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Screen13 · 04-17-2013, 01:18 AM

Time for a random date! Feb. 10, 1968

Joe South may have started out with the novelty "Purple People Eater", but thankfully went serious and turned into one of the most respected songwriters of his day, mainly with Country but with some songs rooted in Southern-style Rock. Also, his studio session work with people like Bob Dylan (Blonde on Blonde) and Aretha Franklin (Aretha Arrives, Lady Soul) should be noted. This is the guy who wrote "Hush", the song best known through it's Deep Purple version, and "Rose Garden", made famous by Lynn Anderson.

"Birds of a Feather" was originally a single that Bubbled Under, stopping at #106, before it's brief 1969 chart run that stopped at #96 as a follow up to one of his more successful singles, "Games People Play". The lack of success of the single, let album the two albums it appeared on - Introspective in 1968 and a re-vamp of the album with some new songs to exploit the success of Games People Play in 1969 - was not deserved, but it later turned into a hit through a version by The Raiders in their "Indian Reservation" days.

Thankfully, his songwriting in The 60's and 70's was popular thanks to Billy Joe Royal's performance of "Down in the Boondocks" and The Osmonds' version of "Yo Yo". "Walk a Mile in My Shoes" was also covered many times by various artists through the years. He's a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame as well as the Georgia Music Hall of Fame.

South passed away in 2012.

The Bonniwell Music Machine may have been the name of the second line-up of the noted Garage Punk band, but the album that carried the name which was reviewed for the Feb. 10, 1968 issue of Billboard, it actually had a lot of music recorded by the first line-up carried over, like the song featured here. "To the Bottom of the Soul" was recorded in Feb. 1967 and released as a single in December. A non-charting single from a non-charting album, this is a stand-out when all is said. Sean Bonniwell's songwriting was trying out different things after the Garage Punk attack of the first album, and this showed where the original line-up could have went to if the split-up that happened some time after never occurred, although of course the usual intense disagreements between a visionary songwriter and ultra-talented musicians happened as they usually do.

On Bonniwell Music Machine, the second line-up including musicians like Harry Garfield only covered up the spaces left after the pick of the first line-up's Early 1967 sessions was chosen. Some may possibly say that on these tracks, including "Me, Myself, and I", there was a loss of focus, and in my view it was all down to trying to develop a writing style that would catch the public's attention after losing the best line-up that did, and it was very tough after a classic first hit and a striking "all-black-clothes with one black glove image" that was put aside by Late 1967. Moving to Warner Brothers after leaving Original Sound for a number of reasons, more troubles would occur when the second album was jam packed with music, resulting in the lack of a full sound on the original vinyl release, let alone having a very clumsy-looking cover which possibly resulted in the public indifference it received.

After the band's final split up in Late 1968, Bonniwell would later switch to Capitol for his Singer/Songwriter solo album Close before moving to Exploitation Soundtrack work, including Day of the Wolves and one of the first Mason Exploitation films in The Other Side of Madness (aka the Helter Skelter Murders), retiring from the music business, and then witnessing a new interest in his music in the 80's. He wrote Beyond the Garage, a book detailing his life experiences.

Bonniwell passed away in 2011.

In the first line-up was a Bassist by the name of Keith Olsen...yes, the Keith Olsen who went onto produce The Grateful Dead, Fleetwood Mac, Pat Bennitar and others. He learned a lot about the recording process in his Music Machine days and later being part of the development of what was known as "Sunshine Pop" as a Producer for Eternity's Children.

Guitarist Mark Landon, now noted for makeup work in film, went to be a musician for the Ike and Tina Turner Review.

04-17-2013, 01:18 AM	#4 (permalink)
Screen13 Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 1,388	Time for a random date! Feb. 10, 1968 Joe South may have started out with the novelty "Purple People Eater", but thankfully went serious and turned into one of the most respected songwriters of his day, mainly with Country but with some songs rooted in Southern-style Rock. Also, his studio session work with people like Bob Dylan (Blonde on Blonde) and Aretha Franklin (Aretha Arrives, Lady Soul) should be noted. This is the guy who wrote "Hush", the song best known through it's Deep Purple version, and "Rose Garden", made famous by Lynn Anderson. "Birds of a Feather" was originally a single that Bubbled Under, stopping at #106, before it's brief 1969 chart run that stopped at #96 as a follow up to one of his more successful singles, "Games People Play". The lack of success of the single, let album the two albums it appeared on - Introspective in 1968 and a re-vamp of the album with some new songs to exploit the success of Games People Play in 1969 - was not deserved, but it later turned into a hit through a version by The Raiders in their "Indian Reservation" days. Thankfully, his songwriting in The 60's and 70's was popular thanks to Billy Joe Royal's performance of "Down in the Boondocks" and The Osmonds' version of "Yo Yo". "Walk a Mile in My Shoes" was also covered many times by various artists through the years. He's a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame as well as the Georgia Music Hall of Fame. South passed away in 2012. The Bonniwell Music Machine may have been the name of the second line-up of the noted Garage Punk band, but the album that carried the name which was reviewed for the Feb. 10, 1968 issue of Billboard, it actually had a lot of music recorded by the first line-up carried over, like the song featured here. "To the Bottom of the Soul" was recorded in Feb. 1967 and released as a single in December. A non-charting single from a non-charting album, this is a stand-out when all is said. Sean Bonniwell's songwriting was trying out different things after the Garage Punk attack of the first album, and this showed where the original line-up could have went to if the split-up that happened some time after never occurred, although of course the usual intense disagreements between a visionary songwriter and ultra-talented musicians happened as they usually do. On Bonniwell Music Machine, the second line-up including musicians like Harry Garfield only covered up the spaces left after the pick of the first line-up's Early 1967 sessions was chosen. Some may possibly say that on these tracks, including "Me, Myself, and I", there was a loss of focus, and in my view it was all down to trying to develop a writing style that would catch the public's attention after losing the best line-up that did, and it was very tough after a classic first hit and a striking "all-black-clothes with one black glove image" that was put aside by Late 1967. Moving to Warner Brothers after leaving Original Sound for a number of reasons, more troubles would occur when the second album was jam packed with music, resulting in the lack of a full sound on the original vinyl release, let alone having a very clumsy-looking cover which possibly resulted in the public indifference it received. After the band's final split up in Late 1968, Bonniwell would later switch to Capitol for his Singer/Songwriter solo album Close before moving to Exploitation Soundtrack work, including Day of the Wolves and one of the first Mason Exploitation films in The Other Side of Madness (aka the Helter Skelter Murders), retiring from the music business, and then witnessing a new interest in his music in the 80's. He wrote Beyond the Garage, a book detailing his life experiences. Bonniwell passed away in 2011. In the first line-up was a Bassist by the name of Keith Olsen...yes, the Keith Olsen who went onto produce The Grateful Dead, Fleetwood Mac, Pat Bennitar and others. He learned a lot about the recording process in his Music Machine days and later being part of the development of what was known as "Sunshine Pop" as a Producer for Eternity's Children. Guitarist Mark Landon, now noted for makeup work in film, went to be a musician for the Ike and Tina Turner Review. Last edited by Screen13; 04-24-2013 at 01:21 PM.