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The idea of this column is to reflect on the really good rock and roll days of Long Beach, but I guess it doesn\u2019t hurt for me to shill for a couple or three events with music I can still believe in. <\/p>\nThe idea of this column is to reflect on the really good rock and roll days of Long Beach, but I guess it doesn\u2019t hurt for me to shill for a couple or three events with music I can still believe in. <\/p>\n
Such is the description \u2013 see above boilerplate \u2013 of the upcoming stop on the massive \u201cSwimming To the Whirlpool\u201d tour conducted by local rock and roll fave, Stan Wycoff at Fingerprints at 7 p.m. on July 20. <\/p>\n
As I reflect on the lineup, it increasingly takes on the feel of an Ed Sullivan Show without the jugglers.<\/p>\n
Dig this. Besides the musical stylings of Wycoff, which are formidable enough, having been backed on CD by the likes of Nicky Hopkins, who at one time or another during his too-short life backed the Beatles on \u201cRevolution,\u201d the Stones on a few numbers, the Kinks, the Who, the Airplane\u2026 you might have heard of these bands. Wycoff also played with King Of the Surf Guitar \u2013 and he knows it \u2013 Dick Dale. The bands I mentioned won\u2019t be there, but Wycoff will with Rick Shea on steel guitar; and singer-songwriter David Stadalnikas of Uninvited Dinner Guests.<\/p>\n
Also on tap are 60s faves, We Five, whom I caught at Ed Pearl\u2019s Ashgrove well before they hit with their important top ten folk-rock hit, \u201cYou Were On My Mind.\u201d I left impressed.<\/p>\n
Then there\u2019s Bobby Comstock, \u201cthe Count\u201d as dubbed by Stan, who had some really strong guitar and vocal hits like \u201cTennessee Waltz\u201d in the early 60s. More guitar by Dave \u201cGuilty Man\u201d Alvin, co-head guy of the Blasters, Danny Ott, who played with the legendary Chris Gaffney and John \u201cDjango\u201d Jorgenson.<\/p>\n
Not enough to listen to? There\u2019s the reading by Alan Rifkin, who skillfully describes his contribution as \u201ca musical and online novel in concert, Alt. Country traces the legend and love story of Harvey Kooper, a country rocker in a last-chance marriage. Haunted by a lifetime’s mistakes, he runs from near-fame, leads spiritual fasts in the San Fernando Valley (“Country Music’s Salinger,” a bartender calls him), finds Jesus, marries a radio host who spins musical dreams of half-remembered pasts . . . and then recreates all the chaos and tragedy he had tried to break free of. Meanwhile he is shadowed by a faded Rolling Stone reporter who believes that the artist’s slide to obscurity is a story for our times.\u201d <\/p>\n
All of this in an hour and a half. Show up just to see how it comes together, or falls apart. With all this going on, you don\u2019t want to view it from the narrow streets of the Shore, so Hometown Music strongly recommends you make reservations at Fingerprints (562 433-4996) and if Rand\u2019s not in, he or she who answers the phone will be helpful, unless you dilly dally too long while wondering what\u2019s on TV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Steve Propes previews an upcoming live show at Fingerprints and the wonderful acts that are scheduled to perform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":70280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-5789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hi-lo","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5789"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=5789"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=5789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}