This ipre-Music Machine tidbit is interesting too, from his NYT obit: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/12/arts/music/keith-olsen-dies.html
He studied music at the University of Minnesota but left to play bass in different bands and toured with the singer Gale Garnett before joining the Music Machine
― Left Eye Frizzell (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 21 July 2020 16:05 (four years ago) link
I guess what is appealing here is the kind of classic sitcom love/hate/Ernie/Bert/Felix/Oscar duality here between a world-class producer/ engineer and an idiosyncratic DIY depressive
― Left Eye Frizzell (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 21 July 2020 16:08 (four years ago) link
Who were joined at the hip for a few minutes there in some fashion. "Where's the charm?" indeed.
― Left Eye Frizzell (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 21 July 2020 16:09 (four years ago) link
Adding to the Fleetwood Mac connections, Richard Dashut worked w/Olsen on Farewell To Paradise.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 21 July 2020 18:12 (four years ago) link
...which I'm spinning rn, and I must say whenever Rhodes isn't being a surprisingly good soulboi, these acoustic-based tracks seriously look ahead to the s/t Mac LP. FWIW, Olsen/Dashut we're working on Buckingham-Nicks at roughly the same time.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 21 July 2020 18:23 (four years ago) link
Has this been mentioned yet?https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/20/arts/music/emitt-rhodes-singer-dies.html
He had worked as a staff producer for the Elektra label, producing an album for the Canadian performer Bim and a 1976 novelty single by the actor and comedian Gabe Kaplan, “Up Your Nose” — a catchphrase from Mr. Kaplan’s hit TV show, “Welcome Back, Kotter.”
― Left Eye Frizzell (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 21 July 2020 19:44 (four years ago) link
https://www.facebook.com/justinfielding/videos/10157640042786680
― Left Eye Frizzell (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 21 July 2020 19:49 (four years ago) link
https://www.facebook.com/alexjulesHELLO/videos/10110075241067939
― Left Eye Frizzell (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 21 July 2020 19:56 (four years ago) link
Wow. Love seeing/hearing him singing along with that piano
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 21 July 2020 19:58 (four years ago) link
Yeah, that was really sweet.
― Left Eye Frizzell (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 21 July 2020 19:59 (four years ago) link
He appeared on the David Frost Show on January 20th, 1972... along with Joseph Bologna and Vittorio De Sica!
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1763979/
― Sonny Shamrock (Tom D.), Tuesday, 21 July 2020 20:16 (four years ago) link
Feel like I just saw some of that, maybe it's in the doc?Other relatively recent ER recordings out there, his rendition of "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" for a Bee Gees tribute, recording of "Time Will Show the Wiser" with Iain Matthews on this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Vernier_Band_Sessions.
― Left Eye Frizzell (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 21 July 2020 20:21 (four years ago) link
I guess I posted video of him strumming guitar for that Bee Gees thing yesterday.
― Left Eye Frizzell (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 21 July 2020 20:25 (four years ago) link
Truth be told I don’t usually go for the one man band thing, for one thing in the case of Macca I’d prefer if he had somebody named Ringo or Jim on drums, and I resisted it in Emitt’s case quite a bit, but if that’s the way he wanted to go than I’ll have to take it, ultimately sounds pretty good. Splits the difference between Elliott Smith and Prince in their one man band incarnations.
― Left Eye Frizzell (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 21 July 2020 21:00 (four years ago) link
i briefly thought a poll along the lines of “best album where every part is performed by a single person” would be a good idea until i remembered this place is overrun by the sort of people who would ruin the fun by voting exclusively for klaus schulze records or something
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 21 July 2020 22:24 (four years ago) link
No doubt.
― Left Eye Frizzell (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 21 July 2020 22:57 (four years ago) link
anyway your posts since the revive have been a pleasure and frequently otm, thanks James
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 21 July 2020 23:05 (four years ago) link
Thanks! But listening to the Vic Damone version of “Farewell to Paradise” right now, let’s see how we all feel after I get through that.
― Left Eye Frizzell (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 22 July 2020 02:39 (four years ago) link
One list thing before for now. Found this old school fan page that has some good photos on it. Enjoy! http://www.emittrhodesmusic.net/
― Left Eye Frizzell (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 22 July 2020 03:17 (four years ago) link
Before I go for now.
― Left Eye Frizzell (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 22 July 2020 03:23 (four years ago) link
That site has photos of The Merry Go Round performing - and competing! -on The Dating Game, which I don't think has been mentioned on this thread.
― Left Eye Frizzell (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 22 July 2020 12:45 (four years ago) link
Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT_Q2YNHFug
― Left Eye Frizzell (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 22 July 2020 12:46 (four years ago) link
Emitt in the center, Joel Larson over on the right.
― Left Eye Frizzell (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 22 July 2020 12:49 (four years ago) link
...and on the left is Rick Dey, who co-wrote "Just Like Me" by Paul Revere, and who later died in the '70s by overdosing on nitrous whippits at a party.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 22 July 2020 15:01 (four years ago) link
Thanks. Btw you were right about the Bangles/Richard Thompson collabos, those versions are different from what was released on the album.
― Left Eye Frizzell (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 22 July 2020 15:12 (four years ago) link
This playlist has pretty much everything Emitt did, although not “Listen, Listen” for some reason, which doesn’t seem to be on Spotify. https://open.spotify.com/user/toddrawson/playlist/6FzdMIavNLfZYH7zKt0DTn?si=p7wTRpyMT1y-PkJmpx-k-w
― Left Eye Frizzell (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 22 July 2020 15:17 (four years ago) link
There was a comp called Listen, Listen that had the Merry-Go-Round album, singles-only stuff like "Listen, Listen" and "Missing You" along with what I think of as the 0th Emitt album, the Wrecking Crew stuff released as The American Dream, but that comp didn't seem to make it to the streamscape.
― Left Eye Frizzell (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 22 July 2020 15:29 (four years ago) link
yes, put out by the great joe foster's rev-ola label.
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 22 July 2020 15:39 (four years ago) link
I don't have anything by him, but I must have flipped past this album a million times in 99-cent bins in the late-'70s/early-'80s. One of many I stupidly passed over.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/87/Emitt-Rhodes_Mirror.jpg
― clemenza, Wednesday, 22 July 2020 16:05 (four years ago) link
I am starting to suffer from a little bit of withdrawal now that the well of internet Emitt ephemera seems to be running dry (Note to budo jeru, I never considered myself the biggest fan or fanboy, but something about the highly functional under-achieving mild depressive I can relate to for some reason)
― Left Eye Frizzell (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 22 July 2020 18:15 (four years ago) link
FB says he had been planning to marry his fiancée of a decade after teh COVID-19.
― Left Eye Frizzell (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 22 July 2020 21:53 (four years ago) link
Also Bangles page reposted Debbi's post and one of the first responses was by F.J. McMahon.
― Left Eye Frizzell (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 July 2020 02:30 (four years ago) link
wow that's fucking way cool !
― budo jeru, Thursday, 23 July 2020 02:46 (four years ago) link
Thought it might be somebody with the same name but it was totally him.
― Left Eye Frizzell (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 July 2020 03:10 (four years ago) link
Wait, who is FJ McMahon?
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 23 July 2020 06:14 (four years ago) link
You never heard Spirit of the Golden Juice? One-off 1969 Vietnam-vet lost psych/folk or folk/psych cratedigger classic.
― Left Eye Frizzell (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 July 2020 12:49 (four years ago) link
― Left Eye Frizzell (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 July 2020 15:51 (four years ago) link
Um, HI DERE!
― Time Will Show Leo Weiser (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 July 2020 17:10 (four years ago) link
i can't believe FJ mcmahon is just on facebook
― budo jeru, Thursday, 23 July 2020 17:16 (four years ago) link
Ha, yeah exactly
― Time Will Show Leo Weiser (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 July 2020 17:18 (four years ago) link
anyway
a little bit of withdrawal now that the well of internet Emitt ephemera seems to be running dry
i still haven't made it through everything you've shared / referenced here, so perhaps you can share my anticipation vicariously
― budo jeru, Thursday, 23 July 2020 17:18 (four years ago) link
Thanks. I found one more thing of interest. May try to wait a beat before posting.
― Time Will Show Leo Weiser (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 July 2020 17:39 (four years ago) link
Will say one thing though: depressive or no-depressive, guy always had great hair.
― Time Will Show Leo Weiser (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 July 2020 18:02 (four years ago) link
I'm back. I can't help it.(He can't help it, James Redd can't help it)
― Time Will Show Leo Weiser (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 July 2020 18:06 (four years ago) link
Listening to the tribute on SiriusXM Volume West. Michael Des Barres compared Emitt to Nick Drake, fair enough. Chris Price, who produced his last album telling interesting stories about how he met Emitt and about Emitt's day job at Mike Nesmith's Elektra studio where among other things he engineered Judee Sill's third and last and unfinished for a few decades album.
― Time Will Show Leo Weiser (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 July 2020 18:24 (four years ago) link
Keep getting this Chris Price mixed up with Chris Thomas and Bill Price.
This interview is great. Clears up a lot of stuff.
― Time Will Show Leo Weiser (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 July 2020 18:36 (four years ago) link
The three Bangles/Richard Thompson recordings were an offshoot of the recording sessions shown in the doc which, as C. Grisso/McCain pointed out, were pulled because of litigation. Rainbow Ends was actually recorded a few years later, this time in Emitt's home studio but with outside musicians coming in.
― Time Will Show Leo Weiser (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 July 2020 18:39 (four years ago) link
So hopefully Keith Olsen was satisfied charm-wise.
― Time Will Show Leo Weiser (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 July 2020 18:40 (four years ago) link
Two videos I cherry-picked off fan page coming up
― Time Will Show Leo Weiser (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 July 2020 20:52 (four years ago) link