Let's play "Ask Pickwick"

hogginthefogghogginthefogg 6,098 Posts
edited October 2007 in Strut Central
Dude knows way too much about way too much. I say we use this thread to ask him questions about random musicians. For some reason, I have a feeling he might know a lot about Eddie Rabbit[/b].Knowledge me!
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  • RockadelicRockadelic Out Digging 13,993 Posts
    Dear Mr. Pickwick,

    Were there any LP's released on the SGC label besides the three Nazz albums??

  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
    Dear Pickwick,

    Was it Bobby Lee Trammell's idea to bill himself
    as "The American Beatle" on his Smash 45's, or was
    it done without his knowledge?

  • kalakala 3,361 Posts
    hey picwick

    is the soul makossa jernt the best break laden Lp on the pickwick label?

  • holmesholmes 3,532 Posts
    Dear Pickwick
    What is the harder pull on 45
    Natures Time on CEM or The Intentions on Tiki??

    Also, did the Ben Collier BBSS 'Walk Proud' 45 on Atlantic ever get a stock issue? All I've ever seen are white label promos, same song on both sides.

  • Also, did the Ben Collier BBSS 'Walk Proud' 45 on Atlantic ever get a stock issue? All I've ever seen are white label promos, same song on both sides.

    I can't answer that question right now (I need to check my 45 tonight), but I can add this piece of info:

    It was originally released as Jay Jay Bailey's "Salute To Black Woman/ Walk Proud" on NC label Tina (#900)

  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    "Ask Pickwick?" What the hell?!?

    Dear Pickwick,

    Was it Bobby Lee Trammell's idea to bill himself
    as "The American Beatle" on his Smash 45's, or was
    it done without his knowledge?

    Probably WAS his idea. How else was some old rockabilly cat supposed to get airplay during '64-'65?

    (although it didnt work, did it? see ya on the country circuit, billy)

  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    Dude knows way too much about way too much. I say we use this thread to ask him questions about random musicians. For some reason, I have a feeling he might know a lot about Eddie Rabbit[/b].

    Knowledge me!

    Just some lame singer-songwriter who had a mess of country-crossover hits during the late seventies and early eighties, nothin' to worry about. Although I am a huge fan of "Suspicions," one of the few country records to cross over to black radio (something Lionel Richie couldn't do when he duetted with Alabama!). Also dig Elvis Presley's "Kentucky Rain," written by Eddie Rabbit when he was just a strugglin' unknown (who had a pic sleeve 45 on Date).

  • See? I knew you'd have more info than "His biggest hit was 'I Love A Rainy Night.'"

    Hence, this thread. Note to future questioners in this thread: no Ray Stevens softballs!


    [I don't know why Eddie Rabbit popped in my head the other day, but when he did, I also remembered a woman I used to work with when I was in college who had a HUGE crush on Eddie Rabbit. For some reason, that really weirded me out.]

  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    Dear Mr. Pickwick,

    Were there any LP's released on the SGC label besides the three Nazz albums??

    none that i know of - i wouldnt be surprised if Screen Gems-Columbia created that as a Nazz vehicle, like they did with Colgems and the Monkees (although there were non-Monkee Colgems elpees)

  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    Dear Pickwick
    What is the harder pull on 45
    Natures Time on CEM or The Intentions on Tiki??

    i aint never seen either, so it must be a draw

  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    hey picwick

    is the soul makossa jernt the best break laden Lp on the pickwick label?

    i dunno...anybody heard that soul mann & the brothers album lately?

  • kalakala 3,361 Posts
    hey picwick

    is the soul makossa jernt the best break laden Lp on the pickwick label?

    you mean shaft?

    i dunno...anybody heard that soul mann & the brothers album lately?

  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    hey picwick

    is the soul makossa jernt the best break laden Lp on the pickwick label?

    you mean shaft?

    i dunno...anybody heard that soul mann & the brothers album lately?

    yes indeed

  • kalakala 3,361 Posts
    well imho
    the makossa is a little funkier

    but better yet are these the funkist lps on the label?

  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    well imho
    the makossa is a little funkier

    but better yet are these the funkist lps on the label?

    wait a minute, just remembered: Organized by Con Funk Shun

    (i forget whether theres a breakbeat on this album, but it is a reissue of some earlier stuff in the funk vein they did ca. '73, before they had any hits)

    and i wont count kool & the gang or anything else on De-Lite (pickwick actually distributed de-lite for a minute there)

  • holmesholmes 3,532 Posts
    hey picwick

    is the soul makossa jernt the best break laden Lp on the pickwick label?

    i dunno...anybody heard that soul mann & the brothers album lately?
    The Shaft LP is less funky IMO.

  • HAZHAZ 3,376 Posts
    Dear Pickwick,

    Can you help me identify this song and locate a copy on wax?



    peace

    h

  • Danno3000Danno3000 2,851 Posts
    This thread (and Pickwick) rules.

  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    Dear Pickwick,

    Can you help me identify this song and locate a copy on wax?



    peace

    h

    the sample or the rap?

    if its the sample, i dunno, but going by that bass pattern that sounds like some serious early Fatback Band business going on - reminded me of "goin' to see my baby" or some such

  • ReynaldoReynaldo 6,054 Posts
    What's your favorite Joe Cuba album and song?

  • HAZHAZ 3,376 Posts
    Dear Pickwick,

    Can you help me identify this song and locate a copy on wax?



    peace

    h

    the sample or the rap?

    if its the sample, i dunno, but going by that bass pattern that sounds like some serious early Fatback Band business going on - reminded me of "goin' to see my baby" or some such

    The rap please! I'd like to get a song title to help as a lead.

    Thanks

    h

  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    What's your favorite Joe Cuba album and song?


    You really wanna KNOW?

    Joe's done some hellafied stuff over the years..."Psychedelic Baby," "Oh Yeah," "Push Push Push," "El Pito (I'll Never Go Back To Georgia," BUT...I gotta confess, my fave J.C. is the one that kicked it off, "Bang! Bang!" Matter of fact, that's the song that got me into Latin music in general. The Chambers Brothers had a live version on their Love, Peace & Happiness LP, but they can't touch Cuba.

    Fave album? The only one I have is We Must Be Doing Something Right (apart from a handful of 45's, plus a few various-artists salsa comps that he's on), and that one is pretty cool. I bought this in the early nineties, before boogaloo stuff became big again (in collector circles), so naturally I figured I made out like a bandit.

  • BamboucheBambouche 1,484 Posts
    Dear Pickwick,

    What's the story with Lillian Boutte?

    Best,
    !B

  • parsecparsec 5,087 Posts
    Hey Pickwick,

    What are your 5 favorite female soul records?

    and also...

    What are your 5 favorite records on the Uni label?

  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    Hey Pickwick,

    What are your 5 favorite female soul records?

    Off tha head:
    "Love Ain't Never Hurt Nobody" Barbara Lynn
    "Footprints On My Mind" Annette Snell
    "I Can Feel A Heartbreak" Jeannette Williams
    "Love Makes A Woman" Barbara Acklin
    "Until You Come Back To Me" Aretha Franklin

    and also...

    What are your 5 favorite records on the Uni label?

    All 45's:

    "Israelites" Desmond Dekker & the Aces
    "The Grooviest Girl In The World" Fun & Games
    "The Chicken" Jackie Lee
    "San Francisco Girls" Fever Tree
    "Digging What You're Doing" Big Black

  • 99Problems99Problems 1,541 Posts
    THIS THREAD SHREDS

  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
    Can you confirm that Duanne Allman plays guitar on Solomon Burke's Proud Mary lp? Always sounded like it to me.

  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts

    "The Chicken" Jackie Lee

    TURN THAT RECORD OVER!!!

  • Hey Pickwick,

    Didn't you tell a crazy David Allan Coe story here a few years ago? Please re-tell it!


    Also, how do you know everything? I'm serious.

  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    Hey Pickwick,

    Didn't you tell a crazy David Allan Coe story here a few years ago? Please re-tell it!

    just got home - soon as im settled in, you got it!

    Also, how do you know everything?

    i DO? i thought that was dante carfagna that knowed it all!
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