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31 ott 2023 · 00:00 - 04:05 01 Good To Be Alive04:05 - 07:23 02 Let Me Pass(track 3 "Rake And A Rambling Boy" removed as it was getting the album blocked)07:23 - 11:07 04 ...
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Good to Be Alive è il settimo album di Long John Baldry, pubblicato nel 1973 dalla Casablanca Records. Tracce. Gasoline Alley (Rod Stewart, Ron Wood) High and Low (Geoff Thomas) Song for Martin Luther King (L.J.Baldry) Good to Be Alive (Colin Allen, Zoot Money) Rake and Ramblin' Boy; Let Me Pass
Good to Be Alive is an album by Long John Baldry released in 1973. This release was credited to John Baldry on the cover and spine. "Maggie Bell" was an acoustic tribute to the singer of Stone the Crows.
00:00 - 04:05 01 good to be alive04:05 - 07:23 02 let me pass07:23 - 10:51 03 rake and a rambling boy10:51 - 14:34 04 high and low14:34 ...
- Early Life
- Blues Bands of The 1960s
- Solo Artist
- Move to Canada, Later Career
- Personal Life
- Discography
- References
- External Links
John William Baldry was born at East Haddon Hall, East Haddon, Northamptonshire, which was serving as a makeshift wartime maternity ward, on 12 January 1941, the son of William James Baldry (1915–1990), a Metropolitan Police constable and his wife, Margaret Louisa (née Parker; 1915–1989); their usual address was recorded as 18 Frinton Road, East Ha...
Baldry grew to 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m), resulting in the nickname "Long John". Baldry appeared quite regularly in the early 1960s in the Gyre & Gimble coffee lounge, around the corner from Charing Cross railway station, and at the Bluesville R. & B. Club, Manor House, London, also Klooks Kleek (Railway Hotel, West Hampstead). He appeared weekly for some...
In 1967, he recorded a pop song "Let the Heartaches Begin" that went to number one in Britain, followed by a 1968 top 20 hit titled "Mexico", which was the theme of the UK Olympic team that year. "Let the Heartaches Begin" made the lower reaches of the Billboard Hot 100in the US. Baldry was still touring, doing gigs with Bluesology, but the band re...
After time in New York City and Los Angeles in 1978, Baldry lived in Dundas, Ontario from 1980 to 1984 before settling in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he became a Canadiancitizen. He toured the west coast, as well as the US Northwest. Baldry also toured the Canadian east. In 1976, he teamed with Seattle singer Kathi McDonald who became part o...
According to Giorgio Gomelsky, Baldry's flamboyant mannerisms made his homosexuality an open secret within the music industry during the early 1960s; until 1967, homosexual acts were unlawful in Britain, and so Baldry did not publicly disclose his orientation. Baldry had a brief relationship with lead guitarist of the Kinks, Dave Davies. In 1968, E...
Other recordings
Performances on other albums 1. (1960) 6 Out Of 4 ~ The Thames-Side Four- Folklore (F-EP/1) 'Live recording of the group with LJB on guitar and vocals.' 2. (1962) R&B from the Marquee ~ Blues Incorporated - Decca (ACL 1130) 'Baldry provides lead vocals on three tracks including "How Long, How Long Blues".' 3. (1970) The First Supergroup ~ The Steampacket- BYG Records (529.706) 'Recorded December 1965 the album features tracks with LJB on lead vocals' 4. (1971) The First Rhythm & Blues Festiva...
Bibliography
1. Myers, Paul (2007). It Ain't Easy: Long John Baldry and the Birth of the British Blues. Greystone Books. ISBN 978-1-55365-200-7.
19 ott 2009 · Long John Baldry ''Good To Be Alive'' ''Gasoline Alley'' (Recorded 1973 - Released 1975)
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