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Winchester Cathedral, Redwood City Ca, posted on April 18, 2014 at 13:19:49
LWR Audiophile Posts: 66808 Location: The woods Joined: August 12, 2003	a bar that was a 15 minute walk from where we lived. That was where Sly was the house band and where the record company spotted them. I'd say this was about 1965...I think. My friend and I went there damn near any Friday or Saturday night that we were not going to SF to see bands...He sure had a great band, I enjoyed dancing to his music...

RE: Winchester Cathedral, Redwood City Ca, posted on April 18, 2014 at 14:32:07
Mike B. Audiophile Posts: 26354 Location: OR Joined: September 27, 1999 Contributor Since: September 1, 1999	Larry, I was trying to keep things going here while you were away. No luck. I am not sure if I ever saw them live? They did produce a lot of danceable music.

They did indeed, posted on April 18, 2014 at 15:01:04
LWR Audiophile Posts: 66808 Location: The woods Joined: August 12, 2003	one of the first mixed race rock bands too, I think, at least in that day and age.

I think Wiki has it wrong, posted on April 18, 2014 at 15:04:13
LWR Audiophile Posts: 66808 Location: The woods Joined: August 12, 2003	upon further reflection I think the bar was called The Embers while Sly had his time there, then it was sold and became WC... Eventually it became a christian bookstore.

RE: They did indeed, posted on April 19, 2014 at 10:05:51

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Your mention of mixed race bands made me think of my friend Tom Lockard. Tom passed on about 5 years ago at 87. He was in the Navy or Merchant Marines during WWII. I am not sure which. He, and another white guy formed a group with two black guys on the ship and learned to sing together. When the war was over, they performed professionally in and around New York City. They became regulars on the Arthur Godfrey show. There were many racial barriers they encountered.

Bonnie Bramlett, posted on April 19, 2014 at 10:15:24
LWR Audiophile Posts: 66808 Location: The woods Joined: August 12, 2003	singing with Albert King at age 14 (1958) and then as an Ikette with Ike & Tina at 15 (1959. That little white girl had her some lungs!

RE: Bonnie Bramlett, posted on April 19, 2014 at 17:01:42
Mike B. Audiophile Posts: 26354 Location: OR Joined: September 27, 1999 Contributor Since: September 1, 1999	I am glad you reminded me of Bonnie. I just pulled two albums to listen to tomorrow. Probably been twenty years. Delaney and Bonnie and Friends, and To Bonnie from Delaney

Some of the best of it's kind, posted on April 19, 2014 at 17:03:36
LWR Audiophile Posts: 66808 Location: The woods Joined: August 12, 2003	D&B & Friends is the Mother~Lode. Makes me wanna shake a tail feather!!

bit of james brown, posted on April 21, 2014 at 20:13:43
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RE: bit of james brown, posted on April 21, 2014 at 20:39:29

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Can't top that. I had never heard of him and a friend at college told me about this amazing new album. Almost twisted my arm to come listen to it. We drove over to his house. He lived with his parents and they were not home. He put it on a big council stereo. At first it seems foreign to me, but it was a live recording and he just kept going. Soon we were both moving to the music. That was around 1964-65

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