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- What Instrument(s) Do You Play
- Guitar, Bass, Keys, Voice, Horns
- About Me
- I was lead singer (+ sax and slide guitar) in a buncha electric, psychedelic, and folk rock bands in W. Lafayette in the late 60's and early 70's: Flint, Fried Egg Family, Pooch, Low Spark, acoustic Bandana, and lastly electric Bandana.
Other musicians included (in one band or another, at one time or another) Ed Eastwood, Greg Fuchs, Les Rainey, Dale Pekrul, Otto (last name?), Tim Flanagan, Keith Jolly, Mike Krewitsky, Hank Westerman, Jeff Grogg,.etc. Jim Whitney was the infamous sound guy.
Things sort of culminated with regular Bandana gigs at a sweaty smokey hole called Monday's Blues; my ears still ring. I have some old tapes with the oxide flaking off, maybe I'll rip 'em some time and put 'em on here.
Lots of good tunes, good times, good friends, and fond memories.
- What bands are you or have you been in?
- Fried Egg Family, Pooch, Flint, Bandana, Low Spark (Purdue/W Lafayette); currently playing solo singer/songwriter stuff in the great Pacific Northwest as myself.
- What city are you from?
- Bloomington IN, later W Lafayette, now in SW Washington
- Original Hometown
- Bloomington, IN
- MySpace Page
- http://www.myspace/johnbakertunes
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Yeah, of course there are other tastemakers - I vaguely mention that we all have our own filtering mechanisms and that will continue. Social networking and blogs will become more and more important - as will ways of communicating that we can't conce…
Hey John, since you are the only person I know who would know:
Are the models that drive satellite radio producing any revenue for the artist? You don't mention satellite services but to me, not having one, it seems to be a logical evolution to bet…
I predict that labels may not go away, but they will become less important--as will traditional broadcast radio. Ten years from now we will all have internet-based radio in our cars. And the taste-maker-gate-keepers may not all be labels. They might…
- Blue Hound Underground & Blue Moon Revue, Sat. 2/13 on February 13, 2010 all day
- PAPADOSIO @ The Mousetrap, FRIDAY, Feb. 12th on February 12, 2010 all day
I think it's significant that iTunes acquired LaLa, a streaming site (which I use to preview or rather pre-listen to new releases). With the likely release of Spotify in the U.S., and the fact that Rhapsody already has a subcription streaming servic…
John- do you think there will be one master archive of all music in various formats (Wav, MP3, etc)?
I think you are right on with your predictions but I wonder about the logistics. Will it be like the current distro model where you can get these r…
thanks for adding your story PJ!
Thanks, man. I'm not second-guessing whether SubPop was ever actually part of the major system - it seems like they did some sort of P&D deal around the time Mammoth and Matador did, but I don't recall for sure. Anyway they are an indie currently an…
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Hope life's treatin' you good!
I discovered a very poor quality casette tape recording from the Reddog saloon in Bloomington, August 74, last performance....
Uploaded 4 songs, of 18 total. Worth a listen for nostalgia.
Hankster
Checked out your MySpace. Are you full-time musician or playing in addition to a regular job? I quit playing after Flint then started again about 5 years ago. Just for fun. If you want to kill 5 minutes you can always try www.myspace.com/bassnightwithOttO I really need to finish it some day. The second play is the 1st part of a multi-part story. I don't know the first thing about recording and apparently not a whole lot more about playing.
Too bad about Tim's problems. I ran into his brother in Missouri and then Tim a little later.
I've been looking for you for years!
You left Les Rainey off your list. His father still lives in the same house we used for practice as Flint.
Monday's Blues is now Jerilee's. Still the same smokey place tied to the bowling alley in Market Square, although the new smoking ordinance is turning it non-smoking. They cater mostly to Metal bands these days. Amanda Overmeyer of 2008 American Idol fame (I know but if you live here you couldn't avoid it) had a New Year's Eve party there.
Please get back with me.