[Racer Duck]

Originally Posted by Loki309

Hey you will find that with the right brew a taste of a citrus fruit is a nice zest. One that comes to mind is Blue moon/Honey Moon. They always have a slice of an orange in it when served in a bar (traditionally out of the bottle) and its always a welcome little piece of flavor. Corona (with lemon/lime) is another one, however I usually drink mine straight up cause I hate having to do the whole bottle tip thing to get the citrus to get into the beer evenly.

As for my taste in music, I work at an oldies radio station, I am in touch with my inner hippy, 50's rocker, 60's/70's disco/dance, British invasion, and so on and so forth. Before starting out I was strictly Modern rock. Now I am a little of everything.

M M M My CORONA!

Loki .. you just rose 2 rungs on the Duck's ladder.

I think I was weaned on Doris Day and the like, but then I entered high school in '57 just as R&R and Elvis hit the nation. Before too long after that I was in California getting hooked on Surfin' USA while trying to be a good sailor "On Broadway" (I failed) then back to San Antonio and good old country music. Somewhere along the line I discovered Jazz and classical and ragtime and oom-pa and marches and ... well the list goes on and on. Then about 4 or 5 years ago I started getting into classic rock and have since branched out to become a fan of many of the types rock I didn't like in the early days. Now I either listen to the oldies or classics stations. I'm sure, as time goes on, and I grow up a little more, my tastes will change again. But for the time being I'll tip a Corona with you!

[Loki309]

Thats what the world needs RD, just to gain a broader taste in everything. You don't have to like everything, but the willingness to try it once is priceless. Raising 2 rungs on your ladder sounds like a fine complement, thank you very much.

And look at it this way, I am still a young buck at the age of 23, I have a lot more time to expand and broaden every single one of my horizons to gain wisdom, refined taste, and have a lot of fun!

Cheers on the tip'ums!
(tip'ums, what me and my friends call beer bottles)

[LSC9901]

Originally Posted by Bob Tanner

Oldies! Back when it was actually music. (Showing my age again...)

OK, a musical trivia question for you (when I get off topic, I get Waaaaay off topic!):
Please no google search or in depth research...

Who wrote the 60's hit The Pusher made famous by Steppenwolf in the 1969 movie classicEasy Rider?

Unless you know of this artist and his history, at first glance this has to be one of song writings biggest enigmas..

I do know that answer by chance and I suspect not many would ever think that individual would have written a song that Steppenwolf sang.

[Bob Tanner]

Originally Posted by LSC9901

I do know that answer by chance and I suspect not many would ever think that individual would have written a song that Steppenwolf sang.

You're answer is the guy who was in the movie Gremblins, right?

BTW, since we're so far off topic that it'll be hard to get back...

Here's another riddle for you: John Kay (Lead singer for Steppenwolf, for you youngsters who weren't around for the "Flowers, Free love and the If it feels good, do it, Generation" - the bain of our current society, IMNSVHO) was not the first person who recorded the song. In fact, it was written back in 1960 and recorded in 1961. Do you know who did the first recording?

[Loki309]

The only one I can think of besides Steppenwolf, is Hoyt Axton (who the original question was about I think) I know Nina Simone did a cover of it after Steppenwolf. But the song was originally used when Steppenwolf was still known as The Sparrows.

How wrong am I?

[Racer Duck]

Amazing what a little Googling will turn up. Here's an excerpt from an AP story about Hoyt's death datelined
Topeka Capital-Journal, The, Oct 27, 1999 by SUSAN GALLAGHER AP

Hoyt Axton, a folksy baritone, songwriter and actor who wrote Three Dog Night's No. 1 hit "Joy to the World" and songs that were performed by artists from Elvis Presley to Ringo Starr, died Tuesday. He was 61.
Axton died at his ranch in the Bitterroot Valley, surrounded by family and friends. He moved to the area after playing a sheriff in the movie "Disorganized Crime," filmed there in 1988.
Three Dog Night's recording of his novelty "Joy to the World" ("Jeremiah was a bullfrog ...") was on top of the charts for six straight weeks in 1971, making it the top hit of the year. Axton pitched the song to group members when he was their opening act in 1969-70. He also wrote "Never Been to Spain," a song also recorded by Presley.
Axton's own singing hits include "Boney Fingers" ("Work your fingers to the bone, what do you get? Boney fingers") and "When the Morning Comes."
The native of Duncan, Okla., started out singing folk songs in the clubs of San Francisco in 1958 and a song he co-wrote, "Greenback Dollar," was a 1963 hit for the Kingston Trio.
He wrote hits for Starr ("No No Song") and Steppenwolf ("The Pusher"). Others who performed songs he wrote included Joan Baez, Waylon Jennings, John Denver and Linda Ronstadt.
Steppenwolf's "The Pusher" and "Snowblind Friend" were rare forays into a more serious theme. "The Pusher" was a powerful, passionate song that condemned drug sellers.
And 1975's "No No Song" included the lines "No no no no, I don't sniff it no more. I'm tired of waking up on the floor."
But in 1997, police found slightly more than a pound of marijuana at Axton's home. Deborah Hawkins, whom Axton wed later that year, said she gave him marijuana because it relieved some of the pain, anxiety and stress he suffered after his stroke, her attorney said.
Axton was given a three-year deferred sentence and fined $15,000 for marijuana possession. Hawkins received a one-year deferred sentence and a $1,000 fine.
A large man, Axton as an actor specialized in playing good ol' boys on TV and in films, including "Gremlins" and "The Black Stallion." He sang the "Head to the Mountains" jingle used to advertise Busch beer in the 1980s.

[musiclover45]

hello,

don't think I will stop tipping back the bottles of bud. Seems like the only beer thats made in America now is Sam Adams. And thats for the high class taste. My wallet is consistantly filled with moths chewing on the 3 bucks that are in it...As for a boycott on Bud, or the sponsorship of the 9 car going bye bye, I don't see that happening. Thats to much $$$ to pass up, and to much advertising for the company to pass up.