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Greg Hawkes (curler)
Gregory A. Hawkes (born October 22, 1952) is an American musician who is best known as the keyboardist and founding member of the American new wave band the Cars. Hawkes is credited with helping popularize new wave and synth-pop in American popular music as a member of the Cars. Hawkes, a native of Fulton, Maryland, United States, attended Atholton High School where he played in a band called Teeth. He then attended Berklee College of Music for two years, majoring in composition and flute. He left to play in various bands, including Martin Mull and his Fabulous Furniture, in which he played flute, saxophone, and clarinet. He also played in a band called Richard and the Rabbits, which included future Cars bandmates Ric Ocasek and Benjamin Orr. He was the last member to join the Cars. Hawkes was also in the New Cars with original Cars member Elliot Easton, along with vocalist/guitarist Todd Rundgren, bassist Kasim Sulton, and drummer Prairie Prince. In 2018, Hawkes was inducted i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cars
The Cars were an American Rock music, rock band formed in Boston in 1976. Emerging from the New wave music, new wave Subculture, scene in the late 1970s, they consisted of Ric Ocasek (rhythm guitar), Benjamin Orr (bass guitar), Elliot Easton (lead guitar), Greg Hawkes (Keyboard instrument, keyboards) and David Robinson (drummer), David Robinson (Drum kit, drums). Ocasek and Orr shared lead vocals, and Ocasek was the band's principal songwriter and leader. The Cars were at the forefront of the merger of 1970s guitar-oriented rock with the new synthesizer-oriented pop that became popular in the early 1980s. Music critic Robert Palmer (American writer), Robert Palmer, writer for ''The New York Times'' and ''Rolling Stone'', described the Cars' musical style: "They have taken some important but disparate contemporary trends—Punk rock, punk minimalism, the labyrinthine synthesizer and guitar textures of art rock, the '50s rockabilly revival and the melodious terseness of power po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todd Rundgren
Todd Harry Rundgren (born June 22, 1948) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer who has performed a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as a member of the bands Nazz and Utopia. He is known for his sophisticated and often unorthodox music, his occasionally lavish stage shows, and his later experiments with interactive art. He also produced music videos and was an early adopter and promoter of various computer technologies, such as using the Internet as a means of music distribution in the late 1990s. A native of Philadelphia, Rundgren began his professional career in the mid-1960s, forming the psychedelic band Nazz in 1967. After two years, he left Nazz to pursue a solo career and immediately scored his first US top 40 hit with " We Gotta Get You a Woman" (1970). His best-known songs include " Hello It's Me" and " I Saw the Light" from '' Something/Anything?'' (1972), which get frequent air time on classic rock radio stations, the 1978 " C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crafty Hands
''Crafty Hands'' is an album by the progressive rock band Happy the Man, released in 1978. Only one track, "Wind Up Doll Day Wind," contains vocals. Reception Mike McLatchey of Exposé Online stated that the album displays "some of the best, most elaborate and sophisticated symphonic rock ever produced, played by technical geniuses," but noted that, in comparison with the group's debut album, "''Crafty Hands'' seems more polished, yet overall slightly less impressive." Pete Pardo, writing for Sea of Tranquility, commented: "As far as US prog goes, it doesn't get much better than this folks. ''Crafty Hands'' is classy stuff all the way." Track listing #"Service with a Smile" (Ron Riddle, Greg Hawkes) – 2:44 #"Morning Sun" (Kit Watkins) – 4:05 #"Ibby It Is" (Frank Wyatt) – 7:50 #"Steaming Pipes" (Stanley Whitaker) – 5:30 #"Wind Up Doll Day Wind" (Watkins, Whitaker, Wyatt) – 7:06 #"Open Book" (Wyatt) – 4:53 #"I Forgot to Push It" (Watkins) – 3:08 #"The Moon, I Sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niagara Falls (Greg Hawkes Album)
''Niagara Falls'' is the first solo album released by Greg Hawkes, best known as an original member of the Cars. It was released in 1983 by Passport Records. Hawkes plays all instruments (with one exception—see below), with programmed drums and multiple layers of keyboard parts, as well as rhythm guitar. It was recorded at Syncro Sound, a Boston recording studio owned by the Cars. Tuneful and not overly experimental, it sounds (despite the instrumental nature of the material) very much like the '' Shake It Up'' era of the Cars. "Jet Lag" and "Voyage Into Space" are the only tunes to feature lyrics: ''"Jet lag / It's a real drag"'' and ''"Voyage into space / Check out some other place"''—sometimes processed through a vocoder. "Voyage Into Space" also features the artist's wife, Elaine Hawkes, on flute. Hawkes would not release another solo album for 25 years. His second solo album, though also instrumental, was very different in sound than this, his first: ''The Beatles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Move Like This
''Move Like This'' is the seventh and final studio album by American rock band the Cars, released on May 10, 2011. It was their first since 1987's '' Door to Door'', and the only one without bassist and vocalist Benjamin Orr, who had died of pancreatic cancer in 2000. The album reached the top ten of the ''Billboard'' 200 and peaked at number 2 on the ''Billboard'' Top Rock Albums chart; a single from the album, " Sad Song", reached number 33 on the ''Billboard'' Rock Songs chart. Following the release of the album, the band launched an 11-city tour of North America. ''Move Like This'' was Ric Ocasek's last studio appearance before his death in September 2019. Background In 1997, Ocasek had told a journalist that the band would never reunite: "I'm saying never and you can count on that." A partial reunion of the band occurred in 2005 when keyboardist Greg Hawkes and lead guitarist Elliot Easton toured with singer Todd Rundgren, drummer Prairie Prince and bassist Kasim Sult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shake It Up (The Cars Song)
"Shake It Up" is a song by American Rock music, rock band the Cars from their Shake It Up (The Cars album), fourth studio album of the same name (1981). It was released on November 9, 1981, as the album's lead single. Although appearing for the first time in 1981, it was actually written years earlier by the band's songwriter and lead singer Ric Ocasek. The song became one of the Cars' most popular songs, peaking at number four on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number two on the ''Billboard'' Mainstream Rock (chart), Top Tracks chart in early 1982. With the track "Cruiser (song), Cruiser" as its B-side, it reached number 14 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Songs, Disco Top 80 chart. Background The song is primarily reliant on dance-pop as its main genre, with pop rock elements audible. Ocasek referred to the song as "the big return to pop" after the more art rock style of the preceding album, ''Panorama (The Cars album), Panorama''. Add to these keyboardist Greg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arpeggio
An arpeggio () is a type of Chord (music), chord in which the Musical note, notes that compose a chord are individually sounded in a progressive rising or descending order. Arpeggios on keyboard instruments may be called rolled chords. Arpeggios may include all notes of a musical scale, scale or a partial set of notes from a scale, but must contain notes of at least three Pitch (music), pitches (two-pitch sequences are known as Trill (music), trills). Arpeggios may sound notes within a single octave or span multiple octaves, and the notes may be sustained and overlap or be heard separately. An arpeggio for the chord of C major going up two octaves would be the notes (C, E, G, C, E, G, C). In musical notation, a very rapid arpeggiated chord may be written with a wavy vertical line in front of the chord. Typically these are read as to be played from the lowest to highest note, though composers may specify a high to low sequence by adding an arrow pointing down. Arpeggios ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hello Again (The Cars Song)
"Hello Again" is a song by American rock band the Cars from their album ''Heartbeat City'' (1984). It was released on October 15, 1984 as the album's fourth single. The song was the fourth top-20 entry from the album, reaching number 20 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart; it also reached number eight on the Hot Dance/Disco chart and number 22 on the Top Rock Tracks chart. Ric Ocasek sings lead vocals on the track. Critical reception ''Billboard'' wrote that "Hello Again" goes "back to the staccato synth beat and wry mannered style that typified the group's singles before 'Drive' changed all that." "Hello Again" was retrospectively described as "eccentric" by AllMusic critic Greg Prato, who also cited the track as a highlight from the ''Heartbeat City'' album. Donald Guarisco, also of AllMusic, wrote "One of their strongest tracks n ''Heartbeat City'' with experimental rootswas 'Hello Again,' a stylish new wave rocker with plenty of experimental touches." Guarisco added that it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let's Go (The Cars Song)
Let's Go may refer to: Film * ''Let's Go'' (1918 film), a 1918 comedy short starring Harold Lloyd * ''Let's Go'' (1923 film), a silent film written by Keene Thompson * ''Let's Go!'' (film), a 2011 Hong Kong action film Music Albums * ''Let's Go'' (David Campbell album), 2011 * ''Let's Go'' (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band album), 1983 * ''Let's Go'' (Rancid album), 1994 * ''Let's Go!'' (EP), an EP by The Apples in Stereo, 2001 * ''Let's Go'', by Rocky Sharpe and the Replays, 1981 * ''Let's Go!'', by The Ventures, 1963 Songs * "Let's Go" (Calvin Harris song), 2012 * "Let's Go" (The Cars song), 1979 * "Let's Go" (Key Glock song), 2023 * "Let's Go" (King Stingray song), 2022 * "Let's Go" (Nocera song), 1987 * "Let's Go" (Pharoahe Monch song), 2007 * "Let's Go" (Shawn Desman song), 2005 * "Let's Go" (Trick Daddy song), 2004 * "Let's Go!" (Wang Chung song), 1987 * "Let's Go" (will.i.am song), 2013 * " F.N.F. (Let's Go)", 2022 song by Hitkidd and GloRilla * "Let's Go", by Beeni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sequential Circuits Prophet-5
The Prophet-5 is an analog synthesizer manufactured by the American company Sequential. It was designed by Dave Smith and John Bowen in 1977. It was the first polyphonic synthesizer with fully programmable memory. Before the Prophet-5, synthesizers required users to adjust controls to change sounds, with no guarantee of exactly recreating a sound. Sequential used microprocessors to allow users to recall sounds instantly rather than having to recreate them manually. The Prophet-5 facilitated a move from synthesizers creating unpredictable sounds to producing "a standard package of familiar sounds". The Prophet-5 became a market leader and was widely used in popular music and film soundtracks. In 1981, Sequential released a 10-voice, double-keyboard version, the Prophet-10. Sequential introduced new versions in 2020, and it has been emulated in software synthesizers and hardware. Sequential also released several further Prophet synthesizers, such as the Prophet '08. Develop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drive (The Cars Song)
"Drive" is a song by American rock band the Cars from their fifth studio album, ''Heartbeat City'' (1984). It was released on July 23, 1984, as the album's third single. Written by Ric Ocasek, the track was sung by bassist Benjamin Orr and produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange with the band. Upon its release, "Drive" became the Cars' highest-charting single in most territories. In the United States, it peaked at number three on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and topped the Adult Contemporary chart. It reached number five (number four on re-entry in 1985) in the United Kingdom, number four in West Germany, number six in Canada and number three (number five on re-entry in 1985) in Ireland. The song is most associated with the July 1985 Live Aid event, where it was performed by The Cars during the Philadelphia event. The song was also used as the background music to a montage of clips produced by CBC Television depicting the contemporaneous Ethiopian famine during the London event, whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
