LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 28, 2019…THE BAY AREA’S PAUL KANTNER DIED ON THIS DATE 2 YEARS AGO. KANTNER WAS A FOUNDER MEMBER, THE GUITARIST AND VOCALIST FOR JEFFERSON AIRPLANE AND LATER STARSHIP. IN THE 1960’S HE AND GRACE SLICK LEAD THE AIRPLANE TO 5 GOLD ALBUMS, AND THEN MORE SUCCESS IN THE 70’S AS STARSHIP. KANTNER WAS 74 WHEN HE PASSED.
HERE’S KANTNER FROM A TV APPEARANCE WITH THE AIRPLANE ON THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS TV SHOW
HERE’S A GREAT INTERVIEW WITH KANTNER . ENJOY
photo thanks-Carl Lender
LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 28, 2019…TEN YEARS AGO BILLY POWELL, LYNYRD SKYNYRD’S KEYBOARDIST WHO PLAYED ON ‘SWEET HOME ALABAMA’ AND WAS A SURVIVOR OF THE PLANE CRASH THAT KILLED THREE BAND MEMBERS IN 1977, DIED OF A SUSPECTED HEART ATTACK. POWELL WAS ONLY 56. HERE’S LYNYRD SKYNYRD WITH POWELL AND A FANTASTIC VERSION OF ‘TUESDAY’S GONE’
POWELL WAS AN INCREDIBLE PLAYER. HERE’S SOMETHING FROM ‘AUSTIN CITY LIMITS’ SHOWING OFF HIS IMPROV SKILLS
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LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 28, 2019…TOM PETTY INVENTED THE ARTIST RESIDENCY BEFORE IT BECAME A THING ! IT’S 1997 AND TOM PETTY WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF 8 NIGHT’S AT THE FILLMORE.
THIS IS GREAT CONCERT FOOTAGE FROM A SHOW PETTY PLAYED AT THE AT THE FILLMORE TWO YEARS LATER
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LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 27, 2019…THIS WAS ONE OF THE FEW TIMES IT WAS ACTUALLY WORTH WATCHING THIS TV AWARDS SHOW ! THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS FINALLY RECOGNIZED ROCK AND METALLICA PICKED UP THE AWARD FOR ‘BEST HARD ROCK ARTIST’. AND YES, WHEN YOU CLICK ON THE VIDEO, THAT IS PAT BOONE IN LEATHER ANNOUNCING THE WINNER !!
HERE’S METALLICA ACCEPTING THE AWARD AND THEN PERFORMING ON THE AMA’S.
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LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 27, 2019…HAPPY 75TH BIRTHDAY TO PINK FLOYD DRUMMER NICK MASON. BECAUSE OF FEUDS AND PEOPLE DROPPING IN AND OUT OF THE GROUP OVER THE YEARS,
MASON IS THE ONLY CONSISTENT MEMBER OF PINK FLOYD SINCE 1965. AND HE’S THE ONLY MEMBER OF PINK FLOYD TO BE FEATURED ON ALL OF THE GROUP’S STUDIO ALBUMS. IT’S ESTIMATED WITH ALBUM, CASSETTE, CD’S AND DOWNLOADS THAT PINK FLOYD HAS SOLD AN ESTIMATED 500 MILLION RECORDS WORLDWIDE. ONE SONG THAT MASON HAD A HAND IN WAS “TIME”. MASON CO-WROTE THIS EPIC SONG FROM DARK SIDE OF THE MOON.
HERE’S A LIVE VERSION OF “TIME”.
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LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 26, 2019…TODAY WE WISH A HAPPY 64th BIRTHDAY TO EDDIE VAN HALEN. THE VAN HALEN BROTHER’S STARTED OFF PLAYING CLASSICAL PIANO. IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT WITH ALL THE TRAINING, EDDIE NEVER LEARNED HOW TO READ MUSIC. HE WOULD LEARN BY OBSERVING, AND WHEN HE PLAYED THE PIECES, WOULD BE TOLD HE HAD INTERESTING INTERPRETATIONS. HE THEN BOUGHT A DRUM SET, AND HIS BROTHER ALEX BOUGHT THE GUITAR, BUT WHEN HE WAS OUT ON HIS PAPER ROUTE (THAT HE HAD TO PAY FOR HIS DRUMS) HIS BROTHER PLAYED HIS DRUMS. EDDIE SAID ‘FINE PLAY MY DRUMS, I’LL PLAY YOUR GUITAR’.
YEARS OF JUMPING AROUND ON STAGE HAS TAKEN ITS TOLL ON EDDIE.
HE’S HAD HIP REPLACEMENT SURGERY, AND LOST PART OF HIS TONGUE TO THROAT AND TONGUE CANCER.
HERE’S TO WISHING HIM NOTHING BUT GOOD HEALTH, HAPPY BIRTHDAY EVH.
HERE’S THE OFFICIAL VAN HALEN VIDEO FOR RUNNING WITH THE DEVIL
photo thanks-Carl Lender
LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 26, 2019…IT WAS ON THIS DATE IN 1973 THAT ELTON JOHN GRACED US WITH ‘DON’T SHOOT ME I’M ONLY THE PIANO PLAYER’. THIS WAS ELTON JOHN’S 6TH STUDIO RELEASE AND HIS 2ND STRAIGHT #1 ALBUM. THE SINGLE ‘CROCODILE ROCK’ MARKED ELTON’S FIRST OF A STRING OF #1 SINGLES IN AMERICA. THE ALBUM ALSO BOASTED ‘DANIEL’, WHICH STALLED AT #2. IRONICALLY THE RECORD COMPANY DIDN’T WANT TO RELEASE ‘DANIEL’ AS A SINGLE, BECAUSE THEY FELT IT WAS TOO LONG AND SOMBER TO BE A HIT. BERNIE TAUPIN CALLED IT “THE MOST MISINTERPRETED SONG HE AND ELTON HAVE EVER WRITTEN”, SAYING HE’S HEARD IT’S ANYTHING FROM A GAY ANTHEM TO A SONG ABOUT A FAMILY DISPUTE. TAUPIN ACTUALLY WROTE IT ABOUT VIETNAM VETS RETURNING HOME FROM WAR, ON HOW THE VETS WANTED TO GET BACK TO NORMAL LIFE. HE TOOK IT FROM A YOUNGER BROTHER’S PERSPECTIVE, MADE THE SOLDIER DISABLED AND WANTING TO GET AWAY.
“HE MADE IT SPAIN, BECAUSE IT RHYMES WITH PLANE”
HERE’S ELTON AND DANIEL ON WHAT LOOKS LIKE A BRITISH TV APPEARANCE CIRCA 1973
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LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 25, 2019…THIS IS A DRIVING ROCKER FROM STP’S DEBUT ALBUM, AND MAN IS IT DARK. THE SONG IS SUNG FROM THE RAPISTS POINT OF VIEW TRYING TO JUSTIFY HIS ACTIONS. SCOTT WEILAND WHO WROTE THE LYRICS EXPLAINED THE SONG IS SUPPOSED TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST RAPE, BUT THE MESSAGE IS OFTEN LOST IN THE MUSIC.
WHEN SCOTT WEILAND REALIZED THAT FANS WEREN’T GETTING THE SONG THE POINT OF THE SONG, HE ATTEMPTED TO MAKE HIS POINT BY SLIPPING ON A DRESS AND SINGING THE SONG WITH SMEARED LIPSTICK ON HIS FACE.
HERE’S A GREAT LIVE VERSION OF THE SONG FROM A CONCERT IN 2001
LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 25, 2019…SADLY 2 YEARS AGO “ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND” FOUNDER AND DRUMMER BUTCH TRUCKS PASSED AWAY. THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS A SELF INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND. THIS IS OUTSTANDING.HERE’S BUTCH TRUCKS WITH AN INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO ON HOW TO PLAY “WHIPPING POST” . R.I.P. BUTCH
photo thanks-Carl Lender
