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Firefall
Firefall is an American country rock band that formed in Boulder, Colorado, in 1974. It was founded by Rick Roberts, former member of the Flying Burrito Brothers, and Jock Bartley, who had been Tommy Bolin's replacement in Zephyr. The band's biggest hit single, " You Are the Woman", peaked at No. 9 on the ''Billboard'' chart in 1976. Other hits included " Just Remember I Love You" (#11 in 1977), " Strange Way" (#11 in 1978), "Cinderella" (#34 in 1977), "Headed for a Fall" (#35 in 1980), and "Staying with It" (#37 in 1981). History In 1973 Rick Roberts and Jock Bartley met when Bartley was on tour with Gram Parsons as a member of his backing band, the Fallen Angels. Both the Fallen Angels and Roberts were performing in New York City at the same venue on consecutive nights. After the two were reunited in Boulder, Colorado, Roberts was impressed by Bartley's guitar work, and the duo soon began practicing together. Encouraged to form a band, they contacted bassist Mark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Firefall 1977
Firefall is an American country rock band that formed in Boulder, Colorado, in 1974. It was founded by Rick Roberts, former member of the Flying Burrito Brothers, and Jock Bartley, who had been Tommy Bolin's replacement in Zephyr. The band's biggest hit single, " You Are the Woman", peaked at No. 9 on the ''Billboard'' chart in 1976. Other hits included " Just Remember I Love You" (#11 in 1977), " Strange Way" (#11 in 1978), "Cinderella" (#34 in 1977), "Headed for a Fall" (#35 in 1980), and "Staying with It" (#37 in 1981). History In 1973 Rick Roberts and Jock Bartley met when Bartley was on tour with Gram Parsons as a member of his backing band, the Fallen Angels. Both the Fallen Angels and Roberts were performing in New York City at the same venue on consecutive nights. After the two were reunited in Boulder, Colorado, Roberts was impressed by Bartley's guitar work, and the duo soon began practicing together. Encouraged to form a band, they contacted bassist Mark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yosemite Firefall
The Yosemite Firefall was a summer time event that began in 1872 and continued for almost a century, in which burning hot embers were spilled from the top of Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park to the valley below. From a distance it appeared as a glowing waterfall. The owners of the Glacier Point Hotel conducted the firefall. History has it that David Curry, founder of Camp Curry, would stand at the base of the fall, and yell "Let the fire fall," each night as a signal to start pushing the embers over. The Firefall ended in January 1968, when George B. Hartzog, then the director of the National Park Service, ordered it to stop because the overwhelming number of visitors that it attracted trampled the meadows, and because it was not a natural event. The NPS wanted to preserve the valley, returning it to its natural state. The Glacier Point Hotel was destroyed by fire 18 months later and was not rebuilt. The Firefalls were performed at 9p.m. seven nights a week as the final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Muse
David Muse (July 27, 1949 – August 6, 2022) was an American musician. He performed and recorded with numerous artists including Firefall, The Marshall Tucker Band, Pam Rose, Bertie Higgins, Navarro, Boulder County Conspiracy, and Tonal Alchemy. During his 50+ year career, he appeared on more than 25 recordings and was awarded three Gold and two Platinum albums. Career Early days Some of David Muse's early musical ventures included J.R. & the Newtrons ''(featuring future Firefall singer Rick Roberts)'' and The Sons of Man ''(also with Roberts)''. After attending St. Petersburg Junior College, he performed as a member of Too Much Boogie. He was later invited to join Taxi, the house band at Scarlett O'Hara's in the original Underground Atlanta, where he remained for nearly four years until joining Firefall.O'Kelley, Jeff"Local Legends: An Interview with David Muse" Creative Loafing Magazine, February 10, 2010 Firefall (1975–1981, 1994–1995, 2000–2003, 2011–2022) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Burnett
Larry Burnett is an American singer and guitarist who was one of the original members of the pop-rock group Firefall. Early years and Firefall Burnett was born on November 8, 1951, and wrote his first song when he was sixteen. Prior to joining Firefall, he was a professional cab driver in Alexandria, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, DC, while occasionally performing at the city's legendary Cellar Door nightclub. It was there that Burnett first met Firefall founder Rick Roberts. In August 1974, Roberts asked Burnett to join the band and sent Burnett a one-way plane ticket to Boulder, Colorado. The band, including Burnett, singer/guitarist Roberts, Mark Andes (bass), Michael Clarke (drums), and Jock Bartley (guitar), developed a pop-rock-midwest country sound, in the tradition of Crosby, Stills and Nash, the Byrds and the Eagles' early recordings. After over a year of writing, rehearsing and performing throughout Colorado, Firefall began recording their eponymous debut alb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Are The Woman
"You Are the Woman" is a song by Firefall, released as the second single from their self-titled debut album. Written by Rick Roberts, then the group's frontman, the track is distinguished by the performance on flute of Firefall member David Muse and the lead vocals of Chuck Kirkpatrick. Background Roberts would recall writing "You Are the Woman": "When that chorus and tune jumped into my head I realized I was otcreating...one of the great works of art in history... ut rathera bouncy little pop ditty...I was stumped for several months about where the verses should go e. developlyrically. Then I realized I was over thinking it. I took a more simple approach, and the verses were finished in a day or two." Steve Heflin recalls that right after the song jumped into Rick's head, a group of his friends were fortunate to have him sing it for them. Steve Heflin, Chris Wienard, and Janet Cooper, were gathered around Rick who was sitting on the arm of an over-stuffed chair in Chris' apa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tris Imboden
Gregory Tristan "Tris" Imboden (born July 27, 1951) is an American rock and jazz drummer. As a performer, he has been in studio sessions and on tour with some of the most notable and highest-selling musicians of all time. He was the drummer for the multi-platinum band Chicago from 1990 to 2018. He is a multi-platinum selling artist. As an educator, he has been a drum clinician and author of tutorial materials. Some of Imboden's most notable work include recordings with Neil Diamond, Kenny Loggins, Firefall, Richard Marx, Steve Vai, Roger Daltrey, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Chicago, Anita Baker, Julio Iglesias and Stevie Wonder. In addition he has toured the world with rock and jazz acts such as Kenny Loggins, Al Jarreau, Chaka Khan, Firefall, Cock Robin, Michael McDonald, Chicago, and other notable groups. As a full-time band member, Imboden's career has included Honk, the Kenny Loggins Band (including "Who's Right, Who's Wrong" featuring Michael Jackson, the six-time p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Clarke (musician)
Michael Clarke (born Michael James Dick; June 3, 1946 – December 19, 1993) was an American musician, best known as the drummer for the 1960s rock group the Byrds from 1964 to 1967. He died in 1993, at age 47, from liver failure, a direct result of more than three decades of heavy alcohol consumption. Biography Early years Clarke was born in Spokane, Washington. His father was a pipefitter and his mother was an amateur musician. Clarke left home when he was 17 years old and hitchhiked to California to become a musician. In legend, Clarke was said to have been discovered by Byrds' founder David Crosby while playing bongos on a beach. In fact he was discovered by singer-songwriter Ivan Ulz, in North Beach, San Francisco, and was introduced to other group members by Ulz. The Byrds Clarke was not an accomplished musician prior to joining the Byrds but he did have previous experience of drumming in his younger years before joining the group. He had played the drums before bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Just Remember I Love You
"Just Remember I Love You" is a song by American rock band Firefall from their album, ''Luna Sea'' (1977), with backing vocals by Timothy B. Schmit. It was written by Rick Roberts and released as a single on July 21, 1977. "Just Remember I Love You" peaked at number 11 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, spent two weeks at number nine on '' Cashbox'', and reached number one on the US Easy Listening chart. The song also reached number one on the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart. Track listings 7" single # "Just Remember I Love You" – 3:14 # "Just Think" - 4:11 Chart performance Weekly charts Year-end charts See also *List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1977 (U.S.) Adult Contemporary (chart), Adult Contemporary is a record chart, chart published by ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' ranking the top-performing songs in the United States in the adult contemporary music (AC) market. In 1977, 20 songs topped ... References 1977 singles Firefall son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strange Way
''Élan'' is the third album by Firefall, released in 1978. It featured the single "Strange Way" which reached #11 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and #24 on the Adult Contemporary chart. Track listing # "" – 4:41 ''( Rick Roberts)'' # "Sweet and Sour" – 3:29 ''(Jock Bartley, Rick Roberts)'' # "Wrong Side of Town" – 2:43 ''(Larry Burnett)'' # "Count Your Blessings" – 3:29 ''(Rick Roberts)'' # "Get You Back" – 4:10 ''(Larry Burnett)'' # "Anymore" – 3:56 ''(Mark Andes, Larry Burnett)'' # "Baby" – 3:45 ''(Larry Burnett)'' # "Goodbye, I Love You" – 4:19 ''(Rick Roberts)'' # "Sweet Ann" – 3:20 ''(Rick Roberts)'' # "Winds of Change" – 3:24 ''(Rick Roberts)'' Charts Personnel ;Firefall * Rick Roberts - lead vocals, rhythm acoustic guitar * Larry Burnett - lead vocals, rhythm electric and acoustic guitars * Jock Bartley - lead electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals, electric slide guitar, * David Muse - keyboards, organ, Moog synthesizer, tenor saxophon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Andes
Mark Andes (born February 19, 1948) is an American musician, known for his work as a bassist with Canned Heat, Spirit, Jo Jo Gunne, Firefall, Heart, and Mirabal. Early life Andes was born in Philadelphia, but grew up in Los Angeles, one of two sons of actor Keith Andes (1920–2005). Career As a teenager, he was an early member of Canned Heat, but left before the band was signed to a recording contract. Andes was a founding member of the band Spirit. He played bass on their first four albums and on some subsequent reunion albums. During a bout with the flu, Mark co-wrote one of Spirit's first singles, "Mechanical World," with fellow Spirit member Jay Ferguson who was a friend from high school. Spirit was noted for its hybrid sound of rock and jazz styles. The group released groundbreaking works such as '' Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus'' (1970), that critically were lauded later, but commercial success largely eluded them at the time. When the original line-up of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick Roberts (musician)
Richard James Roberts (born August 31, 1949) is an American country rock and soft rock singer-songwriter who recorded with many influential artists over several genres. He is best known as a founding member and lead singer of Firefall from 1974 to 1981, as well as his work with The Flying Burrito Brothers on their 1971 self-titled album. He also recorded two solo albums, ''Windmills'' in 1972 and ''She Is a Song'' in 1973. Career In the fall of 1981, Roberts played dates in tandem with fellow former Burrito Brother Chris Hillman. In 1985 he was a member of "A 20th Anniversary Tribute to The Byrds", a band co-founded by ex-Byrds Gene Clark and Michael Clarke. The group also originally included former members of The Band, Richard Manuel and Rick Danko, as well as Blondie Chaplin and John York (who was Chris Hillman's replacement in The Byrds in 1968). The band generated controversy through public confusion in relation to the original Byrds, at times being billed at some v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Flying Burrito Brothers
The Flying Burrito Brothers are an American country rock band, best known for their influential 1969 debut album, ''The Gilded Palace of Sin''. Although the group is perhaps best known for its connection to band founders Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman (both formerly of The Byrds), the group underwent many personnel changes and has existed in various incarnations. A lineup with no original members (and derived from the 2000s-era Burrito Deluxe) currently performs as The Burrito Brothers. Early evolution (1968–1969) Ian Dunlop and Mickey Gauvin, formerly of Gram Parsons' International Submarine Band (ISB), founded the original Flying Burrito Brothers and named it after Parsons informed them of his new country focus. This incarnation of the band never recorded as such, and after heading East allowed Gram Parsons to take the name. With the original incarnation of the band out of the picture, the "West Coast" Flying Burrito Brothers were founded in 1968 in Los Angeles, California ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
