http://www.977theriver.com/Blog/MIkeWaterman/home.aspx.en-usCopyright 2013, KVRV-FMThu, 20 Jun 2013 00:57:57 GMTMon, 08 Apr 2013 21:51:19 GMT1http://emmisinteractive.comThe Echoplex was a delay effect that utilized a tape loop.  Parchment Farm's keyboard player, Gary Reed, attached one to his Farfisa organ for some spacey effects!  Here's the Wikipedia entry, in case you're really interested in a technical explanation of the Echoplex:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echoplex. This song (originally done by The Doors) is an example of how the Echoplex could be used to stretch a 2-minute song to more than 6 minutes! The photos were shot at Corn's Lake in Columbia, Missouri, in 1970 by Jane Fitzpatrick (now Jane Watermann) on an Instamatic camera.http://www.977theriver.com/Blog/MIkeWaterman/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10528052mike@977theriver.com (Mike Waterman)http://www.977theriver.com/Blog/MIkeWaterman/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10528052Mon, 08 Apr 2013 21:51:19 GMTParchment Farm—1970 This was (literally) recorded in a garage in Union, Missouri, in July 1970, on my Roberts reel-to-reel recorder at 71/2 ips.  I think we left the garage door open during the session, since temperatures were probably in the 90's (with 90% humidity).  The band did 6 or 7 tunes, one or two takes, with no editing.  http://www.977theriver.com/Blog/MIkeWaterman/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10526093mike@977theriver.com (Mike Waterman)http://www.977theriver.com/Blog/MIkeWaterman/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10526093Thu, 04 Apr 2013 19:09:20 GMTThe Rolling Stones are doing two early May shows in the Bay Area--Oakland May 5 and San Jose May 8.  Here's the video they used to day to announce the tour: http://youtu.be/L97lNnHNChEhttp://www.977theriver.com/Blog/MIkeWaterman/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10526062mike@977theriver.com (Mike Waterman)http://www.977theriver.com/Blog/MIkeWaterman/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10526062Thu, 04 Apr 2013 18:28:39 GMTCan a Music Leak Sink a Corporate Ship? Rolling Stone magazine says recording artists are paying as much as $25,000 a month to combat online piracy. The article says that pre-release piracy has become such a problem that it was made a felony in the United States! (I hope the magazine doesn’t come after me for using that sentence without quotation marks and accreditation…and for adding the exclamation point!) They go on to say artists lose everything from sales revenue to creative control over how their music is heard, because early leaks aren’t always mastered the way the final album will be. (I changed that sentence a little, so—if you read Rolling Stone—you won’t think I copied it word-for-word!) Leaking music is nothing new—it’s been happening for decades. Before the deregulation and consolidation of radio began in the 1990’s, radio stations actually competed with each other in the same format! ...http://www.977theriver.com/Blog/MIkeWaterman/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10526088mike@977theriver.com (Mike Waterman)http://www.977theriver.com/Blog/MIkeWaterman/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10526088Thu, 04 Apr 2013 00:28:04 GMTWatching the movie “Cadillac Records” last week (for the third or fourth time) reminded me that I haven’t written anything on my blog page in a long time! It’s been too easy to go on Facebook and post a video or put up a comment on someone’s post. If you haven’t seen “Cadillac Records,” it chronicles the life of Leonard Chess and his record label (Chess), and explores the musical era from the early 1940’s to the late 1960’s through the music recorded by the label’s artists. I don’t know how much of the script is based on fact, but I knew so little of the personal lives of blues greats like Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Willie Dixon, Little Walter and Etta James that it was interesting to see the portrayals bring these musicians to life.I do know something of one of the artists depicted in the film—Chuck Berry. ...http://www.977theriver.com/Blog/MIkeWaterman/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10284939mike@977theriver.com (Mike Waterman)http://www.977theriver.com/Blog/MIkeWaterman/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10284939Fri, 02 Sep 2011 23:56:33 GMTJohn Waite has a new album that rocks!  It's called Rough and Tumble.  John checked in earlier this week to discuss the new tunes, and his legendary past with the Babys and Bad English.http://www.977theriver.com/Blog/MIkeWaterman/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10214705mike@977theriver.com (Mike Waterman)http://www.977theriver.com/Blog/MIkeWaterman/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10214705Sat, 12 Mar 2011 01:20:31 GMTCreedence Clearwater Revival was either the hippest pop band of the late 1960's...or the poppiest hip band!  A hit-making machine from 1969-1971, the band broke up and John Fogerty went solo in 1973.  He refused to perform any of the CCR hits for years--choosing to play covers of country songs as the Blue Ridge Rangers, and then writing new music for his solo albums.   In 1995, original CCR members Stu Cook (bass guitar) and Doug Clifford (drums) put a band together to perform the music they had created since 1968 as Creedence Clearwater Revisited.  They still hit the road every year and play for adoring crowds.   Doug Clifford called The River on August 17 to talk about the rocky road to success, starting with "Suzi-Q" in 1968 to becoming arguably the most popular band in the world a year later.http://www.977theriver.com/Blog/MIkeWaterman/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10162138mike@977theriver.com (Mike Waterman)http://www.977theriver.com/Blog/MIkeWaterman/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10162138Thu, 11 Nov 2010 21:07:50 GMT