November 5, 2012

My blog #30 a few weeks ago was about the band Soup.  The photos shown were from a concert they did with the band Focus on March 25, 1973 at the Performing Arts Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Focus, was on a US tour featuring their hit song Hocus Pocus that they were most famous for.  Vocalist, keyboard and flute player, Thijs van Leer, does some amazing vocals in this song.  I believe you could say it was a mix of screaming, yodeling and singing!  The look on his face shows how much effort he puts into his vocals.

Guitarist, Jan Akkerman, accompanied him with some fine guitar playing.

Focus was very popular and had a good show, but personally, I think the opening act of Soup with Doug Yankus was the better performance that night.

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October 15, 2012

Last week, a good friend and great musician, Jon Paris, (check out jonparis.com), posted a photograph of John Lennon on Facebook.  In the photograph, John  Lennon is having some scrambled eggs for breakfest and a copy of a record album by the Wisconsin band Soup is seen.

Soup, was a popular band in the early 1970's.  It consisted of Doug Yankus on guitar, with Dave Faas on bass and Rob Griffith on drums.  Doug Yankus did the main vocals and the majority of the song writing.

Their first album was a plain brown jacket with a bright green insert listing the songs and credits.  The insert said the cover art was to be done by "You"!

The attached photographs show my own personal cover art and photographs from a show they did with the Dutch band Focus at the Performing Art Center in Milwaukee, March 25, 1973.

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October 1, 2012

After talking with a friend this week who liked Jackson Browne, I went back to my archives and found some pictures from a show on May 10, 1975.  On that day, Jackson Browne played the Milwaukee Performing Art Center and Phoebe Snow was the opening act.

I have always liked Jackson Browne. He has a voice and sound that I can never hear enough of.  Jackson also plays slide guitar and David Lindley plays in his band.  He too is one of the best slide guitar players around.

All the new music coming out these days will not last as long as Jackson's music will.

Phoebe Snow was a great opening act.  She had a great voice.

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