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Bob & Earl
Bob & Earl were an American soul music singing duo in the 1960s, best known for writing and recording the original version of "Harlem Shuffle".
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Bruce Stephens
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Chet Helms
Chester Leo "Chet" Helms (August 2, 1942 – June 25, 2005), often called the father of San Francisco's "1967 Summer of Love," was a music promoter and a cultural figure in San Francisco during its hippie period in the late Sixties.
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Chuck Berry
Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry (born October 18, 1926) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as "Maybellene" (1955), "Roll Over Beethoven" (1956), "Rock and Roll Music" (1957) and "Johnny B. Goode" (1958), Chuck Berry refined and developed rhythm and blues into the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive, with lyrics focusing on teen life and consumerism and utilizing guitar solos and showmanship that would be a major influence on subsequent rock music.
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Dickie Peterson
Dickie Peterson (b. Richard Allan Peterson, September 12, 1946, Grand Forks, ND; d. Erkelenz, Germany, October 12, 2009) was the bassist and lead singer for Blue Cheer. He also recorded two solo albums: Child of the Darkness and Tramp.
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Duck MacDonald
Andrew MacDonald, a.k.a Duck MacDonald, is an American heavy metal/hard rock guitarist, who has played in several bands, the most well-known of which being Blue Cheer.
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Eric Clapton
Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945) is an English blues-rock guitarist and singer-songwriter. Clapton is the only person who has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame three times; as a solo performer, as well as a member of rock bands the Yardbirds and Cream. Throughout his career, Clapton has been viewed by critics and fans alike as one of the most important and influential guitarists of all time, Clapton was ranked fourth in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and #53 on their list of the "Immortals: 100 Greatest Artists of All Time". In 2010, Clapton was ranked #4 on ''Gibson's'' Top 50 Guitarists of All Time.
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Gary Lee Yoder
Gary Lee Yoder is a musician who was part of several 1960s San Francisco psychedelic rock bands, including Kak, Oxford Circle, and Blue Cheer.
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Geddy Lee
Gary Lee Weinrib, OC, better known as Geddy Lee (born July 29, 1953), is a Canadian musician, best known as the lead vocalist, bassist, and keyboardist for the Canadian rock group Rush. Lee joined what would become Rush in September of 1968, at the request of his childhood friend Alex Lifeson, replacing original bassist and frontman Jeff Jones.
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Internal Void
Internal Void is a doom metal band from Frederick, Maryland.
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Jack Endino
Jack Endino is a music producer and musician based in Seattle. Long associated with Seattle label Sub Pop and the grunge movement, Endino worked on seminal albums from bands such as Mudhoney, Soundgarden, and Nirvana. Endino has maintained a down-to-earth and humorous website since 1997, and currently manages a studio in Seattle called Soundhouse Recording.
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James Cotton
James Cotton (born July 1, 1935, Tunica, Mississippi), is an American blues harmonica player, singer, and songwriter who is the bandleader for the James Cotton Blues Band. He also writes songs alone, and his solo career continues to this day. His work includes the following genres: blues, delta blues, harmonica blues, and electric harmonica blues.
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Janis Joplin
Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 - October 4, 1970) was an American singer, songwriter and music arranger. She rose to prominence in the late 1960s as the lead singer of Big Brother and the Holding Company and later as a solo artist. Rolling Stone magazine ranked Joplin number 46 on its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time in 2004, and number 28 on its 2008 list of 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.
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Jeff Beck
Geoffrey Arnold "Jeff" Beck (born 24 June 1944) is an English rock guitarist. He is one of the three noted guitarists, along with Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page, to have played with The Yardbirds. Beck also formed The Jeff Beck Group, and Beck, Bogert & Appice, besides his successful solo career.
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Jeremy Russell
Jeremy Russell (August 31, 1944 - March 8, 2005), also known as Jerry Russell, was a co-founder, with Eric Albronda, of US rock band Blue Cheer. Russell and Albronda were music aficionados who organized the band and provided initial financing.
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Jim Morrison
James Douglas "Jim" Morrison (December 8, 1943 – July 3, 1971) was an American singer, lyricist, poet, and amateur filmmaker. He was best known as the lead singer and lyricist of The Doors and is widely considered to be one of the most charismatic frontmen in rock music history. He was also the author of several books of poetry and the director of a documentary and short film. Although Morrison was known for his baritone vocals, many fans, scholars, and journalists have discussed his theatrical stage persona, his self-destructiveness, and his work as a poet. He was ranked number 47 on ''Rolling Stone's'' "100 Greatest Singers of All Time".
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Jimi Hendrix
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix, November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter. He is often considered to be the greatest electric guitarist in the history of rock music by other musicians and commentators in the industry, and one of the most important and influential musicians of his era across a range of genres. After initial success in Europe, he achieved fame in the United States following his 1967 performance at the Monterey Pop Festival. Later, Hendrix headlined the iconic 1969 Woodstock Festival and the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival.
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Joe Hasselvander
Joe Hasselvander (born December 30, 1956) is a musician who has been playing professionally since the age of 9 years old in 1966. He was self-taught, playing the violin and later the drums. He has been the drummer of Raven since 1987.
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Junior Walker
Junior Walker (born Autry DeWalt Mixon, Jr., June 14, 1931 – November 23, 1995) & the All Stars were signed to the Motown label in the 1960s, and became one of the label's signature acts.
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Leigh Stephens
Leigh Stephens is an American guitarist and songwriter.
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Mose Allison
Mose John Allison, Jr. (born November 11, 1927) is an American jazz blues pianist and singer.
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Mucky Pup
Mucky Pup began as an American hardcore band formed in Bergenfield, New Jersey in 1985, when brothers John (drums) and Chris (vocals) Milnes joined up with Dan Nastasi (guitar) and former Hades member, Scott LePage (bass). The band went through various incarnations and several musical style changes while gaining minor success in both the USA and Europe. Arguably, their breakthrough moment occurred when Berke Breathed picked their songwriting contest entry for release with a 1987 Bloom County comic strip compilation. However, their European success, based on strong tours and charting for the 1989 ''A Boy in a Man's World'' album, surpassed all recognition achieved in their home country.
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Nick St. Nicholas
Nick St. Nicholas (born Klaus Karl Kassbaum September 28, 1943, in Plön, Germany) is a bassist, and is best known for his membership in Steppenwolf from 1968 to 1970, and then again from 1976 to 1980. After World War II, his family moved to Toronto and became Canadian citizens. Sister Maren joined the Canadian Ballet Company & Conservatory of Music as pianist. He also has a younger brother, Gary who went into the Merchant Marine.
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Norton Buffalo
Norton Buffalo (September 28, 1951 – October 30, 2009) was a singer-songwriter, country and blues harmonica player, record producer, bandleader and recording artist best known as a versatile exponent of the harmonica, including chromatic and diatonic.
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Owsley Stanley
Owsley Stanley (born Augustus Owsley Stanley III, January 19, 1935) also known as The Bear, is a former underground LSD cook, the first to produce large quantities of pure LSD.
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Paul Whaley
Paul Whaley is an American drummer best known as the drummer for rock band Blue Cheer. He and Dickie Peterson were the only two founding members still in the band when it broke up in late 2009, following Peterson's death at age 63.
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Pentagram (band)
Pentagram are a long-running American heavy metal band from Virginia, most famous as one of the pioneers of doom metal. The band was quite prolific in the underground scene of the 1970s, producing many demos and rehearsal tapes, but did not release a full-length album until reforming in the early 1980s with an almost completely new lineup. Throughout the band's history the only constant member has been vocalist Bobby Liebling. The revolving lineup of Pentagram has featured many well respected musicians in the local doom metal scene, with members spending time in other acts such as Raven, The Obsessed, Place of Skulls, Internal Void, Spirit Caravan, among many others.
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Prairie Prince
Prairie Prince (born Charles Lempriere Prince, May 7, 1950, Charlotte, North Carolina) is a rock drummer. He was a member of The Tubes and a founding member of Journey. He has also worked with Chris Isaak (on his first four albums), Todd Rundgren, Brian Eno, David Byrne, XTC, Tom Waits, Paul Kantner, George Harrison, Dick Dale, Glenn Frey, Richard Marx, Bill Spooner, Neil Hamburger, John Fogerty, Tommy Bolin, Phil Lesh, and former Tubes and Grateful Dead keyboardist Vince Welnick.
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Randy Holden
Randy Holden (born July 2, 1945) is a guitarist best known for his involvement with the West Coast proto-metal group Blue Cheer on their third album, New! Improved! Blue Cheer (1969). As described by Richie Unterberger, "He's a good candidate for selection as the great unknown 1960s rock guitar hero. No other American guitarist was as skilled at creating the kind of sustain-heavy, snaky guitar lines pioneered by Jeff Beck in the Yardbirds. His recordings with the Fender IV, Sons of Adam, Ugly Things the Other Half, Blue Cheer and as a solo artist don't only contain some feverishly innovative playing. They also chart the overall rainbow of changes undergone by California 1960s rock guitar as a whole, from surf to pseudo-Merseybeat to psychedelia, hard rock and heavy metal."
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Ray Peterson
Ray Peterson (April 23, 1939 – January 25, 2005) was an American pop music singer.
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Tygers of Pan Tang
Tygers of Pan Tang are a heavy metal band, formed in 1978 and originating from Whitley Bay, England. They are a notable band of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement. The band is named after the pets belonging to an elite group of chaos-worshiping warriors, called the Wizards of Pan Tang, in Michael Moorcock's Elric stories.
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V. Vale
V. Vale is a writer and publisher. He is also a keyboard player and, as Vale Hamanaka, was a member of the initial configuration of Blue Cheer, prior to that band becoming famous as a power trio. He is the publisher and primary contributor to books and magazines published by his company, RE/Search Publications. Vale, who is the host of the television talk show Counterculture Hour on public access channel 29 in San Francisco. studied English at UC Berkeley, and is a Japanese-American.
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Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a Cold War military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to 15 May 1975 when the Mayaguez Incident concluded and two weeks after the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. The 'Mayaguez incident' involving the Khmer Rouge government in Cambodia on 12–15 May 1975, marked the last official battle of the United States (U.S.) involvement in the Vietnam War. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the United States and other anti-communist nations.
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California
California (pronounced ) is the most populous state in the United States and the third-largest by land area, after Alaska and Texas. California is also the most populous sub-national entity in North America. It's on the U.S. West Coast, bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the west and by the states of Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, Baja California, Mexico, to the south. Its 5 largest cities are Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, San Francisco, and Long Beach, with Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Jose each having at least 1 million residents. Like many populous states, California's capital, Sacramento is smaller than the state's largest city, Los Angeles. The state is home to the nation's 2nd- and 6th-largest census statistical areas and 8 of the nation's 50 most populous cities. California has a varied climate and geography and a multi-cultural population.
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Davis, California
Davis is a city in Yolo County, California, United States. It is part of the Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area. According to estimates published by the US Census Bureau, the city had a total population of 64,938 in 2007 (60,308 in 2000). It is the largest city in Yolo County, and the 126th largest in the state, by population. Davis is known for its liberal politics, for having many bicycles and bike paths, and for the campus of the University of California, Davis. In 2006, Davis was ranked as the second most educated city (in terms of the percentage of residents with graduate degrees) in the United States by CNN Money Magazine, after Arlington, Virginia.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; , Spanish for "The Angels") is the second most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of California and the western United States, with a population of 3.83 million within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Los Angeles extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of over 14.8 million and it is the 14th largest urban area in the world, affording it megacity status. The metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is home to nearly 12.9 million residents while the broader Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside combined statistical area (CSA) contains nearly 17.8 million people. Los Angeles is also the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populated and one of the most multicultural counties in the United States. The city's inhabitants are referred to as "Angelenos" ().
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San Francisco
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in California and the 12th most populous city in the United States, with a 2009 estimated population of 815,358. The only consolidated city-county in California, it encompasses a land area of on the northern end of the San Francisco Peninsula, giving it a density of 17,323 people/mi² (6,688.4 people/km²). It is the most densely-settled large city (population greater than 200,000) in the state of California and the second-most densely populated large city in the United States. San Francisco is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of more than 7.4 million.
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United States
The United States of America (also referred to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Caribbean and Pacific.
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Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia () is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" because it is the birthplace of eight U.S. presidents. The geography and climate of the state are shaped by the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Chesapeake Bay, which provide habitat for much of its flora and fauna. The capital of the Commonwealth is Richmond; Virginia Beach is the most populous city and Fairfax County the most populous political subdivision. The state population is nearly eight million.
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ALBUMS
What Doesn't Kill You...
(Released 2007)
- Rollin' Dem Bones
- Piece O' the Pie
- Born Under a Bad Sign
- Gypsy Rider
- Young Lions in Paradise
- I Don't Know About You
- I'm Gonna Get to You
- Malajusted Child
- Just a Little Bit (Redux)
- No Relief
Blue Cheer
(Released 2007)
- Fool
- You're Gonna Need Someone
- Hello L.A., Bye-Bye Birmingham
- Saturday Freedom
- Ain't That the Way (Love's Supposed to Be)
- Rock and Roll Queens
- Better When We Try
- Natural Man
- Lovin' You's Easy
- The Same Old Story
- All Night Long
- Fortunes
- Fool (alternate version)
- Ain't That the Way (remix)
Outsideinside
(Released 2003)
- Feathers From Your Tree
- Sun Cycle
- Just a Little Bit
- Gypsy Ball
- Come and Get It
- Satisfaction
- The Hunter
- Magnolia Caboose Babyfinger
- Babylon
- Fortunes
Vincebus Eruptum
(Released 2003)
- Summertime Blues
- Rock Me Baby
- Doctor Please
- Out of Focus
- Parchment Farm
- Second Time Around
- All Night Long
Dining With the Sharks
(Released 1991)
- Big Noise
- Outrider
- Sweet Child of the Reeperbahn
- Gunfight
- Audio Whore
- Cut the Costs
- Sex Soldier
- When Two Spirits Touch
- Pull the Trigger
- Foxy Lady
Oh! Pleasant Hope
(Released 1991)
- Hiway Man
- Believer
- Money Troubles
- Traveling Man
- Oh! Pleasant Hope
- I'm the Light
- Ecological Blues
- Lester the Arrester
- Heart Full of Soul
Hightlights and lowlives
(Released 1990)
- Urban Soldiers
- Hunter of Love
- Girl From London
- Blue Steel Dues
- Big Trouble in Paradise
- Flight of the Enola Gay
- Hoochie Coochie Man
- Down and Dirty
- Blues Cadillac
Good Times Are So Hard to Find
(Released 1990)
- Summertime Blues
- Out of Focus
- Parchment Farm
- Feathers From Your Tree
- The Hunter
- Babylon
- Peace of Mind
- Fruit and Icebergs
- Fool
- Hello L.A., Bye Bye Birmingham
- Saturday Freedom
- Good Times Are So Hard to Find
- Pilot
- Preacher
- Hiway Man
- I'm the Light
The Beast Is Back
(Released 1985)
- Nightmares
- Summertime Blues
- Ride With Me
- Girl Next Door
- Babylon
- Heart of the City
- Out of Focus
- Parchment Farm
The Original Human Being
(Released 1970)
- Good Times Are So Hard to Find
- Love of a Woman
- Make Me Laugh
- Pilot
- Babaji
- Preacher
- Black Sun
- Tears in My Bead
- Man of the Sun
- Sandwich
- Rest at Ease
- When It All Gets Old
- West Coast Child of Sunshine
- I Want My Baby Back
- Aces'n'eights
- As Long as I Live
- It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry
- Peace of Mind
- Fruit & Iceburgs
- Honey Butter Lover
- All Night Long
- Fortunes
- Nightmares
- Summertime Blues
- Ride With Me
- Girl Next Door
- Babylon
- Heart of the City
- Out of Focus
- Parchment Farm
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Blue Cheer - Summertime Blues
"Summertime Blues" is originally a 1958 song recorded by Eddie Cochran. Blue Cheer recorded it for their debut album "Vincebus Eruptum" in 1968.
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Blue Cheer : Parchment Farm
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- Published: 27 Mar 2009
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Blue Cheer : The Hunter
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- Duration: 4:32
- Published: 27 Mar 2009
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Outsideinside
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BLUE CHEER - The Hunter (1968)
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- Published: 06 Jul 2008
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- Author: Sirlongpass
RIP - Dickie Peterson (1946-2009) Distressful quality, but RARE. Enjoy!!
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Blue Cheer : Out Of Focus
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- Duration: 3:59
- Published: 27 Mar 2009
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- Author: MOTARDkamikaze
Blue Cheer-Summertime Blues(1968)
Stoner at 100% ! from masterpiece album Vincebus Eruptum(1968)
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Blue Cheer - Summertime Blues
Thumping version of the Cochran classic. Not bad at all.
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Blue Cheer : Rock Me Baby
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- Duration: 4:23
- Published: 27 Mar 2009
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Vincebus Eruptum
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Blue Cheer : Doctor Please
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- Published: 27 Mar 2009
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Vincebus Eruptum
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Blue Cheer I Can't Get No Satisfaction
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- Duration: 5:11
- Published: 27 Mar 2009
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bein
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- Duration: 5:00
- Published: 07 Aug 2009
- Uploaded: 25 Dec 2011
- Author: LightsOutLightshow
blue cheer tim leary ginsburg owsley jahl golden gate park hippie be in
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Blue Cheer - Pilot (US 1970)
Blue Cheer is an American blues-rock band that initially performed and recorded in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and has been sporadically active since. Based in San Francisco, Blue Cheer played in a psychedelic blues-rock style, and are also credited as being pioneers of heavy metal music. The Original Human Being or BC#5 was Blue Cheer's fifth album. It was released in 1970 and shows Blue Cheer exploring a more psychedelic and laid back rock n roll with horn sections on a few of the songs. This album features a very unusual, and different, song for Blue Cheer: Babaji (Twilight Raga) features extensive use of sitar and synthesizer. These instruments were only used one other time on Oh! Pleasant Hope in the song I'm the Light. Dickie Peterson - Bass, Lead Vocals, Guitar Bruce Stephens - Lead Guitar Paul Whaley- Drums Gary Lee Yoder - Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals, Harp Ralph Burns Kellogg - Organ, Piano, Synthesizer, Bass Norman Mayell - Guitar, Percussion, Sitar, Producer, Drums
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Blue Cheer "Rollin' Dem Bones"
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- Duration: 5:59
- Published: 06 Jul 2008
- Uploaded: 27 Dec 2011
- Author: Govner1958
Live @ The Star Bar Atlanta GA
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pt.2) .BLUE CHEER.GirlGeoTV show 6-4-79
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- Duration: 5:01
- Published: 04 Oct 2008
- Uploaded: 28 Dec 2011
- Author: GirlGeorgeTVshow
GIRL GEORGE TV SHOW JUNE 4,1979 DICKIE PETERSON.."PARCHMENT FARM pt.2" TONY.."ENOUGH OF YOUR LIES" BLUE CHEER..GODFATHERS OF..MEAVY METAL..PUNK
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Blue Cheer - Rock Me Baby - NYC soundcheck
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- Duration: 7:03
- Published: 24 Mar 2008
- Uploaded: 27 Dec 2011
- Author: AceFrehleyArchive
Live @ "Rebel" NYC April 7 2007. Shot on Hi8 video before the doors were opened to the public. I got some pictures at the same time I was shooting the video, so please excuse the movement of the camera. After the soundcheck, I then had to make some modifications to Dickie's bass. For more of that, and more CHEER, please check out my site! www.bluecheerfan.com
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pt.3).BLUE CHEER,GirlGeoTVshow.79'
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- Published: 04 Oct 2008
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GIRL GEORGE TV SHOW..JUNE 4,1979 BLUE CHEER DICKIE PETERSON"WON'T SOMEBODY TELL ME WHATS WRONG WITH ME" TONY.."NOW THAT I FOUND YOU" GIRL GEO SINGS AT ALS BAR.LA5-3-90
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Blue Cheer : Second Time Around
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- Published: 27 Mar 2009
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Blue Cheer - Parchment Farm - 11/16/06 Tallahassee, FL
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- Duration: 7:30
- Published: 19 Nov 2006
- Uploaded: 09 Dec 2011
- Author: tankjordan
Blue Cheer performing Parchment Farm at the Beta Bar in Tallahassee on 11/16/06, excellent performance!!
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BLUE CHEER "Second Time Around" live
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- Duration: 5:31
- Published: 31 Jan 2007
- Uploaded: 21 Dec 2011
- Author: vinylrichie
Live at The Aladdin Theater, Portland, OR July 27, 2006.
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Blue Cheer - Fool (US 1969)
Blue Cheer is an American blues-rock band that initially performed and recorded in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and has been sporadically active since. Based in San Francisco, Blue Cheer played in a psychedelic blues-rock style, and are also credited as being pioneers of heavy metal music. This song come from their album "Blue Cheer" released in 1969, which is their forth album. Bruce Stephens - guitar, lead & backing vocals Dickie Peterson - bass, lead vocals Ralph Burns Kellogg - keyboards Norman Mayell - drums Track list: 1. "Fool" (Grelecki, Gary Lee Yoder) 2. "You're Gonna Need Someone" (Mayell, Stephens) 3. "Hello LA, Bye Bye Birmingham" (Delaney Bramlett, Mac Davis) 4. "Saturday Freedom" (Stephens) 5. "Ain't That the Way (Love's Supposed to Be)" (Kellogg, Peterson) 6. "Rock and Roll Queens" (Kellogg, Peterson) 7. "Better When We Try" (Kellogg) 8. "Natural Man" (Kellogg, Peterson) 9. "Lovin' You's Easy" (Stephens) 10. "The Same Old Story" (Grelecki, Yoder)
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| Coordinates | 15°48′00″N47°54′00″N |
|---|---|
| name | Blue Cheer |
| background | group_or_band |
| origin | San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States |
| genre | Blues rock, heavy metal, acid rock, hard rock, stoner rock, protopunk, psychedelic rock |
| years active | 1966–19721974–19751978–19791983–19941999–2009 |
| label | Philips, Megaforce, Mercury, Akarma, Rainforce, Evangeline |
| associated acts | The Oxford CircleThe Other HalfSopwith CamelSilver MetreThe Flamin' GrooviesMonstersDokkenRavenPentagramMother Ocean |
| past members | Dickie PetersonPaul WhaleyLeigh StephensRandy HoldenRalph Burns Kellogg (Ethan James)Norman MayellBruce StephensGary Lee YoderEric AlbrondaJerre PetersonVale Hamanaka (V. Vale)Jerry WhitingRuben de FuentesNick St. NicholasTerry RaeTony RainierMike FleckBrent HarknettBilly CarmassiEric DavisDavid SalceDieter SallerGary HollandDuck MacDonald }} |
Blue Cheer was an American psychedelic blues-rock band that initially performed and recorded in the late 1960s and early 1970s and was sporadically active until 2009. Based in San Francisco, Blue Cheer played in a psychedelic blues-rock style, and is also credited as being pioneers of heavy metal (their cover of "Summertime Blues" is sometimes cited as the first in the genre), punk rock, stoner rock, doom metal, experimental rock, and grunge. According to Tim Hills in his book, The Many Lives of the Crystal Ballroom, "Blue Cheer was the epitome of San Francisco psychedelia." Jim Morrison of The Doors called the group, "The single most powerful band I've ever seen."
The band is said to have been named after a street brand of LSD and promoted by renowned LSD chemist and former Grateful Dead patron, Owsley Stanley.
History
Golden years (1966–1969)
Blue Cheer came together in 1966. It was co-founded by Eric Albronda and Jerry Russell, music aficionados who wanted to become involved with the San Francisco music scene of the 1960s. Both moved with Dickie Peterson from Davis, California, to San Francisco. Peterson had previously been with the Davis-based band Andrew Staples & The Oxford Circle, as well as future Blue Cheer members Paul Whaley and Gary Lee Yoder. The original Blue Cheer personnel were singer/bassist Dickie Peterson, guitarist Leigh Stephens and Eric Albronda as drummer. Albronda was later replaced by Paul Whaley, who was joined by Dickie's brother Jerre Peterson (guitar), Vale Hamanaka (keyboards), and Jerry Whiting (vocals, harmonica). Albronda continued his association with Blue Cheer as a member of Blue Cheer management, as well as being the producer or co-producer of five Blue Cheer albums.The band was managed by an ex-member of the Hells Angels named Gut. Early on, it was decided that the lineup should be trimmed down. It is said that Blue Cheer decided to adopt a power trio configuration after seeing Jimi Hendrix perform at the Monterey Pop Festival. Hamanaka and Whiting were asked to leave. Jerre Peterson didn't want to remain in the group without them, so he departed as well, leaving Dickie, Leigh and Paul as a trio. Their first hit was a cover version of Eddie Cochran's "Summertime Blues" from their debut album Vincebus Eruptum (1968). The single peaked at #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, their only such hit, and the album peaked at #11 on the Billboard 200 chart.
The group's sound was hard to categorize, but was definitely blues-based, loud and psychedelic.
The "Summertime Blues" single was backed with Dickie Peterson's original song "Out Of Focus". Peterson also contributed to the album the eight-minute "Doctor Please" and "Second Time Around", which features Paul Whaley's frantic drum solo. Filling out the record, the band cranked out blues covers "Rock Me Baby" and Mose Allison's "Parchman Farm" (titled "Parchment Farm").
The group underwent several personnel changes, the first occurring after the 1968 release of Outsideinside after Leigh Stephens left the band due to musical differences or, as some report, deafness. He was replaced by Randy Holden, formerly of Los Angeles garage rock band The Other Half. On 1969's New! Improved! Blue Cheer there were different guitarists on side 1 and side 2 (Randy Holden and Bruce Stephens) due to Holden's unanticipated departure from the band. Another guitarist that was in the band for a short stint was Tom Weisser, who recorded his material with Mitch Mitchell on drums and Dickie Peterson on bass. Later, Ralph Burns Kellogg also joined the band on keyboards. Blue Cheer's style now changed to a more commercial hard rock sound à la Steppenwolf or Iron Butterfly. For the fourth album Blue Cheer, Bruce Stephens left and was succeeded by Gary Lee Yoder who helped complete the album.
According to Dickie Peterson the group's lifestyle during this period caused problems with the music industry and press. Peterson said the group was outraged by the Vietnam War and society in general.
Reconfigurations, inactivity and first extended hiatus (1970s)
The new line-up of Peterson, Ralph Burns Kellogg, Norman Mayell (drums) and Yoder in 1970 saw the release of The Original Human Being, followed by 1971's Oh! Pleasant Hope. When Oh! Pleasant Hope failed to dent the sales charts, Blue Cheer temporarily split up in 1972.There was a temporary resumption in 1974 with Dickie Peterson being joined by brother Jerre, Ruben de Fuentes (guitar) and Terry Rae (drums) for some tour dates. This grouping continued on briefly in 1975 with former Steppenwolf bassist Nick St. Nicholas replacing Dickie. The group was then largely inactive for nearly three years, until 1978.
Dickie returned in 1978-79 with a fresh line-up of Tony Rainier on guitar and Mike Fleck on drums. This version of the group never got out of rehearsal studios.
Further reconfigurations, relocation to Germany, second and third extended hiatus (1980s–1998)
Blue Cheer was once again inactive in the early 1980s. There was another attempt to reunite in 1983, but that fell through. In 1984, Peterson had better luck when he returned with Whaley and Rainier as Blue Cheer and a brand new album The Beast Is Back, which was released on the New York label Megaforce Records. Whaley left again in 1985 as drummer Brent Harknett took over, only to be succeeded by Billy Carmassi in 1987. That same year, Dickie led yet another new lineup of the Cheer that had Ruben de Fuentes back on guitar and Eric Davis on drums. In 1988, the line-up changed once again, being now composed of Dickie Peterson (bass), with Andrew "Duck" MacDonald (guitar) and Dave Salce (drums).From 1989 to 1993, Blue Cheer toured mainly in Europe. During this time, they played with classic rock acts as well as then-up-and-coming bands: Mountain, Outlaws, Thunder, The Groundhogs, Ten Years After, The Yardbirds, Danzig, Mucky Pup and others.
1989 saw the release of Blue Cheer's first official live album, Blitzkrieg over Nüremberg. This album was recorded during Blue Cheer's first European tour in decades.
1990 saw the release of the Highlights and Lowlives studio album, composed of blues-based heavy metal and one ballad. The album was co-produced by notable grunge producer Jack Endino and German Neonazi and producer Roland Hofmann. The line-up was Peterson, Whaley on drums and MacDonald on guitars. Peterson often appeared on stage wearing t-shirts showing neofascist slogans and symbols during that period. He soon realised who Hoffmann was though and stopped working with him in the future.
Blue Cheer followed up "Highlights" with the much heavier Dining with the Sharks. Duck MacDonald was replaced by German ex-Monsters guitar player Dieter Saller in 1990. Peterson was on bass and vocals and Paul Whaley was again on drums. Also featured is a special guest appearance by Groundhogs guitarist Tony McPhee. The album was co-produced by Roland Hofmann and Blue Cheer. Gary Holland (ex-Dokken) replaced Whaley on drums in 1993.
In the early 1990s, Peterson and Whaley re-located to Germany. In 1992 Peterson recorded his first solo album "child of the darkness" in Cologne with a band named "The Scrap Yard". The album appeared five years later in Japan on Captain Trip Records. After Peterson came back to the U.S. (1994), Blue Cheer was dormant from 1994 to 1999.
The return of Blue Cheer (1999–2009)
In 1999, Peterson & Whaley got together with guitarist MacDonald, to resume touring as Blue Cheer. This band configuration remained largely constant from 1999 until Peterson's death in 2009.In 2000, Blue Cheer was the subject of a tribute album, Blue Explosion - A Tribute to Blue Cheer, featuring such bands as Pentagram, Internal Void, Hogwash and Thumlock.
Peterson and Leigh Stephens were together once again in Blue Cheer with drummer Prairie Prince at the Chet Helms Memorial Tribal Stomp in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park on October 29, 2005, and their lively performance drew old rockers like Paul Kantner and others from backstage to observe. They did some recordings in Virginia in Winter 2005 with Joe Hasselvander of Raven and Pentagram on drums, due to Paul Whaley choosing to remain in Germany. While Hasselvander played on the entire album, his contribution was reduced to drums on five songs, with Paul Whaley re-recording the drum parts on the balance of the album. This was because Whaley was set to rejoin the band and it was felt that he should contribute to the album, prior to touring. The resulting CD, What Doesn't Kill You..., released in 2007, features contributions from both Whaley and Hasselvander as a consequence.
Blue Cheer's video for Summertime Blues made an appearance in 2005 documentary Metal: A Headbanger's Journey, where Geddy Lee of Rush referred to the group as one of the first heavy metal bands.
Death of Peterson and disbandment (2009)
On October 12, 2009, Peterson died in Germany after development and spread of prostate cancer. After Peterson's death, longtime Blue Cheer guitarist Andrew MacDonald wrote on the group's website that "Blue Cheer is done. Out of respect for Dickie, Blue Cheer (will) never become a viable touring band again."
Dispute over ownership of band name
In recent years, a dispute has arisen as to ownership of the Blue Cheer band name. It was reported that, as of the early 2000s, former Blue Cheer guitarist Randy Holden, assisted by Randy Pratt of The Lizards band, had trademarked the Blue Cheer band name. Holden's association with Blue Cheer was quite brief; his only recorded output with the band is three tracks on New! Improved! Blue Cheer in 1969. The matter had upset Dickie Peterson, given his position as a co-founder of the band and the only continuing member since its inception, but does not appear to have been resolved.According to Randy Pratt, this report is not entirely accurate. Pratt provides uncited commentary as follows:
:''The Blue Cheer band name was trademarked in 2000 by fan and professional musician Randy Pratt. Pratt put the trademark in former Blue Cheer guitarist Randy Holden's possession after Dickie Peterson said he was finished with Blue Cheer and wanted nothing to do with it ever again, with his sole future interest in his new band, 'Mother Ocean'".
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