrenaline charged concert band for sure. And Randy Bachman ( formerly the guitarist for the "GUESS WHO") was a much better guitarist than I had even imagined.
However when I seen them in that particular concert at that time they were the back up band for Joe Walsh's band>> and Joe Walsh was on his "Rocky Mountain Way" tour. I was really a big Joe Walsh fan when he had his original band "The James Gang". In the summer of 1971 while still in high school I got to see the original 3 man line up of the James Gang in concert and they were fabulous. That to me was Joe Walsh's best band by far IMO.
Unfortunately, as much as I love music, I never attended any big concerts, because my ears can’t take it. My hearing is very acute, even to this day, and I never could tolerate extremely loud music, noises and loud crowds, such as at concerts. My brother, the musician, has bad hearing, from a lifetime of playing and being around loud music. I heard a statistic that the majority of adults (at least in the US) have lost a significant percentage of their hearing by age 30 and probably don’t even realize it. I suppose I could have worn earplugs, but that would have defeated the whole purpose of going to a concert, right?
As for Herb Alpert, IIRC, the Carpenters worked for his record company, and I believe he helped make them stars, or at least Karen. Karen Carpenter was a phenomenal voice talent, though IMO, probably the greatest, most versatile vocalist I know of (male or female) was Linda Ronstadt at her peak. Linda could sing virtually any music genre, and was one of the very few singers whose covers were consistently better than others’ original songs.
Jim
