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Mark, Don and Mel
Don wrote that one. Mark was already showing signs by that time of leaving the hedonistic rock and roll lifestyle behind and gradually morphing into the Christian based rock that he would perform in his solo career.

Saw them in the 1990's, all three original members. Kicked ass. Underrated band.
 
Don wrote that one. Mark was already showing signs by that time of leaving the hedonistic rock and roll lifestyle behind and gradually morphing into the Christian based rock that he would perform in his solo career.

Saw them in the 1990's, all three original members. Kicked ass. Underrated band.
I saw them, sans Mark, at the Quad Cities Rhythm City Casino about 30 days ago.

Excellent show as they played all their hits and of course ended with an extended version of "We're An American Band." 90+ minutes of fun and flashbacks to my younger days.

Some younger members but the originals looked fairly decent for being in their 70s.
 
I saw them, sans Mark, at the Quad Cities Rhythm City Casino about 30 days ago.

Excellent show as they played all their hits and of course ended with an extended version of "We're An American Band." 90+ minutes of fun and flashbacks to my younger days.

Some younger members but the originals looked fairly decent for being in their 70s.
I consider them America's answer to Uriah Heep, another underrated band. Of course David Byron's vocals were more in the vein of bands like Queen and Sweet while the Michigan natives in GFR had that classic Motown beat.

Listen to Some Kind Of Wonderful and UH's Stealin back to back and you would swear it was the same song twice. And while we're at it, was Michigan in about 1969 a starting place for great rock and roll or what. Grand Funk, Amboy Dukes (Ted Nugent), the Stooges, Tommy James and The Shondells (had like half their catalogue rise up the charts with other artists in the eighties), Seger, Glen Frey before he moved west and met Don Henley and Jackson Browne, MC5, Frigid Pink (did a better version of House of the Rusing Sun than the Animals did) plus a couple I probably missed.
 
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I consider them America's answer to Uriah Heep, another underrated band. Of course David Byron's vocals were more in the vein of bands like Queen and Sweet while the Michigan natives in GFR had that classic Motown beat.

Listen to Some Kind Of Wonderful and UH's Stealin back to back and you would swear it was the same song twice. And while we're at it, was Michigan in about 1969 a starting place for great rock and roll or what. Grand Funk, Amboy Dukes (Ted Nugent), the Stooges, Tommy James and The Shondells (had like half their catalogue rise up the charts with other artists in the eighties), Seger, Glen Frey before he moved west and met Don Henley and Jackson Browne, MC5, Frigid Pink (did a better version of House of the Rusing Sun than the Animals did) plus a couple I probably missed.
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Two albums which used to adorn my collection. (And of course, purchased through the mail courtesy of Columbia House).

Like an idiot, I long ago sold them to get into cassettes.
 
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Two albums which used to adorn my collection. Like an idiot, I long ago sold them to get into cassettes.
Of the 150 or so vinyl albums I owned before CD players, I sold perhaps half a dozen, lost another half dozen to thievery, and had perhaps another half dozen damaged beyond repair.

About three years ago Mrs. Northside provided the XMAS gift of a turntable. So now I listen to records that hadn't been played in 30, 40 years. I've since added another ten to fifteen to my collection.

My favorites among the ones that walked? Queen Greatest Hits and Dokken Tooth And Nail. May the bastards who helped themselves to them thoroughly rot in hell!
 
Of the 150 or so vinyl albums I owned before CD players, I sold perhaps half a dozen, lost another half dozen to thievery, and had perhaps another half dozen damaged beyond repair.

About three years ago Mrs. Northside provided the XMAS gift of a turntable. So now I listen to records that hadn't been played in 30, 40 years. I've since added another ten to fifteen to my collection.

My favorites among the ones that walked? Queen Greatest Hits and Dokken Tooth And Nail. May the bastards who helped themselves to them thoroughly rot in hell!

Enjoy. 10 minutes of underground rock excellence.
 
Not a bad choice.

My personal choice is ELO.
Could not agree more with this. One of my favorite all-time bands. They have always been somewhat under the radar for whatever reason, but the list of hits speaks for itself. I believe I posted the really cool video of students in The Netherlands doing a skit to "Mr. Blue Sky" earlier in the thread. Great tune. Saw them in Detroit around 4 years ago.
 

A British band that played at Woodstock.

RIP Alvin Lee.

BTW....Hendrix played the longest at Woodstock...a two hour set.
I've stated many times over the years that Alvin Lee was one of the most underrated lead guitarists. He was heavily influenced by Blues and did some great individual stuff outside of Ten Years After. A former co-worker of mine was at Woodstock and claimed that his performance rivaled Hendrix.

This was my class song even though it was released over a decade earlier.
 

June 3rd baby! Rhythm City Casino, Davenport. "Dawn Patrol" was a staple on my turntable for years.

 
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July 13th baby! Rhythm City Casino, Davenport. 3rd row seats.

 
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