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LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-DEC 6, 2018… REMEMBER THE ALTAMONT

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FORTY NINE YEARS AGO ‘THE ALTAMONT’ TOOK PLACE.

THE FREE CONCERT WAS THE BRAINCHILD OF THE ROLLING STONES AND IT

WAS SUPPOSED TO PUT A WRAP ON THE ROLLING STONES 1969 US TOUR.

A LARGELY IMPROVISED AFFAIR, 300,000 PEOPLE ATTENDED, AND THE HELLS ANGELS HANDLED SECURITY FOR 500 BUCKS IN BEER. WHAT COULD GO WRONG ?

FOUR DEATHS, SCORES INJURED, AND EXTENSIVE PROPERTY DAMAGE.

ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE CALLED IT “ROCK AND ROLL’S WORST DAY”

HERE IS COMPELLING VIDEO OF THE CONCERT AT ALTAMONT

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-DEC 6, 2018…JACKSON BROWNE ‘RUNNING ON EMPTY’

JACKSON BROWNE RELEASED THE SUPERB ALBUM ‘RUNNING ON EMPTY’ ON THIS DAY IN 1977. THE ENTIRE ALBUM WAS THEMED AROUND A MUSICIAN’S LIFE ON THE ROAD. THE ENTIRE ALBUM WAS RECORDED ON TOUR, EITHER LIVE ON STAGE, OR IN LOCATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH TOURING ( LIKE BACKSTAGE, ON TOUR BUSES , OR EVEN HOTEL ROOMS).

HERE’S BROWNE PERFORMING THE TITLE TRACK LIVE AT A CONCERT IN 1979

AS AN ADDED BONUS HERE’S A LIVE VERSION OF ONE OF THE BEST TRACKS ON THE ALBUM ‘THE LOAD OUT AND STAY’

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-DEC 6, 2018…RANDY RHOADS GUITARIST EXTRAORDINAIRE

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TODAY GUITARIST RANDY RHOADS WOULD HAVE BEEN 62 YEARS OF AGE.

RHOADS WAS A GUITAR VIRTUOSO WHO IS BEST KNOWN FOR FOUNDING QUIET RIOT AND THEN PLAYING FOR OZZY OSBOURNE.

RHOADS DIED IN FLORIDA WHEN THE TOUR BUS OZZY AND THE BAND WAS TOURING ON BROKE DOWN, AND STOPPED THE BAND STOPPED TO GET IT REPAIRED. ON THE PROPERTY, THERE WAS A SMALL LANDING STRIP WITH A COUPLE OF AIRCRAFT AND SMALL HELICOPTERS. WITHOUT PERMISSION, THE TOUR BUS DRIVER AND PRIVATE PILOT TOOK MEMBERS OF THE BAND

ON A FEW QUICK FLIGHTS. WHEN IT CAME TIME TO GIVE RHOADS A SPIN, THE PILOT DECIDED IT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA TO ‘BUZZ’ THE TOUR BUS, AND ACCIDENTALLY CLIPPED THE BUS. RHOADS WAS KILLED INSTANTLY.

HERE’S RHOADS ON ‘I DON’T KNOW’ ON ‘THE BLIZZARD OF OZZ’ TOUR.

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LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-DEC 5, 2018…‘BAND ON THE RUN’

45 YEARS AGO PAUL McCARTNEY AND WINGS RELEASED THE ICONIC ALBUM

‘BAND ON THE RUN’. IN TERMS OF SALES THIS IS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL ALBUM

OF PAUL McCARTNEY’S POST BEATLES WORK, SELLING IN EXCESS OF

7 MILLION COPIES AND COUNTING.

HERE’S A LIVE VERSION OF THE TITLE TRACK

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-DEC 5, 2018…METALLICA ROCKED THE FILLMORE

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ON THIS DATE IN 2011 METALLICA PLAYED THE FIRST OF 4 NIGHTS AT THE FILLMORE. I WAS THERE FOR THE FIRST NIGHT. IT WAS SO FRIGGIN’ LOUD WHEN METALLICA STARTED PLAYING THE FLOOR STARTED BOUNCING UP AND DOWN ! I THOUGHT THERE WAS AN EARTHQUAKE. HERE’S 4 ½ HOURS OF THE FILLMORE SHOWS. ENJOY

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-DEC 4, 2018…HAPPY B’DAY TO GARY ROSSINGTON OF LYNYRD SKYNYRD

A HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHOUT OUT TODAY TO LYNYRD SKYNYRD GUITARIST GARY ROSSINGTON. ROSSINGTON HAS THE DISTINCTION OF BEING THE BAND’S SOLE FOUNDING MEMBER. TODAY HE’S 67.

WE USED TO WORK WITH MATT PINFIELD. HE’S A GOOD DUDE SO WE’RE GOING TO SHOW HIM A LITTLE LOVE BY SHARING HIS INTERVIEW WITH GARY ROSSINGTON AND RICKY MEDLOCKE. ENJOY !

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LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-DEC 4, 2018…PINK FLOYD IN OAKLAND

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IT WAS 1987, AND PINK FLOYD HIT THE OAKLAND COLISEUM FOR ONE OF 4 SOLD OUT SHOWS ON THE “MOMENTARY LAPSE OF REASON” TOUR.

I LOVE THE FACT THAT IT ONLY COST $ 22.50 GET YOU INTO THE CONCERT TO SEE PINK FLOYD ! HERE’S A FANTASTIC LIVE VERSION OF ‘LEARNING TO FLY’

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-DEC 3, 2018..GUNS N’ ROSES DO PAUL McCARTNEY

ON THIS DATE IN 1991 DELIVERED A REMAKE OF PAUL McCARTNEY’S HIT ‘LIVE AND LET DIE’. IT WAS THE SECOND SINGLE RELEASED FROM THE ALBUM ‘USE YOUR ILLUSION I’. HERE’S THE OFFICIAL VIDEO FROM GN’R