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Gary Pig Gold

The STY'S The LIMIT &nbsp

About Me


(Some Of) THE STORY SO FAR:
August 1963 - Gary discovers CHUM-AM Radio .
February 1964 - Gary sees a very certain Ed Sullivan Show .
March 1965 - Gary gets his very first guitar.
May 1966 - Gary now knows some chords !
December 1968 - Gary joins his very first band.
August 1969 - Gary plays his very first gig.
May 1970 - Gary directs his first film.
May 1972 - Gary's fourth film gets shown on PBS Television!
March 1974 - Gary has Some Time in New York City.
August 1975 - Gary invades London .
December 1975 - Gary publishes the very first Pig Paper .
October 1977 - Gary and his Loved Ones make their very first public appearance .
June 1978 - Gary produces and releases the very first Simply Saucer record.
February 1979 - Gary's first Pigshit column runs in Flipside Magazine.
November 1979 - Gary's merry band of Loved Ones relocate to Surf City .
July 1983 - Gary joins the Fun With Numbers band in Vancouver, B.C.
March 1985 - Gary joins the Endless Summer band.
July 1986 - Gary's Endless Summer festival appearance with Del Shannon !
January 1989 - Gary records with Pat Boone in Nashville (...no, really!!)
April 1989 - Gary begins the Valentino's Pirates sessions at Daniel Lanois' Grant Avenue Studio.
September 1989 - Gary and Dave Rave escape to New York .
February 1992 - Valentino's Pirates released ...in Russia on Melodiya Records!
July 1992 - Gary joins The Ghost Rockets .
May 1993 - Gary, Andrew Loog Oldham, et al help Alex Chilton re-record Bach's Bottom .
October 1993 - Gary, Jim Carroll et al pay tribute to Don Covay .
October 1996 - Gary first published in book form within the Music Hound Rock: Essential Album Guide .
April 1998 - Gary and Shane Faubert launch To M'Lou Music .
January 2000 - Gary and the Grip Weeds pay tribute to the Bay City Rollers !!
August 2002 - To M'Lou Music pays tribute to the late, very great Gene Pitney .
September 2003 - Gary appears in the film Jandek on Corwood .
September 2004 - Gary and that Next Big Thing make their very first public appearance.
December 2006 - Gary and his Little Sisters say "Yes It Is" !
July 2007 - The Next Big Thing, Ghost Rockets, and Dave Rave Group help bring Sweet Relief .
August 2008 - Our Next Big Thing are still Living With Neil Young's War .

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/31/2007
Band Website: GaryPigGold.com
Band Members:
Influences:
A Date With the Everly Brothers
Beach Boys’ Party!
Candypants
Don’t Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers
Electric Ladyland
Ferry Cross The Mersey
Green River
Hums of the Lovin’ Spoonful
It Crawled into My Hand, Honest
Jan and Dean Meet Batman
Kink Kronikles
Long Gone Dead
Meet the Beatles!
Never Mind the Bollocks
Out Of Our Heads
Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn and Jones Ltd.
Question Mark and the Mysterians
Ramones Leave Home
Sun Sessions
The Who Sell Out
Unearthed Merseybeat
Vincebus Eruptum
We’re Only In It for the Money
XTC Live
Young Rascals
Zombie Heaven
Sounds Like:
"Rock music’s all-time hardest-working man, all apologies to James Brown."
(All Music Guide)

"Champion of bubblegum and all things pop, who turns out to be a pretty fine performer of same."
(Cosmik Debris)

"A nice little change-up from psychobilly. Awesome."
(Blastitude)

"Cooler than Elvis!"
(Tragedienne)

"A one-of-a-kind guy."
(Tower Pulse)

"The fifth Kink!"
(antiFolkie Lach)

"Long-time champion of music for the people in his excellent fanzine The Pig Paper."
(Mojo)

"All too vividly remembers his first public performance as a young child, singing Kingston Trio songs to a bemused Canadian Cub Scout pack."
(Music Hound Folk: The Essential Album Guide)

"Expertly mixes traditional bluegrass and country pickings with a liberal shot of lipsmacking power pop sensibilities."
(Sideways Symphony)

"I could insert overused adjectives like 'shimmering pop gems,' but the description wouldn't even come close."
(Cut and Paste)

"Because of the biz he is in, Gary has arguably met with a plethora of thrilling incidents, but one experience he will never forget is sharing the stage with the late great Del Shannon!"
(Twist and Shake)

"A talented, sweet voiced singer."
(Epinions.com)

"Mixing elements of Monkees, Buck Owens, early Who, and the Everly Brothers. And it works just fine."
(Miles Of Music)

"A highly-regarded singer, songwriter and guitarist."
(Rock Beat International)

"Helped craft solo albums for former Cheepskate Shane Faubert and American maximum rhythm 'n' bluegrass sensation The Ghost Rockets."
(Try Acid)

"A kind of cool and surprisingly fashionable Johnny Cash vibe happening."
(The Musicians' Exchange)

"Insists on upsetting the status quo and confounding stereotypes."
(Blank Pages)

"A good example of how, if you've got really great sounding, solid musicianship, you can get away with anything lyrically."
(Roctober)

"A fine musician and vocalist, with pipes that would do the Hollies and the Beach Boys proud."
(Morty's Cabin)

"Terry Melcher is disguise, still hiding from Chas. Manson."
(Pallid Pilgrim)

"He should be carried around in a sedan chair for the rest of his life."
(Nerve)

Record Label: Pig Records
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Gary in Medleyville

As autumn begins to fallall around us,you May just be wonderin'- why Bob was Judas,- when Simply Saucer turned Half Human,- who That Lucky Old Sun is still shining upon,- where you should buy Your Fir...
Posted by Gary Pig Gold on Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:21:00 PST

Wheres Pat Boone ?!!!

Sure,those Japan-rocking Ventures,not to mention What’s left of The Dave Clark Five,finally got their free dinners and awardsat the Waldorf a few weeks ago.But my virtual polling pal Ken Burke...
Posted by Gary Pig Gold on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:49:00 PST

10 You May Have Missed In 2007

They Came,throughout 2007,and I Heard,as I do always try to.but Just in case you haven't,or didn't yet,Here to hear are the ten discs(listed strictly alphabetically of course)that I most urge your ear...
Posted by Gary Pig Gold on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 04:30:00 PST

Santa Pig sez.....

What really getsnone other than the King of the Surf Guitartruly h-o-t this time of year ?However hasthat freedom-singing Pride of NashPopcome to linkMel Torme to frosty Alex Chilton ??Does no less th...
Posted by Gary Pig Gold on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:14:00 PST

Ten Reasons Why Elvis is STILL The King

1. HE HAS AN UNPRECEDENTED 161 ALBUMS STILL IN PRINT...ALL COMPRISED OF THE SAME 47 SONGS. 2. AN AVERAGE OF 822 PEOPLE HAVE VISITED GRACELAND DAILY S...
Posted by Gary Pig Gold on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 11:30:00 PST

What I Did On My Holidays

Dear Friends ",Had a lovely timein my Home and Native Land.Visited family,friends,and record collection,made some nice new friends,and Even got to attenda VERY special concert/recording sessionby the ...
Posted by Gary Pig Gold on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:41:00 PST

Car Tunes

Summertime,and the Bloggin'is easyin.....Morty's Cabin
Posted by Gary Pig Gold on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 06:36:00 PST

It Was a Very Good Year.....

....ahhhhh,Yes !!MySpace was still OUR Space,Gas was actually under forty bucks (U.S.) a pop,and Sgt. Pepper had yet to meet any American Idles whatsoever.It was,indeed,A VERY GOOD YEAR...
Posted by Gary Pig Gold on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 10:21:00 PST

It Was 41 Years Ago Today

So !!What do you getwhen you take Johnny Rivers' drummist,Rompin' Ronnie Hawkins' (former) Hawks,and the biggest sound system (then) known to man,hooked to a three-track ( !!! ) tape recorder and a bu...
Posted by Gary Pig Gold on Thu, 17 May 2007 09:49:00 PST

Frank Words indeed

What Ever Happenedto thoseMothers of Invention,you may still ask ?well,the biggest Mother of them all(attempts to) explain it all,...sort of...right there atLost In The Grooves...
Posted by Gary Pig Gold on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 03:35:00 PST