Hippiefest

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 2:11 pm

Don't forget Baby Blue by Badfinger, was my favorite song by them.
I saw Mountain twice, were a great live band. All those bands were pretty big here.

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 6:06 pm

I don't know how much of a hit it was, but Mountain's 'Mississippi Queen' is certainly a rock classic.

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 7:09 pm

Theme From an Imaginary Western is also a great classic tune from them (Jack Bruce wrote it)

royclough · Post by **royclough** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 9:24 pm

Kris

It made number 21 in US charts in June 70.

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 1:36 am

I knew it got played a lot on the radio back then (still does). 'Fir Yasgur's Farm' was another song they were known for.

firstbassman · Post by **firstbassman** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 4:07 am

RE: only Rod Argent from Zombies was in the Band, they had 3 hits in UK all made top 40.

Roy, I couldn't catch the name but during the set, Rod gave a very short history of the bands.
He said he asked a bass player to join the Zombies and the guy turned him down. And then when the original bass player eventually left, this other guy then decided to join.
When Rod formed Argent, the bass player joined him in the new band.
So, according to Rod, there were two Zombies members in Argent.

Again, I'm sorry I didn't catch the name. All I remember is that he appears to be pretty short. And that it was his son who was playing drums in the Zombies with them. Know who I mean?

To clarify about Mountain -
I never meant to imply that they didn't have great songs. And I never said that several of the songs didn't get a lot of FM radio airplay.
All I meant was that they were not a 'pop' band that had AM radio-style 'Top 40-type' "hits." That's all.

royclough · Post by **royclough** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 4:41 am

Argent was formed by Chris White, Bass player in Zombies and Rod Argent, but White was not a active member in terms of playing.

This can be confirmed by Rod Argent's own site here.

Can't say I was a fan Mark so I may be wrong.

http://www.rodargent.com/argent.htm

Russ Ballard was first to leave Argent and was replaced by John Verity and Steve Grimaldi I believe, Verity has a connection to my favourite band The Searchers, in 1982 he was commissioned to produce a new album by The Searchers, approx 4 tracks were recorded but PRT cancelled the album.

If anyone has ever heard Mike Pender's one and only solo single,It's Over, the 12" version, Verity produced and played the great guitar fadeout on the track.

Now you're probably saying I didn't need to know that bit but hey I feel better for telling you.

firstbassman · Post by **firstbassman** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 5:55 am

OK, gotcha. Now it all makes sense. Thanks!

From Wikepedia -

(Chris White) replaced the band's initial bassist, Paul Arnold, because his father had somewhere the band could use for rehearsals.

Which is just what Argent said at the show.

In a later role as a record company A&R man, he was instrumental in discovering the band Dire Straits.

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 5:59 am

Eeeek..."Get rid of that guy and let me be in your band! My daddy's got a rumpus room we can use..."

That one's almost as bad as "We can just have my girlfriend play bass"...