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DR★ Music Draft reopened: make any outstanding picks and let's talk about the next draft (1 Viewer)

Mister CIA said:
My super group is coming together nicely..

Round 8: George Martin Lovely Rita

File away in the other category.
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the only producer i dont object to being shoehorned into this. it would all be so so so so so very different without the old man. along with moving popular music from comforting to challenging, the electric manipulation of sound will be rock's greatest legacy

 
Can you imagine the nerve of somebody PMing me to tell me we didn't draft a rock band and that this "wasn't draft a 1960s jazz band draft"? We have united The Who, Cream and the Velvet Underground with Chuck ####### Berry so I am pretty sure this a rock band. 

 
Ilov80s said:
Can you imagine the nerve of somebody PMing me to tell me we didn't draft a rock band and that this "wasn't draft a 1960s jazz band draft"? We have united The Who, Cream and the Velvet Underground with Chuck ####### Berry so I am pretty sure this a rock band. 
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Whoa. Who did that?  

eta* I guess if we've got guilt, now's a good time to let the steam escape. Sssssss

 
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8.08 Steve Marriott, Vocals. I Believe To My Soul The great forgotten rock star, at least on these shores. He was like Justin Timberlake across the pond, a child star on TV, Artful Dodger & all that good ####, then pounded the West End boards in several musical as a genuine prodigy. Whoda thunk he'd grow up to be the best white blues singer i ever heard. Prince'll have a good ol' time singing eye-to-eye w this lil fountain of ferocity

 
ScottNorwood said:
I'll take Wayne Jackson on the horns.  Soul Man for the song
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I love this pick, and it's not only because it's symbolic of a fantastic group of musicians. Jackson (a tiny white boy who looked like an acolyte and lived a life Keith Richards would be envious of)) himself had a ton to do with how those Memphis records in the 60s sounded. He led the Memphis Horns, arranged horn parts that'll be heard on Judgement Day if we're lucky, and did his best work only after a 1/5 of wine had gone down his gullet. As far as I know, he wasn't a virtuoso but he knew how to group a bunch of brass in a way that ####### rocked, man.

Scott picked Soul Man as his spotlight song for Jackson, but I submit this as his crowning achievement. The horns lines in this (especially right before the fade, when the greatest drummer in rock history gives them his famous "go ahead, boys" kick)  are as metal as anything Lemmy ever dreamed up.

 
Mr. Ected said:
I'll write this one up later, but wanted to make sure I snagged him while he was still out there. I think he's out there, I searched thru the spreadsheet and the thread, but I may have missed him.

7.11 - Guitar - George Harrison (The Beatles)
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I saw his name in the third round or so I thought.  I was going to take him when I took Richard Wright.   Are you sure he's not gone?  S.O.D. if not.

 
PIK95 said:
Mr. Ected said:
I'll write this one up later, but wanted to make sure I snagged him while he was still out there. I think he's out there, I searched thru the spreadsheet and the thread, but I may have missed him.

7.11 - Guitar - George Harrison (The Beatles)
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I saw his name in the third round or so I thought.  I was going to take him when I took Richard Wright.   Are you sure he's not gone?  S.O.D. if not.
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I think what you are thinking of is this mention of him by otb_lifer. It was the only other reference (besides mine) to Harrison in the thread.

otb_lifer said:
in catching up w/the thread i saw that @Doug B already snagged "Tomorrow Never Knows" (Lennon songwriter) which i was about to use this round  for 'other instrument' (tamboura) for Harrison  :(

skip me 'til the morning - the snipe game is seriously afoot on my @$$, and i gotta be training it up to Yonkers rd trip
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Round 8

The Thrill Is Gone - B.B. King - guitar

https://youtu.be/oica5jG7FpU

glad I got to see this guy before he passed. It was an awesome show at the NPAC - and I even scored better seats than the mayor - Newark mayors Sharpe James was sitting right behind us. I think we all got dirty just being that close to him.

 
8.xx  Mick Ronson (guitar) - Moonage Daydream

He played with the Spiders of course but also teamed up with Ian Hunter for the peak of Hunter's solo career.  Ronson did a lot of production and session work as well accompanying the likes of Elton John, Bob Dylan and Morrissey. 

The producers and engineers had a lot to do with it but for my money, nobody ever played a power chord better than Ronson.  They're on full display at the beginning of "Moonage Daydream".  Ronson gets mixed down under the string arrangement in the middle section.  But he gets to play the song out with his famous and deceptively simple "freak out, far out" solo. It's one chord, a handful of notes and a lot of bends and feedback.  Any intermediate guitar student could play it but it wouldn't sound anything like Mick.

Hunter's "The Truth, the Whole Truth, Nuthin' but the Truth" has another great solo from Ronson.  Legend has it he played it in one take immediately after reading a bad review of one of his solo albums.

 
Eephus said:
8.xx  Mick Ronson (guitar) - Moonage Daydream

He played with the Spiders of course but also teamed up with Ian Hunter for the peak of Hunter's solo career.  Ronson did a lot of production and session work as well accompanying the likes of Elton John, Bob Dylan and Morrissey. 

The producers and engineers had a lot to do with it but for my money, nobody ever played a power chord better than Ronson.  They're on full display at the beginning of "Moonage Daydream".  Ronson gets mixed down under the string arrangement in the middle section.  But he gets to play the song out with his famous and deceptively simple "freak out, far out" solo. It's one chord, a handful of notes and a lot of bends and feedback.  Any intermediate guitar student could play it but it wouldn't sound anything like Mick.

Hunter's "The Truth, the Whole Truth, Nuthin' but the Truth" has another great solo from Ronson.  Legend has it he played it in one take immediately after reading a bad review of one of his solo albums.
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Wanted badly to pair Mick Ronson with Terry Kath for my super group. Made a choice to take George Martin first. I SUPPOSE I could have save my Country **** pick (...get it?) for a later round.

 
Dr. Octopus said:
Round 8

The Thrill Is Gone - B.B. King - guitar

https://youtu.be/oica5jG7FpU

glad I got to see this guy before he passed. It was an awesome show at the NPAC - and I even scored better seats than the mayor - Newark mayors Sharpe James was sitting right behind us. I think we all got dirty just being that close to him.
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I kept skimming back wondering why I hadn't seen him taken yet, thinking I must have missed the pick. 

BB wasn't the greatest guitarist ever, but he was damned good. Damned influential, too, though no one seems to have been able to bend 'em quite like King could.

He wasn't the greatest blues singer, but he was damned good at that too. When he went into his Voice Of God, it would send chills up your spine, man.

 
Allan Holdsworth, Guitar, "Funnels"

Can't link to the video I want from the phone, but will get a link later.

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I'm taking Robert Johnson on Guitar.  That gives me some more versatility vocally which my band needs.

Traveling Riverside Blues is the song.

 
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Are we rocking our 8th rounders now?

I'll take D Boon - guitar.  Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing

If we heard mortar shells, we'd cuss more in our songs and cut down on guitar solos

 
@Ilov80s

9.10 - J Dilla - Rap/Hip Hop Producer - Last Donut Of The Night

The name of the game is lightworks

To say that Dilla is something special is an understatement. From his earlier days with Slum Village and the Pharcyde through his work with Common and Stones Throw records, all Dilla did was prove himself the best around. Some have loved what he does with the drums in each beat. Others his selections and samples. Dilla died from a rare blood disorder way before his time, and they named a street after him in Montpelier, France. The French get some things right, after all. Here's our man at his finest. For a DJ, it's about time he got his recognition. 

More Dilla

 
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Ilov80s said:
Anyone that likes trip hop or hop hop or jazz should definitely checkout Dilla if you aren't familiar.
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I had a whole write up for him but it was deleted. Can't emphasize enough how essential this art is; this producer. I hear the strains of disregard here with regard to hip hop/rap. There should be no way. 

Heat by Common, produced by Dilla.   

 
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In general, my picks have been people I happened to like, that fit the categories, oh and their dead, too. Therefore most of my picks aren't all that top-level superstar-ish (with the exception of my last one ;) ).

So to continue...

8.05 - Guitar - Jeff Healey - While My Guitar Gently Weeps.

Jeff Healey was blind at age 1 from a cancer in his eyes, he started playing guitar at 3, and began to play his guitar on his lap, like a steel guitar, but without the slide. Here is a live version on Letterman, to show way he played. He was a great guitar player, and he could sing too.

Anytime you do a Beatles cover and you get George Harrison to sing backing vocals, along with Jeff Lynne, you ain't doing too bad.

 
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