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Since I think the Bellamy Brothers are not really related to Jimmy Bufett I thought I post this in the OT section..

There is this Swiss rock singer called Gölä (Goelae in case the umlauts won't show up properly)
He used to be a construction worker and amateur guitar player / singer.
He did a CD with some friends which had rather good airplay.
So he toured clubs and venues in Switzerland singin' his workin' class rock dude songs.
One example: A song of his I think second CD, I hätt no vell blöder ta, or "I'd have behaved much more stupid if I knew..."



His biggest hit here, a song about a girl... I know it is not his song but a translation of an English song...

The Swan



Same song, played on Gotthard pass at Steve Lee's official funeral:



Steve Lee being the former singer of Switzerlands famous rock band "Gotthard" who passed last fall while living his dream.
He made his dream come true and drove the famous Route 66 on a Harley Davidson when he had an accident with an innocent truck driver an d died...

R.I.P Steve Lee



Anyways, let's get back to this Goelae guy...

One of his dreams was to record some music with his heroes. And that's what this guy did!
He recorded a CD with his all time favourite heroes, the Bellamy Brothers!

Same Song as above: I hett no vell blööder ta, or "Wilder Days"



and the other one, the "Swan"



and there is even a rather bad quality live recording done at the KKL in Lucerne.


The shy guy to the right, wearing a black shirt and a dark cowboy hat, playing the guitar, would be Goelae, just enjoiyng the time he spends on stage with his heroes, smiling like a fool! That's how we Swiss are...

Been there, done that, got that tshirt!

Hope you liked this little insight into Swiss Rock Music, more to follow! (If you like, that is. If not, just tell me to stop...)

Makes we want to go back to Paleo!

Snowparrot wrote:Makes we want to go back to Paleo!

Huh what? You been to Paleo Festival?

Do I happen to have met you in Paris last year by chance?

I went to Paleo a few times in the 1990s when we were living outside Geneva, on the French side. Saw some great acts. It's a wonderful festival.

Thanks - I enjoy music history and the "story behind the story" stuff. Not that it is related at all to this music thread but in the States we had a guy who did a daily news/editorial spot on thousands of radio stations nation-wide...his name was Paul Harvey. Harvey's reports and comments, in particular, struck home with middle and rural America. He ran a segment called "The Rest of the Story"....I always found them interesting. So there's a little American entertainment history for you - thanks for sharing.

Just found a rather interesting video on Youtube.
It tells a bit about the then famous "Wall Of Sound" used by Grateful Dead.



A little bit of background information for the interested:
Nowadays (and also those days actually) all instruments, vocal and other microphones and other signals are processed and combined in a mixing desk to have a stereo signal which is then sent to two sets of speakers to the left and right of the stage.
In the early 70ies house and other P.A. systems usually were rather poor, and the band usually wasn't happy with the sound quality of their shows.
Sound engineering genius Owsley „Bear“ Stanley and a crew of dedicated engineers and technicians started designing the Wall Of Sound which consisted of an own P.A.system for every instrument, even four different for the bass guitar (one for each string, imagine...).
It is said to be the best sounding live P.A. system ever, unbeaten as of today, and from my amateur sound engineering point of view I believe that is true.

If you'd like some meore information:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grateful_Dead
http://audiojunkies.com/forum/blog/4165 ... sound.html

Now, out of curiosity: anyone here saw the Dead using that system and would tell about the sound?

SwissParrotHeads wrote:Just found a rather interesting video on Youtube.
It tells a bit about the then famous "Wall Of Sound" used by Grateful Dead.



A little bit of background information for the interested:
Nowadays (and also those days actually) all instruments, vocal and other microphones and other signals are processed and combined in a mixing desk to have a stereo signal which is then sent to two sets of speakers to the left and right of the stage.
In the early 70ies house and other P.A. systems usually were rather poor, and the band usually wasn't happy with the sound quality of their shows.
Sound engineering genius Owsley „Bear“ Stanley and a crew of dedicated engineers and technicians started designing the Wall Of Sound which consisted of an own P.A.system for every instrument, even four different for the bass guitar (one for each string, imagine...).
It is said to be the best sounding live P.A. system ever, unbeaten as of today, and from my amateur sound engineering point of view I believe that is true.

If you'd like some meore information:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grateful_Dead
http://audiojunkies.com/forum/blog/4165 ... sound.html

Now, out of curiosity: anyone here saw the Dead using that system and would tell about the sound?

Speaking of Stanley "The Bear" Owsley":

The Dead Recall the Colorful Life of LSD Pioneer Owsley Stanley'
He’s responsible in great part for the Grateful Dead,' says Mickey Hart. 'We'd be quite a different band without him'


Ed Perlstein/Redferns/Getty

By David Browne

On March 12, the extended Grateful Dead family lost one of its most crucial allies and collaborators when Owsley Stanley — the band’s one-time soundman, in-house chemist, intellectual stimulus, and sometime artist – died at age 76. Driving home from the Sydney, Australia, airport to his home near Cairns in Queensland (where he had lived since 1982), Stanley’s truck hit a patch of deep mud and water and flipped over, killing him instantly.

Even in the iconoclastic world of the Dead, Stanley — or "The Bear," as he was known, thanks to his hairy chest — was an enigmatic figure, known for vast intelligence, all-meat diet and aversion to being photographed. His life prior to meeting the Dead included a stint in the Air Force and with the Marin Ballet Company (he was a ballet dancer) and working in a jet lab and at a radio station. After a pivotal acid trip in 1964, Stanley began making his own LSD and met the Dead at one of Ken Kesey’s acid tests the following year. From that point on, Stanley’s influence on the band was profound: He funded their first sound system, conceived the idea for the band’s iconic lightning-bolt-and-skull logo, recorded many of their early shows and designed their short-lived Wall of Sound PA system in 1974.

To read the rest of the article click here.

RIP, Owsley Stanley