Music for Monday: Lynyrd Skynyrd, ‘Gimme Three Steps’

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Skynyrd Ronnie rocks Knebworth – August 21, 1976

Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Gimme Three Steps” first saw release on the band’s 1973 debut L.P., (Pronounced ‘lĕh-‘nérd ‘skin-‘nérd).

A single of “Gimme Three Steps” was released but never charted. The tune was greatly overshadowed by the L.P.’s breakout hit, “Free Bird.” These days, “Steps” maintains its rightful status as a classic rock radio staple.

Here’s the band performing live at the Knebworth festival in England in August of 1976. Just 14 months later, band members Ronnie Van Zant and Steve Gaines would die in that damned plane crash of October, 1977.

Lynyrd Skynyrd Wiki, LynyrdSkynyrd.com

Previously, on Music for Monday: David Bowie, “Be My Wife”

Outta Sites: 70s Funny Cars, Harvest Gold Memories, Dangerous Minds

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Having a nice, lazy Sunday? I certainly hope so. Here’s a trio of 1970s-related Web Sites you may wish to peruse and bookmark for future nostalgic surfing.

70s Funny Cars

70s Funny Cars.com – for all your humorous racing vehicle needs

First up – if you need a healthy injection of 1970s drag racing then you’ll want to burn rubber and race over to 70sFunnyCars.com. Did I shove enough racing terms into the previous sentence? I hope so. Get Funny!

Harvest Gold Memories

Harvest Gold Memories

Next up, we have a fun, highly-readable blog named after the most desirable color of kitchen appliances in the 1970s – Harvest Gold Memories.

Proprietor Scott S waxes nostalgic on 70s and 80s topics ranging from John Ritter and Three’s Company to Casey Kasem’s American Top 40 to Atari. Many audio and video clips are included. Highly worthy of a look-see.

Dangerous Minds

Circus Magazine, 1970 – via DangerousMinds.net

Lastly, we have Dangerous Minds. DangerousMinds.net isn’t strictly a 70s site, but they have so many wonderful stories about the era that you’ll want to check in regularly. Just within the last few weeks a handful of visits turned up these cool stories;

Hope I die before I get old: Will these rock stars live out the 1970s?

Angel: Helluva Progressive Hair Metal 70s Glam Rock Band

A must-see documentary on England’s Hells Angels, from 1973

Pimpin’ Aint Easy: Electrifying 1977 Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson show

One of the first and best reggae documentaries ever made

Have fun storming the 70s!

Previously, on Outta Sites: Every 70s Movie & More

Partridge Pop: ‘Together We’re Better’

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‘Together We’re Better,’ Royal Command Performance,
The Partridge Family, September, 1972.

Welcome to a new segment here at Bionic Disco we’ll be calling “Partridge Pop”. As you might have guessed, this will be a series of occasional posts featuring moments of pure pop perfection from The Partridge Family.

Susan Dey.
Breakin’ hearts since Sept. ’70.

We’ll get started today with the tune, “Together We’re Better”. This performance comes from the “Princess and the Partridge” episode from season three and was first broadcast on September 29, 1972.

Remember, no matter how much you are enjoying the song please maintain the proper sense of Partridge decorum. Do no more than tap your fingers gently on the table and nod with a smile to your neighbor.

Funshine Friday: CB Bears

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Breaker breaker, good buddy – it’s the CB Bears

Hanna-Barbera’s CB Bears originally ran as a 1-hour block on NBC, September through December, 1977. CB Bears attempted to cash-in on three contemporary fads; truckers, disco and detective shows. The trio of starring bears were named after disco dances; Hustle, Boogie and Bump, and were undercover detectives posing as truckers. Daws Butler, Henry Corden and Chuck McCann provided the bear’s voices.

The CB Bears; Boogie, Hustle & Bump – are disco trucker thrash-collecting detectives. No, really.

Other shows in the cartoon block included; Blast-Off Buzzard, Heyyy, It’s the King, Posse Impossible, Shake, Rattle & Roll and Undercover Elephant. In later syndication, CB Bears was cut down to 30 minutes. Enjoy the intro and have a happy Funshine Friday!

CB Bears Wiki, IMDb

Previously, on Funshine Friday: Bailey’s Comets

Show Toppers: Diana Rigg in ‘Diana’

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‘Diana’ intro. NBC, 1973.

Diana was a short-lived TV sitcom starring Diana Rigg (The Avengers). Only 15 episodes were produced and they originally aired Mondays, 8:30-9:00 PM on NBC, beginning in September of 1973.

Diana Rigg takes time to stop and smell the daisies.
‘Diana,’ NBC, 1973

Rigg starred as Diana Smythe, a divorcee, who moved from London to New York City for a new lease on life. After taking over an apartment of her (absent) brother she is surprised to find that many strange women still have keys to the pad and make unannounced visits. David Sheiner, Richard B. Shull (Holmes & Yo-Yo) and Richard Mulligan (Soap) were also cast regulars.

Diana IMDb, DianaRigg.net

Previously, on Show Toppers: The New Adventures of Wonder Woman

Time covers 1977

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In posts past, we took a look at sober and sexy Time Magazine covers from 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975 and 1976. Today, we turn our gaze to the year 1977.

Major events included Jimmy Carter’s first year as US President, Super Bowl XI with the Raiders and the Vikings, a story on the rise of Rupert Murdoch, “The Energy Crisis” and entertainment stories on Roots, Diane Keaton, Linda Ronstadt and Lily Tomlin.

By clicking one image you can easily enlarge and scroll through them all (look to the lower right and click the next image link).

Time/CoverBrowser