Chuck Berry was Lee Mallory's first big influence. He also appreciated John Lennon, Rick Nelson, Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson... But the thing you should know about Lee Mallory is, most of his influences were people Lee performed with: Hoyt Axton, Ian and Sylvia, Sam Parsons... loads of folks at the Troubadour hoots & on the road with the first national touring company of HAIR - Meatloaf comes to mind....
Lee's first recording session was as a background vocalist on Tommy Roe's "Hooray For Hazel. Tommy Roe remembers Lee fondly as one of the people who made that era so special.
Lee wrote for & recorded with The Association, did a credited AND uncredited session work and arranging in Hollywood, worked with Gary Usher on many projects; sang BG vocals for Paul Revere & The Raiders; shared the bill with The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and the debut appearance of John Sebastian's Lovin' Spoonful, was fast friends with the great Mama Cass...
Lee Mallory influenced at least as many musicians as he was influenced by. Sunshine pop, psychedelic rock, that "California Sound"... With Lee's rendition of Phil Ochs' "That's The Way It's Gonna Be" and as a founding member of the Millennium. The Millennium started as Lee's backup band (Jerry Scheff, Toxie French, Ben Benay). It was named by bassist Jerry Scheff, who described the millennium as "a thousand years of peace and perfection." The Millennium was soon joined and famously produced by Curt Boettcher. Lee was present at the creation. And the music lives FOREVER.
Lee would like to thank Kelly Z of Kelly's Lot, and all who work on behalf of musicians with Hep C. He wanted his "adventures in life and other excesses" to serve as a cautionary tale to other musicians. Take care of your health y'all!
Hepatitis C: PSA by Willie Nelson & Others
Sounds Like
Hoyt Axton, Jimmy Buffet, Roger McGuinn, Lee Mallory
Lee Mallory (1945 - 2005) was born in Berkeley, California. He lit out for Disneyland at age 10 in his Davy Crockett regalia, making his way alone to Oakland Airport via public transportation, stopped only by airport
security.
When the guitar found Lee it was love at first sight. He ran away from home for good at age 16 to live the rest of his life as a musician.
Lee's 1966 single, "That's The Way It's Gonna Be" reached 1 in Amsterdam and 2 in Seattle. It was recently re-released on Rhino Records compilation, "Hallucinations". "Take My Hand", his second single is included in Rhino's compilation, "Come To The
Sunshine."
Music was Lee's life. Along with Jerry Scheff, Lee founded 1960s Sunshine Pop supergroup, The Millennium, produced by band-member Curt Boettcher. Millennium, consisting of Mallory, Boetcher, Joey Stec, Mike Fennelly and Sandy Salisbury, enjoyed an international revival at, you guessed it, the millennium. Much of their music has been re-released on Sonic Past Music: http://www.sonicpastmusic.com - enjoy!
Eventual-lee, the circus ran away to join Lee in the form of the first national road company of "Hair", where he was the only performer in history to have served as a singer/dancer and guitarist (lead).
Ultimate-lee, he became a master of the 12-string guitar who played and sang with love and utopian vision.
Lee Mallory was honored on his 60th birthday with a proclamation of Lee Mallory Day by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. This is the first known holiday celebrating a singer-songwriter. (It falls on January 10th - mark your calendars in perpetuity).
--Lee Mallory
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Panama Red is great. His tunes are like Virginia salt-cured ham and fresh cooked biscuits covered with steamy thick gravy; not to forget the hot black coffee to wash it all down. It doesn't get better than that!
As the magic of the season finds us once again, lights and gifts of love lift our spirits. We find the greatest gift of all is love. May we find peace on earth and good will to all! Let love and joy warm your heart. And blessings from on high fill your home and continue throughout the coming year.
Happy New Year! Thanks for being our friend. Please accept our comment so you can educate your visitors! If any of your friends want to help educate their community about hepatitis C have them send us a message.
Hep C Aware - ARE YOU?
Hepatitis C is a systemic blood borne virus that primarily attacks the liver. It is spread by blood to blood contact 1 in 50 Americans have HCV - 2 out of 3 do not know it. THERE IS NO VACCINE FOR HEPATITIS C
Risk factors! Have you: >received blood, blood products, or an organ transplant prior to 1992? >ever shared drug paraphernalia? injecting or snorting >ever been stuck by a used blood needle? >been on kidney dialysis? >had a tattoo or body piercing? >had sexual activity that involves contact with blood? >shared personal cars items(razors, toothbrushes, etc.) with other people? >been incarcerated >been in combat (especially vietnam veterans)
If you answered YES to any of these questions, you may have been exposed to the Hepatitis C virus GET TESTED!
PLEASE VISIT THESE WEBSITES FOR INFO AND SUPPORT www. HepCChallenge. org www. HepCAdvocate. org
We will be raising awareness at the MusiCares booth at NAMM in Anaheim, CA next week. For more info and other events please visit HepCAware. org
Lee! Man, I forgot San Francisco's celebration of Lee Mallory day on January 10th!
Damn man, I had wanted to do a promo on MySpace. Waited all year and missed the opportunity.
Well Lee whether it's Jan 10 or March 28 or any other day of the year we're still here fighting for victims of Hep C that are raising their voices for justice just a little more every day.
We may have realized the miracle of organ donation in our own family but our fight for others to realize this gift is far from over. In order to further raise awareness for Organ and Tissue Donation, I pray you will take the time to visit http://www. angelcove. us and show your support to all of those that have realized the miracle, are still waiting for their miracle, and those that were the miracle!
With much LOVE ,a dream has come true...As promised Im letting those who may have asked know......Please let me announce to my friends that my solo effort " DreamSong " is now at CD baby and you can try out the entire work for free...I think you will enjoy it as it is a new and different pop rock concept album, Maybe the first of its kind done exclusively with guitar synths ...An eclectic soundtrack of those forgotten previous lives. Wishing you the best of music and creativity ! Love makes dreams come true.
Thank you for your title suggestions. We decided to call it "The Light" These songs are about seeing "The Light" and moving on to a better time. :) happy Valentines day. kelly z
With much LOVE ,a dream has come true...and Songwriters plug their works or how will anyone ever know?...Please let me announce that " DreamSong " is now at CD baby and you can try out the entire work for free...I think you will enjoy it as it is a new pop rock concept album, an eclectic soundtrack of your forgotten previous lives ...Wishing you the best of music and creativity ! Love makes dreams come true.
Thanks for being our friend. Please accept our comment so you can educate your visitors!
Hep C Aware - ARE YOU?
Hepatitis C is a systemic blood borne virus that primarily attacks the liver. It is spread by blood to blood contact 1 in 50 Americans have HCV - 2 out of 3 do not know it. THERE IS NO VACCINE FOR HEPATITIS C
Risk factors! Have you: >received blood, blood products, or an organ transplant prior to 1992? >ever shared drug paraphernalia? injecting or snorting >ever been stuck by a used blood needle? >been on kidney dialysis? >had a tattoo or body piercing? >had sexual activity that involves contact with blood? >shared personal cars items(razors, toothbrushes, etc.) with other people? >been incarcerated >been in combat (especially vietnam veterans)
If you answered YES to any of these questions, you may have been exposed to the Hepatitis C virus GET TESTED!
PLEASE VISIT THESE WEBSITES FOR INFO AND SUPPORT www.HepCChallenge.org www.HepCAdvocate.org
Check out our recent blog entries Find info on D.A.N.K's role in the "1st Annual Drug War Freedom Congress" (August 8-13, 2008-New Orleans, LA) What it is, why you should be involved, and resources to link you with other drug law reform groups-within and beyond myspace. Take part, oppose the American Correctional Association- Finding ways to keep you incarcerated since 1870. Have a D.A.N.K day
On my way to visit you here. Thanks very much for the support in flying the Everything Is Possible 2007 banner. The event was a success in the noise it made for positive awareness of Hep C on a global level. We have reached step one. The key now is to keep the momentum going.
Thanks very much for supporting Everything Is Possible 2007 all these many months. As it was set up to do the event is a success in having raised both voices and new attention toward Hep C. The banner on your page and the others have reached over 200,000 viewers around the world.
Only one thing left to do. SHOW UP FOR THE CONCERT. Hope you don't mind I am posting info about Everything Is Possible is below for your friends.
We need the place packed to prove the point...People care.
Cheers
Make A Difference.
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Everything Is Possible 2007 - Oct 13th @ Sons of Herman: Dallas, Texas USA: Directions: http://www.sonsofhermann.com
Debbullan (a 501(c)(3) charitable organization for Hep C) Presents an all day, all night Music Festival benefiting a great cause. The Concert is Free and is not to raise money but to raise awareness for Hep C.
Doors open at 2:00 PM and the show starts @ 3:00pm till closing (2:00am) Son's kitchen will be open. Under age okay!
Here a some of the bands performing:
Zak Perry-Austin TX (Rock/Southern Rock/Blues) Post Oak Savannah-Paris TX (Southern Rock/Country Jam) Nine Month Fall-Dallas TX (Alternative/Rock) The Young Guns-Dallas TX (Blues) Colton O'niel (Blues/Funk) The Homeless Bones-Madrid Spain (Rock/R&B/Classic) Strangle the Parrot-Flanders, Belgium Nudex -Antwerp Belgium (Electro) Ivory Rasta- Nashville, TN (Rap) Lee Fortune and the Tellers -Dallas, TX (Alt, Blues, Classic Rock) Lez Tramp66 - Mckinney, TX (Rock)
I hope you can make it out and support the talent as they have all volunteered their time to play.
Each of the bands have myspace pages and all of them are featured on Darin's myspace at: www.myspace.com/darin_edelhauser We are looking forward to having a good time and we hope you can come out and join us for a day of fun.
"Musicians Raising Their Voice for 200 Million People That Have Been Told Not To"
