DEKE RICHARDS R.I.P. ROCK IN PERPETUITY!
March 31, 2013
i’m still unable to use my hands so i’m turning over my column today to my long time friend patti dahlstrom and the passing of songwriter producer deke richards…
“Deke Richards was one of those wonderfully creative men, who also happened to be a good man, a kind man. I met Deke in 1970 at Motown, in fact Deke Richards was the sole reason I was signed to Jobete as a staff writer. Herb Eiseman, then head of Motown’s publishing division, Jobete, was listening to a tape of my songs when Deke happened to be passing by his open door and heard “What If” wafting into the hallway. He stopped and listened till the end saying, “Who wrote that?” Herb looked at the tape box and said “Patti Dahlstrom.” Deke answered, “Sign her.”
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TOM SNOW’S AMAZING NEW WEBSITE!
March 10, 2011
This morning I got Patti Dahlstrom’s newsletter with an item about our mutual friend, songwriter Tom Snow (“He’s So Shy”, “Let’s Hear It For The Boy”, “Don’t Know Much”, “So Emotional”) …she wrote,
“I am so excited to share Tom Snow’s new website with all of you. As you know, Tom and I wrote together for a few years writing one of our favorite pieces, “Dialogue”, but his real body of work followed that period of time. He and his wife, Mary Belle, now a significant positive player in the California political scene, have been friends of mine for almost 40 years, and I recently spent a weekend with them in Montecito in their beautiful love-filled home. I am so knocked out by his music that I wanted to share it with all of you to enjoy. It’s a beautiful website filled with amazing songs, which you will already know well, and you can hear them in their hit form. 15 songs with over a million airplays, a very significant accomplishment indeed! The greatest thing is not really his success as a songwriter, though that is something, it is his success as a human being. Despite all his achievements, check out his awards and nominations section, he has remained a down-to-earth wonderful man with a rockin’ sense of humor.”
Let’s Hear It For the Boy!
Copyright 2011 by Artie Wayne https://artiewayne.wordpress.com/about-artie-wayne/
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ARTIE’S PHOTOS VOL.2
October 7, 2010
NEW REV-OLA COMPILATION CD BY PATTI DAHLSTROM!
March 22, 2010
Before there was an Eva Cassidy, before there was a Selena, or Leona Lewis there was Patti Dahlstrom!
When my friend singer/songwriter Patti Dahlstrom, moved to London two years ago to get her masters at London University, I introduced her to some people I knew. You can imagine how good I felt when Mick Patrick of Rev-Ola records wanted to put out a compilation CD of her four US albums.
Patti is one of the most talented singer songwriters I ever worked with and when I was General Professional Manager at Warner Brothers music in the ‘70s, I gave her a French song “Amorouse” (Sanson), to write an English lyric to. When Patti recorded and released it as “Emotion” (Sanson/Dahlstrom) every body thought it sounded like a hit! http:artiewayne.com/emotion.html
Unfortunately, “Emotion” wasn’t a hit for Patti, but less than a year later, Helen Reddy covered it and took it to the Top Twenty. Patti’s CD has some real undiscovered gems like,”He Did Me Wrong, But He Did Me Right” which could be a hit for Sade, who’s back on the charts. “Letting Go”, and “Cleveland Snow” are also standouts.
I’m especially proud to be included in this collection with a song I wrote with Patti for our friend the Late Jim Croce the night his plane crashed. Here’s a video Patti and Wedigo Watson just created for “Sending My Good Thoughts To You.”
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JIM CROCE R.I.P. ROCK N PERPETUITY!
January 1, 2010
JIM CROCE 1/10/43 – 9/20/73
One of my closest friends, Patti Dahlstrom, introduced me to one of her closest friends, Jim Croce and we hit it off immediately. We went to his concerts, TV shows and sometimes we just sat around talking or playing guitar. Although I was more of a publisher at the time, working for Warner Bros. Music…I knew I was in the presence of an extraordinary human being and could learn a great from him about songwriting and life.
The night his plane crashed … Patti and I had started a song that became a tribute to him “Sending my Good Thoughts to You”. Since his passing, whenever I’ve been stuck on a lyric, or need a little help with one of life’s little problems, Jim appears to me and gives me an answer…usually laced with his wry sense of humor!
to hear Patti Dahlstrom sing “Sending My Good Thoughts To You” from her 20th Century album “Your Place or Mine” just click onto http://artiewayne.com/sending.html
From my forthcoming book, “I Did It For A Song”
Copyright 2009 by Artie Wayne
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LARRY KNECHTEL R.I.P. ROCK IN PERPETUITY!
August 28, 2009
LARRY KNECHTEL 8/14/40 – 8/20/9
Larry Knechtel was one of the greatest studio players of all time. From recording with Johnny Rivers, Duane Eddy, The Doors, The Byrds, and being part of the group Bread, to his classic piano part on Simon and Garfunkle’s “Bridge Over Troubled Waters”…he left his stamp on everything he touched.
On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 8:29 AM, my longtime friend Patti Dahlstrom wrote:
Dearest Family and Friends,
I have just received the sad news today from Art Munson and Artie Wayne that a dear friend of mine, Larry Knechtel, has passed on. Larry was a legend in pop music, still more than that he was one of the most down-to-earth people and true hearts I have ever known. I was blessed to have Larry play piano on my 3rd album. He came into my life when I was deeply heart-broken, as I had lost a great love and my piano player. He stepped in with compassion and patience and we quickly became good friends. He played piano, bass, harmonica and sang background vocals, as well as producing and arranging my 4th album on which we had a song we wrote together, Changing Minds, which will be included on my CD release here in the UK.
The last time we exchanged emails was on his birthday August 4th. Leo rules the heart and he had a big one that gave and gave until it finally gave out. The obits say he played a concert the week before. It is only fitting that Larry should play until the end. The earth is a sadder venue without him. He was a great friend whom I treasured.
Here is a song I wrote with Artie Wayne when Jim Croce died, “Sending My Good Thoughts To You”. Larry is playing piano on it. It is appropriate that I send it out in his memory now. Thank you for everything, Larry. http://artiewayne.com/sending.html
Patti
Larry Knechtel R.I.P ROCK IN PERPETUITY
Respectfully, Artie Wayne https://artiewayne.wordpress.com/about-artie-wayne/
Above photo of Larry Knechtel Copyright 2009 by Patti Dahlstrom
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