Ojorojo

Cross Road Blues

Hi. I'd like to personally apologies for my hasty comments on the FAC, which is otherwise now heading towards promotion, and for the inadvertent, late at night, deletion of a source etc. Its a great article and you should be proud, my only intention was to add polish and given a shared interest (although I dont like Clapton too much I loovvve Ginger[1], hope there is no hard feelings. Ceoil (talk) 16:19, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

I welcome sincere apologies. As mentioned on the review page, I have some ideas, but it will have to wait until tomorrow. Baker is a great drummer and a real character. Thanks. —Ojorojo (talk) 18:48, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

I reached out to a past reviewer who is very good at stylistic issues (word choice, phrasing, flow, etc.) They are familiar with music articles and could be quite helpful. It's a holiday weekend, so it might take a little while. It's a start. —Ojorojo (talk) 15:28, 27 August 2023 (UTC)

They feel that their assistance isn't needed. The idea was to get a neutral party. The Guild of Copy Editors may be helpful, but often aren't that familiar with musical concepts and terminology. Any other suggestions? —Ojorojo (talk) 18:24, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

No worries. My *concerns* were nit picky and really preferences, in the cold light of day, so whatever. I really like the article though, so look congrats on the impending promotion :) Ceoil (talk) 01:03, 2 September 2023 (UTC)

Thanks. Ian Rose added some polish and promoted it. All's well that ends well! —Ojorojo (talk) 14:15, 2 September 2023 (UTC)

Promotion of Cross Road Blues

Congratulations, Ojorojo! The article you nominated, Cross Road Blues, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:05, 3 September 2023 (UTC)

Good job! Viriditas (talk) 23:33, 3 September 2023 (UTC)

Great job on this! I'm always glad to see more music topics become featured articles. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 19:50, 6 September 2023 (UTC)

Fantastic work! There's nothing quite like that first Featured Article. Tkbrett (✉) 12:47, 9 September 2023 (UTC)

Happy main page day! Viriditas (talk) 00:51, 28 April 2024 (UTC)

The Lovin' Spoonful discography

Hey Ojorojo. I am trying to improve the Lovin' Spoonful discography page in the hopes of getting it up as a Featured List. I haven't nominated any list articles before though, so I was hoping you could help me make sure it all looks good. I have used some of the formatting you employed at the Jimi Hendrix discography article. I still need citations for several of the compilation albums, but otherwise I'm not sure if anything else is needed. Cheers. Tkbrett (✉) 12:49, 9 September 2023 (UTC)

Hey Ojorojo, if you're around, I just nominated the discography article and would appreciate any comments if you have the time. Thanks. Tkbrett (✉) 13:46, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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Great job and congratulations on the successful featured article candidacy. The interesting thing about Wikipedia is that it's a great outlet as a writer, particularly for niche subjects, historical events, or anything else of importance that has affected the world in some way. I hope you keep channeling that energy that drove you to work so tirelessly, and I hope you get another article (music or otherwise) featured! ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 23:25, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

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Origins of rock and roll

We haven't seen you around for a while, so I hope things are OK. You might want to chip in at Talk:Origins of rock and roll#Requested move 29 November 2023. Ghmyrtle (talk) 15:36, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

Sam Cooke

I just spent three hours listening to Sam Cooke. When I was finished, I visited Wikipedia to learn more, only to discover that his biography is a total mess. Since you're one of our best music writers, would you have any interest in taking a look at it? Thanks for any time you can spend on this. Viriditas (talk) 20:15, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

TFA for Cross Road Blues?

I've got this listed as the April 27 or 28 TFA. No need to do anything if this works for you. Let me know if there's anything I can do. - Dank (push to talk) 02:27, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

I'm curious about the reason why my contribution to the Sunshine of Your Love wiki article?

I'm deadly curious why you edited out my comments about engineer, Tom Dowd's influence on Cream's recording of "Sunshine of Your Love". What I wrote is historically accurate (just go watch the documentary on the career of Tom Dowd for verification).It is true that Baker's style was heavily influenced by African music. It was also heavily influenced by Jazz and Baker really was a Jazz drummer in Cream, albeit without using swing in his rhythms and playing with much more Rock influence. From what I've heard, he actually did not have any background in the Native American rhythm that he used in 'Sunshine of Your Love', that was really Dowd's influence on the song, although Baker used his rolling African influenced tom toms in the 'fill's of that rhythm. |()()p.p()()| (talk) 19:32, 13 February 2024 (UTC)

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File:Going Up the Country single cover.jpg

Long time no see. I replaced one of your uploads File:Going Up the Country single cover.jpg (used by French release) with File:Going up the country by canned heat US single.png. Don't worry; it's not a vinyl label, which normally the Wikipedia music community seems hesitant to use. George Ho (talk) 18:31, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

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TFA

Thank you today for Cross Road Blues, "about a song recorded by blues musician Robert Johnson in 1936. It is popularly associated with a deal he supposedly made with the Devil, but current views offer different interpretations. As "Crossroads" in the late 1960s, it became one of Cream's most popular songs and Eric Clapton and a variety of artists continue to perform it."! - Enjoy the day! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:35, 28 April 2024 (UTC)

Yes, thanks for all your work on that article, Ojorojo. It's quite excellent. — Mudwater ^(Talk) 11:14, 28 April 2024 (UTC)

Precious

Cross Road Blues

Thank you for quality articles around music such as Cross Road Blues, Paul Butterfield, List of songs recorded by Jimi Hendrix and Muddy Waters discography, for "I have some ideas on how to improve the article", - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

You are recipient no. 2933 of Precious, a prize of QAI. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:04, 28 April 2024 (UTC)