Posted on 08/01/2008 6:10:03 PM PDT by andyssister
Today in music history
2007, John Lennon's "granny" sunglasses were snapped up by a British collector at auction. The sunglasses, from one of the last Beatles concerts, were expected to fetch around £1m, but auction bosses refused to say what the actual figure was. Lennon gave the gold-rimmed glasses to his Japanese interpreter in Tokyo in 1966, and the translator removed the lenses when Lennon died.
2002, a new book 'Show the Girl the Door' written by a former tour manager disclosed some strange demands by female acts. It revealed that Shania Twain would travel with a sniffer dog in case of bombs. Jennifer Lopez liked her dressing room to be all white, including carpets flowers and furniture. Cher would have high security rooms for her wigs. Janet Jackson would have a full medical team on standby including a doctor nurse and throat specialist and Britney Spears would demand her favorite Gummie Bear soft sweets.
1987, MTV Europe was launched, the first video played being 'Money For Nothing' by Dire Straits
1981, Australian singer Rick Springfield started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Jessie's Girl', a No.43 hit in the UK. Rick had played Noah Drake in the TV show 'General Hospital'.
1980, Def Leppard made their US live debut when they appeared at the New York City concert opening for AC/DC. It was also Def Leppard singer Joe Elliott's 21st birthday.
1971, the Concert For Bangladesh, organized by George Harrison to aid victims of famine and war in Bangladesh took place at New York's Madison Sq Garden. Featuring Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr, Billy Preston, Eric Clapton, Ravi Shankar and members from Badfinger.
1971, 'The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour' started on prime time American TV.
1969, the three day US Atlantic City Pop Festival took place with BB King, Janis Joplin, Santana, Joni Mitchell, Three Dog Night, Dr John, Procol Harum, Arthur Brown, Little Richard and Canned Heat.
1965, Marianne Faithfull collapsed during a concert in Morecambe England and was forced to cancel all forthcoming engagements.
1964, The Beatles scored their fifth US No.1 single in seven months when 'A Hard Day's Night' went to the top of the charts. The group had now spent seventeen weeks at the No.1 position in this year.
Birthdays include...
1964- Adam Duritz, Counting Crows (1996 US No.1 album 'Recovering The Satellites').
1963- Coolio, (Artis Ivey Jr), 1995 US No.1 single 'Gangsta's Paradise'.
1960- Suzi Gardner, guitar, vocals, L7, (1992 UK No. 21 single ‘Pretend We’re Dead’).
1953- Robert Cray, singer, Blues guitarist,
1951-Tommy Bolin, guitarist. Joined Deep Purple in 1975, member of Zephyr and The James Gang. Bolin died of a heroin overdose on 4th December 1976.
1947- Rick Anderson bass, The Tubes
1947- Ricky Coonce, Grass Roots, (1968 US No.5 single 'Midnight Confessions', plus 13 other US Top 40 singles).
1946- Boz Burrell, Bad Company, (1974 UK No.15 & US No.5 single 'Can't Get Enough'). Member of King Crimson.
1942- Jerry Garcia, guitar, vocals, The Grateful Dead. Garcia died from a drugs-related heart attack on 9th August 1995.
1898-Morris Stoloff, arranger, (1956 US No.1 & UK No.7 single 'Moonglow and Theme From Picnic', arranged film music including 'Lawrence Of Arabia'). Died 6th April 1980.
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Happy Birthday, Jerry. May you rest in peace.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVdTQ3OPtGY&feature=related
He played the banjo with Old and in the Way, my favorite collection of bluegrass players.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9SkB1yLx5Y
I love Old and in the Way. Great tunes.Thanks
Well, I gotta admit .. in my brief few years as a “Rock Star”, late 1970’s mostly high-school dance gigs and a couple of bar ones ... I *too* had a few ‘demands’ which had to be met, mainly that my guitar don’t go out of tune, and that the venue provide adequate electrical outlets for the PA system and amplifiers/organ/ect ... other than that, what the heck? We had a good time onstage :)
GREATEST song EVER(!!!) recorded !!!!
/laughs
Sounds like you were quite the diva!! ;)
The “Dawg” in my screen name is for his work with Grateful Dawg- it’s not a Georgia thing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0ODUbDLS7A&feature=related
The Smoking Gun has a whole link devoted to “backstage riders”.
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/backstagetour/index.html
Circa 2002 U.S. tour, not far removed timewise, since OX dropped dead in a Vegas hotel room (9 days earlier) ... Pete was in a foul, pissed off mood already .... his guitar was *buzzing* the entire show here (he complained about it several times earlier in the show), but then at the end of "Won't Get Fooled Again", not only was the guitar *buzzing* badly, but its now gone completely OUT-OF-TUNE !!!
Thats DOES IT .... buzzing he could put up with, but out-of-tune *PLUS* buzzing, he couldn't. You can see the look on his face as he's decided to wreck the damn thing ...
A wild swing-and-a-miss at the mic stand, then a direct hit on it, and now there is no turning back .... this guitar was totally DOOMED to smashation at that point ! /laughs
Enjoy,
MM
Very nice! i liked it— a lot.
You’d probably like the “So What” CD with Garcia/Grisman. A modern, jazzy twist for them on that album.
I just came across this vid- a Garcia-Grisman song set to a slide show of our soldiers in Iraq.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8GZvoWY9yo&feature=related
On a happier note, was that Kris Kristofferson introducing them?
I think this song is funny...
Adam West There's A Bimbo Under My Bed
I'll spend hours at that link. Thanks ;)
I didnt know about the Badfinger guys’ problems.
They made a solid appearance at this show:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3owg6XZaLM
One of my favorite albums is Rough Mix by Pete and Ronnie Lane...
That’s a good one. It was in pretty heavy rotation on pop radio, which has to be a rare thing for a bluegrass instrumental. The thing I notice is the song has no percussion, but the mandolin player provides a beat by doing rhythm “chucks” with his right hand where the snare would normally be.
This is the week that was in matters musical …July 31, 2008
1937, the legendary Golden Gate Quartet cuts a mind-blowing 14 gospel tracks in two hours during a Charlotte, North Carolina, recording session …
1955, Ted McCarty, working for Gibson, is given patent #2,714,326 by the U.S. Patent Office for his design for “Stringed Musical Instrument Of The Guitar Type And Combined Bridge And Tailpiece Therefor,” the one-piece adjustable bridge/tailpiece for the Gibson Les Paul solidbody guitar …
1957, ABC TV’s American Bandstand with its forever-young DJ Dick Clark makes its national TV debut …
1958, Billboard publishes its first Hot 100 chart … Ricky Nelson’s “Poor Little Fool” nails the top spot …
1960, 25,000 copies of the death-rock single “Tell Laura I Love Her” by Ray Peterson are destroyed by Decca Records after a critic deems the song “too tasteless and vulgar for English sensibility” … it is interesting to speculate what that critic may have made of Ozzy Osbourne or The Sex Pistols a little later on …
1965, Mike Smith of The Dave Clark Five suffers two fractured ribs when he’s pulled off the stage by an enthusiastic fan …
1968, from the One Hit Wonders Department, Mason Williams reaches #2 on the pop chart with his guitar instrumental “Classical Gas” … a well-traveled folksinger from the Southwest, Williams becomes a back-up musician and later Emmy-winning comedy writer for the Smothers Brothers … Williams describes “Classical Gas” as “half flamenco, half Flatt & Scruggs, and half classical” … one TV performance of his hit has Williams playing a see-through Plexiglas guitar with goldfish swimming in it … The Doors hit #1 with the pop-esque “Hello, I Love You,” which causes critics to accuse Morrison & Co. of selling out … not only that, but the tune sounds a lot like The Kinks “All Day and All of the Night” …
1969, Carl Wilson of The Beach Boys is indicted for draft-dodging after he fails to show up for work as a hospital orderly in lieu of military service … meanwhile in London, photographer Ian Macmillan gets on a stepladder in the middle of Abbey Road to snap The Beatles as they stride across the zebra crossing … several crossings and six pictures later, the session is over … Paul picks the best one that ends up as the cover for Abbey Road, which, because The Fabs (as George called them) are so famous, has no other graphics … The Newport Pop Festival features The Byrds, Steppenwolf, Iron Butterfly, The Chambers Brothers, and two acts from the previous year’s Monterey International Pop Festival – The Paul Butterfield Blues Band and Quicksilver Messenger Service …
1970, Janis Joplin springs for a headstone to mark Bessie Smith’s grave … the blues singer was one of her idols …
1972, Derek & The Dominos reach #10 on the charts with “Layla” … their only hit, it qualifies Eric Clapton (in his guise as Derek) as a bonafide member of the One Hit Wonders club … co-written by Clapton, “Layla” is one of the all-time classic rock favorites and features the slide guitar playing of Duane Allman and a wonderful piano-led coda written by Dominos drummer Jim Gordon … the group was ill-fated: Clapton slides into heroin addiction, bassist Carl Radle dies from a drug overdose, and Gordon is serving a life prison sentence for murdering his mother … keyboardist/vocalist Bobby Whitlock came through relatively unscathed, although he had to watch a terrific group fall apart while recording an unfinished second album …
1973, Stevie Wonder is seriously injured in North Carolina when the auto in which he’s riding is hit by logs rolling off a truck … he emerges from a coma after four days sans his sense of smell …
1975, Robert Plant and his family are injured in an auto wreck on the Mediterranean island of Rhodes … meanwhile Hank Williams Jr. tumbles 500 feet down a Montana mountain … after two year’s worth of surgeries, he resumes his career …
1984, “Ghostbusters” by Ray Parker Jr. is the Billboard #1 pop hit … Parker is later sued by Huey Lewis who claims the tune is a ripoff of his “I Want a New Drug” … the case is settled out of court with the proviso neither party talks about the deal … in 2001, during an episode of VH1’s Behind the Music, Lewis reveals that Parker paid up to settle the case … Parker then sues Lewis for violating the settlement terms …
1986, David Crosby is released from prison after doing time on drug and weapon charges …
1992, Toto drummer Jeff Porcaro dies from cardiac arrest triggered by an allergic reaction to an insecticide he is spraying in his garden … meanwhile at a Montreal concert, citing a sore throat, Axl Rose of Guns N’ Roses cuts short the band’s set causing many of the 55,000 fans in attendance to riot … this is a fitting end to a concert in which Metallica had also cut short their set after singer James Hetfield suffered third-degree burns from a pyro effect …
1996, former Motley Crue singer Vince Neil runs into trouble at an Indiana club date … after starting the show four hours late, Neil pulls the plug after just three songs saying he is feeling ill and suggesting that the audience of “rednecks” doesn’t appreciate his talent … a riot by 500 surly ticket holders is narrowly averted by the prompt arrival of the cops …
1999, after running into legal roadblocks, the leading record labels drop their suit against Diamond Multimedia, makers of the Rio MP3 music player … they had charged that the device would encourage online piracy …
2001, rap group D12 executes a brutal attack on Detroit rap rivals Esham and T.N.T. during a Warped Tour stop in Camden, New Jersey, … T.N.T. is bruised and cut while Esham suffers a broken nose, ruptured eyeball, concussion, and hearing damage … D12 is promptly kicked off the tour … that same day in L.A., 300 fortunate Foo Fighters fans are treated to a rare club gig when the band plays the legendary Troubador … attendees are chosen from entries emailed to the Fighters’ website …
2004, the Illinois Attorney General’s office files suit against the Dave Matthews Band for dumping human waste from a tour bus into the Chicago River and onto a tour boat passing below … it’s later determined that the band wasn’t directly involved, the foul act having been committed by a tour bus driver … “Super Freak” singer Rick James dies of a heart attack in his sleep … an autopsy reveals that there were at least nine drugs in his system including cocaine, valium, vicodin, and methamphetamine … because none of the substances were found in lethal quantities, his death is ruled as accidental …
2006, former Love guitarist-leader Arthur Lee dies from leukemia … The Love album Forever Changes from 1967 is consistently voted one of the 100 best rock albums of all time in surveys of critics and listeners … though much respected by fellow musicians, his career never flourished largely due to personal eccentricities … following his release from prison in 2001 after serving six years on weapons charge, Lee began touring to much acclaim … a CD and DVD of the complete performance of Forever Changes was released in 2003 … current artists such as Yo La Tengo and Brian Jonestown Massacre point to Arthur Lee’s music as being a significant influence …
2007, when a ballsy female concertgoer reaches out and grabs Tim McGraw’s nether regions at the Cajundome in Lafayette, Louisiana, his missus tells the errant fan in no uncertain terms that that sort of behavior is frowned upon in them there parts (no pun intended) … also this week, during Pearl Jam’s set at Lollapalooza Eddie Vedder sings “George Bush, leave this world alone” to rousing cheers from the crowd … however, the audience viewing at home on AT&T’s Blue Room website are treated to 16 seconds of silence when the company providing AT&T’s feed pulls the plug on the audio stream … later AT&T is apologetic … commenting on the censorship, guitarist Mike McReady writes, “When one person or company decides what others can hear, that is totalitarian thinking” …
And that was the week that was.
Arrivals:
July 31: Bob Welch of Fleetwood Mac (1946), Karl Green of Herman’s Hermits (1946), singer Gary Lewis (1946), ELO’s Hugh MacDowell (1953), Daniel Ash of Love and Rockets (1957), Bill Berry of R.E.M. (1958) Norman Cook of The Housemartins (1963), Fatboy Slim (1963), Coldplay’s Will Champion (1978)
August 1: Francis Scott Key (1778), Piano Slim aka Robert T. Smith (1928), Ramblin’ Jack Elliot born Elliott Charles Adnopoz (1931), Jerry Garcia (1942), Geoff Britton of Wings (1943), Boz Burrell of Bad Company (1946), Rick Anderson of The Tubes (1947), Rick Coonce of The Grass Roots (1947), Tommy Bolin (1951), Andrew Gold (1951), BTO’s Tim Bachman (1951), bluesman Robert Cray (1953), Joe Elliott of Def Leppard (1960), Public Enemy’s Chuck D (1960), Coolio (1963), Adam Duritz of Counting Crows (1964), Ashley Angel of O-Town (1981)
August 2: big band singer Helen Morgan (1900), “Big” Walter Price (1917), country singer Hank Walters (1933), country star Hank Cochran (1935), Garth Hudson of The Band (1937), Edward Patten of Gladys Knight & The Pips (1939), Doris Coley Kenner of The Shirelles (1941), guitarist Larry Coryell (1943), steel guitarist Hank DeVito (1948), guitarist Andy Fairweather-Low (1948) Fat Larry (1949), Ted Turner of Wishbone Ash (1950), Clive Wright of Cock Robin (1953), Apollonia born Patricia Kotero (1961), Pete De Freitas of Echo and the Bunnymen (1961), Zelma Davis of C+C Music Factory (1970)
August 3: Bahamian guitarist Joseph Spence (1910), Tony Bennett (1926), blues harp player Alex Randall (1934), Gordon Stoker of The Jordanaires (1935), Roscoe Mitchell of The Art Ensemble of Chicago (1940), Beverly Lee of The Shirelles (1941), B. B. Dickerson of War (1949), John Graham of Earth, Wind & Fire (1951) guitarist Steve Hillage (1951), Andrew Gold (1951), James Hetfield of Metallica (1963), Ed Roland of Collective Soul (1963), Shirley Manson of Garbage (1966)
August 4: Louis Armstrong (1901), Frankie Ford (1939), David Carr of The Fortunes (1940), Timi Yuro (1940), Klaus Schultze of Tangerine Dream (1947), Paul Layton of The New Seekers (1947), Clannad’s Maire Ni Bhraonian (1952), Mark O’Connor (1962), Paul Reynolds of A Flock of Seagulls (1962), Jody Turner of Rock Goddess (1963), Immature’s Marques Houston (1981)
August 5: jazz singer Jeri Southern (1926), Vern Gosdin (1934), R&B vocalist Damita Jo (1940), guitarist Lenny Breau (1941), percussionist Airto Moreira (1941), sax player Rick Huxley of The Dave Clark Five (1942), country star Sammi Smith (1943), Rick Derringer of The McCoys (1947), Gregory Leskew of Guess Who (1947), Eddie Ojeda of Twisted Sister (1954), Pat Smear of Foo Fighters (1959), Pete Burns of Dead Or Alive (1959), Adam Yauch of The Beastie Boys (1964)
August 6: The Ravens’ Jimmy Ricks (1924), jazz bassist Charlie Haden (1937), Isaac Hayes (1938), Judy Craig of The Chiffons (1946), guitarist Allan Holdsworth (1948), Pat McDonald of Timbuk 3 (1951), Randy DeBarge (1958), Geri Halliwell a.k.a. Ginger Spice of the Spice Girls (1972)
Departures:
July 31: Jim Reeves (1964), Jim Reeves’ pianist-manager Dean Manuel (1964)
August 1: Irish singer Tommy Makem of The Clancy Brothers (2007), pianist Svyatoslav Richter (1997), Joe “The Honeydripper” Liggins (1987), rockabilly pioneer Johnny Burnette (1964)
August 2: Ron Towson of The 5th Dimension (2001), Afrobeat star Fela Anikulapo-Kuti (1997), Motown bassist James Jamerson (1983), former Pink Floyd road manager Peter “Puddy” Watts (1976), Brian Cole of The Association (1972)
August 3: Arthur Lee (2006), reedman Bob Tate (1993), Don Lang of The Frantic Five (1992), Richard Nickens of The Eldorados (1991)
August 4: Lee Hazlewood (2007), classical and rock violinist Monroe Clark (2006), R&B/blues singer-guitarist “Little” Milton Campbell (2005), jazz singer Jeri Southern (1991), pop impresario Larry Parnes (1989)
August 5: bassist Randy Hobbs of The McCoys and Johnny Winter (1993), drummer Jeff Porcaro of Toto (1992), N’awlins bluesman Isidore “Tuts” Washington (1984), avant-garde bassist George Scott (1980), The Who’s first manager Pete Meadon (1978), country guitarist Luther Perkins (1968), one-man blues band Joe Hill Louis (1957)
August 6: Italian opera legend Luciano Pavarotti (2007), jazz bassist Keter Betts (2005), Cuban legend Ibrahim Ferrer (2005), Rick James (2004), the U.K.’s answer to Louis Armstrong, Nat Gonella (1998), new wave singer Klaus Nomi (1983), Memphis Minnie (1973), trumpeter Bix Beiderbecke (1931)
Here's the wiki lowdown on Badfinger
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All the Best !! :-)
I don't know if I was born yet, but one of my sibs had the Ruby 45. My parents heard them playing it and made them break it in two and throw it away. They said it was because he says "for God's sake, turn around" at the end. I think it had more to do with the overall theme of the song and what questions would arise...
"why wasn't Ruby satisfied?"
"what does satisfied mean?" etc, etc.
Yes, we are Catholic. ;)
Thankfully they didn't know what I was listening to...
Stupidly censored version of The Knack Good Girls Don't ;)
I’m really sorry!! The laptop I kept the ping list on died. Kaput. I knew I was forgetting people and I will add you asap.
Maybe you and Gomez can help me figure out why a man can be engaged by such a drugged out band as ‘Canned Heat’
Stand by for 'touch me' the doors..., LOL
I hope I haven't posted this recently...Graham Parker
It isn't terribly *deep* lyrically, nor is it terribly *complex* musically ... its just a catchy riff with basic Rock n Rool elements and the Fabs having a bit of fun singing it ... no big deal
/grin
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Thanks both, for your comments and links.
That Pet Clark video is just hilarious! Reminds me of this
Sloop John B 1952 version-The Travellers Coral 60366
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDBTB_G7E7A
Sloop John B - The Beach Boys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exJXxuIQxRA&feature=related
The Kingston Trio: Sloop John B
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkCwY9kdgDg&feature=related
Very nice!
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