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JOURNEY’S INFINITY

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 20, 2019…ON JAN 20 1978 JOURNEY RELEASED “INFINITY”, THE FIRST ALBUM TO FEATURE STEVE PERRY ON VOCALS.

ONE OF THE HUGE SONGS ON THE ALBUM WAS ‘LIGHTS’ HERE’S THE OFFICIAL LIVE VERSION FEATURING STEVE PERRY IN CONCERT CIRCA 1978

THE SECOND SINGLE FROM THE ALBUM WAS ‘FEELING THAT WAY/ANYTIME’. THE BAND ACTUALLY WROTE THE SONG BEFORE STEVE PERRY JOINED THE BAND. IT’S CREDITED TO ROBERT FLEISHMAN, GREGG ROLIE, NEAL SCHON, ROGER SILVER, AND ROSS VALORY. FLEISHMAN WAS WITH THE BAND JUST A SHORT TIME AND PERRY REPLACED HIM BEFORE HE WOULD SING ON ANY ALBUMS. ROGER SILVER IS A SF BASED POET WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THE LYRICS. HERE’S GREGG ROLIE AND STEVE PERRY WITH DUELING LEAD VOCALS ON ‘FEELING THAT WAY/ANYTIME’ FROM AN APPEARANCE ON “THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL”

THIS IS A TREAT. STEVE PERRY’S VOCALS ISOLATED IN THE STUDIO DURING THE RECORDING OF “ANYWAY YOU WANT IT”

THE SPENCER DAVIS GROUP ‘I’M A MAN’

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 20, 2019… IT WAS ON THIS DATE IN 1967 THE SPENCER DAVIS GROUP RELEASED THE SINGLE ‘I’M A MAN’. IT WAS THE FINAL SPENCER DAVIS GROUP SONG TO FEATURE STEVIE WINWOOD.

WINWOOD LEFT THE GROUP TO FORM TRAFFIC. THE SONG WAS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN FOR A DOCUMENTARY CALLED ‘SWINGING LONDON’, BUT THE BAND LIKED IT SO MUCH THEY HELD IT BACK FOR A SINGLE.

HERE’S SOME CRAZY TRIVIA, STEVIE WINWOOD WAS ONLY 15 YEARS OLD WHEN HE FRONTED THE BAND.

NOT ONLY WAS THE SONG A HUGE HIT FOR THE SPENCER DAVIS GROUP, BUT 2 YEARS LATER ‘CHICAGO’ RELEASE A 7 MINUTE 40 SECOND VERSION ON THEIR DEBUT ALBUM ‘CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY’, AND THEY ENJOYED HUGE SUCCESS WITH THEIR INTERPRETATION.

HERE’S A LIVE VERSION I THINK YOU’LL ENJOY

BOB-O’S WEEKLY FOOTBALL PICKS

Lamont and Tonelli interviewed Bob-O for his weekly Football picks.

Pro’s:

Conference Championship Weekend

NFC Championship:

Take New Orleans (buy 1 pt) -2 vs. L.A. Rams @ New Orleans

AFC Championship:

Take Kansas City (buy 1 pt) -2 vs. New England @ K.C.

JANIS JOPLIN’S BIRTHDAY

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 19, 2019…HAD SHE LIVED JANIS JOPLIN WOULD HAVE BEEN 76 TODAY. JOPLIN WAS FOUND DEAD IN ROOM 105 OF THE LANDMARK HOTEL IN LOS ANGELES OF A HEROIN OVERDOSE. THE 1979 MOVIE ‘THE ROSE’ STARRING BETTE MIDLER WAS BASED ON JOPLIN’S LIFE. JANIS IS A MEMBER OF CLUB 27, A GROUP OF MUSICIANS THAT DIED AT THE AGE OF 27. JOPLIN, JIMI HENDRIX, BRIAN JONES AND JIM MORRISON ALL DIED AT THE AGE OF 27 BETWEEN 1969 AND 1971.

SHE LEFT $1,500 IN HER WILL FOR A FUNERAL PARTY. THE PARTY WAS HELD IN SAN ANSELMO ON OCT 26 1971 WITH THE GRATEFUL DEAD PERFORMING FOR THE GUESTS.

HER MUSIC IS TIMELESS, AND IT LIVES ON. R.I.P JANIS ON WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN YOUR 76TH BIRTHDAY.

HERE’S JOPLIN FROM 1968 AND AN APPEARANCE ON GERMAN TV

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THE DAY METALLICA ROCKED RAIDER NATION

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LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 19, 2019…THIS IS WHY I EFFIN’ LOVE THESE GUYS !! SO IT’S JAN 19th 2003 AND I’M IN THE PARKING LOT GETTING MY TAILGATE ON BEFORE THE OAKLAND RAIDERS GAME, AND A FLATBED PULLS UP WITH METALLICA ! METALLICA PLAYS A 6 SONG SET TO “ FUEL” THE RAIDERS ON TO VICTORY IN THEIR PLAYOFF GAME AGAINST THE TITANS. F*#K YEAHHHHHH !!!

HERE’S METALLICA FROM THE PARKING LOT !!

TONIGHT ELTON JOHN’S FAREWELL TOUR MOVES TO SAN JOSE

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 19, 2019…I’VE ALWAYS LOVED THE MUSIC OF ELTON JOHN. IN THE 70’S AND EARLY 80’S HE WAS THE EPITOME OF A ROCKSTAR. AT ONE POINT, ELTON JOHN WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR 3% OF ALL THE RECORDS SOLD ON EARTH ! WTF !!! HE’S SOLD OVER 300 MILLION ALBUMS WORLDWIDE. HE HAS OVER 50 TOP 40 HITS. LONG TIME BAND MEMBER DEE MURRAY STATED IN A DOCUMENTARY WHEN THEY WERE MAKING ‘GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD’ ELTON WAS SO TALENTED HE COULD TAP OUT A MELODY FOR A NEW SONG IN THE TIME ‘IT WOULD TAKE ME TO TAP OUT A SANDWICH’

THIS WILL WHET YOUR APPETITE IF YOU’RE GOING TO THE SHOW TONIGHT AT THE SAP CENTER IN SAN JOSE (DOORS OPEN AT 7PM)

HERE’S ELTON AND HIS ‘FAREWELL YELLOW BRICK ROAD TOUR’ FROM EARLIER ON THIS YEAR.

EXCITABLE BOY-WARREN ZEVON

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 18, 2019… ON THIS DATE IN 1978 WARREN ZEVON RELEASED HIS 3RD AND MOST SUCCESSFUL ALBUM ‘EXCITABLE BOY’. THE ALBUM’S BIG SINGLE WAS ‘WEREWOLVES OF LONDON’ WHICH STAYED ON THE TOP 40 CHARTS FOR 6 WEEKS. A BIT OF TRIVIA, ‘WEREWOLVES’ FEATURED MICK FLEETWOOD ON DRUMS, AND JOHN McVIE ON BASS.

HERE’S THE OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR ‘WEREWOLVES OF LONDON’. THEY REALLY WENT ALL OUT ON THE SPECIAL EFFECTS FOR THE WEREWOLF 🙂

THE DEATH OF THE EAGLE’S GLENN FREY

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LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 18, 2019…TODAY MARKS 3 YEARS SINCE THE DEATH OF THE EAGLE’S GLENN FREY.

GLENN FREY, ALONG WITH DON HENLEY, WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS AND DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THE EAGLES.

FREY GREW UP IN DETROIT, AND ONE OF HIS FIRST BREAKS WAS AT THE AGE OF 19 PLAYED ACOUSTIC GUITAR AND HANDLED BACKGROUND VOCALS FOR BOB SEGER ON ‘RAMBLIN’ GAMBLIN’ MAN’.

AFTER THE EAGLES HIT IT BIG IN THE 70’S, FREY LIVED IN THE FAST LANE, BUT TOOK UP THE FITNESS HABIT IN THE LATE 80’S AND GOT HIMSELF INTO SERIOUS SHAPE. HE BECAME A PITCHMAN FOR JACK LALANNE FITNESS CENTERS AND APPEARED IN A PRINT AD FOR THE HEALTH CLUB. HERE’S A PICTURE THAT WAS USED IN THE AD.

HERE ARE SOME HIGHLIGHT’S OF GLENN FREY’S PERFORMANCES.

THESE WERE ASSEMBLED BY THE EAGLES


AC/DC’S ‘BLOW UP YOUR VIDEO’

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 18, 2019… 31 YEARS AGO AC/DC RELEASED THEIR 10TH ALBUM INTERNATIONALLY ‘BLOW UP YOUR VIDEO’.

BRIAN JOHNSON WROTE ALL THE LYRICS ON THIS ALBUM, AND IT WOULD MARK THE LAST AC/DC ALBUM IN WHICH HE WOULD BE CREDITED AS A SONGWRITER FOR THE BAND. ALL ALBUMS AFTERWARDS LISTED THE YOUNG BROTHERS AS SONGWRITERS.

SOME AC/DC TRIVIA. BOTH MALCOLM YOUNG AND ANGUS YOUNG DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL AT THE AGE OF 14 YEARS 9 MONTHS OLD. THAT WAS THE AGE THEY WERE LEGALLY ALLOWED TO DO SO.

AC/DC ARE ALSO ONE OF THE SHORTEST BANDS. MALCOLM YOUNG WAS 5’3”, ANGUS YOUNG WAS 5’2” AND BRIAN JOHNSON TOWERED OVER THEM AT 5’5”.

HERE’S AC/DC FROM 1988 WITH HEATSEEKER.