TORNADO TURNER

Number of posts : 22 Registration date : 2009-07-02

TORNADO TURNER REPLACED JAMES FOR A SHORT TIME IN 1973, ANY INFO OUT THERE ON HOW THE BAND SOUNDED WITH HIM ? HOW MANY SHOWS DID HE DO? WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM?

Subject: Re: TORNADO TURNER Thu Jul 02, 2009 7:39 pm

dumdumboy wrote:: TORNADO TURNER REPLACED JAMES FOR A SHORT TIME IN 1973, ANY INFO OUT THERE ON HOW THE BAND SOUNDED WITH HIM ? HOW MANY SHOWS DID HE DO? WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM?

are all these CAPS neccessary?
hopefully, in your case, ignorance is curable...

Subject: Re: TORNADO TURNER Thu Jul 02, 2009 10:02 pm

Tornado Turner replaced James Williamson for one or two dates in the Spring of 1973. James had been told to leave the Stooges by the MainMan management team - for some reason Tony Defries couldn't stand James - and seemingly fed up with all the shit, James actually left.
Turner was suggested as a replacement by Kim Fowley (I think) but his apparently flashy style was unsuited to the Stooges.
In any case, Iggy managed to get MainMan to terminate their contract shortly afterwards by playing with himself live on the radio!
So James was welcomed back. And when Bob Sheff decided to relinquish the piano stool shortly afterwards, James brought in Scott Thurston, who he had been playing with during his time off from the Stooges.
As far as I know there are no recordings available with Turner in the Stooges.
Cheers,
Richard

Number of posts : 22 Registration date : 2009-07-02

thanks for that info adam66 , i wonder what james and scott thurston were working on during this time . to jimmyyo back off and please be patient i am a new user and dont realise the significance if any of using capitals.

Subject: Re: TORNADO TURNER Fri Jul 03, 2009 2:03 am

Just so you know for future this should be in the 1973 section. Anyway welcome to the forum Smile

Number of posts : 22 Registration date : 2009-07-02

thanks g f# e . its day one for me on this fabulous forum and i was so keen to get involved i didnt realise i was in the wrong section cheers

Subject: Re: TORNADO TURNER Wed Jul 22, 2009 5:37 am

jimmyo wrote:: hopefully, in your case, ignorance is curable...

Jesus, dude...ease up. It was a good question and we got a solid answer. As Iggy would say, "Word up, nigga!"

Subject: Re: TORNADO TURNER Thu Jul 23, 2009 12:47 am

mg196 wrote:

jimmyo wrote:: hopefully, in your case, ignorance is curable...

Jesus, dude...ease up. It was a good question and we got a solid answer. As Iggy would say, "Word up, nigga!"

LOL, when did Iggy say that ? Laughing

Subject: Re: TORNADO TURNER Thu Jul 23, 2009 11:07 pm

JESUS_LOVES_THE_STOOGES wrote:: Jesus, dude...ease up. It was a good question and we got a solid answer. As Iggy would say, "Word up, nigga!"

LOL, when did Iggy say that ? Laughing

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When he was living in Compton with Eazy-E.

Subject: Re: TORNADO TURNER Thu Jul 23, 2009 11:27 pm

mg196 wrote:

JESUS_LOVES_THE_STOOGES wrote:: Jesus, dude...ease up. It was a good question and we got a solid answer. As Iggy would say, "Word up, nigga!"

LOL, when did Iggy say that ? Laughing

mg196 wrote:: When he was living in Compton with Eazy-E.

ROTFLMAO

Subject: Re: TORNADO TURNER Mon Jul 27, 2009 9:30 pm

mg196 wrote:

jimmyo wrote:: hopefully, in your case, ignorance is curable...

Jesus, dude...ease up.

aight, knee grow... Laughing

Subject: Re: TORNADO TURNER Thu Jul 30, 2009 1:30 am

adams66 wrote:: Tornado Turner replaced James Williamson for one or two dates in the Spring of 1973. James had been told to leave the Stooges by the MainMan management team - for some reason Tony Defries couldn't stand James - and seemingly fed up with all the shit, James actually left.
Turner was suggested as a replacement by Kim Fowley (I think) but his apparently flashy style was unsuited to the Stooges.
In any case, Iggy managed to get MainMan to terminate their contract shortly afterwards by playing with himself live on the radio!
So James was welcomed back. And when Bob Sheff decided to relinquish the piano stool shortly afterwards, James brought in Scott Thurston, who he had been playing with during his time off from the Stooges.
As far as I know there are no recordings available with Turner in the Stooges.
Cheers,
Richard

Yes, Fowley does claim to have suggested Warren Klein; he had produced his previous band, I think. But I don't think it was that Klein was flash - he was just too conventional and bluesy.

He plays with Peter Case - Peter did forward an email for me but Warrne didn't reply - and also played on Beck's Mutations.

Number of posts : 93 Registration date : 2010-12-28

Very interesting story!

But why the hell Warren "Tornado Turner" Klein is never regarded as a Stooges member?
I mean, when the band was inducted in the RockNRoll Hall of Fame, James Williamson gave the names of every guys who play with The Stooges, even Bob Sheff, except for Warren Klein. Why?

Subject: Re: TORNADO TURNER Sun Jan 02, 2011 6:09 pm

951Sib wrote:: Very interesting story!

But why the hell Warren "Tornado Turner" Klein is never regarded as a Stooges member?
I mean, when the band was inducted in the RockNRoll Hall of Fame, James Williamson gave the names of every guys who play with The Stooges, even Bob Sheff, except for Warren Klein. Why?

Maybe he forgot about him...

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one of my friends thinks tornado thunder is the guitarplayer on the ig with rhytm box and guitar 3 hour tapes.anyone thinks so to??

scott thurston was in hokus pokus in 1973(they made an lp that year) so i don't know if he was also jamming with james williamson.

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fraternity of man with warren klein on guitar http://theredhippieteenager.blogspot.com/2010/06/fraternity-of-man-fraternity-of-man.html

Subject: Re: TORNADO TURNER Mon Jan 03, 2011 10:06 pm

Didn't he only stand in for 1 gig? That doesn't really make him a Stooge in my mind. I think Iggy covered for Dennis Thompson on drums a couple of times in the early days but that doesn't make him a member of the MC5.

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According to Paul Trynka's "Open Up And Bleed", "he was hurriedly enlisted into the Stooges" to replace James Williamson, and even if he played only one gig with them, to me this is enough to regard him as a Stooge.

After all, Dan Peters is considered as a former member of Nirvana, and he only played one gig too!

And if Williamson dies, Iggy could continue The Stooges with Warren Klein! Laughing

Subject: Re: TORNADO TURNER Fri Jan 07, 2011 9:38 am

951Sib wrote:: And if Williamson dies, Iggy could continue The Stooges with Warren Klein!

Woah Woah there...one night 38 years ago doesn't exactly make him a Stooges torch bearer, I'd be surprised if the guy can even remember the occassion at this point.

Number of posts : 93 Registration date : 2010-12-28

sweet_sixteen wrote:: Woah Woah there...one night 38 years ago doesn't exactly make him a Stooges torch bearer, I'd be surprised if the guy can even remember the occassion at this point.

Woah Woah there... Do you know what does Laughing

mean?

Number of posts : 93 Registration date : 2010-12-28

Up!

Is there anybody here who attended the gig with Tornado Turner on guitar?

I'm kind of fascinated by this guy. A few weeks with The Stooges, just one gig, forgotten by most people, he even doesn't want to be remembered as a Stooge...

Subject: Re: TORNADO TURNER Tue Jan 25, 2011 5:26 am

We wasn't a Stooge, he was just a really quick replacement, from what I've read the band never had an intention of him staying.

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G, F#, E wrote:: he was just a really quick replacement, from what I've read the band never had an intention of him staying.

Just like Zeke Rolling Eyes

"Once a Stooges, always a Stooges"

Subject: Re: TORNADO TURNER Thu Jan 27, 2011 10:50 am

Zeke played more than one gig. Elton John joined the band on stage once, guess that makes him a Stooge too.

Number of posts : 93 Registration date : 2010-12-28

Zeke "was just a really quick replacement, (...) the band never had an intention of him staying".

Period. Same thing for Warren "Tornado Turner" Klein. Just one gig, ok, and so what?

Like I said, Dan Peters is considered Nirvana member, although he was "a quick replacement, the band never had an intention of him staying" and he performed "just one gig".

Do you want me to continue? Laughing

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