My Seventies Music

Peter Frampton – “Frampton Comes Alive” from 1976

“Frampton Comes Alive” by Peter Frampton with his trademark talk box guitar effects was THE live album of 1976, my first year at university in Palmerston North, New Zealand.

There were three songs on that album – currently the fourth biggest selling live album of all time – that really stood out:

“Baby I Love Your Way”, “Show Me The Way” and “Do You Feel Like We Do”.

Here they are:

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Janis Joplin – “Cry Baby”

“Cry Baby” was one of Janis Joplin’s iconic numbers, full of the energy and passion that characterised all her music.

Janis Joplin only just made it into the Seventies – she died 40 years ago in 1970.

But her music kept her name alive nevertheless.

Here’s a live clip from that year, “Cry Baby”, filmed in 1979 in Toronto:

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The Eagles – “Ol’ 55” and “Desperado” (and “Already Gone”)

I first heard “Ol’ 55” from the Eagles in 1975 (I only found out just now, 35 years later, that it was actually written by Tom Waits…)

It was on an early album before they really took off and became mainstream after Joe Walsh joined them.

Here’s a live version from 1974:

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“Rocky Mountain Way” by Joe Walsh

“Rocky Mountain Way” by Joe Walsh of The James Gang fame has always been one of my favourites from the Seventies.

Definitely a touch harder than the “America” tune we had yesterday….

If you’re into blues/slide guitar and all kinds of effects, then this piece from the album “The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get” is for you.

In fact I like it so much that I decided to do videos of more than one version today. 🙂

So first here he is after moving on from The James Gang, with his band Barnstorm, still looking quite young:

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