Thursday 19 February 2015

Rauchenstein Alternative Rock Band USA

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   Introducing 
           

Here is their Biography......

Rauchenstein is a hard rock band based out of San Antonio, TX. The band seeks to infuse heavy guitar rock reminiscent of the 80's/90's, draws upon classic metal influences, all while delivering songs with a modern hard hitting Rock N' Roll edge. Rauchenstein maintains their own signature sound while drawing from their many influences which include Guns N’ Roses, Metallica, AC / DC, The Cult, Van Halen, Motley Crue, Ozzy, Judas Priest and a host of other Rock/Metal bands. 
Rauchenstein emerged late in 2012 and found instant recognition from fans and the music industry. Rauchenstein won a National Battle of the Bands competition sponsored by Guitar Center and was a featured act on Slash and The Conspirators Apocalyptic Love Tour. Rauchenstein has been recognized by ReverbNation as a premier global Rock Band. Rauchenstein has been described as "Black Sabbath Undercover," "A Rock Powerhouse," and "Mind Blowing." Rauchenstein continues redefine the modern Rock Genre; winning over fans, song after song, from all around the globe. 
Rauchenstein has secured airplay on more than 85 Rock/Metal stations globally and has a fan base approaching almost 56,000 fans across social media sites (Facebook, ReverbNation, Twitter, and MySpace). 
Rauchenstein is on an unstoppable mission to fuse old school rock with modern, kick you in the balls, hard hitting Rock. The sound and feeling of Rauchenstein's music hearkens back to an era when Rock bands delivered the goods . . . Masterful guitar laden rock, melodic vocals, chest thumping bass, and heavy-handed drums. 
Rauchenstein's first single release: Should've Known Better features anthem style vocals, grinding guitar riffs, spine tingling guitar solos and culminates with an out of this world talk box solo that will leave you reaching for the repeat button. 
Should've Known Better is the first single released from the upcoming debut album "A Heavier Tomorrow." Rauchenstein has made me listen to their music with their powerful earthy Rocking sound,The Musicianship is wonderful Although the vocals are great, The Guitar playing is exceptional and is heaven to the ears, This band is bound to be big indeed , Congratulations boys , You have done a great job,  You can hear about 50 songs that are all fantastic to listen to,So look out for them as we will be hearing a lot more from them !



Rauchenstein is a hard rock band based out of San Antonio, TX. The band seeks to infuse heavy guitar rock reminiscent of the 80's/90's while delivering songs with a modern hard hitting Rock N' Roll edge.  Rauchenstein maintains their own signature sound while drawing from their many influences which include Guns N’ Roses, Metallica, AC / DC, The Cult, Van Halen, Motley Crue, Ozzy, Judas Priest and a host of other Rock / Metal bands.

Rauchenstein emerged late in 2012 and found instant recognition from fans and the music industry. Rauchenstein won a National Battle of the Bands competition sponsored by Guitar Center and was a featured act on Slash and The Conspirators Apocalyptic Love Tour. Rauchenstein has been recognized by ReverbNation as a premier global Rock Band. Rauchenstein has been described as "Black Sabbath Undercover," "A Rock Powerhouse," and "Mind Blowing." 

Rauchenstein is on an unstoppable mission to fuse old school rock with modern, kick you in the balls, hard hitting Rock. The sound and feeling of Rauchenstein's music hearkens back to an era when Rock bands delivered the goods . . . Masterful guitar laden rock, melodic vocals, chest thumping bass, and heavy-handed drums.

First Single Release:  Should've Known Better
Rauchenstein's first single release:  Should've Known Better features anthem style vocals, grinding guitar riffs, spine tingling guitar solos and culminates with an out of this world talk box solo that will leave you reaching for the repeat button. 

Should've Known Better is the first single released from the upcoming debut album "A Heavier Tomorrow." Rauchenstein hopes to rock your world and earn the honor of you calling you a fan!


Album Title:  A Heavier Tomorrow (Release Pending - Spring 2015)
Single Release:  Should've Known Better
Song (Single) Name:  Should've Known Better
Band Name:  Rauchenstein
Location:  San Antonio, TX
Country:  USA
Release Date:  11/21/2014



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Wednesday 18 February 2015

Joe Meek (the Telstar Man )

Joe Meek The Telstar Man
Back in 1966,( I have bloged this bit before), I was at 304 Holloway Road N7, Above a shop called Shenton's in a recording studio called RGM sound
where the legendary Joe Meek recorded all his hits, I was there to try to become a recording engineer, Joe Meek was a man who was very good with sounds, Strangely, He could not sing in tune,But he knew a good sound when he heard it!
He produced bands like the Tornado's, the Honeycombs, the Checkmates, the Blue Rondo's, and a number of solo artists such as Heinz Bert , Dave Berry, John Leyton just to mention a few.




                         telstar  (The Joe Meek Story)
                                                 (Above)









 The Tornados (left)

                                                         The Bench at 304 Holloway                                                                 Road (Plaque by Dennis H )

The Klemp Echolette (left)


His sound engineering was second to none , When you think that the  equipment was a bit crude and Mostly in mono, He was a genius when it came to writing and producing music ! Only 2 months before his tragic death, We were discussing about making a comic record in reply to twinkle song Terry, That is as far as the conversation went as he died before I had the time to think about it! In the pictures you can see some of the equipment that was used in his studio, Joe Meek will always be remembered ! Joe Meek died  3 Feb 1967, For the short time that I knew him , I was impressed with his work! Since I wrote this entry, I have watched the film ( Telstar - The story of Joe Meek ), Well they got a lot of the facts wrong but one or two things were  right, Wrong ones , Examples are, The Echo unit in the film was a Binson,When in actual fact the echo unit that he actually used was a Klempt Echolette, I know this as he gave the unit to me in payment for doing bits of this and that in the studio, Unfortunately I did not keep it ,I wish I had as it would be worth a fortune now! Another thing is that the main mic on the film was an AEG mic,But in fact he used a more robust studio mic with spring loaded stand attachment a bit like the ones that are still used today! The thing was , There were also some other bits of equipment that was probably not available for the film , Apart from that the film is reasonably good !
Posted by paulburns ( formerley Christopher Paul Barnes )  

                  Me (bottom) at 14 years old


                                        Me at 19 years old 1969




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Sunday 15 February 2015

The Dave Clarke 5 1958-1970 UK pop band


The Dave Clark Five


They were from
Tottenham, London, England
Genres Pop rock, beat
Years active 1958–1970
Labels Columbia (EMI) (Epic (US), Capitol (Canada))
Past members Dave Clark
Mike Smith
Lenny Davidson
Rick Huxley
Denis Payton
The Dave Clark Five (also known as "The DC5") were an English pop rock group. Their single "Glad All Over" knocked the Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand" off the top of the UK singles charts in January 1964: it peaked at number 6 in the United States in April 1

They were the second group of the British Invasion on The Ed Sullivan Show, appearing in March for two weeks after the Beatles appeared three straight weeks in February 1964. For some time the Dave Clark Five were more popular in the US than in their native UK, but had a renaissance in the UK between 1967 and 1970. The group disbanded in late 1970. On 10 March 2008, the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.


The Ed Sullivan Show in 1966. From left: Denis Payton, Dave Clark, Mike Smith, Rick Huxley, and Lenny Davidson.
The band started out as the Dave Clark Quintet in 1957, with Clark on drums, Dave Sanford on lead guitar, Chris Walls on bass, Don Vale on piano (and arranger). In 1958, Sanford was replaced by Rick Huxley and the band became the Dave Clark Five with Stan Saxon on lead vocals, Huxley on rhythm guitar, Roger Smedley on piano, and Johnny Johnson on lead guitar. Mick Ryan replaced Johnson in 1958 and Jim Spencer joined on saxophone, while Smedley left. Walls left in 1959 and Huxley became the bass player. Mike Smith joined on piano in 1960, and Lenny Davidson replaced Ryan in 1961. In 1962, the band changed its name to the Dave Clark Five, when Saxon left. The group was Clark on drums, Huxley on bass, Smith on organ, lead vocals, and Davidson on lead guitar, adding Denny Payton on tenor and baritone saxophone,       harmonica and guitar.






Originating in North London the band was promoted as the vanguard of the "Tottenham Sound at the Tottenham Royal pub      a response to the Mersey Beat stable managed by Brian Epstein. Dave Clark, who formed the group, occasionally placed his drum kit at the front of the stage, with the guitarists and organ to his rear and sides, and struck business deals that allowed him to produce the band's recordings and gave him control of the master recordings. Songwriting credits went to Clark, Clark and Smith, Clark and Davidson, and Clark and Payton.
The Dave Clark Five had 17 records in the Top 40 of the US Billboard chart and 12 Top 40 hits in their native UK between 1964 and 1967. Their song "Over And Over" went to number one in the US on the Billboard Hot 100 on Christmas Day 1965, despite less impressive sales in the UK (it peaked at number 45 on the UK Singles Chart), and they played to sell-out crowds on their tours of the U.S. The Dave Clark Five was the first British band of the British Invasion to tour the US, and they made 18 appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show was  the most of any British Invasion group.
After the success of the Beatles' film A Hard Day's Night in 1964, the band released their own film, Catch Us If You Can (directed by John Boorman) in 1965. It also starred Barbara Ferris, and was released in the United States as Having a Wild Weekend. The short film Hits in Action highlighted a series of Dave Clark Five hits.
After their initial success, which included the movie and a television special, the major hits dried up in the US after 1967's "You Got What It Takes", although the band had several substantial hits in the UK in the 1967–1970 period. Other than the songs "Inside and Out", "Maze of Love" and "Live in the Sky" (the latter actually quotes directly from the Beatles' "All You Need is Love"), the band did not follow the trend of psychedelic music. The DC5 disbanded in 1970, having placed three singles on the UK chart that year, two of which reached the Top Ten. In 1970, Davidson, Huxley and Payton left and Alan Parker and Eric Ford joined on lead guitar and bass. This line-up, renamed "Dave Clark & Friends", lasted until 1973.
Between 1978 and 1993, none of their music was available to be purchased in any commercial format, as rights-holder Clark declined to licence the band's recordings. In 1993, a single CD “Glad All Over Again” was produced by Dave himself and released by EMI in Britain. After a 1989 deal with the Disney Channel to rebroadcast the 1960s ITV show "Ready, Steady, Go!" (which Clark owned), he made a deal with Disney-owned Hollywood Records to issue in 1993 a double CD "History of the Dave Clark Five". At the time, Hollywood needed product and so met Clark’s demand for a larger-than-usual advance. The deal also included such things as getting DC5 songs into Disney movies and creating a DC5-themed cafe at the United Kingdom Pavilion of Disney World's Epcot; when the project lost money due to low CD sales and the other things never went forward, Clark was able to end the contract early.  No DC5 material was then legally available until 2008, when the "Hits" compilation was released by Universal Music in the UK. In 2009 selections from the band's catalogue were released on iTunes.

Dave Clark was also the manager and executive producer of the band. Following the group's break-up, Clark set up a media company. In the process, he acquired the rights to the 1960s pop series Ready Steady Go!. Additionally he was executive producer and listed as co-writer for the 1986 London stage performance of Time - The Musical which featured the last living performance of Sir Laurence Olivier. The production received critical acclaim and featured unique electronic and mechanical theater stagecraft. A two-disc vinyl album was released in conjunction with the stage production featuring music recorded by Julian Lennon (singing DC5's song Because), Freddie Mercury, Stevie Wonder, Cliff Richard, Ashford & Simpson and Olivier's selected dialogue. This double album was digitally remastered and released on iTunes in May 2012.
Mike Smith released a now scarce CD in 2000 titled It's Only Rock & Roll and returned to performing in 2003 after a hiatus of 25 years. He formed Mike Smith's Rock Engine and did two mini-tours of the U.S. He died on 28 February 2008 in London from a spinal injury sustained after scaling a fence at his home in Spain.




Denis Payton died on 17 December 2006 at the age of 63 after a long battle with cancer. Rick Huxley died from emphysema on 11 February 2013 at the age of 72. Len Davidson taught guitar for many years at a school in Cambridgeshire, where he still lives.
Induction into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
The Dave Clark Five made the list of nominees for the class of 2008, and on 13 December 2007 it was announced that the band would be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on 10 March 2008. The group was inducted by Tom Hanks, who wrote, directed, and starred in the film That Thing You Do!, which was about an American one-hit wonder band that became popular in the wake of the British Invasion.
In attendance with the three surviving members of the DC5 were the families of Lenny Davidson and Rick Huxley, and Denis Payton's two sons. Mike Smith had planned on attending but died eleven days before the induction. Dave Clark opened up his acceptance speech by saying that he felt like he was at the Oscars. Davidson gave mention that they arrived in New York for the ceremony on 8 March, exactly 44 years after their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.
Joan Jett honoured the Dave Clark Five by performing "Bits and Pieces" with John Mellencamp's band. To perform "Glad All Over", Jett was joined by John Fogerty, John Mellencamp, Billy Joel and other artists that performed throughout the evening.
In March 2008 a 28-track collection, The Dave Clark Five: The Hits, was released on iTunes.

At the peak of its success the band included:
Dave Clark (born David Clark, 15 December 1942, Tottenham, North London, England), was the drummer.
Mike Smith (born Michael George Smith, 6 December 1943, North Middlesex Hospital, Edmonton, North London – died 28 February 2008, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire), was the lead vocalist and keyboardist.
Lenny Davidson (born Leonard Arthur Davidson, 30 May 1944, Enfield, Middlesex) (ex The Off Beats, The Impalas) on lead guitar.
Rick Huxley (born Richard Huxley, 5 August 1940, Livingstone Hospital, Dartford, Kent - died 11 February 2013) (ex The Riverside Blues Boys, The Spon Valley Stompers) on bass guitar.
Denis Payton (born Dennis Archibald West Payton, 11 August 1943, Walthamstow, East London – died 17 December 2006, in Bournemouth, Dorset) (ex The Renegades, The Les Heath Combo, The Blue Dukes, The Mike Jones Combo) on tenor and baritone saxophones, harmonica, and guitar.




The Dave Clark Five's UK Top Ten singles (1963–70) were as follows: "Glad All Over" (No.1 for 2 weeks from 14 January 1964); "Bits and Pieces" (No.2, March 1964); "Can't You See That She's Mine" (No.10, June 1964); "Catch Us If You Can" (No.5, August 1965); "Everybody Knows" (No.2, November 1967); "The Red Balloon" (No.7, October 1968); "Good Old Rock'n'Roll" (No.7, January 1970) and, finally, "Everybody Get Together" (a cover version of "Get Together", the Chet Powers' song popularised by The Youngbloods in the US), which peaked at No.8 in April 1970.
The Dave Clark Five's United States singles hits included "Glad All Over" (No.6, April 1964),"Bits and Pieces" (No.4, May 1964), "Can't You See That She's Mine?" (No.4, July 1964), "Because" (No.3, August/September 1964), "Anyway You Want It" (No.14, December 1964), "I Like It Like That" (No.7, July 1965), "Catch Us If You Can" (No.4, October 1965), "Over And Over" (No.1, 25 December 1965) and "You Got What It Takes" (No.7, May 1967).
The Dave Clark Five's Canadian singles hits as listed in RPM Magazine (Sept.1964 onwards) included "Because" (No.3, September 1964), “Everybody Knows” (No.21, November 1964), "Anyway You Want It" (No.7, January 1965), “Come Home” (No.6, March 1965), “Reelin' & Rockin'” (No.10, May 1965), "I Like It Like That" (No.3, July 1965), "Catch Us If You Can" (No.5, September 1965), "Over And Over" (No.1, 25 December 1965), “At the Scene” (No.1, March 1966), “Try Too Hard” (No.5, May 1966), “Please Tell Me Why” (No.5, July 1966), “Satisfied With You” (No.32, September 1966), “Nineteen Days” (No.23, November 1966), “I've Got To Have A Reason” (No.31, February 1967), “You've Got What It Takes” (No.7, May 1967), “You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby” (No.37, July 1967), and “Red And Blue” (No.42, December 1967).

The Dave Clarke five was one of the UKs best and biggest bands of the 1960s era and will never be forgotten .



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Tuesday 3 February 2015

We need more Girl Rock Bands please


Ok , So it is yet another month gone in 2015, I think it is about time that the Girl Rock Bands & Rockchicks showed their faces so that I can put you on this blog


The Soapgirls

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Monday 2 February 2015

Watoto African Christian singing production ( Charity )

My wife and I went to St Peters Church in Hextable, Kent last night to see a production of Singing / Dancers , The name was WATOTO ,....



 Their message Oh What Love is a message about Orphan children in Africa, They are touring here in the UK to tell us about their work as Christian Children who have been given a chance in life to live and do something with their lives, They are all dedicated to Jesus our Lord !


Their performance was so good that they had everyone including me, Dancing and singing along with them, If you get a chance to see them , Please do so as they are a great inspiration to us all !
   Remember the name .......
            WATOTO
             And spread the love !



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Sunday 1 February 2015

Buddy Holly 3rd Feb 1959


On February 3rd 1959, Buddy Holly Died in a plane crash, In the plane was also Richie Valence & The Big Bopper, 



Buddy left us with a legacy of songs like : Rave on, Peggy Sue,
True love ways, That'l be the day
and many more, Along with his band The Cricketts, Buddy was a big hit all over the world in the 1950s,



 A song dedicated to him was recorded by Mike Berry called :A tribute to Buddy Holly,
Was recorded at RGM sound ( Joe Meek) Studio in 304 Holloway Road , London N7, A Truly Great record indeed ! Buddy Died on the same date as Joe Meek but Joe Died 3rd Feb 1967.   Buddy Holly left us with a great deal of remember able Music to last a lifetime, He will never be forgotten , RIP Buddy.



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