Author Topic: Black Oak Arkansas?? (Read 552 times)

bracheen · « **on:** December 27, 2004, 10:56:46 AM »

One just never knows where an Alembic will show up. These photos are from the Black Oak Arkansas web site. The musician's name is Dave Cochran.

palembic · « **Reply #1 on:** December 27, 2004, 11:42:22 AM »

It's a funny model. It seems a Series I with a Standard point body but with an extended upper horn.
Are these pictures recent or old??

Paul the bad one

bracheen · « **Reply #2 on:** December 27, 2004, 12:40:20 PM »

I think the show was in 2002 but I have no idea how old the bass is.

Sam

hollis · « **Reply #3 on:** December 27, 2004, 12:57:33 PM »

So THAT'S why they call him Mr. Fancy......

Thanks for the memory jog..... I haven't thought about those guys for longer then I care to admit..

dadabass2001 · « **Reply #4 on:** December 27, 2004, 04:21:08 PM »

... Jim Dandy to the rescue...
... Jim Dandy to the rescue...

go Jim Dandy!

Mike

lbpesq · « **Reply #5 on:** December 27, 2004, 05:42:23 PM »

Didn't they have a female member with really big hair who looked like she just came over from the trailer park? (A VERY vague memory).

Bill, tgo

rraymond · « **Reply #6 on:** December 27, 2004, 06:37:45 PM »

If you look under Showcase -> Series 1 -> Ernie's Bubinga, you'll see another Series 1 with that body style. Ernie's is an '85.

Reid, oottpi

(One of those that posts infrequently)

richbass939 · « **Reply #7 on:** December 27, 2004, 08:11:20 PM »

Bill TGO, yes, I think they did. Wasn't her name something like Cousin Ruby?
I'll dig out my 8 tracks and let you know. Just kidding. I think I threw them out. Sniff, sniff.
Rich

dadabass2001 · « **Reply #8 on:** December 28, 2004, 05:03:58 AM »

Ruby Starr was her name, oh

(Sorry , my granddaughter's 4th birthday party was last night.)
Mike

P.S. I saw Ruby touring with her band, Grey Ghost in Iowa in the 70s just before she hooked up with BOA (who I also saw at the University of Dubuque with Iron Butterfly with Pinera and Rhino in 1970.

palembic · « **Reply #9 on:** December 28, 2004, 05:14:31 AM »

Mike Pinera ? Alice Cooper band???

lbpesq · « **Reply #10 on:** December 28, 2004, 07:52:52 AM »

Iron Butterfly?

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, baby!

Along with Ginger Baker & Toad, the formative drum solos of my misspent youth.

Bill, tgo (& maybe soon to be drum one? - Got the wife a drum kit for x-mas).

bracheen · « **Reply #11 on:** December 28, 2004, 08:48:33 AM »

You're refering to the live Toad from Wheels of Fire, right? Brilliant! His solo from Blind Faith is good also. I have a cd of the Graham Bond Organization with Ginger & Jack. His solo on that has a lot of the elements from Toad predating Cream by a few years. Good stuff with Jack on the upright bass. I always wanted to be a drummer but couldn't get all four hands and feet doing different things at the same time.

Sam

marcm · « **Reply #12 on:** December 28, 2004, 09:44:43 AM »

ginger was still doing great work, much more recently. if you haven't heard these discs already, consider checking out 'going back home' and 'falling off the roof', with bill frisell and charlie hayden. also delightful is 'coward of the county' by ginger and the denver jazz quintet, with a few guests that include the terrific james carter on bass clarinet & bari sax (cousin-instruments from the world of wind, for us bass-types!)

these cds are from the late '90s, after ginger had, in fact, fallen off the roof of his house and messed up his right (i think) shoulder

marc

bracheen · « **Reply #13 on:** December 28, 2004, 10:50:54 AM »

Two other recent recordings worth checking out are Masters of Reality's Riding on the Sufferbus (not sure of the spelling) and Public Image Limited's CD. Ginger proves he still has it on both.

Sam

lbpesq · « **Reply #14 on:** December 28, 2004, 11:26:52 AM »

All this from a guy who already looked dead 30 years ago!

Here's to Ginger Baker, the only musician who makes Keith Richards look downright healthy!

Bill, tgo