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HEY JOE, WHERE YOU GOING WITH THAT GUITAR IN YOUR HAND?

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-MAY 1, 2020..ON THIS DATE IN 1967 JIMI HENDRIX RELEASED HIS FIRST SINGLE ‘HEY JOE’ IN THE U.S. ( IT WAS RELEASED FOUR MONTHS EARLIER IN THE U.K.). THE SONG IS ABOUT A MAN WHO IS ON THE RUN AND PLANS TO GO TO MEXICO AFTER SHOOTING HIS UNFAITHFUL WIFE. IT WAS RECORDED BY NUMEROUS ARTISTS BEFORE HENDRIX RELEASED THE SONG, BUT HENDRIX’S RENDITION BECAME THE MOST RECOGNIZABLE VERSION. JIMI’S VERSION IS LISTED AS #201 ON “ROLLING STONE” MAGAZINE’S LIST OF “THE 500 GREATEST SONGS OF ALL-TIME.” A LITTLE TRIVIA, ‘HEY JOE’ WAS THE LAST SONG HENDRIX PERFORMED AT WOODSTOCK IN 1969 AND AS A RESULT WAS THE FINAL SONG PLAYED AT THE FESTIVAL. HERE’S HENDRIX WITH HIS VERSION OF ‘HEY JOE’

 

DON’T DROP THE SOAP

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-MAY 1, 2020…GREAT DAY IN METALLICA HISTORY. ON THIS DATE IN 2003 METALLICA PLAYED THEIR FIRST GIG WITH ROB TRUJILLO ON BASS. THE SHOW WAS AT SAN QUENTIN STATE PRISON. TRUJILLO IS AN INTERESTING DUDE. HIS FULL LEGAL NAME IS ROBERT AGUSTIN MIGUEL SANTIAGO SAMUEL PÉREZ DE LA SANTA CONCEPCIÓN TRUJILLO VERACRUZ BAUTISTA. TRUJILLO WENT TO JAZZ SCHOOL WHEN HE WAS 19 WITH THE INTENT OF BECOMING A STUDIO MUSICIAN. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF OZZY OSBOURNE’S BAND IN THE MID TO LATE 90’S. HE RECEIVED 1 MILLION DOLLARS FROM METALLICA FOR JOINING THE GROUP. HIS AUDITION AND HIRING, AS WELL AS HIS MILLION DOLLAR PAYMENT OFFER CAN BE SEEN IN THE METALLICA DOCUMENTARY ‘SOME KIND OF MONSTER’. 

TRUJILLO IS BAD-ASS ON BASS. CHECK OUT THIS SOLO.

 

 

photo thanks- dr_zoidberg

JOE COCKER’S LEGENDARY DEBUT ALBUM

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-MAY 1, 2020…FIFTY ONE YEARS AGO JOE COCKER RELEASED THE EPIC ALBUM ‘WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS.’ THIS WAS COCKER’S DEBUT ALBUM IN AMERICA. THE TITLE TRACK WAS WRITTEN BY PAUL MCCARTNEY AND JOHN LENNON AND APPEARED ON THE BEATLES ALBUM ‘SGT. PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND’ BUT THE BEATLES NEVER RELEASED IT AS A SINGLE. THE BEATLES WERE SO IMPRESSED WITH COCKER’S RENDITION HEY SENT HIM A TELEGRAM OF CONGRATULATIONS AND PLACED AN AD IN THE MUSIC TRADE PAPERS PRAISING COCKER’S VERSION. COCKER’S ‘‘WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS’ HAS BEEN INDUCTED INTO THE GRAMMY AWARD HALL OF FAME AND THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME. WHEN COCKER DIED IN 2014 AT THE AGE OF 70, PAUL MCCARTNEY ISSUED THIS STATEMENT REGARDING COCKER’S VERSION OF HIS SONG: “It was just mind-blowing, totally turned the song into a soul anthem, and I was forever grateful for him for having done that.”

HERES COCKER WITH HIS LEGENDARY PERFORMANCE OF ‘WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS’ AT WOODSTOCK

 

LAMONT & TONELLI SAY THANK YOU AND GOODBYE TO JOE STALEY

This morning Lamont and Tonelli talked to Joe Staley to congratulate him on his retirement and thank him for all the years of doing his weekly reports aka “The Joe Show” during the San Francisco 49ers season.

Listen to Lamont and Tonelli’s interview with San Francisco 49ers Offensive Lineman Joe Staley.

Watch Lamont and Tonelli’s Good Bye Joe Staley music video below.

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MR. SKIN’S MUST WATCH THIS WEEK

Lamont & Tonelli talked to Mr. Skin for his weekly fun bags forecast. This morning Mr. Skin reminded everyone about the deadline to participate in his Mr. Skin Challenge where he is asking people to draw their favorite nude scene or iconic celeb moment for a chance to win $1200. Plus, Mr. Skin recommended Banshee on Cinemax and Californication on Showtime for his Quaran-T&A TV watching list. Plus, Fatal Attraction is available now on Blu-ray.

GOODBYE JOE STALEY

Thank you Joe Staley for being a legendary player for the San Francisco 49ers but also all the great years of entertainment with Lamont and Tonelli.

PINK FLOYD’S INCREDIBLE STREAK

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-APR 30, 2030…Monumental ! On this day in 1988, the album/cd “Dark Side of the Moon” by Pink Floyd dropped OUT of the album chart after a record 725 weeks.  It has re-appeared several times since 1988, and still holds the record now of 861 weeks. The album has sold more than 55 million copies worldwide. Up until today when I posted this, I had never seen the official video for the song “MONEY”. It’s a good one.

 

THE WORLD GETS A TASTE OF AC/DC

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-APR 30, 2020…FORTY FOUR YEARS AGO (1976)  AC/DC RELEASED THEIR FIRST ALBUM INTERNATIONALLY. THE ALBUM WAS ‘HIGH VOLTAGE’ AND IT KICKED ASS. THE ALBUM SOLD OVER 3 MILLION COPIES IN THE U.S.A. AND WAS FUELED BY TRACKS LIKE ‘TNT’ ‘HIGH VOLTAGE’ ‘THE JACK’ ‘IT’S A LONG WAY T THE TOP (IF YOU WANNA ROCK ‘N’ ROLL)’ AND ‘LIVE WIRE’. I FREAKIN’ LOVE AC/DC AND I LOVE THIS ALBUM. 

HERE’S BON SCOTT SINGING “IT’S A LONG WAY TO THE TOP (IF YOU WANNA ROCK ‘N’ ROLL)”…. BAGPIPES AND ALL !!

 

LAMONT & TONELLI PRESENT BLEACH WON’T MAKE YOU WELL

Listen to Lamont and Tonelli’s new song “Bleach Won’t Make You Well.”