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| | See: [[Shows/1972]] |
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| |1972-05-14
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| |Houston
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| |Liberty Hall<ref>https://digitalcollections.rice.edu/Documents/Detail/flier-for-mothers-day-concert/57351</ref>
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| |🇺🇸
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| |1972-05-18
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| |Houston
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| |The Old Quarter
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| |🇺🇸
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| |1972-05-25
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| |Houston
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| |The Old Quarter
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| |🇺🇸
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| |1972-06-08
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| |Houston
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| |The Old Quarter
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| |🇺🇸
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| |1972-06-15
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| |Houston
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| |The Old Quarter
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| |1972-06-28
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| |Houston
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| |The Old Quarter
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| |🇺🇸
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| |1972-06-29
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| |Houston
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| |The Old Quarter
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| |1972-07-05
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| |Houston
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| |The Old Quarter
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| |1972-07-06
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| |Houston
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| |The Old Quarter
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| |1972-07-12
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| |The Old Quarter
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| |1972-07-13
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| |The Old Quarter
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| |1972-08-03
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| |Free Music Store
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| |<small>🔍</small>
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| * 1972-05-24 Wed. - The Old Quarter<ref>https://archive.org/details/spacecity03spac_43/page/18/mode/2up?q=rockin+blue+diamonds</ref>
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| * 1972-05-30 Wed. - The Old Quarter<ref>https://archive.org/details/spacecity03spac_44/page/16/mode/2up?q=rockin+blue+diamonds</ref>
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| * 1972-06-14 Wed. - The Old Quarter<ref>https://archive.org/details/spacecitynews04spac/page/16/mode/2up?q=rockin+blue+diamonds</ref>
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| * 1972-06-15 Thurs - The Old Quarter<ref>https://archive.org/details/spacecity04spac/page/14/mode/2up?q=rockin+blue+diamonds</ref>
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| * 1972-06-22 - The Old Quarter
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| ** Wed. and Thur.<ref>https://archive.org/details/spacecity04spac_0/page/12/mode/2up?q=rockin+blue+diamonds</ref>
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| * 1972-06-29 - The Old Quarter
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| ** Wed. and Thur.<ref>https://archive.org/details/spacecity04spac_1/page/12/mode/2up?q=rockin+blue+diamonds</ref>
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| * 1972-07-06 - The Old Quarter
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| ** Thur.<ref>https://archive.org/details/spacecitynews04spac_0/page/14/mode/2up?q=rockin+blue+diamonds</ref>
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| * 1972-08-03 Thur.
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| ** Free Music Store - KPFT
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| ** "[[Frank Davis]] and the Rockin' Blue Diamonds used to play alternating sets at the Old Quarter until the Diamonds' equipment was stolen. Hopefully we can scrounge enough amplification for a bass and voices, and maybe we'll be in for one of the nicest acoustic sets we've ever had. Come down and join the party or listen at home."<ref>https://archive.org/details/fokpft197208ia/page/n9/mode/2up?q=rockin+blue+diamonds</ref>
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| ** Note: a few KPFT Free Music Store performances were digitized by the Pacific Radio Archive but they do not seem to have this one.
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| * 1972-08-03
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| ** Wed.<ref>https://archive.org/details/spacecity04spac_5/page/26/mode/2up?q=rockin+blue+diamonds</ref>
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| * 1973-02-03 broadcast - recording date unknown
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| ** Houston Concert Houston - KPFT
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| ** "More from the Rockin' Blue Diamonds--the most dynamic and original jazz group we've heard in Houston. Maybe someday they'll get together again and play again"<ref>https://archive.org/details/fokpft197302ia/page/n11/mode/2up?q=rockin+blue+diamonds</ref>
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| == Retrospectives == | | == Retrospectives == |
| [[Mayo Thompson]], 2023<ref>https://www.psychedelicbabymag.com/2023/10/red-krayola-interview-mayo-thompson.html</ref><blockquote>[...] A later band—The Rocking Blue Diamonds—played The Old Quarter, and Rocky Hill’s Club.</blockquote> | | [[Frederick Barthelme]]<ref>https://www.frederickbarthelme.com/nonfiction/the-red-crayola/</ref><blockquote>Playing well was what we [The Red Crayola] were against. It was what everybody else did. Much later, in the second (and little known) band that Mayo and I put together, the Rocking Blue Diamonds, playing well became an issue, so we solicited the talent—coerced it, is probably more accurate. But in the mid-’60s, with the Red Krayola, that wasn’t the deal. The deal was to participate in the party and do something surprising while you were at it.</blockquote>[[Mayo Thompson]], 2023<ref>https://www.psychedelicbabymag.com/2023/10/red-krayola-interview-mayo-thompson.html</ref><blockquote>[...] A later band—The Rocking Blue Diamonds—played The Old Quarter, and Rocky Hill’s Club.</blockquote> |
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| [[Category:Groups|Rockin' Blue Diamonds, The]] | | [[Category:Groups|Rockin' Blue Diamonds, The]] |
The Rockin' Blue Diamonds was a short-lived jazz-rock group that performed in 1972.
Background
Originally Mayo Thompson and Frederick Barthelme with Rock Romano and Tucker Bradley.
Final line-up[1]:
- Mayo Thompson - writer, rhythm guitar
- Fred McLain - lead guitar
- Bob Henschen - piano
- Bernard Sampson - saxophones and flute
- Don Jones - bass
- Art Kidd - drums
- Rock Romano - vocals
- Tucker Bradley - vocals
Performances
See: Shows/1972
Demo
- "Thompson then turned to John Fahey, still at the helm of his Takoma label, who fronted $250 for a demo."
- "His wife didn't like it, and neither did he," remembered Mayo.[2]
Retrospectives
Frederick Barthelme[3]
Playing well was what we [The Red Crayola] were against. It was what everybody else did. Much later, in the second (and little known) band that Mayo and I put together, the Rocking Blue Diamonds, playing well became an issue, so we solicited the talent—coerced it, is probably more accurate. But in the mid-’60s, with the Red Krayola, that wasn’t the deal. The deal was to participate in the party and do something surprising while you were at it.
Mayo Thompson, 2023[4]
[...] A later band—The Rocking Blue Diamonds—played The Old Quarter, and Rocky Hill’s Club.
References
