Jerry Goodman

Born: Chicago, Illinois VIOLINIST extraordinaire who was one of the first, if not the first, person to use the violin regularly in a rock setting. His playing with the MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA (he was an original member) is excellent as is his work with JAN HAMMER. I was lucky enough to see GOODMAN when he toured with the DIXIE DREGS.

GOODMAN was in a band called "THE FLOCK" in the late '60s and early '70s. It might have been the first "rock" band to use a violinist on most of its songs.

THE INCREDIBLY RIDICULOUS MTV-ROLLING STONE'S 100 TOP SONGS (1963-2000): 46. THE TRACKS OF MY TEARS, SMOKEY ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES (1965) (Hmm...maybe.) MY TOP 100 SONGS: PIECE OF MY HEART, JANIS JOPLIN

POSTSCRIPT "There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world; and that is an idea whose time has come." VICTOR HUGO

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