tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091714924588660529.post8795258567725517492..comments2023-08-25T05:16:40.313-04:00Comments on Growing Old With Rock & Roll: The Best Of Everything, part one: a Bunch of Ricki C. Top 5 & Top 10 Lists Ricki C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04687745258304549097noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091714924588660529.post-89637130976267227232012-08-15T15:47:09.534-04:002012-08-15T15:47:09.534-04:00Courtney - Not sure if you played this show. The o...Courtney - Not sure if you played this show. The only Ohio band I remember being on the bill was The Grayps, a pretty great Columbus band of the time. (Oddly, the next year, 1970, when I was a senior in high school, Grayps bass player Don Ketteler became my American history student teacher at Bishop Ready High School. Even more oddly, in 1990 he managed my good friends in Watershed when they signed to Epic Records and Sony Music.)Ricki C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04687745258304549097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091714924588660529.post-62722771043867436932012-08-15T11:25:17.805-04:002012-08-15T11:25:17.805-04:00top ten live shows, the who, columbus ohio nov.11,...top ten live shows, the who, columbus ohio nov.11, 1969. I played in a band called Silk, Michael (Gee) Stanley was our bass player. managed by the Belkins. They had us opening for the who and other groups that year. I am trying to find out when we opened for the Who, I think it was this concertt, one in Athens and Syracuse. Thanks courtney johns........courtneyjohns@aol.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091714924588660529.post-20735277029389422872012-01-25T21:03:08.759-05:002012-01-25T21:03:08.759-05:00Hmmmmmm, Led Zeppelin. Sorry to say, but I find Le...Hmmmmmm, Led Zeppelin. Sorry to say, but I find Led Zeppelin falling into my "Five Most Overrated Bands Ever" category. Even I'm not sure that's fair, but I just loved The Who so much in that period I found Zep overpraised and really kinda pretentious. (Plus growing up on the West Side of Columbus, Ohio, and trying to play original rock & roll in that locale/milieu in the 1970's there were just so many shouts of "PLAY SOME ZEP, MANNNNN!" coming from the audience, it was bound to sour my opinion.)<br /><br />That being said, awhile back I had a request from my brother-in-law in Jersey for a two-CD Zeppelin compilation (my day job is in a used-record store)and after I made his I boiled it down at a single disc for me. Nothing later than '73, though, I think that's when they went off the rails for me.Ricki C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04687745258304549097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091714924588660529.post-32753607299283150552012-01-23T14:13:53.135-05:002012-01-23T14:13:53.135-05:00Hi Ricki,
Surprised to not see Zeppelin in the En...Hi Ricki,<br /><br />Surprised to not see Zeppelin in the English band category, not even an honorable mention? I'm curious, what are your thoughts on Zep?<br /><br />Thanks <br /><br />PaulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091714924588660529.post-74322492180389211182012-01-22T16:16:59.777-05:002012-01-22T16:16:59.777-05:00Doesn't Dar Williams at least warrant an Honor...Doesn't Dar Williams at least warrant an Honorable Mention in the Singer-Songwriter category?Debbie C.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091714924588660529.post-65495270264476557032012-01-21T10:12:51.857-05:002012-01-21T10:12:51.857-05:00I must commend you for being my "rock histori...I must commend you for being my "rock historian" friend - you've turned me on to Mott, Neighborhoods, MC5, NY Dolls, Modern Lovers and others.<br /><br />You should have a top ten: Movies about rock 'n roll, documentaries about bands, concert films. And some more background about Elliot Murphy.ringohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03859502500446105359noreply@blogger.com