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The West Coast/AOR Pop Sound , 1975---1990 ...
Just started thinking about Toto, Pages, Jay Graydon, David Foster, Steve Lukather , Lee Ritenour, Michael Omartian, Bill Champlin, David Pack, and all the session cats that gave rise to the mid-seventies' West Coast /AOR Pop sound (which eventually spread way beyond the West Coast) although some just say, "Yacht Rock", Lol...just felt like posting some tracks in tribute...feel free to add your own if ya want....
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Lee Ritenour, w/ Eric Tagg -Dreamwalkin' (Along With Me)
Christopher Cross - Spinning
Marc Jordan - "Generalities"
Pages - "This Is For The Girls"
Ambrosia - "How Much I Feel"
Kenny Loggins - "Enter My Dream"
Toto - Lea
Gino Vanelli - I Just Wanna Stop
Al Jarreau - My Old Friend
Marilyn Scott - "I'll Be Lovin You"
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Ambrosia - Biggest Part of Me
Al Jarreau - Breakin Away
Lee Ritenour - Is It You
Michael Ruff - Don't Ever Say Goodbye
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[Edited 1/4/13 16:06pm] " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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As Gomer might say, Good idear.
West Coast vets for sure.
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Yeah! I was hoping you'd put those back up--Thanks!!!!
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Doobie Brothers - "Open Your Eyes"
Doobie Brothers - Minute by Minute
Doobie Brothers -Dedicate This Heart
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" I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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Love those tunes.
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Larson-Feiten Band... "Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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After The Love Is Gone (x3) "Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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Most definitely! For me, that was The West Coast tune....
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Love those tracks, too!
Speaking of the Doobies, Patrick Simmons' solo album had some of that same feel...
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Sue Sad
So Wrong
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Singer/Guitarist Sheree Brown's albums had the West Coast sound, too!
With guest session artists like Patrice Rushen, Abe Laboriel, Paul Jackson, Jr., Larry Williams, Caleb Quaye, Neil Stubenhaus, John Robinson, Ricky Lawson, Jerry Hey, Bill Reichenbach, Jim Horn, Russell Ferrante, Greg Phillinganes, Jim Gilstrap, etc.
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Sheree Brown - You'll Be Dancing All Night
Sheree Brown - That's The Way To Be
Sheree Brown - It's A Pleasure
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[Edited 1/6/13 3:25am] " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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VERY NICE SET!!!
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A few weeks ago when I saw Allen Hinds play, he was using a keyboard player named Mark McMillen. This guy was Bobby Caldwell's MD for many years.
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Nice tunes! I can see why he was the Musical director for Bobby!
Just came across this tune, written by Bobby Caldwell, that Mark covers--actually, I like his treatment better than Bobby's original!
Mark McMillen - I Give In
BTW, I'm hoping I'll catch Allen Hinds live one day!
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Another Perennial West Coast Track:
Michael's "Human Nature", written by Toto's Steve Porcaro. Lyrics by John Bettis....
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A Couple from Keyboardist Bill Wolfer
Bill Wolfer - Wake Up (w/ Jon Gibson) (1982)
Bill Wolfer -Soaring- Featuring Crystal Blake and Stevie Wonder) (1982)
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Cool tunes.
The Jay Graydon track swerves into something I meant to mention. And that is the effect that the "WCS" guitarists had on the genre.
Their sound was Jazz/R&B based.
Steve Lukather (Toto)...
I went through a ton of crap fuzz boxes trying to pull that off.
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Ndeed!!
BTW, I love both versions of Larry Carlton's Nite Crawler--solo and with the Crusaders!
Speaking of guitar, this Brothers Johnson tune always had the epitome of that laid-back West Coast feel to me, George Johnson and Lee Ritenour..and of course, Dave Grusin's whistling keyboards, and Q's production...
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The Brothers Johnson - Tomorrow (1976)
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I saw Allen Hinds Tuesday night with another amazing keyboard player Jeff Babko and Jimmy Johnson on bass. He told me he'll be doing something at NAMM with Buddy Ebsen's (Jed Clampett) daughter Kiki.
You've gotta get your butt to the West Coast bud!
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Bringin' Jay Graydon up again, this made me realize that he played two of my favorite guitar breaks of the 70's:
Steely Dan's "Peg"
and Narada Michael Walden's track "Listen To Me" from (3:26 on...)
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^^^ "Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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on the Graydon solos.