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R.I.P. Richie Allen, aka Richie Podolor

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bigtikidude Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 25696 Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.	Posted on Mar 10 2022 09:38 AM https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HnPia9Go70o — Jeff(bigtikidude) Last edited: Mar 10, 2022 10:25:10 Top
bigtikidude Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 25696 Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.	Posted on Mar 10 2022 09:50 AM After surf he did this: — Jeff(bigtikidude) Top
Brian Joined: Feb 25, 2006 Posts: 19346 Des Moines, Iowa, USA	Posted on Mar 10 2022 10:20 AM https://bestclassicbands.com/richie-podolor-obituary-producer-three-dog-night-3-10-22/ RIP, what a talented guy. — Site dude - S3 Agent #202 Need help with the site? SG101 FAQ - Send me a private message - Email me "It starts... when it begins" -- Ralf Kilauea Top
tired Joined: Sep 03, 2006 Posts: 334 Herten - Germany	Posted on Mar 10 2022 10:35 AM So much great music he had recorded! R.I.P. Richie Podolor !!!! A last goodbye from GERMANY. Top
bigtikidude Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 25696 Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.	Posted on Mar 10 2022 10:35 AM Deke Dickerson just posted this: — Jeff(bigtikidude) Top
Brian Joined: Feb 25, 2006 Posts: 19346 Des Moines, Iowa, USA	Posted on Mar 10 2022 10:47 AM Here's the text for the search engines. From Deke Dickerson's public FB page: Sad to report another legend gone. Although you may have never heard of Richie Podolor, you've definitely HEARD Richie Podolor. What a history this guy had! He began making rockabilly records in the late 1950s under the name Dickie Podolor. He started his own recording studio, American Recording Studio, in 1959, and had a couple big hits with Sandy Nelson ("Teen Beat" and "Let There Be Drums") that put him on the map. Under the stage name "Richie Allen," Podolor cut a ton of really, really great surf Instrumental records for Imperial in the early 1960s. As a session guitarist, Richie Podolor (and his partner, Bill Cooper) played on tons and tons of records--surf, pop, psychedelic, garage, girl group, hard rock--I'm not sure that a complete discography of sessions that Podolor and Cooper played on is even possible. The list would be a thousand pages long! American Recording Studio, based on Ventura Boulevard in the San Fernando Valley, became a hitmaking studio beyond compare. For "my kind of people," Podolor produced hit records like "Blues Theme" by Davie Allan and the Arrows, "Dirty Water" by the Standells, "Are You Gonna Be There (at the Love-In)" by the Chocolate Watchband, "I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night" by the Electric Prunes, and tons more 60's classics. Just listen to those records and you'll hear how incredibly well-recorded they were. I have marveled endlessly on the quality of the recordings made at American--these guys really had their act together. In the late 60's, Podolor and Cooper hit their biggest stretch of success with a series of hits like "Born To Be Wild" and "Magic Carpet Ride" by Steppenwolf, and all of the huge hits recorded by Three Dog Night. The list of hit acts Podolor worked with just goes on and on: The Dillards, Iron Butterfly, Black Oak Arkansas, tons of heavy metal acts in the 1980s. I really wanted to interview Richie. I tried for years. I could never break through that barrier that so many show business people have walled up around themselves. I'm crushed thinking that I'll never be able to pick his brain about all these records he produced and played guitar on. Even though you probably aren't familiar with the name, raise a glass to all those great records he made. RIP Richie Podolor. — Site dude - S3 Agent #202 Need help with the site? SG101 FAQ - Send me a private message - Email me "It starts... when it begins" -- Ralf Kilauea Top
SilverFlash Joined: Jul 14, 2015 Posts: 478 Near Atlanta, GA	Posted on Mar 10 2022 11:07 AM So sad to see another of the great ones from the first wave go. The Quiet Surf is one of my favorites. As a kid growing up in Alabama, I thought Steppenwolf and Three Dog Night were two of the greatest bands ever. I didn't learn about his connection to them until years later, but between them and surf music, Richie has had a profound influence on the music that has had an impact on me. Rest in peace, Richie Podolor! — -Tim MyYouTubeChannel My Classic Instrumental Surf Music Timeline SSS Agent #777 Top
simoncoil Joined: Sep 28, 2012 Posts: 928 Berlin, Germany	Posted on Mar 10 2022 11:18 AM "Casbah" and "The Quiet Surf" are about the only cover versions my band still plays, but we actually play them at almost every gig. On occasions, I have described my own attempts to songwriting as applications of the "Richie Allen method". I know Pipeline Magazine did an interview with him a few years ago, which I have to yet read. — Los Apollos - cinematic surf music trio (Berlin) "Postcards from the Scrapyard" Vol. 1, 2 & 3 NOW available on various platforms! "Chaos at the Lobster Lounge" available as LP and download on Surf Cookie Records! Top
Klas Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 2310 Stockholm, Sweden	Posted on Mar 10 2022 11:39 AM Richie Podolor sitting in the back of the car on the Surf Route 101 album cover... R.I.P. — T H E ✠ S U R F I T E S Top
ArabSpringReverb Joined: Jul 13, 2012 Posts: 490 San Diego CA	Posted on Mar 10 2022 12:00 PM RIP Richie P ...one of the all time greatest in the music industry and a phenomenal guitarist and writer . Top
John Joined: Aug 23, 2007 Posts: 614 Monterey County, California	Posted on Mar 10 2022 12:28 PM Woke up to the news this morning that Richie Podolor has passed at 81 years old. He was such an important recording artist and, especially, record producer. His start in the music business began when he was 16 years old in 1957. Around 1982, Jon & The Nightriders were planning to record our second studio album. Our record company suggested hiring Richie Podolor as producer. He came to our show one night at the Roxy Theater in Hollywood and, afterward, agreed to proceed. I was stoked. It didn't work out, though, for reasons I don't remember. That's when our record label brought in SHEL TALMY, who eventually produced the album at Gold Star Studios. In 2003, Mel Spinella of Golly Gee Records almost released a surf guitar tribute CD to Richie Podolor. A number of bands contributed tracks, including myself (with a cover of "Free Fall"), but the record never saw the light of day. Might be time to revisit that project? What an amazing career Podolor had. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1bV-CEspeo — www.johnblair.us www.soundofthesurf.com Last edited: Mar 10, 2022 12:29:51 Top
wfoguy Joined: Dec 11, 2011 Posts: 2137	Posted on Mar 10 2022 12:45 PM R.I.P. Another person that most of us only know a tiny bit about. I was surprised at the list of bands. Top
SlacktoneDave Joined: Jul 01, 2006 Posts: 657	Posted on Mar 10 2022 04:40 PM I came to American Recorders in, I think, 1977. Came with a friend who knew drummer Greg Eckler who later joined Jon and the Nightriders. Ritchie was producing “Rubicon”, who would later play Cal Jam 2. Greg Eckler on drums, jack Blades(bass)and Brad Gillis (guitar), Jerry Martini(?)sax, former Sly and the Family Stone. At one moment, Ritchie picked up a ‘50s telecaster and hit some crazy riff that left me thinking, wow! didn’t stay long because our mission was to get Greg out for a break from a marathon recording ritual. Top
Klas Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 2310 Stockholm, Sweden	Posted on Mar 10 2022 06:41 PM John wrote: Woke up to the news this morning that Richie Podolor has passed at 81 years old. [...] His start in the music business began when he was 16 years old in 1957. Are you sure about his age? I always thought of him as a somewhat older guy and checked a couple of sources that say he died at 86 (born 1936) which would also make him 21 in 1957 and not 16 years old. Here he is in 1960 looking pretty old already... — T H E ✠ S U R F I T E S Top
RobbieReverb Joined: Feb 28, 2006 Posts: 2389 San Jose, Ca.	Posted on Mar 10 2022 06:55 PM This one really hurts! RIP, Richie. thank you for all the great music. — Bob Top
Hogfysshe Joined: Feb 25, 2008 Posts: 169 Northeast	Posted on Mar 10 2022 07:26 PM Klas, that's right, 1936. Ran in to his Mom's obit. She lived to 106! https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/latimes/name/ethel-podolor-obituary?id=16474564 https://bestclassicbands.com/richie-podolor-obituary-producer-three-dog-night-3-10-22/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Podolor Top
Klas Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 2310 Stockholm, Sweden	Posted on Mar 13 2022 07:08 AM John wrote: Our record company suggested hiring Richie Podolor as producer. He came to our show one night at the Roxy Theater in Hollywood and, afterward, agreed to proceed. I was stoked. It didn't work out, though, for reasons I don't remember. I would have thought it was a good thing that it didn't work out considering all the crap he was doing by that time. — T H E ✠ S U R F I T E S Top

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