LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JULY 3, 2019…THIS IS A BAD DAY HISTORICALLY TO BE A ROCK STAR. ON THIS DAY IN 1969 ROLLING STONE GUITARIST BRIAN JONES WAS FOUND DEAD IN HIS SWIMMING POOL BECOMING ANOTHER MEMBER OF ROCK’S NOTORIOUS “27 CLUB.”

THREE WEEKS BEFORE HIS DEATH, JONES WAS ACTUALLY KICKED OUT OF THE ROLLING STONES. MY QUESTION IS, HOW BAD IS YOUR DRUG HABIT WHEN IT CAUSES YOU TO GET KICKED OUT OF THE ROLLING STONES !!???

THE BAND CITED HE WAS KICKED OUT FOR HIS SPIRALLING SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROBLEMS AND OVERALL ERRATIC BEHAVIOR.

SPECULATION HAS RAGED OVER THE YEARS ON WHETHER JONES’ PASSING WAS AN INNOCENT ACCIDENT, A CALCULATED ACT, OR ACCORDING TO CONSPIRACY THEORISTS A RESULT OF FOUL PLAY. THE CORONER’S REPORT RULED IT OFFICIALLY A “DEATH BY MISADVENTURE.”

TWO DAYS AFTER HIS DEATH THE STONES CARRIED ON WITH A PLANNED CONCERT HELD AT HYDE PARK IN LONDON THAT WAS REPOSITIONED AS A TRIBUTE TO BRIAN JONES. IT OFFICIALLY MARKED THE PUBLIC DEBUT AS MICK TAYLOR AS A MEMBER OF THE BAND.

DAYS LATER, ON JULY 10,1969, JONES WAS LAID TO REST. BILL WYMAN AND CHARLIE WATTS WERE THE ONLY MEMBERS OF THE ROLLING STONES IN ATTENDANCE.

HERE’S BRIAN JONES ON THE SITAR WITH THE STONES PERFORMING ‘PAINT IT BLACK’

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JULY 2, 2019…BILL GRAHAM’S ‘DAY ON THE GREEN’ CONCERTS WERE CONCERTS THAT WERE THE PROTOTYPES FOR FESTIVAL SHOWS. STAGED ON THE LAWN OF THE OAKLAND COLISEUM, THE ‘DAY ON THE GREEN’ CONCERTS WERE A SUMMER SERIES OF CONCERTS THAT GRAHAM STARTED IN 1973 AND THEY CONTINUED UNTIL SHORTLY AFTER HIS DEATH AS A RESULT OF A HELICOPTER CRASH IN 1991.

JULY 1977 SAW A COUPLE OF LEGENDARY ‘DAY ON THE GREEN’ CONCERTS FEATURING PETER FRAMPTON, LYNYRD SKYNYRD, SANTANA , AND THE OUTLAWS. THE FIRST SHOW TOOK PLACE ON JULY 2, WITH A SECOND SHOW TAKING PLACE 2 DAYS LATER ON JULY 4TH 1977.

HERE’S FRAMPTON’S FULL SET AT THE OAKLAND COLISEUM (GREAT QUALITY)

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LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JULY 2, 2019…TWENTY THREE YEARS AGO STP RELEASED THE SINGLE ‘TRIPPIN’ ON A HOLE IN A PAPER HEART’

-TRIPPIN’ ON A HOLE WAS STP’S 5TH SINGLE TO REACH # 1 ON THE BILLBOARD ROCK CHARTS

-THE SONG GARNERED A GRAMMY NOMINATION IN 1997 FOR “BEST HARD ROCK PERFORMANCE.”

-STP’S DRUMMER ERIC KRETZ WROTE MOST OF THE MUSIC FOR THIS SONG. ACCORDING TO KRETZ, THE INSPIRATION FOR THE DRUM LINE WAS TOWER OF POWER’S SONG ‘WHAT IS HIP?’

-SCOTT WEILAND WROTE THE LYRICS. WEILAND SAID IN A RADIO INTERVIEW THAT THE AMBIGUOUS LYRICS ACTUALLY ALLUDED TO A “VERY BAD EXPERIENCE DROPPING ACID”

-THIS HAS THE LONGEST TITLE OF ANY STP SONG. THE FULL TITLE NEVER APPEARS IN THE LYRICS, BUT WE DO HEAR ABOUT THE “PAPER HEART” IN THE FIRST LINE. AND THE WORD TRIP APPEARS TWICE “KEEP ON TRIPPIN’ ANYWAY” “ONE MORE TRIP AND I’LL BE GONE”

HERE’S THE OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR ‘TRIPPIN’ ON A HOLE IN A PAPER HEART’

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JUNE 30, 2019…IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT IT’S BEEN FORTY TWO YEARS AGO SINCE KISS RELEASED THE ALBUM ‘LOVE GUN’

HERE’S SOME KISS TRIVIA:

-‘LOVE GUN’ WAS THE BAND’S FIRST ALBUM TO FEATURE A LEAD VOCAL PERFORMANCE FROM ACE FREHLEY

-IT WAS ALSO THE FIRST ALBUM TO FEATURE LEAD VOCALS FROM ALL FOUR MEMBERS

-THIS WAS THE FINAL STUDIO ALBUM TO FEATURE PETER CRISS ON EVERY SONG

-THE GENE SIMMONS MARKETING MACHINE WAS IN FULL EFFECT WITH THIS RECORD. A CARDBOARD “LOVE GUN” WAS INCLUDED INSIDE THE ALBUM. A KISS MERCHANDISE ORDER FORM WAS ALSO SLIPPED IN FOR GOOD MEASURE

-BEFORE ‘LOVE GUN’ WAS COMPLETED, A GALLUP POLL STATED KISS WAS THE MOST POPULAR BAND IN THE UNITED STATES, PLACING AHEAD OF LED ZEPPELIN, AEROSMITH, AND THE EAGLES.

-TWO RELATIVELY UNKNOWN MUSICIANS PLAYED ON 2 OF THE DEMO TRACKS FOR THIS RECORD. THE TWO MUSICIANS? EDDIE AND ALEX VAN HALEN.

-‘LOVE GUN’ SOLD 1 MILLION COPIES

HERE’S AN ENTIRE KISS SHOW FROM 1977 ON THE “ALIVE II” TOUR.