0) Janis Joplin was in Big Brother & the Holding Company with
1) Nick Gravenites who was in The Electric Flag with
2) Mike Bloomfield. Bloomfield grouped up with Al Kooper and Stephen Stills to record a live album they titled Super Sessions in 1968.
3) Stephen Stills and Neil Young formed the Stills-Young Band in 75-76 which featured drummer/keyboardist
4) Joe Vitale formerly of Amboy Dukes with
5) Ted Nugent who put together Damn Yankees, a super group featuring himself, Tommy Shaw of Styx and
6) Jack Blades of Night Ranger.
Monday, March 26, 2012
Monday, March 19, 2012
Dire Straits - Van Morrison
To celebrate St. Paddy's Day we connected Dire Straits to my favorite Irishman, Van Morrison!
0) Dire Straits drummer Pick Withers had previously been a member of the English folk band
1) Magna Carta which featured Doug Morter, Paul Burgess and George Norris who would all eventually join
2) The Albion Band whose founding members Ashley Hutchings and Richard Thompson had previously founded the hugely influential
3) Fairport Convention. In 1972 the band cycled through three different drummers, one of which, Bruce Rowland, had been playing in
4) The Grease Band, which aside from releasing 2 albums, had played at Woodstock as Joe Cocker's backing band. The Grease Band featured guitarist Henry McCullough who would later be best known as a member of Paul McCartney & Wings, but had previously played in Spooky Tooth as well as
5) Eire Apparent, a british psychedelic rock outfit produced by Jimi Hendrix. Also in Eire Apparent was keyboardist Eric Wrixon, a founding member of the band Thin Lizzy as well as the Belfast-based
6) Them, with Van Morrison.
0) Dire Straits drummer Pick Withers had previously been a member of the English folk band
1) Magna Carta which featured Doug Morter, Paul Burgess and George Norris who would all eventually join
2) The Albion Band whose founding members Ashley Hutchings and Richard Thompson had previously founded the hugely influential
3) Fairport Convention. In 1972 the band cycled through three different drummers, one of which, Bruce Rowland, had been playing in
4) The Grease Band, which aside from releasing 2 albums, had played at Woodstock as Joe Cocker's backing band. The Grease Band featured guitarist Henry McCullough who would later be best known as a member of Paul McCartney & Wings, but had previously played in Spooky Tooth as well as
5) Eire Apparent, a british psychedelic rock outfit produced by Jimi Hendrix. Also in Eire Apparent was keyboardist Eric Wrixon, a founding member of the band Thin Lizzy as well as the Belfast-based
6) Them, with Van Morrison.
Monday, March 12, 2012
Jimi Hendrix - Rick Nelson
0) Jimi Hendrix's early rock project The Blue Flame included
1) Randy Craig Wolfe whom Hendrix renamed Randy California to distinguish him from another Randy in the Band (renamed Randy Texas by Hendrix). After The Blue Flame, Randy would form the band Spirit with bassist...
2) Mark Andes. Mark's resume includes being a member of Spirit, Canned Heat, Gene Clark's Firebyrds, Heart, and Firefall with
3) Rick Roberts and Michael Clarke from The Flying Burrito Brothers, whose lead guitarist
4) Bernie Leadon left the Burritos to found one of the most successful rock bands of the era, Eagles along side ex-Buffalo Springfield and Poco bassist
5) Randy Meisner who had come fresh from the Stone Canyon Band,
6) Rick Nelson's group
1) Randy Craig Wolfe whom Hendrix renamed Randy California to distinguish him from another Randy in the Band (renamed Randy Texas by Hendrix). After The Blue Flame, Randy would form the band Spirit with bassist...
2) Mark Andes. Mark's resume includes being a member of Spirit, Canned Heat, Gene Clark's Firebyrds, Heart, and Firefall with
3) Rick Roberts and Michael Clarke from The Flying Burrito Brothers, whose lead guitarist
4) Bernie Leadon left the Burritos to found one of the most successful rock bands of the era, Eagles along side ex-Buffalo Springfield and Poco bassist
5) Randy Meisner who had come fresh from the Stone Canyon Band,
6) Rick Nelson's group
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
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Monday, March 5, 2012
Grateful Dead - Steely Dan
This week on Six Degrees of Rock & Roll we connected The Grateful Dead to Steely Dan, which took us on a colorful musical journey through bluegrass and country music.
0) Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia, had a bluegrass side project called:
1) Old & in the Way featuring bluegrass fiddler Vassar Clements who participated in the 1974 record:
2) Norman Blake, Tut Taylor, Sam Bush, Butch Robins, Vassar Clements, David Holland, Jethro Burns. Mandolin player and singer Sam Bush would soon form:
3) The New Grass Revival with banjo player Bela Fleck and guitarist Tim Goodman, who ten years later would join the country band:
4) Southern Pacific, which featured Keith Knudsen, John McFee and Jerry Scheff who had all played in:
5) The Doobie Brothers. In 1974 guitarist Jeff "Skunk"Baxter joined the Doobie Brothers after leaving:
6) Steely Dan, which he had helped form in 1972.
Six Degrees of Rock & Roll plays every Monday at 11:00am on the Long Strange Trip on KUOI. Be sure to tune in next week!
0) Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia, had a bluegrass side project called:
1) Old & in the Way featuring bluegrass fiddler Vassar Clements who participated in the 1974 record:
2) Norman Blake, Tut Taylor, Sam Bush, Butch Robins, Vassar Clements, David Holland, Jethro Burns. Mandolin player and singer Sam Bush would soon form:
3) The New Grass Revival with banjo player Bela Fleck and guitarist Tim Goodman, who ten years later would join the country band:
4) Southern Pacific, which featured Keith Knudsen, John McFee and Jerry Scheff who had all played in:
5) The Doobie Brothers. In 1974 guitarist Jeff "Skunk"Baxter joined the Doobie Brothers after leaving:
6) Steely Dan, which he had helped form in 1972.
Six Degrees of Rock & Roll plays every Monday at 11:00am on the Long Strange Trip on KUOI. Be sure to tune in next week!
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