Monday, May 25, 2015

IN THE VAULT 05/25/2015

Jerry Riopelle is a local Arizona musical hero-he was enough of an institution here that a couple of friends seemed amazed that I was unfamiliar with him when I went with them to a New Year's Eve show a few years ago.
He's had songs covered by Leon Russell, Meat Loaf, Kenny Loggins and Rita Coolidge, and worked as an A&M Records producer, but to my knowledge never really made a splash outside Arizona.


His New Year's Eve shows at the Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix were an institution, and he was such a large local draw that after opening for Dr. John in 1974, national acts opened for HIM-he never opened a show for anyone in Arizona again.

 I thought I'd feature Riopelle's work this week to give you non-AZ natives a glimpse...


For those of you who do not have the key to the Vault, the video above was all I could find...







2 comments:

  1. A Beer for the ShowerMay 25, 2015 at 7:47 AM

    As a non-AZer, I can confirm I'd not heard of him. So I skipped the Youtube video and went straight to the vault and am half way done streaming... I like it. He's got a great, mellow rock sound. Also, as an afterthought, I did like that G-Love album, too.

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    1. DiscConnectedMay 25, 2015 at 10:03 AM

      Bryan-

      You seem to be the only one out of roughly 25 individuals who seems to regularly access the Vault files (or at least the only one leaving any comments).

      Glad I have been able to turn you onto some new stuff!

      Larry

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