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AMERICAN WOMAN

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 31, 2019…THE ALBUM ‘AMERICAN WOMAN’ FROM WINNIPEG’S GUESS WHO WAS A FREAKIN’ MONSTER OF A RECORD.

THIS WAS THE 6TH STUDIO ALBUM FROM THE GROUP, AND WAS THE FINAL RECORD TO FEATURE GUITARIST RANDY BACHMAN. IT WAS RELEASED JANUARY OF 1970, AND STAYED ON THE CHARTS FOR OVER A YEAR. THE ALBUM FEATURED 3 HIT SINGLES, AND SOLD OVER 20 MILLION COPIES.

AT THE TIME OF THE RELEASE IT WAS AVAILABLE AS AN ALBUM OR QUADRAPHONIC 8 TRACK. IT WASN’T RELEASED AS A CD UNTIL 1998 !!! WHY THE RUSH !

HERE’S THE GUESS WHO PERFORMING THE SONG CIRCA 1970 ON A CANADIAN TV SHOW. THIS WAS AFTER BACHMAN LEFT. GUITARIST KURT WINTER AND GREG LESKIW WERE THE REPLACEMENT FOR BACHMAN AND ARE IN THE VIDEO.

CCR’S HOMECOMING

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 31, 2019…IT WAS 1970 AND CCR PLAYED TO A SOLD OUT OAKLAND COLISEUM. THIS WAS A RETURN HOME OF SORTS FOR CCR, WHOSE ROOTS ARE RIGHT HERE IN EL CERRITO.

SOME TRIVIA THAT I RAN ACROSS CONCERNING CREEDENCE. IN THE YEAR 1969 THEY RELEASED 3 ALBUMS AND ALL 3 RECORDS CHARTED TOP TEN.

PLUS THEY HAD 4 DOUBLE SIDED TOP 5 SINGLES. THAT MEANS BOTH SIDES OF THE 45 WERE TOP 5 ! EXCEPT FOR ELVIS AND THE BEATLES, CCR HAD MORE SUCCESSFUL ‘B’ SIDES THAN ANY GROUP IN HISTORY.

HERE’S A COOL VIDEO THAT WAS SHOT ABOUT THE CONCERT IN OAKLAND

THE CONCERT WAS RECORDED AS A LIVE ALBUM, HERE’S THE WHOLE SHOW

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THE STONES ‘NO SECURITY’ TOUR

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 30, 2019…20 YEARS AGO TODAY THE ROLLING STONES ROCKED THE SAN JOSE ARENA. THEY MUST HAVE LIKED SAN JOSE, BECAUSE THEY RETURNED TO THE TANK FOR 2 MORE SHOWS FOUR MONTHS LATER, ON APRIL 19TH AND 20TH. HERE’S A FULL SHOW THAT WAS PROFESSIONALLY SHOT, AND THE AUDIO IS AWESOME.

ENJOY

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STEVIE NICKS’ 3 MONTH MARRIAGE

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 28, 2019…THIS STORY IS FASCINATING ! DESPITE THE FACT STEVIE NICKS SAID SHE WOULD NEVER GET MARRIED, ON THIS DATE IN 1983 SHE MARRIED HER BEST FRIEND’S HUSBAND !! NOW IT’S NOT AS SALACIOUS AS IT SOUNDS. HER BEST FRIEND AT THE TIME WAS DYING, AND STEVIE WANTED TO RAISE HER FRIEND’S BABY.

HERE’S NICKS WITH THE EXPLANATION ON A SITUATION SHE LATER ADMITTED ‘I WASN’T THINKING’. BTW, THE MARRIAGE LASTED 3 MONTHS

HERE’S STEVIE NICKS TELLING HER STORY

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HERE’S A GREAT VERSION OF ‘EDGE OF SEVENTEEN’ FROM 1982.

THE GREAT STEVIE NICKS

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THE BAY AREA’S SLY STONE

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 29, 2019…NINE YEARS AGO SLY STONE FILED A $50 MILLION LAWSUIT AGAINST HIS MANAGER. SLY ALLEGED 20 YEARS OF MISAPPROPRIATED ROYALTIES. SLY WAS FORCED TO LIVE IN HIS VAN. FIVE YEARS LATER STONE WAS AWARDED 5 MILLION DOLLARS. MAN I USED TO LOVE THIS BAND. HERE’S SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE WITH A HUGE JAM ON THE SONG “I WANT TO TAKE YOU HIGHER”

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‘HEAVY METAL THUNDER’ STEPPENWOLF

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 29, 2019…ON THIS DATE STEPPENWOLF RELEASED THEIR SELF TITLED ALBUM. THE ALBUM FEATURED THE BIKER CLASSIC ‘BORN TO BE WILD’ . THE TERM “HEAVY METAL THUNDER” IN THE SONG IS THE FIRST REFERENCE TO HEAVY METAL IN ANY SONG. INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, THE WRITER OF ‘BORN TO BE WILD’ WROTE THE SONG AS A BALLAD ! STEPPENWOLF SPED IT UP AND PUT SOME OOMPH INTO IT ON THEIR ALBUM. THE ALBUM ALSO FEATURED THE SONG ‘THE PUSHER’. BOTH SONGS ALSO APPEARED IN THE MOVIE ‘EASY RIDER’ .

THIS IS A 1969 STEPPENWOLF TV APPEARANCE WITH THE BAND PERFORMING ‘BORN TO BE WILD’

HERE’S A GREAT LIVE VERSION OF ‘THE PUSHER’

WE ARE THE WORLD

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 28, 2019…IT WAS 1985 AND 46 MAJOR U.S. RECORDING ARTISTS CAME TOGETHER AT HOLLYWOOD’S A&M STUDIOS TO RECORD ‘WE ARE THE WORLD’. THE EFFORT WAS PART OF AN ALBUM CALLED ‘USA FOR AFRICA’. ‘WE ARE THE WORLD’ WAS WRITTEN BY MICHAEL JACKSON AND LIONEL RICHIE. STARS ON THE RECORD WERE

BOB DYLAN, KENNY ROGERS, STEVIE WONDER, TINA TURNER, BILLY JOEL, DIONNE WARWICK, DIANA ROSS, HUEY LEWIS, CYNDI LAUPER, DARYL HALL, WILLIE NELSON, RAY CHARLES, AND STEVE PERRY TO NAME A FEW. ALL STARS WERE ASKED TO CHECK THEIR EGOS AT THE DOOR.

HERE’S THE STAR STUDDED VIDEO