One of my favorites performances by Earl Bostic, Special Delivery Stomp originally titled Man from Mars has John Lewis Bartee written all over it. Bostic nailed it just as John intended if he had been performing it himself. The clarinet version by Shaw you will hear some of John's VOICE which he later shared with Raymond Scott. Some of the phrasing in Special Delivery Stomp you will hear in Hold your Hat / Hold your HATS.
The ORIGINAL Man from Mars
Now while watching & listening to the two performers think about Raymond Scott and the type of arrangements he needed.
Now take some of what John was doing with Shaw 37- 39 put him with Mario Bauza and Calloway and you get tunes like Rhapsody in Rhumba. Owned by Mills & Calloway.
Years ago I started this blog basically as a online filing cabinet for the information I collected on John Lewis Bartee and his involvement with the music industry. For every published post I created there were many more drafts about Music, Musicians, Music industry stories which in my research I had come across and for one reason or another grabbed my attention. Thinking I might start posting again... it was looking back at these older drafts that these guys have been playing over and over in my head this week.
The Band ~ STATES
Jimmy McDonnell- lead vocals
Dominic Butch Germano- bass
Morgan Hampton- drums/percussion
Barry Scott- lead guitar/vocals
Robert Schindler- keyboards
Steve Chandler- special effect guitars/vocals
States was started in 1977. The Band regularly packed clubs like Peabody's in
Virginia Beach and the now-defunct King's Head Inn, the group released
an album on a major label, Chrysalis, in 1979. And it joined Hall and
Oates on a national tour. After that high-water mark, the group played
steadily on the East Coast circuit, from New Jersey to Atlanta.
There is much that others have written about this Band on the internet these days and they have a facebook page STATES. In future post I will get more into the links to The "Norfolk" Aliens and Mason. But what really caught my attention a few years back were the videos that Wynn Evers posted on Youtube, K-94 ROCKS along with Cox Cable created pre-MTV a show called Radiovision. Attached are three video performances which I personally feel hold up after thirty some years, and may have you listening to them over and over as the beautiful weekend starts.
The band's 1981 album "Picture Me With You," released on Boardwalk Records, sold nearly 100,000 copies. That's a feat since
unmatched by a local rock band.
Cavatina is a classical guitar piece by Stanley Myers. It is most famous as the theme from the Academy Award winning The Deer Hunter, whose writer/director Michael Cimino was a nearby neighbor the year I lived on the North Fork of the Flathead River near Polebridge, Montana in 1985.
The piece had been recorded by classical guitarist John Williams, long before the film that made it famous. It had originally been written for piano but at Williams' invitation, Myers re-wrote it for guitar and expanded it. After this transformation, it was first used for the film, The Walking Stick (1970). In 1973, Cleo Laine wrote lyrics and recorded the song as "He Was Beautiful" accompanied by John Williams.
My thanks to Brigid for allowing me to share her words. She has a blog, Home on the Range which is filled with good food, humor, and memories of family & friends. The World she paints offers a perspective of a very unique individual whose journeys and experiences will leave you intrigued.
I haven't posted on this blog for sometime now. In the years of research on John Lewis Bartee and the MUSIC World I truly came to understand his special gift. MUSIC transcends ALL. As humans it allows us a sanctuary of peace, happiness and remembrance of LIFE. So i dedicate this post to a Friend, Father & Brother of so many that Celebrate his Life.
MacArthur
"Billy" Adams, 57, passed away peacefully February 24, 2015. - See
more at:
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/pilotonline/obituary.aspx?n=billy-adams&pid=174274603&#sthash.31ocb2oH.eIw3W6zB.dpuf
MacArthur "Billy" Adams, 57
passed away peacefully February 24th, 2015.
MacArthur
"Billy" Adams, 57, passed away peacefully February 24, 2015. - See
more at:
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/pilotonline/obituary.aspx?n=billy-adams&pid=174274603&#sthash.31ocb2oH.eIw3W6zB.dpuf
Billy Adams
Chesapeake - MacArthur "Billy" Adams, 57, passed away peacefully February 24, 2015.
- See more at:
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/pilotonline/obituary.aspx?n=billy-adams&pid=174274603&#sthash.31ocb2oH.eIw3W6zB.dpuf
