Interesting Reading on How "A Taste Of Honey" was

[kenny]

I hope this link works. I got it from the Seattle Times website. It's an interview with her from 2000.
Delores lives in Kelso Washington which is off I-5, close to the Oregon border. It's between Olympia and Portland.
Olé,
Kenny

http://archives.seattletimes.nwsour...hip21m&date=20000721&query=alpert+herb+alpert

 

[Jay Maynes/Juan Oskar]

I'll never understand. The one article refers to the music of the "Whipped Cream" album as "Dork-o-meter" When did music have to be "dark", "bitter", "Angry" "hateful" and "depressing" to be taken seriously. Sometimes I think even Herb Alpert started to buy into that line of thinking. Later...Jay

 

[timbrown]

...is a good cover for insecurity... I know, I've fallen into it myself at times. It supposedly makes you appear more "sophisticated".

I read about the dork-o-meter, then a few of their other articles, then decided it wasn't healthy to hang around. Toxic attitudes.

Twisted thinking.

Tim

 

[Brasil_Nut]

Agreed. It's a sad day when something as novel and interesting as the Tijuana Brass should be considered banal and milktoast. What's up with that? Like you, Tim, I wouldn't hang around. I also have no use for the negative thinking endorsed by this "Dork-O-Meter" or the Dork who created it!

Jon

...singing an "up-tune" online...

 

[DAN BOLTON]

Yeah, that Dork-O-Meter mentality made Herb a VERY rich man...A&M Records was founded on the idea of novel and refreshing acts being introduced into the marketplace. A lot of us would have had a much more difficult time getting through the '60's if it hadn't been for the TJB and their A&M stablemates. And, I wonder what the Dork-O-Meter people would think of guys like Paul McCartney, who did the same basic thing musically in the '70's that Herb did in the '60's...nowadays, the light-hearted stuff seems to come from Cletus T. Judd and Wierd Al...



Dan

 

[Brasil_Nut]

Yeah, that Dork-O-Meter mentality made Herb a VERY rich man...A&M Records was founded on the idea of novel and refreshing acts being introduced into the marketplace. A lot of us would have had a much more difficult time getting through the '60's if it hadn't been for the TJB and their A&M stablemates.

I highlighted the above statement because it is so true. What would the '60s have been without Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass? They permeated American culture with a mixture of jazz, pop and a sense of humor. It's what put A&M Records on the map, and it's the reason we have an A&M Corner to call our "corner" of the Internet. Truth be told, a lot of kids dig the offbeat sound of the Brass, my niece being one of them, and she's 21-years-old. "It just sounds kewl...like real music..." she told me once. This statement, coming from a vibrant, modern, beautiful young woman of today is testament to Herb Alpert and his ability to touch people through song.

And this makes him a nerd? I think not!

And, I wonder what the Dork-O-Meter people would think of guys like Paul McCartney, who did the same basic thing musically in the '70's that Herb did in the '60's...nowadays, the light-hearted stuff seems to come from Cletus T. Judd and Wierd Al...

Good point, Dan! I mean, come on...Sergio certainly didn't have a hard time of making a hit out of "Fool On The Hill". "Penny Lane" isn't exactly hardcore stuff either. Me thinks the "Dork-O-Meter" was, indeed, named after its creator! :twitchy:

Jon

...proud and happy to defend Herb and his Horn, online...

 

[DAN BOLTON]

I just saw an old rerun of THE NANNY on tv this afternoon...Fran was throwing a birthday party for her mother, and casually mentioned that she wanted to find her Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass album because she wanted the "party to be a success..."

When I saw Herb in '84 in INDY, I was surprised that there was such a cross section of concert goers...there were people there in their '60's, and a LOT in their late 20's and early '30's...and with the '60's revival going on, there seems to be a new generation discovering the TJB.

A great reason for some reissues, eh?

Dan

 

[Clark]

Thanks very much for the links to the Delores Ericson sites. She was my idea a real babe when I was 15, back in 1965. I am glad to hear she is alive and well and enjoying a good life.