(Good guess)

That’s why I figured as much.
Not an Eagles fan, myself, music or football lol.

Why do fools fall in love?

What becomes of the broken hearted?

but I do know who wrote "The Book of Love."

have you ever seen the rain?

it's better to burn out than to fade away

I burned out some time ago. Now I'm fading away.

Maybe...maybe not?

Well, I have.

A life spent largely in bookshops has had some value.

Who'll stop the Rain?

Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby?

When Will I Be Loved?

Who Let the Dogs Out?

Tell Me Why?


(I could go on, but I won't)

I forget where he got the "Elton" part.

the band Bluesology which included Reggie and Long John. Interesting almost ancient rock and roll history.

I got Elton’s Empty Sky CD for my birthday this year. Good Stuff.

He played a musician, of course.

But a good guess.
A friend told me this little tidbit a couple days ago and I had to google it to make sure he was wasn’t pulling my leg.

Ah well…. I’m curious to see the correct answer.

This doesn’t give away the answer:

“Along with George, the other members of the Bedbugs were played by guitarists Warren S. Klein (who was in the Stooges circa 1973) and Martin F. Kibbee; and future Little Feat drummer Richie Hayward. At the time, the four of them were collectively known as The Factory. Frank Zappa would produce two songs for the group, which remained unreleased until 1993’s Lightning-Rod Man anthology.”


Lowell had a couple lines of dialogue before playing with “The Bedbugs” in the mystery show.

...played sitar on a recording I engineered/produced.
I don't remember how or where I found him, but I needed a sitar player and there he was.

What for?

Was it murder for hire or something?

There are two answers to this. Either one is fine.

And it turns out Ringo had a thing about cymbals; he was always changing them, chasing that certain sound he wanted, but there was mention in one article about his pre Beatles drum kit being Premier. I don't know when he switched over to Ludwig, but he was a solid Ludwig boy by the time they splashed in America.

Did Ringo play two different Ludwig drum kits?

I'm always amused Ringo, a left-handed drummer playing a right-handed kit, pissed off a ton of drummers because he produced a signature off beat sound that was really hard to replicate.

Up through the time they made the Please Please Me album he had a Premier Duroplastic kit. In the early 1960s plastic drum shells were pretty popular. This rig had one rack Tom and one floor Tom plus bass and snare.

He changed to the Ludwig Downbeat for With the Beatles and A Hard Day’s Night. Still a four-piece, it used a Jazz Festival snare, which he used the same one of the rest of his career. This is where the “two answers” thing kicks in - because he didn’t want to haul all his drums to the US he bought identical toms and bass once he got to the US and brought his snare with him. This is pretty common among big-name drummers, falling in love with one snare drum and using it on many sets.

From that point until they started working on the White Album he used the Super Classic kit. Still a four-piece, the difference is all the drums are a little larger. For The Beatles’ US tour he bought another one.

Both these kits had the Oyster Black Pearl wrap Ludwig sold a lot of back then but no longer offers, I don’t know why they stopped.

On September 11, 1968, Ringo took delivery of a Hollywood set in natural maple finish and used it for the rest of The Beatles’ existence. This kit has two rack toms.

So…either four or six kits depending on how you count them.

1960 Premier Royal Ace Mahogany Duroplastic Piccolo Snare Drum (4"x14" )



Do you know if Ringo even used it with the All-Star Band?

https://www.ringosbeatlekits.com/1960-premier-royal-ace-snare-drum

(For extra credit)
What was the name of the nightclub they played at?

Several years later she joined the proto punk band The Stilettos (much more my speed, I am a punk lover since I was so so young)

No clue what clubs Wind In The Willows played

The Stilettos played Max's Kansas City and CBGB in NYC

The Stilletoes - Anti Disco

Paula Abdul was babysat by a famous rock musician . Who was it?

I had to look it up.
Not Tiny Tim

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at Stax Studios in Memphis, TN. just days before his death.

Besides Cropper, who else was with him as he wrote the song?
(Besides Stax Records producers etc.)

on Bill Graham's houseboat. Otis Redding (and backed up by Steve Cropper) had just finished up at the '67 Monterey Pop Festival and Graham was able to book him for a gig in SF the following weekend and offered the houseboat to Redding and Cropper.

As to your specific question, I'd hazard a guess and say Isaac Hayes. Curiously, Cropper recruited Isaac Hayes to replace the college bound Booker T. as a Stax session keyboardist. Possible the smartest thing Cropper ever did was pairing Hayes and Porter together and setting them loose.

Side note: Stuart Brand (Whole Earth Catalog) purchased the table that Otis Redding purportedly wrote "The Dock of the Bay" on from a reputable Sausalito antique store owned by Julia Child's sister (She was about a half an inch taller then Julia).

You're right.
He had performed at the '67 Monterey Pop Festival in June, just weeks before his stay on Bill Graham's Sausalito houseboat in August, where he started writing the song.

He & Stax producer Steve Cropper completed the song & recorded it in Memphis, just 3 days before the plane crash on December 10, 1967.

"It was released on Stax Records 'Volt' label in 1968, becoming the first posthumous #1 single in the US.
It reached # 3 on the UK Singles Chart."
(Wikipedia)

If it wasn't Isaac Hayes and David Porter, I got nothing, but Stax had a deep bench.

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This writer knew and wrote about B.B. King, Gram Parsons, The Rolling Stones, blues guitarist Furry Lewis, and other musicians as well.

(Some info on Furry Lewis)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furry_Lewis

I'm going with just the two Brothers

I don't remember his name in the film, but I can't think who else it would be

The third person using a stage name was Mr. Fabulous, who was played by trumpeter Alan Rubin.

but ya, it was like a warm-up at the show, not part of the band. I forgot about Mr. Fabulous, the maitre d'

In a 1980s era hit movie? Maybe a medium hard ambiguous question with a rock solid answer. A beer or two might help. Or not, but drink up.

they are initials..initials for what words?


Tikki

RIP
Legend

(The year was 1964)

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"that he would not last six months"

I know they had a dust-up over the "couldn't get much higher" line.
Figured this was a good guess.

Bet a few here know the answer.

Tikki

Nope

For extra credit, what was the city?