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“Summer In The City”
Ray Gomez
1980 — Volume
((( Fusion Happens )))
“Take A Walk On The Wild Side” — New York City rehearsal for a show supporting Bernard Fowler’s solo release of “New York Time,” a video for the song that closed his 2007 album, Friends with Privileges.
“Walk This Way” — When Run-DMC partnered with Aerosmith, covering its 1975 hit, “Walk This Way,” the guitar was an instrument rarely heard in the emerging Hip-Hop sound. Ten years after (1986), Joe Perry’s playing on the Hip-Hop version, proved popular with both Hip-Hop and Rock N Roll fans, exposing both to the other.
“Scary Man” — Bernard sings on the vocal version of Doug Wimbish’s “Scary Man.” Described as a James Bond Theme-style orchestration, featured on his 2008 album, CinemaSonics.
1979 — Hip-Hop Happens
THE ORIGINAL SUGAR HILL RHYTHM SECTION
Skip “Little Axe” McDonald (guitar)
Doug Wimbish (bass)
Keith LeBlanc (drums)
1980 — SUMMER IN THE CITY (HIP-HOP, FUNK, AND FUSION)
1981 — SUMMER OF SPACE AND TIME (MTV SHUTTLE DIPLOMACY)
1982 — SATURDAY IN THE PARK (NYC) JUST SAY NO TO NUKES
1983 — GOING BACK TO NEW YORK
1984 — Beat Street (“We’re Playing Basketball“)
Hollywood’s depiction of the B-Boy Culture that had surfaced in the parks and abandoned buildings in and around New York City’s Five Burroughs.
FREE TO THE PUBLIC — After being created under cover of the night, New York City Graffiti shows itself on the subway trains as they emerge, and run across all five New York City Boroughs. Depending upon how you saw it, Graffiti was either an act of vandalism, or a rolling exhibit of fine art.
THE ROXY (ROLLER RINK B-BOY CLUB)
CBGB (DOWNTOWN NYC)
No Sell Out
Keith LeBlanc
Malcolm X 12″
1984 — w/ Betty Shabazz (Malcolm X’ widow) vs. Sugar Hill Records (Joe Robinson)
((( Hip-Hop’s Original Beat )))
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1985 — Live Aid
Mick Jagger & Tina Turner
Queen
Farm Aid
We Are The World
Michael Jackson
Lionel Richie
Quincy Jones
Artists United Against Apartheid
Steven Van Zandt
Arthur Baker
Miami Vice
Mick Jagger
She’s The Boss
w/ Jeff Beck
w/ Roger Waters
“What God Wants”
Amused to Death
1986 — Flash
Jeff Beck
w/ Doug Wimbish
Jan Hammer
Jimmy Hall
Rod Stewart
Carmine Appice
Cause We Ended As Lovers
Jeff Beck
w/ Doug Wimbish
Jan Hammer
1986 — Live In Japan
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yT.
When the Sugar Hill Rhythm Section fled New York to London, and joined Adrian Sherwood (ON-U SOUND RECORDS), it wasn’t long before Keith, Skip, and Doug were noticed by the music community in England. Mick Jagger and Jeff Beck were two of the highest profile members, who both called on the young Americans to work with them on their own projects. Jeff Beck called on Doug Wimbish, Jan Hammer, Steve Lukather, and Simon Phillips to play a 1986 concert (guitar festival) in Japan.
1984 — “No Sell Out” (Malcolm X)
1985 — We Were The World
We Are The World
Live Aid
Artists United Against Apartheid
Miami Vice
Mick Jagger
She’s the Boss
Bernard Fowler
1986 — Major Malfunction
Keith LeBlanc
1987 — James Blood Ulmer
America, Do You Remember The Love?
StetSonic “A.F.R.I.C.A.”
1987 — Primitive Cool
Mick Jagger
w/ Jeff Beck
Vernon Reid
Doug Wimbish
Simon Phillips
Omar Hakim
Rachel Z
Trust The Universe
Young Americans
Mick Jagger’s band of Young Americans
1988 — Australia / Tokyo
((( Still Rocking, Still Rolling )))
yT.
When Mick Jagger and Keith Richards decided to take a break from the Rolling Stones, Mick set out to assemble a band of young Americans who would take him on the wildest of Rock N Roll rides. A Rock N Roll ride wild even for Mick who had spent the last 30 years jet setting across the Universe.
Brothers of Sodom
Mick Jagger (Lead Vocals)
Joe Satriani (Lead Guitar)
Doug Wimbish (Electric Bass Guitar)
Simon Philips (Drums)
Susie Davis (Keyboards)
Phil Ashley (Keyboards)
Jimmy Rip (Guitar)
Bernard Fowler (Backing Vocals) Carol Kenyon, Jenny Douglas, Linda Moran, Valerie Scott.
Steel Wheels
w/ Living Colour
Guns N Roses
1989 — North American Tour
((( The Return )))
“Memories Can’t Wait”
“Papa Was A Rolling Stone”
“Glamor Boys”
2008 — Live In Paris
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VH1
AND YOU DON’T STOP: 30 YEARS OF HIP-HOP
The Wonderful World of Living Colour
Bernard Fowler — King Bee
Keith Leblanc — King Of The Beat, Malcolm X, Blanc Like Me.
Harold Sargent — Elemental Beat, Wood Brass & Steel, Hip-Hop Father
Skip McDonald — Ohio Church, Ambient, Dub, Blues, Crash Gospel.
Doug Wimbish — The Traveler Bass Odyssey, Ambient Space, Trippy Notes
VINX
Allan Harris — Tony Bennet’s Favorite
Adam Falcon — Like A Soldier, Family Man
Rachel Z — Omar Hakim, Vertu, Peter Gabriel
Alex Skolnick — Straight Ahead Metal
Miles Davis
MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA
WEATHER REPORT
RETURN TO FOREVER
JACO PASTORIUS
FRANK ZAPPA
JOHN MCLAUGHLIN
CARLOS SANTANA
LARRY CORYELL
ROBERT FRIPP
Ron Carter v. Rick James
Marcus Miller (Miles Davis
Armand Sabal-lecco (Paul Simon
Robert Trujio
Jimmy Haslip — Yellowjackets
“Ball of Confusion”
SPACE RACE 1961-1969 (USA v USSR)
1968 (ASSASSINATION, VOODOO, WAR)
1969 (LURE OF THE MOON)
1970 (VIETNAM JUNGLE FUNK)
1971 (ALLIGATOR INSURGENCY)
1972 (SEX DRUGS ROCK N ROLL)
1973 (ALLIGATOR INDEPENDENCE)
1974 (NIXON, WATERGATE, IMPEACHMENT)
1975 (NO MORE WAR)
1976 (PATRIOTIC DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN)
1977 (AFTER MIDNIGHT)
1978 (MIDNIGHT, MICANOPY, MADNESS, FEVER)
1979 (WELCOME TO GAINESVILLE)
1980 (INNOVATION, DISASTER, AND MURDER)
1981 (JUST SAY GO TO MTV, AND NASA’S RETURN TO SPACE)
1982 (JUST SAY NO TO EVERTHING)
1983 (GOING BACK TO NEW YORK)
Run-DMC, Along with Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, and Public Enemy, the group pioneered new-school hip-hop music and helped usher in the golden age hip-hop. The group was among the first to highlight the importance of the MC and DJ relationship.
“Summer In The City”
Summertime
Summertime Blues
Endless Summer
The Boys of Summer
Hot Fun In The Summertime
Summer Nights
One Small Step for Man, One Small Step for Mankind”
Neil Armstrong
VIETNAM
WOODSTOCK
ELECTRIC LADYLAND
Jimi Hendrix
1969 — Moon Dance
1970 — Miles Davis
Bitches Brew
1979 — Hip-Hop Happens
THE ORIGINAL SUGAR HILL RHYTHM SECTION
Skip “Little Axe” McDonald (guitar)
Doug Wimbish (bass)
Keith LeBlanc (drums)
Live @ The Paradise Garage
Larry Levan
1979 — TECHNO DANCE, FUNK, AND JAZZ.
((( hip-hop & dance )))
Trio of Doom
Havana 1979
Tony Williams
John McLaughlin
Jaco Pastorius
Doom Songs
Black Sabbath
The Wars of Armageddon — Funkadelic
Drop The Big One — Randy Newman
The “A” Bomb Woke Me — Swimming Pool Q’s
The World Would Have To End Without Willie — King Missile
Drop The Bomb— Italian Rock
1980 —SUMMER IN THE CITY
HIP-HOP, FUNK, AND FUSION
alligator (the paper of university of florida record)
BEE GEES ((MIAMI))
Rick James v. Ron Carter
(Super Freak v. The Distinuished Gentleman)
The Last Poets
Gil Scott-Heron
1960 — Where The Boys Are
1970 — Sex Drugs & Rock N Roll
At the same time the B-Boy/Hip-Hop culture had emerged from the shadows, and was taking root in the Boroughs of New the continued Fusion of Rock N Roll and Jazz was also on its way to the world called “Pop.” Pop in the sense that a significant number of people were showing their pleasure in the number of records being sold. Lenny White credits the electric guitar as the most influential instrument in the creation of Fusion music. Lenny prefers to call it Electric Jazz or Jazz Rock, and he speaks to John McLaughlin and Larry Coryell (two of the many Fusion guitarists he’s collaborated with) as the most influential. McLaughlin on Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew, often sited as the beginning of the musical movement.
1980 — Disco, Hip-Hop, Funk, Punk, Rock, and Jazz Fusion
While many of the day’s young guitarists and Guitar Rock fans moved toward Eddie Van Halen, there were those attracted more toward Electrified Jazz. Ray Gomez, (“Summer In The City”) was among them. In the world of Jazz, Swing, B-Bop, and the traditional, were giving way to what was being called “Fusion.” The electrification of Jazz
“It is A Fusion of Rock and Jazz … or Electric Jazz. Lenny also says “If it hadn’t been for the electric guitar, there would be no music called “FUSION.”
1990 — Vernon Reid
“Under Cover of The Night”
Rolling Stones
1983 — Undercover
((( The End )))
dave.
skot olsen
WeeGee
road trips
A BEACH FOR ALL SEASONS (COCOA BEACH)
ENERGY DANCE (SEBASTIAN INLET SURF)
ENERGY DANCE (SEBASTIAN INLET) ALT.
SAIL AWAY (FORT LAUDERDALE KEY WEST)
IN THE PRESENCE OF THE POPE (JOHN PAUL II IN NASSAU)
SUMMER IN THE CITY
NYC (A FACELESS CITY)
SATURDAY IN THE PARK
MARDI GRAS MAGIC (TRIP TO NEW ORLEANS)
CEDAR KEY (BACK IN FLORIDA TIME)
MIDNIGHT LIGHTNING (TURTLES IN THE MOONLIGHT)
I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
Where The Boys Are