Friday, March 21, 2014

March 22, 1948: Randy Jo Hobbs hit the planet...

R.I.P. Randy Jo Hobbs












Randy Jo was born in Winchester, Indiana. He played bass for The McCoys during the 1965-1969 period…



 

And in the bands of the brothers Edgar Winter and Johnny Winter during 1970-1976…
 Check out Johnny and Randy Jo
 in Detroit 1971…





Tandy also played bass with Jimi Hendrix on some 1968 live sessions which were later released unofficially as Woke Up This Morning and Found Myself Dead (1980) and New York Sessions (1998), and officially as Bleeding Heart (1994). He also played bass with a later version of Montrose, appearing on the Jump on It album, released in 1976…

That same year, he also played bass on Rick Derringer's album with Dick Glass, Glass Derringer






Randy Jo Hobbs was found dead of heart failure, aged 45, in a hotel room in Dayton, Ohio in 1993 and is buried in his hometown of Union City, Indiana…

R.I.P. Randy Jo

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Monday, March 17, 2014

March 18,1941: Wilson Pickett hit the planet…




Wilson Pickett   
(March 18, 1941 – January 19, 2006)

 Wison Pickett's forceful, passionate style of singing was developed in the church and on the streets of Detroit, under the influence of recording stars such as Little Richard, whom he referred to as "the architect of rock and roll…

After singing for four years in the popular gospel-harmony group The Violinaires..
The Violinaires, by the way were going strong in this 2012 concert clip…


 


 Pickett, lured by the success of gospel singers who moved to the lucrative secular music market, joined the Falcons in 1959…


The Falcons were an early vocal group bringing gospel into a popular context, thus paving the way for soul music. The Falcons featured notable members who became major solo artists; when Pickett joined the group, Eddie Floyd and Sir Mack Rice were members of the group. Pickett's biggest success with The Falcons was "I Found a Love", co-authored by Pickett and featuring his lead vocals. A minor hit for the Falcons (Pickett would later re-record it, and have a hit with the song), "I Found A Love" paved the way for Pickett to go solo…

—Just another cat outta Detroit…




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