Cleaning out some archives, I came across this post of mine from May 1998.

So, like I ended with...anybody else ?

Taking a bit of a break from the MP3's, I was listening to the Complete Sun Sessions the last few days back & forth to work, and was thinking that
although
it's fairly obvious why the ones that were released as singles were, I kept thinking that these 43 year old songs are, at least too me, as fresh and as exciting as they were back then. This is not the caricatured overweight
guy in
a jumpsuit, but a 21 year old kid that had quite a bit of soul, interpreting songs he was familiar with in his unique way. And that their output from
July
54 to July 55 is arguably one hell of an output for one year.  I also got to thinking that if I had a time machine, I'd love to go back to the Sun
Studios
during that year, and just experience that creative process. Maybe Bill could've showed me some slapbass techniques. Or listen to Sam trying to convince Elvis to at least try I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone with
drums.
Anyway, if I could, I think that's where I'd like to timetravel to. Even
if the
target was a bit off, being there for the Rocket 88 session, or trying to convince Jerry Lee that he'd look less wild in a crew-cut would still
work for
me.  Target: The Sun Studios mid-50's. Where would any of you go? Maybe hanging out and harmonizing with the Spaniels? Or maybe  helping Chuck
Berry with the lyrics to Too Much Monkey Business. Or being the one to
tell Little Richard that God moves in mysterious ways.   Anybody?

--
Steve Mc

DNA to SBC to respond

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Steve Mc wrote:

Cleaning out some archives, I came across this post of mine from May
1998.

So, like I ended with...anybody else?

I'd probably be too busy buying up records, coins, stocks, and betting
on sports games that I already knew the outcome of to get down to
Memphis.

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On 5/25/2024 7:20 PM, Steve Mc wrote:

Cleaning out some archives, I came across this post of mine from May

1998.

So, like I ended with...anybody else ?

Taking a bit of a break from the MP3's, I was listening to the

Complete Sun

Sessions the last few days back & forth to work, and was thinking

that although

it's fairly obvious why the ones that were released as singles were,

I kept

thinking that these 43 year old songs are, at least too me, as fresh

and as

exciting as they were back then. This is not the caricatured

overweight guy in

a jumpsuit, but a 21 year old kid that had quite a bit of soul,

interpreting

songs he was familiar with in his unique way. And that their output

from July

54 to July 55 is arguably one hell of an output for one year. I also

got to

thinking that if I had a time machine, I'd love to go back to the Sun

Studios

during that year, and just experience that creative process. Maybe Bill could've showed me some slapbass techniques. Or listen to Sam trying to convince Elvis to at least try I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone

with drums.

Anyway, if I could, I think that's where I'd like to timetravel to.

Even if the

target was a bit off, being there for the Rocket 88 session, or trying to convince Jerry Lee that he'd look less wild in a crew-cut would still

work for

me. Target: The Sun Studios mid-50's. Where would any of you go?

Maybe hanging out and harmonizing with the Spaniels? Or maybe helping
Chuck Berry with the lyrics to Too Much Monkey Business. Or being the
one to tell Little Richard that God moves in mysterious ways. Anybody?

----------
If I answered you in May 1998 (I'd been here for a few months then) I
probably said I wanted to go to Chicago and hear my favorite blues
artists live. Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, Elmore James, Howlin' Wolf,
Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson....eventually Jimmy Reed too 🙂

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On Sat, 25 May 2024 16:20:23 -0700, Steve Mc
<stevemc209@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

Cleaning out some archives, I came across this post of mine from May 1998.

Steve's "Time Travel" thread in May 1998: https://groups.google.com/g/rec.music.rock-pop-r+b.1950s/c/yv8OhmGqE1M/m/zGt1C98DccgJ
includes interesting info on how Les Paul first met Mary Ford in 1945

Summary of thread ('Target' was Steve's word):

Steve (poster Bouresteve) - Target: The Sun Studios mid-50's.

Ed Yorke (poster Hit Parade) - Target: The day Mary Ford first met Les Paul.

Bill - Target: The street corners of Harlem, say from 1954 to 1956.

Jorgen Claesson (poster jcl) - same as Bill

Mark - Target: Sitting in the control booth next to Jerry Wexler and watching
Ray Charles, {etc} laying down all those great Atlantic tracks.

DianeE - Target: Maxwell Street, Chicago, throughout the 50s.

Bob Jones - Target: To watch a Fats Domino concert or recording session.

**Where would any of you {other guys} go?**

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On Sat, 25 May 2024 16:20:23 -0700, Steve Mc
<stevemc209@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

Cleaning out some archives, I came across this post of mine from May 1998.

So, like I ended with...anybody else ?

some mid-50s live concerts, indoors and out, by a flamboyant and
uninhibited Elvis Presley

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Steve Mc wrote:

Cleaning out some archives, I came across this post of mine from May
1998.

So, like I ended with...anybody else ?

Like you I'd wanna go back to see Elvis in the Sun Studios in 1954 and
1955 cutting those classic sides and also catch his live stage
performances at that time

Then (being greedy) I'd wanna see Chuck at some of his sessions & early
live performances.same with Bo (and I'd wanna be in that Ed Sullivan TV
ahow audience the night he was on the show). And of course I'd want to
witness some of those really wild early Jerry Lee shows

I'd want to go back to the 1956 20th Century Fox set for "The Girl Can't
Help It" and witness the COMPLETE performance of Gene & The Blue Caps

Then if I could go back even earlier to 1952 I'd visit Jubilee Records
in NYC and place my order for several boxes of Jubilee
5104...................

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On Sun, 26 May 2024 17:35:13 -0400, DianeE <DianeE@NoSpam.net> wrote:

On 5/25/2024 7:20 PM, Steve Mc wrote:

Cleaning out some archives, I came across this post of mine from May

1998.

So, like I ended with...anybody else ?

Taking a bit of a break from the MP3's, I was listening to the

Complete Sun

Sessions the last few days back & forth to work, and was thinking

that although

it's fairly obvious why the ones that were released as singles were,

I kept

thinking that these 43 year old songs are, at least too me, as fresh

and as

exciting as they were back then. This is not the caricatured

overweight guy in

a jumpsuit, but a 21 year old kid that had quite a bit of soul,

interpreting

songs he was familiar with in his unique way. And that their output

from July

54 to July 55 is arguably one hell of an output for one year. I also

got to

thinking that if I had a time machine, I'd love to go back to the Sun

Studios

during that year, and just experience that creative process. Maybe Bill could've showed me some slapbass techniques. Or listen to Sam trying to convince Elvis to at least try I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone

with drums.

Anyway, if I could, I think that's where I'd like to timetravel to.

Even if the

target was a bit off, being there for the Rocket 88 session, or trying to convince Jerry Lee that he'd look less wild in a crew-cut would still

work for

me. Target: The Sun Studios mid-50's. Where would any of you go?

Maybe hanging out and harmonizing with the Spaniels? Or maybe helping
Chuck Berry with the lyrics to Too Much Monkey Business. Or being the
one to tell Little Richard that God moves in mysterious ways. Anybody?

----------
If I answered you in May 1998 (I'd been here for a few months then) I >probably said I wanted to go to Chicago and hear my favorite blues
artists live. Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, Elmore James, Howlin' Wolf,
Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson....eventually Jimmy Reed too ?

You did say you would want to go to Chicago. Here's the thread:

https://groups.google.com/g/rec.music.rock-pop-r+b.1950s/c/yv8OhmGqE1M/m/TxELfkRb1dIJ

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BobRoman wrote:

I'd kill baby Hitler

--
BR

I don't think you'd have the balls to kill a baby. Plus, would you do it
if you were gonna get caught and hung? Would you make that sacrifice?

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BobRoman wrote:

Bruce wrote:

BobRoman wrote:

I'd kill baby Hitler

I don't think you'd have the balls to kill a baby. Plus, would you do
it
if you were gonna get caught and hung? Would you make that sacrifice?

I have a time machine. I can escape some Austro-Hungarian Imperial
cops.

Plus, all I really have to do is warn his dad's first wife that her
husband is schtupping the maid.

When they catch you killing the baby they are not gonna let you keep the
time machine.

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On 5/28/2024 1:26 AM, Rick Schubert wrote:

On Sun, 26 May 2024 17:35:13 -0400, DianeE <DianeE@NoSpam.net> wrote:

On 5/25/2024 7:20 PM, Steve Mc wrote:

Cleaning out some archives, I came across this post of mine from May

1998.

So, like I ended with...anybody else ?

Taking a bit of a break from the MP3's, I was listening to the

Complete Sun

Sessions the last few days back & forth to work, and was thinking

that although

it's fairly obvious why the ones that were released as singles were,

I kept

thinking that these 43 year old songs are, at least too me, as fresh

and as

exciting as they were back then. This is not the caricatured

overweight guy in

a jumpsuit, but a 21 year old kid that had quite a bit of soul,

interpreting

songs he was familiar with in his unique way. And that their output

from July

54 to July 55 is arguably one hell of an output for one year. I also

got to

thinking that if I had a time machine, I'd love to go back to the Sun

Studios

during that year, and just experience that creative process. Maybe Bill
could've showed me some slapbass techniques. Or listen to Sam trying to
convince Elvis to at least try I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone

with drums.

Anyway, if I could, I think that's where I'd like to timetravel to.

Even if the

target was a bit off, being there for the Rocket 88 session, or trying to >>> convince Jerry Lee that he'd look less wild in a crew-cut would still

work for

me. Target: The Sun Studios mid-50's. Where would any of you go?

Maybe hanging out and harmonizing with the Spaniels? Or maybe helping
Chuck Berry with the lyrics to Too Much Monkey Business. Or being the
one to tell Little Richard that God moves in mysterious ways. Anybody?

----------
If I answered you in May 1998 (I'd been here for a few months then) I
probably said I wanted to go to Chicago and hear my favorite blues
artists live. Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, Elmore James, Howlin' Wolf,
Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson....eventually Jimmy Reed too ?

You did say you would want to go to Chicago. Here's the thread:

https://groups.google.com/g/rec.music.rock-pop-r+b.1950s/c/yv8OhmGqE1M/m/TxELfkRb1dIJ

------------
Around 10 or 12 years ago, I asked my daughter (who was then living in
Chicago) to take me to Maxwell Street. I had romantic notions. The
former site of the Maxwell Street market is now occupied by the
University of Illinois. She took me to the flea market that replaced
it, a few blocks away. It was a very large flea market and it did sell souvenirs that said "Maxwell Street, home of the blues" or something
like that. But, you know, you've seen one flea market, you've seen them
all. There wasn't any music or magic in the air. I tried to imagine
Robert Nighthawk and Houston Stackhouse performing there, but I
couldn't. So let's change my destination from Maxwell Street to Cottage
Grove, which seems to be where the blues clubs were located, and which
the Larks mention in "When I Leave These Prison Walls."

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