tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post7727617318589705255..comments2024-03-28T02:29:37.413-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: General Johnson, R. I. P.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-47226666207487024272010-10-16T19:04:29.829-05:002010-10-16T19:04:29.829-05:00He also wrote the Honeycones' WANT ADS and Fri...He also wrote the Honeycones' WANT ADS and Frieda Payne's BRING THE BOYS HOME. Fine music.Fred Blosserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07307848103704970189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-50617312219557387362010-10-16T18:55:11.829-05:002010-10-16T18:55:11.829-05:00Wow. If I'd ever wanted to watch PAWN STARS, t...Wow. If I'd ever wanted to watch PAWN STARS, that dissuades me.<br /><br />Beach music is a kind of bouncy soul music, sort of the other side of Motown from Stax/Volt grittiness. Most perpetuated in the North Carolina/Tidewater Virginia shore communities.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-63578822094055089302010-10-16T18:41:41.291-05:002010-10-16T18:41:41.291-05:00I knew them from "Give Me Just A Little More ...I knew them from "Give Me Just A Little More Time," had no idea they continued as a regional beach band.<br /><br />The obit said Johnson won a grammy for writing Clarence Carter's hit "Patches." Coincidently, not long ago on the TV show "Pawn Stars" a lawyer was trying to pawn that very grammy. Rick Harrison claimed to have never heard the song and, because the grammy did not have a "big" name on it, declined to buy it.Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-29647470500346368012010-10-16T16:27:18.289-05:002010-10-16T16:27:18.289-05:00Goodness. Having summered for several years as a k...Goodness. Having summered for several years as a kid in Virginia Beach, I was even more aware of the Beach Music bands than I might've been otherwise, but hadn't thought of them for years. Remarkable how regional styles will persist, such as go-go in DC, whether or not they have support elsewhere...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.com