From that title you can probably guess it’s a mixed bag of beloved obscurities. Elliot Murphy released Aquashow in 1973 with a blowtorch of a rock roll onslaught appropriately titled “Last of the Rock Stars.” You are in the song, so don’t miss that.
Judee Sill made it to 35. The music she left behind is haunting, beautiful, and full of the life mysterious. Someday somebody will make a movie about her, and it will have a sad ending.
Pete Seeger was a lifelong folksinger who walked the walk in addition to singing the talk. He was belligerent and aggressive against anyone who wanted to ruin the earth, deny the human rights of human beings, screw the working man or woman, or send their children off to war. He popularized a song called “We Shall Oversome.” On this episode we have Pete, in trouble with the networks, for singing a tune that felt critical of President Johnson’s handling of the Vietnam War.
Finally we get to Gene Chandler, loosening his tie, falling to his knees, and bringing an audience back alive, all by rocking a Rainbow.
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LAST OF THE ROCK STARS Elliott Murphy (1949- )
THE VIGILANTE Judee Sill (1944-1979)
WAIST DEEP IN THE BIG MUDDY Pete Seeger (1919-2014)
RAINBOW Gene Chandler (1939- )
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