Re: (TV) Odd Fenders/Willie Alexander

[eric s gregory <esgregory@uswest.net>]

yr not thinking of "gin", are you (the willie alexander song
bout the suicidal woman)??
i'm a big fan of alexander's ever since i 1st heard
"kerouac" back 1st or 2nd year of college...subsequently
picked up a vinyl copy of "the mca "boom boom band" rec &
was kinda letdown (this was over 15 yrs ago).
found a used copy of the same rec last year & now really dig
it.
go figure...
but his singles always kicked ass.


"Casey, Leo J" wrote:
> 
> Willie Alexander!  He once played on tour in Europe with the Velvet Underground shortly after Reed left to go solo.  I have a bunch of his records including the 45s "Mass Ave.", "Dirty Eddie" , and that song with beautiful keyboards about a woman about to commit suicide by jumping off a cliff, ---can't think of its title,  could it have been "Bass Rocks"?
> 
> I once went to see a bunch of Bands at Boston's The Rat on Jack Kerouac's birthday after visting his grave in Lowell, and Willie Alexander read Kerouac poetry and prose between sets.  The large crowd was pretty restless and boisterous during Alexander's readings, and he had to cut his presentation short.  So, I went up to him as he walked off the stage and babbled something to him about how I was a big fan of him and Kerouac.  I must have startled him or maybe he was just depressed by the crowd's tepid reaction to his readings---because he gave me this look of sheer horror as if I was some kind of lunatic fanatic.
> 
> But then you guys already know that about me!
> 
>         Leo
> 
> PS:  Unlike the above, the next message I post will be pure Verlaine in its content.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Olcsvary [mailto:olcsvary@icehouse.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 12:48 PM
> To: tv@obbard.com
> Subject: Re: (TV) Odd Fenders
> 
> Ah, Moon Martin!  I just got his first two albums on CD - had them on vinyl
> for years.  The first, "Shots From A Cold Nightmare," features his versions
> of "Bad Case of Lovin' You," "Victim of Romance" and "Cadillac Walk" plus an
> all star band (Willie Loco Alexander on piano, Phil Seymour on drums) and
> doesn't sound a thing like Television, but it's much better than you'd
> think, given the ubiquity of the Robt. Palmer cover.
> I saw Moon open for Blondie at the Paradise in Boston and was really
> impressed.  He's a little guy, and his guitarists in the Ravens - including
> Jude Cole, one of the many Harold Stattsens of rock 'n' roll - both played
> Gibsons and towered over him.  But when Moon played a solo on his Strat, he
> unleashed the most hellacious (in a good way ) overdriven sound I've ever
> heard!  "Shots" has been issued with the 2nd, "Escape from Domination" on a
> two-fer import CD and is well worth picking up, IMHO.
> Re: The Fender Lead series - they were another attempt to be taken seriously
> by Fender in the Gibson-dominated market of the '70s - the only other
> notable users I can think of were Elliot Easton from the Cars and Al, the
> lead player in my sister's boyfriend's band, the Rockids.  Uh, you never
> heard of them?
> 
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