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THE POLICE ROCKED THE COW PALACE

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 12, 2019…THE POLICE KICKED OFF THE FIRST OF TWO SOLD OUT SHOWS AT THE COW PALACE IN 1982. IT WAS THE ‘GHOST IN THE MACHINE’ TOUR AND THE POLICE WERE THE TOP GROSSING BAND IN AMERICA.

HERE’S THE SETLIST FROM THE SHOW ACCORDING TO SETLIST.COM

  1. Intro

  2. (Voices In My Head)

  3. Message in a Bottle

  4. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic

  5. Spirits in the Material World

  6. Hungry for You (J’aurais toujours faim de toi)

  7. When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What’s Still Around

  8. The Bed’s Too Big Without You

  9. De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da

  10. Demolition Man

  11. Shadows in the Rain

  12. Walking on the Moon

  13. Bring on the Night

  14. One World (Not Three)

  15. Invisible Sun

  16. Roxanne

  17. Encore:

  18. Don’t Stand So Close to Me

  19. Can’t Stand Losing You / Reggatta de Blanc

  20. Be My Girl – Sally

  21. So Lonely

HERE’S FANTASTIC CONCERT FOOTAGE FROM A SHOW LATER ON THE SAME TOUR

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MOVING PICTURES

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 12, 2019…38 YEARS AGO RUSH RELEASED THE ALBUM ‘MOVING PICTURES.’ IT WAS THE EIGHTH STUDIO ALBUM FROM RUSH, AND IT FOLLOWED THE HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL ‘PERMANENT WAVES’. ‘MOVING PICTURES’ REMAINS RUSH’S MOST SUCCESSFUL ALBUM IN TERMS OF SALES IN AMERICA, SELLING OVER 4 MILLION COPIES. THE ALBUM FEATURED 2 MONSTER SINGLES ‘TOM SAWYER’ AND ‘LIMELIGHT’ AND WAS NOMINATED FOR A GRAMMY AWARD FOR ‘BEST ROCK INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE’ FOR THE SONG ‘YYZ’.

THERE’S NOTHING LIKE LIVE RUSH. HERE’S THE BAND PERFORMING ‘TOM SAWYER’ FROM ‘MOVING PICTURES’

RAY MANZAREK

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 12, 2019…TODAY RAY MANZAREK WOULD HAVE BEEN 80. MANZAREK IS BEST KNOWN AS ONE OF THE CO-FOUNDERS OF THE DOORS. HE PLAYED THE KEYBOARDS, AND MOST NOTABLY PLAYED A KEYBOARD BASS FOR THE GROUP DURING LIVE SHOWS AND IN THE RECORDING STUDIO.

MANZAREK WORKED ON EVERY TRACK OF ALL 8 DOORS ALBUMS.

HE PASSED AWAY IN 2013 AT THE AGE OF 74.

HERE’S MANZAREK WITH THE DOORS FROM A SHOW IN 1970

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MICHAEL McDONALD’S 67TH BDAY

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 12, 2019…HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MICHAEL MCDONALD. MCDONALD JOINED STEELY DAN IN 1974, AS A TOURING BAND MEMBER, AND THEN SESSION PLAYER. HE WAS ASKED TO JOIN THE DOOBIE BROTHERS IN 1975 AS A TEMPORARY REPLACEMENT FOR TOM JOHNSON AFTER JOHNSON BECAME ILL ON A NATIONAL TOUR. HOWEVER, THE BAND ENJOYED SUCH HUGE SUCCESS WITH MCDONALD, THEY ASKED HIM TO STAY. WITH MCDONALD IN THE GROUP THE BAND SCORED HITS LIKE ‘TAKIN’ TO THE STREETS’ ‘MINUTE BY MINUTE’ AND ‘WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES’.

AFTER THE DOOBIES, HE WENT ON TO HAVE A VERY SUCCESSFUL SOLO CAREER. MCDONALD HAS WON 5 GRAMMY AWARDS, AND HAS BEEN NOMINATED 13 TIMES.

HERE’S A FULL SHOW FROM THE DOOBIES CIRCA 1982 WITH MCDONALD AT THE HELM

MICHAEL McDONALD’S 67TH BDAY

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 12, 2019…HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MICHAEL MCDONALD. MCDONALD JOINED STEELY DAN IN 1974, AS A TOURING BAND MEMBER, AND THEN SESSION PLAYER. HE WAS ASKED TO JOIN THE DOOBIE BROTHERS IN 1975 AS A TEMPORARY REPLACEMENT FOR TOM JOHNSON AFTER JOHNSON BECAME ILL ON A NATIONAL TOUR. HOWEVER, THE BAND ENJOYED SUCH HUGE SUCCESS WITH MCDONALD, THEY ASKED HIM TO STAY. WITH MCDONALD IN THE GROUP THE BAND SCORED HITS LIKE ‘TAKIN’ TO THE STREETS’ ‘MINUTE BY MINUTE’ AND ‘WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES’.

AFTER THE DOOBIES, HE WENT ON TO HAVE A VERY SUCCESSFUL SOLO CAREER. MCDONALD HAS WON 5 GRAMMY AWARDS, AND HAS BEEN NOMINATED 13 TIMES.

HERE’S A FULL SHOW FROM THE DOOBIES CIRCA 1982 WITH MCDONALD AT THE HELM

TRAIN IN VAIN

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 12, 2019…IT WAS 1980, AND THE CLASH RELEASED THE SINGLE ‘TRAIN IN VAIN(STAND BY ME)’ B/W ‘LONDON CALLING’. ‘TRAIN IN VAIN’ WOULD BE THE THIRD AND FINAL SINGLE TAKEN FROM THE ALBUM ‘LONDON CALLING’.

LITTLE KNOWN FACT, THE WORDS “TRAIN IN VAIN” ARE NEVER SUNG IN THE SONG. THE PREDOMINATE LYRIC IS “STAND BY ME” BUT THAT’S THE TITLE OF A FAMOUS SONG BY BEN E. KING. THE TITLE OF THE SONG COMES FROM THE TRAIN RHYTHM IN THE SONG, AS WELL AS BEING A REFERENCE TO TAMMY WYNETTE’S HIT SONG ‘STAND BY YOUR MAN’ (“YOU SAY YOU STAND BY YOUR MAN,TELL ME SOMETHING I DON’T UNDERSTAND”).

THIS WAS THE FIRST TOP 40 HIT FOR THE CLASH. THE ONLY OTHER WAS ‘ROCK THE CASBAH’

HERE’S THE CLASH PERFORMING THE SONG LIVE AT THE LEWISHAM ODEON

STRANGE KIND OF WOMAN

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 12, 2019…ON THIS DATE IN 1971 DEEP PURPLE RELEASED THE SINGLE ‘STRANGE KIND OF WOMAN’ HERE’S SOME LITTLE KNOWN TRIVIA FOR YOU ABOUT THE SONG. IT WAS ORIGINALLY CALLED ‘PROSTITUTE’ . IT WAS ABOUT A FRIEND OF THE BAND THAT MARRIED A ‘VERY EVIL WOMAN’.

THE BAND WROTE THIS SONG UNDER PRESSURE FROM THE RECORD COMPANY TO “PRODUCE A HIT.” THE SONG THAT WAS RELEASED DIDN’T CHANGE MUCH FROM THE GROUP’S INITIAL JAM SESSION OF THE SONG.

HERE’S A LIVE VERSION OF THE SONG FROM A 1973 DEEP PURPLE APPEARANCE

JOURNEY’S NEAL SCHON IS RECOVERING FROM EMERGENCY GALLBLADDER SURGERY

Last Friday night Journey’s Neal Schon had an inflamed and infected gallbladder removed after an emergency room visit. Neal Schon posted an update on Twitter to say he’s recovering well.

In a follow up Tweet, Neal said thank you to the doctors, staff and his family who helped him.

Also, Neal Schon posted an update to let everyone know that his Journey Through Time concerts will still happen. The band’s first show of 2019 will be on February 22nd at the Jackson Rancheria Casino Resort in Jackson, California.

Neal Schon’s Journey Through Time will also be at The Fox Theater in Oakland on Saturday, February 23rd.

For tickets and more info go to: www.thefoxoakland.com

Click here to purchase tickets.

The group features Journey veterans Gregg Rolie (keyboards and vocals) and Deen Castronovo (drums) alongside Neal Schon and bassist Marco Mendoza.

Neal Schon’s Journey Through Time played their first concert last February 2018, at a benefit show for the victims of the North Bay fires in October 2017. The show featured Schon, Castronovo, Rolie and Mendoza playing deep tracks from Journey’s catalog, featuring many songs coming from Rolie’s tenure as their lead singer.

Here’s another message posted by Neal Schon on his Instagram page.

Listen to Lamont and Tonelli’s recent interview with Neal Schon from Journey.

Below are some live videos of Neal Schon’s Journey Through Time.

Follow Neal Schon here.

LAMONT AND TONELLI PRESENT: CARDI B “I’M GETTING REAL FAT”

Congrats to Cardi B for becoming the first solo woman to win a Grammy for best rap album.

In honor of Cardi B’s big night at The Grammys, here is Lamont and Tonelli’s “I’m Getting Real Fat.”