Did Aretha ever appear, guest w/ any proggers?
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Topic: Did Aretha ever appear, guest w/ any proggers?
Posted By: spacechick
Subject: Did Aretha ever appear, guest w/ any proggers?
Date Posted: January 20 2024 at 12:53
| I do a weekly prog program for a non-prof entity. I am putting together a Black History Month special. Aretha Franklin is my fave female singer. Needless to say, I never play her (or is it needless?), but this time, looking for a way to do so. This is a long shot I would think, but did she ever guest, appear or work with any prog musicians or on any prog. material? I suppose her Columbia catalog crosses to jazz, which to some would be proggy. Honestly I never gravitated to that, unless there's something exceptional I overlooked. I was actually hoping to hear about something 1969 or later, during the prog rock, post-prog or neo prog eras. Perhaps I am revealing with this topic that I have not delved into much of Aretha's repertoire, gravitating to the same Atlantic hits here. Guilty as charged. |
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Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: January 20 2024 at 15:25
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She did cover a few acid rock songs, I think "Sunshine of Your Love". Let me see what I can dig up. I couldn't find "Sunshine ...", although I still think it exists. Anyway, here she is singing Paul Simon's mega art pop song, "Bridge Over Troubled waters" She also covers several Beatles'songs; Elanor Rigby, Fool on the Hill and The Long and Winding Road" |
Posted By: spacechick
Date Posted: January 21 2024 at 18:21
| Thanks!! Well the Beatles are undeniably one of of the 1st prog bands. Aretha covering "Sunshine of your Love" is sure obscure. Are you sure you're not thinking of Ella Fitzgerald's cover? |
Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: January 21 2024 at 19:08
| A tape recording I made of an acid jazz radio show in SF had a heavy soul version of "Sunshine.." by a singer who sounded similar to Aretha. It's not the Ella version, but I guess it is not Aretha either. I wonder who that singer is. |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: January 22 2024 at 02:22
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Well Arethas go to drummer troughout the 1970's was Bernard Purdie. He plays on: Miles Davis – Get Up with It Steely Dan – The Royal Scam Steely Dan – Aja Steely Dan – Gaucho On many of her 70's recordings you'll also find additional names such as: Stanley Clarke (Return to Forever, solo and much more) Joe Farrell (also Return to Forever) Steve Gadd (Return to Forever, Kate Bush, Al De Meola...) Eumir Deodato + Billy Preston "the fifth Beatle" for a short period They basically played a lot on each others albums too. -jazz rock fusion guys that could play circles around most prog rock groups. |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: January 22 2024 at 08:36
The Beatles did some progressive material but in no way, shape or form should they be considered one of the first prog bands. Anyway, no I don't think she ever collaborated with any prog bands.
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spacechick wrote:Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: January 22 2024 at 10:19
| I think her working with Frank Zappa would have been very interesting. They could have called it ArethaFrankZappalin and done "Chain of Dancin' Fools" Add a Led in there had Led Zeppelin contributed. |
Posted By: spacechick
Date Posted: January 22 2024 at 17:53
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AFLOWERKINGCRIMSON I did not mean in a super super literal sense that the Beatles were one of the first prog bands. I was being social b/c someone suggested Aretha covering the Beatles. Like you're saying, the Beatles did do some progressive material. And it was influential. And it was early on. Sgt. Peppers' ... came out in '67. Well there was also much acid folk/ rock that year out of San Francisco. The Nice's first album was only a year later. The Syn was kicking around. Some of the musicians in the future greatest prog bands were doing some interesting proto-prog things in'67. I mean who else in the rock world was doing really progressive material in this time period? I see the Moody Blues' 1st album was out, but I don't have a large list of key players for then. I sure would like to learn more. And by the way, your view that Aretha has no progressive material is valid. I find the connections that the others brought up very intriguing, but it's ok not all share that view. |
Posted By: spacechick
Date Posted: January 23 2024 at 09:11
That would have been an incredibly awesome release. Let's make T-shirts of it. |
Posted By: spacechick
Date Posted: January 23 2024 at 09:12
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Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: January 23 2024 at 11:28
Back when I was in college, there was a band called Ted Zeppelin that did Ted Nugent and Led Zeppelin covers. ArethaFrankZappalin would definitely kick up a notch. |
Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: January 24 2024 at 07:41
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Ryo Okomoto (Spock's Beard) played with Aretha at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. The video's on YouTube!!! ------------- The Prog Corner |