tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258459.post1394820154929014805..comments2024-03-24T10:37:39.446+00:00Comments on The Vinyl Word: Gene McDaniels and a last word on AmyNickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03534654679371832525noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258459.post-51989255290294597552011-07-31T19:42:12.059+01:002011-07-31T19:42:12.059+01:00Gene did indeed have a fine voice. I remember seei...Gene did indeed have a fine voice. I remember seeing him when he toured the UK in 1962 with Johnny Burnette and Gary US Bonds. And he was undoubtedly one of the best performers in It's Trad Dad, which also featured Helen Shapiro, Chubby Checker, Craig Dougles, John Leyton, Gene Vincent and a bunch of trad jazzers, including the Temperance Seven, Chris Barber, Acker Bilk, Terry Lightfoot and Ottilie Patterson (the last being another recent death).Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03534654679371832525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258459.post-33670197304130105992011-07-31T19:23:18.120+01:002011-07-31T19:23:18.120+01:00There is a version of Compared To What by Gene him...There is a version of Compared To What by Gene himself on Youtube which was apparently recorded for a film called Girlfight. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l92oYK3t78kNickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03534654679371832525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258459.post-91954660805884567022011-07-31T18:17:13.736+01:002011-07-31T18:17:13.736+01:00There's a recent clip of Gene singing "A ...There's a recent clip of Gene singing "A Hundred Pounds of Clay" on youtube. First view of him for years and as a result there were moves to get him on next years Cleethorpes weekender.<br />Sadly not to be now. Great voice.<br /><br />John Marriottjohn marriotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16114463065908376974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258459.post-2605094517685530552011-07-31T16:54:23.126+01:002011-07-31T16:54:23.126+01:00Gene McDaniels is an interesting artist, as, in sp...Gene McDaniels is an interesting artist, as, in spite of his chart success, he regarded himself as a ‘jazzer’ and was a friend of Miles Davis. He was singing in jazz clubs before signing to Liberty Records, and by the end of the sixties was back in jazz. He appeared on Bobby Hutcherson’s 1969 album ‘Now’ as lead vocalist and co-writer of three of the five numbers. This was also the same year as the famous live recording of the soul-jazz favourite ‘Compared To What’ by Les McCann and Eddie Harris. Gene used to perform with Les McCann and had written the song for him. Did Gene ever record the song himself? Les McCann performed the song at Porretta in 2005 in a group called the ‘Soul Survivors’ with Ronnie Cuber, Cornell Dupree, Chuck Rainey and Buddy Williams (a band which did not receive universal approval from the assembled soul fans). After Gene McDaniels’ 1975 album ‘Natural Juices’ there was gap of thirty years until his next release. We read that he continued in music as a songwriter and record producer, apparently going on to write and produce films. We are also told that he recorded an album in the 1980s which has remained unreleased. Did he continue to perform? He has always been a bit of a mystery to me.Dave Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08534966392822723816noreply@blogger.com