LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-NOV 2, 2019…I WAS THERE AND IT WAS AN EPIC SHOW! THE BLACK CROWES PLAYED THE SAN JOSE STATE EVENT CENTER ON THIS DATE IN 1992 THE GROUP HAD TWO MONSTER ALBUMS TO THEIR CREDIT, THEIR DEBUT ‘SHAKE YOUR MONEY MAKER’ AND THE FOLLOW UP ‘THE SOUTHERN HARMONY AND MUSICAL COMPANION.’ THIS CONCERT WAS PART OF ‘THE HIGH AS THE MOON TOUR’ AND IT WAS SPECTACULAR. IT WAS THE LAST SHOW FOR THE CROWES IN AMERICA BEFORE THE BAND THEY EMBARKED ON A WORLD TOUR AND THEY WERE ON FIRE. THIS IS THE SETLIST FROM THE NIGHT:No Speak No Slave, Sting Me, My Morning Song, Thick N’ Thin, Jam, Thorn in My Pride, Sister Luck, Twice as Hard, Hotel Illness, Jealous Again, Stare It Cold, Three Little Birds, Willin’, Tied Up and Swallowed, Remedy
LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-NOV 2, 2019..THIS ONE STANDS AS THE LATEST DATE IN THE YEAR FOR A BONE BASH. SEVENTEEN YEARS AGO BONE BASH III FEATURED 5 BANDS ! JOURNEY, JOE SATRIANI, Y&T, MONTROSE AND TESTAMENT !!!
CHUCK BILLY TESTAMENT
THE EVENING STARTED OFF WITH BAY AREA ROCKERS TESTAMENT. THEY WERE LOUD AND PROUD AND THE GROUP SET THE TONE FOR AN EPIC DAY OF BAY AREA BANDS. THIS WAS THEIR SETLIST: Over the Wall, Into the Pit, Souls of Black, Low, Dog Faced Gods, True Believer, Trial by Fire, Disciples of the Watch, Raging Waters
THE INCOMPARABLE RONNIE MONTROSE WAS ON THE BILL AND THIS APPEARANCE MARKED ONLY ONE OF 6 SHOWS FOR MONTROSE FOR THE YEAR. TRULY, ONE OF THE UNAPPRECIATED TALENTS IN ROCK & ROLL, NO ONE WAS BETTER. HERE WAS THE SETLIST FROM MONTROSE: Rock the Nation, Good Rockin’ Tonight, Make It Last, Paper Money, I Don’t Want It, Rock Candy, Space Station No. 5, Next Time Around, Bad Motor Scooter
NEXT ON THE PROGRAM WAS Y&T. THE BAND WAS RIDING HIGH WITH THE RELEASE OF THE ALBUM ‘BLACK TIGER’ EARLIER ON IN THE YEAR AND THE SET WAS FANTASTIC. HERE IS THE Y&T SETLIST: Black Tiger, , Lipstick and Leather, Don’t Stop Runnin’, Dirty Girl, Winds of Change, Alcohol, Eyes of a Stranger, Game Playing Woman, Summertime Girls, I Believe in You, Forever, Mean Streak, Rescue Me
I THINK DAVE MENIKETTI HAS ONE OF THE BEST VOICES IN ROCK. HERE’S ON OF MY FAVORITE Y&T SONGS PLAYED AT BONE BASH III
WHEN YOU HAVE A BAND THAT BY 2002 HAS SOLD OVER 33 MILLION ALBUMS THAT BAND IS THE HEADLINER. THE JOURNEY LINEUP FEATURED ROSS VALORY, NEAL SCHON, JONATHON CAIN, DEAN CASTRONOVA, AND STEVE AUGERI ON VOCALS. THIS WAS THE SETLIST FROM JOURNEY FOR BONE BASH III:State of Grace, Separate Ways (Worlds Apart), Ask the Lonely, Stone in Love, Send Her My Love, Lights, Open Arms, Feeling That Way, Anytime, I’ll Be Alright Without You, Higher Place, The Time, Don’t Stop Believin’, Faithfully, Escape, Chain Reaction, Wheel in the Sky, Be Good to Yourself
Encore: Any Way You Want It, Guitar Solo, Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin’
THIS IS AN ENTIRE JOURNEY CONCERT WITH STEVE AUGERI HANDLING LEAD VOCALS CIRCA 2003
LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-NOV 1, 2019..ON THIS DATE FORTY YEARS AGO, AEROSMITH RELEASED THEIR SIXTH STUDIO ALBUM ‘NIGHT IN THE RUTS.’
FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES,AEROSMITH WAS ON FUMES WHEN IT CAME TO THIS ALBUM. THE GROUP MADE THIS RECORD WHILE IN THE MIDDLE OF A GRUELING TOUR AND WHILE GOING THROUGH HORRIBLE DRUG PROBLEMS. RUH ROH ! THE SITUATION WAS SO UGLY GUITARIST JOE PERRY WALKED OUT AND QUIT THE BAND HALFWAY THROUGH THE RECORDING OF THIS ALBUM. THE GUITAR WORK ON THE ALBUM FELL TO BRAD WHITFORD AND 3 STUDIO MUSICIANS. OH, AND AFTER THE ALBUM CAME OUT, WHITFORD LEFT THE GROUP AS WELL. THAT’S A DOUBLE RUH-ROH!
THE ONLY REDEEMING ASPECT OF THE ALBUM WAS IT PRODUCED A REMAKE OF THIS SONG ‘REMEMBER(WALKING IN THE SAND)’
LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-NOV 1, 2019…HAPPY 57th BIRTHDAY TO ANTHONY KIEDIS. KIEDIS IS BEST KNOWN AS THE LEAD SINGER OF RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS AND AS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE BAND HAS APPEARED ON EVERY ALBUM RELEASED BY THE BAND. KIEDIS MIGHT HAVE THE MOST AMAZING STORY OF ANYONE IN ROCK AND ROLL. THE PRODUCT OF A DIVORCE, HE CHOSE TO WHEN HE WAS 12 HE MOVED IN WITH HIS FATHER , A STRUGGLING ACTOR IN HOLLYWOOD. TO MAKE ENDS MEET, HIS DAD SOLD DRUGS, AND WOULD OFTEN SHARE MARIJUANA AND COCAINE WITH HIS SON. KIEDIS ACCIDENTALLY TRIED HEROIN AT THE AGE OF 14 , THINKING IT WAS COCAINE.
HE MET FLEA IN HIGH SCHOOL AND THE TWO BECAME VIRTUALLY INSEPARABLE. AFTER DROPPING OUT OF COLLEGE, KIEDIS TEAMED UP WITH FLEA, HILLEL SLOVAK, AND JACK IRONS TO FORM THE RHCP’S. WITH THE PEPPERS, KIEDIS HAS RECORDED TWELVE STUDIO ALBUMS.
LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-NOV 1, 2019… SIXTEEN YEARS AGO STP RELEASED THE SONG ‘CREEP.’ IT WAS ONE OF FIVE GREAT SONGS FROM THEIR DEBUT ALBUM ‘CORE’ WHICH DOMINATED THE RADIO AIRWAVES IN 2003.
IN DISCUSSING WHAT HE WAS WAS ON HIS MIND WHEN WRITING CREEP’ SCOTT WEILAND SAID, “That’s just the idea of being a young person somewhere, caught between still being a kid and becoming a young man. It’s that youth apathy, that second-guessing yourself, not feeling like you fit in.”
‘CREEP’ PEAKED AT #2 ON THE “BILLBOARD ALBUM ROCK” CHART.
LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES- OCT 31, 2019…ON THIS DATE IN 1975 QUEEN RELEASED THE EPIC SINGLE ‘BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY.’ THE ACTUAL MAKING OF THIS SONG IS IN ITSELF WORTHY OF A MOVIE. QUEEN SPENT DAYS IN THE STUDIO USING A 24 TRACK TAPE MACHINE OVERDUBBING VOCAL TRACKS. BY THE TIME THEY WERE DONE IN THE STUDIO, APPROXIMATELY 180 TRACKS WERE LAYERED TOGETHER. BRIAN MAY IN A NUMBER OF INTERVIEWS SAID THE TAPE WAS WORN SO THIN FROM ALL THE OVERDUBS THAT HE WAS ABLE TO SEE THROUGH THE TAPE. THAT IS A LOT OF SCARAMOUCHES AND FANDANGOS!
THIS IS QUEEN’S OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR ‘BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY’
LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES- OCT 31, 2019…HALLOWEEN 1994 MARKED THE ROLLING STONES FINAL SHOW OF FOUR BAY AREA CONCERTS AT THE OAKLAND STADIUM. IT WAS PART OF “THE VOODOO LOUNGE TOUR” FROM THE STONES THAT SET A RECORD FOR BEING THE LARGEST GROSSING TOUR BY ANY ARTIST AT THAT TIME. THE TOUR BROUGHT IN OVER $320 MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH IN 2019 MONEY IS THE EQUIVALENT OF $551 MILLION DOLLARS. THIS WAS THE SETLIST FOR THE NIGHT: Not Fade Away, Tumbling Dice, You Got Me Rocking, Shattered, Rocks Off, Sparks Will Fly, (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction, Beast of Burden, Out of Tears, Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker), Love Is Strong, It’s All Over Now, I Go Wild, Miss You, Honky Tonk Women, Before They Make Me Run, The Worst, Sympathy for the Devil, Monkey Man, Street Fighting Man, Start Me Up, It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (But I Like It), Brown Sugar
Encore: Jumpin’ Jack Flash
THIS IS GREAT VIDEO FROM THE FINAL SONG OF THE 4 CONCERT STAND. THE ENCORE FOR THE EVENING ‘JUMPIN’ JACK FLASH.’
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LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES- OCT 31, 2019…AC/DC RELEASED THE SINGLE ‘HELLS BELLS’ 39 YEARS AGO. THIS IS THE FIRST TRACK ON THE ALBUM ‘BACK IN BLACK’ AND IT WAS THE SECOND SINGLE FOR AC/DC FEATURING BRIAN JOHNSON AFTER THE DEATH OF BON SCOTT(THE FIRST SINGLE WAS ‘YOU SHOOK ME ALL NIGHT LONG’). A 2,000 POUND BRONZE BELL WAS ACTUALLY USED ON THE TRACK, A REPLICA OF THE DENNISON BELL USED IN THE LOUGHBOROUGH WAR MUSEUM. THE GROUP AT FIRST TRIED RECORDING THE ACTUAL BELL WHEN IT RANG IN THE TOWER, BUT AUDIBLY THAT PROVED TO BE A REAL PROBLEM WITH ALL THE PIGEONS LIVING IN THE BELL. WHENEVER IT RANG, THE PIGEONS MADE TOO MUCH NOISE FOR CLEAN AUDIO. SO THE BAND FIGURED “F— IT” AND MADE THEIR OWN AT A LOCAL FOUNDRY THAT THEY WOULD ALSO USE ON STAGE. IN TRIBUTE TO SCOTT, THE SONG STARTS OFF WITH THE BELL RINGING 4 TIMES BEFORE THE BAND COMES IN.THE BELL RINGS ANOTHER NINE TIMES, GRADUALLY FADING OUT. WHEN PLAYED LIVE, BRIAN JOHNSON WOULD STRIKE THE BELL. TO DATE, THE SINGLE ‘HELLS BELLS’ REMAINS ONE OF THE BAND’S MOST POPULAR SINGLES. ACCOUNTING FOR SALES, DOWNLOADS AND STREAMING IT HAS SOLD OVER 8,770,000 COPIES.
HERE’S THE OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO FOR AC/DC’S ‘HELLS BELLS’
THE EVENING STARTED OFF WITH BAY AREA ROCKERS TESTAMENT. THEY WERE LOUD AND PROUD AND THE GROUP SET THE TONE FOR AN EPIC DAY OF BAY AREA BANDS. THIS WAS THEIR SETLIST: Over the Wall, Into the Pit, Souls of Black, Low, Dog Faced Gods, True Believer, Trial by Fire, Disciples of the Watch, Raging Waters
