Ask a question relating to Rock & Roll and see if anyone knows the answer without using Google - Part 1

[red dog 1]

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(Guesses welcome)

What is America's best-selling band of all time? (answered)

[Grumpy Old Guy]

1. The Beach Boys

[red dog 1]

17. Nope.

(Good guess)

[AZSkiffyGeek]

2. What musician sold Stevie Ray Vaughan his iconic Strat?

[poli-junkie]

3. BB King?

[Brother Buzz]

7. BB King was a Gibson man

[VGNonly]

9. Christopher Cross?

[AZSkiffyGeek]

10. Correct!

[happybird]

4. Probably the Eagles?

[LoisB]

5. Agree.

[red dog 1]

18. Ding!

[happybird]

24. Their Greatest Hits is always near the top of the "most sold" lists.

That’s why I figured as much.
Not an Eagles fan, myself, music or football lol.

[Mister Ed]

6. Who put the bop in the bop sh-bop sh-bop?

Why do fools fall in love?

What becomes of the broken hearted?

[Harker]

8. I don't have the answers to those enduring mysteries...

but I do know who wrote "The Book of Love."

[VGNonly]

11. I want to know

have you ever seen the rain?

[JoseBalow]

12. I'm more concerned about whether

it's better to burn out than to fade away

[Harker]

13. I'm doing both sequentially.

I burned out some time ago. Now I'm fading away.

[Bayard]

54. CCR

[VGNonly]

14. Can you see the real me?

Maybe...maybe not?

[Harker]

15. Are you experienced? Have you ever been experienced?

Well, I have.

[Danmel]

59. Best bass line eva!

[red dog 1]

19. Who wrote the Book of Love?

[Harker]

20. William Kotzwinkle.

A life spent largely in bookshops has had some value.

[Celerity]

43. Book Of Love - I Touch Roses (Long Stemmed Version) 1985 🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹

Label: Sire – 0-20381, I Square Records – 0-20381, Sire – 9 20381-0 A, I Square Records – 9 20381-0 A
Format: Vinyl, 12", Maxi-Single, 45 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

[red dog 1]

23. Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

Who'll stop the Rain?

Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby?

When Will I Be Loved?

Who Let the Dogs Out?

Tell Me Why?


(I could go on, but I won't)

[BOSSHOG]

16. How did Reggie Dwight come up with the name we've known him by for 60+ years?

[Mister Ed]

21. The "John" part was in honor of Long John Baldry.

I forget where he got the "Elton" part.

[BOSSHOG]

22. Sax Player Elton Dean of

the band Bluesology which included Reggie and Long John. Interesting almost ancient rock and roll history.

I got Elton’s Empty Sky CD for my birthday this year. Good Stuff.

[happybird]

25. Which 60's sitcom did Lowell George make an appearance on?

He played a musician, of course.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

26. The Monkees?

[happybird]

27. Nope.

But a good guess.
A friend told me this little tidbit a couple days ago and I had to google it to make sure he was wasn’t pulling my leg.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

28. I figured since Zappa was on the Monkees Lowell might be as well

Ah well…. I’m curious to see the correct answer.

[happybird]

30. There is a Frank connection here, as well!

This doesn’t give away the answer:

“Along with George, the other members of the Bedbugs were played by guitarists Warren S. Klein (who was in the Stooges circa 1973) and Martin F. Kibbee; and future Little Feat drummer Richie Hayward. At the time, the four of them were collectively known as The Factory. Frank Zappa would produce two songs for the group, which remained unreleased until 1993’s Lightning-Rod Man anthology.”


Lowell had a couple lines of dialogue before playing with “The Bedbugs” in the mystery show.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

31. Just cheated because I was stumped - unbelievable!

[happybird]

32. I know, right??

[GReedDiamond]

52. Back around 1987, Warren S. Klein...

...played sitar on a recording I engineered/produced.
I don't remember how or where I found him, but I needed a sitar player and there he was.

[GReedDiamond]

51. F-Troop...nt

[happybird]

58. Correct!

[Docreed2003]

29. "Starsky and Hutch" contributed to the writing of what rock song?

[duckworth969]

33. AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd got into very serious legal trouble awhile back

What for?

[AZSkiffyGeek]

53. I remember it was pretty outrageous

Was it murder for hire or something?

[jmowreader]

34. During Ringo's time in The Beatles, how many different drum kits did he use?

There are two answers to this. Either one is fine.

[Brother Buzz]

35. Boy howdy, I just dove deep into the weeds trying to unravel the mystery of cymbals

And it turns out Ringo had a thing about cymbals; he was always changing them, chasing that certain sound he wanted, but there was mention in one article about his pre Beatles drum kit being Premier. I don't know when he switched over to Ludwig, but he was a solid Ludwig boy by the time they splashed in America.

Did Ringo play two different Ludwig drum kits?

I'm always amused Ringo, a left-handed drummer playing a right-handed kit, pissed off a ton of drummers because he produced a signature off beat sound that was really hard to replicate.

[jmowreader]

36. Four or six

Up through the time they made the Please Please Me album he had a Premier Duroplastic kit. In the early 1960s plastic drum shells were pretty popular. This rig had one rack Tom and one floor Tom plus bass and snare.

He changed to the Ludwig Downbeat for With the Beatles and A Hard Day’s Night. Still a four-piece, it used a Jazz Festival snare, which he used the same one of the rest of his career. This is where the “two answers” thing kicks in - because he didn’t want to haul all his drums to the US he bought identical toms and bass once he got to the US and brought his snare with him. This is pretty common among big-name drummers, falling in love with one snare drum and using it on many sets.

From that point until they started working on the White Album he used the Super Classic kit. Still a four-piece, the difference is all the drums are a little larger. For The Beatles’ US tour he bought another one.

Both these kits had the Oyster Black Pearl wrap Ludwig sold a lot of back then but no longer offers, I don’t know why they stopped.

On September 11, 1968, Ringo took delivery of a Hollywood set in natural maple finish and used it for the rest of The Beatles’ existence. This kit has two rack toms.

So…either four or six kits depending on how you count them.

[Brother Buzz]

37. Ringo was gifted a Premier snare on his 70th birthday

1960 Premier Royal Ace Mahogany Duroplastic Piccolo Snare Drum (4"x14" )



Do you know if Ringo even used it with the All-Star Band?

https://www.ringosbeatlekits.com/1960-premier-royal-ace-snare-drum

[blm]

76. He used Remo skins

[red dog 1]

38. What was the name of the first band Debbie Harry was in?

(For extra credit)
What was the name of the nightclub they played at?

[Celerity]

44. I adore Debbie Harry, so I know this, it was a folk (blechhh) band called Wind in the Willows in the late 60s

Several years later she joined the proto punk band The Stilettos (much more my speed, I am a punk lover since I was so so young)

No clue what clubs Wind In The Willows played

The Stilettos played Max's Kansas City and CBGB in NYC

The Stilletoes - Anti Disco

[red dog 1]

62. Ding!

[Marthe48]

39. Heard this on the radio the other day

Paula Abdul was babysat by a famous rock musician . Who was it?

[red dog 1]

64. Tiny Tim?

[Marthe48]

66. It's been so long since I posted

I had to look it up.
Not Tiny Tim

[red dog 1]

40. What was the last song that Brian Jones played on as a member of The Rolling Stones?

[red dog 1]

41. Otis Redding co-wrote "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" with guitarist-songwriter Steve Cropper

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at Stax Studios in Memphis, TN. just days before his death.

Besides Cropper, who else was with him as he wrote the song?
(Besides Stax Records producers etc.)

[Brother Buzz]

67. It was recorded at Stax records, but it was roughed out in Sausalito, Calif....

on Bill Graham's houseboat. Otis Redding (and backed up by Steve Cropper) had just finished up at the '67 Monterey Pop Festival and Graham was able to book him for a gig in SF the following weekend and offered the houseboat to Redding and Cropper.

As to your specific question, I'd hazard a guess and say Isaac Hayes. Curiously, Cropper recruited Isaac Hayes to replace the college bound Booker T. as a Stax session keyboardist. Possible the smartest thing Cropper ever did was pairing Hayes and Porter together and setting them loose.

Side note: Stuart Brand (Whole Earth Catalog) purchased the table that Otis Redding purportedly wrote "The Dock of the Bay" on from a reputable Sausalito antique store owned by Julia Child's sister (She was about a half an inch taller then Julia).

[red dog 1]

68. The person who was there with Otis & Steve Cropper at Stax recording studio in Memphis was a writer from Memphis.

You're right.
He had performed at the '67 Monterey Pop Festival in June, just weeks before his stay on Bill Graham's Sausalito houseboat in August, where he started writing the song.

He & Stax producer Steve Cropper completed the song & recorded it in Memphis, just 3 days before the plane crash on December 10, 1967.

"It was released on Stax Records 'Volt' label in 1968, becoming the first posthumous #1 single in the US.
It reached # 3 on the UK Singles Chart."
(Wikipedia)

[Brother Buzz]

69. David Porter is from Memphis

If it wasn't Isaac Hayes and David Porter, I got nothing, but Stax had a deep bench.

[red dog 1]

70. Here's a hint.

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This writer knew and wrote about B.B. King, Gram Parsons, The Rolling Stones, blues guitarist Furry Lewis, and other musicians as well.

(Some info on Furry Lewis)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furry_Lewis

[jmowreader]

42. Of all the members of the Blues Brothers Band, how many did NOT appear in the film under their real names?

[JoseBalow]

46. Jake and Elwood

I'm going with just the two Brothers

[jmowreader]

47. There's one more.

[JoseBalow]

48. Hmm, my guess would be Cab Calloway?

I don't remember his name in the film, but I can't think who else it would be

[jmowreader]

49. Cab Calloway played the caretaker of the St. Helen of the Blessed Shroud Orphanage

The third person using a stage name was Mr. Fabulous, who was played by trumpeter Alan Rubin.

[JoseBalow]

50. I remember Cab Calloway sang Hi-dee-ho

but ya, it was like a warm-up at the show, not part of the band. I forgot about Mr. Fabulous, the maitre d'

[BOSSHOG]

45. How did "Marvin" acknowledge rock and roll

In a 1980s era hit movie? Maybe a medium hard ambiguous question with a rock solid answer. A beer or two might help. Or not, but drink up.

[Bayard]

55. Whose second wedding did the Dave Matthews Band play at?

[Tikki]

56. One of my favourite newer band titles by s.g.a.t.v.

they are initials..initials for what words?


Tikki

[The Wandering Harper]

57. who got crushed by their tour bus on an icy road in Sweden?

[Mad_Dem_X]

60. The guy from Metallica - Cliff Burton?

[The Wandering Harper]

61. A+

RIP
Legend

[red dog 1]

63. What well-known rocker had a father who's nickname was "Coon Dog"?

[red dog 1]

65. What was the first city The Rolling Stones played at on their first American tour?

(The year was 1964)

[red dog 1]

71. What rock musician was banned from appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show and told by Ed Sullivan

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"that he would not last six months"

[ProfessorGAC]

81. The Doors?

I know they had a dust-up over the "couldn't get much higher" line.
Figured this was a good guess.

[Tikki]

72. What Rock and Roll icon did The Clash tour with in the U.S. in 1979?

Bet a few here know the answer.

Tikki

[red dog 1]

73. What song written by Keith Richards & Mick Jagger was the first that was recorded by The Rolling Stones?

[red dog 1]

74. What two well-known rock musicians drew knives in an argument in a hotel suite in 1972?

[JoseBalow]

75. Captain & Tennille?

[red dog 1]

77. Ha!

Nope

[red dog 1]

78. What was Brian Jones' mother's occupation?

[red dog 1]

79. What is Keith Richards' middle name?

[red dog 1]

80. When did The Rolling Stones play their 1st concert outside of London (Month & Year)?

For extra credit, what was the city?