LEJ's RocknRoll Geezer Quiz

Subject: RE: LEJ's RocknRoll Geezer Quiz
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 02 Feb 02 - 05:29 PM

oops. Right on 13, partial on 9 and 14.

Subject: RE: LEJ's RocknRoll Geezer Quiz
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 02 Feb 02 - 05:27 PM

(hoping someone can fix the html in my first post. Should have closed italics behind "Jimmy James and the Blue Flames)

Don, you are one dandy rock geezer! You are partially right on 9 and 13, correct on your other answers.

Subject: RE: LEJ's RocknRoll Geezer Quiz
From: DonMeixner
Date: 02 Feb 02 - 05:20 PM

1. Badge, sorry , I should have had in the first list.

Subject: RE: LEJ's RocknRoll Geezer Quiz
From: DonMeixner
Date: 02 Feb 02 - 05:16 PM

13. Thin Lizzie maybe???

Subject: RE: LEJ's RocknRoll Geezer Quiz
From: Mark Clark
Date: 02 Feb 02 - 05:14 PM

LEJ, those aren't geezer questions, those are whipersnapper questions. Real geezers like me won't have a clue.

      - Mark

Subject: RE: LEJ's RocknRoll Geezer Quiz
From: Banjer
Date: 02 Feb 02 - 05:13 PM

Leeeej, old buddy (must be old to know all that) I fear the querys you pose are so far before my time that I can't answer any of them!

Subject: RE: LEJ's RocknRoll Geezer Quiz
From: DonMeixner
Date: 02 Feb 02 - 05:12 PM

1 George Harrison

5 Glenn Campbell

8 Beck Bogart and Apice

9 Andy warhol, Velvet Underground, Lou Reed, Nicco, Mary Waranov, JJ Cale. ?, ?

14 Duane Alman, ?? Allman Bros band

16 Helter skelter

19 Jackie Washington?

21 Carlos Santanna

Subject: LEJ's RocknRoll Geezer Quiz
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 02 Feb 02 - 05:06 PM

Hey, all you RocknRoll Geezers! Ready to test whats left of your brains? Sure, this is a folk and blues forum, but most rockers got started by bastardizing traditional forms, so there's yer frickin justification for the thread. Ready? Lets go!

1) "I told you 'bout the swans that they live in the park"...a line from a Cream song that featured a guest guitar player. Who was the guitarist and what was the song?

2)Who played bass on Manic Depression, the song off of the Jimi Hendrix Experience's first album?

3)At the end of the Doors' song Touch Me, Jim Morrison chants a commercial jingle over the top of the last four beats. What is it?

4)Hendrix recorded Voodoo Chile live for his Electric Ladyland LP with what two non-Experience musicians?

5)This country singer/guitarist served a short stint as a touring Beach Boy. Who was he?

6)This guitarist in David Bowie's band went on to become a premier blues virtuoso. Name him.

7)On All Along the Watchtower Hendrix traded leads with what British guitarist?

8)This supergroup was composed of graduates of the Yardbirds, Vanilla Fudge, and Young Rascals. Who were they?

9)The multimedia show called "The Exploding Plastic Inevitable" was the brainchild of a New York celebrity, and featured a seminal "punk" band. Who was the celebrity, and who was the band? Extra points if you can name all the band personnel.

10)The guitarist for this late-sixties Southern California band had played rhythm guitar in Jimmy James and the Blue Flames. Who was the lead guitarist in the Flames, who was this rhythm guitarist, and what California band am I talking about?

11)Living with the Stones in 1969 in Switzerland, this person highly influenced the sound and style of Let it Bleed. Who was this?

12)Before they were the Grateful Dead, they were called the________?

13)In a live double album that culled the greatest hits of this Irish Band, Huey Lewis was featured on harmonica. Who were they?

14)In an eerie coincidence, the bass player and lead guitarist for the same band were killed within a mile of one another in motorcycle accidents. Who were they, and what was the band?

15)Keith Relf was the lead singer. What was the band?

16)This song was said to have influenced the Manson Family in initiating their killing spree.

17)After bitterly leaving his band, he accused them of pulling a practical joke by putting a horse on the album cover in his place. Who was he?

18)He's been known to wera a apir of steel balls dangling from his belt. Who am I talking about?

19)He died of a heartattck onstage while singing the line "my heart is crying..." Who was he?

20)He created this band to perform at a coffee house in San Francisco that he owned (called The Matrix). He became the lead singer for this group. Who was he and name the band.

21)While studying meditation, he was given the name Devadip. Who is this?

22)This Boulder Colorado native replaced Joe Walsh in The James Gang, and replaced Richie Blackmore in Deep Purple before going solo. Who was he?

23)This "art rocker" lasted only one album with Roxy Music. Who is he?

24)Bubble Puppy had one Top 40 hit. Can you name it?

25)This nobleman was well known in the British pop scene and recorded with members of the Who, Stones, and Zeppelin. Who was he?

Good luck!!!!