Rick Nelson & The Stone Canyon Band

[NightMistBlue]

To complicate matters, there was yet another bass player, Tim Cetera, who played on the 1970 album Rick Sings Nelson. I don't know if he was a member of the SCB/played any dates with them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Sings_Nelson

[Delilah]

Do you mean Peter Cetera? I completely forgot about him. Perhaps he filled in after Fang was fired and before Rick called Randy in Nebraska and asked him to return.

Not sure about the link you posted re: America.

EDIT: It appears I got my Cetera bass players mixed up. Anyway, here's a picture of Tim Cetera performing in TSCB with Rick Nelson. This is from The Andy Williams Show, 1970, to promote "Rick Sings Nelson" (photo from the Tim Cetera Collection via Facebook).

[NightMistBlue]

Ooh! Thank you for the photo from the Andy Williams Show. That is lovely.

Sorry about the mixed-up link: I've fixed it now. It's just the Wiki entry for the Rick Sings Nelson album showing the credit for Tim Cetera as bassist.

Hmmm. I think I read that Peter Cetera has a brother - maybe Tim is related.

[Delilah]

You're welcome. Yes they are brothers. Thank you for the link.

So it seems that the bassist Randy mentioned in that 1988 interview (who wasn't "playing the right part") was probably Cetera. Fang apparently didn't record with Rick, just toured with him a short time.

Another (tiny) piece of the Randy puzzle.

[NightMistBlue]

We don't know when Rick Sings Nelson was released, do we? Rudy the Fifth (which Randy played on) was released on October 4, 1971. Assuming the previous record kept a similar schedule, the album with Cetera was probably recorded in the summer of '70.

That's so cool about the Cetera brothers! Must see what Tim looks like*. I have a deeper appreciation for Peter as a singer these days; been listening to a lot of Chicago since that documentary came out at the beginning of the year. His voice is incredibly flexible.

* He's cute, as is 3rd Cetera bro Kenny

[Delilah]

According to this website, it was recorded June 1970 and released September 1970 (it does list Randy as the bassist along with Tim, but that's likely an error since Randy isn't credited by any other sources). The TV appearance was likely soon after.

http://www.lpdiscography.com/?page=album&album=6948

Peter was/is a fine singer and bass player (and songwriter). I guess he still performs. Too bad there was a falling out between him and the band. I suppose Tim looks ok; I really didn't pay much attention when I saw his picture.

[NightMistBlue]

According to this website, it was recorded June 1970 and released September 1970 (it does list Randy as the bassist along with Tim, but that's likely an error since Randy isn't credited by any other sources). The TV appearance was likely soon after.
http://www.lpdiscography.com/?page=album&album=6948

That's a cool site - thank you. I like their attention to detail. I see for the listing of "Live at the Troubadour" the producer credit goes to someone named Charles Bud Dant. On the original vinyl album, the producer credit went to Rick Nelson and Joe Sutton. In the extensive liner notes to the deluxe reissue of an expanded Live at the Troubadour, it was said that Rick Nelson produced the original album with Randy Meisner.

And this is yet another reason why Randy needs to write his own memoirs

[Delilah]

Going back to Fang for a moment, one thing that rang true - at least according to a bio of Nelson that I read - is that he was a bit of a libertine and would routinely encourage his band members to partake of female companionship that he'd find/arrange for them.

I was listening to "Nighttime Lady" from the Garden Party album and it reminded me of your post and the blog, although it is basically a love song.

"Nighttime lady, artist of the night
Paint your pictures
Of faceless beds of white"

[Delilah]

Picture time. Allen Kemp, Randy, Rick Nelson, Pat Shanahan, and Tom Brumley

[NightMistBlue]

Aww! Sweet babyface.