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Do you remember the first time you heard “Wicked Game”?
American musician and actor Chris Isaak is celebrating his 66th birthday today.
He has been called the Roy Orbison of the 1990s and is closely associated with film director David Lynch.
Happy birthday, Chris!!
American musician and actor Chris Isaak is celebrating his 66th birthday today.
He has been called the Roy Orbison of the 1990s and is closely associated with film director David Lynch.
Happy birthday, Chris!!
Watched game of the week with Dizzy and Pee Wee with my grandmother in the 60's!
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The Beatles released their third LP (kinda) "A Hard Day's Night" in the US on June 26, 1964. The American version of the album was released with a different track listing than the LP that would be released in the UK a couple of weeks later.
In 2012, "A Hard Day's Night" was voted 307th on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". The album was included in Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
Without showing your age, how many of you got this album when it first came out? With that said, we hope the rest of you have this, in one form or another in your collection.
Happy 58th US Birthday to The Beatles' "A Hard Days Night" album!!
In 2012, "A Hard Day's Night" was voted 307th on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". The album was included in Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
Without showing your age, how many of you got this album when it first came out? With that said, we hope the rest of you have this, in one form or another in your collection.
Happy 58th US Birthday to The Beatles' "A Hard Days Night" album!!
The Rolling Stones, well it would be more correct to say "The Rolling Stones American record company" released the LP "Flowers" on June 26, 1967. Flowers is a compilation album by The Rolling Stones for the American market. The songs either appeared as singles, had been omitted from the American versions of "Aftermath" and "Between the Buttons," were collected from studio sessions dating back to 1965, or are reissues of songs recently released on other albums.
Three tracks had never been released. "My Girl", "Ride On, Baby" and "Sittin' on a Fence", the first of which was recorded in May 1965 during the sessions for Satisfaction, and the other two of which were recorded in December 1965 during the first lot of Aftermath sessions. The title refers to the album's cover, with flower stems underneath the portrait of each band member. Bassist Bill Wyman claims that Mick Jagger and Keith Richards deliberately arranged the stem of Brian Jones's flower so that it had no leaves, as a prank. The portraits are from the British version of Aftermath.
Because of its assorted compilation, Flowers was originally disregarded by some music critics as a promotional ploy aimed at American listeners (which it was) but, Robert Christgau, on the other hand, argued that music managers Andrew Loog Oldham and Lou Adler produced a concept album out of Flowers by "rendering their product invisible" when they released it soon after the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. He wrote in 1970 in The Village Voice: "With its dumb cover art (as bad as the Mainstream Big Brother jacket, only bad on purpose), its cheap song selection (half repeated from previous albums), and its incongruous use of the already meaningless 'flower music' idea (although it did sound at first as if nasty Mick had given up 'hard rock,' now didn't it?) the tendency was to half-dismiss it as another London Records exploitation. Only later did we realize how strong and unflowery the new songs were, and only now do we suspect that perhaps Flowers can be construed as a potshot at Sergeant Pepper itself, as if to say, 'Come off this bullshit, boys. You're only in it for the money.'
In a retrospective review for AllMusic, Richie Unterberger gave Flowers four-and-a-half out of five stars and said that the music it compiles is exceptional enough not to be dismissed as a marketing "rip-off": "There's some outstanding material you can't get anywhere else, and the album as a whole plays very well from end to end." Tom Moon gave it five stars in The Rolling Stone Album Guide (2004) and wrote that "it holds together as one of the Stones' best records, a concept album about the social scene that gathers around five rich young men with an appetite for sex, drugs, and gossip."
Happy 55th Birthday to The Stones' "Flowers" LP!!
Three tracks had never been released. "My Girl", "Ride On, Baby" and "Sittin' on a Fence", the first of which was recorded in May 1965 during the sessions for Satisfaction, and the other two of which were recorded in December 1965 during the first lot of Aftermath sessions. The title refers to the album's cover, with flower stems underneath the portrait of each band member. Bassist Bill Wyman claims that Mick Jagger and Keith Richards deliberately arranged the stem of Brian Jones's flower so that it had no leaves, as a prank. The portraits are from the British version of Aftermath.
Because of its assorted compilation, Flowers was originally disregarded by some music critics as a promotional ploy aimed at American listeners (which it was) but, Robert Christgau, on the other hand, argued that music managers Andrew Loog Oldham and Lou Adler produced a concept album out of Flowers by "rendering their product invisible" when they released it soon after the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. He wrote in 1970 in The Village Voice: "With its dumb cover art (as bad as the Mainstream Big Brother jacket, only bad on purpose), its cheap song selection (half repeated from previous albums), and its incongruous use of the already meaningless 'flower music' idea (although it did sound at first as if nasty Mick had given up 'hard rock,' now didn't it?) the tendency was to half-dismiss it as another London Records exploitation. Only later did we realize how strong and unflowery the new songs were, and only now do we suspect that perhaps Flowers can be construed as a potshot at Sergeant Pepper itself, as if to say, 'Come off this bullshit, boys. You're only in it for the money.'
In a retrospective review for AllMusic, Richie Unterberger gave Flowers four-and-a-half out of five stars and said that the music it compiles is exceptional enough not to be dismissed as a marketing "rip-off": "There's some outstanding material you can't get anywhere else, and the album as a whole plays very well from end to end." Tom Moon gave it five stars in The Rolling Stone Album Guide (2004) and wrote that "it holds together as one of the Stones' best records, a concept album about the social scene that gathers around five rich young men with an appetite for sex, drugs, and gossip."
Happy 55th Birthday to The Stones' "Flowers" LP!!
There are just some albums from unknown bands that just blast straight to the top. It makes many struggling musicians wonder "How'd they do that?"
One of those albums / bands released their debut LP on June 26th, 1974. The band was Bad Company and it was also the name of the debut LP.
Here are a couple of the reasons it became so popular so fast. 1. It was a great album. 2. It was the first record released on Led Zeppelin's new label "Swan Song". 3. The band was being managed by LZ manager Peter Grant. 4 and probably the most important reason, the bands members. It started with Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke from "Free". Then throw in Mott The Hopple guitarist Mick Ralphs and King Crimson bassist Boz Burrell. They were a true British hard rock supergroup.
The album reached the top of the US Billboard 200. Since then, the album has been certified five times platinum by the RIAA, and became the 46th best selling album of the 1970s. The album spent 25 weeks in the UK Albums Chart, entering at No. 10 and reaching its highest position of No. 3 in the second week. Kerrang! magazine listed the album at No. 40 among the "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time".
The singles "Can't Get Enough" and "Movin' On" peaked at No. 5 and No. 19 on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively. "Rock Steady", "Bad Company" and "Ready for Love" (the last originally recorded by guitarist Mick Ralphs during his tenure with Mott the Hoople on All the Young Dudes) are also "classic rock" radio staples.
Yeah, the record and the band were that good.
Happy 48th Birthday to the debut LP from Bad Company!!
One of those albums / bands released their debut LP on June 26th, 1974. The band was Bad Company and it was also the name of the debut LP.
Here are a couple of the reasons it became so popular so fast. 1. It was a great album. 2. It was the first record released on Led Zeppelin's new label "Swan Song". 3. The band was being managed by LZ manager Peter Grant. 4 and probably the most important reason, the bands members. It started with Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke from "Free". Then throw in Mott The Hopple guitarist Mick Ralphs and King Crimson bassist Boz Burrell. They were a true British hard rock supergroup.
The album reached the top of the US Billboard 200. Since then, the album has been certified five times platinum by the RIAA, and became the 46th best selling album of the 1970s. The album spent 25 weeks in the UK Albums Chart, entering at No. 10 and reaching its highest position of No. 3 in the second week. Kerrang! magazine listed the album at No. 40 among the "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time".
The singles "Can't Get Enough" and "Movin' On" peaked at No. 5 and No. 19 on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively. "Rock Steady", "Bad Company" and "Ready for Love" (the last originally recorded by guitarist Mick Ralphs during his tenure with Mott the Hoople on All the Young Dudes) are also "classic rock" radio staples.
Yeah, the record and the band were that good.
Happy 48th Birthday to the debut LP from Bad Company!!
With their breakout album “Live Bullet” climbing the charts, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band played their first headlining stadium show on June 26, 1976 at Pontiac Stadium (Silverdome).
Support acts included Todd Rundgren’s Utopia and Elvin Bishop. Tickets were $7.50.
Support acts included Todd Rundgren’s Utopia and Elvin Bishop. Tickets were $7.50.
June 26th 1989 The Cult released Edie (Ciao Baby) as a single from Sonic Temple.
This song was in my head somewhat recently but I never knew who sang it. Then it went out of my head and I thought it would be gone forever, but just heard it again this weekend and wanted to share. I know a decent amount of classic rock music/groups, but for some reason this group I wasn’t familiar with….great song IMO
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Today we are remembering Larry Taylor on what would’ve been his 80th birthday.
Taylor played bass guitar in The Gamblers, one of the first rock groups to play instrumental surf music. Its personnel also included Elliot Ingber, a future member of Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention, Fraternity of Man and Captain Beefheart's The Magic Band; Bruce Johnston, half of the Bruce and Terry duo with Terry Melcher from 1962–66 and longtime "sixth" member of The Beach Boys, for a time brother Mel Taylor, and guitarist-songwriter-bandleader Derry Weaver, who would record and perform in several capacities during the early 1960s. The Gamblers had a local hit in the Los Angeles area with "Moon Dawg" and Taylor played on the recording.
Taylor played with Canned Heat from 1967 to 1970, and appeared with them at various festivals including the Monterey International Pop Festival and Woodstock .
His band nickname was "The Mole." In addition to playing bass, he also played lead guitar on occasion. An example can be heard on the track "Down in the Gutter, But Free," on the album Hallelujah (and in the attached video of “Let’s Work Together”). In 1969, due to a dispute with Taylor, Henry Vestine left the band. Guitarist Harvey Mandel filled the void as the band's lead guitarist. In 1970, when John Mayall moved to Los Angeles, Taylor and Mandel quit Canned Heat to join him in the Bluesbreakers. After the Bluesbreakers tours, Taylor played briefly with the Sugarcane Harris Band (later called Pure Food and Drug Act).
In 1974, Taylor became part of The Hollywood Fats Band led by Mike "Hollywood Fats" Mann. The pair joined Canned Heat for a King Biscuit Flower Hourconcert in 1979. Taylor recorded Reheated in 1988, again with Canned Heat. He toured and recorded with his former band a few more times until 1999. In 2007, Taylor and Harvey Mandel reunited with Fito de la Parra and the rest of the current Canned Heat line-up to perform certain shows. Taylor, Mandel and de la Parra were all in the line-up that played Woodstock. The three members of Canned Heat's Woodstock line-up toured extensively from 2009 to 2013.
Taylor became a leading exponent and practitioner of the acoustic upright bass in the contemporary blues scene. He was quite prominently seen with his upright bass in the live blues film, Lightning in a Bottle. He was also featured in a concert DVD released in winter 2013, from the album Time Brings About A Change by Floyd Dixon. This concert features three elder piano players – Dixon, Pinetop Perkins and Henry Gray — and was filmed at the Rhythm Room in Phoenix, Arizona on 1 and 2 June 2006.
Taylor played on numerous Tom Waits albums and was the bass player in his touring band.
In 2014, Taylor was nominated for a Blues Music Awardin the 'Best Instrumentalist – Bass' category.
Larry Taylor died on August 19, 2019 at the age of 77 from cancer.
Happy Heavenly Birthday, Larry. Thank you for the music.
Taylor played bass guitar in The Gamblers, one of the first rock groups to play instrumental surf music. Its personnel also included Elliot Ingber, a future member of Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention, Fraternity of Man and Captain Beefheart's The Magic Band; Bruce Johnston, half of the Bruce and Terry duo with Terry Melcher from 1962–66 and longtime "sixth" member of The Beach Boys, for a time brother Mel Taylor, and guitarist-songwriter-bandleader Derry Weaver, who would record and perform in several capacities during the early 1960s. The Gamblers had a local hit in the Los Angeles area with "Moon Dawg" and Taylor played on the recording.
Taylor played with Canned Heat from 1967 to 1970, and appeared with them at various festivals including the Monterey International Pop Festival and Woodstock .
His band nickname was "The Mole." In addition to playing bass, he also played lead guitar on occasion. An example can be heard on the track "Down in the Gutter, But Free," on the album Hallelujah (and in the attached video of “Let’s Work Together”). In 1969, due to a dispute with Taylor, Henry Vestine left the band. Guitarist Harvey Mandel filled the void as the band's lead guitarist. In 1970, when John Mayall moved to Los Angeles, Taylor and Mandel quit Canned Heat to join him in the Bluesbreakers. After the Bluesbreakers tours, Taylor played briefly with the Sugarcane Harris Band (later called Pure Food and Drug Act).
In 1974, Taylor became part of The Hollywood Fats Band led by Mike "Hollywood Fats" Mann. The pair joined Canned Heat for a King Biscuit Flower Hourconcert in 1979. Taylor recorded Reheated in 1988, again with Canned Heat. He toured and recorded with his former band a few more times until 1999. In 2007, Taylor and Harvey Mandel reunited with Fito de la Parra and the rest of the current Canned Heat line-up to perform certain shows. Taylor, Mandel and de la Parra were all in the line-up that played Woodstock. The three members of Canned Heat's Woodstock line-up toured extensively from 2009 to 2013.
Taylor became a leading exponent and practitioner of the acoustic upright bass in the contemporary blues scene. He was quite prominently seen with his upright bass in the live blues film, Lightning in a Bottle. He was also featured in a concert DVD released in winter 2013, from the album Time Brings About A Change by Floyd Dixon. This concert features three elder piano players – Dixon, Pinetop Perkins and Henry Gray — and was filmed at the Rhythm Room in Phoenix, Arizona on 1 and 2 June 2006.
Taylor played on numerous Tom Waits albums and was the bass player in his touring band.
In 2014, Taylor was nominated for a Blues Music Awardin the 'Best Instrumentalist – Bass' category.
Larry Taylor died on August 19, 2019 at the age of 77 from cancer.
Happy Heavenly Birthday, Larry. Thank you for the music.
18 years ago today, defying predictions of musical and personal implosion, Velvet Revolver, fronted by Scott Weiland and with three ex-Guns N' Roses members in the lineup, debuted at #1 in America with their first album, Contraband.
With their histories of substance abuse, the combination of Weiland, Slash, Matt Sorum and Duff McKagan (Dave Kushner rounds out the group), is combustible. Their former bands were riddled with discord, but they all seem unlikely to succeed without them: Weiland's efforts outside of Stone Temple Pilots have garnered little attention, as has Slash's Snakepit.
When Velvet Revolver formed, it sounded like a formula for ruin, especially considering Weiland's tenuous grip on sobriety, but these road-tested rockers were used to working under addiction protocol. Weiland, an experienced heroin user, was confined to a lock-down rehab facility when they made the album - he was released to the studio for four hours a day under police escort, then drug tested on his return. A burst pancreas put McKagan's drinking days behind him, and Slash limited himself to alcohol in an effort to preserve his latest marriage and be a reliable father.
With Stone Temple Pilots and Guns N' Roses in purgatory, rock radio had been forced into Hoobastank and Nickelback - dark days, indeed. The overall music scene was dominated by hip-hop, R&B and country. When Contraband took the top spot, it displaced Confessions by Usher, which spent nine weeks at #1.
With their histories of substance abuse, the combination of Weiland, Slash, Matt Sorum and Duff McKagan (Dave Kushner rounds out the group), is combustible. Their former bands were riddled with discord, but they all seem unlikely to succeed without them: Weiland's efforts outside of Stone Temple Pilots have garnered little attention, as has Slash's Snakepit.
When Velvet Revolver formed, it sounded like a formula for ruin, especially considering Weiland's tenuous grip on sobriety, but these road-tested rockers were used to working under addiction protocol. Weiland, an experienced heroin user, was confined to a lock-down rehab facility when they made the album - he was released to the studio for four hours a day under police escort, then drug tested on his return. A burst pancreas put McKagan's drinking days behind him, and Slash limited himself to alcohol in an effort to preserve his latest marriage and be a reliable father.
With Stone Temple Pilots and Guns N' Roses in purgatory, rock radio had been forced into Hoobastank and Nickelback - dark days, indeed. The overall music scene was dominated by hip-hop, R&B and country. When Contraband took the top spot, it displaced Confessions by Usher, which spent nine weeks at #1.
George opens that song with a chord he created.
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The "Fifth Beatle." Talented dude.
Cool song. I like the last few minutes where it clicks into a totally different mode starting just before the 5:40 mark…..
Thankful I got to see them back in the day. Talented musicians.
