BigEdWalsh

Toughie. I don't really know all that much about Babe Ruth, never having owned anything by them, but I thought Janita Haan was pretty sexy. I do know that Glenn Cornick who played with Jethro Tull (when they were really good) left them and formed Wild Turkey. Guitarist Bernie Marsden played with both Babe Ruth and Wild Turkey (Cornick played in Paris with Hunt and Tony Sales too, good mostly over-looked band with Bob Welch). I've got nuthin' on any connection with Yes or the Beatles.

Frank Zappa to Babe Ruth

QUOTE (Tex @ Nov 29, 2009 -> 07:50 PM) Who, Zep, Beatles? Maybe. That'd be my guess. We'll see.

I'm pretty sure the Who are gonna be there. There's a few things surprising me a little though. I thought the Stooges, Ramones and Clash would be on this list. But then, I didn't have the Clash or the Ramones on my list either.

Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman aka The Phlorescent Leech & Eddie first joined up with Zappa on the album Chunga's Revenge. They were indeed in 200 Motels (an awful movie but kinda fun to see). Next: Frank Zappa and The Monkees??

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Nov 29, 2009 -> 12:00 PM) Two Canned Heat connections I know of. The most important is that Sunflower Vestine, an early MOI member (pre Freak our, but he's on some FZ demos and rarities that have been relesaed) was a guitarist and founding member of Canned Heat. The second connection is that MOI core member Don Preston spent a small amount of time with Canned Heat. On the subject of Canned Heat, I am a cardholding member of the Bob the Bear Hit Society ("He Came, He Walked Around, He Died"), although not in good standing because the only real stipulation for being a member is you have to drink your beer with your left hand and I can't remember to do that. OK, next Zappa connection: FZ and Jethro Tull. I didn't know that about Don Preston. I was referring to The Sunflower. Are you a big Canned Heat fan? I saw them live once just a few days after they had played at Woodstock. They were still pretty stoked about that experience. Bob the Bear Hite talked about how cool it was that they flew in on a helicopter. Unfortunately for me, it so happened that the Sunflower had quit the band just before Woodstock. Of course I didn't know this so at the concert I was like "who the hell is that? That's not the Sunflower?". Found out later it was Harvey Mandel and of course he was pretty darn good himself. One of his guitar strings broke during one song and so I was treated to an impromptu long bass solo by the Mole. It was great! Turtles: Flo and Eddie and Jimmy Pons who had played with the Turtles and the Leaves (!).

QUOTE (Pants Rowland @ Nov 27, 2009 -> 07:24 PM) Easter is it for me, but I should qualify that statement by noting I am Greek orthodox, which is a totally different experience than most people know. It is frequently later in the spring than western easter so the weather is warmer and all the commercialization is gone leaving the ethnic traditions to stand out. We roast lamb on a spit over a wood charcoal fire and drink wine and ouzo all day. My mother has a huge yard so it has always perfect for hosting. Lots of fun and endless memories. We did that one year. My Dad had a farm and had some Greek friends come over for an Easter barbecue. The Greeks did the lamb and it was AWESOME. There is nothing quite like ouzo, too. It was an unforgettable day. I can totally understand how Easter would be your favorite holiday!

QUOTE (Tex @ Nov 26, 2009 -> 06:39 AM) Frank Zappa to ELO I give up. We'll leave that one open. How about Frank Zappa to Canned Heat?

Play your didgeridoo, Blue. Play your didgeridoo. Ah, like, keep playin' 'til I shoot thru, Blue. Play your didgeridoo.

I like it. He's still "young" enough to have a decent year in him. I don't know how good he is at 1B defensively (probably not very) but he could be an adequate backup for sure. He can sure provide some power.

Wait! Santa is real. Here's a picture of him:

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Nov 24, 2009 -> 08:44 PM) Here's the real test -- How many Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen LPs do/did you own? Just two. The first one which is a KILLER album and Hot Licks, Cold Steel And Truckers Favorites.

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Nov 24, 2009 -> 08:35 PM) Yeah, My Guitar God friend that I used to gig with raved about them (but he smoked a lot of weed in the old days) and played me some songs (yes he actually owns them on vinyl!). Wild stuff. Tsk. Here I thought I was the only guy that bought that album.

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Nov 24, 2009 -> 08:04 PM) Yeah, the theramin is totally old-school, Sci-fi sound effect brilliance. It's also the source of the "ooohhh wheeeh oooohh oooooh weee" outro riff on the Beach Boys Good Vibrations. Ya ever hear of Lothar and the Hand People? They put out I think only one album back in probably 1968. Anyway it was a really good album and they used the theramin quite a bit.

QUOTE (SHIPPS @ Nov 24, 2009 -> 06:18 PM) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUnhET6e2Zs Whoa. That was totally cool. I want one (or two or three)!

Easy for me, I am like a little kid about Christmas. I love it. The 4th of July is the day before my birthday so those TWO days are pretty cool too but not even close to Christmas.

I don't dispute Queen's greatness. They were just too polished for my liking.

I've never been too into Queen, though Brian May played a pretty mean guitar. Queen's just not my cup of tea.

1. Stepping Stone - Hendrix Band of Gypsys 2. The Loco Motion - Grand Funk Railroad 3. Sometimes I Don't Know What to Feel - Todd Rundgren 4. Presence of the Lord Blind Faith 5. Nobody But Me The Human Beinz 6. Needles & Pins Ramones 7. Bang A Gong (Get It On) T Rex 8. Don't Get Me Wrong - The Pretenders 9. Tighten Up - Archie Bell and The Drells 10. So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry) - R.E.M.

QUOTE (Flash Tizzle @ Nov 22, 2009 -> 10:36 PM) I felt the same about Paul Revere and the Raiders and The Buckinghams. They would have been late on my list (15-20) anyways, and at that point it wouldn't matter. I considered both, but neither could crack my top 20. Mark Lindsey is one of my favorite rock singers ever. I nearly snuck the Shadows of Knight onto my list. They had two great albums and were for me the definitive Chicago garage band.

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Nov 21, 2009 -> 03:08 PM) Guitar primarily. Played trumpet and euphonium (baritone horn) in school and can still play fair to middling. Passable bass, and remedial fiddle and 5 string banjo. You play enough instruments you coulda been in the Moody Blues. I played drums when I was a kid in grade school. When I was 16 (1966) me and some neighborhood kids formed a garage band which was all the rage at the time. After wanting to call ourselves The Lemon Freeze we opted for a short name like our favorite band (Love) and we called ourselves The. We weren't any good, but it made for the best summer ever.

Elvis?? What is this, 1956??? I'm wondering now if Chuck Berry is gonna make the list. And the Drifters...and the Platters....and the Coasters....Dion and the Belmonts... I'm just kidding. I didn't vote for him but I think it's kinda cool that the King made the list. Now if James Brown the other king makes it we're all set.

Don't get me wrong I haven't often gone to Wrigley Field but in September of 1969 after the Cubs had done their famous swoon and the Mets had overtaken them the Mets came to town to close out the season. They had already clinched. I went because the Mets were my second favorite team at the time. Some Cub fans thought it would be funny I guess to pull a black and purple funeral crepe and droop it over the Mets dugout. It WAS pretty cool, I admit. But, funny only because of the irony. It should have been pulled over the Cub dugout, but then that's Cub fans for ya.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 20, 2009 -> 10:07 AM) I remember many times seeing people get high on the ramps behind the scoreboard in CF at the old ballpark. Oooops. Hope that wasn't me. Wildest thing I ever witnessed was opening day, 1974. Angels and White Sox, Nolan Ryan vs. Wilbur Wood. Unfortunately the game took a back seat to the drunken goings on all f***ing day. Fights galore, streakers. It was.....wild. Sox lost too, 8-2. But, hey I saw Ron Santo's White Sox debut!

QUOTE (daggins @ Nov 20, 2009 -> 09:51 AM) I was kind of thinking it might be nice to get a john mcdonald type elite defender for backup, so this would be nice. Maybe he can teach Alexei a thing or two. I noticed that last year he played 2B, SS and 3B. Prior, he had really only played SS. For his defense alone this could be a pretty good move.