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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | Did anyone see the recent "America" concert on PBS? It was on in my area last night. Apparently, they no longer play Ovations as there was not one to be seen on stage. They also don't sing very well anymore. They pretty much sounded like a decent bar band playing "America" tunes. |
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Location: Cherry Hill, NJ | Yea, I saw it too. I could say "Well what did you expect" They were a good band during the 70's, that haven't done anything new since. They were never known for their stage performancees. During the 70's almost all of the acoustic on stage guitars were O's. Times have changed, and the Taks and the Taylors have caught up. |
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Location: NJ | ". . They were a good band during the 70's, that haven't done anything new since . ."
Actually (if you check their catalog), they've been continually putting out albums all along. Some of it's not too bad. A few decent gems scattered amongst the usual VelveetaRock . . . |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | YAAAAAAAAAAWN.... Huhn?.... Whud? ..... Oh... nevermind.... |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Loved 'em at the time but, similar to Seinfeld, they were pretty sounds with no actual meaning.
Except for Donkeyjaw, maybe. |
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Location: Central Florida | Originally posted by John B:
Apparently, they no longer play Ovations as there was not one to be seen on stage. I can't think of any well-known artists who were known for playing Ovations back in the 70s and 80s that still plays them today, with the exception of Glen Campbell and Al DiMeola... Am I forgetting anyone? |
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Location: Tennessee | Bob Seger. :cool: |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | Their first album is a textbook exercise in pretty 12-string guitar. Can't think of better (but maybe someone else will :) ).....
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Location: NJ | Some of the albums that George Martin produced had some "moments", but that first one (and their first live album) is pretty much the best . . . |
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Location: NJ | I remember cutting class sitting in the quad with my guitar with a bunch of other players and a bunch of bims playing those tunes back in the day.
should have cut classes and played steely dan songs.... |
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Location: Hicksville, NY | I never knew that America played Ovation guitars back in the day. "I Need You" was one of the songs that inspired me to pick up and learn to play the guitar. I think I can still play it ... :rolleyes:
I saw them in concert near the end of the summer, at the NY State Fair in Syracuse. I forgot the name of the stage -- I know it's no longer called the Cole Muffler Court -- help me Bill (Weaser P)! They played a lot of their popular songs, but they didn't even sound authentic. To me, they sounded like a cover band doing America tunes. Since it was a free show, I enjoyed the music anyway ... |
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Location: big island | Originally posted by alpep:
I remember cutting class sitting in the quad with my guitar with a bunch of other players and a bunch of bims playing those tunes back in the day.
should have cut classes and played steely dan songs.... i have those recollections too, al... but those america tunes were much easier to play.
steely dan - my all-time favorite for arrangements and lyrics!
i still perform "horse with no name" at alot of gigs and enjoy the audience singin' along in 347 part dis-harmony! |
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Location: NJ | and then the music would stop and all the bims would sing in unison.....and I understand you've been runnin from the man that goes by the name of the sandman....he flies the sky like an eagle in the eye of a hurricane that's abandoned |
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Location: big island | in the key of Am... |
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Location: big island | with blood-shot glassy eyes... |
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Location: So. Cal. | I did an interview with them back in the 80's when they did a couple of concerts in Hong Kong. We hung out at the hotel until sound check in the afternoon. Custom Legends (6 & 12) and Legends in the room, Dewey also gave me my first Shubb capo that afternoon. A couple of really nice guys and they really enjoyed their music too. |
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Location: North Carolina | Originally posted by alpep:
and then the music would stop and all the bims would sing in unison You're younger than I am. When we sat around with guitars they used to sing six part unison to Peter, Paul and Mary songs. God, how I hated that. |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | America was forward thinking. They knew most people don't bother really learning the lyrics when they sing along.... so they didn't bother writing more than a verse followed by
dit'n dit dit doo dah doo for the rest of it. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | On some TV show, they we goofing-on old stoned hippies... And one dude was talking about how "Deep" the lyrics to "Horse With No Name" are... Like, heavy... |
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