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January 18, 2020 by tomdalzell

Bulwinkle in the Desert – Named Pieces

In my main post on Bulwinkle in the desert, I linked to this small post of bigger steel pieces with names.  I dig Bulwinkle’s naming.

Lover Boy, Splendido, Willy, Nature, Lucile, Bustin’ Up, Beverly, Good Dog, Father, Bigger Trick.

Photo: Mark Bulwinkle

Photo: Mark Bulwinkle

Photo: Mark Bulwinkle

Photo: Mark Bulwinkle

Photo: Mark Bulwinkle

Photo: Mark Bulwinkle

Photo: Mark Bulwinkle

Photo: Mark Bulwinkle

Photo: Mark Bulwinkle

Photo: Mark Bulwinkle

Photo: Mark Bulwinkle

Photo: Mark Bulwinkle

Photo: Mark Bulwinkle

Photo: Mark Bulwinkle

Photo: Mark Bulwinkle

Photo: Mark Bulwinkle

Photo: Mark Bulwinkle

Photo: Mark Bulwinkle

Photo: Mark Bulwinkle

Photo: Mark Bulwinkle

I asked my friend for his take on Bulwinkle’s naming.

After he read the post, he handed me this photograph.

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I admitted I wasn’t sure what I was looking at.  Four tough young women from the 1960s – but – who?

And then he hit play on his computer.

BINGO!  The two sets of sisters from Queens, the Shangri-La’s.  He asked if I knew why he went there.

I asked him what I had done to earn his disrespect – when I wrote “Get the picture / yes we see” in the main post, it was one of my pathological conjurings of musical lyrics, these from  “Leader of the Pack.”.

Now came more than I needed to know about the Shangri-Las.

“Their parents signed their first contract cuz they are 15 and 16 and 17, tough girls from Queens.  They took their name from a restaurant in Queens.  In the summer of ’64 they had their first hit, “Remember (Walking in the Sand.”  Billy Joel played piano on the demo for the song.

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“They performed with James Brown and the Rolling Stones when they were still in high school.

 

 

 

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“A producer with the entirely cool name of Shadow Morton discovered them in Queens.

bdc625a59706f9cec7d9f26844878d8a-1 His next big discovery was Janis Ian – he produced her ‘Society’s Child.’

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7253In 1970 Morton produced Haystacks Balboa, a heavy rock band that most people never heard of.  Go ahead – click on the album cover to hear some of their work.  Let me know how long you last.

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He worked with Iron Butterfly – they gave him credit for producing “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.”

maxresdefault“He discovered a group called Mark Stein & the Pigeons, who became Vanilla Fudge,

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“He produced the second album by the New York Dolls.  Dude got around.  From the Shangri-La’s to the New York dolls – quite a trip, no?

ShadowMorton1“I praised his rock knowledge and asked about this little side post.

Quirky Berkeley in Berkeley, Calif., is seen on May 12th, 2016.

 

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