Blue moon, now I'm no longer alone
March 1, 2016 1:03 PM   Subscribe

 
Also: Dennis Greene, "Denny," died in the past year. They were both members of the group during the TV show.
posted by Melismata at 1:19 PM on March 1, 2016 [3 favorites]


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posted by Smart Dalek at 1:36 PM on March 1, 2016 [1 favorite]


Musicians dying, Leo getting an Oscar...hell has frozen over. It's Super Tuesday... go Kasich, go!

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posted by twidget at 2:12 PM on March 1, 2016


I often wonder how the LSD-soaked kids at Woodstock handled Sha-Na-Na hitting the stage.

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posted by Thorzdad at 2:21 PM on March 1, 2016 [3 favorites]


Thorazad: Indeed. I find that Sha Na Na performance one of the strangest things I've ever seen when I'm totally sober.
posted by persona au gratin at 2:27 PM on March 1, 2016 [3 favorites]


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posted by mikelieman at 2:45 PM on March 1, 2016


Buh-buh-buh-Boom. sir.

(I grew up on th Sha Na Na show , it was the cornerstone of the 70's Fifities revival.)
posted by jonmc at 3:58 PM on March 1, 2016 [4 favorites]


you can move to Montana and listen to Santana but you still won't be as cool as Sha Na Na.

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posted by You Can't Tip a Buick at 4:03 PM on March 1, 2016 [1 favorite]


The Sha Na Na page on Wikipedia makes endlessly engaging reading, as their reputation as a one-note novelty act is totally at odds with the reality: their first manager, Ed Goodgold, codified the idea of a trivia contest. Original guitarist Henry Gross left the band and recorded a now-mostly forgotten song which was an inescapable massive hit in the mid-seventies, "Shannon." Gross' successor, Vinnie Taylor, died of an overdose in 1974 and subsequently an escaped child murderer stole his identity and recorded and performed as him under a new name. Alan Cooper was my religious studies prof when I was an undergrad and is now provost at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Vocalist Scott Powell left to study medicine and later became a professor at USC and part of the medical team for the US national soccer team; Frederick Greene left to study law and apparently became vice-president of production and features at Columbia Pictures.

It goes on and on.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 4:24 PM on March 1, 2016 [4 favorites]


Oh, no. Lennie Baker was me and my sister's favorite member of Sha Na Na when we were kids, in large part because of how much he resembled our dad. I just lost my father last June. Now "TV Dad" is gone. I'm heartbroken.

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