#dick halligan

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Dick Halligan on "Holmes & Yoyo"

I was doing one of my occasional searches for anything new regarding the show (still hoping to one day be able to watch it in original English or find that one last TeleJunior comic I need to complete my collection) when I saw that the composer, Dick Halligan, had died in January this year. After a little research, I found that he'd written an autobiography called "Musical Being" published in 2013. Unfortunately, there wasn't a whole lot he had to say about working on the show's music, which is wonderful stuff BTW, but I did find this paragraph in the book:

I was also writing a lot of music for television in those years, mostly at Universal Studios. Coincidently, I was having lunch with my daughter one day in Venice, Ca., when I recognized a man walking by, who had been the star of one of the first TV series that I worked on, "Holmes and Yo-Yo". It was a terrible detective comedy show that aired in 1976 for thirteen weeks. This actor, John Schuck, played Yo-Yo, a partially mechanized Russian detective. I wrote comedy detective music, with synthesizer sounds suggesting his mechanical nature. That's what I remember anyway. It was an absurd way to make a living. I didn't say anything to him, fearing that he might probably be embarrassed by his association with the show. Maybe I would have too.

If you want to read his book, you can buy it here:

You can also read about his career here:

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Richard Attenborough, Ingrid Bergman, my cousin-in-law Janice Brenneman, Kyle Cook (Matchbox 20), Chris Copping (Procol Harum), Reuben Councill, Charles Finney, Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins), Diamanda Galás, Elliott Gould, Carla Gugino, Dick Halligan, Fred Holland, Michael Jackson, Nathan Ernie Lashlee, David Lim, John Locke, Tony MacAlpine, Bennie Maupin, John McCain, Sterling Morrison, Me'Shell Ndegéocello, Oasis 1994 DEFINITELY MAYBE album, Mao Oz, Wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel, Charlie Parker, Liam Payne (One Direction), Pebbles, Iggy Pop’s 1977 LUST FOR LIFE album, Cliff Richard’s 1958 “Move It!” single, Vivien Thomas, Consuelo Velázquez, Vishal, Dinah Washington, and my friend and early career mentor, composer-keyboardist-trombonist-vocalist Bob Hogins. He made his mark in the 1970s San Francisco music scene, most visibly with Harvey Mandel, Buddy Miles, and Santana. I met Bob after he’d turned his life over to God and devoted himself to classical and contemporary Christian music projects. He compelled me to up my game in musical discipline and expand myself as a bassist and singer.

From 1981-87 I played with Bob almost weekly in an eclectic church worship group. We fanned out into recording, pop-rock musicals, and playing in gospel vocal groups that shared bills with Zoe, a Grateful Dead spin-off w/Donna Godchaux and David MacKay (Ark, Michael Nesmith). As I worked with Bob in various projects, he introduced me to Buddy Miles, Pat Craig (Tazmanian Devils), Frank Souza, Marcus Uzilevsky, and other talents who’d affect my career in varying degrees. I feel indebted to Bob as a talented, warm-hearted musician, and great teacher.

Regrettably I do not have at hand any recordings of work Bob and I did, but here’s one of my favorite tracks that Bob played some sizzling organ on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_tgfWBHdig ...Meanwhile, HB BH and thank you for your amazing contributions to all of us.

#bobhogins #roberthogins #trombone #keyboard #gospel #Christian #SanFrancisco #johnnyjblair #birthday #carlossantana #buddymiles

[hackercult]

look the ideal operation is a drop off night walk with attached exfil elements only 10 away ideal drop team is three pairs of hands one watching the outer lot one helping me crack the doors (with halligans and ratchet straps) followed by dick fucking bubkiss because theres nothing to do 😋 i jist like breaking things open

[brothertonyvolturi22]

Remembering the honor of the ones that passed in 2022 Sonya eddy Barbara walters

Pope Benedict XVI Pele

Kirstie alley Stephen ' twitch' boss

Georgia holt grant Wahl

Queen Elizabeth II takeoff

Bob Saget Angela Lansbury

Sidney Poitier Olivia Newton - John

Robbie Coltrane Thierry Mugler

Andre` Leon Talley ray Liotta

Aaron Carter Leslie Jordan

Anne Heche Fred ward

Coolio Mike hodges

Jamie Lopez Dan reeves

Jay weaver grichka and Igor bogdanoff

Joan Copeland Kim mi-soo

Michael Lang Peter bogdanovich

Calvin Simon Marilyn Bergman

Ross browner Dwayne Hickman

James mtnme or mtwme. Maria Ewing

Chris Dickerson Melanie ham

Fred parris Deon lendore

Meat loaf. Steve schapiro

Charles Mcgee Yvette mimieux

Lusia Harris Gaspard Ulliel

Hardy Kruger Louie Anderson

Elza soares Clark gillies

Don Wilson Kathryn Kates

Thich nhat hanh bobbe long 'beegie ' Adair

Jean ramirez Ronnie spector

Dallas Frazier wavy navy pooh

Jon Lind adalia rose Williams

Clint arlis Jordan cashmyer

Rosa Lee Hawkins Breck Denny Jr.

Morgan Stevens Diego verdaguer

Peter Robbins rachik vachik mangassarian

Paul Carter Harrison dick Halligan

Betty Davis Emilio Delgado

Lee MacMillan Sam Bruce

Loretta Lynn Naomi Judd

Andy fletcher Bob Lanier

Kevin Samuels kailia posey

Niece waidhofer jaylon Ferguson

Gleycy correia James Caan

Tony Dow Ryan fellows

Luke Bell. Robert lupone

Don Anthony st. Claire Jesse Powell

Gavin Escobar PnB Rock

Robert Cormier Mikaben

And more rip

[saturdaynightmatinee]

CALIFICACIÓN PERSONAL: 4.5 / 10

Título Original: Fear City

Año: 1984

Duración: 93 min

País: Estados Unidos

Dirección: Abel Ferrara

Guion: Nicholas St. John

Música: Dick Halligan

Fotografía: James Lemmo

Reparto: Tom Berenger, Billy Dee Williams, Jack Scalia, Melanie Griffith, Rossano Brazzi

Productora: Rebecca Productions, Zupnik-Curtis Enterprises. Distribuidora: Aquarius Releasing

Género: Crime; Drama; Mystery

TRAILER:

[lindsaywesker]

Deaths In 2022 (to date)

January

5: Jessie Lee Daniels a.k.a Jessie D, 57, American singer (Force MDs)

6: Peter Bogdanovich, 82, American film director (‘The Last Picture Show’/’Paper Moon’/’What’s Up Doc?’)

Sidney Poitier, 94, Bahamian actor (‘In The Heat Of The Night’/’Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner?’

Calvin Simon, 79, American musician (Parliament/Funkadelic)

7: R. Dean Taylor, 82, Canadian singer/songwriter (‘Indiana Wants Me’/’There’s A Ghost In My House’)

8: Marilyn Bergman, 93, American songwriter (‘You Don’t Bring Me Flowers’/’The Way We Were’/’The Windmills Of Your Mind’)

9: James Mtume, 76, American songwriter/producer (‘The Closer I Get To You’/’Juicy Fruit’)

12: Ronnie Spector, 78, American R&B singer (The Ronettes)

13: Sonny Turner, 83, American soul singer (The Platters)

15: Jon Lind, 73, American songwriter/musician (‘Save The Best For Last’/’Crazy For You’)

Nino Cerruti, 91, Italian business man/stylist (founder of Cerruti)

18: Dick Halligan, 78, American musician (founding member of Blood, Sweat & Tears)

20: Meatloaf, 74, American singer (‘I’d Do Anything For Love’) & actor (‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’)

21: Louie Anderson, 68, American comedian/actor (‘Coming To America’)

23: Thierry Mugler, 73, French fashion designer

February

2: Monica Vitti, 90, Italian actress (‘L’Avventura’)

6: Syl Johnson, 85, American soul and blues singer (father of Syleena)

8: Bamber Gascoigne, 87, English TV presenter (‘University Challenge’)

9: Betty Davis, 77, American soul and funk singer

Ian McDonald, 75, English musician (King Crimson/Foreigner)

12: Ivan Reitman, 75, Czechoslovak film director (‘Ghostbusters’/’Meatballs’)

16: Jack Smethurst, 89, English actor (‘Love Thy Neighbour’)

19: Gary Brooker, 76, English singer/songwriter/musician (Procol Harum)

22: Mark Lanegan, 57, American rock musician/singer (Queens Of The Stone Age)

24: Sally Kellerman, 84, American actress (‘M*A*S*H’)

27: MC Skibadee, 47, English drum & bass artist/MC

March

3: Denroy Morgan, 76, Jamaican singer/musician (father of Morgan Heritage)

4: Rod Marsh, 74, Australian cricket player

Shane Warne, 52, Australian cricket player

Lynda Baron, 82, English actress (‘Open All Hours’)

11: Timmy Thomas, 77, American soul singer (‘Why Can’t We Live Together?’)

12: Traci Braxton, 50, American soul singer (The Braxtons) (sister of Toni)

13: William Hurt, 71, American actor (‘Altered States’, ‘Broadcast News’)

25: Taylor Hawkins, 50, American drummer (Foo Fighters)

Bobby Hendricks, 84, American soul singer (The Drifters)

29: Donald Shaw a.k.a. Tabby Diamond, 66, Jamaican singer (The Mighty Diamonds)

April

1: Fitzroy Simpson a.k.a. Bunny Diamond, 70, Jamaican singer (The Mighty Diamonds)

C. W. McCall, 93, American country singer (‘Convoy’)

3: June Brown, 95, English actress (‘Eastenders’)

12: Gilbert Gottfried, 67, American comedian/actor (‘Saturday Night Live’/‘Aladdin’)

24: Andrew Woolfolk, 71, American saxophonist (Earth, Wind & Fire)

26: Klaus Schulze, German composer/musician (Tangerine Dream)

30: Naomi Judd, 76, American singer/songwriter (The Judds)

May

6: Jewell, 53, American R&B singer (First Lady Of Death Row Records)

8: Dennis Waterman, 74, English actor/singer (‘Minder’/’The Sweeney’)

15: Kay Mellor, 71, writer/actress (‘Families’/’Fat Friends’)

17: Vangelis, 79, Greek musician (Jon & Vangelis/’Chariots Of Fire’)

19: Bernard Wright, 58, American jazz and soul musician/singer

26: Ray Liotta, 67, American actor (‘Goodfellas’/’Field Of Dreams’)

Andy Fletcher, 60, English keyboardist (Depeche Mode)

29: Lester Piggott, 86, English jockey

June

5: Dom Phillips, 57, British music journalist (editor, Mixmag)

6: Jim Seals, 79, American singer/songwriter/musician (‘Summer Breeze’)

9: Julee Cruise, 65, American singer (‘Falling’)/actress (‘Twin Peaks’)

17: Ken Williams, 83, American songwriter (‘Everybody Plays The Fool’)

22: Patrick Adams, 72, writer/musician/producer (Musique/Universal Robot Band/Inner Life/Black Ivory)

July

4: Mona Hammond, 91, Jamaican actress (‘Desmonds’/’Eastenders’)

5: Manny Charlton, 80, Scottish rock guitarist (Nazareth)

6: James Caan, 82, American actor (‘The Godfather’/’Rollerball’)

8: Tony Sirico, 79, American actor (‘Goodfellas’/’The Sopranos’)

11: Monty Norman, 94, English composer (‘James Bond Theme’)

14: William Hart, 77, American soul singer (The Delfonics)

15: Paul Ryder, 58, English bass player (Happy Mondays)

21: Taurean Blacque, 82, American actor (‘Hill Street Blues’)

23: Bob Rafelson, 89, American film director (‘Five Easy Pieces’/’The Postman Always Rings Twice’)

24: David Warner, 80, English actor (‘Tron’/’Titanic’/’The Omen’)

25: Sandy Roberton, 80, Scottish record producer (Steeleye Span)

Paul Sorvino, 83, American actor (‘Goodfellas’/’Law & Order’)

27: Bernard Cribbins, 93, English actor/singer (‘The Railway Children’/’Doctor Who’)

Tom Springfield, 88, English musician/songwriter (The Springfields) (older brother of Dusty)

30: Nichelle Nichols, 89, American actress (‘Star Trek’)

August

5: Issey Miyake, 84, Japanese fashion designer

7: Roger E. Mosley, 83, American actor (‘Magnum, P.I.’)

8: Lamont Dozier, 81, American singer/songwriter/producer (‘Going Back To My Roots’)

Olivia Newton-John, 73, English singer/actress (‘Grease’)

9: Raymond Briggs, 88, English children’s writer (‘The Snowman’)

11: Anne Heche, 53, American actress (‘Psycho’/’Donnie Brasco’)

16: Duggie Brown, 82, English comedian/actor

18: Josephine Tewson, 91, English actress (‘Keeping Up Appearances’/’Last Of The Summer Wine’)

22: Creed Taylor, 93, American jazz trumpeter/founder of CTI Records

25, Inez Foxx, 84, American R&B singer (‘Mockingbird’)

September

2: Angus Gaye a.k.a. Drummie Zeb, 62, English reggae drummer (Aswad)

8: Mavis Nicholson, 91, Welsh writer/broadcaster

12: Ramsey Lewis, 87, American jazz pianist/composer

13: Jean-Luc Godard, 91, French film director (‘Breathless’)

Jesse Powell, 51, R&B singer (‘All I Need’)

16: Marva Hicks, 66, American R&B singer/actress

22: Stu Allan, 60, Welsh dance music artist (Clock)/radio broadcaster

John Hartman, 72, American drummer (The Doobie Brothers)

23: Louise Fletcher, 88, American actress (‘One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest’)

24: Pharoah Sanders, 81, American jazz saxophonist

28: Coolio, 59, American rapper (‘Gangsta’s Paradise’)/actor

October

4: Loretta Lynn, 90, American country singer/songwriter

6: Ivy Joe Hunter, 82, American songwriter (‘Dancing In The Street’)

11: Angela Lansbury, 96, English actress (‘Murder She Wrote’)

13: Joyce Sims, 63, American R&B singer/songwriter (‘Come Into My Life’)

14: Robbie Coltrane, 72, Scottish actor/comedian (‘Cracker’/’Harry Potter’)

20: Bettye Crutcher, 83, American songwriter (‘Who’s Making Love?’)

Josephine Melville, 61, English actress (‘Eastenders’/’The Bill’)

24: Leslie Jordan, 67, American actor (‘Desperate Housewives’/’Will & Grace’/’Ally McBeal’)

27: Geraldine Hunt, 77, American R&B singer (‘Can’t Fake The Feeling’)

28: Jerry Lee Lewis, 87, American singer/musician (‘Great Balls Of Fire’)

November

1: Takeoff, 28, American rapper (Migos)

3: Noel McKoy, 62, English soul singer

5: Aaron Carter, 34, American singer

Tyrone Downie, 66, Jamaican keyboardist (Bob Marley & The Wailers)

7: Leslie Phillips, 98, English actor (‘Doctor In The House’/’Carry On’ films)

8: Dan McCafferty, 76, Scottish rock singer (Nazareth)

9: Gal Costa, 77, Brazilian singer

11: Keith Levene, 65, English guitarist (The Clash/Public Image Ltd.)

Rab Noakes, 75, Scottish musician (Stealers Wheel)

21: Wilko Johnson, 75, English guitarist (Dr. Feelgood)/actor (‘Game Of Thrones’)

25: Irene Cara, 63, American singer (‘Flashdance’)/actress (‘Fame’)

30: Christine McVie, 79, English singer/songwriter/musician (Fleetwood Mac)

December

5: Kirstie Alley, 71, American actress (‘Cheers’)

Jim Stewart, 92, record producer/co-founder of Stax Records

6: Jet Black, 84, English drummer (The Stranglers)

9: Ruth Madoc, 79, English actress (‘Hi-De-Hi’)

10: J. J. Barnes, 79, American R&B singer

11: Angelo Badalamenti, 85, American film and TV composer (‘Blue Velver/’Twin Peaks’

13: Sol Amarfio, 84, Ghanaian drummer (Osibisa)

16: Rick Anderson, 75, American bass player (The Tubes)

17: Mike Hodges, 90, English screenwriter/director (‘Get Carter’/’Pulp’/’Flash Gordon’)

18: Terry Hall, 63, English singer (The Specials/Fun Boy Three)/songwriter (‘Our Lips Are Sealed’)

Martin Duffy, 55, English keyboard player (Felt/Primal Scream)

19: Sonya Eddy, 55, American actress (‘Barbershop’/’Daddy Day Care’/’Coach Carter’/’Seinfeld’)

20: Iain Templeton, English drummer (The La’s/Shack)

21: Harvey Jett, 73, American guitarist (Black Oak Arkansas)

22: Thom Bell, 79, Jamaican-born American artist/songwriter/arranger/producer (‘Betcha By Golly Wow’/’I’ll Be Around’/’You Are Everything’/’The Rubberband Man’/’La-La (Means I Love You’))

23: George Cohen, 83, English footballer (member of 1966 World Cup-winning side)

[lasclfreelance]

Band blood sweat and tears songs popular

The tracks on the album were arranged by Al Kooper, Dick Halligan and Fred Lipsius. “You Made Me So Very Happy,” appeared on the band’s second album entitled Blood Sweat & Tears. It also defines the importance of the arrangers who work on the albums. The Blood Sweat & Years recording of “You Made Me So Very Happy,” defines the brilliance of the band’s arrangements and song interpretations. The Blood Sweat & Tears version of the song “You Made Me So Very Happy,” was dramatically different from Brenda Holloway’s version. The song’s arrangement was pure Motown with that iconic drum and bass groove wrapping itself around the smooth Brenda Holloway vocal. It was originally recorded by Brenda Holloway and reached the number 39 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1967. “You Made Me So Very Happy,” was written by Brenda Holloway, Patrice Holloway, Frank Wilson and Berry Gordy. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1969. It is one of the band’s most well known songs. The song was released by the band in 1969. The Blood Sweat & Tears song “You Made Me So Very Happy,” was recorded during the David Clayton Thomas era. The great song “Back Up Against The Wall,” was released on the Blood Sweat & Tears album No Sweat. We open up our Top 10 Blood Sweat & Tears songs list with the horn’s blasting, guitars blazing and the drums pounding with a ferocious fever while that big band smacks you in the face and says “wake up,” it’s time to strut, boogie, run, jump, swing and everything that the music of Blood Sweat & Tears inspires to be. Our Top 10 Blood Sweat & Tears Songs list is an attempt to choose some of the band’s most essential songs while at the same time throwing in few surprises. The album was followed by B, S & T 4in 1971, New Blood in 1972, No Sweat in 1973, Mirror Image in 1975, New City in 1975, More Than Ever in 1976, Brand New Day in 1977, and Nuclear Day in 1980. BTS teaser - BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS Japanese Ver CHI ASE NAMIDA, BTS - Blood Sweat and Tears, Blood sweat and tears ringtone, Blood sweat and tears, Blood Sweat and Tears (Inst)., Blood, Sweat and. In 1970 the band released Blood, Sweat & Tears 3. The band’s second album simply titled Blood Sweat & Tears would become one of the greatest rock recorded ever released in Classic Rock History. The same year, the band released their second album with new lead singer David Clayton Thomas aboard. Blood Sweat & Tears released their first album in 1968 entitled Child is Father to Man.

[krispyweiss]

Blood, Sweat & Tears Co-founder Dick Halligan Dead at 78

Blood, Sweat & Tears co-founder Dick Halligan died Jan. 18 in a hospital in Italy, his son said.

The trombonist, keyboardist, flutist, arranger and composer “ha(d) been feeling poorly for some time” before his death, Buddy Halligan said on Facebook.

“Most people know him as one of the founding members of Blood, Sweat & Tears and an accomplished film composer and musician,” Buddy Halligan said of his father, who was 78.

“While all of this was true, for me he was the one that raised me and my siblings and exposed us to an amazing amount of incredible music and musicians.”

Dick Halligan (left) on stage with Blood, Sweat & Tears

Halligan switched from trombone to keyboards after Al Kooper left BS&T and David Clayton-Thomas joined. He co-wrote songs such as “Lisa, Listen to Me” and left the band in 1971 after the release of B S & T 4.

“Dick brought a lot of joy into the world with his music and he will be fondly remembered and missed by so many,” Buddy Halligan said.

1/24/22

[longliverockback]

Blood, Sweat & Tears [SACD] 1992 Mobile Ffdelity Sound Lab ————————————————— Tracks: 01. Variations on a Theme by Erik Satie (1st and 2nd Movements) 02. Smiling Phases 03. Sometimes in Winter 04. More and More 05. And When I Die 06. God Bless the Child 07. Spinning Wheel 08. You’ve Made Me So Very Happy 09. Blues – Part II 10. Variations on a Theme by Erik Satie (1st Movement) —————————————————

Bobby Colomby

Jim Fielder

Dick Halligan

Jerry Hyman

Steve Katz

Fred Lipsius

Alan Rubin

Lew Soloff

David Clayton-Thomas

Chuck Winfield

* Long Live Rock Archive

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David Clayton-Thomas: Vocals, Guitar Steve Katz: Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals Dick Halligan: Keyboards, Trombone, Flute Jerry Hyman: Trombone Fred Lipsius: Alto Saxophone, Piano Lew Soloff: Trumpet, Flugelhorn Chuck Winfield: Trumpet, Flugelhorn Jim Fielder: Bass Bobby Colomby: Drums Chip Monck – “It’s Really Annoying To Have To Constantly Make This Announcement” 1 - More And More / Just One Smile 2 - Somethin' Comin' On 3 - I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know 4 - Spinning Wheel 5 - Sometimes In Winter 6 - Smiling Phases 7 - God Bless The Child 8 - And When I Die 9 - You've Made Me So Very Happy Chip Monk (Stage Announcements) & Unknown – “What About The Moody Blues?” 🤣

[clemsfilmdiary]

The Best of September 2021

Best Discovery: Invention for Destruction

           Runners Up: Cape Fear, Dr. Akagi, Fear City, There's Something About Mary, Tomorrow, The Twentieth Century

Best Rewatch: Blood Simple

Most Enjoyable Fluff: Nothing But Trouble

           Runners Up: Body Snatchers, Cabin Boy, A Game of Cat and Mouse, Roux the Day: A Gourmet Detective Mystery, Recipe for Love, Singles, Sweet Pecan Summer, Whispers in the Dark

Best Male Performance: Robert Duvall in Tomorrow

           Runners Up: Akira Emoto in Dr. Akagi, John Getz in Blood Simple, Robert Mitchum in Cape Fear

Best Female Performance: Kristin Scott Thomas in I've Loved You So Long

           Runners Up: Olga Bellin in Tomorrow, Irene Dunne in I Remember Mama

Best Supporting Performance or Cameo: Meg Tilly in Body Snatchers

           Runners Up: Keith David and Matt Dillon in There's Something About Mary, Dan Hedaya and M. Emmet Walsh in Blood Simple

Most Enjoyable Ham: Dylan Neal in Roux the Day: A Gourmet Detective Mystery

           Runners Up: Peter DeLuise and Shawn Roberts in Recipe for Love, Andre Gregory and Marlee Matlin in The Linguini Incident, Demi Moore in Wisdom, Lauren Tom in Sweet Pecan Summer, Rosalind Russell in Picnic, Mary Steenburgen in The Butcher's Wife, Sean Young in Once Upon a Crime

Best Mise-en-scène: Invention for Destruction

           Close Second: The Twentieth Century

           Runners Up: Blood Simple, Cape Fear, Dr. Akagi, Fear City, Kamouraska, Tomorrow

Best Score: Blood Simple (Carter Burwell)

           Runners Up: Cape Fear (Bernard Herrmann), Dr. Akagi (Kazuki Kuriyama, Yosuke Yamashita), Fear City (Dick Halligan), Invention for Destruction (Zdenek Liska), The Twentieth Century (Christophe Lamarche-Ledoux, Peter Venne)

Best Cartoon: Betty Boop's Museum

          Runners Up: Betty Boop's Penthouse, I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You, Mickey's Choo-Choo, One More Time, Smile, Darn Ya, Smile!, The Tortoise and the Hare

Best Hunk: Robert Mitchum in Cape Fear

           Runners Up: Raimund Harmstorf in The Long Swift Sword of Siegfried, William Holden in Picnic, Vincent Lindon in Rodin, Niall Matter in A Game of Cat and Mouse, Franco Nero in Massacre Time, Shawn Roberts in Recipe for Love, Jamey Sheridan in A Stranger Among Us and Whispers in the Dark

Assorted Pleasures:

- Bizarre, ghoulish production design in Nothing But Trouble

- Uncanny blending of live action, animation and effects, stunning 19th-Century line engraving illustration aesthetic in Invention for Destruction

- Charmingly clunky digital effects and environments in The Shadow Out of Time

- The Twentieth Century's coldly magnificent dreamworld of geometrical design, dark liminal spaces and diaphanous blues and purples

[myrecordcollections]

Having relied largely on outside songwriting for its last two wildly successful albums, Blood, Sweat & Tears decided (as many groups had before) to bring some of that song publishing income into the family by writing their own material. Singer David Clayton-Thomas contributed the Top 40 hit "Go Down Gamblin'," and he and keyboard player Dick Halligan collaborated on another chart entry, "Lisa, Listen to Me." Ex-bandleader Al Kooper even contributed a track, "John the Baptist (Holy John)." But Side two was given over largely to songs by guitarist Steve Katz that were substandard, and the band's cohesion seemed to be disintegrating. Although the album scraped the Top Ten briefly and went gold, it marked the end of BS&T's period of wide commercial success on records. By the next outing, Clayton-Thomas had quit and the band's heyday was behind it.

[singeratlarge]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Richard Attenborough, Ingrid Bergman, Kyle Cook (Matchbox 20), Chris Copping (Procol Harum), Charles Finney, Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins), Diamanda Galás, Elliott Gould, Carla Gugino, Dick Halligan, Michael Jackson, John Locke, Tony MacAlpine, Bennie Maupin, John McCain, Sterling Morrison, Me'Shell Ndegéocello, Oasis 1994 DEFINITELY MAYBE album, Wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel, Charlie Parker, Liam Payne (One Direction), Pebbles, Iggy Pop’s 1977 LUST FOR LIFE album, Cliff Richard’s 1958 “Move It!” single, Vivien Thomas, Consuelo Velázquez, Vishal, Dinah Washington, my friend and early career mentor, composer-keyboardist-trombonist-vocalist Bob Hogins. He made his mark in the 1970s San Francisco music scene, most visibly with Harvey Mandel and Buddy Miles. I met Bob after he’d turned his life over to God and devoted himself to classical and contemporary Christian music projects. He compelled me to up my game in musical discipline and expand myself as a bassist and singer.

From 1981-87 I played with Bob almost weekly in an eclectic church worship group. We fanned out into recording, pop-rock musicals, and playing in gospel vocal groups that shared bills with Zoe, a Grateful Dead spin-off w/Donna Godchaux and David MacKay (Ark, Michael Nesmith). As I worked with Bob in various projects, he introduced me to Buddy Miles, Pat Craig (Tazmanian Devils), Frank Souza, Marcus Uzilevsky, and other talents who’d affect my career in varying degrees. I feel indebted to Bob as a talented, warm-hearted musician and great teacher.

Regrettably I do not have at hand any recordings of work Bob and I did, but here’s one of my favorite tracks that Bob played some sizzling organ on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_tgfWBHdig ...Meanwhile, HB BH and thank you for your amazing contributions to all of us.

#bobhogins #roberthogins #trombone #keyboard #gospel #Christian #SanFrancisco #johnnyjblair #birthday #carlossantana #buddymiles

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Blood, Sweat & Tears Co-Founder Dick Halligan Dead at 78 – Billboard

Blood, Sweat & Tears Co-Founder Dick Halligan Dead at 78 – Billboard

Blood, Sweat & Tears co-founder Dick Halligan, who won two Grammys with the classic jazz-rock band, died of natural causes on Jan. 18 in Rome, Italy. He was 78. Halligan grew up in Michigan and moved to New York for school, and as the story goes he first turned down his friend and jazz saxophonist Fred Lipsius when he asked him to join Blood, Sweat & Tears. But, Halligan changed his tune and…

[rainingmusic]

Blood, Sweat, and Tears - Go Down Gamblin'

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Dick Halligan, membru al formaţiei Blood, Sweat and Tears, devenit compozitor de muzică de film, a murit la 78 de ani