#americaband

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Backstage with our buddy Al Stewart 🙂 the Year of the Horse meets the Cat with No Name

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Happy Birthday Gerry Beckley (September 12, 1952)🎂🎉💚❤️

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Ventura Highway by America ~ Song Review

Ventura Highway is the opening track to the band’s second studio album; Homecoming. It is the first song I knowingly listened to by the band and was instantly captivated by the beautiful, unforgettable acoustic guitar lick and the soft, harmonising vocals.

If I can create a complex, vivid story and/or environment for a song in my mind’s eye, I know I have found a good song. When listening to Ventura Highway, I’m transported to a warm 70s summer’s evening. Something I love about this song is that I feel it’s a perfect ‘driving’ song. I can picture myself sat in an open topped car, feeling a warm, but gentle breeze as I drive along an empty road, into the sunset.

The 3 acoustic guitars are largely to thank for creating such a warmth to the song. In a live performance from 1975, guitarist Dan Peek is seen playing a twelve string which explains the beauty of the ‘full’ sound of the guitars. Dewey Bunnell’s soft vocals compliment the song perfectly, gliding beautifully over and in between Gerry Beckley and Peek’s harmonising leaping licks. Of course, the 3 way harmonies cannot be forgotten. It’s as if they’re the final piece to the puzzle; ending in an utterly timeless, unforgettable piece of music which I find myself returning to often.

~Photo sources (from blogs) below~

https://classic-r3tr0.tumblr.com/post/20892027847/great-fucking-music

https://retrostarwars.com/post/177007230085/cause-the-free-wind-is-blowin-through-your-hair

https://photoshopartistdan.tumblr.com/post/613696978945245184

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⭐️Finessing our way into that VIP life! ⭐️

Pictured backstage at this past America concert.🌵🏜

This show was totally impromptu. I tried so hard not to geek out and I’m immensely thankful for the whole experience.

Left to Right: Gerry Beckley, myself,  my friend, and Dewey Bunnell

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Year of the Cat meets Horse with No Name. Al Stewart and Dewey Bunnell.

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Happy Birthday Dewey Bunnell (January 19, 1952) 🌹

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On the heels of ‘Homecoming’ turning 50 years old this week, today we’re celebrating another anniversary! Forty years ago today, “The Last Unicorn” soundtrack was released! Created and produced by the always brilliant Jimmy Webb, side by side with the London Symphony Orchestra, this is a project that we still hold close to our hearts.

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Sir George Martin had great ears, and great fashion sense. Dan Peek, Gerry Beckley, George Martin and Dewey Bunnell of America (the band)