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Zappa1Interessant, was ich über ihn gerade gelesen habe. Ich kannte ihn nicht.
Aber die Brunettes sind Blondie und in den 60ern wurde er von
den GTO’s in einem Song erwähnt.
Dazu mal Greg Shaws (Gründer des Bomp!-Fanzines und später des Bomp!-Labels) Text aus den Linernotes zur „Destination Bomp!“-Compilation (abgetippt fye):
Rodney & The Brunettes
„Little G.T.O.“
(J. Wilkin) Buckhorn Music (BMI)
Original release: Bomp 127 (Apr. ’80)
Produced by Dan & Dave Kessel
„Do I need to explain Rodney Bingeheimer? His weekly radio show on KROQ has been the pulsebeat of LA rock for nearly two decades [die Compilation erschien ’94], and there’s hardly anyone in music who didn’t receive his helping hand at some point. Rodney’s pride and joy is his vintage GTO, so what better song for the Kessel Brothers to pick when they decided to try making a novelty 45 in the classic tradition of DJ records from the ’50s and ’60s? The Kessels deserve their own story; gifted as singers, performers, producers, and above all hustlers, their father was guitar legend Barney Kessel, a close friend of Phil Spector’s, who became their role model. I always enjoyed their appearances at Bomp, bodyguards in tow, with whatever scam was on their minds that day.
The Rodney record, though, was no scam. He had a genuine following and it was also a way to reward him for supporting our music. Better yet, Blondie had gone into the studio with them to lay down a backing track, and Debbie’s rough vocal was there on a track of its own for Rodney to follow.
The 45 came out (and is now one of the rarest Bomp items) and all was well until I started getting angry calls from lawyers; seems our licensees in Europe had somehow gotten the wrong tape, and released the single with Debbie’s vocal! At this time Blondie was a huge chart act, and our record was now threatening to enter the charts too. Of course, it was hastily withdrawn, but the damage was done. Debbie Harry never kissed me again.“
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