Not heard that one before, Tom - nice tempo changes in basically 12/8 I think, I could see how the drummer cued some of them but not others.
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Iām reminded of comments made by the late PTerry Pratchett during his Desert Island Discs interview. One of his choices was āBat Out Of Hellā, which he said he first heard on the car radio late one night while driving up the M40. When the song ended he found himself āconsiderably further along the road, with no clear memory of having driven the stretch behindā (or something like that)ā¦
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I donāt know if they were part of Andyās formative years, but the Grateful Dead were certainly part of mine, including being the first rock band I saw live in concert. Their bassist, Phil Lesh, died on October 25 at age 84. Linked here is āBox of Rain,ā one of the bandās standards that he composed.
He also contributed to āTruckinā,ā with its lyrics that pretty well summarize life:
āSometimes the lights are all shining on me
Other times I can barely see.
Lately it occurs to me
What a long, strange trip its been.ā
RIP, Phil.
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I saw he passed but no, The Dead did not feature in my youth. Iām sure the first Dead song I ever heard was Touch of Grey as it charted. The Dead never seemed to get any airtime in the UK.
I listened to the odd track, most of it seems to be folk rock acoustic music like a heavier Crosby, Stills and Nash. But some earlier stuff was good though I canāt name the tracks.
Considering their āconsumptionā of narcotics over the (earlier) years itās a good achievement to get to 84.
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For some reason, the Dead were off my musical radar, despite that same radar encompassing Zappa, Chicago, BST, Little Feat etc.
I got dragged in due to numerous orders for me to transcribe Leshās basslines. So thereās several of these on my work website https://tomreadbass.co.uk if anyoneās interested.
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And I thought you were much younger than me Tom. Likewise for me, the Dead were below my horizon.
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I think I still am Gerald. But like many musicians, my entry into the profession was via my fatherās band - and therefore I was mentored by being immersed into some incredible music from his generation. Not Grateful Dead though - Iāve only relatively recently delved into this through work stuff (as mentioned above) - but itās unmistakably part of that same 60s/70s West Coast scene.
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Oh dear. Teri Garr checks out at 79 after suffering with MS for 22 years.
Teri was a stunningly pretty woman in her youth, no tattoos, no botox, no lips so inflated she looked like a fish. No, a genuinely pretty woman. For bonus points she could also act !
Teri was in Mel Brooks Young Frankentein in 1974, a seriously un-woke film and one that made a young Andy cry with laughter. Watching clips now and Iām helpless in seconds. So many of the lines have become catchphrases.
Hereās a clip of a 29yr old Teri Garr from Young Frankenstein with an example of Mel Brooks humour.
RIP Teri
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I remember her more as the unsettled wife of Richard Dreyfuss in Close Encounters of the Third kind.
RIP
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I saw 3rd Encounters when it was first shown on TV. That was the only time so I must have thought it was āmehā.
ISTR thereās a DVD of Young Frankenstein in this house. It needs watching without interruption.
āDr. Frank-en-stine?ā
āFrank-en-steenā.
āYouāre putting me on!ā
āNo, itās pronounced Frank-en-steenā
āDo you also say Fro-derick?ā
āNo Frederickā
āWell why isnāt it Fro-derick Fronk-en-steen?ā
āIt isnāt itās Frederick Frank-en-steenā
āI seeā
āYou must be Eee-gor?ā
āNo, itās pronounced Eye-gorā
āBut they told it was Eee-gorā
āWell they were wrong then werenāt they.ā
Of course you need MArty Feldmanās facial expressions to do it justice.
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Donāt forget the mobile hump - āWhat Hump?ā
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91 posts there are (were) in this topic. Quincy Jones dies at 91 this morning. A resume so vast, long and wide-reaching that itās unimaginable not to have coincided with Andyās formative years.
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Iām actually quite saddened by that news Tom. Itās probably easier to count who Quincy never worked with rather than count those who did. Such a vast range of artists and styles.
A particular favourite, a long time favourite before it was (ab)used by Austin Powers.
And this is towards the limit of sublime, Frank Sinatra, Count Basie and arranged by Quincy
Hang on Andy, are you saying you like Frank Sinatra? Yes, he had a wonderful voice and how can you not like his swinging big band songs of the 50s/60s. Either Nelson Riddle or Quincy Jones arrangements.
But you also like Motorhead. Yes, itās possible to like such different stuff, though Lemmy singing āLady Is a Trampā would have been wonderful. Or Frank singing āKilled by Deathā. I think some AI tools are needed here to make such things possible.
I shall go and dig out all the Quincy arrangements I have here and have a session as I have the house to myself.
RIP Quincy.
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I still think his greatest move as a producer/arranger was getting Toto in as the studio session musicians to record Michael Jacksonās āThrillerā album.
In other news, guess whoās got tickets for Toto at Manchester AO Arena in February 2025ā¦? 
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I tend not to worry too much about these thingsā¦ it can bring an artist to a completely new audience.
Look at Kate Bush after her song āRunning Up That Hillā was used on TV recently. Sheās now talking about a new album!
RIP Quincy Jonesā¦ (I didnāt know about āThe Italian Jobā!)
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Neither did I.
Itās just a bit annoying when a tune you like gets used for something and then everyone thinks you like because it was used on X. Much like the most wonderful theme from āMan in a Suitcaseā. My mum liked that program and always watched it, I think she had the hots for Richard Bradford aka McGill 
Anyway I remember the theme and would use it as a ringtone but eveyone would think I liked Chris Evans and that would never do.
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Ha ha! I remember when TFI Friday started and I said āThatās Man in a Suitcaseā!!!
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I heard Patrick Kielty sing āCreepā at the end of āLast Chance Lotteryā every week on Channel 4 before I ever heard the Radiohead original!
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We were watching the Netflix documentary on the USA Live Aid recording in 1985 that featured Quincy Jones. I remember his influence on several 80s artists tracks.
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Somewhere in the house I have a huge jazz busking book from the 70s which had quite a few of his melodies in it, some of them were very striking and which I worked up for a small band that I was involved in.
Now I am going to have to rummage for itā¦
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