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Craig Gruber
Craig M. Gruber (June 15, 1951 – May 5, 2015) was an American rock bassist, best known as the original bassist in Rainbow. He also played in Elf, consisting of vocalist Ronnie James Dio, keyboardist Mickey Lee Soule, drummer Gary Driscoll and guitarist David Feinstein. Biography Elf released three albums before they joined Ritchie Blackmore in his newly formed band Rainbow in mid-1975. Gruber played on Rainbow's first album, ''Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow''. Soon after the album was released, Blackmore fired everyone except Dio. Gruber was also in the early recording sessions on Black Sabbath's '' Heaven and Hell'' album, co-writing "Die Young," until Geezer Butler heard Dio, and returned to the band. Gruber played live with Gary Moore on his supporting tour for his album ''Victims of the Future'', and featured on Moore's 1984 live album '' We Want Moore!'' In 1980 he formed Bible Black with former Elf and Rainbow drummer Gary Driscoll. The band produced two albums before Driscol ...
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Cortland, New York
Cortland is a city and the county seat of Cortland County, New York. Known as the Crown City, Cortland is in New York's Southern Tier region. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 17,556. The city of Cortland, near the county's western border, is surrounded by the town of Cortlandville. History The city is within the former Central New York Military Tract. It is named after Pierre Van Cortlandt, the first lieutenant governor of New York. Cortland, settled in 1791, was made a village in 1853 (rechartered in 1864), and incorporated in 1900 as New York's 41st city. When the county was formed in 1808, Cortland vied with other villages to become the county seat. Known as the "Crown City" because of its location on a plain formed by the convergence of seven valleys, Cortland is above sea level. Forty stars representing the 40 cities incorporated before Cortland circle the State of New York and Crown on the city's official seal. The seven points of the crown represent the ...
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Jeff Fenholt
Jeffrey Craig Fenholt (September 15, 1950 – September 10, 2019) was an American musician, singer and actor best known for his performance as the title character in the original Broadway theatre adaptation of ''Jesus Christ Superstar'' and for his appearance on the cover of ''Time''. In later years, Fenholt gained recognition as a Christian evangelist and singer, as well as controversy over his involvement with the English heavy metal band Black Sabbath. Background and early years Fenholt grew up in Ohio and went to school in Columbus, Ohio. He was involved with a number of rock bands and performed at various school functions. Fenholt got his first regional hit recording titled "Goin' Too Far" with the band The Fifth Order when he was 14. He toured extensively while he was in high school. By his own admission, he was a troubled youth with a juvenile delinquency record. Later, while in college, he worked at Jeffrey Mining Machinery Co. as a material mover in the motor winding and ...
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2015 Deaths
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1951 Births
Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United Kingdom announces abandonment of the Tanganyika groundnut scheme for the cultivation of peanuts in the Tanganyika Territory, with the writing off of £36.5M debt. * January 15 – In a court in West Germany, Ilse Koch, The "Witch of Buchenwald", wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to life imprisonment. * January 20 – Winter of Terror: Avalanches in the Alps kill 240 and bury 45,000 for a time, in Switzerland, Austria and Italy. * January 21 – Mount Lamington in Papua New Guinea erupts catastrophically, killing nearly 3,000 people and causing great devastation in Oro Province. * January 25 – Dutch author Anne de Vries releases the first volume of his children's novel '' Journey Through ...
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The Elf Albums
''The Elf Albums'' (Connoisseur VSOP CD 167) is a CD compilation released in 1994. It consists of Elf's second and third albums, '' Carolina County Ball'' (titled ''LA 59'' in the US) and ''Trying to Burn the Sun'', in their entirety on a single CD. This includes the ''Carolina County Ball'' track "Happy", which was left out of ''The Gargantuan ''The Gargantuan Elf Album'' compiles Elf An elf () is a type of humanoid supernatural being in Germanic mythology and folklore. Elves appear especially in North Germanic mythology. They are subsequently mentioned in Snorri Sturluson's ...'' compilation. Track listing # "Carolina Country Ball" - 4:46 # "L.A. 59" - 4:21 # "Ain't It All Amusing" - 5:01 # "Happy" - 5:28 # "Annie New Orleans" - 3:01 # "Rocking Chair Rock 'n' Roll Blues" - 5:36 # "Rainbow" - 4:00 # "Do the Same Thing" - 3:10 # "Blanche" - 2:31 # "Black Swampy Water" - 3:43 # "Prentice Wood" - 4:37 # "When She Smiles" - 4:54 # "Good Time Music" - 4:30 # "Liberty ...
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The Gargantuan Elf Album
''The Gargantuan Elf Album'' compiles Elf's second and third albums, '' Carolina County Ball'' and ''Trying to Burn the Sun ''Trying to Burn the Sun'' is the third and final studio album released by American rock group Elf, released in 1975. Track listing Personnel Elf * Ronnie James Dio - lead vocals * Steve Edwards - lead guitar * Mickey Lee Soule - keyboards ...'', with the exclusion of the song "Happy". Track listing # "Carolina County Ball" - 4:46 # "L.A. 59" - 4:21 # "Ain't It All Amusing" - 5:01 # "Annie New Oreleans" - 3:01 # "Rocking Chair Rock 'n' Roll Blues" - 5:36 # "Rainbow" - 4:00 # "Do the Same Thing" - 3:10 # "Blanche" - 2:31 # "Black Swampy Water" - 3:43 # "Prentice Wood" - 4:37 # "When She Smiles" - 4:54 # "Good Time Music" - 4:30 # "Liberty Road" - 3:22 # "Shotgun Boogie" - 3:07 # "Wonderworld" - 5:03 # "Streetwalker" - 7:07 References * Elf (band) compilation albums 1978 compilation albums {{Elf ...
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Trying To Burn The Sun
''Trying to Burn the Sun'' is the third and final studio album released by American rock group Elf, released in 1975. Track listing Personnel Elf * Ronnie James Dio - lead vocals * Steve Edwards - lead guitar * Mickey Lee Soule - keyboards, rhythm guitar * Craig Gruber - bass guitar * Gary Driscoll - drums * Mark Nauseef Mark Nauseef (born June 11, 1953), in Cortland, New York, is a drummer and percussionist who has enjoyed a varied career, ranging from rock music during the 1970s with his time as a member of the Ian Gillan Band and, temporarily with Thin Li ... - percussion Additional musicians * Helen Chappelle, Barry St. John, Liza Strike - backing vocals * Mountain Fjord Orchestra - strings References Elf (band) albums 1975 albums MGM Records albums {{1970s-rock-album-stub ...
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Carolina County Ball
''Carolina County Ball'' is the second studio album by the rock band Elf, released as an LP in 1974 on the MGM label. It was released in the United States and Japan as ''L.A.59''. The album is the first to feature Craig Gruber on bass. Track listing On some of the European releases of "Carolina County Ball", the first song is listed as "Carolina Country Ball" making this album somewhat of a collector's item. Personnel Elf * Ronnie James Dio - lead vocals * Steve Edwards - lead guitar * Micky Lee Soule - keyboards, rhythm guitar * Craig Gruber - bass * Gary Driscoll - drums Additional musicians * Helen Chappell, Liza Strike, & Barry St. John - backing vocals * The Manor Chorus - vocals on "Blanche" * Roger Glover - string arrangements, production * Mountain Fjord, M.D., & Martyn Ford Martyn Ford (born 28 April 1944) is an English musician, best known for his orchestral contributions to rock music albums of the 1970s and 1980s. Born in Rugby, Warwickshire,Leban ...
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Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to the south by the Straits of Florida and Cuba; it is the only state that borders both the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. Spanning , Florida ranks 22nd in area among the 50 states, and with a population of over 21 million, it is the third-most populous. The state capital is Tallahassee, and the most populous city is Jacksonville. The Miami metropolitan area, with a population of almost 6.2 million, is the most populous urban area in Florida and the ninth-most populous in the United States; other urban conurbations with over one million people are Tampa Bay, Orlando, and Jacksonville. Various Native American groups have inhabited Florida for at least 14,000 years. In 1513, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León became the first k ...
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