[Old School Hound]

I am so happy I was a kid growing up in the 70's. Best decade ever for my sports teams and my favorite music. The Big Red Machine played in four World Series in the seventies, winning two of them. Corbin won a state title and was runner-up in back-to-back years, and the Cats won a NCAA title.  Seventies music was the soundtrack of my youth. Sports and music was my escape from all th fighting at home between mom and dad.  It was such a special decade. The music was better than the best comfort food.  It was my solace, my refuge , my necessary distraction.  I miss the music I grew up listening to . It helped shape who I became..

This thread is dedicated to that wonderful decade.   You'll probably hear some songs here that you haven't heard in decades. Jet, my buddy, help me out.

[Old School Hound]

Song peaked in mid '69 but I remember it still being all over the radio in 1970. Written by the great, Mel Tillis. Really takes me back...

RIP, Kenny.

[Old School Hound]

Really reflected the mood for the opening of the new decade---best decade ever!!!

[Old School Hound]

This song was first released by the Kingston trio back in 1964. The Jefferson Airplane put their own psychedelic spin on it in 1966, with the three-part harmony provided by founding members, Marty Balin , Paul Kantner, and Signe Anderson. But it was not until it made its way to the Youngbloods and Jesse Colin Young that the song found its audience. After stalling on the charts in '67 at #62, it gained new life and finally found its audience late in 1969, reaching, I think, #5 on the charts. I remember hearing it all over the radio in 1970 and it was one of my favorite songs of both decades. Still as relevant today as it was in the late 60's and early '70's  . RIP, Jesse Colin Young. You made me happy when you sang this tune.



"Some may come and some may go
He will surely pass
When the one that left us here
Returns for us at last
We are but a moment's sunlight
Fading in the grass... "

[Old School Hound]

My goodness! To have a time machine that would take me back to 1974... My favorite year for music, and one of my favorites was this Buffett classic. The gorgeous girl in the video was his girlfriend at the time. She later became his wife.  I miss '74  and I miss Jimmy. RIP.

[Granny Bear]

OMG!!! MY music!! I graduated high school in 1970, so as bad as my memory has gotten, I can STILL sing every blessed word of these songs!!

The first year at Cumberland College, I attended my very first concert on campus. I was just a hillbilly in the big city of Williamsburg. At least that's how it felt to me. So when Kenny Rogers and The First Edition performed, I thought I had died and went to Heaven!

Wow...a lifetime ago!

[Old School Hound]

Long distance dedication to Granny Bear:

[Old School Hound]

OMG!!!  MY music!!  I graduated high school in 1970, so as bad as my memory has gotten, I can STILL sing every blessed word of these songs!!

The first year at Cumberland College, I attended my very first concert on campus.  I was just a hillbilly in the big city of Williamsburg.  At least that's how it felt to me.  So when Kenny Rogers and The First Edition performed, I thought I had died and went to Heaven!

Wow...a lifetime ago!

My dad graduated from Cumberland in 1969. I followed suit more than a decade and a half later. The first time I was ever on campus was the summer of '69 when dad took me to class with him one day. Lot of special memories from there. So you probably graduated around '74.  1974 was one of my favorite years, especially for music. I had a huge crush on Olivia Newton-John that summer. I listened to AM radio all summer long, soaking up all those wonderful songs. My sweet mama was only 30 years old that summer. Still hard to believe she's gone now.  These two songs always come to mind from that special year:

The Incomparable Storyteller, Gordon Lightfoot






Steeley Dan(The real Rikki is pictured in this video)

[jetpilot]

1974

[jetpilot]

1974

[Old School Hound]

1974

Always been a big Chicago fan. A lot of their really good early stuff gets overlooked by most people under 50. Terry Kath was so good with the early incarnation of Chicago.  Tragic how he died.

[Old School Hound]

[jetpilot]

Still an all time favorite.

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My sophomore year in HS :

[Granny Bear]

CCR and Chicago!! Two of my all time favorites!!

I didn't graduate from Cumberland College. I got married. Still went to school and graduated, but not from Cumberland.

[Old School Hound]

[Granny Bear]

Travelin' and a livin' off the land....................

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Travelin' and a livin' off the land....................

Kent Lavoie(LOBO) had some amazing songs back in the day. If you can find a copy of his greatest hits CD, buy it. REALLY good stuff. Even with gray hair and fifty years later, Kent still has a very nice voice.

[Old School Hound]

I love A Dog Named Boo but I REALLY loved this Kent Lavoie(LOBO) song from 1972:

[Van Hagar]

I’d said before, I think Gary Richrath was one of the most overlooked great guitarists from this era, along with Drew Abbott of the Silver Bullet Band. REO really rocked in their early years, before leaning more towards Kevin Cronin’s ballads (although they were mostly strong rock ballads, ‘Time for Me to Fly being my favorite.)

[jetpilot]

^^^OMG that's awesome. Love 'Take it on the Run' as well.
Heard this on XM the other day and almost came out of my skin. Closed my eyes and could clearly see me and a couple buddies cruising down Rose Street on a warm day with the windows down checking out the babes lol.

[Old School Hound]

  I’d said before, I think Gary Richrath was one of the most overlooked great guitarists from this era, along with Drew Abbott of the Silver Bullet Band. REO really rocked in their early years, before leaning more towards Kevin Cronin’s ballads (although they were mostly strong rock ballads, ‘Time for Me to Fly being my favorite.)

Gary Richrath was a freakin' guitar god. One of the best rockers to ever play the instrument. Few have ever made it look so effortless as Gary did. REO lost a lot of its gusto when Richrath left the band. "Time For Me to Fly" is a great song, one of my very favorites. 

It was released in 1978 from the album with one of my all-time favorite titles--- You Can Tune a Piano But You Can't Tuna Fish.




Btw, love having you back on the music threads, VH.

[Van Hagar]

My most prized possession growing up was my stereo I got for Christmas I want to say in 1975 when I was just shy of turning 13 and starting to get so deep into all that great music. It had a turntable, an eight-track tape player and two big speakers. But what was really gold was the AM/FM receiver that allowed me to pick up the clear channel big 89, WLS out of Chicago, the only rock station I could really get at night. They played all the current rock, and really emphasized the midwestern bands like Chicago, Styx, REO, Seger, etc. They played a lot of Journey, and this has always been my favorite, Steve Perry is one of the all-time vocalists. I fell asleep every night, and I mean every night, with that station on from that Christmas until I set off for UK in August of ‘81. Wish I could do it again.

[Old School Hound]

  My most prized possession growing up was my stereo I got for Christmas I want to say in 1975 when I was just shy of turning 13 and starting to get so deep into all that great music. It had a turntable, an eight-track tape player and two big speakers. But what was really gold was the AM/FM receiver that allowed me to pick up the clear channel big 89, WLS out of Chicago, the only rock station I could really get at night. They played all the current rock, and really emphasized the midwestern bands like Chicago, Styx, REO, Seger, etc. They played a lot of Journey, and this has always been my favorite, Steve Perry is one of the all-time vocalists. I fell asleep every night, and I mean every night, with that station on from that Christmas until I set off for UK in August of ‘81. Wish I could do it again.

It's amazing  how great music lovers think alike. "Stone in Love" is  my co- favorite Journey song, along with "Feeling that Way."  Neil Schon is another guitar god. His work on "Stone in Love" is otherworldly. 

[Old School Hound]

I can't do a thread about 70's music without some mention of Olivia Newton-John. She was my very first crush. I played this song, like a 1,000 times , or more, during the summer of '74.  The day she died... I cried ...and cried.  Stayed up all night playing her music. I know that's silly but when she left the earth , I lost a big part of my childhood. 

Btw, Elvis covered this on his last album. 

[Old School Hound]

[Van Hagar]

The greatest one-hit wonder from the 70s, probably of all-time.
By the way, OSH, my first crush from back then was Valerie Bertinelli. Acting, not music, but then she goes on and marries Eddie Van Halen! She’s still a cutie to this day.

[Old School Hound]

  The greatest one-hit wonder from the 70s, probably of all-time.
  By the way, OSH, my first crush from back then was Valerie Bertinelli. Acting, not music, but then she goes on and marries Eddie Van Halen! She’s still a cutie to this day.

^^^

It was the top R&B song of the year. Won a Grammy. It's fun going on YT and watching black folks who have never seen the group before react to a video of them performing this song. Most are shocked that it's a white guy(Rob Parissi) and a bunch of white guys singing. Rob was clearly influenced by Motown and R&B. Sly & the Family Stone was a big musical influence of his.

Can't mention 70's music w/o a mention of this Springsteen composition. MMEB really launched this one to mega hit status. As good as the studio version was, this live performance on the MS was one of the best live performances ever. These guys were on fire that night. What a performance !!! I remember watching this back in the day.

[jetpilot]

Girls were so pretty and love the way they danced back then.