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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TED NUGENT

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-DEC 13, 2019…HAPPY 71ST BIRTHDAY TO THE MOTOR CITY MADMAN TED NUGENT.NUGENT IS A GUITAR HERO, PRODUCING ROCK ANTHEMS LIKE ‘STRANGLEHOLD’, ‘HEY BABY’, ‘WANGO TANGO’, AND ‘CAT SCRATCH FEVER’.HE WAS ALSO PART OF THE SUPERGROUP ‘DAMN YANKEES’.LATELY HE’S BEEN MORE KNOWN FOR HIS CONSERVATIVE POLITICAL VIEWS, ADVOCATING HUNTING AND GUN OWNERSHIP RIGHTS.

HERE’S GREAT VIDEO OF NUGENT DEBUTING A SONG FOR THE FIRST TIME ! THE SONG? ‘CAT SCRATCH FEVER’

 

 

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FOGHAT’S BIGGEST HIT

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-DEC 13, 2019…FORTY FOUR YEARS AGO FOGHAT RELEASED THE SINGLE ”SLOW RIDE”. IT WAS THE BAND’S FIRST SINGLE FROM THEIR 5TH STUDIO ALBUM ‘FOOL FOR THE CITY’ AND IT TOOK OFF BECOMING THE BAND’S BIGGEST SINGLE. IN 2009 VH1 NAMED ‘SLOW RIDE’ THE “45TH BEST HARD ROCK SONG OF ALL-TIME’. THE SONG IS PLAIN AND SIMPLE ABOUT SEX. KIND OF APPROPRIATE THAT IN EARLY 2018 A ‘SLOW RIDE BRAND’ OF CONDOMS WAS INTRODUCED TO THE MARKET. HERE’S A LIVE PERFORMANCE OF THE SONG FROM 1978

JEFF “SKUNK” BAXTER

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-DEC 13, 2019…DOOBIE BROTHER JEFF SKUNK BAXTER TURNS 71 TODAY. BAXTER IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS WORK WITH THE DOOBIES AND STEELY DAN, BUT THIS GUY HAS PLAYED WITH EVERYBODY. HERE IS A PARTIAL LIST OF ARTISTS HE HAS EITHER PLAYED, TOURED OR RECORDED WITH: Steely Dan, Doobie Brothers, Jimmy James and the Blue Flames, Ultimate Spinach, Holy Modal Rounders, Willy DeVille, Bryan Adams, Hoyt Axton, Eric Clapton, Gene Clark, Sheryl Crow, Freddie Hubbard, Tim Weisberg, Joni Mitchell, Rick Nelson, Dolly Parton, Carly Simon, Ringo Starr, Gene Simmons, Rod Stewart, Barbra Streisand, Donna Summer, Elton John, Burton Cummings, Linda Ronstadt, Billy Vera and the Beaters, The Best. THE MOST INTERESTING STORY ABOUT “SKUNK” BAXTER IS HOW HE WORKED IN A MUSIC SHOP AS A TEENAGER IN 1966 AND MET JIMI HENDRIX. FOR A SHORT WHILE HE PLAYED IN ONE OF HENDRIX’S FIRST GROUPS.  THIS IS SKUNK BAXTER WITH STEELY DAN FROM AN APPEARANCE ON THE “MIDNIGHT SPECIAL” CIRCA 1973

photo thanks-Carl Lender

 

BOB-O’S WEEKLY FOOTBALL PICKS

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

College:

No College Picks This Week

Pro’s:

Take Tampa Bay (buy 1 pt) -2.5 vs Detroit

Take Philadelphia -4.5 vs Washington

Take Tennessee (buy 1 pt) -2 vs Houston (Blue Plate Special)

Take Pittsburgh -2 vs Buffalo

JOE STALEY REFLECTS ON THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS WIN AGAINST THE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS WITH LAMONT & TONELLI

The San Francisco 49ers play against the Atlanta Falcons at Levi’s Stadium on Sunday, December 15th. The Pregame Show begins at 12:25pm and kickoff is at 1:25pm. And join Zakk and Jake following each game for The Bone Crushing Postgame Show. Hear every play of every game on the FM flagship station 107.7 The Bone.

Listen to Lamont and Tonelli’s interview with San Francisco 49ers Offensive Lineman Joe Staley.

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MICK TAYLOR LEAVES THE STONES

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-DEC 12, 2019…ON THIS DATE IN 1974 MICK TAYLOR ANNOUNCED HE WAS LEAVING THE ROLLING STONES. MICK TAYLOR JOINED THE STONES IN 1969 AND SUPPLIED THE GUITAR LICKS ON SOME OF THE ROLLING STONES’ CLASSIC ALBUMS, INCLUDING ‘EXILE ON MAIN ST.’, ‘STICKY FINGERS’, AND ‘LET IT BLEED’. WHEN HE LEFT, HE WAS QUOTED IN A FEW MAGAZINES THAT HE LEFT BECAUSE HE WAS PROMISED SONGWRITING CREDITS FOR A NUMBER OF SONGS BY MICK JAGGER, AND THE CREDITS NEVER CAME. TAYLOR IS REGARDED AS ONE OF ROCK’S TRUE GREAT GUITARISTS. SLASH OF GUNS N’ ROSES CITES TAYLOR AS ONE OF HIS BIGGEST GUITAR INFLUENCES. THIS IS GREAT CONCERT FOOTAGE FROM 1969 WITH MICK TAYLOR AND KEITH RICHARDS EXCHANGING LICKS ON ‘STREET FIGHTING MAN’

 

 

 

 

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DAVE MENIKETTI BIRTHDAY WISHES

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-DEC 12, 2019…HAPPY SIXTY SIXTH BIRTHDAY TO A FANTASTIC SINGER AND ALL AROUND GREAT GUY, Y&T’S DAVE MENIKETTI. MENIKETTI IS THE LEAD GUITARIST, SONGWRITER, AND LEAD SINGER FOR Y&T. THIS OAKLAND NATIVE IS THE LAST SURVIVING MEMBER OF Y&T’S CLASSIC LINEUP. MENIKETTI HAS SOLD OVER 4 MILLION RECORDS WORLDWIDE. Y&T CELEBRATES 46 YEARS OF TOURING AND RECORDING IN JANUARY 2020 AND MENIKETTI CONTINUES TO JUST CRANK IT OUT. DAVE AND HIS WIFE ALSO PRODUCE CHARDONNAY AND PINOT NOIR WINE UNDER THE MENIKETTI WINES LABEL.

HERE’S MENIKETTI WITH Y&T FROM A CONCERT BACK IN 1985

photo thanks-the greatest rock photographer EVER jim sheehan https://www.facebook.com/jimmyosheehan/

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NIKKI SIXX

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-DEC 11, 2019..TODAY NIKKI SIXX TURNS FREAKIN’ 61! BORN FRANK CARLTON SERAFINO FERANNA JR, SIXX IS FROM SAN JOSE. SIXX WAS RAISED BY HIS GRANDPARENTS AFTER BEING ABANDONED BY AT FIRST HIS FATHER, THEN HIS MOTHER. SIXX LEARNED HOW TO PLAY BASS AFTER BUYING HIS FIRST INSTRUMENT WITH MONEY HE RAISED BY SELLING A GUITAR HE HAD STOLEN. WHAT DOES A GUY DO WHEN HE TURNS SIXTY ONE AND ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT LAST YEAR WITH A RETIREMENT CONTRACT. HE PUBLICLY BLOWS IT UP AND ANNOUNCES A STADIUM TOUR IN 2020 WITH DEF LEPPARD, MOTLEY CRUE, POISON AND JOAN JETT (JULY 19,2020 ORACLE PARK SF). CRANK THIS ONE UP IN HONOR OF NIKKI SIXX ! BTW KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN FOR A SAM KINISON SIGHTING IN THE VIDEO

 

photo thanks-Dawn