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DETROIT WHEELS GUITARIST JIMMY MCCARTY!

 

Jim McCarty my photo

Trudie and I were thrilled to meet the Mighty McCarty last December 28. I stood sidestage the entire set the Helldriver now call the Rockets once more. I really wanted his autograph so we bought 2 cds and gingerly approached Jimmy after the show. Totally what shocked me was when he turend around and saw me, he gave me a big hug them a got a knife to open our cds so the cover wouldn't tear! How sweet was that??

Well I have had the pleasure to see him play again and hang out at Mario's for Susie Forkin's birthday. He is a phenomenal guitar player for certain. I met up with Ivan Kral and Cindy at the show and Ivan watched every lick with great fascination.

Though I love many Detroit Rockers as you aleady know... Detroit Rock n Roll started for me the with Detroit Wheels!

Hee is Jimmy's bio on his Facebook page HERE

James William McCarty (born June 1, 1945) is an American blues rock guitarist from Detroit, Michigan. He has performed with Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels,[1] the Buddy Miles Express, Cactus, the popular Detroit rock band The Rockets, the Detroit Blues Band, Mystery Train, The Hell Drivers and now called The Rockets.

He also recorded with Jimi Hendrix and Bob Seger. He plays in a heavy blues-rock style that has inspired fledgling guitar players for more than 40 years.

In 2006, he participated in a Cactus reunion, performing in New York City, Sweden, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. It coincided with the release of a new Cactus album, Cactus V. In 2007, Cactus played a Detroit date, a McCarty homecoming, to a sold-out, standing room only house.

JAM FOR THE HOMELESS HOSTED BY: JIM McCARTY & MYSTERY TRAIN

Hosted by Legendary guitarist Jim McCarty

Mooner Entertainment presents Jim Nccarty & Mystery Train doing an open jam! come out and rock with one of detroit's legends of rock-n- roll. jim is one of the few people to play with jimmi hendrix and has a grammy too. so bring your ax or sticks and jam!!!! detroit city tv will be videoing the whole night so you can show your friends that you jammed with the legend of detroit rock-n-roll. it will soon be broadcasting live on tv to over 29 million viewers. the link is detroitcity.tv/Homeless_Benefit

There is no cover to get in. there is a drop off box at the Rusty Nail. the biggest hit so far is personal hygiene products, like: soap, tooth brush, tooth paste, shampoo & conditioner and etc... the bar is giving a % of what it brings in that night so please have fun and remembers its going to a help the homeless.

Jim McCarty and the Mystery Train with Muruga!

ps there are homeless kids too that need thing so please don't forget about them. on the last saturday of every month we take everything that we collect and bring it down to detroit and set up tables and lay everything out for them. with money that we get we cook food and make our own little soup kitchen. the feeling that you get when you’re doing this is priceless! i could only wish we could do more!

Start Time:
Sunday, July 18, 2010 at 7:00pm
End Time:
Monday, July 19, 2010 at 12:00am
Location:
THE RUSTY NAIL
Street:
35703 GROESBECK
City/Town:
Clinton Township, MI
See Map HERE

THE MUSTANG CHEF: GREG UPSHUR

Greg Upshur lead singer of THE SEATBELTS (see story below) is also THE MUSTANG CHEF! He is a famous chef who specializes in Rock n Roll cooking it up! He was on the Food Network show Ready Set Cook for awhile back in 1998.



Read more about the Mustang Chef HERE

 

He has fabulous Book buy it HERE You guys gotta check out his fantastic You Tube Page HERE Greg is such a blast to talk to that I can't wait to meet him in person! Celebrity Chef and Lead Singer of the SEATBELTS too! Give us some caffeine and the world is in big trouble! Check out Greg's cheeseburger testing video it is hysterical
 

THE SEATBELTS AT SMALLS!!! WITH PAL SKID MARX

Don't Miss This Show!

THE SEATBELTS!!!!
GREG UPSHUR
RICK MILLS
GAETANO URSO
TONY BOJANIC
SKID MARX

Smalls Bar & Grill
Saturday August 14

10339 Conant Street
Hamtramck, MI 48212-3143
(313) 873-1117
Directions

THE SEATBELTS CREEM JUNE 1978

When we last saw this band lead signer
Greg Upshur looked like Bryan Ferry,
dressed like Ed "Kookie" Byrnes
on a rare night out, backed by
blonde/psycho Skid Marx on bass.
A lead guitarist lifted straight out
of Haight Ashbury
and a drummer who'd recently
escaped from the Tubes.....

Poster Art by Rick Mills

TOM JONES RETRO FABULOUS SINGER!

Tom's vocals were considered to be too raucous, and he moved like Elvis. Not things that were expected of a Valleys boy in the early 60s!
I have known that it wasn't "cool" for my age group to love Tom Jones but I always have. Proudly I own his music to this day and no one sings or moves like Tom.

I remember being an Army kid in 1969 I babysat for an Army couple that drove for hours to see his show. The wife was extremely excited and had her blonde hair done in a large up-do and to this day I see those same women in the audience with the same hairstyles! Even at the Elvis Fest last weekend Where Irv Cass did a terrific job as "Tom" those same women were there!

Thomas Jones Woodward

Tom Jones real name Thomas Jones Woodward began singing at an early age. It wasn't unusual in the valleys towns of South Wales. But the boy was clearly something special: he'd regularly sing at family gatherings, weddings and his mother's Women's Guild meetings.

He also sang in his school choir, although it's said he was once told off for drowning out the rest of them as they sang Men Of Harlech in school assembly.

By the late 1950s Tom had become entranced by the new rock 'n' roll sounds coming from the radio. In his teens he was becoming something of a tearaway, missing school, drinking and chasing girls.

At 16 Tom left school. He married Linda the following year, one month before their son Mark was born. At the time, Tom was working nights in a paper mill, a situation which paid fairly well but was getting in the way of his singing. Something had to give. He gave up working at the mill.

In 1963 he became the front man for Tommy Scott and the Senators, a local beat group whose former singer Tommy Redman preferred singing ballads. Scott later became a welder in Treforest.

Jones recorded his first single, Chills And Fever, for Decca in late 1964. The single didn't chart, but the follow-up, It's Not Unusual, was an instant smash hit. Its orchestrated arrangement coupled with Jones energetic delivery proved infectious, and the song reached number one in the UK and the top 10 in America. And so a star was born.

A string of hits followed, including Once Upon A Time, With These Hands and Burt Bacharach's classic What's New Pussycat.

In 1965 Tom sang the theme tune to the James Bond film Thunderball, which starred Sean Connery. He also met Elvis that year, starting a friendship that would endure until Presley's death in 1977.

In 1966, Tom released his most successful single ever: Green, Green Grass Of Home was to become Tom's second chart topper. He first heard the song on a Jerry Lee Lewis album, Country Songs For City Folks, but the song was interpreted by many to refer to Jones' native Wales.

The following year, 1967, Tom performed for the first time in Las Vegas, at The Flamingo. In future years he would return time and time again. Indeed, Tom's time in Las Vegas saw him elevated to superstar status in America, a position he enjoys to this day.

One of Tom's best-loved singles was released in 1968. Delilah was a dark tale of murder and infidelity, but people were entranced by the melody and Jones' unforgettable delivery. It became a big hit.

Tom remains married to Linda Soon that he married at 16 years. Mary Wilson of the Supremes said in her book she lived with Jones in Hollywood back in the 70's but no reply was ever mentioned by the Jones camp. Read the Full BBC 7 Part Story on Tom Jones HERE My personal Tom favorite:

RETROKIMMER AT THE MICHIGAN ELVIS FEST 2010!

Years ago I volunteered on the very first Elvis Fest when it was held at Frog Island. That first show had tons of Elvis impersonators from all over and most in the Elvis jeweled style white jumpsuits. The white jumpsuit "Vegas" phase of Elvis' career was my least favorite. I loved Elvis in the Gold suit and his "Hillbilly Cat" phase.

Elvis' Gold suit

 We got to the festival last night at just the perfect time about 8pm. We caught the end of the Roy Orbison tribute which was very good but I only got to hear Pretty Woman and the song from the Traveling Wilburys "Anyway You Want it" then it was over. Next up was Irv Cass as Tom Jones then Dwight Icenhower as Elvis.  
 

 
See this cool video of Rick Lenzi HERE Dwight, Rick, Irv and the gang are playing again today so grab the mini van and head to Riverside Park in Ypsilanti! You'll love it young and old alike! 12 noon to 12 midnight! Get cool Elvis memorabilia too. I got a cool gold Elvis lapel pin, Elvis magnet, Elvis watch and then ran out of money :(   
 

Dwight Icenhower as Elvis Such a Night and King Creole

 
It was Retro Rapture watching this show and the weather was so perfect. I went around and chatted with the audience and exhibitors. Bought my kids (Stanley :)) and Lesley some cool glow in the dark cheapie toys.'