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Arts and Music (Cont.)

The Prater's Creek Gazette

22nd Issue Summer 2009 Page #7

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Earl Scruggs & Friends: Concert Review

Last Friday, June 19th, I rode with The Drovers Old Time Medicine Show, on a "band field trip" they called it to see the man on the 5-string, Earl Scruggs, in his hometown of Shelby, NC. While standing in line we met people from all over the USA who were there to see Earl. One such couple drove 4 1/2 hours to see the bluegrass legend.

The concert was to help raise money to build an Earl Scruggs performing arts center in Shelby.

Earl, who is still performing a few times a year, was accompanied by his two sons, Gary on bass and vocals, Randy on guitar, and dobro sensation Rob Ickes, Hoot Hester, fiddle player for the Grand Old Opry house band, John Randall on guitar and vocals, a young Austin Texas electric guitar picker and a drummer.

What love their was in that hall for a man who helped to change modern music as much as say Miles Davis, Chuck Berry, Louis Armstrong, Jimi Hendrix, Muddy Waters, Bob Wills, Bob Dylan.....anybody.

One of the many highlights of the show was when they performed Dylan's "You Ain't Going Nowhere", which Earl and his sons have been performing since the Earl Scruggs Revue days of the late 1960's. when Earl joined in singing on the last chorus I was grinning so hard my face hurt!

Of course there were a few flubs here and there, the man is 85 years old after all, but who cares?! Just the fact that the man is still out there picking is enough, but he played really well. And when it came time to play "Foggy Mountain Breakdown", well I can honestly say I'll remember that the rest of my life,

X-Concert Review

Back in 1981, while the Los Angeles hardcore punk scene was taking shape, a guitarist who was a rockabilly gunslinger, and who had played in an aging Gene Vincent's, started a band that was going to be heavily influenced by The Ramones but have musical chops. That band was X and they released some of the greatest and most influential albums of the 1980's.

The band's female lead singer was named Exene Cervenka and the rest of the band assumed comical, fictional names: John Doe on bass guitar and co-lead vocals, DJ Bonebrake on drums and the older guy who had started the band on lead guitar, Billy Zoom.

Zoom left the band right before the 1985 "Ain't Love Grand Tour". I saw that tour, and the whole audience was surprised, that Dave Alvin from The Blasters was on lead guitar and not Billy. I then saw them a couple of times on the "See How We Are" tour with Tony Gilykson on guitar.

So I was really pumped up to see the original four. Especially since it was announced the week of the Atlanta show that Exene had been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis.

It may have been the last chance to see them, and they had an online Total Request Live where you could go to the city on the tour schedule you were to attend and vote for the songs you wanted them to play.

The Best Summer Songs

Under the Boardwalk-The Drifters

Hot Fun in the Summertime-Sly and The Family Stone

Dancing in the Streets-Martha and The Vandellas

Heatwave-Martha and The Vandellas

I Get Around-The Beach Boys

Surfer Girl-The Beach Boys

Summertime-Roger Miller

Swimming Ground-The Meat Puppets

Summer Breeze-Seals and Crofts and The Isley Bros.' cover

Bikini Beach Party-Annette Funicello

Wipe Out-The Surfaris

Wouldn't It'd Be Nice?-The Beach Boys

Summertime Blues-Eddie Cochran, and every cover of it

Summertime-Porgy and Bess, and Janis' cover

Chattahoochee-Alan Jackson

It's Five O'Clock Somwhere-Alan Jackson

Margaritaville-Jimmy Buffet

Cruel Summer-Bananarama

Island in the Sun-Weezer, and Emma Robert's cover

Myrtle Beach Days-Fantastic Shakers

Let's Twist Again (Like We Did Last Summer)-Chubby Checker

Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy-Tams

Carolina Girls-General Johnson and Chairman of the Board

I Love Beach Music-The Embers

Give Me Just A Little More Time-Chairmen of the Board

Double Shot of My Baby's Love-Swinging Medallions

SONGS THAT WEREN'T ABOUT SUMMER, BUT WERE HITS DURING SUMMER AND FOREVER LINKED TO SUMMER

Batman-Dick Dale I played this 45 every day during the summer between 1st and 2nd grade, until I left it out in the sun and I sadly discovered vinyl melts.

White Rabbit-Jefferson Airplane Summer of Love, Grace Slick, Alice in Wonderland!!

Go All The Way-The Raspberries

We're An American Band-Grand Funk Railroad I saw them that summer, my first concert!

Free Ride-Edgar Winter Group

Ramblin' Man-The Allman Brothers

Taking Care of Business-Bachman Turner Overdrive

Sean Flynn-The Clash Remember sweltering summer daze in an un-air conditioned trailer listening to this

The Message-Grandmaster Five and The Furious Five Turned me on to hip-hop

Radio Clash-The Clash Great dance song, first issued only as 12" vinyl single summer of 1981.

Fooled Around and Fell in Love-Elvin Bishop Reminds me of riding around in best friend Ken's car, drinking quarts of The Bull.

Can We Still Be Friends-Todd Rundgren Came home from Myrtle Beach, all in love with this little gal I'd met down there (hello Jana Joyce) and this song broke my heart for the next two weeks.

Roger Miller I had a cassette of Roger Miller and I'd play it all night long when my friends and I would camp out in each other's backyards during one summer.

Mother's Finest How many times did you see this band at Myrtle Beach clubs Mother Fletcher's and/or the Electric Warehouse?!!!

Good Times-Chic

Bad Girls-Donna Summer Along with the above Chic song, summer of '79, my little cheerleader girlfriend dancing to this song makes this a summer classic.

Dance With Me-Peter Brown

Do You Wanna Get Funky With Me?-Peter Brown

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