(Vocals, guitar, b. 1947) Not many men could have replaced Carter Stanley after his death in 1966, but Larry Sparks had the high, lonesome edge, the personal intimacy and the songwriting skills to do so. He had been a harmony singer in The Stanley Brothers since 1964, and became the lead singer of The Clinch ...
Us’. Often bracketed with glam rock, Sparks’ music displayed an eclectic approach and their British success continued until late 1975 after which the hits dried up. A very different Sparks made a comeback in 1979. Produced by Giorgio Moroder, the album Number One In Heaven featured extensive use of synthesizers. Moroder’s familiar Euro disco beat helped the Maels back ...
emerged from the pub rock scene in 1974, Dr. Feelgood’s back-to-basics approach foreshadowed punk. Comprising Lee Brilleaux (Lee Collinson, vocals), Wilko Johnson (John Wilkinson, guitar), John B. Sparks (bass) and John ‘The Big Figure’ Martin (drums), their live album Stupidity was a 1976 chart topper. Brilleaux remained as the only original member until his death in 1994 when ...
Smith Classic Recordings 1974 ‘Piss Factory’ 1975 Horses, ‘Gloria’, ‘Redondo Beach’ 1978 Easter, ‘Because The Night’ 1979 ‘Dancing Barefoot’ Styles & Forms | Seventies | Rock Personalities | Sparks | Seventies | Rock ...
replaced different founding members with the likes of Dudley Connell, Lou Reid, Phil Rosenthal and T. Michael Coleman. Styles & Forms | Bluegrass | Country Personalities | Larry Sparks | Bluegrass | Country ...
take his place.’ The fans begged Ralph to go on, so he formed Ralph Stanley And The Clinch Mountain Boys. Over the years, the band included Larry Sparks, Roy Lee Centers, Charlie Sizemore, Joe Isaacs and, in 1970, two East Kentucky teenagers named Ricky Skaggs and Keith Whitley. These musicians carried on The ...
, and, of course, Sonny and Davey, too. That was an exciting group to be with. Ideas and whole new tunes sprang out of that group like sparks.’ Woody Herman Classic Recordings 1936–43 The Band That Plays The Blues: ‘Blues In The Night’, ‘Woodchopper’s Ball’ 1944–46 Herman’s (First) Herd: ‘Caldonia’, ‘I Ain’t Got Anything But The Blues’, ...
Eric Clapton. Since the 1970s, bluegrass has enjoyed a golden age of renewal, vitality and popularity through artists and ensembles like Alison Krauss, Nickel Creek, Larry Sparks, Del McCoury, The Seldom Scene, IIIrd Tyme Out, The Lonesome River Band, Blue Highway, Claire Lynch and Rhonda Vincent. ‘I think Bill Monroe’s importance to ...
the US 2003 The Second Gulf War begins 2004 The social network Facebook is founded; along with YouTube (a video-sharing website launched in 2005) and Twitter (created in 2006), it sparks a revolution in social media 2008 Collapse of Lehman Brothers and other banking institutions witnesses the start of a global economic downturn 2009 Inauguration of Barack Obama as 44th, ...
music of the period: the roistering Charlie Poole (1892–1931) singing the ‘Beale Street Blues’, Dock Boggs (1898–1971) with ‘Down South Blues’, The Delmore Brothers’ jolly ‘Brown’s Ferry Blues’ – tiny sparks in the powder-trail that would burn through the blues-loving western-swing bands of Bob Wills (1905–75) and Milton Brown (1903–36), and eventually explode in the rockabilly and hillbilly boogie of the ...
Pink Floyd The Wall Premiere Pink Floyd The Wall had its world premiere at the prestigious Empire Theatre in London’s Leicester Square on 14 July 1982. The three main creative sparks behind it, Waters, Parker and Scarfe, were all in attendance as were Nick Mason and Dave Gilmour. Bob Geldof was also there to witness his wholehearted performance ...
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