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"Les Them" 1965!
Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 2:50 pm
by octagon
Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 3:02 pm
by winston
Cool! Thanks Mitch.
Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 3:30 pm
by jimbunch
Very cool. Too bad they didn't also play "Baby Please Don't Go".
I noticed the guitar player with the windmill move. Was that before or after Pete Townsend?
Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 5:52 pm
by johnallg
OMG! I'm embarrased to say I didn't know Van Morrison wrote and sang Gloria.... jeez, where was I????
Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 6:22 pm
by bassduke49
You may have heard the "other" Gloria by the Shadows of Night. "Them" had the original, the SoN did a cover. I grew up with the SoN version, but then later heard the Them version.
Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 6:37 pm
by octagon
Wow thanks for reminding of the Shadows of Knight verion Paul.Check out their verion complete with Rickenbacker!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTd0Z20hd8s&mode=related&search=
Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 7:02 pm
by johnallg
Ok, so I'm not going crazy then - Shadows of Night was the version here in the midwest we knew about...
Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 7:05 pm
by johnallg
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Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 8:33 am
by randyz
Jim: Have you heard Pete's story about the windmill? He says that he got the idea from watching Keith Richard backstage before a show. Keith was swinging his strumming arm over his head to loosen up before going out on stage. Pete thought it looked interesting, so he invented the windmill!
Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 9:04 am
by jimbunch
Randy - I never heard the windmill story about Keith Richards. I would have never guessed that Pete picked it up from Keith.
Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 10:01 am
by randyz
Jim: I can't recall where I read or heard that story. In an old interview, I also recall Pete saying that he got his unusual playing style from his love of bowling.
On another trivia note, Keith has called himself both Keith Richard and Keith Richards at various points in his career. I can't ever remember when or how the change occurred.
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 6:54 pm
by mgauction
"Baby Please Don't Go" "Gloria" "Here Comes The Night" and "Mystic Eyes" all played by Jimmy Page on the records. He was all over their sessions. I'm sure that was tough for their guitar player, Peter Barden.