mm@vaxine.UUCP (Mark Mudgett) (10/02/85)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In article <640@grkermi.UUCP> andrew@grkermi.UUCP (Andrew W. Rogers) writes >Speaking of "recycling", you could say that "Dazed and Confused" was >recycled Jake Holmes (who had performed a very similar song called "I'm >Confused" as the opening act for the latter-day Yardbirds) ... You net.music fans may be unaware of Jake's work. Although his name is rarely heard on the air, his works are heard perhaps more often than any Top-40 artist's. He gets played on MOR, AOR, T-40, C&W, all talk, and Soul stations. In fact, his tunes may be heard on almost any commercial radio station in the United States. Also MTV, ABC, CBS, NBC, and many other tv stations. Residents of the Bay State may also be familiar with his song "The Spirit of Massachusetts is the Spirit of America". "All my life supports have failed. All the other ships have sailed. Beam me up, Scotty. Beam me up!" --Jake Holmes -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _TT /| |~ Mark C. Mudgett >====+++===< | O| |~ uucp: ...!decvax!encore!vaxine!mm {_|||_} \| O| 617-667-7900x2394 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ All persons, living and dead, are purely coincidental; and should not be construed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
andrew@grkermi.UUCP (Andrew W. Rogers) (10/03/85)
In article <658@vaxine.UUCP> mm@vaxine.UUCP (Mark Mudgett) writes: >In article <640@grkermi.UUCP> andrew@grkermi.UUCP (Andrew W. Rogers) writes >>Speaking of "recycling", you could say that "Dazed and Confused" was >>recycled Jake Holmes (who had performed a very similar song called "I'm >>Confused" as the opening act for the latter-day Yardbirds) ... I neglected to mention that an inchoate version of "Dazed and Confused" appears on "Yardbirds Live at the Anderson Theater." - a 1968 (ie, Page/Relf/ Dreja/McCarty) recording released in 1973 and recalled (for legal reasons) almost immediately. (I also can't believe I omitted the most obvious Zep ripoff of all: Howlin' Wolf's "Killing Floor" => "The Lemon Song".) >You net.music fans may be unaware of Jake's work. Sure, I've heard of him. Among his many accomplishments is co-writing (with Bob Gaudio) the Four Seasons' great-but-unjustly-maligned "Imitation Life Gazette". >Although his name is rarely heard on the air, his works are heard perhaps >more often than any Top-40 artist's... his tunes may be heard on almost any >commercial radio station in the United States. Also MTV, ABC, CBS, NBC... Hmm... from what you imply, sounds like another talented songwriter has abandoned the music world for jingleland. Oh well, the money's good... AWR