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Location: Las Cruces, NM | Watching "One Hit Wonders" on VH1 and they showed a Video of "Afternoon Delight" by the group, Starland Band, that made it a hit. Someone was playing a good looking Ovation.
Interesting thing is that two of the members, husband and wife, wrote "Country Roads" for John Denver and I think I saw an Ovation on one of his shows. |
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Location: Tennessee | SVB recorded a TV special at a small University I was attending and included guests John Denver and Mary Travers and Peter Yarrow. I got to be up-close-and-personal with the whole event. It was like the Mama's and the Papa's mated with Up With People. Gawd, I hated that part of the 70's. But the lead guy from SVB played an Ovation. Here's a pic from that era:
Let's hope there is no reunion tour. |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | "Let's hope there is no reunion tour"......without insulin therapy, at least. |
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| He must have had one of the wooden truss-rod covers?..
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Location: NJ | Nah . . he was just "happy to be there" . . |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | OK which OFC tour DVD is that picture from? |
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Location: NJ | Don't MAKE me get the PhotoShop out!!! . . . . |
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Location: south east Michigan | subliminal to Cliff:
do it...do it...doooooo it! |
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Location: San Bernardino, California | - Cliff
You might like this site:
www.deviantart.com
It's not as bad as it sounds. |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | I doubt there will be a reunion tour....one of the couples were married and have since divorced(Bill and Taffy Danoff).
No more "Afternoon Delight".......
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Location: Cicero, NY | AAUUUUGGGHHHH!!!! WHO BROUGHT THAT STUPID SONG UP ANYWAY!!! BAAAIILLYYYY!!!!!
GOTTA...GET...IT...OUTTA...MY...HEAD BEFORE I EXPLODE...GOTTA THINK OF A REAL SONG...
"Hello world, there's a song that we're playing, c'mon get happy!" AAAUUUUGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!! |
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Location: Warren,Pa. | They were pretty tight with John Denver...toured with him back in the early days doing BGV's and guitars. If you want a better memory of them, remember the BGV's on "Country Roads." It's a dated sound of course, but a really sweet memory lane thing for those of us old enough to remember. John <>{ |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | I actually saw an up with people concert! It was peppy. I think they sang a song like, Up, Up with people, there are people whereever you go, up up with people, some of them are the best people you'll ever know ... It was pretty funny. |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | For those of you who might have an interest in Starland Vocal Band and their history:
http://www.billdanoff.com/starlandvocalband.htm#Danoff
Also, Bill and Taffy co-wrote "Take Me Home, Country Roads" with John Denver, and Bill co-wrote "Boulder to Birmingham" with Emmylou Harris.
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | Thanks Roger
That gives some factual background to my sketchy opening post and a little history for us old timers who used to see these people here and there. I liked some of the songs Bill co-wrote. |
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Location: Colorado | Gotta get the works right on Up With People
Up Up With People
You meet them where-ever you go
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Ovation on "Afternoon Delight"
