LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 8, 2019…31 YEARS AGO TODAY THE WHO REUNITED FOR THEIR 25TH ANNIVERSARY AND ANNOUNCED THE 1988 FAREWELL TOUR !
LET’S FAST FORWARD TWO YEARS AGO , WHEN THE WHO PERFORMED AT THE OUTSIDE LANDS MUSIC FESTIVAL IN SAN FRANCISCO
photo thanks Mary https://www.flickr.com/photos/swimfinfan/
LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 8, 2019…IT WAS ON THIS DATE IN 1992 GNR RELEASED THE SINGLE ‘NOVEMBER RAIN’. THE SONG WAS WRITTEN BY AXL ROSE AND WAS ORIGINALLY 25 MINUTES LONG. IT WAS EDITED DOWN TO 8:59. IT IS THE LONGEST EVER TOP TEN HIT, AND ALSO HOLDS THE RECORD FOR THE LONGEST GUITAR SOLO IN A TOP TEN SINGLE.
ON JULY 15,2018 ‘NOVEMBER RAIN’ BECAME THE FIRST VIDEO FROM THE 1990’S TO BREAK 1 BILLION VIEWS ON YOUTUBE.
HERE’S THE OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR ‘NOVEMBER RAIN’
LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 8, 2019…VINCE NEIL, LEAD SINGER OF MOTLEY CRUE AND ONE TIME CHAMPION OF THE LAMONT AND TONELLI GOLF TOURNEY, CELEBRATES HIS 58th BDAY TODAY.
NEIL JOINED MOTLEY CRUE IN 1980 WHEN THE BAND WAS LOOKING FOR A SINGER. HE WAS TOMMY LEE’S BUDDY IN HIGH SCHOOL AND THE BAND WAS OFFERED HIM A GIG AFTER THEY HEARD HIM THOUGH LEE.
VINCE NEIL AND MOTLEY CRUE HAVE SOLD MORE THAN 100 MILLION RECORDS WORLDWIDE.
HERE’S VINCE PERFORMING WITH THE CRUE ON THE OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR “GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS”
photo thanks-Rufus
Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators will be at The Warfield Theatre in San Francisco on Monday, July 15th.
Tickets go on sale on Friday, February 8th at 10am through: www.axs.com
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LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 7, 2019… NINE YEARS AGO LONESOME DAVE PEVERETT OF FOGHAT PASSED AWAY FROM DOUBLE-PNEUMONIA.
PEVERETT WAS 56 YEARS OF AGE AND WAS BATTLING CANCER.
HERE’S PEVERETT WITH FOGHAT FROM A LIVE TV APPEARANCE FROM 1974
WITH ONE OF FOGHAT’S BEST ‘I JUST WANNA MAKE LOVE TO YOU’
photo-lamont’s archives
LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 7, 2019…42 YEARS AGO PAUL McCARTNEY AND WINGS RELEASED THE LIVE VERSION OF “MAYBE I’M AMAZED”.
THE STUDIO VERSION OF THE SONG WAS NEVER RELEASED AS A SINGLE. IT WAS RECORDED FOR McCARTNEY’S FIRST SOLO ALBUM AFTER LEAVING THE BEATLES. THE SONG WAS THE FIRST SONG McCARTNEY WROTE IN 1969 AS A TRIBUTE TO HIS WIFE LINDA, WHO HE CREDITS AS GETTING HIM THROUGH A VERY DIFFICULT TIME IN HIS LIFE. A CONCERT VERSION WAS RELEASED AS A SINGLE TO PROMOTE THE TOUR “WINGS OVER AMERICA”
IT’S THE ULTIMATE LOVE SONG, AND HERE’S McCARTNEY PERFORMING THE SONG IN 1976
photo-kubacheck
Good news Green Day fans, the band is selling their old instruments to give you the opportunity to own some of their gear.
2019 is a busy year for Green Day, besides celebrating the 25th anniversary of their legendary album “Dookie”, the band has joined forces with instrument marketplace Reverb.com to sell more than 100 pieces of gear used during their career.
Billie Joe Armstrong is offering up nearly 50 of his guitars. Drummer Tré Cool is selling five drum kits and a dozen snare drums. The majority of these instruments have either been played live or during recording sessions.
Billie Joe Armstrong said:
“Every guitar has its own character. Each one reflects who you are – the kind of songwriter you are, the kind of guitar player that you are. Used guitars, in particular, come with a history to them. I love the character you can see looking at a fretboard that’s been used. After 30 years of collecting odds and ends and really good stuff, I have to sell some of it off.”
Tre Cool said:
“If you hoard the right shit long enough, they call you a collector. So I’m selling off just a wee bit of the collection. I’m not doing it any justice sitting around when someone could be using this stuff. I haven’t really sold anything ever – this is the first time. My psychiatrist said I have to do this.
“In all seriousness, I hope whoever buys this stuff gets some enjoyment out of it… rocking it on their stage or putting it in their studio. I really hope they just don’t sit around and get dusty.”
Here is a list of items up for sale:
1. A rare 1958 Gibson Les Paul Gold Top Guitar – one of Armstrong’s favourites to play live
2. A 1950s Gibson ES-140T Electric Guitar that Billie Joe used on the tour bus throughout the American Idiot tour.
3. The 2011 TV Yellow Gibson Les Paul Junior Guitar that Armstrong smashed during the 2012 iHeartRadio Music Festival (don’t worry, it’s been repaired and is playable).
4. A 1950s Gibson ES-125 TCD Electric Guitar used live on 21st Century Breakdown, Uno, Dos, Tré!, and Revolution Radio tours.
5. An OCDP Silver Sparkle Drum Kit that Cool set on fire during the ‘Pop Disaster’ tour in 2002. It’s not been restored so retains all the ash and soot.
6. An Ayotte Green Stain Maple Drum Kit that was used live throughout the Insomniac tour in 1995.
7. A brand new Slingerland Spitfire Tré Cool Signature Drum Kit from the late ’90s/early ’00s. Cool kept several of these kits on hand then but this kit “is probably the only one left in existence” (he burned the rest).
The official Green Day Reverb Shop goes live on Thursday, February 7th but you can browse the items here.
Here’s a video about the Green Day Reverb Shop.
Also, on a side gear related note, Billie Joe Armstrong announced he will be releasing a MXR “Dookie Drive” pedal.
Here’s a video about the new Dookie pedal.
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The Bay Area’s own The Ghost Next Door have released their new music video for “Deadworld” which is from their upcoming new album “A Feast For The Sixth Sense” which will be released on February 8th on Ripple Music.
Click here to pre-order the album.
Click here to check out The Ghost Next Door on iTunes.
Watch The Ghost Next Door’s new music video for “Deadworld.”
Follow The Ghost Next Door here.
Impractical Jokers “The Cranjis McBasketball World Comedy Tour” will be at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View on Sunday, August 4th.
The ticket presale will be on Thursday, February 7th from 10am to 10pm.
Use the code word: jokers
Tickets go on sale on Friday, February 8th at 10am through: www.livenation.com
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