Off Topic Rock and Roll Glamour

[bovinehost]

Going through some old negatives, I found this shot. Seems to sum up the true nature of rock and roll, circa 1980.

All night recording sessions. Don't we look motivated?

 

[jlepre]

Hey Jack!

Who's the dude sitting next to you, Freddie Prinze? LOL

 

[bovinehost]

Lots of people looked like Freddie Prinze in 1980, but that's a guy named Charlie Cosme. Grew up in France, moved to Texas and played in country bands until we co-opted him to play punk-jazz or whatever we called it.

 

[jlepre]

Come to think of it..."I" looked a little like Chico myself in those days...hehehe

 

[stretch80]

That's great. No home studios, so we all rented studio time from Midnight to 4 in the AM... I remember it well.

For me, in those days, sessions always included the engineer telling me that my beloved Rick 4000 hummed, and could I please use the studio's P bass.

If only I'd discovered MM basses back then!

 

[Big Poppa]

great shot jack

 

[Colin]

love the hair mate

 

[TNT]

. . . . . come on guys, one more time from the top - 1,2,3. . . . . .

 

[drTStingray]

Great period shot - is that permed hair - all the rage at that time

 

[bovinehost]

Great period shot - is that permed hair - all the rage at that time

Not mine. I had "the 'fro" and it was all natural.

 

[Colin]

i can't see the cowbell...

 

[bovinehost]

Oh, there was a cowbell. It was on top of the Mellotron, which you can almost see in the far right corner. (And even in 1980, the Mellotron was usually out of service.)