The Chameleon

I have to agree with you. As much as Ike Turner is a total bastard of a man personally his importance in the development of the formation fo Rock is important and undeniable. His song "Rock 88" recorded with the King of Rhythm is considered by man to be the first rock song. His guitar playing was also widely influencial especially to Jimi Hendrix. So much like Ted Nugent hate the man love the music. Sometimes life is like that.

Here are some pics from the last Sweetback.... "It's always bumpin' at Sweetback."

As much as I don't want to see them tour. If I had the chance I'd see them in heartbeat. The chance to see a version of Led Zeppelin is something I wouldn't miss. Seeing the music live is an experiecne unto itself. Also Page is a guitar god due to his timless riffs, and blinding spedd (in his prime) and extended techniques (see violin bow, theromen etc..) And for that matter many people think Niel Young is a guitar god (which I agree) and he is sloppy as hell. Listen to the 1969 Fillmore Led Zeppelin show on Wolfgangs Vault and tell me if you still think he's a typical palyer.

That is exactly bang on. Jazz and blues artists never fall into trap as their craft only gets better and matures like a fine wine. Their craft was never based on image.

Yes indeed. A BIG HAPPY B-DAY from me and the rest of the Chameleon Project to William. Will has always been a welcome force on the scene lending a helping had to events and bands like us in any way he could. The scene need more cats like him. He's to many more smooth years bro'! :content:

Hey I just found this clip of Black Dog too.

Well here is a totally different take on the show, in this review... Led Zeppelin reunion: the review The first opinion from NME.COM's critic at the O2 Arena 6 hours ago You might think it couldn't possibly live up to expectation but, it transpires, the opposite is in fact true of Led Zeppelin's first public appearance in 19 years. They seem buoyed by the deafening roars that greet their every twitch tonight - everyone present in the O2 Arena is willing their performance to the realms of greatness. It's almost impossible to be subjective, to not be sucked in. It takes plant three songs before he offers a cursory "good evening". By the time they've blasted through an incendiary 'Good Times Bad Times', a dramatic 'Ramble On' and the stop start rhythms of Black Dog'. He needn't say anything. Next They launch into 'Nobody's Fault But Mine' and Zep are smiling at each other, only occupying about six foot of the enormous stage. You wouldn't believe this is a band who haven't played together for so long. They do No Quarter' and they're locked in as tight as if it were the 1970s. Only the close ups on the screen at the back give away their advanced years. Launchomh into a version of 'Dazed And Confused' that seems to last forever but every last second is enthralling. Jimmy Page is lit up by lasers and at the song's climax Robert Plant yells out "Jimmy Page on electric guitar!" in a moment the resonates right back to their first heyday. 'Stairway To Heaven' follows. Ridiculous in many ways yet it is a song that everyone present thought was fated to only be performed by dodgy pub covers bands and not again by its creators. Jimmy has the double headed guitar, bassist John Paul Jones is sat at a keyboard and Plant - contrary to the pre-gig rumours is singing beautifully. Playing this well known classic proves a shrewd move as it gently reminds everyone present just which, giant-sized rock band they're dealing with. The final half an hour is comprised of songs so omnipresent it's hard to make any sort of tangible judgement. 'Kashmir' finishes the main set sounding incredible the band take a bow and they're gone. Rapturous applause follows as you might expect but its nothing compared to the sheer mania that greets the first encore song 'Whole Lotta Love'. Not many bands have one of those, you see. The middle section veers into space rock territory any young band would be proud of and when that riff returns its well you know how it goes. Then Led Zep blast through a second encoure of 'Rock And Roll' - paying tribute to their old mentor and the reason this concert is taking place, Ahmet Ertegun, on the way - and, well again... you know how it goes. If there were sceptics here tonight - there weren't but just for the sake of argument consider it - Led Zeppelin silenced them and banished any rotten memories of their shambolic Live Aid reunion. More importantly though, what they have done here tonight is prove they can still perform to the level that originally earned them their legendary reputation. We can only hope this isn't the last we see of them. Hamish MacBain, NME Live Editor Story link

I agree that was a monumental performance. Although I don't like Queen I love Brian May (killer player).

In many ways I agree with Lefsetz. I hope this Zeppelin is a one off show and no tour. put it to bed. I also think the reason we are seeing so many of these 60's/70's supergroups reuniting is that there are no almost no bands from the 80's, 90's or now that have that much influence or a deep enough catalogue of hits to untie people. Blame the major record labels. They stopped doind real artist development in 1980 and started focusing on fabricated music and video image. The fallout is we are left 30yrs later still listening to Dark Side of the Moon and the like. We listen to it because nothing that iconic has come out since on that scale. Sad really. P.S. For the record the Police and Van Halen were mind blowing and the best big concerts I have seen lately. They were in fine form. I enjoyed seeing them as it was my only chance being too young to catch them first time around.

NIce! I saw the Phat Conductor at Footwork on Saturday in support of the Bassbin Twins and he was killer! This will be a hot show...

Yeah that was a rumor, but since the Bonnaroo camp has totally ruled that out. I'll believe that when I see it. [color:brown] Bonnaroo Promoters Quash Lineup Rumors December 04, 2007 - Touring | Rock and Pop By Jonathan Cohen, N.Y. After a rumor that Led Zeppelin and Metallica would headline the 2008 Bonnaroo festival caused an Internet frenzy in the past 48 hours, the event's promoters have spoken out to quash the reports. "The rumors that are out there about the Bonnaroo 2008 headliners are inaccurate," Superfly Presents and AC Entertainment said in a statement released to Billboard.com. "We're very excited about the lineup that we're putting together for this year's festival. We'll be announcing the confirmed lineup toward the end of January/beginning of February. The source of the Zeppelin/Metallica rumor was an anonymous email included last week in industry commentator Bob Lefsetz's newsletter. Led Zeppelin will play its only planned show Dec. 10 in London as part of a tribute to late Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun. and it takes about 16-17hrs to drive to Tennesee.

I know it's weird but it's a cool club but they have strange policy of charging promoters for normal security. The owner is a little wacky. Other than that the place rocks...and the disco is red hot.

I scour the net for old soul and funk pics. The girl on the new Sweetback poster in famous 70's soul sister Pam Grier. She was like the female Shaft. Tough, sexy and right on. She starred in such 70's films as "Foxy Brown", "Coffey" "Sheeba Babay" and more recently Jackie Brown and she appears on the TV show the L word. ..oh an sorry to say due to increased security costs we've had to up the cover to a whopping $7. But I'll tell you a secret.....if you get there before 11:00 it's free....

One of the greatest quotes about Mulroney's run is that he was "dragging Canada kicking and screaming into the 21st century". If by 21st century you mean an Orwellian 1984 vision of the future where the average person is trampled on for big business and big brother restricts everything that is socially liberal, then you would be spot on. I hope Mulroney gets fried in this latest inquiry. That guy is the worst PM we've ever had although Harper is closing in on that title by the day.

I have heard this boxed set and see in int he flesh. Great collection with some hard to find funk nuggets. Pricey but worth it.

I was at this one too and what a show. Killer Isabella. I still listen to this regularly. If you ask me '97 and '98 and to Phish what '77 and '78 are to the Grateful Dead. Some magical year for sure.

Sorry guys my mistake. All the hot disco is going to my head. Fixed now.

Indeed a true icon and a huge loss for Canada's artistic community. R.I.P. Morriseau was a true original and a Canadian landmark. He will be missed, but his legend is eternal.

Is Bo's new friend Ted Nugent or something?

YEah fuck Bell already. The are the worst. DSL in my experience had always been slower than cable anyways.

I'm in. See ya there.

Iconic Daredevil Evel Knievel Dies at 69 By MITCH STACY – 1 hour ago CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Evel Knievel, the red-white-and-blue-spangled motorcycle daredevil whose jumps over crazy obstacles including Greyhound buses, live sharks and Idaho's Snake River Canyon made him an international icon in the 1970s, died Friday. He was 69. Knievel's death was confirmed by his granddaughter, Krysten Knievel. He had been in failing health for years, suffering from diabetes and pulmonary fibrosis, an incurable condition that scarred his lungs. Knievel had undergone a liver transplant in 1999 after nearly dying of hepatitis C, likely contracted through a blood transfusion after one of his bone-shattering spills. He also suffered two strokes in recent years. Longtime friend and promoter Billy Rundle said Knievel had trouble breathing at his Clearwater condominium and died before an ambulance could get him to a hospital. "It's been coming for years, but you just don't expect it. Superman just doesn't die, right?" Rundle said. Immortalized in the Washington's Smithsonian Institution as "America's Legendary Daredevil," Knievel was best known for a failed 1974 attempt to jump Snake River Canyon on a rocket-powered cycle and a spectacular crash at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. He suffered nearly 40 broken bones before he retired in 1980. "I think he lived 20 years longer than most people would have" after so many injuries, said his son Kelly Knievel, 47. "I think he willed himself into an extra five or six years." Though Knievel dropped off the pop culture radar in the '80s, the image of the high-flying motorcyclist clad in patriotic, star-studded colors was never erased from public consciousness. He always had fans and enjoyed a resurgence in popularity in recent years. His death came just two days after it was announced that he and rapper Kanye West had settled a federal lawsuit over the use of Knievel's trademarked image in a popular West music video. Knievel made a good living selling his autographs and endorsing products. Thousands came to Butte, Mont., every year as his legend was celebrated during the "Evel Knievel Days" festival, which Rundle organizes. "They started out watching me bust my ass, and I became part of their lives," Knievel said. "People wanted to associate with a winner, not a loser. They wanted to associate with someone who kept trying to be a winner." For the tall, thin daredevil, the limelight was always comfortable, the gab glib. To Knievel, there always were mountains to climb, feats to conquer. "No king or prince has lived a better life," he said in a May 2006 interview with The Associated Press. "You're looking at a guy who's really done it all. And there are things I wish I had done better, not only for me but for the ones I loved." He had a knack for outrageous yarns: "Made $60 million, spent 61. ...Lost $250,000 at blackjack once. ... Had $3 million in the bank, though." He began his daredevil career in 1965 when he formed a troupe called Evel Knievel's Motorcycle Daredevils, a touring show in which he performed stunts such as riding through fire walls, jumping over live rattlesnakes and mountain lions and being towed at 200 mph behind dragster race cars. In 1966 he began touring alone, barnstorming the West and doing everything from driving the trucks, erecting the ramps and promoting the shows. In the beginning he charged $500 for a jump over two cars parked between ramps. He steadily increased the length of the jumps until, on New Year's Day 1968, he was nearly killed when he jumped 151 feet across the fountains in front of Caesar's Palace. He cleared the fountains but the crash landing put him in the hospital in a coma for a month. His son, Robbie, successfully completed the same jump in April 1989. In the years after the Caesar's crash, the fee for Evel's performances increased to $1 million for his jump over 13 buses at Wembley Stadium in London — the crash landing broke his pelvis — to more than $6 million for the Sept. 8, 1974, attempt to clear the Snake River Canyon in Idaho in a rocket-powered "Skycycle." The money came from ticket sales, paid sponsors and ABC's "Wide World of Sports." The parachute malfunctioned and deployed after takeoff. Strong winds blew the cycle into the canyon, landing him close to the swirling river below. On Oct. 25, 1975, he jumped 14 Greyhound buses at Kings Island in Ohio. Knievel decided to retire after a jump in the winter of 1976 in which he was again seriously injured. He suffered a concussion and broke both arms in an attempt to jump a tank full of live sharks in the Chicago Amphitheater. He continued to do smaller exhibitions around the country with his son, Robbie. Many of his records have been broken by daredevil motorcyclist Bubba Blackwell. Knievel also dabbled in movies and TV, starring as himself in "Viva Knievel" and with Lindsay Wagner in an episode of the 1980s TV series "Bionic Woman." George Hamilton and Sam Elliott each played Knievel in movies about his life. Evel Knievel toys accounted for more than $300 million in sales for Ideal and other companies in the 1970s and '80s. Born Robert Craig Knievel in the copper mining town of Butte on Oct. 17, 1938, Knievel was raised by his grandparents. He traced his career choice back to the time he saw Joey Chitwood's Auto Daredevil Show at age 8. "The phrase one-of-a-kind is often used, but it probably applies best to Bobby Knievel," said former U.S. Rep. Pat Williams, D-Mont., Knievel's cousin. "He was an amazing athlete... He was sharp as a tack, one of the smartest people I've ever known and finally, as the world knows, no one had more guts than Bobby. He was simply unafraid of anything." Outstanding in track and field, ski jumping and ice hockey at Butte High School, Knievel went on to win the Northern Rocky Mountain Ski Association Class A Men's ski jumping championship in 1957 and played with the Charlotte Clippers of the Eastern Hockey League in 1959. He also formed the Butte Bombers semiprofessional hockey team, acting as owner, manager, coach and player. Knievel also worked in the Montana copper mines, served in the Army, ran his own hunting guide service, sold insurance and ran Honda motorcycle dealerships. As a motorcycle dealer, he drummed up business by offering $100 off the price of a motorcycle to customers who could beat him at arm wrestling. At various times and in different interviews, Knievel claimed to have been a swindler, a card thief, a safe cracker, a holdup man. Evel Knievel married hometown girlfriend, Linda Joan Bork, in 1959. They separated in the early 1990s. They had four children, Kelly, Robbie, Tracey and Alicia. Robbie Knievel followed in his father's footsteps as a daredevil, jumping a moving locomotive in a 200-foot, ramp-to-ramp motorcycle stunt on live television in 2000. He also jumped a 200-foot-wide chasm of the Grand Canyon. Knievel lived with his longtime partner, Krystal Kennedy-Knievel, splitting his time between their Clearwater condo and Butte. They married in 1999 and divorced a few years later but remained together. Knievel had 10 grandchildren and a great-grandchild.

Mad respect to those too. Killer!

Good call on the JJ Cale. His phrasing is masterful.