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VH1 News The Sixties Pad Feeds The XChange / Published NewsWhen Doctor Who was created, the dramatic structure of the program’s cast was rather different from the hero-and-sidekick pattern that emerged later. Initially, the character of the Doctor was almost an antihero, with uncertain motives and abilities. The protagonists were schoolteachers Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright, who provided the audience’s point-of-view in stories set in Earth’s history and on alien worlds. Ian in particular served the role of the action hero. The fourth character was the Doctor’s granddaughter Susan, who was initially presented as an “unearthly child”; the program’s makers intended Susan as an identification figure for younger viewers.
<Rose Tyler played by Billie Piper
Carole Ann Ford, who played Susan, became unhappy with the lack of development for her character, and chose to leave the series early in its second series. The character of Susan was married off to a freedom fighter and left behind to rebuild a Dalek-ravaged Earth, establishing two scenarios to which the series would later return. Doctor Who’s producers replaced Susan with another young female character, Vicki. Similarly, when Ian and Barbara left, the “action hero” position was filled by astronaut Steven Taylor. This grouping of Doctor, young heroic male and attractive young female became the program’s pattern throughout the 1960s.
When the program changed to color in 1970, its format changed: the Doctor was now earth-bound, and acquired a supporting cast by his affiliation with the paramilitary organization United Nations Intelligence Task force. The Third Doctor, more active and physical than his predecessors, made the role of the “action hero” male companion redundant. In the 1970 season the Doctor was assisted by scientist Liz Shaw and Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, along with other UNIT personnel. The intellectual Shaw was replaced by the ditzy Jo Grant in the 1971 season, and as the program returned to occasional adventures in outer space, the format shifted once more: while UNIT continued to provide a regular “home base” for Earth-bound stories, in stories on other planets the Doctor and Jo became a two-person team with a close, personal bond. This pattern, the Doctor with a single female companion, became a template from which Doctor Who rarely diverged. The “heroic male” type occasionally returned (for example, Harry Sullivan and Jack Harkness), but the single female companion was Doctor Who’s staple.
Companions have assumed a variety of roles in Doctor Who, as involuntary passengers, as assistants per se (particularly Liz Shaw), as someone to whom the Doctor is a mentor, as friends, and as fellow adventurers. Modern companions tend to be invaluable in helping the Doctor out of tight situations; for example, the Doctor credits both Rose Tyler and Martha Jones with saving his life in their initial adventures with him.
The Doctor regularly gains new companions and loses old ones; sometimes they return home, or find new causes - or loves - on worlds they have visited. Some companions (notably Katarina, Sara Kingdom and Adric) have died during the course of the series.
There are some disputes within Doctor Who fandom about the definition of a companion, but most fans agree that at least thirty (including K-9 Marks I and II) meet the criteria for “companion” status in the television series, with others being established in the various spin-offs. Most companions travel in the TARDIS with the Doctor for more than one adventure, although there are exceptions; see Disputed companions, below. Sometimes a guest character will take a role in the story similar to that of a companion: one recent example is Lynda in “Bad Wolf” and “The Parting of the Ways”.
Despite the fact that the majority of the Doctor’s companions are young, attractive females, the production team for the 1963-1989 series maintained a longstanding taboo against any overt romantic involvement in the TARDIS: for example, Peter Davison, as the Fifth Doctor, was not allowed to put his arm around either Sarah Sutton (Nyssa) or Janet Fielding (Tegan). However, that has not prevented fans from speculating about possible romantic involvements, most notably between the Fourth Doctor and the Time Lady Romana (whose actors, Tom Baker and Lalla Ward, shared a romance and brief marriage). The taboo was controversially broken in the 1996 television movie when the Eighth Doctor was shown kissing companion Grace Holloway. The 2005 series played with this idea by having various characters think that the Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler were a couple, which they vehemently denied. Since the series revival, the Doctor has kissed companions Rose, Jack and Martha, although each instance not in a romantic context .
Previous companions have reappeared in the series, usually for anniversary specials. One former companion, Sarah Jane Smith (played by Elisabeth Sladen), together with the robotic dog K-9, appeared in one episode of the 2006 series more than twenty years after their last appearances in the 20th anniversary story The Five Doctors (1983). The character of Sarah Jane also heads up a Doctor Who spin-off, The Sarah Jane Adventures. Another companion, Captain Jack Harkness, appears in the spin-off program Torchwood.
The new series (2005-) has slightly altered the significance of the companion status, partly due to a strong focus on the character of Rose Tyler and characters connected to her. For example, although Adam Mitchell was a companion by the standard definition, he appeared in only two episodes and was arguably a less significant part of the 2005 series than Rose’s sometime boyfriend Mickey Smith, who was not technically a companion but appeared in five episodes (or six, including a brief appearance as a child in “Father’s Day”). Mickey later gained full-fledged companion status when he joined the TARDIS crew in the 2006 episode “School Reunion”. In that episode, Sarah Jane Smith referred to Rose as the Doctor’s “assistant”, a term to which the latter took offense. This exchange might be regarded as indicating a deliberate shift in approach for the new series.
This short story was published in the December 1961 issue of Rogue magazine, that also featured the breasts of the woman on the cover. The editorial calls this story it’s “lead fiction”.
“When do we leave?”
“Monday at dawn. Bring your gear aboard tomorrow and we’ll get it stowed away.”
Laurenson stood up. “Good. We’d better get back to the hotel and pack.” He picked up his camera and started toward the hatch, stooping low to keep from banging his head.
His wife was already on the ladder. Halfway up, she turned and looked back. “It’s nice of you to take us along, Mr. Maier. I hope we won’t be any trouble.”
The skipper stood up. “Not at all - and don’t call me Mr. Maier. My name’s Chick.”
Laurenson smiled and helped his wife up the ladder to the deck, where a small fellow with a new growth of beard was patching a sail. He looked up: “You decided to make the trip?”
“Yes,” Laurenson replied. “Should be quite an adventure.”
The skipper lifted himself through the hatch and stood beside them in the hot Caribbean sun. “You may change your mind before we get there,” he said. “Two weeks at sea is a long time.”
“I think well love it,” said Anne.
Maier shrugged and lit a cigarette.
Laurenson watched him curiously. The skipper was a full head shorter than he was, but probably weighted about the same. He was somewhere in his early thirties, with heavy shoulders and short muscular legs. He wore nothing but a pair of ragged khaki shorts, and the hair on his body was three different colors: a crisp blond on his legs and head, dark brown on his chest and shoulders, and dull red in his beard.
Laurenson was about to step over to the dock when Maier called him back: “Why don’t you give me the money now, so I can get the groceries.”
Laurenson handed him the checks and Maier counted them. “Okay,” he said. “Get here about noon tomorrow. We have some work to do.”
Anne smiled impishly. “You want me to work, too?”
Maier looked at her. “I’ll put you to work,” he said quietly. “You look like you might be good for something.”
Laurenson felt his stomach tighten. “Come on,” he said. “Let’s go.”
He followed Anne along the rickety pier. At the end they stopped to look back at Maiers boat. It was an old, fifty-foot sloop with a black hull and the name “Sebastian” painted in gold letters on the stern. It was a little different from the others in the harbor. They were charter-boats, everything from tiny sloops to huge, three-masted schooners, and their naked spars swayed lazily against a background of green hills and bright blue sky.
The Laurensons were taking an island-hopping vacation. They had started in Trinidad and worked their way north to St. Cyr. Now, instead of flying back to Cleveland, where he was in hi last year of medical school, they were going back to the States on the Sebastian.
After breakfast the next day they took their gear aboard the Sebastians and stowed it in lockers below their bunks on either side of the main cabin. Maier and the other crewman, Bill Eble, would sleep in the skippers cabin in the stern.
Maier had gone ashore and Eble told them what had to be done. He was young, slightly pudgy, and obviously working very hard to grow a beard. He told them he’d met Maier through a mutual friend in New York and had flown down several weeks ago to “give Chick a hand” on the trip back to Long Island, where the boat would stay for the summer.
Maier appeared late in the afternoon, still wearing nothing but the khaki shorts. he carried a can of beer and a thick piece of rope that he slapped on the mast, and occasionally on the palm of his hand.
Laurenson suspected he was drunk. Christ, he thought, the little ape carries this skipper act right to the limit - strutting around the deck with a goddamn whip!
Maier tossed the empty beer can into the harbor. “Anne,” he said, “go down and fix us a little grub. Theres some ground beef in the icebox. Might as well eat it before it goes bad.”
Laurenson looked up from the rope he was splicing. “We’ll eat in town tonight,” he said. “We want to try the lobster at Gianinni’s.”
Maier shook his head. “It’s rotten - take my word for it.” He lit a cigarette. “No sense in not eating here. Like I said, you’re my guests for the next two weeks.” He pointed the rope at Eble. “Bill, go below and show Anne how to work the stove.”
No one moved for a moment, then Eble got up and started down the ladder. Anne followed obediently.
Almost an hour went by before she re-appeared. Her hair was mussed and her face was damp with sweat. “Ready,” she said meekly.
“Hot damn!” Maier exclaimed. “Let’s eat. Come on Laurenson. You look like you need it.”
The table in the main cabin was neatly set with four plates of ground beef and string beans. Maier and Laurenson sat on one side of the table, with Anne and Eble on the other.
Nothing was said until the meal was over. “We’ll take turns cleaning up the galley,” Maier said. “Tonight the job falls to seaman Laurenson.”
Eble went up on deck and Laurenson joined his wife in the kitchen. “Jesus,” he muttered, “this may not be as much of a lark as I thought.”
It was still dark when Maier woke them the next morning. “Let’s get going,” he snapped. “I want to clear this harbor before the sun comes up.”
Maier announced the watches while Eble hoisted the jib. “You and Bill will be together,” he said to Laurenson, “and me and Anne will take the other one. That way we’ll have one experienced hand on deck all the time.”
Laurenson was instantly awake. “How does this watch business work?” he said quickly.
Maier smiled, swacking the rope-whip against his palm. “I thought you were the big sailor, Laurenson. One watch handles the boat while the other sleeps. We’ll be four on, four off. That means you’ll work four hours, then sleep.” He paused for an instant. “And you’d better damn well get your sleep, because you’ll need it.”
Laurenson felt a flutter of panic. He tried to catch Anne’s eye, but she was looking down at the deck.
By the time the sun came up the Sebastian was in open water with the bow pointed north to Bermuda. The sea was smooth. Maier and Eble took turns at the helm. Anne made lunch and Laurenson did his best to grasp the basic elements of sailing.
At noon, Maier took a sun-sight with the sextant. “Get a good look at that land,” he shouted, pointing to St. Cyr. on the horizon. “It’s the last you’ll see for a week.”
In the afternoon Eble showed Laurenson how to steer a compass course. The day passed slowly and he was tired when Maier called him for the eight-to-midnight watch. “Come on Laurenson, hit the deck. Me and Anne have to get some sleep.”
Laurenson steered for an hour, but found it difficult to concentrate. The cockpit was above Maier’s cabin and he listened carefully for any sounds.
Maier appeared exactly at midnight and Laurenson went below to wake Anne. She was already up.
“How do you feel?” he asked.
“Fine. Is anything wrong.”
His next words were out of his mouth before he realized it. “Don’t let him bother you,” he whispered. %
One million performances is the equivalent of approximately 50,000 broadcast hours, or more than 5.7 years of continuous airplay!
Over 8 Million Times
The Righteous Brothers - You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’
Over 7 Million Times
The Association - Never My Love
The Beatles - Yesterday
Ben E. King - Stand By Me
Otis Redding - Dock Of The Bay
Over 6 Million Times
Simon and Garfunkel - Mrs. Robinson
Johnny Rivers - Baby, I Need Your Loving
Ray Charles - Georgia On My Mind
The Police - Every Breath You Take
Roy Orbison - Oh Pretty Woman
Gladys Knight - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
The Everly Brothers - All I Have To Do Is Dream
The Platters - Only You
The Chi-lights - Oh Girl
Elton John - Your Song
James Taylor - How Sweet It Is
Rita Coolidge - Higher & Higher
Ray Charles - I Can’t Stop Loving You
Bette Midler - Wind Beneath My Wings
The Beatles - Michelle
The Fifth Dimension - Up, Up and Away
The Drifters - On Broadway
The Platters - Twilight Time
Frank Sinatra - Strangers in the Night
Neil Sedaka - Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
The Drifters - Save the Last Dance for Me
Over 5 Million Times
Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song
Marcello Ciorciolini - More
Dolly Parton - I Will Always Love You
Percy Sledge - When A Man Loves A Woman
Glen Campbell - Gentle On My Mind
The Beatles - Something
Simon and Garfunkel - Sounds Of Silence
Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon and Garfunkel - Scarborough Fair
Glen Campbell - By The Time I Get To Phoenix
Merilee Rush - Angel Of The Morning
The Association - Cherish
The Supremes - You Can’t Hurry Love
Credence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary
Bobby Hebb - Sunny
Nilsson - Everybody’s Talkin’
Little Anthony and The Imperials - Goin’ Out Of My Head
Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds
The Classics IV - Traces
Guy Lombardo - Canadian Sunset
The Turtles - Happy Together
Ray Charles - Georgia On My Mind
Johnny Rivers - Baby I Need Your Lovin’
The Cascades - Rhythm Of The Rain
The Four Seasons - Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You
Willie Nelson - Always on My Mind
Bette Midler - The Rose
Don Henley - The Heart of the Matter
The Box Tops - The Letter
The Casinos - Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye
Englebert Humperdinck - Release Me
The Drifters - Up on the Roof
Eric Clapton - Layla
Sam Cooke - You Send Me
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Ray Price - For the Good Times
The Carpenters - We’ve Only Just Begun
Sam Cooke - What a Wonderful World
Anne Murray - Snowbird
Carl Carlton - Everlasting Love
The Vogues - My Special Angel
Charlie Rich - The Most Beautiful Girl
Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl
Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour
The Association - Windy
Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes - If You Don’t Know Me By Now
Jimmy Buffett - Margaritaville
Engelbert Humperdinck - Spanish Eyes
The Monkees - Daydream Believer
Elton John - Daniel
The Eagles - Take It Easy
The Bellamy Brothers - Let Your Love Flow
Elvis Presley - Don’t Be Cruel
The Doobie Brothers - Listen to the Music
Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders - A Groovy Kind of Love
Roy Orbison - Crying
Jackie DeShannon - Put A Little Love In Your Heart
Elton John - Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me
Sami Smith - Help Me Make It Through the Night
Eagles - Best of My Love
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Mr. Bojangles
James Taylor - Fire and Rain
Roy Orbison - Blue Bayou
Matt Monro - Born Free
Brook Benton - It’s Just A Matter Of Time
The Beatles - Let It Be
Olivia Newton John - I Honestly Love You
Lynn Anderson - I Never Promised You A Rose Garden
Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now
Since most of the artwork of the sixties was throwaway, advertisting for concerts and various gatherings being the most common, its hard to find. Included here are posters, album covers and a few of the be-in, hippie and San Francisco happening flyers.. and, even, an R. Crumb Mr. Natural cover… enjoy
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Guitarist Billy Gibbons met his future manager, Waxahachie native Bill Mack Ham, backstage at a Doors concert in Houston in 1967. Gibbons’ band at the time, the Moving Sidewalks, had a local hit with the song “99th Floor.” They soon opened on the Doors’ Texas tour. After later opening for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Hendrix named Gibbons his favorite guitar player during an appearance on “The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson.” The Sidewalks broke up and Gibbons and Ham contracted to form a new band.
The trio spent its first few years playing mostly regional concerts. Ham’s bosses, Houston record producer Pappy Daily and family, cut a deal with him to finance “ZZ Top’s First Album” (1970). Five other records followed on the London Records label. The third album, “Tres Hombres” (1973), brought them national attention. Its hit song “La Grange,” about a whorehouse, was allegedly based on John Lee Hooker’s “Boogie Chillen.” It is still the band’s signature riff tune. Also included was “Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers,” the would-be anthem.
Have mercy.
A haw, haw, haw, haw, a haw.
A haw, haw, haw.
Well, I hear it’s fine if you got the time
and the ten to get yourself in.
A hmm, hmm.
And I hear it’s tight most ev’ry night,
but now I might be mistaken.
hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm.
Tres Hombres (1973), ZZ Top’s first gold album, featuring “La Grange,” a signature riff tune and their first Top 40 hit, as well as the twosome “Waitin’ For The Bus” and “Jesus Just Left Chicago.” A review is available from Rolling Stone. D.S. writes, “Waitin’ on the Bus is a real favorite. So is Jesus. And ZZ’s signature song, La Grange (one of Billy’s hottest, but played on a Strat, not Pearly. Listen to it.) That whole album is hot, blue, and righteous. The tone is so incredible it makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up. This album is the ZZ centerpiece. All the previous cuts led to this, and this led to everything else. This is the one that established ZZ Top. No question about it. Don’t care which is your favorite, this is the one.”
“Eliminator,” featuring musically controversial electronic instruments, debuted ZZ Tops biggest hits, “Legs” and “Sharp-Dressed man.” The synthesizers and drum machines caused controversy in other ways as well. According to former roadie David Blayney in his book, “Sharp Dressed Men,” sound engineer Linden Hudson co-wrote much of the material on the album as a live-in high-tech music teacher to Beard and Gibbons. Hudson claims that in addition to not getting songwriting credit, Ham worked to cover up his contributions to the album. Despite continued denials by the band, it settled a five-year legal battle with Hudson, paying him $600,000 after he allegedly proved he held the copyright on the song “Thug.” Another copyright suit was brought by a co-writer of John Lee Hooker’s “Boogie Chillen,” the alleged basis of “La Grange.” That case was settled and sealed. The group’s eighth album, “Afterburner,” with its continued use of synthesizers, became a worldwide smash hit.
In 1994 ZZ went back to their roots, playing boogie without the electric drums and computers.. with some great tunes winning back a lot of the fans who loved the great old tunes by the ‘lil ol’ band from Texas’.
So what rock concerts are a must this summer? What about The Police, what an amazing comeback.. and what do The Police have to say about it?
“In my humble opinion, ‘Every Breath You Take’ is Sting’s best song with the worst arrangement. I think Sting could have had any other group do this song and it would have been better than our version - except for Andy’s brilliant guitar part. Basically, there’s an utter lack of groove. It’s a totally wasted opportunity for our band. Even though we made gazillions off of it, and it’s the biggest hit we ever had, when I listen to this recording, I think ‘God, what a bunch of assholes we were!’ - Stewart
man…
And then there’s ZZ Top, one of the best boogie bands of all time…
check the concert listings for more info..
Did you know that Paula Abdul worked with ZZ Top on their ‘dance’ moves? Seems very strange, but apparently they needed work on their stage presence, and Paula is by trade a choreographer. The vague inuendo about her following the Milli Vanilli scandal would not seem to make her the optimum candidate for working with a traditional band like ZZ, but who knows. Seeing Eric Burdon perform makes one really wonder how old is too old to really rock, but then he was probably too old when he was with the Animals when you get right down to it. And then theres John Kay, who performs the old Steppenwolf songs better than they were done originally (ok thats not saying all that much).
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