I truly do like some of Manilow’s pop hits but probably put #10 in as a joke
Andy Pratt, JGeils at Kevin Visnaskas Birthday Party – forgot I wrote for Pepperell Times – Kate Walsh contributed to the story. Friday April 16, 2004 Kevin’s birthday April 18
Here it is 5:13 pm on Friday …it feels like Easter should be this weekend, doesn’t it? Here’s the Stardust YouTube clip of the upcoming David Bowie biopic from Gabriel Range …Notice the Adventure Set in the Noise lo those many years ago…and an A & R Rejection Letter for the band The Realm, a group which appeared on my anthology series many years ago
Gabriel Range film Stardust clip – David Bowie Biopic
Photo by Jeannie Archibald THE SALT WATER SUMMERS https://soundcloud.com/joe-viglione/the-salt-water-summers The Salt Water Summers, written by Joe Viglione The Salt Water Summers, as heard on WBCN in 1972, released in 1976 on Varulven Records, four years later, and the rest is history…signed to New Rose Records original Flamingo/Carrere label as the first artist with a full album from Patrick Mathe. Photography by Jeannie Archibald. Keyboards and bass Greg Tarbox, drums Sim Lee, all guitars Joe Viglione Ginny and Patty on backing vocals. Engineered by Andy Mendelson in Arlington. Landed us in Playboy Magazine as one of Boston’s five best bands – Record of the Month in both Phonograph Record Magazine in California (Greg Shaw,) and L’Attendandt in Belgium (thanks Mach Bell for bringing back the review.) WBCN had Artist of the Day in 1972 and 1973, I was on twice back them.
May 14 or 15 1998 about a day or so after the passing of Frank Sinatra (May 14, 1998) – Sinatra covered “Sunny” by Bobby Hebb. This is a snapshot from Joe Viglione’s upcoming documentary on the life of Bobby Hebb. Video to post: Legendary guitarist Gerry Beaudioin, partner of John “J” Geils and Bobby Hebb guitarist on July 26, 2012 which would have been Bobby Hebb’s 74th birthday. We lost Bobby on August 3, 2010. Part of a documentary that Director Joe Viglione is creating on the life of Bobby “Sunny” Hebb. Copyright (C) 2012 Joe Viglione Productions, all rights reserved.
Visual Radio The Demo That Got The Deal (TM) with The Arrows and Allen Merrill…where Joan Jett picked up the song. Visual Radio The Demo That Got The Deal (TM) with The Arrows and Allen Merrill…where Joan Jett picked up the song.
As I work I considered Top Gun on AMC but just can’t bring myself to listen to it (instead of watch it)…so ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE will play in the background as I keep working away Very angry at Lazenby’s agent who told him not to do another Bond picture. He and Timothy Dalton are my two favorite Bonds…used to be Roger Moore but Tim and George are tied at #1 with Roger 2nd and Sean 3rd. I cannot get used to Daniel Craig…
As I work I considered Top Gun on AMC but just can’t bring myself to listen to it (instead of watch it)…so ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE will play in the background as I keep working away Very angry at Lazenby’s agent who told him not to do another Bond picture. He and Timothy Dalton are my two favorite Bonds…used to be Roger Moore but Tim and George are tied at #1 with Roger 2nd and Sean 3rd. I cannot get used to Daniel Craig…
I’ve written for so many publications it is wonderfully ridiculous. In 2008 and 2009 – around that period – I write quite a bit for the Malden Observer. Here are just some of the writings http://joeviglione.com/?page_id=927 It is 1:37 am on April 7, 2020…gotta get some rest. https://muckrack.com/joe-viglione/articles
Secret Things…the lost sequel to Joe Viglione’s 1985 New Changes album about to be unleashed on the planet Title track is the theme to the new UPLIFT cable TV show See the Secret Things / New Changes page http://joeviglione.com/?page_id=8696:34 pm Saturday April 4, 2020Beloved TIGER in Wayback Machine Archive.org – photo fell off of MySpace https://myspace.com/joeviglione https://myspace.com/jojolaine
Hello friends…it is 5:15 pm on Monday, April 6th, 2020. Paul Norman has chosen my song “Secret Things” to be the theme of his new Uplift TV show. https://upliftshow.com/uplift-theme-song prompting me to create an entire page for the lost album of mine, Secret Things http://joeviglione.com/?page_id=869 with a painting from Gustav Dore re: Paradise Lost. More like Paradise Found 2020 Edition! The original painting was up on MySpacee…anyone remember MySpace? https://myspace.com/secret_things ….. Working on my Hotline To The Underground for the Somerville/Medford News Weekly As some of you may know, the late Patrick Mathe’ at New Rose/Last Call Records utilized the Gustav Dore painting of Don Quixote for my New Changes album in 1985 https://paintingandframe.com/prints/gustave_dore_don_quixote_on_horseback-73047.html
Working on lots of new documentary films…stay tuned for Live at Club Bohemia – the DocumentaryThese MySpace pages were once flourishing sites https://myspace.com/martybalinmiraclesSelfie photo April 4, 2020 about 6:30 pm or so…6:34 to be exact. How will serious art reflect this Twilight Zone film we are living in with COVID-19? The clouds were so aligned yesterday that I took a number of photos from different angles.
FOREWORD: Welcome to the wonderful psychedelic mystical esoteric world of Joe Viglione…you’ve entered my realm …as my director says “An Encyclopedia Brittanica” or my thoughts, impressions and scribblings which all started in 1969, 51 years ago, in the pages of Varulven Magazine. The photo below is forty years later in 1999 interviewing either Suzanne Vega or Dennis Lehane. Video, audio, the Pop Explosion Radio Show (Gilbert Gottfried audio aired on April 3, 2020 on ActivateMedia.org …) It’s about FUN and Rock History and more…enjoy and you can write me JoeViglione{@}yahoo.com
the band on my first album circa 1978Photo improved by Ghil Scraw – Upper left John Hovorka, Tom Dickie, Fred Pineau, Paul Robinson, Joe Viglione …don’t think that’s Gary Soprano, maybe it’s Bob Benjamin? Photo in the Boston Rock & Roll Anthology Vol. 2
I’m The Light by Blue Cheer One of my ALL TIME Favorite Songs and a major influence on my songwriting https://youtu.be/WggA9pb3zmU
Like Grand Funk Railroad’s “Closer To Home (I’m Your Captain)” this song is a brilliant anomaly from a group known for hard power trio rock-turned-blues. This is a spacey, early Pink Floyd-ish bending of exotic instruments to come up with a complex texture that should’ve been a huge hit for this venerable group. 6:27 PM 10-21-09
It’s one foot in the astral world Other one in the breeze “I’m the Light” (Houseman, Mayell) – 5:39
Nice to see my AMG review of this track popping up when you do a Google search on it: But it is the sixth track on their sixth album that is the finest moment ever for Blue Cheer. The harp, exotic instrumentation, and Pink Floyd overtones make “I’m the Light” an extraordinary piece of music. “I’m the Light” is to Blue Cheer what “Stairway to Heaven” is to Led Zeppelin, what “Closer to Home” is to Mark Farner and Grand Funk — a moment of inspiration and production that stands the test of time and that is hard to match. This is a band famous for hard rock sounds creating a pop masterpiece of psychedelic cosmic consciousness. The song seems almost out of place on this collection, but it is truly one of those songs that demands attention and is worth seeking out.
“Hiway Man,” which opens the sixth album by Blue Cheer, is a far cry from their version of Eddie Cochran’s “Summertime Blues,” which launched this group to worldwide fame. And though they were the original group to put their amps on “11,” Oh! Pleasant Hope is a musical album. This first track, resplendent in heavy vocal reverb, sounds like Waylon Jennings fronting Quicksilver Messenger Service. OPH quickly changes pace with “Believer”‘s interesting riff and the experimental production by Blue Cheer and Eric Albronda. Albronda assisted on the production of the self-titled fourth album, Blue Cheer, and co-produced BC#5 – The Original Human Being. It is the production that is a significant ingredient that makes this project by a legendary cult band so appealing. “Money Troubles” is written by Dr. Richard Peddicord, who contributes guitar and vocal. This track has that authentic laid-back West Coast sound, a feel much like “Truckin'” by the Grateful Dead — the album having been recorded by Coast Recorders at Mission Street, San Francisco. “Traveling Man” is like a pensive Creedence Clearwater, say John Fogerty in his “Long As I Can See the Light” fashion with a bit more brightness. The title track, “Oh! Pleasant Hope,” has a piano and drums opening into sudden guitar, the second title from Dr. Peddicord, a very precise ballad about drugs. The psychedelic denim pastiche of the album cover comes to life in this very Band-inspired rag. But it is the sixth track on their sixth album that is the finest moment ever for Blue Cheer. The harp, exotic instrumentation, and Pink Floyd overtones make “I’m the Light” an extraordinary piece of music. “I’m the Light” is to Blue Cheer what “Stairway to Heaven” is to Led Zeppelin, what “Closer to Home” is to Mark Farner and Grand Funk — a moment of inspiration and production that stands the test of time and that is hard to match. This is a band famous for hard rock sounds creating a pop masterpiece of psychedelic cosmic consciousness. The song seems almost out of place on this collection, but it is truly one of those songs that demands attention and is worth seeking out. “Lester the Arrester” is paranoia about cops, kinda sorta. It is a band that wasn’t known for its musical prowess having fun with sound and styles. “Heart Full of Soul” leans more toward “A Little Bit O’Soul” by the Music Explosion than the song of the same name by the Yardbirds. Oh! Pleasant Hope is a disc for people looking for musical ingenuity that hasn’t been beaten into the psyche via classic hits radio. It is a monumental and largely forgotten effort with a lot of depth. ~ Joe Viglione https://www.fishpond.com/Music/Oh-Pleasant-Hope-Blue-Cheer/4988031194980
