I'D HAVE TO SAY THAT MY EARLY MUSICAL INFLUENCES WERE ALL PRE ROCK AND ROLL. MY MOTHER HAD A COLLECTION OF 78RPM RECORDS AND WE HAD AN OLD WIND UP RECORD PLAYER THAT I COULD OPERATE. SO WHEN I WAS JUST A TINY LAD I WAS HEARING HER RECORDS OF PERRY COMO, BING CROSBY, TERESA BREWER, FRANKIE CARLE AND HIS HONKY TONK PIANO,EDDIE FISHER, DINAH SHORE AND DOZENS OF OTHERS. I WAS FASCINATED WITH THE WAY RECORDS SEEMED TO "FREEZE TIME". AROUND THE AGE OF KINDERGARTEN I HAD ALREADY ABSORBED THAT VIBE OF "RECORDS APPROACHING IMMORTALITY"...A LITTLE BIT OF LIFE WAS CAPTURED FOREVER IN THAT TWO AND A HALF MINUTES.
I REMEMBER VIVIDLY WHEN ELVIS PRESLEY HIT...IT WAS LIKE A BOMB GOING OFF. I HAD A 78 OF "HOUND DOG B/W DON'T BE CRUEL". IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST RECORDS I OWNED MYSELF. I ALWAYS LOVED FATS DOMINO AND GENE VINCENT. A BIT OF JERRY LEE AS WELL. THEN CAME PEOPLE WHO BLEW ME AWAY, SUCH AS SAM COOKE, BOBBY DARIN, AND JACKIE WILSON. I LIKED ALL KINDS OF RECORDS. "ONCE IN A WHILE" BY THE CHIMES STANDS OUT IN MY HEAD, AND "ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK A HEART" BY GENE PITNEY.
THEN A BIT LATER....THE BEATLES....THEY DRASTICALLY CHANGED THE LIVES OF MYSELF AND THE OTHER GUYS IN THE DEVERONS. EVERYTHING CHANGED WHEN THE BEATLES CAME ALONG. THE SONGS WERE FRESH AND DIFFERENT...AND THERE WERE TONS OF THEM.
I'LL MENTION OTHER INFLUENCES IN GREATER DETAIL IN SUBSEQUENT POSTINGS.
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PEOPLE HAVE TOLD ME FOR YEARS THAT I DON'T SOUND LIKE ANYONE ELSE. THAT'S THE BIGGEST COMPLIMENT I'VE EVER BEEN GIVEN AS A SINGER.
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hello burton, sure hope your day is going well. wanted to wish you a heart felt hello, and hope you know we all wish the best for you and mom. god be with you always! †♥†
Using only song titles from ONE ARTIST, cleverly answer these questions. Pass it on to 10 people you like and include me. You can't use the band I used. Try not to repeat a song title. It's a lot harder than you think! Repost as "my life according to (band name)" Song Titles are what counts - not the lyrics (this time!)
Pick your Artist: Burton Cummings
Are you a Male or a Female: American Woman
Describe Yourself: Is it Really Right
How do you feel: Feels All Wrong
Describe where you currently live: Back From the USA
If you could go anywhere, where would you go: Your Backyard
Your Favorite form of Transportation: Dream
Your Best Friend is: (My) One and Only
You and your best friends are: Someone to Lean On
What's the weather like: Fine State of Affairs
Favorite Time of Day: A Touch of Morning
If your life was a TV show, what would it be called: My Own Way to Rock
What is life to you: Revelation
Your last relationship: (I'm going to assume the one before now? Powers at Play
Your fear: Bad News
What is the best advice you have to give: Permissible to Cry
How could I leave Sour Suite off my top 10.......It goes into the #3 slot........Believe it or not I was dreaming when I suddenly realized that I had forgotten Sour Suite from my list. Amazing.....
ahhhh, Pleasin' for Reason, love the beautiful harmony on this one, plus the great memories associated with it (as always), thanks for adding it to the player!♥
Hey Burton, just wanted to share something I heard on the radio this morning - apparently Bob Dylan has a Christmas album coming out - of course, being Bob Dylan, it's not your traditional Christmas album - could be very interesting. Just in case you didn't know (yeah, right).
As always, prayers, love and positive thoughts to you and your mom.
"Take One Away", The words are so haunting ! Always have loved that song. Chords are impossible to find!!...figured out an acoustic guitar arrangement & started to play this tune. Can't sing it like Burton (who can?)....perfrom it to fit me somewhat.
Shopping Bag Lady - There are songs for some reason I missed over time unless they are on some of the CD's records I own. I like that tune. Great sing and is bright and perky.
I got to listen to above the ground again from start to finish. Love that record. Kurt's Song - There is something that I really like about this one. It's got a bright... Solid Burton Cummings sound... Excellent song and it's a feeling grabber. Yeah you did give the wold some extra Burton and you've got to know it. Love that part "lay my money down". You'll always shine..
May you be blessed and overcome that which is hard to accept.
Well, my dear, it has been a while since I popped on here. Love and best wishes to you and your mom! Say hi to the team for me, please. Peace to all of you!
Hope you have a spOOktacular Halloween, lol. God Bless, Dawn
Thanks so much for Fame Junkie on the player Burton. I heard you perform that song at the Vic Theatre in Chicago around 1987. I loved it and it has always stuck with me after all these years. But I had never heard it again until I just played it tonight. 22 years between listens is just too much time Burton.
First off a report on Garry Petersen's surgery.....It went well but he now faces 2 months of rehab before the final results are in. Let's all wish him luck. Next I thought I would make a list of my 10 favorite BC/GW sung songs.....Kinda tough to narrow it down to 10 (I have left out the really big hits) so here goes:
1) Talisman (The piano part got me hooked on the G/W in 1970) 2) Break it to Them Gently (What can I say except AAAA++++) 3) Show Biz Shoes (I loved the way you used to introduce the piece to the crowd) 4) The Muse Will Choose (So different and so true) 5) Whatever Happened to Richard (I had to include this one.....) 6) Star Baby (A dead start in the key of B....Hard on the vocal chords) 7) Bus Rider (A great song to get laid to ..) 8) 1814 (A tune I loved since I was a kid.....Mindless Gators ..) 9) Orly (Yes, airports do drive a poor boy mad!!!!) (10) An Exercise in Vocal Awareness (A treat from TO....totally unexpected)
Let's see what others think of my choices or let's see your top 10's......
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