Tim Rose
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Timothy Alan Patrick Rose (September 23, 1940 – September 24, 2002)[2] was an American singer and songwriter who spent much of his life in London, England, and had more success in Europe than in his native country.
Biography
Early years
Rose was born in Washington, D.C., and raised by his mother Mary, who worked for the Army Corps of Engineers, his aunt, and his grandmother in an area known as South Fairlington Historic District, in
His first band was The Singing Strings, which included his friend McKenzie, who later joined with John Phillips (eventually of The Mamas & the Papas) in a local group called The Abstracts, later The Smoothies and eventually The Journeymen. Other members of the Strings were Buck Hunnicutt, Speery Romig and Alan Stubbs. In 1962, Rose teamed up with ex-Smoothie Michael Boran as Michael and Timothy.[3] Jake Holmes, Rich Husson and Rose formed a group called The Feldmans, later known as Tim Rose and the Thorns.
The Big 3
In 1962 Rose met singer Cass Elliot (also eventually of The Mamas & the Papas) at a party in Georgetown and formed a folk trio with her and singer John Brown called The Triumvirate. Later, after Brown was replaced by James (Jim) Hendricks, they changed the name to The Big 3.[3] They soon landed a job at The Bitter End, a folk club in New York City's Greenwich Village.
Their success grew, with appearances on national television programs, and they recorded two albums: The Big 3 (1963) and The Big 3 Live at the Recording Studio (1964). Songs included "Grandfather's Clock", and an anti-war dirge written by Fred Hellerman and Fran Minkoff, "Come Away Melinda", a re-recorded version of which was one of Rose's most successful solo singles several years later, and Rose's composition "The Banjo Song," which sets the lyrics of "Oh! Susanna" to a completely new melody.[4] Rose's melody was then used for Shocking Blue's 1969 hit "Venus".[5] Neil Young and Crazy Horse covered Rose's version on their 2012 album Americana.[6]
Rose and Elliot had musical differences – both were inclined to want things done their way – and the band fell apart after Elliot and Hendricks secretly married. They had appeared on a number of national television programs, including
Solo career
After The Big 3, Rose went solo, and by 1966, his prospects had improved. In November of that year, he played two gigs at the
"Hey Joe"
In 1966, he was getting a lot of airplay with his version of "Hey Joe". It was written and had been
Rose re-recorded "Hey Joe" in the 1990s, re-titling it "Blue Steel .44",[8] again claiming songwriting credit.
"Morning Dew"
"Morning Dew" was written and first recorded by Canadian folk singer
Follow-up works
Another CBS album, Through Rose Colored Glasses, followed in 1969. It met with critical disappointment and did not sell well. Love: A Kind of Hate Story was recorded at Island Studios in London and released in 1970. In addition to his musical career, by now Rose had moved to London and would spend much of his life there. Other albums followed in the decade: Another, different album titled Tim Rose (1972), The Musician (1975), and the bootleg Unfinished Song (1976).
In 1968, while his song "Roanoke" was getting some airplay in the UK, Rose was considered while replacements were being selected for Brian Jones's place in The Rolling Stones.
Rose worked in the late 1960s and 1970s with sidemen Bob Bowers, Felix Pappalardi, Alan Seidler, Tina Charles, Pierre Tubbs, B. J. Cole, Colin Winston-Fletcher, Micky Wynne, John Bonham, Les Podraza, Aynsley Dunbar, Alex Damovsky, John McVie, Andy Summers, Eric Weissberg, Russ Kunkel, Randall Elliot, Pete Sears.
In the late 1960s, Shel Talmy worked with Rose, producing his album Love – A Kind of Hate Story.
In 1972, he put together his short-lived LA band featuring: Michael 'Papabax' Baxter on keyboards, Shelly Scott on drums, Bob Zinner on guitar and Larry "Fuzzy" Knight on bass, to play the 'California concert halls and 'nite' spots'.
He appeared on bills with
The lost years
By the mid-1970s, his career had stalled. In an attempted comeback Los Angeles music publisher/songwriter Richard D. Kaye, acting as Tim's manager in 1976, arranged studio time for Tim to record the album Unfinished Song featuring seven new Rose compositions and the title track "Unfinished Song" written by Kaye. He recorded The Gambler in 1977, with a group that included guitarist
Return
By the late 1980s, Rose had reached the lowest point in his career. After his marriage broke up, he gave up drinking. In 1986,
In 1991, The Gambler was finally released.
In April 2001, the Tim Rose Band was the opening act at the Bergen Blues and Jazz Festival in Norway. Jacques Laurey's biographical film about Rose,
Not Goin' Anywhere by Norwegian band
Death
In 2002, Rose had completed a successful tour of Ireland with co-writer and guitarist Mickey Wynne and had a number of gigs planned around the UK. He died at Middlesex Hospital, London of a heart attack during a second operation for a lower bowel problem on September 24, 2002, at the age of 62.[2] He is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London.
He had no children. A number of posthumous recordings featuring Rose have since been released.
He was the subject of BBC programme Heir Hunters in November 2011, where investigators look for descendants of deceased people who did not leave a will.[13]
Discography
Albums
- The Big 3, 1963 – with The Big 3
- The Big 3 Live at the Recording Studio, 1964 – with The Big 3
- Tim Rose, 1967
- Through Rose Colored Glasses, 1969
- Love – A Kind of Hate Story, 1970 (Produced by Shel Talmy)
- Tim Rose, 1972
- The Musician, 1975
- Unfinished Song, 1976
- The Gambler, 1991
- I've Got to Get a Message to You, 1987
- Haunted, 1997
- American Son, 2002
- Not Goin' Anywhere, 2002 – with Headwaiter
- Snowed In (The Last Recordings), 2003
- The London Sessions 1978 – 1998, 2004
- Mirage, 2004[1]
Singles
- 1966 – "I'm Bringing It Home" / "Mother, Father, Where are You?"
- 1966 – "Hey Joe" / "King Lonely the Blue"
- 1966 – "I Gotta Do Things My Way" / "Where Was I?"
- 1966 – "I'm Gonna Be Strong" / "I Got a Loneliness"
- 1967 – "Morning Dew" / "You're Slipping Away from Me"
- 1967 – "Long Time Man" / "I Got a Loneliness"
- 1967 – "Come Away Melinda" / "Long Time Man"
- 1968 – "Long Haired Boy" / "Looking at My Baby"
- 1968 – "I Guess it's Over" / "Hello Sunshine"
- 1969 – "Roanoke" / "Baby You Turn Me On"
- 1970 – "I Gotta Get a Message to You" / "Ode to an Old Ball"
- 1972 – "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" / "If I Were a Carpenter"
- 1973 – "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" / "It Takes a Little Longer"
- 1975 – "The Musician" / "7:30 Song"
- 1975 – "The Musician" / "It's Not My Life That's Been Changin'"
- 1975 – "Morning Dew" / "7:30 Song"[14]
- 1979 - Rose guested on the single "Boys on the Dole" by Neville Wanker and the Punters[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Rose, Tim; unspecified assistants (2007). ""Music" and "Shop"". The Official Tim Rose Website. Archived from the original on December 10, 2007. Retrieved January 15, 2008.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Mathieson, Brian (March 2005). "Tim Rose Biography". Plymouth, England. (unofficial website by long-term correspondent of Rose's)
- ^ a b Doc Rock. "The Dead Rock Stars Club 2002 July to December". Thedeadrockstarsclub.com. Retrieved April 19, 2014.
- ^ "Oh Susanna (The Banjo Song)". AllMusic. Retrieved April 25, 2012.
- ^ [1] [dead link]
- ^ "Americana – Neil Young & Crazy Horse", AllMusic, retrieved May 9, 2012
- ^ [2] Archived April 30, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ [3] Archived April 5, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Bell, Max (August 13, 2014). "The Story Behind The Songs: Bonnie Dobson - Morning Dew". Classic Rock. Bath: Future Publishing Ltd. Archived from the original on June 22, 2021.
- ^ a b Morris, Charles (April 12, 2021). "Morning Dew – How Bonnie Dobson Reclaimed Her Anti-war Song". Financial Times. London. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
- ^ "Bonnie Dobson Interview". Taco.com. Retrieved April 19, 2014.
- ^ "Mickey Wynne". Mickey Wynne. Retrieved April 19, 2014.
- ^ "BBC Two – Heir Hunters, Series 5, Jones/Rose". Bbc.co.uk. November 2, 2011. Retrieved April 19, 2014.
- ISBN 1-84195-017-3.
External links
- Official Tim Rose website (archived)
- Detailed fan site
- Where Was I? a documentary film by Jacques Laureys at IMDb
- Tim Rose discography at Discogs