Saturday, November 20, 2004

Alison Heafner http://alisonheafner.biz

To: "robert register"
Subject: Re: chastised by the cat who played keys on "you can't always get what you want"
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 18:20:39 -0600


HEY THERE !!! JUSTO HAS IT RIGHT! LITTLE BOBBY PLAYED WITH ME IN JACKSONVILLE IN THE DYNAMICS(DOT RECORDING ARTISTS) THEN ORBISON HIRED ME! LATER I TALKED ROY INTO HIRING BOBBY AS THE CANDYMEN'S KEYBOARDIST. HE GOT DRAFTED SOON AFTER THIS! HE WAS ALL OF 108 POUNDS SOAKING WET! HE WAS NOT MADE FOR THE MILITARY!! HE WAS A BORN PIANO PLAYER!! ONE OF THE BEST IN THE WORLD,(BESIDES THE GREAT DEAN DAUGHTRY!) LATER WHEN HE WAS RELEASED FROM HIS OBLIGATIONS WITH UNCLE SAM, WE WERE DEEPLY INVOLVED WITH THE NEW YORK SCENE,(LITERALLY, STEVE PAUL'S NITE CLUB)! RICK AND THE McCOYS WERE LOOKING FOR A KEYBOARD MAN SO I TOLD HIM ABOUT LITTLE BOBBY PETERSON AND THE REST IS HISTORY!!! THEY SIGNED WITH MERCURY AND HUMAN BALL WAS BORN!!! RODNEY THE ROCKER IS STILL THE MEMORY CELL, SO IF HE SAYS IT'S GOING TO RAIN YOU BETTER GET OUT YOUR GOLLOSHES(RAIN SHOES)!!! LET'S SEE HOW MUCH SHIT I CAUSE BY MISPELLING THAT!!!! I ALSO BELIEVE THAT EITHER MORT SHUMAN OR THE GREAT DOC POMUS CO- WROTE 'SLOOPY' WITH BERT BERNS. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THE REAL DEAL ABOUT THIS SONG GO ASK ILENE BERNS, SHE OWNS IT!!!!! LATER I WILL GIVE YOU A REAL 'HANG ON SLOOPY' STORY THAT WILL ABSOLUTELY BLOW ALL OTHERS OUT OF THE WATER!!!! TELL MY GOOD FRIEND AL KOOPER HE'S GETTING A LITTLE TESTY LATELY!! HA! HA!LOVE YOU AL, YOU'RE ARE THE GREATEST!!! GOOD EVENING TO ALL!!! RENEGADE ROBERT NIX!!!!!

Your facts are pretty fucked up.
The above makes no sense at all
First recorded by the McCoys in 1965 ?????
I think not
Your white pals from Celina covered The Vibrations1964 hit, which, if I am not mistaken was written by Bert Berns and certainly NOT by Rick Derringer.Whoever produced The McCoys record (Feldman-Golstein-Gotterher? - Wes Farrell?) gave them the song
So stop waving your white flag and check out the truth
I am surprised at you for spreading revisionism like this

Al Kooper

Al's right....written by Bert Berns and produced by Wes Farrell
Al don't make no mistakes "bout stuff like this
RODNEY JUSTO
P.S.
More co-incidence
Bobby Goldsboro was going to hire the Mc Coys as his backup band .
Then came Hang on Sloopy.
My memory is a little cloudy on this one, but Bob Nix and I had a conversation with Rick Derringer (nee Zehringer) at The Scene in New York one night and he mentioned that they were looking for a keyboard player, when we mentioned Little Bobby Peterson. ( as in Little Bobby and Big Bob Nix.)
I think that he either joined The Mc Coys or was in the genesis of Johnny Winter And




The Great Frank Tanton
wrote:
>To: "Robert Register" ,"Richard Burke" >
Subject: Candymen Correction... That's Robert Nix, not Dean Daughtry (top center). >The cat with the hat is Little Bobby Peterson, who played keys with the band before >Dean Daughtry joined, and later joined "The McCoys", and was featured on the "Human Ball" album (1969). >The McCoys w/ Bobby later played a daytime show at the Farm Center and David Adkins an I met them back stage.
Frank Tanton
ANOTHER CORRECTION FROM A SUPER GUY, RODNEY JUSTO:
Dean Daughtry isn't in the Candymen picture attached. It's Bobby Peterson who preceded Dean in the Candymen.He was a really talented guy who had to leave the group because was drafted. After he got "dismisssed" from the military we introduced him to Rick Derringer and he joined the McCoys. I got a call from a lady about 25 years ago that claimed to be his wife and she told me that he was working with Neil Diamond and died of a brain hemmorage. But then again someone told me about 5 years ago that he was living on the streets of Gainesville,Fl.

The picture came of WTBC of Tuscaloosa's website. Check it out at.... http://www.wtbc1230.com/history.html

State of Ohio Revised Code

State Rock Song

"Hang on Sloopy," was a national hit in 1965 by The McCoys, from Dayton, Ohio. Co-written by The McCoys' guitarist Rick Derringer of Celina, Ohio, "Hang on Sloopy," became the Ohio state rock song in November 1985.

The actual House Concurrent Resolution No.16:


WHEREAS, The members of the 116th General Assembly of Ohio wish to recognize the rock song "Hang On Sloopy" as the official rock song of the great State of Ohio; and
WHEREAS, In 1965, an Ohio-based rock group known as the McCoys reached the top of the national record charts with "Hang On Sloopy," composed by Bert Russell and Wes Farrell, and that same year, John Tagenhorst, then an arranger for the Ohio State University Marching Band, created the band's now-famous arrangement of "Sloopy," first performed at the Ohio State-Illinois football game on October 9, 1965; and

WHEREAS, Rock music has become an integral part of American culture, having attained a degree of acceptance no one would have thought possible twenty years ago; and

WHEREAS, Adoption of "Hang On Sloopy" as the official rock song of Ohio is in no way intended to supplant "Beautiful Ohio" as the official state song, but would serve as a companion piece to that old chestnut; and

WHEREAS, If fans of jazz, country-and-western, classical, Hawaiian and polka music think those styles also should be recognized by the state, then by golly, they can push their own resolution just like we're doing; and

WHEREAS, "Hang On Sloopy" is of particular relevance to members of the Baby Boom Generation, who were once dismissed as a bunch of long-haired, crazy kids, but who now are old enough and vote in sufficient numbers to be taken quite seriously; and

WHEREAS, Adoption of this resolution will not take too long, cost the state anything, or affect the quality of life in this state to any appreciable degree, and if we in the legislature just go ahead and pass the darn thing, we can get on with more important stuff; and

WHEREAS, Sloopy lives in a very bad part of town, and everybody, yeah, tries to put my Sloopy down; and

WHEREAS, Sloopy, I don't care what your daddy do, 'cause you know, Sloopy girl, I'm in love with you; therefore be it

Resolved, That we, the members of the 116th General Assembly of Ohio, in adopting this Resolution, name "Hang On Sloopy" as the official rock song of the State of Ohio; and be it further

Resolved, That the Legislative Clerk of the House of Representatives transmit duly authenticated copies of this Resolution to the news media of Ohio.


BERT BURNS AND WES FARRELL BERT BURNS with the McCoys celebrating the #1 hit "Hang On Sloopy"
"He is responsible for some of the most enduring classics of sixties pop and soul: "Twist and Shout", "Under The Boardwalk", "Brown Eyed Girl","Piece Of My Heart", "Everybody Needs Somebody To Love." The artists he fostered cast major shadows across the music world: Van Morrison, Neil Diamond, Solomon Burke, Ben E. King, The Drifters, The Isley Brothers, The McCoys.

On a breakneck, seven-year run beginning in 1960, he created some of the most soulful and honest music of his generation - songs that made you shiver the first time you heard them, songs that are just as fresh and moving today. He is truly the lost titan of the American music business, an important figure the world knows little about. It's long past time his brilliance was recognized."

- Doug Morris, from the liner notes to The Heart And Soul Of Bert Berns


BERT RUSSELL BERNS http://www.bertberns.com/bio.shtml





In 1965, Berns founded the Bang! label, with Atlantic executives Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, and Jerry Wexler as partners; "Bang" was just an acronym of their first initials (Jerry Wexler being considered "Gerald Wexler" for this purpose). In its brief existence, Bang! was very successful: recording pop-garage rock with the teenage McCoys, getting a Bo Diddley-derived hit with "I Want Candy" by the Strangeloves, and issuing Neil Diamond's first hit singles. Bang! also had a subsidiary, Shout!, for soul material, including releases by Freddie Scott and Erma Franklin, who did the original version of "Piece of My Heart" for the label.
Click here for more on the life of Bert Berns [born 11-08-29, died 12-31-67]
http://music.com/person/bert_berns/1/


That's Bert's daughter,Cassie, on the left. She lives in Nashville. Check out her website
http://www.cassieberns.com/bio.htm

Friday, November 19, 2004

HEY YA'LL:
HOW 'BOUT THAT CRIMSON TIDE! GO TO HELL, WAR EAGLE, GO TO HELL!

Thanks to Alex Gatewood, I'm heading down to the Strip to watch Big Ben Atkins tonight. Should bring back some beer soaked Mississippi memories from the Southernaire.

Pray for the TIDE!
best,
register
http://www.bigbenatkins.com/index.html

Recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studios
Ben Atkins: Vocals
Barry Beckett: Keyboards
Joe Correro: Drums
Donald "Duck" Dunn: Guitar (Bass)
John Gaston: Guitar (Bass)
Larry Hamby: Engineer
Roger Hawkins: Drums
David Hood: Guitar (Bass)
Al Jackson: Drums
Jimmy Johnson: Guitar
Bobby Manuel: Guitar, Producer
Wayne Perkins: Guitar
Marvell Thomas: Piano

I Love This Song (Jimmy M. Johnson, Dan Penn, Leon Renfro) - 2:26Cross My Mind (Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter) - 4:35 Shine On (Eric Mercury, Carson Whitsett) - 2:31Holding on to Friends (McRee, Thomas) - 3:19Smokestack Lightin'/Brighter Side of it All (C. Burnett, C.Feldman, T.Smith, S.Smith, J.Wiker) - 4:04Solid Ground (McRee, Thomas) - 2:52That Brings Me Down (Jerry Puckett) - 3:32Long Way to Go ( Bettye Crutcher, Bobby Manuel) - 4:06Would I Be Better Gone? (W.Brown, D. Carter, Bobby Manuel) - 3:07Good Times Are Coming (Bobby Manuel) - 3:15

1965, an almost unknown rock band from Ohio called The McCoys
recorded a song called "Hang On Sloopy."
"Hang On Sloopy" was
inspired by a woman named Dorothy Sloop who was a native of
Steubenville, Ohio. Apparently she had a career as a singer in the
1950's and used the name "Sloopy" as a stage name. Dorothy Sloop
passed away in Pass Christian, Mississippi.

What's so great about "Hang On Sloopy"? Well, its only Ohio's OFFICIAL Rock Song. "Hang On Sloopy" was written by Celina-born guitarist Rick Derringer, and first recorded by The McCoys, a great rock band from Dayton, in 1965.

Facts about "Hang On Sloopy"

First recorded by The McCoys in 1965
The McCoys were a rock band from Dayton
"Sloopy" was at the top of the national record charts in 1965
"Sloopy" is a favorite of the Ohio State University Marching Band
"Sloopy" was first performed at the Ohio State-Illinois football game on October 9, 1965, by the Ohio State University Marching Band
House Concurrent Resolution No. 16 made "Sloopy" the State Rock Song in 1985

This was originally recorded by the R&B group The Vibrations as "My Girl Sloopy" in 1964.
It reached #26 on the US charts.

The McCoys started out as Rick And The Raiders, a group led by guitarist and lead singer Rick Derringer. In 1965, Rick And The Raiders played a Dayton, Ohio concert as the backup band for The Strangeloves, who were a group of producers who wrote the song "I Want Candy" and made up a group for it. In a strange and brilliant marketing move, The Strangeloves claimed they were from Australia and said they were shepherds who got rich by crossbreeding sheep. The Strangeloves - Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein and Richard Gottehrer - arranged a recording session with Rick And The Raiders, who changed their name to The McCoys (after a Ventures song), and had them record a version of "My Girl Sloopy" as "Hang On Sloopy."

Most of the group joined Johnny Winter's backup band in the early '70s, and in 1973 Rick Derringer joined the Edgar Winter group as lead guitarist and vocalist, after which he had a successful hard rock solo career.

The biography of Rick Derringer

Rick Derringer first gained popularity with his band, The McCoys, and their chart topping hit record, "HANG ON SLOOPY", at 16 years of age in the summer of 1965. Immediately following the demise of The McCoys in 1969, Rick merged his talents with albino blues rocker, Johnny Winter forming "JOHNNY WINTER AND" (the "AND" referring to The McCoys). It was the beginning of a long association with both Winter brothers as singer, player, songwriter, and producer (he's produced every Gold or Platinum recording that they've made). In 1971 Rick was featured on 3 of the brothers' records including "JOHNNY WINTER AND - LIVE" and "EDGAR WINTER'S WHITE TRASH" ... "AND - LIVE" included the second recording of Derringer's song "ROCK AND ROLL HOOCHIE KOO" which was first released as a single from "JOHNNY WINTER AND". The following year, the busy Derringer joined full-time and also produced their Gold LP, "ROADWORK".

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Rick Derringer on Johnny Winter during an interview with Tom Guerra:

Guitar great Rick Derringer talks candidly to Tom Guerra for Vintage Guitar magazine about his days performing as a bandmate of Johnny Winter in "Johnny Winter AND," and producing some of Winter's most popular albums. Look for a new book on Derringer and other 70's rock guitarists, due to hit the stores in late 2001.

TG: Hi Rick, great to talk to you again. When did you first become aware of Johnny Winter?

RD: It was through Steve Paul, (owner of The Scene nightclub in NYC). Steve had read that now-famous Rolling Stone article (on Johnny Winter) and had mentioned to everybody that he was going to go and find the guy, and sure enough, he found Johnny and brought him back to New York. The first time I saw Johnny play was at the Fillmore East, and I think it was in 1968. I didn't meet Johnny that night, but did a few months later when Steve brought both Johnny and Edgar to see The McCoys at a club called The Tarot Club.

TG: How was it decided that The McCoys become the AND in JW AND?

RD: Well, both Johnny and Edgar were sufficiently impressed when they saw The McCoys that night, and that's when Steve hit us with the idea that both Johnny and The McCoys should do something together. The McCoys were in a bad situation... our music had become characterized as "bubblegum" and we didn't want to be seen like that. We wanted a way to gain some credibility since we thought we were pretty good players. Johnny came on the scene with some real respect, so we looked at this as an opportunity to get what we were looking for, some respect ourselves (laughs)!
http://www.yee.ch/~jwinter/Band/winter_band_rick_derringer.html
http://www.rickderringer.com/

Thursday, November 18, 2004

HEY GANG:
So sorry that my post last night left so many so dazed and confused.

Let me put it this way. The post was a satire on all the lying, cheating and stealing that goes on in the music business. The most creative thing about so many of these lawyers and managers connected to the entertainment industry is how they use up front money to continue to take possession of musicians' enterprises, consume all the profit generated by these enterprises and pay wages to the musician.
I took a lot of recent events, wrapped them up in the same ball of wax and blasted it out to the public via the Internet. Those intimate with the details of recent events and those who follow the blog CUBA,ALABAMA closely easily deciphered my message and everybody else was left either intrigued or confused.
I like to throw curve balls like that every now and then in order to purge the deluded from my circle of associates.
Regardless of your uncertainty as to what I was trying to communicate, I hope you enjoyed my work anyway.
best,
roberto

BLOODSUGAR'S ALISON HEAFNER ROCKIN' THE HOUSE AT THE TRAP IN OPRYWOOD

Wednesday, November 17, 2004


So Into You (Buie/NIX/Daughtry)-6:10

http://www.texaspete.com/

Imaginary Lover (Buie/NIX/Daughtry)-5:34


I'm Not Gonna Let It Bother Me Tonight (Buie/Daughtry/NIX)-4:25


Angel (Buie/NIX/Bailey)-5:41

Robert---

This is Robert Register. I am the manager of NOTHING. ["NOTHING" as opposed to "anything" which is not the title of anything]

First, let me tell you that I appreciate your enthusiasm for NOTHING and I wonder when you are going to decide to get a life. For your information, a great deal of work has gone into trying to make NOTHING come together.

Second, getting noticed for NOTHING is always helpful when it really is NOTHING. That's where I felt the need to bring NOTHING to your attention.

I saw the TEXAS PETE commercial featuring "So Into You" this weekend.

It is very important that you know that you will be receiving your royalty check soon.

I was very concerned to see a mysterious and unapproved image embedded in the email which contained the "So Into You" lyrics. Who is this "Buie" character? We would appreciate the discontinued use of any mention of "Buie" other than those we feel most potently image the TEXAS PETE ad.

Thanks again for your enthusiasm. We are very near having the entire unit of NOTHING together, back in the studio and on the road.

If you have any questions about NOTHING, please feel free to contact me.

Robert
http://robertoreg.blogspot.com



STUDIO 274 STAGE http://www.w274.com/


GARBAGE courtesy of http://www.excaliburphotography.com/


Tuesday, November 16, 2004

HEY YA'LL:
Please sign the petition at the bottom of this post to get SKYNYRD in the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame and check out Artimus' website.
best,
robert http://robertoreg.blogspot.com
http://snakedoctor.blogspot.com
http://cottonkingdom.blogspot.com


Hi John (and friends), Kerri here, Artimus' manager and wife...
My questions to you, John, are:
1. Who is Robert? (Please forward the e-mail in reference)
2. When did the "title of the band" change?

Thanx- Artimus sends his enthusiasm for the project and says hello to all!

Peace-
Kerri Hampton-Pyle

The Artimus Pyle Band
PO Box 19452
Asheville, NC 28815

http://www.artimuspyle.com/

Check out all the super photos and stuff at artimuspyle.com


photo courtesy of Leon Tsilis

Isn't that Tom Dowd sitting next to Artimus?

http://www.rockthehall.com/lynyrdskynyrd/
HEY YA'LL:
SIGN THE PETITION TO GET SKYNYRD INTO THE ROCK 'N ROLL HALL OF FAME NOW!!!!
BEST,
REG

Sunday, November 14, 2004


Garage-rock hero Jack White producing honky-tonk legend Loretta Lynn? And Lynn comparing him to renowned Nashville producer Owen Bradley? Yes, we all know the world is rapidly shrinking, but now we've seen everything. Most stunning of all--they nailed it. For the first time, Lynn has written all of an album's songs, and her lyrics are as cutting and incisive as ever. On the powerful, biting "Family Tree," she brings her babies to the home of her husband's mistress, so that they can see the "woman that's burning down our family tree." Throughout she cunningly tackles tried-and-true honky-tonk themes of love gone bad, drinkin', cheatin', and murder. Lynn even offers a compelling slice of theological fatalism ("God Makes No Mistakes"). White's production--mostly stark and atmospheric--ranges from more-traditional country to straight-up White Stripes, with most tracks falling somewhere in between. White duets with Lynn on the rousing one-night-stand story "Portland, Oregon," but he does not need to sing to leave his personal stamp. At 70, Lynn seems thoroughly engaged and delighted; at times she delivers some of the most emotionally potent singing of her career. A decade earlier, Johnny Cash turned to rock and rap producer Rick Rubin, and the move resuscitated Cash's career. Now, Jack White has done the same for Loretta Lynn, another country legend whose music is simply too raw and honest for the contemporary country crowd. Van Lear Rose exceeds all expectations, a bold collaboration in which artists from two different musical universes forge a memorable work that neither could have created alone. --Marc Greilsamer


ROBERT,
GET ALOAD OF A REAL ROCK STAR!!!
ALISON AND MEMPHIS' OWN HAL MCCORMACK AT THE TRAP IN NASHBOB!!!
LATER GATOR!!!
RENEGADE ROBERT NIX!!!-----

ROBERTO,
CHECK OUT THE 'FUTURE QUEEN OF ROCK', ALISON HEAFNER ,THE
LEGENDARY
'COWBOY JACK CLEMENT', AND A FAITHFUL FAN , KATY, BACKSTAGE JUST BEFORE
TORCHING ANOTHER TOWN, AT THE TRAP, NASHVILLE, 11/4/04!!! RENAGADE
ROBERT
NIX!!!!


COWBOY JACK CLEMENT
http://www.nashvillesongwritersfoundation.com/fame/clement.html
http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/clement__cowboy_jack/artist.jhtml

http://www.countrystandardtime.com/jackclementFEATURE.html