#richard perry

[singeratlarge]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Casey Affleck, swamp pop singer Rod Bernard, Sid Bernstein, Joe Besser, Cantinflas, John Cazale, Kid Creole, Del The Funky Homosapien,  Cecil B. DeMille, Leslie Duncan, George Hamilton, Roy Hay, Heintje, Mark Knopfler, Greg Langston (The Next, No Alternative), Ron Mael, Tiny McCloud, Pat Metheny, Sir Mix-a-Lot, Alexei Nikolaevich, Peter Ostroushko, Buck Owens, Marjorie Reynolds, Theodore Scaife, Erwin Alexander Schrödinger, Lakeith Stanfield, Matt Thiessen (Reliant K), Stefanos Tsitsipas, Mladen Vukic, Porter Wagoner, Deborah Walley, Wednesday 13, Jane Wyatt, and recording artist, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Derrek Van Eaton. 

Classic rock-philes and deep Beatles fans will recognize him from the brother band Lon & Derrek Van Eaton. Prior to their association with Apple Records (the record label created by The Beatles), they were part of the eccentric New York-based folk rock band Jacob’s Creek. They shared a studio with Simon & Garfunkel and released one album on Columbia in 1969. Two years later, John Lennon and George Harrison “discovered” them as a brother-act duo and signed them to Apple. The Van Eaton’s music blended urban folk and dreamy rock with a blues-gospel undercurrent, which perfectly coincided with the sounds of Badfinger and latter-day Beatles. The Van Eaton’s excellent BROTHER album was co-produced by George with Klaus Voorman. The Van Eatons toured the USA to promote BROTHER. Their 1972 tour brought them to where I was living in Huntingdon PA, where they played Ellis Hall at Juniata College (I stood listening from outside, a lad with no ticket money).  

The BROTHER album launched a long association with George, Ringo Starr, Harry Nilsson, and other travelers in the Apple/Beatle legacy that unfolded in the 1970s. Then the Van Eatons became studio session players favored by producer Richard Perry, who hired them for recordings with Art Garfunkel, Martha Reeves, and Carly Simon. Perry also produced the Van Eaton’s 1975 WHO DO YOU OUT DO album. Following that era, the brothers created a non-profit film and music company called Imagine a Better World. 

The Van Eaton brothers since have released sporadic works (duo and solo), notably their acclaimed 1996 cover of “Apple of my Eye” on the COME & GET IT Badfinger tribute album. In 2013 they issued a career-spanning anthology with new recordings with contributions from Ringo Starr, Jim Keltner, Klaus Voormann, and Gary Wright, and the Van Eatons are still active in musical and spiritual pursuits. 

Some years ago I met Derrek some years ago at church we were both attending in Pennsylvania (where I picked his brains about that 1972 concert I heard but couldn’t see), and the last time we crossed paths was at a Monkees concert in Denver in 2011. Even in passive meet-ups I can see the creative spark in Derrek’s eyes. Here’s one of my favorite Van Eaton cuts “Sun Song” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5VSJmb2VI0...Meanwhile, HB DVE and thank you for your years of remarkable creativity and soul.

#derrekvaneaton #lonanderrekvaneaton #brother #applerecords #birthday #georgeharrison #ringostarr #klausvoorman #richardperry #peteham #badfinger

[blixtbaby]

1973..

[odk-2]

Ringo Starr - Photograph (1973) Richard Starkey / George Harrison from: "Photograph" / "Down and Out" (Single) "Ringo" (LP|CD)

Rock/Pop

JukeHostUK (left click = “play”) (320kbps)

Personnel: Ringo Starr: Lead Vocals / Drums George Harrison: 12-String Acoustic Guitar / Backing Vocals Bobby Keyes: Tenor Saxophone Vini Poncia: Acoustic Guitar / Backing Vocals Jimmy Calvert: Acoustic Guitar Nicky Hopkins: Piano Klaus Voormann: Bass Lon Van Eaton: Percussion Derrek Van Eaton: Percussion Jim Keltner: Drums

Jack Nitzsche: Orchestral and Choral Arrangements

Produced by Richard Perry

Recorded: @ Sunset Sound Recorders in Los Angeles, California USA March, 1973

Orchestral and Choral Overdubs Recorded: @ The Burbank Studios on June 23, 1973

Single Released: on September 24, 1973 Apple Records

Album Released: on November 2, 1973 Apple Records

CD Reissue: 1991 Apple / Capitol Records

[mitjalovse]

Are those weird musical players understood as anything else than circus freaks? Tiny Tim, for instance, tried to, for instance, to be seen as a legitimate musician. I mean, his second album contains some fine material, yet who paid attention to his other side then? They wished for the funny falsetto guy. Then again, there's something highly ironic about a couple of choices on this LP. Look, him covering the old rock chestnut that was released during the time rock was seen as a novelty? Yes, I'm sure Tiny Tim sort of understood his own place on the scene more than anyone would be willing to admit. Sadly, many continue to comprehend him as a weirdo, so hear me out – he should've released his second album before the debut. Yes, but would anyone give him a chance to show another side?

[yuri-anderperry]

yes this includes mr keating

[elle8n]

This movie changed my live <3

[linavender]

I imagine not many of you guys have seen this

Literally love this picture

[got-the-cheese-touch]

medicine

law

business

engineering.

these are all noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life.

but poetry,

beauty,

romance,

love,

these are what we stay alive for.

happy aniversary dead poets society. you make me bawl like a little baby every time.

[zymogenn]

i lied. put your clothes back on. we're going to watch dead poets society while i psychoanalyse every character and express my thoughts after every scene cut.

[celeb-gold]

Denise Richards

[reggieslocket]

[glorious-destruction]

“Tortured poets department?” Back in my day it was dead poets society

[littlequeenies]

Summer 1974 - May Pang, John Lennon, unknown, Ringo Starr and others recording Ringo's "Goodbye Vienna".

Goodnight Vienna is the fourth studio album by Ringo Starr. It was recorded in the summer of 1974 in Los Angeles. On 17 June 1974, Starr called Lennon, who was about to record his Walls and Bridges album, and asked him to write a song he could include on his next album. Lennon wrote what became the title track, "Goodnight Vienna". A demo of "(It's All Down to) Goodnight Vienna" was recorded by Lennon on 28 June, with the session musicians from Walls & Bridges and sent to Starr in advance of the sessions. The song was recorded at a session produced by Lennon.

"(It's All Down to) Goodnight Vienna" was released by Ringo Starr as the opening title track to his 1974 album Goodnight Vienna. Written during Lennon's so-called "Lost Weekend" with May Pang, the lyrics depict the pair hanging out with cohorts (including Starr, Harry Nilsson and Keith Moon) in Los Angeles. The single was released in the US on 2 June 1975.

Lost Weekend

[neilperryismine]

some parallels throughout the film :(

[mitjalovse]

The 90's were actually quite surprisingly solid for a lot of superstars of the previous eras. Tom Jones, for instance, had the best 90's possible, his Reload became his biggest seller. However, his 90's paint a more complicated picture thanks to the records before, including The Lead And How To Swing It. The latter could be called an early attempt at Reload, but there were no guests and the tunes were not covers. Still, the production did bring Mr. Jones into the surroundings, where you can sense him thriving, though his surprising duet with Tori Amos pointed more towards the later triumphs. Neither of them could count the tune on the link among their best – by the way, I hear an echo of Sinead O'Connor in Amos' vocals –, which is why I regret they haven't worked since then.

[ash5monster01]

finally that time of year 🍂🤍

Dead Poets Society (1989)