Thanks for all the info as I really loved that song back then. & still do.
@the_guitar_trooper5 ай бұрын
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@robertewalt7789Ай бұрын
So many great songs that summer!
@sapelesteve6 ай бұрын
Yet another excellent bit of rock music history from our favorite old guy GT! Always enjoy your videos man!👍👍📀📀
@the_guitar_trooper6 ай бұрын
Thanks as always for listening, Steve! Hey Dude- how come you’re not a channel member yet? Hmmmmmm? You could have seen this last Thursday! Hint hint.
@Setofsixty6 ай бұрын
Shows how much work it takes to make a hit and the talented people involved. Arrangement can make or break a song.
@the_guitar_trooper6 ай бұрын
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@kelf1146 ай бұрын
I was three when this song was released and my little brain immediately loved it. 😄 Thank you for another great video! 😊♥️
@the_guitar_trooper6 ай бұрын
Thanks as always for the support!!
@PeteG1436 ай бұрын
Thank you again. Wonderful and insightful as usual.
@the_guitar_trooper6 ай бұрын
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@PeteG1436 ай бұрын
@@the_guitar_trooper do you play that opening guitar sequence yourself?
@robertanzalone58536 ай бұрын
Excellent! It is so I interesting to learn the background history of the songs we love.
@the_guitar_trooper6 ай бұрын
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@DavidDykes-dm9lc3 ай бұрын
Love this song ❤❤
@the_guitar_trooper3 ай бұрын
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@michaelspears7126 ай бұрын
Always enjoy your work !!
@the_guitar_trooper6 ай бұрын
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@israeldelaluz6 ай бұрын
I love your channel. The stories behind these songs and the way you tell them are such an inspiration. 🎸⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️😎👍👍👍👍
@the_guitar_trooper6 ай бұрын
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@lindapendleton91766 ай бұрын
Always like hearing the truth and back stories. Thanks 👍.
@the_guitar_trooper6 ай бұрын
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@Foul_Quince6 ай бұрын
I always enjoy these videos. I think it's great to see someone who values the perfect 45 as much as some people seem to worship the album at the expense of singles.
@the_guitar_trooper6 ай бұрын
Hi Quince! Yep - When AM radio was THE driving force of music marketing, the single was a lynchpin.
@Music_is_Breathing6 ай бұрын
Excellent, as always :)
@the_guitar_trooper6 ай бұрын
Thanks, as always, for the support!!
@Music_is_Breathing6 ай бұрын
@@the_guitar_trooper you're welcome, and thank you for your stories and for bringing sunshine into my life every day 🥰
@drexelmildraff75806 ай бұрын
Another great video, every one is a gem. Thanks for sharing your research and insights into early rock.
@the_guitar_trooper6 ай бұрын
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@kennethswain63136 ай бұрын
We love those back stories. Keep them coming! How about some more “ one hit wonders “?
@the_guitar_trooper6 ай бұрын
There are a lot on that list. I’ll look for another one that I can do a long form on.
@Foul_Quince6 ай бұрын
I think I knew it from Sesame Street before I knew it was a real song!
@jameshorton74966 ай бұрын
Great story, GT. The Association has always been one of my favorite groups starting with Along Comes Mary. Had a few of their albums, including the Renaissance album which I really liked. Windy, one of the best songs ever.
@the_guitar_trooper6 ай бұрын
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@CharCanuck146 ай бұрын
This has been so interesting! It also brought back memories of my 14-year-old self, transistor radio glued to my ear, listening to Windy. Thanks for the memory GT!
@the_guitar_trooper6 ай бұрын
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@RNMom4246 ай бұрын
I LOVED the Association! I was privileged to see them perform at the Grand Ol' Opry in the late 80's. A Wonderful night!
@the_guitar_trooper6 ай бұрын
Wow. Who would’ve thought that they would be playing there? Thanks for the view! Please help me spread the love 💕 by sharing the videos and the channel!!
@timnotbrianmay6 ай бұрын
AMAZING, AND AWESOME, AS ALWAYS!!! ONCE AGAIN, KUDOS!!!!!!!!!!
@the_guitar_trooper6 ай бұрын
Thanks again as always!!
@ScottHarlow-y3m6 ай бұрын
I met Larry Ramos very briefly as a young boy when The New Christy Minstrels made a tour appearance in Ketchikan, Alaska. As part of the promotion for the concert they held an autograph session at a local record shop. I bought one of their albums and got five or six autographs on the album jacket, most prominently from Barry McGuire and Larry Ramos. They were all very cool even though I'd bought an older album that some there didn't perform on. I had no idea that Larry would wind up with The Association singing on a huge hit like "Windy" just three years later. You gave a now-68-year-old man a nice trip down Memory Lane. Thanks, and R.I.P. Larry Ramos
@the_guitar_trooper6 ай бұрын
Hey - what a great memory! He seemed to be well grounded, particularly as a member of a pop band. And THANKS for the view and the GREAT post!! Please help me to spread the love 💕 by sharing the channel and the videos!!
@Dills19956 ай бұрын
Loved the Association! Early in the video as you get us to guess the song or group I guessed Along COMES MARY. 😂
@the_guitar_trooper6 ай бұрын
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@michaelhadder68456 ай бұрын
Very cool
@the_guitar_trooper6 ай бұрын
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@kurtb84746 ай бұрын
The recording marathon in this story reminds me of lyrics from the Who song 'Success Story' written by John Entwistle "Back in the studio to make our latest number one Take two-hundred-and-seventy-six You know, this used to be fun"
@the_guitar_trooper6 ай бұрын
Yeah. Recording can become an albatross around yer neck. Thanks for watching! Please help me to spread the love 💕 by sharing the channel and the videos!!
@d240106 ай бұрын
Great...you walk with your material easy and its always interesting.. Respect!
@the_guitar_trooper6 ай бұрын
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@Ken-l2e6 ай бұрын
The association were good musicians, check out the performance of along comes Mary on the Ed Sullivan show. Done completely live, no lip syncing. Have all their albums. One of my favorite groups.
@the_guitar_trooper6 ай бұрын
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@rhaleymusic6 ай бұрын
I enjoyed their performance on the Smothers Brothers show. In this one their intro was creative and funny, but they were lip syncing their song. You can hear the change off as the song hits the downbeat with the guitar.
@thegoose8586 ай бұрын
Great video! I've loved the Association since I was a kid, and have several of their albums. My understanding is that the group, augmented by session musicians, did play on their first album, and played almost all the instruments on their second, and both those sound good to me. They also sounded good in the clips of them performing live I've seen and heard. Maybe Bones Howe disagreed, or perhaps his attitude was "why settle for good musicians when you can have great ones?" Whatever the reason, "Windy" is a great record.
@the_guitar_trooper6 ай бұрын
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@harveycohen59496 ай бұрын
Another great backstory. Thanks.
@the_guitar_trooper6 ай бұрын
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@oddshot606 ай бұрын
VERY groovy!
@the_guitar_trooper6 ай бұрын
Right on!!
@MatthewPoplawsk6 ай бұрын
@oddshot60, my soon-to-be 30 year old nephew ABSOLUTELY HATES the word GROOVY. Doesn't bother my sister (65).or me(67).😅😅😅😅
@the_guitar_trooper6 ай бұрын
@@MatthewPoplawsk. Imagine that! LOL
@oddshot606 ай бұрын
@@MatthewPoplawsk I can't understand that, especially about The Associationj. They were uptight, outta sight and really in the groove. Come to think of it, my Dad, who was born in the 1920's didn't much care for any of that either.
@MartysPopParty6 ай бұрын
Nice work again and the devil is in the details as you always point out. Another masterpiece from a talented group with major assistance from the Wrecking Crew in addition to talented engineering and production efforts. Interestingly, folks credit Joan Baez’s version of “Babe I’m Gonna Leave You” for Led Zeppelin’s version but it was actually The Association’s version that gave it an early Rock adaption before LZ. Once again, all of this dispels the misconception about The Association being just another run of the mill pop group.
@the_guitar_trooper6 ай бұрын
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@rocksinger456 ай бұрын
I heard the original Demo by Ruthann Friedman on KZbin 15 years ago but it seems to have been taken down as of today I couldn't find it ~ The song was originally about a guy called "LARRY" ~ But otherwise you did a great job digging deep into its history ~ I didn't know about her David Crosby connection ~ Anyway it wouldn't have been as big of a hit called "Larry" ~ Big fan of the Association saw them live back in their early days of the mid-60s ~
@the_guitar_trooper6 ай бұрын
Someone might expect to find Moe and Curly in the lyrics. LOL. Thanks for the view and SUPER comment!! Please help me to spread the love 💕 by sharing the videos and the channel!!
@rocksinger456 ай бұрын
@@the_guitar_trooper Hi I’m not joking ~ Seriously “Larry” ~
@thegrayshaws6 ай бұрын
Very interesting...have you done any on the Box Tops yet?
@the_guitar_trooper6 ай бұрын
Not yet! They are on the development queue but not scheduled.
@thegrayshaws6 ай бұрын
@@the_guitar_trooper cool
@janetaldrich77476 ай бұрын
Windy, right? Remember hearing this somewhere ...
@the_guitar_trooper6 ай бұрын
Bingo!
@PATRICIAInmon-t5b6 ай бұрын
😂Really enjoy hearing about the recording of WINDY.WAS one of my favorites.
@the_guitar_trooper6 ай бұрын
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@plrndl6 ай бұрын
What's Julie Felix doing in there, amongst the photos of Ruthann?
Superb as ever. I always like your videos. I think you allowed a drill of Julie Felix to sneak in by mistake. Am I correct?
@the_guitar_trooper6 ай бұрын
Yep. Her photos were right in there with Ruthann‘s, and I picked them up. You’re the first one that has noticed that has told me anyway.
@klyvemurray6 ай бұрын
@The_Guitar_Trouper Digging your presentation style & content. Did/do you work in commercial radio? You have that 70s/80s FM radio jock vibe 😎☮♥🦘🦘
@the_guitar_trooper6 ай бұрын
Licensed for broadcast, never did it though. Disco was too lucrative! Thanks for the kind words! Please help me to spread the love 💕 by sharing the channel and the videos!!
@jasongordon136 ай бұрын
Hey I am one of the biggest Association fans ever I have every album plus the Russ solo album…. But I never heard this detailed story but the only thing I disagree is “Renaissance” was a great album!!! Love all of the Valiant label releases…..thank you
@the_guitar_trooper6 ай бұрын
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@MatthewPoplawsk6 ай бұрын
HELLUVA BACK STORY!! WINDY is my favorite The Association song. I'll bet a lot of people would be interested in hearing a backstory behind their favorite songs. You might have done this one: A backstory for the song WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL.😊😊😊😊
@the_guitar_trooper6 ай бұрын
Hi!! And Thanks for watching!! That is an interesting story alright and Winchester Cathedral is already on the Development queue but not yet scheduled. Please help me to spread the love 💕 by sharing the channel and the videos!!
@Music_is_Breathing6 ай бұрын
At least she had free rooms. I slept on floors when I was a hippie chic in the earl 1970's 🤪
@the_guitar_trooper6 ай бұрын
Haight-Ashbury was all about the new order - you know. - where money didn’t matter and everyone was broke and expected free services and to grow their own food and eat it not sell it and still have unprotected sex and kids without real families and deafening music that caused permanent hearing loss and experimentation with psychedelic drugs that may or may not cause irreparable DNA damage. Yeah. That utopia.
@Music_is_Breathing6 ай бұрын
@@the_guitar_trooper Yep, those were the days!!! 😁😁
@Mick_Ts_Chick6 ай бұрын
@@the_guitar_trooperWell, you know how it is when you're young. You think you're 10 feet tall and bulletproof! 😂
@the_guitar_trooper6 ай бұрын
@@Mick_Ts_Chick YEPPER!!
@paulsto65166 ай бұрын
Is that a Zach Myers PRS?
@the_guitar_trooper6 ай бұрын
Yep. A truly excellent instrument regardless of price.
@paulsto65166 ай бұрын
@@the_guitar_trooper I love mine! 👍
@the_guitar_trooper6 ай бұрын
@@paulsto6516 I also own a PRS CE24, and, although I like the pickups in it better, it is not in the same build quality class as the Zack Meyer. I did change the tuning machines to Kluson Revolutions and it was a superb upgrade.
@paulsto65166 ай бұрын
@@the_guitar_trooper I get the feeling that PRS put extra effort into the Zack Myers guitar. Enjoy! ☮
@markr.19845 ай бұрын
I admit I'm not a big fan of the Association but this was a well done song. All their songs were. Only reason I never went crazy for this band is that there was just much out there in those days and that particular year there were hundreds of groups and songs out there then. You could spend all day listening to music and it would be possible to not hear the same song twice. Probably would not happen because they played to top 5 songs like constantly and the rest of the top 10 almost as much. Of course we all understand why.
@the_guitar_trooper5 ай бұрын
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@JoelovedbyJesus6 ай бұрын
I love the Associations hits. How about doing the famous "Paul McCartney's Dead" myth?!
@the_guitar_trooper6 ай бұрын
I’m not sure if I want to poke THAT hornet nest, but maybe. I’ll make a note of it.
@The..Butterfly..Effect6 ай бұрын
Ruthann Friedman - Windy
@the_guitar_trooper6 ай бұрын
Bingo!
@johnking62526 ай бұрын
I always thought it was about Wendy , you know, the hamburger girl ? Oh well, ya learn something new every once in a while !! ✌️🌈🎶🎶
@the_guitar_trooper6 ай бұрын
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@glennso475 ай бұрын
The song ELVIRA was not about a woman but rather a street in a seedy neighborhood of Nashville.
@the_guitar_trooper5 ай бұрын
That’s one that I have never dissected!
@Gk2003m6 ай бұрын
What I’ve always wanted to know: why is she reaching out to capture a Mormon?
@the_guitar_trooper6 ай бұрын
Different strokes for differe….
@bobquack16 ай бұрын
Too bad it was too expensive to play the song on this video.
@the_guitar_trooper6 ай бұрын
Yeah, due to copyright restrictions and my status as a KZbin revenue-sharing partner, I’m just not allowed to play long clips of most songs on videos exceeding 1 minute in length. Thanks for watching! Please help me to spread the love 💕 by sharing the channel and the videos!!
@petejones8792 ай бұрын
I've always thought this was a boring song and with a silly title
@the_guitar_trooper2 ай бұрын
Hey! Thanks so much for your view! I don’t know about the ‘silly title’ though. What about ‘Rocket Man’, ‘Nowhere Man’, ‘Something’ It’s in good company. LOL