Guilty Pleasures!!!!!

[kirk]

ah, OK.. that makes sense...

yeah, "love is blue" fascinated me, no idea why it made
such a connection.

i'm wondering if anyone else here remembers the syndicated
"upbeat" show...it was sort of a forerunner to MTV.
the host Don Webster announced acts, then cut to a film (before tape)
of a top band. they carried the illusion that all these bands
were playing one after the other.
i remember steppenwolf, blue cheer, tommy james & the shondells,
the who, black sabbath on the same show.
hey,found a link! - http://www.esquirerecords.com/citimusic/Upbeat.asp
check out "pictures".
the guys that later would become my 1st bandmates would
gather on saturdays to watch the show,dream of growing hair as long
as Blue Cheer's.
FYI- host Don Webster is now the director of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

of course, there was the network shows Hullabaloo, Shindig.
Hullabaloo magazine, became "Circus", which i believe is
still around.

@Rick- SURE the 50's count! the Beatles wouldn't have existed w/o
Little Richard, Chuck Berry..

kirk