LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-APR 26, 2019…OKAY THIS BLOWS MY MIND. EXACTLY 50 YEARS AGO TODAY YOU WERE ABLE TO SEE LED ZEPPELIN PLAY AT THE FILLMORE AND WINTERLAND !! ZEPPELIN PLAYED APRIL 24TH AND 27TH 1969 AT THE FILLMORE, AND APRIL 25 & 26TH AT WINTERLAND.
HERE’S VINTAGE LED ZEPPELIN FROM 1969
POSTER AVAILABLE @ WOLFGANG’S https://www.wolfgangs.com/posters/led-zeppelin/poster/BG170.html
Eric Clapton will be at Chase Center in San Francisco on Wednesday, September 11th.
The ticket presale is Thursday, April 25th from 10am to 10pm.
Use the code word: VIBES
Tickets go on sale to the public on Friday, April 26th at 10am through LiveNation.
Click here to purchase tickets.
LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-APR 25, 2019…ON THIS DATE 39 YEARS AGO, BLACK SABBATH RELEASED THEIR 9TH STUDIO ALBUM ‘HEAVEN AND HELL’
THIS IS A HUGE ALBUM IN THE HISTORY OF BLACK SABBATH BECAUSE IT WAS THE FIRST ALBUM TO FEATURE RONNIE JAMES DIO AS THE GROUP’S LEAD SINGER, REPLACING OZZY OSBOURNE WHO HAD LEFT A YEAR EARLIER.
WHAT’S REALLY WEIRD IS THE INITIAL SESSIONS FOR THIS ALBUM ACTUALLY STARTED OFF WITH OZZY IN THE STUDIO. BAND INFIGHTING IN THE 11 MONTH STUDIO SESSIONS RESULTED IN OZZY LEAVING THE GROUP. IN OZZY’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY HE STATED:
“it was clear they’d had enough of my insane behaviour”.
IN ANOTHER CRAZY TWIST, DIO WAS ACTUALLY INTRODUCED TO TONY IOMMI BY SHARON ARDEN (WHO WOULD LATER BECOME SHARON OSBOURNE). THE PAIR LATER HAD A CHANCE MEETING AT THE RAINBOW ROOM IN LOS ANGELES WHERE BOTH DISCUSSED FORMING A NEW BAND INSTEAD OF CARRYING ON AS BLACK SABBATH. ACCORDING TO DIO:
“It must have been fate, because we connected so instantly.”
ON THEIR FIRST JAM SESSION TOGETHER, THE DUO FINISHED ‘CHILDREN OF THE SEA’ A SONG THAT IOMMI HAD GIVEN UP ON PRIOR TO THE BAND’S FIRING OF OZZY.
THE ALBUM HEAVEN AND HELL WAS HUGE COMMERCIALLY FOR SABBATH, SELLING OVER 1 MILLION COPIES IN THE U.S.
HERE’S BLACK SABBATH WITH A LIVE VERSION OF CHILDREN OF THE SEA
AND AS AN ADDED TREAT ANOTHER GREAT SONG FROM HEAVEN AND HELL. HERE’S A LIVE VERSION OF NEON KNIGHTS
LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-APR 25, 2019…IT WAS A REUNION THAT NOBODY THOUGHT WOULD HAPPEN. ON THIS DATE IN 1994 THE EAGLES PLAYED THE FIRST OF 4 SHOWS AT THE SHORELINE AMPHITHEATRE WITH THE ‘HELL FREEZES OVER’ TOUR.
BACK TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 14 YEARS IT WAS A REUNION THAT NOBODY, AND I MEAN NOBODY THOUGHT WOULD HAPPEN. THE NAME OF THE TOUR WAS TAKEN FROM AN EARLIER QUOTE BY DON HENLEY, WHO RESPONDED TO THE QUESTION “WHEN WILL THE EAGLES GET BACK TOGETHER?”
HERE’S VIDEO FROM A SESSION THAT RESULTED IN AN EXCELLENT ACOUSTIC VERSION OF ‘HOTEL CALIFORNIA’
dailymotion.com/video/x30pss5
The Vegas Golden Knights were up 3-0 and had completely sucked the life out of San Jose’s crowd, but a major cross-checking penalty on the Knights’ Cody Eakin sent the San Jose Sharks forward Joe Pavelski down to the ice. This led the Knights to be down a man for five long minutes. Pavelski’s injury kicked off 28 minutes of heart-stopping Game 7 hockey. The San Jose Sharks rallied behind their fallen Captain to make an epic comeback and win the game, 5-4 and advanced to the second round.
One of our listeners was at the San Jose Sharks game last night and sent us this photo of Joe Pavelski laying on the ice.
In case you missed it, here’s what happened to Joe Pavelski.
Pavelski injury. Head hits the ice. Not good. #StanleyCup pic.twitter.com/rx3I590k6B
— Rob Taub (@RTaub_) April 24, 2019
LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-APR 24, 2019…HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO A FRIEND OF THE SHOW JACK BLADES. BLADES IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS WORK AS THE BASS PLAYER AND FRONTMAN FOR NIGHT RANGER AND THE SUPERGROUP
DAMN YANKEES. BLADES WAS BORN ON THIS DATE IN 1954 IN PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA. HAPPY 65TH BIRTHDAY JACK, YOU’RE ONE OF THE GOOD ONES !!
HERE’S BLADES WITH ‘THE DAMN YANKEES’
photo thanks –Daryl Really
LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-APR 24, 2019…ON THIS DATE 30 YEARS AGO, TOM PETTY RELEASED HIS FIRST SOLO ALBUM (AWAY FROM THE HEARTBREAKERS). THE ALBUM WAS ‘FULL MOON FEVER’
THE ALBUM WAS A SOLO PROJECT, BUT IT FEATURED MEMBERS OF THE HEARTBREAKERS, PLUS ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE TRAVELLING WILBURYS !
THE ALBUM WAS HUGE FOR PETTY IN TERMS OF SALES, TO DATE IT HAS SOLD OVER 6 MILLION COPIES WORLDWIDE. IT WALSO PRODUCED 4 HIT SINGLES ‘RUNNIN’ DOWN A DREAM’ ‘YER SO BAD’ ‘I WON’T BACK DOWN’ AND ‘FREE FALLIN’
HERE’S A TREAT. PETTY PERFORMING ‘FREE FALLIN’ AT THE SHORELINE AMPHITHEATRE CIRCA 1994
LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-APR 23, 2019…TODAY STEVE CLARK THE CO-LEAD GUITARIST OF DEF LEPPARD WAS BORN IN HILLSBOROUGH, SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND. HE WOULD HAVE BEEN 59 YEARS OF AGE. KNOWN AS “THE RIFFMASTER” CLARK WAS THE PRINCIPAL SONGWRITER AND GUITARIST FOR DEF LEPPARD UNTIL 1991 WHEN HE DIED FROM ALCOHOL POISONING. THE CORONER’S REPORT ON CLARK SHOWED HE HAD DOUBLE THE BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL THAT KILLED JOHN BONHAM.
R.I.P. STEVE. HERE’S CLARK WITH DEF LEPPARD WITH THE ORIGINAL VIDEO FOR ‘TOO LATE FOR LOVE’ FROM 1993. THIS VIDEO IS MESMERIZING BECAUSE 1) OF THE ENERGY DISPLAYED BY THE BAND, 2) CLARK’S GUITAR WORK 3) IT’S PRE-COCONUT OIL AND PHIL COLLEN IS WEARING A SHIRT, AND 4) IT’S PRE-CAR CRASH AND RICK ALLEN HAS BOTH ARMS !! ( I AM SO USED TO WATCHING HIM PLAY THAT YOU FORGET HE HAD TO LEARN A WHOLE NEW WAY TO PLAY THE DRUMS)
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LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-APR 23, 2019…IT WAS APRIL 23 1976 AND THE ROLLING STONES RELEASE THE ALBUM ‘BLACK AND BLUE’. THIS ALBUM MARKED A CHANGE IN DIRECTION FOR THE STONES AFTER GUITARIST MICK TAYLOR LEFT THE GROUP IN 1974 FOLLOWING THE RELEASE OF THE ALBUM ‘IT’S ONLY ROCK N’ ROLL’.
AS A RESULT, FOR THIS ALBUM KEITH RICHARDS RECORDED THE BULK OF THE GUITAR PARTS HIMSELF, WITH THE ALBUM SERVING AS AN AUDITION FOR A REPLACEMENT FOR TAYLOR. NUMEROUS GUITARISTS AUDITIONED.
ONE OF THOSE THAT WAS TRIED OUT WAS RONNIE WOOD. WOOD BECAME A FULL TIME MEMBER OF THE STONES IN 1976 WITH THE RELEASE OF THIS ALBUM.
THE BIG SINGLE FROM THE ALBUM WAS ‘FOOL TO CRY’
LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-APR 23, 2019…ON THIS DAY IN 1971 THE ROLLING STONES RELEASED ARGUABLY THEIR BEST ALBUM ‘STICKY FINGERS’
IT WAS THEIR 11TH ALBUM IN THE U.S. BUT ONLY THEIR 9TH IN THE U.K.
(LONG BORING RECORD COMPANY STORY)
‘STICKY FINGERS’ WAS THE FIRST ALBUM ON THE GROUP’S NEW LABEL, ROLLING STONE RECORDS, WHICH INTRODUCED THE NOW INFAMOUS “TONGUE AND LIPS LOGO”. THE LOGO WAS DESIGNED BY JOHN PASCHE, WHO WAS FRESH OUT OF ART SCHOOL. THE ALBUM’S ARTWORK BOASTED
A CLOSE-UP OF A MALE WEARING A TIGHT PAIR OF JEANS WITH A VISIBLE OUTLINE OF A LARGE PENIS. MANY ASSUMED THE PHOTO WAS AN IMAGE OF MICK JAGGER, BUT PEOPLE ACTUALLY INVOLVED AT THE PHOTO SHOOT CLAIM ARTIST ANDY WARHOL(IN CHARGE OF THE ARTWORK FOR THE ALBUM) HAD SEVERAL MEN PHOTOGRAPHED AND NEVER REVEALED WHICH SHOTS HE USED. JAGGER WAS NEVER PART OF THE PHOTO SHOOTS.
THE COVER OF THE ORIGINAL ALBUM RELEASE ALSO HAD A WORKING ZIPPER. AFTER RETAILERS COMPLAINED THAT THE ZIPPER WAS CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE ACTUAL VINYL (FROM STACKED SHIPMENTS OF THE RECORD), THE ZIPPER WAS “UNZIPPED” TO THE MIDDLE OF THE RECORD TO PROTECT THE ACTUAL VINYL RECORD.
SUBSEQUENT ALBUMS WERE SOLD WITHOUT THE WORKING ZIPPER.
IN MY OPINION, ONE OF THE GREATEST AND UNDERRATED STONES SONGS APPEARED ON THIS ALBUM. THE SONG IS ‘BITCH’. THIS IS AN EXTENDED VERSION FROM THE OFFICIAL STONES VIDEO SITE. I LOVE THIS VERSION BECAUSE THE MIX IS A LITTLE MORE RAW. ENJOY
HERE’S THE STONES IN 1971 WITH A TV APPEARANCE IN BRITAIN IN SUPPORT OF THE ALBUM
