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Post by warrior21 on Aug 10, 2024 4:05:32 GMT
Hey Buck Do you remember a NJ guitarist {South Plainfield} named Bernie Brausewetter ? was my brother's guitar teaching and in a few local bands....................... said he had dinner with you a few times years ago I do. Bernie was awesome, and passed way too young. His main band was BB & the Stingers. Buck and Bernie played together at Glen Burtnik’s Xmas Xtravanganza on a few occasions. The two of them tore it up by trading solos back and forth, if memory serves, during “Back Door Santa”. I have a recording of Buck and Jon Rogers doing “Christmas Godzilla”, from 1994, but I of course didn’t bring my gear the other time or two while Buck was there, including the one time I was right next to Buck’s stage monitor, and he played pretty much all night with the house band. Still kicking myself for that.
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Post by redhouserocker on Aug 10, 2024 13:48:55 GMT
Hey Buck said he had dinner with you a few times years ago . The two of them tore it up by trading solos back and forth, if memory serves, during “Back Door Santa”. I have a recording of Buck and Jon Rogers doing “Christmas Godzilla”, from 1994, Wow..."Christmas Godzilla"! You think that recording might be sharable in this forum? 🙏😊
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Post by warrior21 on Aug 10, 2024 22:02:14 GMT
It’s a cassette bootleg from 30 years ago. If I can get the song converted to an MP3, I’ll upload it, if I can figure that out.
It was basically ‘Zilla with Christmas-themed lyrics.
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Post by bobs333 on Aug 11, 2024 13:22:54 GMT
yes used to love the burtnick shows missed Buck by a year or 2 saw couple guys from Styx Billy Squire thou
would see BB all over NJ good times
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Post by Buck on Aug 11, 2024 20:50:35 GMT
Yes, I enjoyed playing with and listening to Bernie. Great personality. Passed too soon.
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Post by bobs333 on Aug 12, 2024 0:39:15 GMT
thank you for the response
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Post by warrior21 on Aug 13, 2024 1:13:24 GMT
yes used to love the burtnick shows missed Buck by a year or 2 saw couple guys from Styx Billy Squire thou would see BB all over NJ good times I was there when Billy Squier played. Not the Styx appearance, though. Back to Bernie, he used to host open mic nights at a place called Orphan Annie’s in Stirling (now Long Hill Township). He had such patience playing with all those would-be rockers!
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Post by bobs333 on Aug 13, 2024 2:34:37 GMT
yes remember Orphan Annies......................never went but my brother took lessons from Bernie so I`m sure he went
Styx was at Burtinck b4 BB Kings at The Bottom Line ? was Shaw Jy and the keyboard singer
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Post by joe on Aug 13, 2024 2:40:23 GMT
Well, EoES got some love in some online mags/posts today. They're all similar and don't tell us anything that we didn't already know But they do broaden the exposure to additional people nonetheless.
A few I found:
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Post by warrior21 on Aug 13, 2024 3:30:37 GMT
yes remember Orphan Annies......................never went but my brother took lessons from Bernie so I`m sure he went Styx was at Burtinck b4 BB Kings at The Bottom Line ? was Shaw Jy and the keyboard singer Yes, I recall seeing photos of their appearance. My fave Xmas shows were at The Bottom Line. Loved being mere feet away from all these legends singing holiday tunes.
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Post by bobs333 on Aug 14, 2024 15:02:13 GMT
Bottom Line was a great place to see shows................ too bad its gone like alot of other places
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Post by eastmark on Aug 15, 2024 1:11:54 GMT
Loved Bottom Line ! Saw and met Robben Ford at one his shows there. Was an all star band type Robben show with Bernie Worrell and Pino Palladino in the band. Fun ! Great musicians.
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Post by warrior21 on Aug 15, 2024 4:35:58 GMT
Saw BOC play two shows there one evening back in 2000.
After the first show they’d clear out the patrons to set up and clean up for the latter show. Those attending both could mill around inside the venue. So that’s what my buddy and I did, when we saw a genuine moment. Saw Buck and Sandy there, Allen was out as well. Albert and Deborah Frost watched the first show, and maybe were going to grab a coffee (or a knish!) with the Dharmas between sets. At that moment, Albert yelled out, “Allen!” At first I thought he had seen the owner of the club, Allan Pepper, but no, he saw Mr. Lanier. Allen seemed surprised to see him, and they had a warm embrace. Such a great moment to see as a longtime fan.
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Post by redhouserocker on Aug 22, 2024 14:42:38 GMT
Listening to TEOES with my wife last night and watching the video on YT. We both really like it and she makes an observation I've heard from quite a few others. She says it very much reminds her of David Bowie! I've read that comment from others too. I may get a faint hint of that in the basic structure of the song...Bowie had songs with similar melodic structure probably, but it still just sounds like Buck to me (that's a good thing I think....no dis on Bowie...I was a fan. Just not getting that vibe here myself). Anyone here on the forum sharing my wife's opine of a strong Bowie vibe?
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Post by Buck on Aug 23, 2024 16:07:46 GMT
Bowie> I've heard that reaction from a few people also. Jon Rogers, who directed and produced the live footage of me in the video, said the song reminded him of Tears For Fears and Bowie.
Any similarity was not intentional, although I find the comparison flattering.
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