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Mendocino

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66. Easy Rider
Sun Feb 7, 2016, 03:34 PM
Feb 2016

The characters in the movie, Wyatt and Billy played by Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper were supposedly based on Roger McGuinn and David Crosby of the Byrds.

None of the instruments used kentauros Feb 2016 #1
Moog-style modular synthesizers hadn't been invented yet, cemaphonic Feb 2016 #2
But are they specifically called "synthesizers" kentauros Feb 2016 #3
I guess that would depend on who you were talking to. cemaphonic Feb 2016 #6
Okay, thanks for the correction and history lesson kentauros Feb 2016 #15
According to wikipedia, a commercial failure cemaphonic Feb 2016 #29
Who needs a furnace with that many vacuum tubes?! kentauros Feb 2016 #32
Amazing. I appreciate learning about the Novachord. Enthusiast Feb 2016 #43
Many people think the theremin was used in Mendocino Feb 2016 #4
However, the theremin was used in The Day the Earth Stood Still. kentauros Feb 2016 #24
Thanks! Enthusiast Feb 2016 #41
People also think the theremin was used on The Beach Boys Good Vibrations. it wasn't CBGLuthier Feb 2016 #50
That movie! Enthusiast Feb 2016 #38
There is no bridge in "Indiana" nt grasswire Feb 2016 #5
Shephard's Tone cemaphonic Feb 2016 #7
Here's a great online resource: kentauros Feb 2016 #14
Funeral March for the Obsequies of a Deaf Man rug Feb 2016 #8
Amazing, I've never heard anything like it. BlueJazz Feb 2016 #36
Then you're unfamiliar with John Cage's 4'33"? n/t malthaussen Feb 2016 #54
Paul McCartney's working title for "Yesterday" was... Tom_Foolery Feb 2016 #9
& the whole line was - LiberalElite Feb 2016 #11
Exactly... Tom_Foolery Feb 2016 #12
. LiberalElite Feb 2016 #13
Astral Weeks Mendocino Feb 2016 #10
This a question, not an observation. 3catwoman3 Feb 2016 #16
Nobody in Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass actually played any music on their albums Brother Buzz Feb 2016 #17
He did have a touring band, Mendocino Feb 2016 #19
Hal Blaine also came up with that famous foot pedal bass drum beat in A Taste of Honey Brother Buzz Feb 2016 #20
Brother Buzz, you know a whole lot of stuff. Enthusiast Feb 2016 #45
Read Kent Hartman's book, "The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock And Roll's Best-Kept Secret" Brother Buzz Feb 2016 #67
Thanks. Enthusiast Feb 2016 #68
Haydn's "Farewell" Symphony was not his final symphony, as one might surmise from its nickname. Aristus Feb 2016 #18
I was a music major and the joke was that Le Taz Hot Feb 2016 #33
104 is nothing... malthaussen Feb 2016 #56
Brian Wilson never heard his music in stereo. Miles Archer Feb 2016 #21
Brian Wilson once gave me a ten dollar tip. panader0 Feb 2016 #72
Neanderthal 'bone flute' musical instruments were actually hyenas gnawing bear cubs frogmarch Feb 2016 #22
Piano Concerto in A Minor Mendocino Feb 2016 #23
Radio-astronomy physicist Dr. Fiorella terenzi kentauros Feb 2016 #25
Leo Fender made one of the first guitars to hold up in a bar fight. Brother Buzz Feb 2016 #26
Jackson Browne had the best roadies. Mendocino Feb 2016 #27
Cool story! Love Jackson Browne. Enthusiast Feb 2016 #39
He was very pleasant and laid back. Mendocino Feb 2016 #61
The first recording by the Grateful Dead was ghostsinthemachine Feb 2016 #28
It hath charms to soothe the savage breast... mak3cats Feb 2016 #30
Some classical composers (mostly the French ones, it seems) died in unusual ways. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2016 #31
Lully . . . Le Taz Hot Feb 2016 #34
Lully's lifestyle was, shall we say, over the top The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2016 #35
Lully and Charpentier had a great feud going on. malthaussen Feb 2016 #57
The harmonica player on Millie Small's "My boy Lollipop" was Rod Stewart. BlueJazz Feb 2016 #37
No it wasn't. Enthusiast Feb 2016 #40
How do you know that? I'm not doubting your word. I mean, it's not that big a deal. I was told that BlueJazz Feb 2016 #42
I was just teasing. I thought you provided us with an incredible factoid. Enthusiast Feb 2016 #44
Ah, you got me! I DID know that Rod played the harmonica...actually quite well and he did... BlueJazz Feb 2016 #46
This is an excellent thread! Enthusiast Feb 2016 #47
As long as we're talking harmonica cemaphonic Feb 2016 #71
Steely Dan didn't tour for 19 years... A HERETIC I AM Feb 2016 #48
Great story. I love Steely Dan. Enthusiast Feb 2016 #63
"Oben am jungen Rhein" - Liechtenstein's National Anthem Glorfindel Feb 2016 #49
Muzio Clementi's Symphony #3... malthaussen Feb 2016 #58
A band fronted by Mitch EASTER once opened for Echo and the BUNNYmen taterguy Feb 2016 #51
Seen them both - met Mitch backstage with REM in 1983 jpak Feb 2016 #53
In the days of Troubadors, a mother would often tie her daughter's skirt to.... Tikki Feb 2016 #52
As for the Tijuana Brass... malthaussen Feb 2016 #55
"Deutschland Uber Alles" was originally a birthday hymn for the Holy Roman Emperor... malthaussen Feb 2016 #59
Stevie Wonder has no sense of smell Enrique Feb 2016 #60
If I remember correctly Mendocino Feb 2016 #62
The person who played piano on Cat Stevens' original recording of "Morning Has Broken" Trailrider1951 Feb 2016 #64
Spain's national anthem... a la izquierda Feb 2016 #65
Easy Rider Mendocino Feb 2016 #66
I had no idea! Enthusiast Feb 2016 #70
Charlie Daniels was a member of Leonard Cohen's Band. greendog Feb 2016 #69
As many as 15% of classical musicians suffer from permanent tinnitis, according to one study. eppur_se_muova Feb 2016 #73
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