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GREEN DAY’S INDUCTION INTO THE RRHOF

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-APR 18, 2020- ON THIS DATE IN 2015 GREEN DAY WAS INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME IN THEIR FIRST YEAR OF ELIGIBILITY. THE REST OF THE CLASS INCLUDED LOU REED, STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN AND DOUBLE TROUBLE, AND JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS. GREEN DAY WAS SPECTACULAR AT THE CEREMONY, WITH BILLY JOE ELOQUENTLY STATING DURING HIS SPEECH: “My record collection is sitting in this room.”

HOWEVER IT WAS BANDMATE TRES COOL WHO CAME UP WITH THE BEST LINE: “I remember when we were sleeping on couches – I didn’t think we’d be where we are right now, right in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame…..I thought it would take another year or two.”

DEFINITELY A WELL DESERVED HONOR AND ONE THAT MADE THE BAY AREA PROUD. HERE’S THE GREEN DAY INDUCTION (PART 1)

AND GREEN DAY PERFORMING AT THE AWARDS

big thanks for the green day photo-Jimmy O’Sheehan Photography (408) 387-0246

LAMONT & TONELLI PRESENT PARTY UNTIL 2022

New study from Harvard University says the shelter in place might need to stay in effect until the year 2022. Listen to Lamont and Tonelli’s new song about the lockdown. Plus, Lamont and Tonelli played three additional songs about needing a haircut, wearing a mask out in public and a replay of standing six feet away.

LINDA MCCARTNEY R.I.P.

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-APR 17, 2020-TWENTY TWO YEARS AGO LINDA MCCARTNEY DIED AFTER A LONG BATTLE WITH CANCER AT THE AGE OF 57. LINDA MARRIED PAUL MCCARTNEY IN 1969 WHEN SHE WAS WORKING AS A PHOTOGRAPHER. AS WELL AS BEING A MEMBER OF THE WINGS, SHE BECAME AN ANIMAL RIGHTS CAMPAIGNER AND LAUNCHED HER OWN BRAND OF FROZEN VEGETARIAN FOOD. THE ULTIMATE TRIBUTE TO LINDA CAME FROM PAUL HIMSELF WHO SAID:“As a mother, she was the best. We always said that all we wanted for the kids was that they would grow up to have good hearts, and they have.”

HERE’S A SONG THAT MCCARTNEY WROTE FOR LINDA CIRCA 1973

photo thanks-Brandon Carson

DARK SIDE OF THE MOON’S FIRST CERTIFICATION

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-APR 17, 2020- ON THIS DAY 47 YEARS AGO, PINK FLOYD’S DARK SIDE OF THE MOON WAS CERTIFIED GOLD IN THE US FOR THE FIRST TIME, SIGNIFYING SALES OF 500,000 COPIES. THE LP WENT ON TO STAY ON THE CHARTS US CHARTS FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS AND BECAME TE LONGEST CHARTING ROCK RECORD OF ALL TIME. THE ALBUM HAS SINCE GONE ON TO SELL AN ESTIMATED 45 MILLION COPIES AND DOWNLOADS, AND IS PINK FLOYD’S MOST COMMERCIALLY SUCCESSFUL ALBUM. HERE’S A REAL TREAT. PINK FLOYD FROM 1994 AND AN ENTIRE “DARK SIDE OF THE MOON” CONCERT

Photo credit Lawren

MCCARTNEY’S FIRST SOLO ALBUM

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-APR 17, 2020- FIFTY YEARS AGO PAUL MCCARTNEY WAS UNSURE OF HIS FUTURE AND RELEASED HIS FIRST SOLO ALBUM ‘MCCARTNEY’. SEVEN MONTHS PRIOR TO THE RELEASE OF THIS RECORD JOHN LENNON TOLD THE REST OF THE BEATLES HE WANTED “A DIVORCE” FROM THE GROUP. THE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM LENNON WAS NOT MADE OFFICIAL OR PUBLIC DUE TO BUSINESS REASONS. MCCARTNEY WITHDREW TO HIS FARM AND ENDED UP RECORDING THIS ALBUM AT HIS HOME USING ONLY 4 TRACK TAPE, AND PLAYING EVERY INSTRUMENT HIMSELF. WHEN MCCARTNEY RELEASED THIS ALBUM, HE INCLUDED A ‘SELF INTERVIEW’ AS AN INSERT IN THE ALBUM, THAT IN ESSENCE, ANNOUNCED TO THE WORLD HE WAS LEAVING THE BEATLES. THE NEWS OF THE BREAK-UP CAUSED CRITICS TO TRASH THE RECORD. HOWEVER THE INTEREST IN HIS SOLO CAREER HELPED DRIVE THE ALBUM TO #1 ON THE CHARTS.

THE ALBUM CONTAINED THE STUDIO VERSION OF THE LOVE SONG ‘MAYBE I’M AMAZED’. MCCARTNEY DEDICATED THIS SONG TO HIS WIFE LINDA, WHO HAD HELPED HIM GET THROUGH THE BREAKUP OF THE BEATLES. THIS SONG WAS NEVER ISSUED AS A SINGLE. THE LIVE VERSION WAS A HUGE HIT YEARS LATER WHEN IT WAS PICKED AS A SINGLE FROM THE ‘WINGS OVER AMERICA’ ALBUM. HERE’S MCCARTNEY WITH A REHEARSAL VERSION OF ‘MAYBE I’M AMAZED’

MR. SKIN’S MUST WATCH THIS WEEK

Lamont & Tonelli talked to Mr. Skin for his weekly fun bags forecast! This morning Mr. Skin talked about his Quaran-T&A TV watching list including Westworld, Shameless, Banshee, True Blood, Californication, Weeds, Game of Thrones, Sex Education and The Sopranos. Plus, the winner of his Whack-It-Bracket Aimee Lou Wood from Sex Education on Netflix. Lastly, his tribute to First Responders.

BUS DRIVER CAUGHT SPANKING IT WHILE DRIVING PASSENGERS IN SWITZERLAND

A Swiss bus driver has been fired after he was filmed “spanking it” while driving passengers. It’s believed the pervert was unaware he could be seen by those on board, as he assumed a coronavirus screen shielded his actions. And this wasn’t a private shuttle bus this bus was one of the city’s main public transport providers.

LAMONT & TONELLI CHECK IN WITH DR. SMELTZER WHO SAYS SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS SUPER BOWL LOSS SAVED LIVES

Did Jimmy Garoppolo overthrowing Emmanuel Sanders in the 4th quarter of the Super Bowl save potentially THOUSANDS of lives?!?! That’s what some doctors believe, saying the lack of a Super Bowl parade in San Francisco helped slow the spread of COVID-19 in Northern California tremendously. And our resident physician, Dr. Smeltzer is here to share his thoughts on the theory.

PINK FLOYD GETTING UGLY

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-APR 16, 2020- ON THIS DATE IN 1987, THINGS WERE GETTING REAL UGLY IN THE PINK FLOYD CAMP. ROGER WATERS HAD LEFT THE BAND, AND THE REMAINING MEMBERS DECIDED TO CARRY ON WITHOUT HIM. SO ON THIS DATE TO ESCALATE THE BATTLE, ROGER WATERS ATTORNEY’S ISSUED A STATEMENT THAT ROGER WATERS BELIEVED HIMSELF TO BE THE CREATIVE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND PINK FLOYD, AND THEREFORE HE WOULD CONTEST THE USE OF THE NAME BY ANYONE ELSE AND ANY FORMER MEMBERS OF PINK FLOYD. HERE’S VIDEO FROM THE BAND’S REUNION CONCERT IN 2005 WHEN THEY PUT ASIDE ALL THE PETTY B.S. AND MADE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC ONCE AGAIN.

photo thanks-Mauge

THE DAY DAVID LEE ROTH BOUGHT REEFER

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-APR 16, 2020…TODAY IS THE 27TH ANNIVERSARY OF DAVID LEE ROTH GETTING ARRESTED! IT WAS 1993 AND THE NYPD WAS DOING A SWEEP OF DRUG BUYERS AND PUSHERS IN WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK. ONE OF THE PEOPLE THEY ARRESTED TURNED OUT TO BE DAVID LEE ROTH, WHO WAS BUSTED AFTER SCORING SOME “JAMAICAN BUNK REEFER.” WHAT’S REALLY IRONIC ABOUT ROTH GETTING BUSTED WAS IN 1992 HE TOLD AN INTERVIEWER HE LEFT VAN HALEN BECAUSE HE FELT “DISGUST OVER BAND MEMBERS USING DRUGS.” HERE’S ROTH WITH VH FROM 1984