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Music Appreciation

marble falls

(71,919 posts) Wed Apr 26, 2023, 10:46 PM Apr 2023

Ronnie Hawkins and the Band - Who do you love?

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Ronnie Hawkins and the Band - Who do you love? (Original Post) marble falls Apr 2023 OP

You can tell they are having a great time playing together. BigmanPigman Apr 2023 #1

The Band said they had a great time and learned a lot about stagecraft from Hawkins. marble falls Apr 2023 #2

I saw that when it came out. BigmanPigman Apr 2023 #3

It struck me, too. Kinda made me remember how totally chaotic life was for that period in time, ... marble falls Apr 2023 #4

BigmanPigman

(55,137 posts)

1. You can tell they are having a great time playing together.

Reply to marble falls (Original post)

Wed Apr 26, 2023, 10:48 PM

Apr 2023

That was a great film. Scorsese just made a film about The New York Dolls.

marble falls

(71,919 posts)

2. The Band said they had a great time and learned a lot about stagecraft from Hawkins.

Reply to BigmanPigman (Reply #1)

Wed Apr 26, 2023, 11:13 PM

Apr 2023

There's a great documentary about the Doll's bass player, Killer Kane.

BigmanPigman

(55,137 posts)

3. I saw that when it came out.

Reply to marble falls (Reply #2)

Thu Apr 27, 2023, 12:20 AM

Apr 2023

I felt so sad for him, after finally getting on the right track he gets Leukemia and dies. Tragic

marble falls

(71,919 posts)

4. It struck me, too. Kinda made me remember how totally chaotic life was for that period in time, ...

Reply to BigmanPigman (Reply #3)

Thu Apr 27, 2023, 07:51 AM

Apr 2023

... and how it stretched for decades after. That there was as much tawdriness as there was glam and punk. How any amount of business corrupted at least a little and at the same time business was needed if people were to support themselves doing art.

Like Neal Young's Ballad of Johnny Rotten. "Better to burn out than fade away." And how many faded away.

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