#Jamie West Oram

[longliverockback]

The Fixx Shuttered Room 1982 MCA ————————————————— Tracks: 01. Some People 02. Stand or Fall 03. Cameras in Paris 04. Shuttered Room 05. The Fool 06. Lost Planes 07. I Live 08. Sinking Island 09. Time in a Glass 10. Red Skies —————————————————

Charlie Barrett

Cy Curnin

Rupert Greenall

Jamie West-Oram

Adam Woods

* Long Live Rock Archive

#TheFixx #The Fixx #Charlie Barrett #Cy Curnin #Jamie West Oram #Adam Woods #Shuttered Room #LP #New Wave #1982 #Debut

[jeffcbliss]

Jamie West-Oram (left) and Cy Curnin of The Fixx - The Observatory; Santa Ana, CA (6-15-22). @cycurnin @FixxOnline

Photo: Jeff Bliss

#jamie west oram #cy curnin #the fixx #santa ana #the observatory #rock and roll #new wave #rock shots #concert photography #rock photography #concert #vocalist #music #musicians #guitarist #tambourine #singing #bnw captures #bnw photography #bnw #vocalists

[ezj2]

[singeratlarge]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to bassist Mark Andes (Spirit), Prince Andrew, reggae legend Horace Andy, vocalist Burton C. Bell, photographer/singer Cassie Blair, Constantin Brâncuși, Frances Bucholz (Scorpions), tap dancer John Bubbles, Nicolaus Copernicus, Justine Bateman, Lou Christie, Haylie Duff (NAPOLEON DYNAMITE), Falco, pianist and Erik Satie curator Frank Glazer, Eddie Hardin (Spencer Davis Group), Peter Holsapple, Tony Iommi, Pierre van der Linden (Focus), cornetist “Kid Shots” Madison, Lee Marvin, Paul McCartney’s 1971 UK single “Another Day,” Carson McCullers, Alan Merrill (“I Love Rock’n’Roll”), Merle Oberon, Andy Powell (Wishbone Ash), Kate Radley (Spiritualized), Smokey Robinson, Bobby Rogers (Miracles—good to have met you), Seal, Sibelius’s 1923 6th Symphony, Karen Silkwood, Richard Strauss’s 1903 opera ELEKTRA, Amy Tan, Benecio Del Toro, Dave Wakeling, Jamie West-Oram (The Fixx), and my friend, guitarist singer-songwriter Christopher Haggerty. In the mid-80s Chris and I were in a band called October. We made recordings and gigged frequently around the San Francisco Bay Area. Our friendship continued and I got to know Chris as one of the most kindest, patient, and saintliest man one could ever know. Check out his current work with the HardWest Project, a ministry to the homeless https://www.hardwestproject.org. Christ also has an amazing family (with his son Patrick in the band Gold Connections https://gold-connections.bandcamp.com ). I’m working on digitizing a trove of recordings featuring the talents of Chris in various capacities. Here’s a clip of us performing live with the band October (note Ron Davis’s rocket-fueled drumming)—a raucous New Wave-ish version of “One Planet One Utopia One Helmet” https://johnnyjblairsingeratlarge.bandcamp.com/track/one-planet-one-utopia-one-helmet-live-1986-remastered-2021

#utopia #planet #helmet #sanfrancisco #jellobiafra #deadkennedys #politics #election #protest #bumpersticker #areopogus #stpaul #ziggystardust #davidbowie #thewho #sellout #thekinks #raydavies #soapopera #johnnyjblair #christianrock 

#johnny j blair #singer songwriter #music #singer at large #san francisco #pop rock #Christopher Haggerty #Christian Rock

[rainingmusic]

The Fixx - Reach the Beach

#the fixx #reach the beach #reach the beach album #cy cyrnin #rupert greenall #jamie west-oram #adam woods #new wave #art rock #synthpop #music #music is love #music is life #music is religion #raining music #80s #80s music

[whileiamdying]

Tina Turner: un insatiable ouragan scénique

La bombe Tina Turner est toujours très cotée à la bourse du rythme. Nous n'en voulons pour preuve que son dernier album Private Dancer, le premier qu'elle vient de terminer pour son nouvel employeur: la firme Capitol.

Fidèle à sa réputation d'ouragan scénique, Tiny accroche dès la pochette. Une perruque, des bas résilles et un menu copieux: Help, I might hâve been queen, What's slove got to with it, Show sorne respect, I can't stand the rain, Private Dancer, qui cache des invités célèbres tels David Bowie, Al Green, Paul McCartney ou bien encore Mark Knoepfler.

Tina dans tout cela a conservé son tonus et cette voix particulière qui en fit en pleine période dorée de la soûl music, l'une des divas de la scène internationale.

Depuis que Rod Stewart m'a demandé de faire de la scène avec lui, de chanter Hot Legs lors du show Saturday Night Five, je peux dire que tout a redémarré pour moi. J'entrevois à nouveau l'avenir avec optimiste et je me sens la même énergie qu'à l'époque où je tournais dans le monde avec Ike et les Ikettes.

UN PHÉNOMÈNE DU ROCK BUSINESS

C'est vrai que Rod Stewart a eu bon nez en faisant appel au tonus et sex appeal de Tina (sans parler de son expérience scénique) et en l'engageant dans son spectacle du Forum de Los Angeles. Depuis, on a revu Tina sur tous les petits écrans des Etats-Unis et du Canada et la machine showbiz a refonctionné à plein régime. Résultat : Tina signait l'an dernier un contrat mondial avec Capitol, enregistrait un premier 45 tours, Let's stay together, sur une composition d'Al Green et une production d'Heaven 17. On connaît la suite.

On ne présente plus Tina Turner tant on a écrit sur elle. Sensuelle, magnifique, provocante, elle a enflamme toutes les scènes du monde surtout avec son compagnon Ike Turner.

Auparavant, dans la petite cité de Nutbush, Tennessee, rien ne prédestinait la jeune Anna Bullock à une grande destinée internationale. Dans sa famille déchirée et instable, Anna n'était pas heureuse. A quinze ans, elle prit la route de Saint-Louis bien décidée à se sortir coûte que coûte de l'ornière où le destin l'avait fourrée.

Sa rencontre avec Ike Turner, à l'époque leader du groupe The Kings and rythm, allait être déterminante. Elle se joignit au groupe et l'ensemble présenta un véritable spectacle scénique qui, en quelques mois allait devenir un très grand show mondial.

Ike, Tina et les Ikettes devinrent donc de grandes vedettes à part entière de la soûl et rock music. Sur l'album des souvenirs, quelques-unes de leurs plus grandes inteprétations : A fall in love, un remake de Proud Mary, de Creedence Clearwater Revival, sans oublier les très fameux Corne together et With a little help from my friends, des Beatles.

Tina allait ensuite tâter du cinéma : Ken Russel pour son Tommy lui confiait le rôle d'Acid Queen, qui révélait une nouvelle facette de son talent. Ce sera ensuite Mick Jagger qui l'invitera à se joindre aux shows des Stones donnés à Meadowlands et New Jersey.

Bref, pour cete reine du rock et la soûl music, la scène reste un théâtre propice et idéal à toutes ses aspirations.

On la retrouve aujourd'hui, avec Private Dancer plus explosive que jamais, accompagnée par d'excellents musiciens, Jeff Beck, Jamie West-Oram et Cy Curner entre autres et bien décidée à rappeler aux jeunes générations que Tina Turner est tout, sauf une «has been». (APEI) Tina Turner: elle a toujours autant de punch et de rythme... maigre les modes et les années.

L´Express, samedi, septembre 15, 1984; Page: 12

#tina turner #private dancer #acid queen #Ike Turner #the kings of the rhythm #ken russel #tommy #mick jagger #creedence clearwater revival #l'express

[thefrogholler]

Happy Birthday Jamie West-Oram! – rock guitarist/backing vocals – English new wave – pop-rock band – #TheFixx – group hits include – One Thing Leads To Another – Saved By Zero – 2/19/1954

See more #musicalbirthdaynotes

at TheFrogHoller.com

The Fixx #thefrogholler

[notationpodcast]

West likes soundtrack albums from the 80's, and will occasionally play some of them at you! In this episode, West returns to the 80's Soundtrack Corner to play songs from the 1984 Walter Hill film Streets Of Fire.

Music in this episode includes:

"Nowhere Fast" written by Jim Steinman; performed by Fire Incorporated

"Sorcerer" written by Stevie Nicks; performed by Marilyn Martin

"One Bad Stud" written by Jerry Lieber & Mike Stoller; performed by The Blasters

"Deeper And Deeper" written by Cy Curnin, Adam Woods, Rupert Greenall, Jamie West-Oram & Dan K. Brown; performed by The Fixx

"I Can Dream About You" written and performed by Dan Hartman

"Tonight Is What It Means To Be Young" written by Jim Steinman; performed by Fire Incorporated

[j3s]

(Almost) everything I read in 2017

The following is a list of books I read in 2017, in approximate chronological order. I didn't track journals and magazines, so the list isn't complete.

Books with an asterisk(*) particularly affected me. My top five-ish are: Renee Gladman – Calamities, CAConrad – Ecodeviance, Julie Buntin – Marlena, Mary Ruefle – Madness, Rack, and Honey, and Chris Kraus – I Love Dick. Bonus points to Tana French for getting me into thrillers this last year.

Full list ——————————-

Anna Smaill -- The Chimes *Chris Kraus -- I Love Dick Stéphane Mallarmé -- Selected Poetry And Prose Maggie Nelson -- Bluets Hal Elrod -- The Miracle Morning Cat Marnell -- How to Murder Your Life *Anne Boyer -- Garments Against Women Wang Wei -- Laughing Lost in the Mountains Yumi Sakugawa -- Your Illustrated Guide to Becoming One With the Universe Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik -- Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg Miriam Towes -- All My Puny Sorrows Jennifer Denrow -- California Howard R. Bloch -- One Toss Of The Dice : The Incredible Story Of How A Poem Made Us Modern Elizabeth Mckenzie -- The Portable Veblen Ruth Stone -- In the Next Galaxy Stuart Shedletsky -- Still Working: Underknown Artists of Age in America Sarah Manguso -- 300 Arguments Jami Attenberg -- All Grown Up *Maggie Nelson -- The Argonauts Tana French -- In the Wood Ada Limón -- Bright Dead Things Elena Ferrante -- The Story of a New Name Tana French -- The Likeness Joan Didion -- South and West *Julie Buntin -- Marlena *Lynn Emanuel -- The Nerve of It Dani Shapiro -- Hourglass: Time, Memory, Marriage Ann Patchett -- Commonwealth *Safia Elhillo -- The January Children Wendell Berry -- The Country of Marriage Denis Johnson -- Train Dreams **Renee Gladman -- Calamities Liane Moriarty -- The Husband’s Secret *Tommy Pico -- Nature Poem Jim Harrison -- Off to the Side Agnes Martin with Frances Morris And Tiffany Bell, ed. -- Agnes Martin Monica Youn -- Blackacre Kenneth Goldsmith -- Wasting Time on the Internet Daphne Oram -- An Individual Note Eve Babitz -- Slow Days, Fast Company Paul Beatty -- The Sellout Brenda Shaughnessy -- So Much Synth Felicia Yap -- Yesterday Maile Maloy -- Do Not Become Alarmed Madison Smartt Bell -- Behind the Moon **CAConrad -- Ecodeviance (Soma)tics for the Future Wilderness Ruth Ware -- In a Dark Dark Wood Morgan Parker -- There Are More Beautiful Things than Beyoncé Claire Dederer -- Love and Trouble John Berger -- Ways of Seeing *Mary Ruefle -- Madness, Rack, and Honey George Saunders -- Lincoln in the Bardo J. Diego Frey -- The Year the Eggs Cracked Tana French -- Faithful Place Karyna McGlynn -- Hothouse Claudia Rankine -- Citizen Dale Power and Jeffrey B. Snyder -- Making Wooden Boxes Jema Hewitt -- Steampunk Emporium Joyce Carol Oates -- The Accursed Saryn Sowell -- Silhouettes *Rebecca Solnit -- Men Explain Things to Me Dawn DeVries Sokol -- 1,000 Artist Journal Pages Virginia Woolf -- On Being Ill Tana French -- Broken Harbor *Kaveh Akbar -- Calling a Wolf a Wolf Roxane Gay -- Hunger Robin McKenzie -- Treat Your Own Neck Sally Rooney -- Conversations with Friends Patti Smith -- Devotion Emily Dickinson -- The Poetry of Emily Dickinson *Juliana Spahr -- That Winter the Wolf Came Manjula Martin (Ed.) -- Scratch: Writers, Money, and the Art of Making a Living

List mirrored at https://www.jesicacarsondavis.net/reading-lists/

#year in reading #poetry #novels #lists

[odk-2]

The Fixx - One Thing Leads to Another (1983) Adam Woods / Alfie Agius / Cy Curnin / Jamie West-Oram / Rupert Greenall from: "Reach the Beach" (LP)

New Wave

Tumblr (left click = play) (320kbps)

Personnel: Cy Curnin: Vocals Rupert Greenall: Keyboards Jamie West-Oram: Guitar Alfie Agius: Bass Adam Woods: Percussion / Drums

Produced Rupert Hine

Recorded: @ The Farmyard Studios in Buckinghamshire, England UK between 1982–1983

Released: on May 15, 1983

MCA Records

#The Fixx #New Wave #One Thing Leads to Another #80's #Reach the Beach #Replacing Dead Links #tumblr-audio

[rebelreds]

the fixx @ santa fe brewing co

#the fixx #live music #concert photos #80s #red skies #cy curnin #adam woods #rupert greenall #jamie west-oram #dan k brown #british bands #concert photography

[longliverockback]

The Fixx React 1987 MCA ————————————————— Tracks: 01. Red Skies 02. Big Wall 03. Don’t Be Scared 04. Rules and Schemes 05. Deeper and Deeper 06. Stand or Fall 07. Built for the Future 08. Saved by Zero 09. Are We Ourselves? 10. One Thing Leads to Another 11. Less Cities 12. Chase the Fire 13. Secret Separation —————————————————

Dan K. Brown

Cy Curnin

Rupert Greenall

Jamie West-Oram

Adam Woods

* Long Live Rock Archive

#TheFixx #The Fixx #Dan K Brown #Cy Curnin #Rupert Greenall #Jamie West Oram #Adam Woods #React #Live #New Wave #1987

[jeffcbliss]

(Left to right) Jamie West-Oram, Cy Curnin and Rupert Greenall of The Fixx - The Observatory; Santa Ana, CA (6-15-22). @cycurnin @FixxOnline

Photo: Jeff Bliss

#jamie west-oram #rupert greenall #cy curnin #the fixx #the observatory #santa ana #rock and roll #rock shots #concert photography #rock photography #concert #music #musicians #guitarist #keyboardist #singing #new wave

[constance-mcentee]

“Secret Separation” is one of my favorite songs by The Fixx. And I just melt a little bit every time I see Jamie West Oram, the guitarist, smile.

#music #the fixx

[singeratlarge]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to bassist Mark Andes (Spirit), Prince Andrew, vocalist Burton C. Bell, Constantin Brâncuși, Frances Bucholz (Scorpions), tap dancer John Bubbles, Nicolaus Copernicus, Justine Bateman, Lou Christie, Haylie Duff (NAPOLEON DYNAMITE), Falco, pianist and Erik Satie curator Frank Glazer, Eddie Hardin (Spencer Davis Group), Peter Holsapple, Tony Iommi, Pierre van der Linden (Focus), cornetist “Kid Shots” Madison, Lee Marvin, Paul McCartney’s 1971 UK single “Another Day,” Carson McCullers, Alan Merrill (“I Love Rock’n’Roll”), Merle Oberon, Andy Powell (Wishbone Ash), Kate Radley (Spiritualized), Smokey Robinson, Bobby Rogers (Miracles—good to have met you), Seal, Sibelius’s 1923 6th Symphony, Karen Silkwood, Richard Strauss’s 1903 opera ELEKTRA, Amy Tan, Benecio Del Toro, Dave Wakeling, Jamie West-Oram (The Fixx), and my friend, guitarist singer-songwriter Christopher Haggerty. In the mid-80s Chris and I were in a band called October. We made recordings and gigged frequently around the San Francisco Bay Area. Our friendship continued and I got to know Chris as one of the most kindest, patient, and saintliest man one could ever know. He has an amazing family (with his son Patrick in the band Gold Connections https://gold-connections.bandcamp.com). I’m working on digitizing a trove of recordings featuring the talents of Chris in various capacities. Here’s a clip of us performing live with the band October (note Ron Davis’s rocket-fueled drumming)—a raucous New Wave-ish version of “One Planet One Utopia One Helmet” https://johnnyjblairsingeratlarge.bandcamp.com/track/one-planet-one-utopia-one-helmet-live-1986-remastered-2021

#utopia #planet #helmet #sanfrancisco #jellobiafra #deadkennedys #politics #election #protest #bumpersticker #areopogus #stpaul #ziggystardust #davidbowie #thewho #sellout #thekinks #raydavies #soapopera #johnnyjblair #christianrock

#utopia #planet #helmet #san francisco #jello biafra #dead kennedys #politics #election #protest #bumper sticker #areopogas #st. paul #ziggy stardust #david bowie #the who #sell out #the kinks #ray davies #soap opera #johnny j blair #singer at large #christian rock #preservation act

[rainingmusic]

The Fixx - Red Skies 

#the fixx #red skies #shuttered room #cy curnin #rupert greenall #jamie west-oram #charlie barrett #adam woods #new wave #rock #gothic rock #synth-pop #music #music video #music is life #music is love #music is religion #raining music #80s