The band consisted of (at one time or another), Glen Campbell, Joey Cooper, Chuck Blackwell (drums), Billy Preston, James Burton, Delaney Bramlett, Larry Knechtel (on bass), Leon Russell (on piano), and Glen D. Guitar legend James Burton was the other one. So why are we talking about Shindig? We’re talking about Shindig because, Delaney Bramlett was one of the guitarists in the Shindig houseband, The Shindogs. Shindig Soul: Part Three James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye Shindig Soul: Part Two Major Lance, Joe Tex, Marvin Gaye and Tina Turner Shindig Soul: Part One James Brown, Tina Turner, Booker T and the MGs Hope you have great speakers and a large monitor. Also note that the staging focused on the artists and the music…not the flash and sizzle of the current raft of musical artists we get now. Shindig soared when it went to the heart of great American music. Shindig: British Invasion Freddie and the Dreamers, Chad and Jeremy,The Yardbirds Here’s a song from the great duo, Chad and Jeremy, an early appearance of The Yardbirds featuring a very young Jeff Beck, and leads off with a group (and a song) best forgotten. This one shows the diversity that the Brits brought to music in the mid ‘60s…and also proves all the music wasn’t, shall we say, as legendary as many believe. Knowing many of you weren’t around to see this show when it aired, here are some segments. O’Neil still lives in Hollywood and is involved in a number of entertainment projects. Jimmy O’Neil was on KRLA from 1959 through 1962 KFWB from 1963 through 1967, KDAY from 1969 through1971, and back at KRLA in 1984 and ‘85 and again from 1990 through 1993. The show was hosted by popular L.A Disc Jockey, Jimmy O’Neil. Shindig was the brainchild of Jack Good, a British entrepreneur, and after being retooled for American TV, debuted in September of 1964, replacing Hootenanny, a folk music show decimated by the British Invasion. Why do I believe that? Read on….įrom September 16, 1964 to January 8, 1966, everybody I knew tuned in to ABC’s Shindig every Thursday (and then Thursday and Saturday nights in 1965) to see the absolute best the current music scene had to offer. There has never been an effort to even have them ensconced in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (except for Delaney and Bonnie’s kid’s petition after Delaney passed away in 2008), and considering some of the artists who HAVE been inducted into Jann Wenner’s Hall of Successful Musician/Celebrities Who Everybody is Aware Of, that…is a travesty. Of all the artists who have made serious contributions to the advancement of popular music, Delaney and Bonnie stand out as the most overlooked, underappreciated, and sadly unheralded in all but a few tiny circles.
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