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Capricorn rising : conversations in southern rock
his book is a collection of interviews with many of the stars, producers, and associates of the 1970s Southern record label, Capricorn, which was founded in the heart of Macon, Georgia in 1969. The author has been interviewing the movers and shakers in rock and country music for over twenty-five years, and with this volume, he collects word for word, complete interviews with Capricorn artists including Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, George McCorkle, Bonnie Bramlett, Paul Hornsby, Johnny Sandlin, Chuck Leavell, and many others, providing a glimpse into the early 70s when Southern Rock was born in Macon. Capricorn Rising also includes memorials to the two men who founded the Capricorn studio and record label, Phil Walden and Frank Fenter.
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Culture: No! -- Let me entertain you ; John Whishaw meets up with the 55-year-old late starter who may beat Robbie to be the Christmas No 1
By 1974, [Gordon Haskell] was back with Atlantic Records for his album It Is And It Isn't. \"Ahmet Ertegun, the president of Atlantic, told me I was going to be bigger than Neil Young. But there I was, confused after King Crimson, not really comfortable with the whole process of being a frontman.' In 1979, Gordon played bass on a demo which ended up in the hands of former Shadow Bruce Welch. \"He liked my bass playing and I found myself backing Cliff Richard for four months on a Christian tour. I was told I was too laidback,\" he admits ruefully. Demand took off in earnest and, after a fierce bidding war, Gordon Haskell signed a multi-million pound deal with eastwest Records who are releasing his album Harry's Bar in January. We'll even be able to see the reluctant pop star performing his single, written while shopping in a supermarket with his 82year-old mother, on this week's Top OfThe Pops. \"It's like David and Goliath,\" the 55-year-old singer smiles with satisfaction. \"I'm not trying to be a pop star. There's no hype on this record at all. Nobody would have bet on me a year ago. This led to the invitation from guitarist Robert Fripp for Haskell to join the progressive rock band King Crimson, appearing on their groundbreakingalbums In The Wake Of Poseidon and Lizards, before he left the line-up after a disagreement over their musical
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Is honor long overdue?: Decades after Frank Fenter's death, the stepson of Capricorn's co-founder is campaigning for his father's induction into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame. The Macon company was home to Southern rock acts such as the Allman Brothers Band
The induction process for the Georgia Music Hall of Fame, an organization created in 1979 to preserve the state's musical heritage, is overseen by the Senate Music Industry Committee and Friends of Georgia Music Festival Inc. The committee meets this month to deliberate over the applications, with four or five inductees to be announced later in the year.
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