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Hall of Fame Week: Don Everly, John Fogerty, and “Balls”

Started by popdose · 1 year ago

Sometime in 1985, a new label-wide policy was instituted regarding all new signings. There were to be none. Nada. The staff was called into a departmental meeting to receive the news, which, to my mind, might as well have been notice that the oxygen supply to the building was being abrupt ... Continue reading »

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  • Joel Jambon

    1 year ago

    Thank you for this story! I still remember the song the song "The Wages Of Sin" from when it appeared on a CMJ Music Sampler twenty years ago. Mr. Walkenhorst is a talented writer!
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  • EZ Reader

    1 year ago

    "Small Circles" was another great one. I love the Rainmakers.
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  • DwDunphy

    1 year ago

    And people wonder why I'm so cynical!
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  • tvh

    1 year ago

    Thanks for that post.
    Bob Walkenhorst still plays semi-regularly around KC and put out an excellent solo album a few years back. Steve Phillips can be seen from KC to New York to Ireland as a member of The Elders. Talented fellers.
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  • Ellen

    1 year ago

    Bob plays weekly at the recordBar, which in my book qualifies as regularly, not semi-regularly. :)
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  • David_E

    1 year ago

    Great story. Great band. I miss the Rainmakers. Whither ...?
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  • Francis

    1 year ago

    You can't tell that story and not post an MP3!
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  • eric

    1 year ago

    Yeah, what a tease! It ain't fair. He whets our appetite and then closes the restaurant. :-P
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  • mojo

    1 year ago

    I'm with these guys
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  • Lisa

    1 year ago

    I happen to be from a college town in MO...and I own that very album...and recall the early days of seeing Steve, Bob & Rich; then Steve, Bob, Rich & Pat; then the Rainmakers. One of the best alternative music clubs on the college circuit was (and is) the Blue Note in Columbia, MO. SB&R would pack the place two nights on the weekends they played there. Those nights dancing myself into a sweaty heap are some of my fondest memories!

    Just recently Bob Walkenhorst was in town and I missed it -- I was heartbroken.
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  • onebrownjeff

    1 year ago

    Those of us from the Heartland thank you. Steve, Bob, and Rich use to come to my small hometown of Rolla, Missouri to play street dances at the College. They were great. They should have been far bigger than they eventually got, but then again us Mid-Westerners distrust overly successful folk, and we have precedent... John Cougar Mellencamp. Thanks for signing them anyway, and next time post MP3's so those who don't know can wet their whistle a little.
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  • jefito

    1 year ago

    Ask and ye shall receive! The mp3 for "Let My People Go-Go" is now up. Enjoy.
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  • Francis

    1 year ago

    Awesome. Thanks! And, you know, power to the people.
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  • Kathy Yochis

    1 year ago

    Peter Lubin........ Will wonders ever cease, this is "Kathy Speaking". Yes that crazy lady from Metro In Minneapolis, MN. Not any more, long story. How are you? Love these comments! And you know how I feel about Steve, Bob and Rich!
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  • mary

    10 months ago

    Hey, is this the Kathy Yochis that owned in Wisconsin at the Rock N Roll Ranch??? If so, this is Mary.
    Email me at thisweek8@yahoo.com
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  • Peter Lubin

    1 year ago

    Good gravy! Kathy Speaking!! I guess we do indeed move in small circles, eh?
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  • Kathy Yochis

    1 year ago

    Hey Lubes,
    Have you heard that I shovel it now - and don't take it any more. Just returned from China rescuing bears!? It was amazing. Live music was strained at best though. Circles get even smaller thanks to google. Hell the world has gotten smaller too!
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  • Teaser

    1 year ago

    I've heard it before but I could read it a million times. Your wordsmith-ship is a delight.

    Can we have another, please?
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  • JimK

    1 year ago

    Great article, but for the record, the Hyatt Regency Kansas City skywalk collapse (July 17, 1981) killed 114 people, not 13. On a lighter note, John Fogerty quoting Bob Walkenhorst lyrics verbatim is just priceless. Thanks for sharing this great story with us!
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  • Jeff

    1 year ago

    Fun read. Thanks for sharing the story.

    Bob (of Steve, Bob, and Rich) got the rights to re-issue "Balls" and the Rainmakers albums on CD. If anyone is so inclined, they're available from Village Records (www.villagerecords.com). Direct link: http://www.villagerecords.com/advanced_search_r...
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