RIP Gary Rossington
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LurchAddams
There Can be Only One!
Yes, his name was Leonard Skinner.
But the reference was also to a character in the 1963 song “Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh.” (@ 0 :45)
LurchAddams
There Can be Only One!
NiftyNiblick
1960s Chick Magnet
Every thread of this nature reminds me how lacking I am in knowledge of pop culture.
Lynyrd what?
Anybody of consequence in their horn section?
Lynyrd what?
Anybody of consequence in their horn section?
Lightbringer
Loves Me Some Souls
Redneck.
And based on a true story.
The Jug was/is a real bar in Jacksonville.
One of my roommates in college had an old high school buddy who was in the Navy at the time and stationed at NAS Jax. We drove up one day back in the early 80's to hang out and ended up going there.
Very strange experience.
Really good live band with a little 5' tall Asian guy on lead vocals and guitar. He was jumping off the stage and walking back and forth along the divider between two rows of booths while shredding his ass off.
First time I'd ever heard a band using a suppressor which allows high volume but lower impact on the ears.
And the characters in there were strange too. I remember this one fat, redneck surfer looking guy. Bleached hair, surfer tan, big stomach sticking out of an unbuttoned Hawaiian shirt, blue jeans and barefooted. He was playing pool with this rail thin, anorexic looking chick wearing mirror shiny skin tight silver pants, a spaghetti strap top and spike heels. Probably a stripper. They would alternately play pool and then very non chalantly, or kind of laconically, dance to the music.
Then, at the stroke of 2 am, about 6 or 8 big ass cops came in. The lights went on and they walked around from table to table telling everybody "Out."
https://www.firstcoastnews.com/arti...piration-for-lynyrd-skynyrd-song/77-590266003
https://www.songfacts.com/facts/lynyrd-skynyrd/gimme-three-steps
cawacko
Well-known member
And based on a true story.
The Jug was/is a real bar in Jacksonville.
One of my roommates in college had an old high school buddy who was in the Navy at the time and stationed at NAS Jax. We drove up one day back in the early 80's to hang out and ended up going there.
Very strange experience.
Really good live band with a little 5' tall Asian guy on lead vocals and guitar. He was jumping off the stage and walking back and forth along the divider between two rows of booths while shredding his ass off.
First time I'd ever heard a band using a suppressor which allows high volume but lower impact on the ears.
And the characters in there were strange too. I remember this one fat, redneck surfer looking guy. Bleached hair, surfer tan, big stomach sticking out of an unbuttoned Hawaiian shirt, blue jeans and barefooted. He was playing pool with this rail thin, anorexic looking chick wearing mirror shiny skin tight silver pants, a spaghetti strap top and spike heels. Probably a stripper. They would alternately play pool and then very non chalantly, or kind of laconically, dance to the music.
Then, at the stroke of 2 am, about 6 or 8 big ass cops came in. The lights went on and they walked around from table to table telling everybody "Out."
https://www.firstcoastnews.com/arti...piration-for-lynyrd-skynyrd-song/77-590266003
https://www.songfacts.com/facts/lynyrd-skynyrd/gimme-three-steps
That is truly an 'impressive' looking dive bar.
It didn't even look that nice when I went there.
I don't think that stonework was on the front then.
Just plain old dirty white paint.
And at the time it was called "The Post and Cue".
And based on a true story.
The Jug was/is a real bar in Jacksonville.
One of my roommates in college had an old high school buddy who was in the Navy at the time and stationed at NAS Jax. We drove up one day back in the early 80's to hang out and ended up going there.
Very strange experience.
Really good live band with a little 5' tall Asian guy on lead vocals and guitar. He was jumping off the stage and walking back and forth along the divider between two rows of booths while shredding his ass off.
First time I'd ever heard a band using a suppressor which allows high volume but lower impact on the ears.
And the characters in there were strange too. I remember this one fat, redneck surfer looking guy. Bleached hair, surfer tan, big stomach sticking out of an unbuttoned Hawaiian shirt, blue jeans and barefooted. He was playing pool with this rail thin, anorexic looking chick wearing mirror shiny skin tight silver pants, a spaghetti strap top and spike heels. Probably a stripper. They would alternately play pool and then very non chalantly, or kind of laconically, dance to the music.
Then, at the stroke of 2 am, about 6 or 8 big ass cops came in. The lights went on and they walked around from table to table telling everybody "Out."
https://www.firstcoastnews.com/arti...piration-for-lynyrd-skynyrd-song/77-590266003
https://www.songfacts.com/facts/lynyrd-skynyrd/gimme-three-steps
That bar probably got a lot of business just because of that song.
Geeko Sportivo
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What was so amazing about Lynyrd Skynyrd was their triple lead guitar lineup.
When Ed King replaced Wilkeson on Bass and switching over to lead guitar, creating with Allen Collins and Gary Rossington the triple-guitar attack that became the band's signature sound. The band referred to this unique new setup with King as the "Three Guitar Army".
Collins and Rossington always played their Les Pauls on Marshall amps with that perfect MARSHALL distorted SOUND, and Ed King always playing his Fender Strat on Fender Twins adding that gorgeous Fender crystal clean glassy sound, was the perfect mix on every record or stage. It was as much a competition for the musicians as it was for their choice of instruments.
You could always tell who was playing what lead guitar part on every song, as they all had their own unique personal styles and patented tones and sounds, consistently all complementing each other. And how they did this in perfect concert, without stepping on each other, was equally amazing, as there were plenty of room to give them all plenty of space to show off their individual guitar prowess on every take.
Lynard Skynard was what vinyl records and High End stereo was all about.
Talk about ear-candy Southern rock!
When Ed King replaced Wilkeson on Bass and switching over to lead guitar, creating with Allen Collins and Gary Rossington the triple-guitar attack that became the band's signature sound. The band referred to this unique new setup with King as the "Three Guitar Army".
Collins and Rossington always played their Les Pauls on Marshall amps with that perfect MARSHALL distorted SOUND, and Ed King always playing his Fender Strat on Fender Twins adding that gorgeous Fender crystal clean glassy sound, was the perfect mix on every record or stage. It was as much a competition for the musicians as it was for their choice of instruments.
You could always tell who was playing what lead guitar part on every song, as they all had their own unique personal styles and patented tones and sounds, consistently all complementing each other. And how they did this in perfect concert, without stepping on each other, was equally amazing, as there were plenty of room to give them all plenty of space to show off their individual guitar prowess on every take.
Lynard Skynard was what vinyl records and High End stereo was all about.
Talk about ear-candy Southern rock!
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I'm pretty sure you're right.
Legendary in that area and tourists probably seek it out, too.
Ed King was not an original founding member either.
At the time he joined Skynyrd, he had already been in a successful 1960's California psychedelic band called Strawberry Alarm Clock.
I had their signature album when I was a kid....
King is on the far left with sunglasses.
Ed King on lead guitar....
Geeko Sportivo
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Ed King was not an original founding member either.
At the time he joined Skynyrd, he had already been in a successful 1960's California psychedelic band called Strawberry Alarm Clock.
I had their signature album when I was a kid....
King is on the far left with sunglasses.
Ed King on lead guitar....
Yep! Ed King was one of my favorite guitar players of all time. But, then again, everyone who ever played guitar in that band was also!
May they all play on and rest in peace up there in Rock & Roll heaven!