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Sometimes you hear a song n makes you want to move, that make you want to sing or dance you listen the tune n when the words come out, you WANT them to come out, when it has a great beat sometimes you don't want the song to ennd lol making you think of a lost love, or a friend, or someone you just can't stand lol, sometimes we lip sync the words to ourselves n pretend we are stage as a famous singer in the world that everyone should hear some inspire, like Sir Elton John with his song ' Daniel ', songs that came from documentaries, some for depression, that all have some kind of beat that puts some kind if light in someone's heart....the list can on and on...this one OMG make you want to learn the lyrics to sing it lol....or think of him or her...

Euge Groove is a saxophonist. He reminds me a little of the Brazilian saxophonist
Gato Barbieri. You may know Gato, as he has played with Santana.
Indeed, Santana covered one of Gato's songs (Europa) and then they later played it together.
However, Euge is much better than Gato.

His real name is Steve Eugene Grove. Shhh. It's our secret.
His mom actually gave him his stage name, Euge Groove.

He got his start in music playing studio tracks on records with the girl band Expose'.
He then went on to play in a soul pop band, Tower of Power.
In ironic fashion, he replaced another saxophonist, who left to go on to play jazz, Richard Elliot,
another excellent saxophonist.
Euge later did the same.

I first heard him on the radio with a hit of his, 'Sneak a Peek'.
I later saw him live play along with acoustic guitarist, Peter White,
who had a similar history, playing pop early on for 20 years with Al Stewart.
Both guys progressed greatly in playing more complex pieces and became bored with pop
to move on with jazz. I remember Peter talking about how his guitar complexities were actually
stifled in favor of more blase' playing.

Well, enough background (I used to love reading histories of musicians within the sleeves on records.
You don't get that anymore, not since CDs replaced the much larger long playing LPs.

So, first here's how I first discovered Euge Groove;

This is for you BohemianJack!!!

When asked, many professional musicians say they want to go out of this world on stage. It happens to very, very few. Saturday night, it happened to 71 year old singer-songwriter David Olney while performing at a festival in Florida.
In the middle of a song, stopped, apologized shut his eyes and remained still. He said "I'm sorry" and the musicians around him thought he was just taking a pause. His head tipped to his chest as he sat motionless on his stool, never dropping his guitar.
They lowered him from the stage as a doctor in the audience tried to revive him until the EMT's arrived, but it was too late!




My short list of musicians who ended their careers while performing:

I recall Tiny Tim suffered a heart attack on stage at a benefit. His wife helped him back to their table where he collapsed and never regained consciousness.

Guitarist Darrell Lance Abbott, aka Dimebag Darrell was murdered while performing at a nightclub.

Drummer for the rock band Chicago, John Thomas Hashian aka Sib Hashian died on stage in the middle of a set while performing on a cruise ship.

Guitarist for the heavy metal band Rigor Mortis (how appropriate) Mike Scaccia collapsed on stage performing for the 50th birthday of singer Bruce Corbitt.

Former Megadeath drummer Nick Menza died on stage in the middle of a set, rushed to the hospital and pronounced DOA. The cause was congestive heart failure.

I cannot remember the name of the singer while performing poolside stepped in a puddle while holding the microphone and was electrocuted. Another performance to die for!



Honorable mention for Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards who almost kicked it. At a live performance, his guitar made contact with a microphone stand and the voltage threw a spark of blue light that knocked him unconscious.

So it's a lazy rainy day here in central NJ.
I wake up early (I guess my mind is in get up to get to the flea market mode),
and I turn on the TV to see some morning show on CBS.
I don't know which, as I hardly ever watch a morning show on CBS.

The odd part, is the 3 hosts (2 women and 1 man) are sampling rye (whiskey) live at 7:30 am. I guess different people define breakfast differently.

Next up a musical performance (2 songs separated by a commercial).
I'm thinking, "oh geez, what commercial crap will this be ?".
And for the most part, I was correct.
Except for the keyboardist (a little talent), not much talent at all, basicly background music.

But, then the vocalist, who looks more like a gay chef, or accountant, or bank teller,
sings. I tell you what, although it looks out of place, the man has soul and a good voice.
You may hear more from him, especially if he goes solo, or gets a better band.
It's as if Elton John got possessed by Aretha Franklin.

I found them on youtube. The name of the band is St. Paul and the Broken Bones.
Here's one of the "tiny desk concerts" (bad acoustics) from NPR

From an underrated artist/singer/songwriter

It all starts with communication

...25 years since he left, and now one billion hits. Albums like "Never Mind", and songs like "Smells Like Teen Spirit". Began a whole genre of rock. Biting lyrics. GF choices could have been better. We all have our weak points. Sorely missed.

I listen to a local classic rock music radio station that has a few hours of talk show in the morning and music at 10am. One day, they talked about little known groups who re-record famous songs that help start their career. They stated, the price to pay for this is 50% of the total royalties.

YouTube is my favorite source for music and I often follow song remakes.
For this blog, I picked "You keep Me Hangin On" in 1966 by The Supremes, remade (as a psychedelic rock song) by Vanilla Fudge in 1967, and again remade in 1986 with a disco beat by Kim Wilde.

The Supremes