ROCK AND ROLL RE-ROLL

OK, we’re all burned out after another amazing Collingwood Elvis Festival (your humble trivia scribe included).  So for this week ONLY, we’re going to repeat a quiz.  Not going to tell you what year it’s from, so you can’t go back and check, but it’s multiple choice, so you’ve got a fighting chance.  Have fun y’all and thank you...thank you very much.   

1.  Which British musician once played guitar on a Cheech & Chong hit record?  Was it:   

     a.  Peter Frampton  b.  Jeff Beck  c.  George Harrison   

      

2.  Which Hollywood movie icon co-wrote a film for The Monkees?  Was it:    

     a.  Jack Nicholson  b.  Peter Fonda  c. Dennis Hopper

                

3.  Which Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame member once was in the rock group Attila? 

     (HINT:  His songs have been covered by such diverse performers as Frank Sinatra and

     Barry White).  Is he: 

a.       Elton John  b. Billy Joel  c. Stevie Wonder

              

4.  Which guitar player once opened for The Supremes in front of 10,000 + people with

     his then group when he was 13 years old?  (HINT:  He’s from the same state as The

    Supremes and is still performing today).  Was it:       

    a.  Bob Seger  b.  Ted Nugent  c.  Stevie Wonder

5.  Which legendary singer/songwriter and member of a Rock’N’Roll Hall of Fame

     group has a brother who won a Silver medal for swimming in the 1968 games in

     Mexico City?  (HINT:  He’s also a producer and quite a guitar player).  Is it:   

     a.  Roger McGuinn of The Byrds  b.  Pete Townshend of The Who   

     c.  Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac

                         

ANSWERS

1.  c. George Harrison played guitar on Cheech & Chong’s hit record, “Basketball Jones”,

     which reached # 15 on Billboards’ Hot 100 singles chart in the fall of 1973.

2.  That would be a. Academy Award winner Jack Nicholson who co-wrote the script for

     The Monkees 1968 movie “Head”.  Jack also starred in 1969’s “Easy Rider” with

     Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper. 

           

3.  b. Billie Joel is the correct answer.  Billy, born William Martin Joel, was in Attila,

     which was actually a duo consisting of Billy and drummer Jon Small.  Both had   

     previously been in the band The Hassles.  Attila had one album released in July 1970

     and they broke up 3 months later.

4.  b. Detroit native Ted Nugent, who was born in December of 1948, has been

     performing since 1958 when he was 10.  His early success came with the group The   

     Amboy Dukes, who had the hit, “Journey To The Center of Your Mind” which made it

     as far as # 16 on the charts in 1968.  A longtime advocate for hunter’s rights. Ted

     ran for public office several times. 

    

5.  c. Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac fame was also into athletics, but music

     was a stronger draw.  It was Lindsey’s brother Greg who won the Olympic Silver

     medal in Mexico City in 1968.