Posts made by ButchA

I still enjoy my '75 Olds Ambassador that I picked up off eBay for next to nothing...

• A few tiny dents here and there.
• Came with no MP (I had to buy a Bach 7C so I could play it - later picked up a nice used Conn3 MP off eBay).
• Had to get a brace resoldered and the main water key resoldered back on.

...Just needed a little TLC, and she is a beautiful, sweet sounding, cornet!

@GeorgeB said in Rock, Pop, Classic 70's "Horn Bands" from back in the day?:

Thanks for that great welcome. Nice going with the new site.

You mentioned Blood Sweat & Tears before... What an amazing, legendary, band!

Check out their classic song "Smiling Phases".which was originally written by the rock band Traffic. BST took the song and jazzed it up with their incredible horn section!

@GeorgeB said in Rock, Pop, Classic 70's "Horn Bands" from back in the day?:

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Hey, Butch, the classic rock of the 70s came along after I had quit playing in '65 , but I was happy to hear brass being used in the Chicago, Blood Sweat and Tears, etc. I would be lying if I said I was a fan of these bands, but I did appreciate how they used brass.

Welcome aboard, George! Great to see you here, and thanks for the great comments about "horn sections" in pop/rock bands from back in the day!

Everyone: It is official... We now have GeorgeB amongst our ranks. The ultimate trumpet mentor of all, who has been there, done that, and seen it all!

I'm here, and also sent the link to GeorgeB (from the trumpet sites) to come check out this new forum.

I just pasted in the You Tube link... No weird URL brackets or anything like that:

Here's Chicago's song "Does Anybody Really Know What Times It Is?"

I agree... Everyone had a "horn section" back in the day! Even if the band didn't technically have the instrumentation/members, they paid for a horn section and/or added them to tracks in the studio!

Must have been a great way to make a few bucks back then too!

There is also something goofy with the "smilies" that puts a broken link block right before the actual smilie face...

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Here's a topic that I think people might enjoy discussing...

Instead of the common orchestra setting, symphony setting, "community band" type of setting, does anyone else appreciate the classic rock 70's type of music that had a "horn section" in it?

Chicago, Blood Sweat & Tears, Ides of March, Lighthouse, Tower of Power, and of course the soulful sounds of Earth, Wind, & Fire...

Is it me, or has this type of genre faded away?

Edit: Here's a link to "One Fine Morning" by Lighthouse. Let's see if you can imbed You Tube clips in here:

I just signed up, as one of the many TM refugees....