Semifinals, Rebel Conference: Rock’s Greatest Backing Band Tournament Threatens to Tear Apart Rock Town Hall as The Wailers Meet The Attractions

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Feb 242012
 

The Wailers vs The Attractions!

As we progress through the Semifinals round of our tournament to determine—once and for all—rock’s greatest backing band ever, the Rebel Conference promises possibly the most hotly contested match in Rock Town Hall tournament play, as The Wailers face off against The Attractions. The winner of this match will tell a lot about the make-up of our Townspeople. The winner of this match will likely blow away tournament overachievers Crazy Horse and move onto the Finals!

Through the long, painstaking course of this tournament adequate arguments have been made on behalf of all the semifinalists. That doesn’t mean you’re not encouraged to continue arguing for your selection in this round, but you are welcome to cast your vote now. Voting in this match will run through 11:59 pm on Tuesday, February February 28, 2012.

Semifinals, Rebel Conference: The Wailers vs The Attractions.

  • The Attractions (79%, 37 Votes)
  • The Wailers (21%, 10 Votes)

Total Voters: 47

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Semifinals, Classic Conference: Rock’s Greatest Backing Band Ever Tournament Pits Crazy Horse Against The Spiders From Mars!

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Feb 212012
 

Crazy Horse vs The Spiders From Mars!

As we progress through the Semifinals round of our tournament to determine—once and for all—rock’s greatest backing band ever, the Classic Conference comes down to a battle between Crazy Horse and The Spiders From Mars. The winner of this match will face the upcoming Rebel Conference champs.

Through the long, painstaking course of this tournament adequate arguments have been made on behalf of all the semifinalists. That doesn’t mean you’re not encouraged to continue arguing for your selection in this round, but you are welcome to cast your vote now. Voting in this match will run through 11:59 pm on Thursday, February February 23, 2012.

Semifinals, Classic Conference: Crazy Horse vs The Spiders From Mars.

  • Crazy Horse (55%, 28 Votes)
  • The Spiders From Mars (45%, 23 Votes)

Total Voters: 51

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Semifinals, Expansion Conference: Rock’s Greatest Backing Band Tournament Enters a Funk-Off as The Family Stone Meet The JB’s

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Feb 142012
 

The Family Stone vs The JB's

As we progress through the Semifinals round of our tournament to determine—once and for all—rock’s greatest backing band ever, the Expansion Conference comes down to a battle between The Family Stone and The JB’s. The winner of this match will face Legacy Conference champs The Crickets.

Through the long, painstaking course of this tournament adequate arguments have been made on behalf of all the semifinalists. That doesn’t mean you’re not encouraged to continue arguing for your selection in this round, but you are welcome to cast your vote now. Voting in this match will run through 11:59 pm on Friday, February February 17, 2012.

Semifinals, Expansion Conference: The Family Stone vs The JB's.

  • The JB's (66%, 21 Votes)
  • The Family Stone (34%, 11 Votes)

Total Voters: 32

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Semifinals, Legacy Conference: Rock’s Greatest Backing Band Tournament Pits The Crickets vs The Texas Playboys!

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Feb 092012
 

Semifinals, Legacy Conference: The Crickets vs The Texas Playboys

Finally, we enter the Semifinals round of our tournament to determine—once and for all—rock’s greatest backing band ever! The first three rounds have been completed. The attached grid shows where we stand entering the Semifinals: backingband-tournament-64_SEMIS

The final two backing bands in the Legacy Conference battling to move forward are The Crickets and The Texas Playboys. The winner of this match will play the winner of the upcoming Expansion Conference match.

Through the long, painstaking course of this tournament adequate arguments have been made on behalf of all the semifinalists. That doesn’t mean you’re not encouraged to continue arguing for your selection in this round, but you are welcome to cast your vote now. Voting in this match will run through 11:59 pm on Friday, February February 10, 2012.

Semifinals, Legacy Conference: The Crickets vs The Texas Playboys

  • The Crickets (57%, 16 Votes)
  • The Texas Playboys (43%, 12 Votes)

Total Voters: 28

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Submitted for Worst Follow-Up Album: Gary Wright’s The Light of Smiles

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Feb 042012
 

In a recent All-Star Jam, I submitted the idea that, in the pantheon of horrible follow up albums, Gary Wright‘s The Light of Smiles may be the winner.

Of course, Peter Frampton‘s I’m In You was immediately mentioned and Cheap Trick‘s Dream Police also got a nod.

However, those albums at least had hits — and songs you’ve heard. Following The Dreamweaver — which like it or not — was kind of a big deal, The Light of Smiles is a true stinker. If you ever had a copy (probably from the cut-outs), you couldn’t help notice the lavish cover art and glossy packaging. Unfortunately for Warner Bros., and Gary Wright fans, the songs inside were pretty bad.

Gary made three albums from 1974 through 1977 — one was with a reformed Spooky Tooth (featuring Foreigner’s Mick Jones) that had a bad song on it called “Fantasy Satisfier” . . . then his solo hit “Dreamweaver”  . . . then on The Light of Smiles, another crappy song called “Phantom Writer.”  On The Light of Smiles — he finally went overboard with the other-worldly deity stuff — and the album killed any career momentum from The Dreamweaver.

So, what’s your nominee for worst follow-up album ever?

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Regionals, Rebel Conference: Rock’s Greatest Backing Band Tournament Continues!

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Jan 232012
 

Play continues in our tournament to determine—once and for all—rock’s greatest backing band ever.

The first two rounds have been completed. We enter the final conference matches in the Regional round of play. The attached grid shows where we stand as the Regionals round is played out: backingband-tournament-64

Feel free to think ahead to coming Regional battles as you begin work on the present conference match up. Meanwhile, tournament play for the Rebel Conference has begun. Four backing bands remain: The Wailers vs The Rumour and The Maytalls vs The Attractions.

Regionals: Rebel Conference

Because the selections from this point forward are so crucial to future generations’ understanding of rock history, play will follow a different course of action in this round. Before any voting can take place, Townspeople are encouraged to post comments and YouTube clips of the backing bands you support in this round. You may begin launching your campaigns now. After a day or two of lobbying and counter-lobbying the polls for this conference’s regional round will open. We don’t want any rash votes on Day 1 that you may regret on Day 3 of discussion. Dig?

UPDATED: POLLS OPEN THROUGH 11:59 pm on THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2012!

Regionals, Rebel Conference: The Wailers vs The Rumour

  • The Wailers (58%, 18 Votes)
  • The Rumour (42%, 13 Votes)

Total Voters: 31

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Regionals, Rebel Conference: The Maytals vs The Attractions

  • The Attractions (89%, 34 Votes)
  • The Maytals (11%, 4 Votes)

Total Voters: 38

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Regionals, Classic Conference: Rock’s Greatest Backing Band Tournament Continues!

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Jan 182012
 

Play continues in our tournament to determine—once and for all—rock’s greatest backing band ever.

The first two rounds have been completed. The attached grid shows where we stand as the Regionals round is played out: backingband-tournament-64

Feel free to think ahead to coming Regional battles as you begin work on the present conference match up. Meanwhile, tournament play for the Classic Conference has begun. Four backing bands remain: The E-Street Band vs Crazy Horse and The Spiders From Mars vs The Silver Bullet Band.

Regionals: Classic Conference

Because the selections from this point forward are so crucial to future generations’ understanding of rock history, play will follow a different course of action in this round. Before any voting can take place, Townspeople are encouraged to post comments and YouTube clips of the backing bands you support in this round. You may begin launching your campaigns now. After a day or two of lobbying and counter-lobbying the polls for this conference’s regional round will open. We don’t want any rash votes on Day 1 that you may regret on Day 3 of discussion. Dig?

UPDATED: POLLS NOW OPEN THROUGH MIDNIGHT ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 2012!

Regionals, Classic Conference: The Silver Bullet Band vs The Spiders From Mars

  • The Spiders From Mars (74%, 28 Votes)
  • The Silver Bullet Band (26%, 10 Votes)

Total Voters: 38

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Regionals, Classic Conference: The E-Street Band vs Crazy Horse

  • Crazy Horse (62%, 32 Votes)
  • The E-Street Band (38%, 20 Votes)

Total Voters: 52

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