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THE DAY AC/DC ANNOUNCED BRIAN JOHNSON WAS LEAVING THE GROUP

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-MARCH 8, 2019…IT WAS ON THIS DATE IN 2016 AC/DC POSTPONED THE REMAINDER OF THE “ROCK OR BUST” WORLD TOUR ANNOUNCING THAT LEAD SINGER BRIAN JOHNSON HAD BEEN WARNED BY DOCTORS TO STOP TOURING IMMEDIATELY OR “RISK TOTAL HEARING LOSS.”

HOWEVER, ACCORDING TO VARIOUS STORIES THAT STARTED TO SURFACE, SOMETHING WASN’T RIGHT. COMEDIAN JIM BREUER BROKE A STORY ON HIS PODCAST, AND SAID THAT JOHNSON’S HEARING ISSUES WERE OVERBLOWN AND JOHNSON FELT HE WAS “UNFAIRLY KICKED TO THE CURB BY THE BAND.” ONE DAY AFTER THE BAND MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT JOHNSON WAS OUT OF THE BAND, THEY ANNOUNCED THE TOUR WOULD CONTINUE ON WITH GUEST SINGER AXL ROSE FILLING IN FOR THE REMAINING 10 NORTH AMERICAN SHOWS AND 12 EUROPEAN DATES.

AND THE PLOT THICKENS, BECAUSE ON JANUARY 28TH OF THIS YEAR, BRIAN JOHNSON CONFIRMED HE’S BACK IN THE BAND WORKING ON A NEW AC/DC ALBUM, WITH A TOUR TO FOLLOW. HE MUST HAVE FOUND THE CURE FOR DEAFNESS !!

ONE OF JOHNSON’S LAST SHOWS WITH AC/DC ON THE ‘ROCK OR BUST’ TOUR WAS IN SF AT AT&T PARK. HERE’S THE ENTIRE CONCERT

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SUPERUNKNOWN

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-MARCH 8, 2019…WOW !! TODAY MARKS THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF SOUNDGARDEN’S ‘SUPERUNKNOWN’

THIS ALBUM WAS A EARTH SHATTERING FOR SOUNDGARDEN. THE ALBUM DEBUTED AT #1 ON BILLBOARD’S ALBUM CHART, AND SPAWNED 5 SINGLES. THE FIRST SINGLE RELEASE FROM THE ALBUM WAS ‘SPOONMAN’ WHICH WENT ON TO SELL OVER 5 MILLION COPIES. ‘SPOONMAN’ AND ANOTHER SINGLE ‘BLACK HOLE SUN’ WON GRAMMY AWARDS. THE ALBUM WAS ALSO NOMINATED FOR A GRAMMY IN THE “BEST ROCK ALBUM” CATEGORY.

‘SUPERUNKNOWN’ IS CERTIFIED 5X PLATINUM BY THE RIAA.

HERE’S SOUNDGARDEN AND THE OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR ‘SPOONMAN’

A MESSAGE FROM ALEX TREBEK

Watch Alex Trebek announce on a recent episode of Jeopardy that he has stage 4 pancreatic cancer.

LAMONT AND TONELLI PRESENT: ED SHEERAN “FARTING OUT LOUD”

Lamont and Tonelli are back with a new music video, this time around it’s Ed Sheeran with “Farting Out Loud.”

DAVID BOWIE YOUNG AMERICANS

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-MARCH 7, 2019…IT WAS 1975 AND ON THIS DATE DAVID BOWIE LANDED A HUGE ALBUM WITH THE RELEASE OF ‘YOUNG AMERICANS’. IT WAS BOWIE’S 9TH STUDIO RELEASE, AND IT MARKED HIS DEPARTURE FROM “GLAM-ROCK.” THE ALBUM FEATURED A STRING OF SESSION PLAYERS THAT INCLUDED LUTHER VANDROSS AND ANDY NEWMARK, THE DRUMMER OF ‘SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE’. THE RECORD REACHED # 9 ON THE BILLBOARD ALBUM CHARTS, AND IT PRODUCED THE NUMBER ONE SINGLE ‘FAME’. BOWIE RECORDED FAME WITH JOHN LENNON. BOWIE AND LENNON CO-WROTE THE SONG, ALONG WITH PRODUCER CARLOS ALOMAR

HERE’S BOWIE PERFORMING THE TITLE TRACK ‘YOUNG AMERICANS’ ON THE DICK CAVETT SHOW

HE WAS DOING THE CIRCUIT IN SUPPORT OF THIS ALBUM, BECAUSE HE ALSO APPEARED ON ‘THE CHER SHOW’ TO PERFORM ‘FAME’

TOM PETTY AT THE FILLMORE

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-MARCH 7, 2019…CATCHING PETTY IN CONCERT WAS ALWAYS SPECIAL BUT TO CATCH HIM IN A VENUE LIKE THE FILLMORE WAS LEGENDARY. IN 1999 PETTY PLAYED A SEVEN SHOW LIMITED ENGAGEMENT AT THE FILLMORE. PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS USED THE SHOWS TO PREVIEW MATERIAL FROM THEIR FORTHCOMING ALBUM ‘ECHO’ AND THREW IN A TON OF COVERS AND MATERIAL FROM PAST ALBUMS. A COOL ASPECT OF THE SHOWS WAS PETTY HAD THE BAND ‘WAR’ AS AN OPENING ACT, AND THEY WERE STELLAR.

HERE’S TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS FROM THE FILLMORE CIRCA 1999

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LYNYRD SKYNYRD AT THE WINTERLAND

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-MARCH 7, 2019…THIS IS A FREAKIN’ GEM. ON THIS DATE IN 1976 LYNYRD SKYNYRD PLAYED THE WINTERLAND BALLROOM IN SF. THE BAND’S LINE-UP AT THE TIME WAS RONNIE VAN ZANT ON LEAD VOCALS, ALLEN COLLINS AND GARY ROSSINGTON ON GUITARS, BILLY POWELL ON KEYBOARDS, LEON WILKESON ON BASS, ARTIMUS PYLE HANDLING THE DRUMS, AND OF COURSE THE HONKETTES ON BACKGROUND VOCALS.

IT WAS SUCH A LEGENDARY SHOW THAT GEFFEN RECORDS RELEASED THE ALBUM IN 2009.

HERE’S VIDEO OF THE ENTIRE CONCERT FROM THAT MAGICAL NIGHT AT THE WINTERLAND BALLROOM

MOUNTAIN CLIMBING

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-MARCH 7, 2019…IT WAS ON THIS DATE IN 1970 THE BAND MOUNTAIN RELEASED THEIR DEBUT ALBUM ‘CLIMBING’

THIS BAND MIGHT BE ONE OF THE MOST UNDERRATED BANDS OF THE 1970’S, AND IF ANYTHING, THE BAND SHOULD BE COMMEMORATED FOR GIVING US ONE OF THE TRULY GREAT ROCK SONGS ‘MISSISSIPPI QUEEN’

MOUNTAIN GUITARIST LESLIE WEST SAID THIS ABOUT THE SONG:

“When Corky (Laing, drummer) brought me the idea, it was a one-chord dance song. We got real high, took out a napkin, and I came up with the main riff and the chords. Then we fit the words over the sound.” Laing says of the song: “I was madly in love with The Band, and I decided to put a ‘Cripple Creek’ feel behind it. Later on, I told Levon Helm that I felt bad about ripping him off, but he said that he didn’t hear any similarity between the 2 songs, and that we didn’t owe them any money!”

THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS COWBELL SONGS OF ALL TIME, BUT THE BAND DIDN’T ENVISION THE INSTRUMENT IN THE SONG. ACCORDING TO LESLIE WEST:

“The cowbell in the beginning was just in there because Felix wanted Corky to count the song off. So we used the cowbell to count it off – it wasn’t put in there on purpose. And it became the quintessential cowbell song.”

HERE’S MOUNTAIN PERFORMING CIRCA 1970 PERFORMING ‘MISSISSIPPI QUEEN’ AT A BAR IN NEW YORK.