Joe Viglione compiles data on his life's work!
10:57 PM 12/31/10 John Lennon's Cold Turkey from the LENNONYC DVD is playing in the background here on December 31, 2010. The car is back from the shop after the transmission fluid hit the driveway on Christmas eve. Interesting experience surviving the holidays, the blizzard of 2010 and getting the wheels back to co-host SOAP BOX at WinCAM, a good full year of Friday nights, two hours a night, and of the 50 episodes this year I was probably present for 49 of them.
Why compile autobiographical stuff now and not sooner? When Ed Symkus sent a Facebook that he was going to be writing a bio of me for the Music Museum of New England I spent the better part of Wednesday night midnight, early hours Thursday (1 AM or so) sending over tons of links concerning Varulven magazine, Varulven film, Varulven Records - all back from the late 1960s to early 1970s...
11:13 PM To say that this is going to take quite a long time to put together is an understatement. In 2011 we will be uploading lots and lots of video from Visual Radio, TV Eye, Soap Box and other programs I'm currently involved with as well as those I have been involved with over the decades, in the wonderful past.
11:47 PM The roommate is home just in time for New Year's Eve! Have to light the candles and get the wine!
12:08 Saturday January 1, 2011 Twilight Zone, Murder She Wrote, Avatar, Back To The Future III and lots of New Years Celebrations are on the air.
Fireworks going off at 12:35 AM in Medford, rowdy children being loud outside.
12:47 AM New Year's Day "I Never drink...wine." Bela Lugosi quote...I agree, but I have a sip at this hour while continuing to work on this blog/autobiography thing.
CHRONOLOGY IN REVERSE
IN 2010 I wrote the FOREWORD to Herman's Hermit Peter Noone's photo book on his life http://www.tmrzoo.com/2010/12550
Peter's life in pictures. It was a great honor to write the forward, and it's something that I cherish. There was also the Producer of the Year award at WinCAM, Winchester Community Access and Media. Here's the Boston Globe North article from yesterday, December 30, 2010.
Steve Tomasetti, publisher at TMR Zoo, did a nice piece on the WinCAM award
December 20, 2010 Release of Marty Balin CD Maxi Single VERSACE
December 10, 2010 Joe Viglione awarded Producer of the Year / Winchester
November 24, 2010 Remastered three renditions of "Sunny" by Bobby Hebb recorded on Visual Radio, August of 1995 and May of 1998.
Engineer Jon Wyner at M-Works.
2010 brought the passings of some very close people...my Aunt Tina in April, Bobby Hebb on August 3, my Aunt Domenica (101 years old) in August, and Karen Deal Balin on November 19, 2010.
Bobby Hebb in NY Times on December 26, 2010
Joins WinCAM in January and immediately tapes basketball game upstairs.
2009
Release of Marty Balin Live On The Boston Esplanade November 17, 2009
on Music Video Distributors
Visits WinCAM in December of 2009.
Joe is the official videographer for Winthrop Football and Hockey. Rick Promise at Revere Cable TV edits a beautiful two camera shoot of our Thanksgiving Day football game of Winthrop vs. Revere.
2008
November 9 2008 Cindy Cantrell's article on me in the Boston Globe
'Visual Radio' founder started early
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/11/09/visual_radio_founder_started_early/August 19, 2008 we lost Wayne Wadhams of The Fifth Estate
my biography of Wayne is on Answers.com http://www.answers.com/topic/wayne-wadhams
July 26, 2008 the passing of our kitty Tiger
June 14, 2008 recording of Marty Balin Live On The Boston Esplanade, produced and directed by Joe Viglione
June 13, 2008 practice for Marty Balin Live On The Boston Esplanade, recorded for later use.
2007 Started writing for TMR Zoo, probably around this time.
http://www.tmrzoo.com/page/3?s=joe+viglione
Joe Viglione is the Chief Film Critic at TMRZoo.com. He was a film critic for Al Aronowitz’s The Blacklisted Journal, has written thousands of reviews and biographies for AllMovie.com, Allmusic.com and produces and hosts Visual Radio. Visual Radio is a fifteen year old variety show on cable TV which has interviewed John Lennon’s Uncle Charlie, Margaret Cho, Ray Manzarek, John Densmore, Felix Cavaliere, Marty Balin, Bill Press and hundreds of other personalities.
2006 October 29, 2006 Jo Jo Laine passes away.
2005
2004
After much wrangling with the powers that be in major label land, we finally get the original Sunny album by Bobby Hebb back in release. It took years of effort.
How can a song be so huge, so brilliantly produced and yet take so much time for it to get back into re-release? The plans for SUNNY DELUXE don't materialize but a bootlegger in Germany got ahold of my liner notes and put out an inferior sounding version of what Bobby & I had planned for release. Bootlegger actually meets Bobby and gets an autograph, not knowing Bobby knew exactly who he was.
Begin working with ANDY PRATT. Put his Age Of Goodbye album together and negotiate a deal with Corazong Records in the Netherlands.
Q U O T E S
Bill Press on Visual Radio-Television
"...Joe Viglione, the King of Mass. cable - tv!"
Bill Press on Visual Radio-Television
"...Joe Viglione, the King of Mass. cable - tv!"
Bill Press, MSNBC commentator author of Dutton Press book
BUSH MUST GO writes this in the book 7/26/04 Cambridge, Mass.
http://www.billpress.com
It's my second interview with Bill.
February 2004 Diana Brown writes LANDING BIG NAMES story in Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2004/02/01/landing_big_names/
January 2004 Move to Medford.
2003
December, we move from Woburn to Medford.
2002 Around this time I introduce Duke & The Drivers drummer, Mark Hylander, to Danny Klein of J Geils Band
2001
2000 In April Nana passes away at the age of 100.
March is the IBS in New York City
1999
Interviews Suzanne Vega for Visual Radio Show #100 Transcript would be purchased for two years by AMG, the All Media Guide, thanks to Jas Obrecht who co-wrote MY SON JIMI with Al Hendrix. Jas liked my review of his book that I posted on the web.
1998
1997 The release of Boston Rock & Roll Anthology #20
http://www.answers.com/topic/boston-rock-n-roll-anthology-vol-20-1997-album-by-various-artists
1996
1995 Visual Radio launched with Marty Balin as the first guest. Bobby Hebb as guest #3 on August 26, 1995.
Seattle at the Four Seasons Hotel (where the movie DISCLOSURE was filmed) - Joe Viglione, as Director of Research for North American Media, co-writes script (uncredited) for PBS Special Paul Sorvino: An Evening Of Song; and works on business plan with C.E.O. of corporation. Company was also involved in a special with mezzo soprano Marilyn Horne.
1994 IBS in March
1993 I leave WCGY's Boston Music Showcase
1992 Program Director of AM 1570 WNSH Radio Hamilton
Join Woburn's local origination station with an idea for Visual Radio
but I don't implement it until 1995.
Probably the first year I attended the IBS as a speaker.
Hired as A & R / Promotion for Domino/Relativity, a label owned by
Rob Fraboni and partners. Rob comes up to Wharfield's to see
J Geils perform (the guitarist, not the band named after him).
I perform "There's Nothing Like A Hit" at Great Woods in Mansfield
backed up by Macey's Parade (now FOX PASS)
1991 Produce BOSTON MUSIC SHOWCASE hosted by Harvey Wharfield on
93.7 WCGY
1988 Jimmy brings me to the TALK IS CHEAP sessions in New York, the new album by Keith Richards. Keith introduces me to Rob Fraboni which is the start of a long and wonderful friendship.
1987
April 19, 1987 travels to Chicago to hear Buddy Guy perform with Phil Collins, Rick Neilsen of Cheap Trick, Eric Clapton and Robert Cray. We have the center balcony. When Clapton gets off the stage his entourage pushes me and my secretary to the balcony on the right of the old Limelight in Chicago. Phil Donahue's son is with us. Clapton tells me he will not listen to the Buddy Guy cassette, even though we have a letter of commitment and Jimmy Miller personally persuaded Warner Brother's David something or other to let Clapton participate, Miller telling the Warner exec "Are you going to stand in the way of important art?" Robert Cray promises me he will play the Buddy sessions for Eric. Eric Clapton keeps shaking his said saying "I won't listen." He had a smile while he was doing it so it was all a game.
February 19, 1987 Joe Viglione produces Nils Lofgren's guitar on the Buddy Guy sessions
1986 Co-produces Buddy Guy tapes with the late Jimmy Miller
Meet Jo Jo Laine in the Summer of 1986. She is managing the Mannish Boys. We get a production agreement in order with Motown Records Russ Regan and Lee Young. We go to Los Angeles. Jimmy phones the late Paul A. Rothchild, producer of The Doors/Janis Joplin, I get to say hello to him on the phone. It's a big moment for me as I'm a huge fan of his work.
Rob Ward introduces Jimmy Miller and I to Marty Balin
1985 NEW CHANGES, my fourth album on New Rose Records is released.
1984
1983 Sign Johnny Thunders to New Rose/Musidisc Records.
Meet Jimmy Miller, Thunders producer. We put together our first agreement on paper.
Jimmy Miller produces THE INTUITION ELEMENT, my 3rd album for New Rose Records
1982 Eric Brown and Jeff Hill and Ted Rodden & I release CAT IN THE DARK b/w GO ON. 45 RPM It charts on WBOS in Boston.
1981 My second album, LOVE & FLAME, is released on New Rose/Musidisc
1980 First label to release a solo 45 from Maureen Tucker of
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND. Willie Alexander's wife at the time,
Billie Montgomery, is the art director. We also release a Willie Loco 45 rpm,
"Gin", which leads to a deal with New Rose/RCA Records.
1979 Hosts TV EYE, public access TV show in Somerville Mass on Day Street at the old Warner Studio next to the Post Office in Davis Square.
Guests include Barry Glovsky from FUSION MAGAZINE, Mr. Curt and his band PASTICHE, THE MAPS and others.
1978
June 29, 1978 - first appearance at The Paradise Theater with The Stompers, The Nervus Rex, The Marshalls
1976 Issues "The Salt Water Summers" on Varulven Records
1975
1974 Joins Fred Pineau, John Morrill and John Hovorka in a band called Aastral Projection; one of only about ten bands listed in the Boston Phoenix. Joe would go on to contribute to one of the very first Boston Band Guides for the Boston Phoenix.
1973
September 5, 1973 records Lou Reed live at Lenox with Rock & Roll Animal band. Dinky Dawson is soundman. Meets Dick Wagner for the first time.
Join Jack Daniel in a band with Jack Inza (drums) called STILL.
Our first gig is at the Coral Reef in Everett, Massachusetts.
1972 Graduate Arlington High School, start attending Suffolk University for film and journalism.
1971 tape airs on WBCN; features The Salt Water Summers
1970
1969
Prints up first issue of Varulven Magazine at the age of 15
Home page
http://joeviglione.com/joeviglione.html
AMG reviews have been republished on Rollingstone.com, NY Times.com, etc. etc.
Barnes & Noble, Answers.com, Borders Books, Virgin, Yahoo, MSN, Artistdirect.com, etc. etc. http://joevigquotes.blogspot.com/
LINER NOTES FOR ALBUMS, DVDs, etc.
Joe has written liner notes for all 25 of his compilations (including 20 Volumes of The Boston Rock & Roll Anthology Series, a comprehensive series of music from one region spanning decades)
Liner notes for Moe Tucker E.P.
Andy Pratt's reissue of his first lp, Records Are Like Life (It's About Music, originally on Polydor)
Andy Pratt's The Age of Goodbye (Corazong, the Netherlands)
Bobby Hebb's "Sunny" reissue (web liner notes for Uni Music/Hip-O Select)
Genya Ravan's Urban Desire (originally on 20th Century; reissue on Uni/Hip0 Select)
http://jvlinernotes.blogspot.com/
Bobby Hebb's third album "That's All I Wanna Know" (Tuition Records, Germany)
appeared with Bobby Hebb on the BBC Scotland talking about "Sunny"
Taped for some VH-1 tv series on stories behind the songs
DVD Marty Balin Live On The Boston Esplanade
CD Single Marty Balin "Versace"
QUOTES
http://joevigquotes.blogspot.com/
