![]() THE CONDITION OF THE CD IS VERY GOOD, THE JEWEL CASE IS GOOD AND THE INSERTS ARE VERY GOOD. THIS CD HAS 30 GREAT CLASSIC ROCK HITS FROM THE 70'S AND THE 80'S FROM ARTISTS SUCH AS BREAD, CHICAGO, AMBROSIA AND LITTLE RIVER BAND AND THE YEAR ON THE CD IS 2006. I suggested that we bring in Dave Pack and he also played guitar.HELLO AND WELCOME TO OUR AUCTION THIS AUCTION IS FOR A TIME LIFE 2 CD LOT TITLED " CLASSIC SOFT ROCK - SUMMER BREEZE ". ![]() The band I joined, we had two guitar players and we were looking for another singer because we liked Crosby, Stills and Nash so much. Who inspired you to pick up the bass and do you play any other instruments? GD: He is an amazing producer and artist in his own right. We were very lucky early on in our career to be able to work with Alan. Because we brought Alan in to mix it, he just took it to another level. ![]() JP: It has a little bit of that in there, but if you put them side by side you realize that we aren't copying them. GD: That song has a much more progressive-rock feel to it, it reminds me a little of “Wooden Ships” by CSN. People really love that record it's like a stew, you put a lot of different ingredients into it and it comes out the way it is. Actually "The Thrill Is Gone" was a big influence on that song, believe it or not! Then with the magic of Alan Parsons producing our first album, he added just a magical sound to it. (The album) became almost mystical. As we were working on it, we put a little more blues feel to it. ![]() It wasn't quite a country song, but it had that West Coast sound. We were more influenced by bands like Crosby, Stills and Nash and Buffalo Springfield. JP: I first wrote that song for that first original band. GD: You co-wrote the band’s first hit “Holdin’ On To Yesterday” when you were in your early twenties. I think we impressed him because we played a really good version of "Light My Fire." We were both in and out of bands over the years.Īfter high school, Dave was one of the first guys to join another band I was forming and that band eventually morphed into Ambrosia. Dave answered the ad and I think I was only fifteen years old. We were playing all the hits of the day and I ended up putting up an ad saying we were looking for a guitar player. I had a band that I put together in high school called The Centuries. JP: I met up with Dave when I was a teenager. GD: Taking a look back in the past, when did you meet up with David Pack and decide to form Ambrosia? We've done several different packages with them and other classic rock bands from that era. JP: Oh yeah! Over the years we've played with them many, many times and we've become very good friends with them. GD: That's great! You're going to be playing in Kent with Orleans, have you guys played with those guys in the past? Joe Puerta: It's been going great! We've been having a really fun year, making new freinds and new fans every where we go. Greg Drugan: Hey Joe! How has the tour been going so far? We got the chance to speak with Joe Puerta from Ambrosia to discuss his incredible career (Ambrosia, Sheena Easton, Bruce Hornsby and The Range) and his upcoming appearance in Kent. You can hear those hits and many more when Ambrosia plays The Kent Stage along with Orleans (“Dance With Me” and “Still The One”) for a great evening of “Yacht Rock” on September 29th. However in 1980, the band really took off as they had two huge hits with “You’re The Biggest Part Of Me” and “You’re The Only Woman (You & I),” which earned them a Grammy nomination. Ambrosia scored their first Top 20 hit in 1975 with “Holdin’ On To Yesterday” and then went on to have a few more hits over the next few years including their Gold Record “How Much I Feel” in 1978.
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