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ELTON RELEASES BENNIE AND THE JETS

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 4, 2019…ON THIS DATE ELTON RELEASED ‘BENNIE AND THE JETS’ AS A SINGLE IN AMERICA.

ELTON DIDN’T WANT TO RELEASE THIS SONG AS A SINGLE.

AGAINST HIS WISHES, THE RECORD COMPANY RELEASE IT IN AMERICA.

HE WAS SHOCKED WHEN IT WENT TO NUMBER 1. THIS SINGLE IS ONE OF ELTON’S MOST SUCCESSFUL RECORDS.

IN BRITAIN, IT WAS RELEASED AS A ‘“B-SIDE” TO ‘CANDLE IN THE WIND’

HERE’S SOME WEIRD TRIVIA ON BENNIE AND THE JETS. IT IS SPELLED “BENNY” AND THE JETS ON THE ORIGINAL SINGLE SLEEVE. HOWEVER, ON THE ALBUM COVER, IT WAS SPELLED “BENNIE”, AND THEN “BENNY” ON THE ALBUM LABEL.

HERE’S THE OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR BENNIE AND THE JETS

ALICE COOPER’S BIRTHDAY

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 4, 2019…HE’S BEEN CALLED THE “GODFATHER OF SHOCK ROCK”. ALICE COOPER HAS HAD A STAGE SHOW THAT HAS FEATURED FAKE BLOOD, CORPSES, AND DEADLY SNAKES ! HIS SHOWS HAVE CONCLUDED WITH HIS ‘EXECUTION’ BY VARIOUS MEANS, INCLUDING ELECTRIC CHAIR, GALLOWS, AND GUILLOTINE. OVER THE COURSE OF HIS CAREER HE’S HAD 11 ALBUMS IN THE TOP 100 ALBUM CHARTS. HAPPY 71st BIRTHDAY TO THE GREAT ALICE COOPER. HERE’S “THE COOP” FROM 1972.

photo thanks-Focka

FLEETWOOD MAC’S RHIANNON

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 4, 2019…IT WAS FEBRUARY 4TH 1976 AND FLEETWOOD MAC RELEASED THE SINGLE ‘RHIANNON’ .

STEVIE NICKS ACTUALLY WROTE THIS SONG WITH HELP FROM HER BOYFRIEND AT THE TIME LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM. THEY WERE GETTING MATERIAL READY FOR THEIR SECOND ALBUM (THEY WERE RECORDING AS BUCKINGHAM-NICKS). HOWEVER, FATE CAME A KNOCKIN’ THE TEAM JOINED FLEETWOOD MAC, AND INSTEAD RECORDED THE SONG WITH THEM. ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE HAS PLACED THIS SONG IN THE “TOP 500 SONGS OF ALL-TIME”

THIS IS AN OUTSTANDING LIVE VERSION

I CAN’T TELL YOU WHY

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 4, 2019…IT WAS 1980 AND ‘I CAN’T TELL YOU WHY’ WAS THE FIRST SINGLE TAKEN FROM ‘THE LONG RUN’ TO BE RELEASED AS A SINGLE. THE SONG WAS WRITTEN BY TIMOTHY B SCHMIT, DON HENLEY, AND GLENN FREY. IT ALSO MARKED THE FIRST EAGLES SONG TO FEATURE SCHMIT ON LEAD VOCALS. GLENN FREY ALSO PLAYED LEAD GUITAR ON THE SONG, WHICH WAS RARE BECAUSE DON FELDER OR JOE WALSH USUALLY PLAYED LEAD, WHICH RELEGATED FREY TO RHYTHM.

IN AN INTERVIEW WITH BOB COSTAS, GLENN FREY SAID THAT ‘ONE OF THESE NIGHTS’ AND ‘I CAN’T TELL YOU WHY’ ARE THE TWO SONGS HE HELPED WRITE HE WOULD PUT INTO A TIME CAPSULE TO REPRESENT THE EAGLES BEST WORK.

THE SONG ALSO MARKED THE LAST EAGLES SONG TO MAKE THE TOP TEN SINGLES CHART. THE ALBUM WAS ALSO THE LAST EAGLES STUDIO ALBUM UNTIL THE GROUP REFORMED IN 1994.

HERE ARE THE EAGLES IN CONCERT CIRCA 2005 WITH A LIVE VERSION OF ‘I CAN’T TELL YOU WHY’

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FLEETWOOD MAC RUMOURS

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 4, 2019…42 YEARS AGO FLEETWOOD MAC RELEASED THE ICONIC ALBUM ‘RUMOURS’. IT WON THE GRAMMY AWARD FOR 1978’S ALBUM OF THE YEAR. THE SONGS ‘DREAMS’ ‘DON’T STOP’

‘YOU MAKE LOVING FUN’ AND ‘GO YOUR OWN WAY’ WERE ALL RELEASED AS SINGLES AND ALL PLACED IN BILLBOARD’S TOP TEN. IN 2018 THE ALBUM WAS SELECTED BY THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS FOR PRESERVATION IN THE NATIONAL RECORDING REGISTRY, WITH THE ALBUM DEEMED ‘CULTURALLY, HISTORICALLY AND ARTISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT’

THE ALBUM HAS SOLD OVER 40 MILLION COPIES WORLDWIDE, MAKING IT ONE OF THE BIGGEST SELLING ALBUMS OF ALL TIME. HERE’S A GREAT VERSION OF “YOU MAKE LOVING FUN”

Photo thanks-Lawren

NEAL SCHON TELLS LAMONT AND TONELLI HOW HE ALMOST JOINED ERIC CLAPTON

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

Neal Schon’s Journey Through Time featuring Gregg Rolie, Deen Castronovo, Marti Frederiksen, Marco Mendoza & Chris Collins will 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.

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

Follow Neal Schon here.

MOTLEY CRUE DAY (IN LAS VEGAS)

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 3, 2019…IN HONOR OF MOTLEY CRUE KICKING OFF THE FIRST EVER “HARD ROCK RESIDENCY IN LAS VEGAS HISTORY”, LAS VEGAS OFFICIALLY DECLARED FEB 3 ‘MOTLEY CRUE DAY’.

THE RESIDENCY AT THE ROCK HOTEL WENT FROM FEBRUARY 2ND-19TH 2012. IY WAS THE FIRST OF 2 RESIDENCIES FOR THE GROUP IN VEGAS.

HERE’S THE VIDEO THE BAND POSTED TO ANNOUNCE THE RESIDENCY.

THERE’S NOTHING BETTER THAN LIVE CRUE !!

HERE’S THE BAND ON ‘THE END’ TOUR IN LOS ANGELES

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COMPARISON – A DANDELION AND PHIL SPECTOR’S HAIR

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 3, 2019…ON THIS DATE IN 2003 MUSIC PRODUCER PHIL SPECTOR WAS ARRESTED AFTER THE PO-PO FOUND A WOMAN SHOT TO DEATH AT HIS MANSION. HE IS CURRENTLY SERVING A 19 YEAR SENTENCE IN PRISON.

SPEAKING OF COMPARISONS, HERE’S A COMPARISON OF PHIL SPECTOR’S PRODUCTION ON THE BEATLES ALBUM “LET IT BE” AND WHAT IT WOULD HAVE SOUNDED LIKE WITHOUT HIS WORK

SPECTOR’S PRODUCTION HAD THE CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA. IT WAS DIGITALLY REMASTERED IN 2009 BUT THIS WAS HIS VERSION

HERE’S “LET IT BE” WITHOUT HIS PRODUCTION

photo thanks-Rogelio A. Galaviz C.

WERE YOU @ THE FOO FIGHTERS IN OAKLAND

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 2, 2019…11 YEARS AGO THE FOO FIGHTERS ROCKED ORACLE ARENA IN OAKLAND.IT WAS THE FOO FIGHTERS’ 2008 ‘ECHOES,SILENCE,PATIENCE, AND GRACE’ TOUR. I WAS THERE AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU DAVE GROHL’S VERSION OF ‘ALL MY LIFE’ TO END THE REGULAR SET WAS SPECTACULAR.

HERE’S THE SETLIST COURTESY OF SETLIST.COM

  1. Let It Die

  2. The Pretender

  3. Times Like These

  4. Breakout

  5. Learn to Fly

  6. Cheer Up, Boys (Your Make Up Is Running)

  7. This Is a Call

  8. (Fingernails refrain)

  9. Stacked Actors

  10. Acoustic Set

  11. Skin and Bones

  12. Aurora

  13. My Hero

  14. Cold Day in the Sun

  15. But, Honestly

  16. Everlong

  17. Monkey Wrench

  18. All My Life

  19. Encore:

  20. Big Me

  21. Long Road to Ruin

  22. Best of You

AND A GREAT A REVIEW FROM THE SHOW

eastbaytimes.com/2008/02/05/grohls-foo-fighters-knock-out-oakland-audience/

AS AN ADDED BONUS, HERE ARE THE FOO FIGHTERS FROM 2008. IT’S A FULL SHOW . IT’S PROFESSIONALLY SHOT AND THE SOUND IS GREAT ( IT’S COURTESY OF THE FOO FIGHTERS)

photo thanks-Mary

WHAT WERE ONCE VICES ARE NOW HABITS

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 2, 2019…On this date in 1974, the Doobie Brothers released their 4th studio album ‘What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits’. Commercially, it was huge, going double platinum and peaking at #4 on Billboard’s album chart for the year 1974. It also boasted the #1 single “Black Water”.

Here’s a live performance of the Doobies performing Black Water from the mid 70’s.