He was raised in a musical home with his mother, Bertha, whom he described as a remarkable jazz-influenced singer, and his physician father, George, known as “Sonny” who, in addition to his profession as a pathologist, was a jazz enthusiast and accomplished amateur recording engineer. Guitar virtuoso Les Paul and his musical partner Mary Ford were regular visitors at the Miller house. Dr. and Mrs. Miller were best man and maid of honor at the December 1949 wedding of Les Paul and Mary Ford. Les Paul heard Steve, who was four, on a wire recording made by Dr. Miller, as the youngster was “banging away” on a guitar given to him by his uncle, Dr. K. Dale Atterbury. Paul encouraged Miller to continue with his interest in the guitar … and “perhaps he will be something one day.” Steve’s uncles were also musicians – one played violin in the Paul Whiteman Orchestra – but when the Depression hit and the opportunities dried up, they became doctors instead.
Singer-songwriters usually seem much more invested in their songs, partially due to drawing from their own lives.
As for TIAB:
Jim Croce wrote this song the night that he found out his wife, Ingrid, was pregnant. The couple had been married for five years, and Ingrid found out she was pregnant when she went to a fertility specialist. She recalls a mix of terror and delight in Jim's reaction when she told him the news. The child was a boy named Adrian, who grew up to become the singer-songwriter A.J. Croce.
Steven Haworth Miller, born October 5, 1943, was raised in a musical home with his mother, Bertha, whom he described as a remarkable jazz-influenced singer, and his physician father, George, known as “Sonny” who, in addition to his profession as a pathologist, was a jazz enthusiast and accomplished amateur recording engineer. Guitar virtuoso Les Paul and his musical partner Mary Ford were regular visitors at the Miller house. Dr. and Mrs. Miller were best man and maid of honor at the December 1949 wedding of Les Paul and Mary Ford. Les Paul heard Steve, who was four, on a wire recording made by Dr. Miller, as the youngster was “banging away” on a guitar given to him by his uncle, Dr. K. Dale Atterbury. Paul encouraged Miller to continue with his interest in the guitar … and “perhaps he will be something one day.” Steve’s uncles were also musicians – one played violin in the Paul Whiteman Orchestra – but when the Depression hit and the opportunities dried up, they became doctors instead.
The song was written and sung by Alvin Lee (born Graham Anthony Barnes). 10 Years After was formed in 1966. They took their name because it was 10 years after what they considered the birth of rock and roll. Lee: "I'd love to change the world, but I don’t know what to do and I'll leave it up to you. I'm just saying the world does need changing," he said of the song in Vintage Rock. "I'd love to do it, but I haven't got the talent. I don't think I'm a world changer."
The song is a good look at what were considered the big problems in the world in 1971: overpopulation, economic inequality, pollution, war. Alvin Lee often said in later interviews that the song remained just as relevant despite the passage of time. The band didn't play this song live while Albert Lee was a member, as he felt trying to re-create it on stage would be "too restricting." Their albums sold well, typically charting in the Top 25 in America, which was their stronghold. Hit singles were not a concern; Alvin Lee had almost a disdain for them because he didn't want his songs edited down and then talked over by a DJ.
They can get up to 6 feet and weight 12 lbs or so. They aren't the most venomous but you can lose a limb due to necrosis. Fortunately we have anti-venom in most of the hospitals, especially during the summer.
Thanks for your reply. Your prayers are appreciated and important, they're about all that can help at this point. Not to air a bunch of laundry but I've been diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma that has spread to my lungs. I'm doing chemo so we'll see how that goes. So far I'm doing pretty good. If that wasn't enough, while I was in with the doc getting my diagnosis 2 of my kids went to check on my sister because we hadn't heard from her in a couple days. They found her deceased in her bed. So I've had a full plate lately. I don't know what I'd do if I didn't have such great kids to support me during all this, I'm very blessed. At least my music is still alive, it's a comfort.
We're aware of the "difficulties" on Poal and are considering alternatives, such as maybe a Sunday night thread here, but there are some details to consider. We've been doing the Thread *every* Friday night for almost 4 years now and it involves more than just posting on a site. The FNGT has always been about, and only about, people sharing their music and an "island" in the midst of the socio-political discussions of whatever host we are on. We have provided a venue, with some motivation, and it's for everyone to enjoy, which means it's up to others to participate. Sadly, the split of artists since Voat died has caused a waning as of late. We'd love to see that participation increase again but moving the Thread is more involved than may appear. As said, we are aware of the situation and are considering alternatives. Stay tuned.
Greg Lake started writing this song when he was just 12 years old. "I was round my friend's house and he had a broken down old guitar," Lake explained on his Songs of a Lifetime tour. "In fact, it only had one string on it. Luckily, it was the bottom string. With a matchstick, I picked out this tune. It made me think, you know, perhaps I could play guitar. So it came to Christmas and I said to my mom, 'Do you think there's any chance of me having a guitar for Christmas?' And she said, 'No.' You know, we were pretty poor. So that was it. I just accepted it. But anyway, Christmas came, and there it was, the guitar. And of course I was thrilled. The first four chords I learned were D, A minor, E minor, and G. With these chords I wrote this little song. It's a kids' song, really. And it was a medieval fantasy, really. And I never wrote it on a piece of paper. I just remembered the words."
When asked in another interview if he felt "lucky" to have written the song, Lake responded:
"I did write “Lucky Man” when I was 12. My mum bought me a guitar and I was very lucky in that sense, the answer was yes instead of no. There was the first bit of luck because had the answer been no, my life would have probably been totally different. I got the guitar and I learned the first four chords that were D, G, A Minor and E Minor and with those chords I wrote “Lucky Man”. I truly cannot remember everything about writing it other than I think it struck me as being a sort of minstrel type of event with these chords, G, D, E Minor and A Minor, gave me this sort of minstrel feeling. “Lucky Man” has kind of an almost medieval element tone to it. It is like a medieval folk song in a way. That was the essence of the idea. I wrote the song in its entirety and I finished it and I remembered it. As far as its significance regarding me and how lucky I was, I suppose it does really. You cannot disassociate the tune, the song has been very lucky for me. It came about because of a piece of good fortune, which was my mother giving me the guitar and it has been lucky for me ever since. I would say if I was going to be honest, I have been very lucky in life. I certainly have been."
Arguably Emerson, Lake & Palmer's best known song, this almost did not happen. On the last day of recording their first album, ELP did not have enough material to fulfill their contract requirements of 21 minutes per album side. Greg Lake explained: "Everybody looked round the studio, you know, 'Has anybody got any more material?' And there was deadly silence. So I said, 'Well, look, you know, I've got this little thing I wrote when I was a kid. And if there's nothing else, maybe that would do.' You know. So Keith said, 'Well, you play it, then, let's have a listen.' So I played it, and nobody liked it. So I said, 'Yeah, but you know, the thing is we've got nothing else.' Keith said, 'Well, you record it on your own and I'm going to go down the pub.' So off he went down the pub. So Carl Palmer and I, we recorded the first part together, just drums and acoustic guitar. And it sounded pretty dreadful. But then I put a bass on it and it sounded a bit better. And then I went and put some more guitars on it, and an electric guitar solo. Then I put these harmonies on, these block harmonies. And in the end it sounded pretty good, it sounded like a record."
The end of this song contains one of the most famous Moog synthesizer solos in rock history. Keith Emerson had just recently gotten the device, and only decided to play on this song after hearing the track Lake and Palmer came up with and realizing it was a legitimate song. "Keith came back from the pub and he heard it and was shocked," said Lake. You know, it had gone from this silly little folk song to this quite big production. And so he said, 'Wow, I suppose I'd better play on that.' And so I said, 'The thing is, I've already put the guitar solo on.' He said, 'Look, I could play something at the end.' He said, 'I've just had this gadget delivered next door. It's called a Moog synthesizer. I haven't tried it before, but maybe there's a sound on there that would work on this.' So I said, 'Okay. Why don't we give it a try.' And so Keith went out into the next room. And he said, 'Run the track, then, for an experiment.' So I flipped it in record and pressed play. And because he was experimenting, we didn't really listen. In fact, we put the speakers on dim. The track went through and Keith experimented, and when it got to the end I turned to the engineer, Eddie Offord. I said, 'Was that me or did that sound good?' And Eddie said, 'I think it did sound good.' And we played it back. And that is the solo that's on the record."
That's very nice of you to say so and appreciated. The kids haven't decided what to do with me yet but I'm not much of a cemetery guy. Won't matter to me, I won't be there anyway. I'll be lurking around in some lyric of a thousand different songs so keep rocking whatever music you like and give me a thought once in a while. A person only really dies when that stops.
I can understand that. Since I only really post about my music stuff I stay out of the site drama as much as possible. I do like they keep the user features upgraded and I have a few friends I talk to in PM's so it works for me. And we are still there with the Guitar Thread so I need to keep up with that. We've thought about moving it over here but need the features to develop so it runs smoothly, so for now we're staying put. We moved the Thread to Poal when RealVoat shut down and it's a pain to move again. On top of all that, I've got some major health concerns and I don't know how much longer I'll be around anyway. It's all good, I'll check in on you here every so often and glad to see you're still kicking it.
I'm mostly over on Poal still out of force of habit but mainly because this site hasn't developed their feature set much yet. I stop by here every few days but I'm over there more. If you have an account there, PM me sometime.
COF 1 point 3.9 years ago
He was raised in a musical home with his mother, Bertha, whom he described as a remarkable jazz-influenced singer, and his physician father, George, known as “Sonny” who, in addition to his profession as a pathologist, was a jazz enthusiast and accomplished amateur recording engineer. Guitar virtuoso Les Paul and his musical partner Mary Ford were regular visitors at the Miller house. Dr. and Mrs. Miller were best man and maid of honor at the December 1949 wedding of Les Paul and Mary Ford. Les Paul heard Steve, who was four, on a wire recording made by Dr. Miller, as the youngster was “banging away” on a guitar given to him by his uncle, Dr. K. Dale Atterbury. Paul encouraged Miller to continue with his interest in the guitar … and “perhaps he will be something one day.” Steve’s uncles were also musicians – one played violin in the Paul Whiteman Orchestra – but when the Depression hit and the opportunities dried up, they became doctors instead.
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COF 2 points 4.0 years ago
Always thought this is one of your best. Glad you posted it.
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COF 0 points 4.0 years ago
The FNGT is still there, every Friday night at 8pm et in s/guitar. It stays stickied all week until the next one. You're welcome to stop by.
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COF 0 points 4.0 years ago*
Seems "he" only knows one song:
https://poal.co/s/Music/385296/2627f81c-bf23-4d66-b571-24e290a3ffe9#cmnts
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COF 1 point 4 years ago
Singer-songwriters usually seem much more invested in their songs, partially due to drawing from their own lives.
As for TIAB:
Jim Croce wrote this song the night that he found out his wife, Ingrid, was pregnant. The couple had been married for five years, and Ingrid found out she was pregnant when she went to a fertility specialist. She recalls a mix of terror and delight in Jim's reaction when she told him the news. The child was a boy named Adrian, who grew up to become the singer-songwriter A.J. Croce.
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COF 2 points 4 years ago*
Why does it seem odd? Saw them live in'71 or '72 (Dreamboat Annie tour) and fell in love with Nancy since. Her guitar skills are amazing.
E: Guess I misremembered (I've slept since then). Seems it was '75 when they released DA.
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COF 1 point 4 years ago
There's a couple vids of the two playing together. Here's a nice one, 25 mins.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu2kWAXrlC0
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COF 1 point 4 years ago
Steven Haworth Miller, born October 5, 1943, was raised in a musical home with his mother, Bertha, whom he described as a remarkable jazz-influenced singer, and his physician father, George, known as “Sonny” who, in addition to his profession as a pathologist, was a jazz enthusiast and accomplished amateur recording engineer. Guitar virtuoso Les Paul and his musical partner Mary Ford were regular visitors at the Miller house. Dr. and Mrs. Miller were best man and maid of honor at the December 1949 wedding of Les Paul and Mary Ford. Les Paul heard Steve, who was four, on a wire recording made by Dr. Miller, as the youngster was “banging away” on a guitar given to him by his uncle, Dr. K. Dale Atterbury. Paul encouraged Miller to continue with his interest in the guitar … and “perhaps he will be something one day.” Steve’s uncles were also musicians – one played violin in the Paul Whiteman Orchestra – but when the Depression hit and the opportunities dried up, they became doctors instead.
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COF 2 points 4 years ago
The song was written and sung by Alvin Lee (born Graham Anthony Barnes). 10 Years After was formed in 1966. They took their name because it was 10 years after what they considered the birth of rock and roll. Lee: "I'd love to change the world, but I don’t know what to do and I'll leave it up to you. I'm just saying the world does need changing," he said of the song in Vintage Rock. "I'd love to do it, but I haven't got the talent. I don't think I'm a world changer."
The song is a good look at what were considered the big problems in the world in 1971: overpopulation, economic inequality, pollution, war. Alvin Lee often said in later interviews that the song remained just as relevant despite the passage of time. The band didn't play this song live while Albert Lee was a member, as he felt trying to re-create it on stage would be "too restricting." Their albums sold well, typically charting in the Top 25 in America, which was their stronghold. Hit singles were not a concern; Alvin Lee had almost a disdain for them because he didn't want his songs edited down and then talked over by a DJ.
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COF 1 point 4 years ago
Yup.
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COF 0 points 4 years ago*
A little farther north. Wichita Mtns Wildlife Refuge.
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COF 0 points 4 years ago
They can get up to 6 feet and weight 12 lbs or so. They aren't the most venomous but you can lose a limb due to necrosis. Fortunately we have anti-venom in most of the hospitals, especially during the summer.
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COF 1 point 4 years ago
Nope, it would never have occurred to me to do that. Even if it had, I still wouldn't.
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COF 4 points 4 years ago
We have roundups where they do fry them.
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COF 2 points 4 years ago
You learn to keep watch during the spring and summer and always keep your dog on a leash.
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COF 1 point 4 years ago
Thanks for your reply. Your prayers are appreciated and important, they're about all that can help at this point. Not to air a bunch of laundry but I've been diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma that has spread to my lungs. I'm doing chemo so we'll see how that goes. So far I'm doing pretty good. If that wasn't enough, while I was in with the doc getting my diagnosis 2 of my kids went to check on my sister because we hadn't heard from her in a couple days. They found her deceased in her bed. So I've had a full plate lately. I don't know what I'd do if I didn't have such great kids to support me during all this, I'm very blessed. At least my music is still alive, it's a comfort.
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COF 1 point 4 years ago
Shows a lot of maturity to write a song like this at 16, much like Joni Mitchell and Both Sides Now. Old souls at a young age.
Wish I could say things here are fine, but real life is kicking my butt. Nobody gets out alive, I guess.
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COF 0 points 4 years ago
Howdy. I sent a link to Buddha also and he's thinking about what to do.
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COF 1 point 4 years ago
See my reply to recon_johnny.
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COF 2 points 4 years ago
We're aware of the "difficulties" on Poal and are considering alternatives, such as maybe a Sunday night thread here, but there are some details to consider. We've been doing the Thread *every* Friday night for almost 4 years now and it involves more than just posting on a site. The FNGT has always been about, and only about, people sharing their music and an "island" in the midst of the socio-political discussions of whatever host we are on. We have provided a venue, with some motivation, and it's for everyone to enjoy, which means it's up to others to participate. Sadly, the split of artists since Voat died has caused a waning as of late. We'd love to see that participation increase again but moving the Thread is more involved than may appear. As said, we are aware of the situation and are considering alternatives. Stay tuned.
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COF 1 point 4 years ago
Greg Lake started writing this song when he was just 12 years old. "I was round my friend's house and he had a broken down old guitar," Lake explained on his Songs of a Lifetime tour. "In fact, it only had one string on it. Luckily, it was the bottom string. With a matchstick, I picked out this tune. It made me think, you know, perhaps I could play guitar. So it came to Christmas and I said to my mom, 'Do you think there's any chance of me having a guitar for Christmas?' And she said, 'No.' You know, we were pretty poor. So that was it. I just accepted it. But anyway, Christmas came, and there it was, the guitar. And of course I was thrilled. The first four chords I learned were D, A minor, E minor, and G. With these chords I wrote this little song. It's a kids' song, really. And it was a medieval fantasy, really. And I never wrote it on a piece of paper. I just remembered the words."
When asked in another interview if he felt "lucky" to have written the song, Lake responded:
"I did write “Lucky Man” when I was 12. My mum bought me a guitar and I was very lucky in that sense, the answer was yes instead of no. There was the first bit of luck because had the answer been no, my life would have probably been totally different. I got the guitar and I learned the first four chords that were D, G, A Minor and E Minor and with those chords I wrote “Lucky Man”. I truly cannot remember everything about writing it other than I think it struck me as being a sort of minstrel type of event with these chords, G, D, E Minor and A Minor, gave me this sort of minstrel feeling. “Lucky Man” has kind of an almost medieval element tone to it. It is like a medieval folk song in a way. That was the essence of the idea. I wrote the song in its entirety and I finished it and I remembered it. As far as its significance regarding me and how lucky I was, I suppose it does really. You cannot disassociate the tune, the song has been very lucky for me. It came about because of a piece of good fortune, which was my mother giving me the guitar and it has been lucky for me ever since. I would say if I was going to be honest, I have been very lucky in life. I certainly have been."
Arguably Emerson, Lake & Palmer's best known song, this almost did not happen. On the last day of recording their first album, ELP did not have enough material to fulfill their contract requirements of 21 minutes per album side. Greg Lake explained: "Everybody looked round the studio, you know, 'Has anybody got any more material?' And there was deadly silence. So I said, 'Well, look, you know, I've got this little thing I wrote when I was a kid. And if there's nothing else, maybe that would do.' You know. So Keith said, 'Well, you play it, then, let's have a listen.' So I played it, and nobody liked it. So I said, 'Yeah, but you know, the thing is we've got nothing else.' Keith said, 'Well, you record it on your own and I'm going to go down the pub.' So off he went down the pub. So Carl Palmer and I, we recorded the first part together, just drums and acoustic guitar. And it sounded pretty dreadful. But then I put a bass on it and it sounded a bit better. And then I went and put some more guitars on it, and an electric guitar solo. Then I put these harmonies on, these block harmonies. And in the end it sounded pretty good, it sounded like a record."
The end of this song contains one of the most famous Moog synthesizer solos in rock history. Keith Emerson had just recently gotten the device, and only decided to play on this song after hearing the track Lake and Palmer came up with and realizing it was a legitimate song. "Keith came back from the pub and he heard it and was shocked," said Lake. You know, it had gone from this silly little folk song to this quite big production. And so he said, 'Wow, I suppose I'd better play on that.' And so I said, 'The thing is, I've already put the guitar solo on.' He said, 'Look, I could play something at the end.' He said, 'I've just had this gadget delivered next door. It's called a Moog synthesizer. I haven't tried it before, but maybe there's a sound on there that would work on this.' So I said, 'Okay. Why don't we give it a try.' And so Keith went out into the next room. And he said, 'Run the track, then, for an experiment.' So I flipped it in record and pressed play. And because he was experimenting, we didn't really listen. In fact, we put the speakers on dim. The track went through and Keith experimented, and when it got to the end I turned to the engineer, Eddie Offord. I said, 'Was that me or did that sound good?' And Eddie said, 'I think it did sound good.' And we played it back. And that is the solo that's on the record."
Here's an alternate version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnazfrlhFfw
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COF 0 points 4 years ago
Hey @system, follow your own damn rules and delete the fake AR47.
>6. No stealing people's old voat usernames.
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COF 1 point 4 years ago
That's very nice of you to say so and appreciated. The kids haven't decided what to do with me yet but I'm not much of a cemetery guy. Won't matter to me, I won't be there anyway. I'll be lurking around in some lyric of a thousand different songs so keep rocking whatever music you like and give me a thought once in a while. A person only really dies when that stops.
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COF 1 point 4 years ago
I can understand that. Since I only really post about my music stuff I stay out of the site drama as much as possible. I do like they keep the user features upgraded and I have a few friends I talk to in PM's so it works for me. And we are still there with the Guitar Thread so I need to keep up with that. We've thought about moving it over here but need the features to develop so it runs smoothly, so for now we're staying put. We moved the Thread to Poal when RealVoat shut down and it's a pain to move again. On top of all that, I've got some major health concerns and I don't know how much longer I'll be around anyway. It's all good, I'll check in on you here every so often and glad to see you're still kicking it.
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COF 1 point 4 years ago
I'm mostly over on Poal still out of force of habit but mainly because this site hasn't developed their feature set much yet. I stop by here every few days but I'm over there more. If you have an account there, PM me sometime.
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