Boomers Birthdays: August 21st
From Wikipedia:
1947 – Carl Giammarese, American singer-songwriter and musician (The Buckinghams)
1949 – Loretta Devine, American actress and singer
1949 – Daniel Sivan, Israeli scholar and academic
1950 – Patrick Juvet, Swiss singer-songwriter and model
1951 – Eric Goles, Chilean mathematician and computer scientist
1951 – Chesley V. Morton, American businessman and politician
1952 – Keith Hart, Canadian firefighter, wrestler, and trainer
1952 – Glenn Hughes, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
1952 – Jiří Paroubek, Czech soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
1952 – Bernadette Porter, English nun and educator
1952 – Joe Strummer, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002)
1953 – Ivan Stang, American author, publisher, and director
1954 – Archie Griffin, American football player
1954 – Steve Smith, American drummer (Journey)
1954 – Mark Williams, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter
1956 – Kim Cattrall, English-Canadian actress
1956 – Jon Tester, American farmer and politician
1957 – Frank Pastore, American baseball player and radio host (d. 2012)
1958 – Mark Williams, Australian footballer and coach
1959 – Anne Hobbs, English tennis player and coach
1959 – Jim McMahon, American football player and coach
1961 – Gerardo Barbero, Argentinian chess player and coach (d. 2001)
1961 – V. B. Chandrasekhar, Indian cricketer and coach
1961 – Stephen Hillenburg, American marine biologist, cartoonist, and animator
1962 – John Korfas, Greek-American basketball player and coach
1963 – Mohammed VI of Morocco, King of Morocco
1963 – Nigel Pearson, English footballer and manager
1964 – Gary Elkerton, Australian surfer
The two highlighted names on the above list are the artist whose music is a part of my music library. Interestingly, the music included in my library is not from the bands most typically associated with each artist. Glenn Hughes is usually associated with Deep Purple. However, the music in my library comes from the time he spent with the band Black Country Communion.
Carl Giammarese
Likewise, the music of Carl Giammarese is not from The Buckinghams but rather from the time after The Buckinghams disbanded and Carl formed a duo with his band mate Dennis Tufano. They recorded three albums as The Tufano & Giammarese Band.
I actually picked up the self-titled Tufano & Giammarese album after my future wife and I saw them at the Main Point in Bryn Mawr, Pa Dennis Tufano and Carl Giammarese were founding members of The Buckinghams of “Kind of a Drag” fame, which we didn’t know at the time!
About Tufano & Giammarese
From Wikipedia
Marty Grebb left The Buckinghams and eventually formed the band “The Fabulous Rhinestones.” Nick Fortuna left to play in R&B bands, forming his own band, “Crystal,” and John Poulos pursued music management. Giammarese started writing songs, as did Dennis Tufano. Tufano and Giammarese decided to form a duo. Leaving behind national teen idol images and reputations, they used the names “Dennis and Carl” as they played small Chicago club venues.
The duo recorded a demo of their compositions and used several members of the group Poco as session players on the recording session. Acting as their first manager, John Poulos took the demo to multiple Grammy winner Lou Adler, who signed the duo immediately and insisted on producing their first album, which carried their new identity as the title: “Tufano & Giammarese.”
Lou Adler generously shared publishing rights and royalties with the new duo. Dennis and Carl wrote material for three albums recorded for Adler’s Ode Records, “Tufano & Giammarese,” “The Tufano-Giammarese Band,” and “The Other Side (released on the Ode/Epic label)”
They worked with Adler, Jack Richardson (of Nimbus 9 Productions), Tom Scott and Hank Cicalo as producers on the second and third albums, respectively. Their first single from their self-titled album, “Music Everywhere,” went to the Top 50 on the charts as the duo chose not to capitalize on their previous identities as members of The Buckinghams.
Adler sent them on tour[6] with colleagues from Grammy winner Carole King, with good results, to Cheech and Chong, whose personalities clashed with the acoustic duo. Three albums later, the duo split and Tufano remained in California to pursue an acting career. Giammarese returned to Chicago. Read Full Biography
Anyway Tufano & Giammarese is a nice, laid back folk rock type album My favorite tracks on the album include: “Music Everywhere” , “Communicate” and a terrific cover of “I’m a Loser”
So let’s give a shout out to all those boomers who are celebrating their birthdays today. And to those like Joe Strummer who left us too early, we all miss you!
I’ll end with a special Happy Birthday to Carl Giammarese!
Links for the Further Exploration of the Music of Carl Giammarese
Artist Website
The Buckinghams
Facebook
Amazon
Here are those three favorite songs of mine from Tufano & Giammarese
