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(Guesses Are Welcome)
1) What group recorded "The Wreck of the John B"? (answered)
2) What was the only band ever paid not to be on The Ed Sullivan Show?
3) What famous rock star wrote a book that won The National Book Award? (answered)
4) Who was the youngest person to play on the main stage at Woodstock?
5) What New York City hotel was home to many rock & roll musicians? (answered)
6) What was Pink Floyd's original name?
7) What was the name of Little Richard's backing band? (answered)
8) What rock & roll icon did Freddie Mercury idolize?
9) What band did Billy Joel co-found before he went solo?
10) What was the original name of The Ramones?
11) How long (approximately) did it take Brian Wilson to record "Good Vibrations"?
12) What Beach Boys song did Paul McCartney call "The greatest song ever written"? (answered)
More Rock Trivia Questions From Part 3:
https://democraticunderground.com/10181521767
Chipper Chat
(9,680 posts)2 Doors?
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(27,820 posts)FalloutShelter
(11,869 posts)red dog 1
(27,820 posts)Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)VGNonly
(7,495 posts)20
It wasn't Michael Shrieve
TexasBushwhacker
(20,202 posts)red dog 1
(27,820 posts)I am a Santana-lover since their early years, when they played for free at Mission Dolores Park.
(across from Mission High School)
Many people, including a couple of members of Santana, agree that they never were the same after Michael Shrieve left the band.
Tomconroy
(7,611 posts)red dog 1
(27,820 posts)Diamond_Dog
(32,006 posts)Elvis Presley?
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(27,820 posts)Rhiagel
(1,676 posts)Zimmerman stayed up for days there writing "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands."
The Upsetters
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(27,820 posts)VGNonly
(7,495 posts)Jimi Hendrix
Wolf Frankula
(3,601 posts)Probably Tea Set but I'm not sure.
Wolf
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(27,820 posts)MatthewHatesTrump2
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(27,820 posts)Harker
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(27,820 posts)It was Columbia Records biggest-selling single ever, and stayed that way for 10 years.
"The only caveat being that none of The Raiders, including Paul Revere, actually played on the recording.
Lead singer Mark Lindsay was backed by members of "The Wrecking Crew"
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(27,820 posts)Harker
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(27,820 posts)(Well done)
Harker
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(27,820 posts)(It's someone famous)
uriel1972
(4,261 posts)red dog 1
(27,820 posts)uriel1972
(4,261 posts)jmowreader
(50,560 posts)The one youre probably looking for is Hendrix, but he was also inspired by Elvis, David Bowie, Boy George and Liza Minnelli.
red dog 1
(27,820 posts)(I'm sure he was "inspired" by others, including Elvis)
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(27,820 posts)What was the country music supergroup composed of singers Waylon Jennings, Mel Tillis, Bobby Bare and Jerry Reid?
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(27,820 posts)condition.....What was that condition?
Jim G.
(14,811 posts)''''
UnderThisLaw
(318 posts)whose authorship of that part of the song has been questioned in recent years
Jim G.
(14,811 posts)Though I hadn't heard it was questioned. I'm reading 'One Way Out' by Alan Paul (about the Allman Brothers) & several people interviewed all said the same thing, including Jim Gordon, Bobby Whitlock who was supposed to have come back to do it & Tom Dowd who recorded & engineered it.
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(27,820 posts)Tikki
(14,557 posts)How many episodes were broadcast?
What event caused the show to end in 1983?
Tikki