Posts Tagged ‘Harley Payette’
T.A.M.I. Show DVD – review
Written by admin on April 23, 2010 – 9:33 pm -| Harley Payette reviews the long awaited T.A.M.I. Show DVD, which is one of the “must have” music DVDs of 2010. |
| When I bought Shout Factory’s first ever issue of the legendary lost concert film The TAMI Show, my night was shot. I spent two hours watching the movie. Then there were another two plus hours soaking up the special features and replaying favorite moments. Then there was the trip to my CD collection to revisit the original recordings of all the great hits I had heard in the show. |
Tags: beach boys, Chuck Berry, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Harley Payette, James Brown, Jan and Dean, Lesley Gore, marvin gaye, smokey robinson, T.A.M.I. show, T.A.M.I. show DVD, The Miracles, The Rolling Stones, the supremes
Posted in 60s pop, British Invasion, Films, Motown, New releases, Soul | Comments Off on T.A.M.I. Show DVD – review
Johnny Maestro: A fond farewell
Written by admin on March 29, 2010 – 8:36 am -| Harley Payette looks back on the career of Johnny Maestro, who died last week. |
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Doo wop music lost one of its most beloved voices and ambassadors when Johnny Maestro, lead singer of the Crests and the Brooklyn Bridge, passed away at age 70 on March 24 due to complications from cancer. |
Tags: 16 candles, doo wop, Harley Payette, Johnny Maestro, My Juanita, The Brooklyn Bridge, The Crests, the Del Satins, Worst That Could Happen
Posted in 60s pop, Obituaries, Rock 'n' roll | 4 Comments »
Sam Cooke – Profile of a soul legend
Written by admin on December 15, 2009 – 7:57 am -| Harley Payette discusses soul legend Sam Cooke’s musical and cultural legacy. |
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When Bertha Franklin, a down and out motel manager and alleged madam, shot Sam Cooke to death on December 11, 1964, under still mysterious circumstances, the history of pop music was altered in ways we could never fully understand. |
Tags: chain gang, change is gonna come, Harley Payette, Sam Cooke, wonderful world
Posted in Soul | 3 Comments »
