Bob Womack
Friend of Leo's
Might want to take your graph right back to my post #14. I never much liked them and absolutely hated the business of smashing guitars because at the time, I was struggling to get my first good guitar.
Bob
Black Oak Arkansas / ST
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Bob
Sorry, Bob.
I didn't realize that the observation on smashing guitars meant that you disliked Black Oak.
I'm with you on the smashing guitars thing.
I always hated that nonsense, whether it was BOA, Paul Stanley, or Pete Townsend.
I worked too hard to earn the money to buy a guitar, and smashing any guitar is like a slap to the face of every struggling teenager who aspired to hold that guitar on stage some day.
As for Black Oak, back in the day, they didn't exactly grab me.
Jim Dandy's bold, masculine schtick was a bid off-putting to me, especially considering that he was only around 5' 4" or so tall.
Okay, anyway.
So the graph is now corrected, sir.
Nicko_Lps
Tele-Afflicted
Uhm.
Thought you spoke about the actual black oak wood which i cant find much information about, only seen it in veneers
Thought you spoke about the actual black oak wood which i cant find much information about, only seen it in veneers
Bob Womack
Friend of Leo's
Hah! Yer killin' me.Sorry, Bob.
I didn't realize that the observation on smashing guitars meant that you disliked Black Oak.
I'm with you on the smashing guitars thing.
I always hated that nonsense, whether it was BOA, Paul Stanley, or Pete Townsend.
I worked too hard to earn the money to buy a guitar, and smashing any guitar is like a slap to the face of every struggling teenager who aspired to hold that guitar on stage some day.
As for Black Oak, back in the day, they didn't exactly grab me.
Jim Dandy's bold, masculine schtick was a bid off-putting to me, especially considering that he was only around 5' 4" or so tall.
Okay, anyway.
So the graph is now corrected, sir.
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Bob
JJLC
Tele-Holic
'When Electricity Came to Arkansas' was always one of my favorites!!!
tonepoet333
Tele-Holic
We teens used to roll down the street in a van with that tune 'When Electricity Came to Arkansas' blasting and everyone in the back pounding on the side of the van to the beat. Good times!
tonepoet
www.jackshiner.com
As a HS kid, I loved the whole 'Southern Rock band' thing ( wanted to play like that...)
So when it came to Black Oak Arkansas, there was an initial attraction, but the way the singer looked and sang ( he could NOT!) was just a deal breaker. Just couldn't get into them- seemed like a parody of a band
My take, too.
It’s slightly ironic that Shawn Lane, arguably one of the most impressive shedders that ever lived was a (latter day) member.
In BOA’s defense, they did “make show” (Mach Shau - as the owner of the Kaiserkeller told the Beatles).
I just dug the Ruby Starr era, probably for all the wrong reasons.
I remember seeing them in the Early 70s - whenever Ruby Starr joined them - I also remember her Grey Ghost album - both bands seemed like an act more than a band - although Tommy Aldridge was amazing - and it was because of Aldridge that I went to see them - this was before he joined Pat Travers - who I also saw - it was eye opening to watch - he made the drums come alive.
BOA was more of a Vaudeville act to me and my friends - the Band played well - but Dandy and Starr just seem to be Fluff.
I saw them live - once. Jim Dandy was a great showman and the musicians were very good, but I didn’t really care for them all that much like my friends did who bragged so much about them. Jim Dandy was vulgar to say the least. Barnstorm opened for them, so definitely not a total loss.
dukewellington
Tele-Holic
Absolutely vulgar! To the rescue… otoh I’ve heard good firsthand stories about him, personally.
Would have loved to hang with those guys in the early days. They knew their stuff from early blues and jazz to hillbilly. Maybe that’s why I like them. They seem to remind me of friends.
Usually Ventura 335 knockoffs, I think.
I mixed a Black Oak Arkansas show in a small club some years ago, in the late '90s I think. It was booked as a "Jim's Birthday" show, but had been re-scheduled a couple of times. It was Jim and Ricky Lee Reynolds, and some younger guys. It was a very easy show, Jim and Ricky were both really nice people to work with. Jim had no business wearing spandex, but that didn't stop him.
Being in Arkansas, obviously the first album in 1971 was huge here.
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Spandex and Arkansas…..what a concept?!?
4Teles
Tele-Meister
I saw them several times unfortunately. They seemed to be the resident opening act for all my favorite bands in the early 70’s. Three guitar players who’s combined talent brought them to a singular level of mediocrity. And then there was the leering Jim Dandy whose spandex clothed pecker on full display being repeatedly thrust at the audience while he jerked off a washboard out of time. All that between croaking out hillbilly bs vocals…BOA was a joke and an insult all at once. Horrible.
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