The Vans Warped Tour will be at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View on July 20th and 21st.
For tickets and more info go to: www.vanswarpedtour.com
The ticket pre-sale is Wednesday, February 27th at 10am through Thursday, February 28th at 10pm.
Use the code word: single
Tickets go on sale and the lineup announcement will be on Friday, March 1st at 10am.
Click here to purchase tickets.
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A group of funeral directors in South Africa say they will sue a self-styled prophet who claims to have resurrected a dead man, through the power of Jesus.
In the video below, Pastor Alph Lukau is seen shouting “rise up” to a “dead” man lying down in a coffin who then jerks upright to cheers from worshippers.
The funeral companies say they were manipulated by Alleluia Ministries into being involved.
The video has sparked an international debate on fake pastors and had been widely condemned by established religious groups. Many see these pastors as simply using religion to maintain power over people.
Resurrection in 2019. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂. My people perish because of lack of knowledge. pic.twitter.com/a6XztLGPOF
— King Lewis XVll (@luilewis1) February 25, 2019
LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 27, 2019…ON THIS DATE IN 1971, FIVE MONTHS AFTER HER DEATH, JANIS JOPLIN STARTED A 5 MONTH RUN AT NUMBER ONE ON THE US ALBUM CHARTS WITH HER SECOND AND FINAL SOLO ALBUM ‘PEARL’. JOPLIN SANG ON ALL THE TRACKS EXCEPT FOR ‘BURIED ALIVE IN THE BLUES’ WHICH REMAINED ON THE ALBUM AS AN INSTRUMENTAL BECAUSE JOPLIN DIED BEFORE SHE COULD ADD HER VOCALS TO THE FULL TILT BOOGIE TRACK.
THE SESSIONS FOR PEARL STARTED IN SEPTEMBER OF 1970, AND ENDED WITH HER UNTIMELY DEATH IN OCTOBER. THE A CAPELLA ‘MERCEDES BENZ’ WAS THE LAST SONG SHE RECORDED. IT WAS RECORDED ON OCTOBER 1,1970. SHE WAS FOUND DEAD 3 DAYS LATER, THE CAUSE OF DEATH RULED A HEROIN OVERDOSE.
THE ALBUM PEARL WAS CERTIFIED QUADRUPLE PLATINUM.
HERE’S JOPLIN SINGING ‘PIECE OF MY HEART’
LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 27, 2019…IT WAS ON THIS DAY IN 1977 THAT THE NEWS OF KEITH RICHARDS GETTING BUSTED FOR HEROIN POSSESSION ROCKED THE WORLD. RICHARDS WAS ARRESTED AT THE HARBOUR CASTLE HOTEL IN TORONTO CANADA WHEN HIS ROOM WAS RAIDED BY 15 MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE.
RICHARDS WAS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO TRAFFIC, AND FACED 7 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON. HE WAS FREED ON BAIL WHICH WAS SET AT $25,000 CANADIAN. THE PRIME MINISTER’S WIFE WAS A HUGE STONES FAN, AND SOMEHOW, RICHARDS ENDED UP WITH ONE YEAR OF PROBATION, A SUSPENDED SENTENCE, AND HE THE STONES HAD TO PUT ON A FREE CONCERT FOR THE BLIND.
HERE’S THE NEWS STORY THAT RAN ON THE CBC NATIONAL NEWS WHEN THE VERDICT WAS ANNOUNCED
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LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 27, 2019…ADRIAN SMITH THE GUITARIST FROM IRON MAIDEN, TURNS 62 TODAY. SMITH WAS BORN IN ENGLAND, AND BOUGHT HIS FIRST ALBUM WHEN HE WAS 15. THAT ALBUM WAS DEEP PURPLE’S ‘MACHINE HEAD.’ HE STARTED UP A FRIENDSHIP WITH FUTURE MAIDEN GUITARIST DAVE MURRAY WHO HAD A BAND AT THE TIME, AND ONCE HE SAW HOW MANY GIRLS MURRAY WAS ATTRACTING, DECIDED HE WANTED TO PLAY THE GUITAR AS WELL. HE QUIT SCHOOL AT 16 AND ENDED UP EVENTUALLY JOINING IRON MAIDEN IN 1980. HE WAS WITH THE GROUP FOR TEN YEARS, AND AFTER VARIOUS OTHER PROJECTS, REJOINED THE GROUP IN 1999 ‘TIL PRESENT.
THIS FIGURE KIND OF SURPRISED ME. WITH IRON MAIDEN, ADRIAN SMITH HAS SOLD OVER 100 MILLION ALBUMS WORLDWIDE.
HERE’S SMITH WITH IRON MAIDEN AND THE OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR
‘RUN TO THE HILLS’
photo thanks Scott Penner
Iron Maiden @ Bluesfest July 6 2010
LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 27, 2019…IT WAS 1990 AND AEROSMITH WAS WELL INTO THEIR COMEBACK. ‘WHAT IT TAKES’ IS FROM THEIR 10TH STUDIO ALBUM ‘PUMP’ AND IT WAS RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1990. ‘PUMP’ CAME ON THE HEELS OF THEIR COMEBACK ALBUM ‘PERMANENT VACATION’, AND ‘PUMP’ WAS EVEN BIGGER. ‘PUMP’ SOLD OVER SEVEN MILLION COPIES, AND IS TIED FOR AEROSMITH’S SECOND BIGGEST SELLING ALBUM IN AMERICA. (THEIR BIGGEST SELLING ALBUM IS ‘TOYS IN THE ATTIC’)
‘PUMP’ IS THE ONLY AEROSMITH ALBUM TO HAVE 3 TOP TEN SINGLES, AND ‘WHAT IT TAKES’ WAS ONE OF THEM.
‘WHAT IT TAKES’ ACTUALLY HAS 2 MUSIC VIDEOS. THERE WAS ONE OF THE BAND PLAYING AT A COUNTRY BAR, THE OTHER WAS FROM THE DOCUMENTARY “THE MAKING OF PUMP”
HERE’S THE OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR ‘WHAT IT TAKES’
HERE’S THE VIDEO FROM THE MAKING OF PUMP
LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 27, 2019…HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JOHNNY VAN ZANT, THE LEAD SINGER OF LYNYRD SKYNYRD. JOHNNY IS THE YOUNGER BROTHER OF THE LATE RONNIE VAN ZANT, THE CO-FOUNDER AND ORIGINAL LEAD SINGER OF SKYNYRD. JOHNNY JOINED THE ORIGINAL REMAINING MEMBERS OF LYNYRD SKYNYRD WHEN THE BAND REFORMED IN 1987 FOR ONE TOUR, AND HAS BEEN THEIR LEAD SINGER EVER SINCE.
JOHNNY’S ‘OTHER BROTHER’ IS DONNIE VAN ZANT, HE’S AN ORIGINAL MEMBER OF 38 SPECIAL. HERE’S GREAT VIDEO OF THE TWO OF THEM PERFORMING TOGETHER AS ‘VAN ZANT’ FROM A SHOW IN 2017
HERE’S SKYNYRD FROM WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THEIR LAST SHOW IN THE BAY AREA*( THEY LATER ANNOUNCED DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND, THEY WILL CONTINUE TOURING AS LYNYRD SKYNYRD….WHICH MAKES ME HAPPY, BECAUSE I LOVE THE BAND)
AND FINALLY A GREAT LIVE VERSION OF SIMPLE MAN
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LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 27, 2019…BORN 1954 ON AN AIR FORCE BASE IN OKLAHOMA, NOW HE’S A RESIDENT OF THE BAY AREA, AND TODAY NEAL SCHON CELEBRATES HIS 65TH BIRTHDAY. BEST KNOWN AS THE LEAD GUITARIST FOR JOURNEY, HE STARTED HIS CAREER AT THE AGE OF 15 WITH SANTANA. HE TURNED DOWN A CHANCE TO PLAY WITH ERIC CLAPTON AND DEREK AND THE DOMINOS BEFORE HE JOINED SANTANA. KEEP IN MIND , HE WAS FREAKIN’ 15 !!!
HE’S PLAYED IN BANDS WITH JAN HAMMER, SAMMY HAGAR, PAUL RODGERS, AND WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF BAD ENGLISH. THIS GUY IS BAD-ASS ON GUITAR
HERE’S A GREAT VIDEO OF SCHON WHEN HE WAS PLAYING WITH SANTANA AT THE AGE OF 16 !! HAPPY BIRTHDAY NEAL SCHON
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Last In Line formed in 2012 by former members of the original lineup of Dio. The band’s name comes from the 1984 Dio album “The Last In Line.” Following the death of Dio frontman Ronnie James Dio in 2010, the original lineup of drummer Vinny Appice, bassist Jimmy Bain, guitarist Vivian Campbell, and keyboardist Claude Schnell reunited along with vocalist Andrew Freeman to perform the Dio songs they originally recorded. The band released a studio album of original material without Schnell titled “Heavy Crown” in February 2016.
Last In Line‘s second album “II” via Frontiers Music Srl is out now.
Watch Last In Line’s new music video for “Blackout The Sun.”
Watch Last In Line’s music video for “Landslide.”
Here are some videos Baby Huey filmed from Last In Line’s performance at The Ritz in San Jose.
Follow Last In Line here.
Guns N’ Roses’ bassist Duff McKagan has released a new single “Tenderness.” from his upcoming solo album.
Duff McKagan is working on his solo album due out this year, was written and recorded with Shooter Jennings during gaps in Guns N’ Roses tour schedule.
The solo album will be a “musical follow-up” to his 2015 book “How to Be a Man (And Other Illusions)” and draws inspiration from Duff McKagan’s travels around the world during Guns N’ Roses reunion tour.
Click here to download and/or stream “Tenderness.”
Listen to Duff Mckagan’s new song “Tenderness” below.
Follow Duff McKagan here.