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GRACE SLICK

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-MARCH 5, 2019…GRACE SLICK MIGHT BE THE MOST INTERESTING PERSON I’VE EVER TALKED TO IN MY LIFE. ON THIS DAY, 25 YEARS AGO, GRACE SLICK WAS ARRESTED FOR POINTING A SHOTGUN AT POLICE IN HER TIBURON HOME. SLICK WAS EVENTUALLY SENTENCED TO 200 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE AND THREE MONTHS WORTH OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS CLASSES.

SLICK OF COURSE IS THE SINGER-SONGWRITER, ARTIST , AND FORMER MODEL WHO IS BEST KNOWN FOR HER WORK WITH JEFFERSON AIRPLANE, JEFFERSON STARSHIP, AND STARSHIP. HERE’S A LITTLE GRACE SLICK TRIVIA FOR YOU. IT WAS 1969 AND THE BAND WAS PERFORMING ON ‘THE CAVETT SHOW’ WHEN SHE BECAME THE FIRST PERSON TO SAY THE WORD “MOTHERF#*#R” ON NATIONAL TV.

HERE’S GRACE SLICK WITH JEFFERSON AIRPLANE AT WOODSTOCK

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SKECHERS MOCKS NIKE IN NEW AD

After Duke basketball star Zion Williamson pivot and ripped through his Nike shoe during a game against North Carolina a couple weeks ago, Skechers took advantage of the situation to poke fun at Nike with the ad seen above.

In case you needed a reminder, here’s Zion Williamson ripping threw his Nike shoe.

JASON NEWSTED’S BIRTHDAY

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LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-MARCH 4, 2019…HAPPY 56th BDAY TO FORMER METALLICA BASSIST AND BAY AREA ROCKER JASON NEWSTED. THE WALNUT CREEK RESIDENT IS BEST KNOWN FOR BEING THE THIRD BASS GUITARIST IN THE BAND METALLICA. HE WAS WITH THE BAND FROM 1986 UNTIL HIS DEPARTURE IN JANUARY 2001.

AFTER THE DEATH OF CLIFF BURTON, THE GROUP STARTED A SEARCH FOR A NEW BASSIST, AND AUDITIONED OVER 50 MUSICIANS. NEWSTED WAS THE LAST OF THE PEOPLE TRYING OUT, AND ENDED UP WITH THE GIG.

METALLICA INVOLVED BURTON’S PARENTS IN THE DECISION TO FILL THE BASSIST’S POSITION, AND BOTH OF CLIFF’S PARENTS WERE PRESENT SO THEY WOULD KNOW WHO WOULD BE CARRYING ON WITH THEIR SON’S LEGACY AND WOULD “PASS CLIFF’S TORCH ON.”

NEWSTED’S STUDIO DEBUT WITH THE BAND WAS THE E.P: ‘GARAGE DAYS RE-REVISITED’,AND FOLLOWED BY THE EPIC ALBUM ‘…AND JUSTICE FOR ALL’

HERE’S NEWSTEDT REUNITING WITH METALLICA IN 2011

THE STONES ‘LOVE YOU LIVE’

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-MARCH 4, 2019…52 YEARS AGO THE ROLLING STONES RECORDED “LOVE YOU LIVE” AT 2 SECRET SHOWS AT THE EL MOCAMBO TAVERN IN TORONTO CANADA. THE SHOWS TOOK PLACE MARCH 4TH AND 5TH AT THE SMALL CLUB IN T.O.

HOWEVER, ONLY 4 SONGS WERE RECORDED AT THE NIGHTSPOT, BECAUSE KEITH RICHARDS ARRIVED LATE FOR REHEARSALS, AS HE AND HIS GIRLFRIEND ANITA PALLENBERG HAD BEEN ARRESTED FOR POSSESSION AND TRAFFICKING HEROIN WHEN THEIR HOTEL ROOM WAS RAIDED. ADDITIONAL SONGS TO FILL OUT THE ALBUM WERE RECORDED AT PERFORMANCES DURING THE 1975-1976 TOUR.

ANOTHER GREAT STORY ABOUT THIS ALBUM IS THE COVER. THE STONES COMMISSIONED ANDY WARHOL TO DO THE ARTWORK. HOWEVER THE PENCIL SMEARS SEEN ACROSS THE FRONT WERE ADDED BY MICK JAGGER. HE FIXED THE ARTWORK, MUCH TO THE DISMAY OF ANDY WARHOL.

THERE’S NOTHING BETTER THAN LIVE STONES. HERE’S A GREATVERSION OF ‘BITCH’

WE REMEMBER THE GREAT RONNIE MONTROSE

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-MARCH 3, 2019…SEVEN YEARS AGO TODAY BAY AREA ROCKER RONNIE MONTROSE DIED AT THE AGE OF 64. THIS GUY WAS A HELL OF A GUITARIST AND A GREAT GUY. RONNIE MONTROSE LED THE BANDS MONTROSE (1973-1977 & 1987) AND GAMMA (1979-1983 & 2000) AND PERFORMED A TON OF SESSION WORK WITH ARTISTS LIKE BOZ SCAGGS, GARY WRIGHT, EDGAR WINTER, SAMMY HAGAR, JOHNNY WINTER, THE NEVILLE BROTHERS, AND VAN MORRISON. AND LET ME JUST SAY HERE AND NOW THE FIRST MONTROSE RECORD IS STILL ONE OF THE MOST UNDERRATED HEAVY METAL ALBUMS IN ROCK HISTORY.

ON THIS DATE IN 2012 MONTROSE DIED FROM A SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND. HIS DEATH WAS ORIGINALLY THOUGHT TO BE BECAUSE OF HIS PROSTATE CANCER, HOWEVER THE SAN MATEO COUNTY CORONER’S OFFICE RELEASED A REPORT THAT CONFIRMED RONNIE MONTROSE TOOK HIS OWN LIFE.

RIP RONNIE

HERE’S SOME CLASSIC MONTROSE

AND HERE’S A LINK TO THE OFFICIAL MONTROSE WEBPAGE

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MASTER OF PUPPETS

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-MARCH 3, 2019…33 YEARS AGO METALLICA RELEASED THEIR THIRD ALBUM, ‘MASTER OF PUPPETS’. THIS ALBUM IS CONSIDERED BY MANY IN THE METAL COMMUNITY TO BE THE BEST METAL ALBUM OF ALL TIME. IT WAS ALSO THE LAST ALBUM TO FEATURE BASSIST CLIFF BURTON WHO WAS KILLED WHEN THE BAND’S TOUR BUS OVERTURNED IN SOUTHERN SWEDEN WHILE TOURING TO PROMOTE THE RECORD. IT IS ALSO THE FIRST THRASH METAL ALBUM TO BE CERTIFIED PLATINUM. IT WAS CERTIFIED 6 X PLATINUM IN 2003 BY THE RIAA (RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) FOR SHIPPING 6 MILLION COPIES IN THE USA.

HERE’S A TREAT. THE FULL ALBUM, LIVE. THE SHOW WAS BROADCAST IN GERMANY IN 2006 AS PART OF THE ‘ESCAPE FROM THE STUDIO 06’ TOUR.

BIRTHDAY BOY JON BON JOVI

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-MARCH 2, 2019…GET OUT THE BIRTHDAY CAKE FOR JON BON JOVI. TODAY HE’S 57. YOU CAN SAY ONE THING ABOUT BON JOVI, HE PAID HIS DUES. JON USED TO BE A JANITOR IN THE RECORDING STUDIO HIS UNCLE OWNED. HE ACTED AS A GOPHER, AND USED TO RUN FOR ITEMS FOR THE BANDS RECORDING IN THE STUDIO. HE WOULD ALSO CLEAN UP AT THE END OF THE DAY, AND WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THE STUDIO’S FACILITIES AFTER HOURS.

BON JOVI WAS SIGNED BY A POLYGRAM RECORDS EXECUTIVE NAMED DEREK SHULMAN WHO SAID “I SAW THE DRIVE AND AMBITION OF JON BON JOVI, DESPITE THE FACT THAT HE COULD ONLY SING FIVE NOTES AND MOST OF THEM OUT OF TUNE.”

HERE’S SOME COOL TRIVIA FOR YOU CONCERNING JON.

HIS MOTHER WAS A PLAYBOY BUNNY, AND HE’S A BLOOD RELATIVE TO THE LATE GREAT SINGER FRANK SINATRA. SINATRA WAS JON’S GREAT UNCLE ON HIS FATHER’S SIDE (ACCORDING TO THE MAY 1988 ISSUE OF SPIN MAGAZINE).

MORE IMPORTANTLY, BON JOVI HAS SOLD OVER 100 MILLION ALBUMS.

HERE’S JON FROM 1986 (BIG HAIR WARNING)

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THE CAPTAIN AND ME

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-MARCH 2, 2019…ON THIS DATE IN 1973 THE DOOBIE BROTHERS CAME OUT WITH ONE OF THEIR BEST ALBUMS ‘THE CAPTAIN AND ME’

THIS WAS THE 7TH BIGGEST ALBUM OF 1973, AND WENT DOUBLE PLATINUM FOR THE BAND. ONE OF THE BIG SONGS FROM THE RECORD WAS ‘LONG TRAIN RUNNIN’. DOOBIE BROTHERS GUITARIST AND LEAD SINGER TOM JOHNSON WROTE THIS SONG, AND SAID THE GROUP PLAYED IT FOR 3 YEARS BEFORE RECORDING IT. GENERALLY HE WRITES THE MUSIC FIRST, AND SOMETIMES HAS A “DEVIL OF A TIME COMING UP WITH LYRICS.” SO THE BAND WOULD PLAY THE SONG AT GIGS FOR 3 YEARS AS A THROW AWAY SONG, AND IT WAS CALLED SEVERAL DIFFERENT NAMES, AND MOST OF THE TIME HE WOULD JUST MAKE UP WORDS AS THEY WERE PLAYING THE SONG.

BTW, THE ALBUM WENT DOUBLE PLATINUM AND WAS POWERED BY 3 HIT SINGLES ‘LONG TRAIN RUNNIN’ ‘CHINA GROVE’ AND ‘WITHOUT YOU’

HERE’S THE DOOBIES OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR ‘LONG TRAIN RUNNIN’

THE GREAT JEFF HEALEY

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-MARCH 2, 2019… ON THIS DATE IN 2008 GUITARIST JEFF HEALEY DIED OF CANCER AT THE AGE OF 42. WHAT’S SO SAD IS HEALEY HAD BEEN BATTLING CANCER BASICALLY ALL OF HIS LIFE. HE LOST HIS SIGHT TO RETINOBLASTOMA, WHICH IS A RARE CANCER OF THE EYES. THIS REQUIRED THAT HIS EYES BE SURGICALLY REMOVED WHEN HE WAS 8 MONTHS OLD. AT THE AGE OF 38, HE DEVELOPED SARCOMA IN HIS LEGS THAT SPREAD TO HIS LUNGS

MOST FANS TODAY KNOW JEFF HEALEY AS THE GUITARIST WITH THE MOST UNIQUE GUITAR-PLAYING STYLE EVER INVENTED. HE PLAYED WITH THE GUITAR SITTING FLAT ON HIS LAP. AND MAN COULD THIS GUY PLAY GUITAR. HE PLAYED ALONG SUCH TALENTS AS DIRE STRAITS, STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN, BB KING, ZZ TOP, AND ERIC CLAPTON.

HERE’S HEALEY WHEN HE APPEARED ON THE DAVID LETTERMAN SHOW IN 1988….AND F*** YOU CANCER !