#dawayne bailey

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the 1990 unification of Germany, India Arie, the great P.P. Arnold, Dawayne Bailey, John Perry Barlow, Lindsey Buckingham, Ben Cauley (Bar-Kays), Chubby Checker, Eddie Cochran, Stephen Crane’s 1895 novel THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE, Frank Hannon (Tesla), Lena Headey, Pamela Hensley, James Herriot, Keb’ Mo’, Ju-hyuk Kim, Josh Klingenhoffer, Ronnie Laws, Tommy Lee, G. Love, Alan O’Day, Steve Reich, Madlyn Rhue, Kevin Richardson (Backstreet Boys), John Ross a.k.a. Chief Tsan-Usdi, Simone Segouin, Rev. Al Sharpton, Jake Shears, Ashlee Simpson, Shannyn Sossamon, Gwen Stefani, the 1962 stage premiere of STOP THE WORLD I WANT TO GET OFF, Billy Strings, Steve Tracy, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jack Wagner, George Wein, Thomas Wolfe, Allen Woody, and the great, uber-successful, diverse, and prolific British actor Clive Owen. I wrote this tribute song on a whim one day and recorded it to utmost satisfaction with Bret Alexander and Ron Simasek of The Badlees. Fans of early psychedelia (think Yardbirds), spy movie music, and twangy guitars will dig this one. Meanwhile, God bless Clive and his family. Thank you for the quality cinema you’ve given us.

#cliveowen #britishactor #badlees #bretalexander #artrock #romance #johnnyjblair #singeratlarge #singersongwriter #sanfrancisco #ronsimasek #poprock #powerpop #earcandy #psychedelic #spymovie #twang #humor #urbanhumor #birthday

[onehandtypingb1]

Song of the Day: Chicago, "Stone Of Sisyphus"

Happy birthday to guitarist, vocalist, composer and lyricist Dawayne Bailey. Dawayne was with The Silver Bullet Band for several years before joining Chicago and playing with them from 1986 to 1995. He contributed two songs to the album Stone Of Sisyphus, which was to have been released in 1994 but was canceled at the last minute, eventually issued as Chicago XXXII: Stone of Sisyphus in 2008. He…

[honkycats]

Chicago: 1967-Present. 

 “I mean, who would have known that we could outlast... businesses, banks, venues. You know, they build venues, we go play them. They tear the venues down, we go play the new one after they’ve built it.” - Lee Loughnane

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Chicago Heart of Chicago: 1967-1997 1997 Reprise ————————————————— Tracks: 01. You’re the Inspiration 02. If You Leave Me Now 03. Make Me Smile 04. Hard Habit to Break 05. Saturday in the Park 06. Wishing You Were Here 07. The Only One 08. Colour My World 09. Look Away 10. Here in My Heart 11. Just You ‘n’ Me 12. Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? 13. Will You Still Love Me? 14. Beginnings 15. Hard to Say I’m Sorry • Get Away —————————————————

* Long Live Rock Archive

[krispyweiss]

Album Review: Chicago - Now More Than Ever: The History of Chicago

Featuring more than 50 songs and nearly four hours of music, Now More Than Ever: The History of Chicago is a good primer for music lovers unfamiliar with the rock band with horns’ output beyond its decidedly non-rock hits of the post-Terry Kath era.

Released as a companion to the band-produced movie of the same name, the lengthy compilation is a well-chosen mix of big hits like "Beginnings" and "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?” and deep tracks including the country-tinged and hornless “Flight 602;" the joyful, wordless harmonizing of “Happy ‘Cause I’m Going Home;" and the jazzy, 10-minute instrumental “Devil’s Sweet." Drawn from the 1960s and ‘70s, these songs and their peers dominate the collection and make a strong case for Chicago’s recent induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Only toward the end does the soundtrack start to peter out as the focus shifts from the band’s eclectic, sometimes uneven, output of the 1970s and early '80s to the schlocky hits of the Peter Cetera/David Foster/Bill Champlin era of “Hard Habit to Break” and “Hard to Say I’m Sorry.”

Much like the film with which it shares its name, Now More Than Ever ends abruptly with 1988’s “Look Away,” as horrible a tune as the band ever recorded.

A more representative retrospective would have included cuts from Chicago’s fine complement of live records and samplings from albums such as 2008’s Stone of Sisyphus (XXXII) and 2014’s Now (XXXVI). Despite these inexplicable oversights, Now More Than Ever is highly recommended for those disinclined to go searching through the group’s extensive (and often mind-blowing) back catalog.

Grade card: Chicago - Now More Than Ever: The History of Chicago - B+

Read Sound Bites' review of the film here: http://krispyweiss.tumblr.com/post/155296056993/movie-review-now-more-than-ever-the-history-of

2/16/17

[olafsings]

Music History Today: March 25, 2022

March 25, 1989: Chicago peaked at Number 10 in the US with "You're Not Alone." Bill Champlin knocks it out of the park vocally, and “You’re Not Alone” does have a catchy hook — much like most of the rest of 1988’s Chicago 19, without horns. Still the results are completely and utterly generic.

“You’re Not Alone” could just as easily have been a minor hit for any number of other bands of the same era. While Dawayne Bailey was Chicago’s touring guitarist at the time, most of the studio albums from his tenure feature session guitarists.

Read more: https://www.olafsings.com/2024/03/march-25.html

[allisonswrittenwords]

#MusicMonday - June 22, 2020

On this #MusicMonday, the story of "Stone of Sisyphus," Chicago's long-unreleased 22nd album, is told.

Sisyphus believed he could tackle that rock one more time … and that’s the kind of faith you have to have in yourself and your work. — Dawayne Bailey

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Terry Alan Kath (January 31, 1946 – January 23, 1978) was an #musician and #songwriter. He was the original #guitarist and founding member of the #rock #band Chicago. He died in early 1978, eight days before his 32nd birthday, from an unintentional self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Kath was an important contributor to Chicago, beginning with their first album The Chicago Transit Authority, released April 28, 1969. The album includes his composition "Introduction" which was described as "Terry's masterpiece" by later Chicago guitarist Dawayne Bailey. The song displays many varied musical styles, including jazz, blues, salsa, rock and roll, acid rock, and pop.

The same debut album includes an instrumental guitar piece entitled "Free Form Guitar", which consisted largely of feedback and heavy use of the instrument's mechanical vibrato assembly, or tremolo arm. The album liner notes indicate that the nearly seven minute piece was recorded 'live' in the studio in one take, using only a Fender Showman amplifier with a Bogen Challenger PA amplifier for a preamp and a Fender Stratocaster guitar.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the 1990 unification of Germany, India Arie, the great P.P. Arnold, Dawayne Bailey, John Perry Barlow, Lindsey Buckingham, Ben Cauley (Bar-Kays), Chubby Checker, Eddie Cochran, Stephen Crane’s 1895 novel THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE, Frank Hannon (Tesla), Lena Headey, Pamela Hensley, James Herriot, Keb’ Mo’, Ju-hyuk Kim, Josh Klingenhoffer, Ronnie Laws, Tommy Lee, G. Love, Alan O’Day, Steve Reich, Madlyn Rhue, Kevin Richardson (Backstreet Boys), John Ross a.k.a. Chief Tsan-Usdi, Simone Segouin, Rev. Al Sharpton, Jake Shears, Ashlee Simpson, Shannyn Sossamon, Gwen Stefani, the 1962 stage premiere of STOP THE WORLD I WANT TO GET OFF, Billy Strings, Steve Tracy, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jack Wagner, George Wein, Thomas Wolfe, Allen Woody, and the great, uber-successful, diverse, and prolific British actor Clive Owen. I wrote this tribute song on a whim one day and recorded it to utmost satisfaction with Bret Alexander and Ron Simasek of The Badlees. Fans of early psychedelia (think Yardbirds), spy movie music, and twangy guitars will dig this one. Meanwhile, God bless Clive and his family. Thank you for the quality cinema you’ve given us.

#cliveowen #britishactor #badlees #bretalexander #artrock #romance #johnnyjblair #singeratlarge #singersongwriter #sanfrancisco #ronsimasek #poprock #powerpop #earcandy #psychedelic #spymovie #twang #humor #urbanhumor

[singeratlarge]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the 1990 unification of Germany, India Arie, the great P.P. Arnold, Dawayne Bailey, John Perry Barlow, Lindsey Buckingham, Ben Cauley (Bar-Kays), Chubby Checker, Eddie Cochran, Stephen Crane’s 1895 novel THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE, Frank Hannon (Tesla), Lena Headey, Pamela Hensley, James Herriot, Keb’ Mo’, Ju-hyuk Kim, Josh Klingenhoffer, Ronnie Laws, Tommy Lee, G. Love, Alan O’Day, Steve Reich, Madlyn Rhue, Kevin Richardson (Backstreet Boys), John Ross a.k.a. Chief Tsan-Usdi, Simone Segouin, Rev. Al Sharpton, Jake Shears, Ashlee Simpson, Shannyn Sossamon, Gwen Stefani, the 1962 stage premiere of STOP THE WORLD I WANT TO GET OFF, Billy Strings, Steve Tracy, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jack Wagner, George Wein, Thomas Wolfe, Allen Woody, and the great, uber-successful, diverse, and prolific British actor Clive Owen. I wrote this tribute song on a whim one day and recorded it to utmost satisfaction with Bret Alexander and Ron Simasek of The Badlees. Fans of early psychedelia (think Yardbirds), spy movie music, and twangy guitars will dig this one. Meanwhile, God bless Clive and his family. Thank you for the quality cinema you’ve given us.

https://johnnyjblairsingeratlarge.bandcamp.com/track/if-i-could-dress-like-clive-owen

#cliveowen #britishactor #badlees #bretalexander #artrock #romance #johnnyjblair #singeratlarge #singersongwriter #sanfrancisco #ronsimasek #poprock #powerpop #earcandy #psychedelic #spymovie #twang #humor #urbanhumor

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Chicago The Box [Box Set] 2003 Rhino ————————————————— Tracks CD One: Chicago Transit Authority 01. Introduction 02. Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? 03. Beginnings 04. Questions 67 and 68 05. Listen 06. South California Purples 07. I’m a Man Chicago 08. Movin’ In 09. Wake Up Sunshine 10. Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon    •Make Me Smile    •So Much to Say, So Much to Give    •Anxiety’s Moment    •West Virginia Fantasies 11. Colour My World 12. To Be Free · Now More than Ever 13. Fancy Colors 14. 25 or 6 to 4 15. Poem to the People 16. It Better End Soon    •1st Movement    •2nd Movement    •3rd Movement    •4th Movement

Tracks CD Two: Chicago III 01. Loneliness Is Just a Word Travel Suite 02. Flight 602 03. Free 04. Mother 05. Lowdown An Hour in the Shower 06. A Hard Risin’ Morning without Breakfast     •Off to Work     •Fallin’ Out     •Dreamin’ Home     •Morning Blues Again Chicago V 07. A Hit by Varèse 08. All Is Well 09. Saturday in the Park 10. Dialogue (Part One & Part Two) Chicago VI 11. Just You ‘n’ Me 12. Something in This City Changes People 13. In Terms of Two 14. Feelin’ Stronger Every Day Chicago VII 15. (I’ve Been) Searchin’ So Long 16. Mongonucleosis 17. Wishing You Were Here 18. Call on Me 19. Happy Man

Tracks CD Three: Chicago VIII 01. Harry Truman 02. Old Days 03. Brand New Love Affair (Parts One & Two) 04. Never Been in Love Before Chicago X 05. You Are on My Mind 06. Mama Mama 07. Hope for Love 08. Another Rainy Day in New York City 09. Gently I’ll Wake You 10. If You Leave Me Now Chicago XI 11. Mississippi Delta City Blues 12. Baby, What a Big Surprise 13. Take Me back to Chicago 14. Prelude (Little One) • Little One Hot Streets 15. Gone Long Gone 16. No Tell Lover 17. Alive Again 18. The Greatest Love on Earth 19. Little Miss Lovin‘ 20. Hot Streets

Tracks CD Four: Chicago 13 01. Street Player 02. Must Have Been Crazy Chicago XIV 03. Manipulation 04. Thunder and Lightning 05. Song for You 06. The American Dream Chicago 16 07. Love Me Tomorrow 08. Chains 09. What You’re Missing 10. Hard to Say I’m Sorry • Get Away Chicago 17 11. Stay the Night 12. We Can Stop the Hurtin’ 13. Hard Habit to Break 14. Along Comes a Woman 15. You’re the Inspiration Chicago 18 16. Good for Nothing 17. If She Would Have Been Faithful... 18. Forever 19. Will You Still Love Me? 20. Niagara Falls

Tracks CD Five: Chicago 19 01. Heart in Pieces 02. Look Away 03. What Kind of Man Would I Be? 04. I Don’t Wanna Live without Your Love 05. We Can Last Forever 06. You’re Not Alone 07. Hearts in Trouble Chicago Twenty 1 08. Only Time Can Heal the Wounded 09. You Come to My Senses 10. God Save the Queen 11. Chasin’ the Wind Chicago 24: The Heart of Chicago 1982-1998 Volume II 12. All the Years 13. Stone of Sisyphus 14. Bigger than Elvis 15. Caravan 16. Here in My Heart 17. The Only One 18. All Roads Lead to You 19. Show Me a Sign

Tracks DVD: 01. Chicago live at the Aerie Crown Theatre (1972)    •Backstage & Buildup    •Now that You’ve Gone    •Devil’s Sweet    •Saturday in the Park    •Dialogue & End Credits 02. Promotional film for Chicago 13 (1979)    •Intro    •Must Have Been Crazy    •Cat Pranks    •Run Away    •Street Player —————————————————

* Long Live Rock Archive

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Chicago VI Decades Live (This Is What We Do) [Box Set] 2018 Rhino ——————————————————————— Tracks CD One: Isle of Wight Festival (8/28/70) 01. Introduction 02. South California Purples 03. Beginnings 04. In the Country 05. Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? [Free form intro] 06. Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? 07. Mother

Tracks CD Two: Isle of Wight Festival (8/28/70) 01. It Better End Soon 02. Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon 03. 25 or 6 to 4 04. I’m a Man

Tracks CD Three: 01. Poem for the People [Paris, France, 12/8/69] 02. 25 or 6 to 4 [Paris, France, 12/8/69] 03. Liberation [Paris, France, 12/8/69] 04. Goodbye [John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington DC, 9/16/71] 05. Now That You’ve Gone [Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, Australia, 6/26/72] 06. A Hit by Varèse [Chicago Stadium, Chicago, IL, 8/13/73] 07. If You Leave Me Now [Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, CA, 12/1/77] 08. Takin’ It on Uptown [Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, CA, 12/1/77]

Tracks CD Four: 01. Hot Streets [Greek Theater, Los Angeles, CA, 8/11/78] 02. Little One [Greek Theater, Los Angeles, CA, 8/11/78] 03. Forever [Pensacola Civic Center, Pensacola, FL, 3/21/87] 04. Medley: In the Midnight Hour • Knock on Wood • I’m a Man • Get Away [Pensacola Civic Center, Pensacola, FL, 3/21/87] 05. You’re Not Alone [Starplex Amphitheater, Dallas, TX, 5/30/92] 06. The Pull [Caesar’s Palace, Las Vegas, NV, 3/20/94] 07. In the Mood [Caesar’s Palace, Atlantic City, NJ, 7/28/94] 08. Don’t Get Around Much Anymore [Caesar's Palace, Atlantic City, NJ, 7/28/94] 09. Look Away [acoustic A&E Network, Live by Request, 9/5/02] 10. America [WHYY, the Grand, Wilmington, DE, 5/7/14] Tracks DVD: Rockpalast (2/12/77) 01. Anyway You Want 02. Saturday in the Park 03. Skin Tight 04. Just You ‘n’ Me 05. Hope for Love 06. You Are on My Mind 07. Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? 08. Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon 09. Beginnings 10. Scrapbook 11. A Hit by Varèse 12. Call on Me 13. Takin’ It on Uptown 14. If You Leave Me Now 15. Once or Twice 16. (I’ve Been) Searchin’ So Long • Mongonucleosis 17. 25 or 6 to 4 18. Got to Get You into My Life 19. I’m a Man ———————————————————————

Dawayne Bailey

Peter Cetera

Bill Champlin

Donnie Dacus

Keith Howland

Tris Imboden

Terry Kath

Robert Lamm

Lee Loughnane

Laudir de Oliveira

James Pankow

Walter Parazaider

Chris Pinnick

Danny Seraphine

Jason Scheff 

* Long Live Rock Archive

[singeratlarge]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the 1990 unification of Germany, India Arie, the great P.P. Arnold, Dawayne Bailey, John Perry Barlow, Lindsay Buckingham, Ben Cauley (Bar-Kays), Chubby Checker, Eddie Cochran, Stephen Crane’s 1895 novel THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE, Frank Hannon (Tesla), Lena Headey, Pamela Hensley, James Herriot, Keb’ Mo’, Ju-hyuk Kim, Ronnie Laws, Tommy Lee, G. Love, Alan O’Day, Steve Reich, Madlyn Rhue, Kevin Richardson (Backstreet Boys), John Ross a.k.a. Chief Tsan-Usdi, Simone Segouin, Rev. Al Sharpton, Jake Shears, Ashlee Simpson, Gwen Stefani, the 1962 stage premiere of STOP THE WORLD I WANT TO GET OFF, Billy Strings, Steve Tracy, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jack Wagner, George Wein, Thomas Wolfe, Allen Woody, and the great, uber-successful, diverse, and prolific British actor Clive Owen. I wrote this tribute song on a whim one day and recorded it to utmost satisfaction with Bret Alexander and Ron Simasek of The Badlees. Fans of early psychedelia (think Yardbirds), spy movie music, and twangy guitars will dig this one. Meanwhile, God bless Clive and his family. Thank you for the quality cinema you’ve given us.

https://johnnyjblairsingeratlarge.bandcamp.com/track/if-i-could-dress-like-clive-owen

#cliveowen #britishactor #badlees #bretalexander #artrock #romance #johnnyjblair #singeratlarge #singersongwriter #sanfrancisco #ronsimasek #poprock #powerpop #earcandy #psychedelic #spymovie #twang #humor #urbanhumor

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Chicago Twenty 1 1991 Reprise ————————————————— Tracks: 01. Explain It to My Heart 02. If It Were You 03. You Come to My Senses 04. Somebody, Somewhere 05. What Does It Take 06. One from the Heart 07. Chasin’ the WInd 08. God Save the Queen 09. Man to Woman 10. Only Time Can Heal the Wounded 11. Who Do You Love 12. Holdin’ On —————————————————

Dawayne Bailey

Bill Champlin

Tris Imboden

Robert Lamm

Lee Loughnane

James Pankow

Walter Parazaider

Jason Scheff

* Long Live Rock Archive

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Chicago Stone of Sisyphus 2008 Rhino ————————————————— Tracks: 01. Stone of Sisyphus 02. Bigger Than Elvis 03. All the Years 04. Mah-Jong 05. Sleeping in the Middle of the Bed 06. Let’s Take a Lifetime 07. The Pull 08. Here with Me (Candle for the Dark) 09. Plaid 10. Cry for the Lost 11. The Show Must Go On 12. Love Is Forever [demo] 13. Mah-Jong [demo] 14. Let's Take a Lifetime [demo] 15. Stone of Sisyphus [no rhythm loop] —————————————————

Dawayne Bailey

Bill Champlin

Tris Imboden

Robert Lamm

Lee Loughnane

James Pankow

Walter Parazaider

Jason Scheff

* Long Live Rock Archive