The MERRY-GO-ROUND A Band History featuring Emitt Rhodes |
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2020
- The Merry-Go-Round is a 60s pop band out of Los Angeles featuring budding star Emitt Rhodes. This video reviews the band's history, focuses on key players, and offers clips of their best songs. The Beatles-influenced / Byrds-sound is a big part of the Merry-Go-Round's sound.
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anyone who sings the praises of Emitt has seen the light. Emitt was a blessing to all of us who knew him and of him. Thank you for spending the word.
I could never understand why "Live" was only a "regionally" popular song.. I love that song..
Nice tribute to a great band and artist. Actually did you know the Merry Go Round played both nights of the The KFRC Fantasy Fair and Magic Mountain Music Festival held June 10 and 11, 1967 at the 4,000-seat Sidney B. Cushing Memorial Amphitheatre high on the south face of Mount Tamalpais in Marin County, California. At least 36,000 people attended the two-day concert, which was the first of a series of San Francisco-area cultural events known as the Summer of Love. And it was just weeks before Monterey Pop! Also there is a very good documentary about Emmitt called the One Man Beatles. I was hoping though you would feature my favorite MGR track Had to Run Around!
Emitt rhodes is amazing the fact he wasn't on the charts is insane, songs like somebody made for me, with my face on the floor, promises I've made to myself....... ugh he should of been up there lol
Correction: Emmitt Rhodes' solo hit Fresh A Daisy hit #54 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1971
I could listen to this music all day. I would rather listen to this than the garbage that’s been out for the past 30 plus year’s. Most of the so called music has been absolute trash. These songs have something to say, a good melody, good instrumentation & good vocals. Emitt was so underrated as song writer!
My guitar player grew up next door to Emitt in Hawthorne. He talked Emitt into producing some tracks for us back around 1982 -3. We spent a lot of hours in his garage-studio which you never would have thought it was a garage except you had to walk through his house and out the back door, through his back yard to get to it. I believe he was an A & R guy for A&M at the time. Thanks for the video!
I was fortunate enough to meet Emitt and record at his house for a couple of records. RIP
Got the Rhino album back in the '80s. I've always been familiar with Emitt from his first single, Fresh As Daisy/You Take The Dark Out Of The Night. Brilliant artist.
An Emitt Rhodes compilation CD was also released in 1995, which featured some of the Merry-Go-Round singles. My own relationship to the band is this. I heard "Lovely Woman" on the radio a few times as a teenager, and saw the album containing it in a drug store. Not having any cash I didn't buy it. But I remembered the song, for 30 years. So, in the early years of the internet I looked it up, and was happy to find that the compilation had just come out. At last I could hear it again! It has almost been another 30 years now, and I see the compilation album can now be had for $60, if you can find a seller (not me!).
Emitt Rhodes was a spectacular talent, criminally under-appreciated. I was lucky enough to have seen Merry-Go-Round in person.
Great show. I was raised in Southern California and remember radio station KHJ playing "Falling Sugar" and "Live". I have been a Emitt Rhodes fan since 1967 when It learned to play the song Live. I've collected all his stuff except the 2005 album. The record companies really screwed around.
I have the Emmitt Rhodes albums, never heard the merry go round stuff. What impressed me was the fact he plays all of the instruments. Very impressive.
There are a lot of obscure rock bands from the 60's that didn't
Live was in the top 20 in Vancouver , BC, back in May 1967 - I looked for it for years and now finally have the CD Listen, Listen 55 years later. My wife was into Emmitt Rhodes in the early 70s in Portland.
Thanks so much for this! So much promise but ended up so sad and tragic. RIP Emitt Rhodes.
I was/am a big fan of Emitt Rhodes. I still have his first two solo albums on vinyl...the song "Fresh as a Daisy" still rolls around my mind at times...great upbeat song....cheers
Such a talent, "Fresh As A Daisy" is sublime. I wish his life had been easier. As always, thanks so much for another excellent video!
I was happy to see he got much needed recognition in the film THE ROYAL TENNENBAUMS
I just added a few of their songs to my 60s Sunshine Pop mix. Hard choices, they’re all so good. I went with Lovely Woman, We’re in Love, and Time Will Show the Wiser. You can tell Emmitt learned his Rubber Soul, Pet Sounds, and Revolver lessons very well.