THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD
LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-MAY 11, 2019…IN 1970 THE BEATLES RELEASED THEIR FINAL SINGLE TOGETHER AS A GROUP ‘THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD’ . THE SONG ACTUALLY STARTED OUT AS A SIMPLE MCCARTNEY BALLAD, WRITTEN AT A TIME WHEN THE CRACKS IN THE BEATLES WERE GETTING DEEP. A DEMO WAS RECORDED FOR THE ‘WHITE ALBUM’ SESSIONS
BUT WERE TAKEN NO FURTHER.
HOWEVER, BY 1970 THE GROUP WAS BREAKING UP AND PHIL SPECTOR WAS BROUGHT IN TO GO THROUGH THE TAPES AND PRODUCE AN ALBUM (AGAINST MCCARTNEY’S WISHES). ON THIS SONG, SPECTOR TOOK OUT MOST OF THE INSTRUMENTS FROM THE BAND, AND LAYERED IN INSTRUMENTS TO “FILL OUT THE SOUND”. AS A MATTER OF FACT, SPECTOR HAD THE HARRISON AND RINGO PARTS REMOVED FROM THE SONG, SO THEY DON’T APPEAR ON THE TRACK AT ALL. PLUS, THIS IS THE ONLY BEATLES SONG TO FEATURE JOHN LENNON ON BASS. HE NORMALLY PLAYED RHYTHM GUITAR.
EVEN THOUGH MCCARTNEY WROTE THE SONG, HE WASN’T THERE WHEN SPECTOR PRODUCED IT. WHEN MACA HEARD THE RESULTS, HE MADE IT CLEAR HE HATED WHAT SPECTOR DID TO HIS SONG, AND TRIED TO GET THE ORIGINAL VERSION WHICH WAS MIXED BY ENGINEER GLYN JOHNS ON THE ALBUM. THE BAND WAS FALLING APART, AND HARRISON AND LENNON SUPPORTED SPECTOR. WTF !!! PAUL MCCARTNEY HAS NOT CHANGED HIS STANCE OVER THE YEARS, AND STILL BELIEVES SPECTOR BUTCHERED HIS SONG. MCCARTNEY ACTUALLY WAS ABLE TO BLOCK THE RELEASE OF THIS
SONG IN THE UK, BUT COULD NOT PREVENT IT’S RELEASE IN THE US WHERE IT TOPPED THE CHARTS FOR 2 WEEKS.
THE SONG ACTUALLY TOOK 19 TAKES IN THE STUDIO TO GET THE FINAL VERSION. THIS IS A FASCINATING COMPILATION OF AUDIO OUTTAKES OF THE BEATLES WORKING ON THE SONG IN THE STUDIO
HERE’S VIDEO OF MCCARTNEY IN THE STUDIO WITH THE BEATLES
AND FINALLY HERE’S THE STRIPPED DOWN ‘NAKED’ VERSION MCCARTNEY HAD IN MIND WHEN HE RECORDED THE SONG
WHEN RUSH ROCKED THE SHORELINE AMPHITHEATRE
LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-MAY 11, 2019…22 YEARS AGO RUSH ROCKED SHORELINE AMPHITHEATRE
IT WAS THE BAND’S ‘TEST FOR ECHO’ TOUR AND ACCORDING TO THE GROUP’S WEBSITE:
“The Test For Echo tour was the band’s first tour without an opening act, and was billed as “An Evening With Rush.” The tour kicked off October 19, 1996 at the Knickerbocker Arena in Albany, New York and culminated on July 4, 1997 at the Corel Centre in Ottawa, Ontario. This was the only concert tour in which Rush played the song “2112” in its entirety.”
HERE’S RUSH WITH THE ENTIRE SHOW IN THEIR HOMETOWN OF TORONTO CANADA
photo thanks-Mary
CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS FOR JUDAS PRIEST AT THE WARFIELD IN SAN FRANCISCO ON JUNE 24TH & 25TH
Judas Priest will be at The Warfield in San Francisco on Monday, June 24th and Tuesday, June 25th.
For tickets and more info go to: www.thewarfieldtheatre.com
Click here to purchase tickets for Monday, June 24th.
Click here to purchase tickets for Tuesday, June 25th.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BONO
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LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-MAY 10, 2019…TODAY IS PAUL DAVID HEWSON’S BIRTHDAY, BUT HE’S BETTER KNOWN BY HIS STAGE NAME BONO. TODAY THE LEAD SINGER OF U2 TURNS 59. LET’S CELEBRATE WITH THE SOUTHPARK BONO AND GIVE ME A ‘YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH’
HAPPY 59TH BONO.
HERE’S A BAD-ASS SONG FROM U2 TO COMMEMORATE YOUR BIRTHDAY
I SHOT THE SHERIFF
LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-MAY 10, 2019…FORTY FIVE YEARS AGO ERIC CLAPTON RECORDED THE SONG ‘I SHOT THE SHERIFF’. THE SONG WAS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN AND RECORDED BY BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS
IN 1973. CLAPTON HEARD IT WHEN HIS BAND MEMBERS BROUGHT MARLEY’S ALBUM TO CLAPTON TO GIVE IT A LISTEN, AND THEY HAD TO BEG HIM TO RECORD A VERSION OF THE SONG. THE SONG TURNED INTO ONE OF CLAPTON’S BIGGEST SOLO HITS, BECOMING THE ONLY SONG OF HIS SOLO CAREER TO HIT NUMBER ONE ON THE CHARTS. CLAPTON’S VERSION WAS ALSO THE BIGGEST SELLING VERSION OF THE SONG, AND IN 2003 WAS INDUCTED INTO THE GRAMMY HALL OF FAME.
THIS IS A FANTASTIC LIVE VERSION FROM CLAPTON FROM A TV APPEARANCE IN 1977
WATCH THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS OFFENSIVE LINE POUNDING SOME BEERS DURING THE SAN JOSE SHARKS GAME
Last night the San Francisco 49ers offensive line were in attendance for Game 7 between the San Jose Sharks and the Colorado Avalanche. To celebrate the San Jose Sharks win, the Niners can be seen in the video below chugging some beers.
CHEERS @SanJoseSharks!
On to the Western Conference Final! #BayAreaUnite
— San Francisco 49ers (@49ers) May 9, 2019
MR. SKIN’S MUST WATCH THIS WEEK
Lamont & Tonelli talked to Mr. Skin about some breaking nudes involving Margot Robbie and a spelling error in Mr. Skin's new book "Being Mr. Skin" due out on May 21st.
Being Mr. Skin: 20 Years of Nip Slips, Cheek Peeks, and Fast-Forwarding to the Good Parts will be released on May 21st, 2019.
Click here to pre-order Mr. Skin's new book on Amazon.
About the book:
Stripping Down, Laughing It Up, and Being Mr. Skin: The Naked Truth Behind a Hilarious and Unlikely Success Story. You’ve heard Mr. Skin with Lamont & Tonelli. You’ve seen his website in the blockbuster comedy Knocked Up. Maybe you’ve spent some time poking around on MrSkin.com, the world’s #1 resource for celebrity nudity. Now, Jim McBride—“Mr. Skin” himself—tells his story in uproarious, SKINtastic fashion…nip-slips, cheek-peeks, muff-scruffs and all!
Being Mr. Skin details how Jim rose from being a suburban teen in the ‘80s with an impressively annotated videotape collection and an expert recall of the most sensational and sensuous scenes from every movie ever made, to his current status as Chief Sexecutive Officer of MrSkin.com—a naked-star-studded pop culture powerhouse. You’ll be riveted as Jim chronicles the unbelievable journey of juggling suburban family life while establishing his online sensation, quickly becoming the “World’s Foremost Authority on Celebrity Nudity.”
Throughout this upward (and outward) saga of Tinseltown T&A triumphs, you’ll get the inside skinny on:
• How Judd Apatow turned Mr. Skin into the surprise breakout star of Knocked Up!
• The time, effort, and tissues it takes to track every nude rack and crack in every movie and TV show ever made!
• How some of your favorite actresses feel about being featured on the website—including several Anatomy Award winners!
• The truth about Mr. Skin, The Family Man—There is a real Mrs. Skin and there are three lovely “skinfants.”
• Mr. Skin’s most stunning showcases and shout-outs in top-tier media, including Saturday Night Live, Family Guy, The People’s Choice Awards, American Idol!
• How (and why) Mr. Skin.com became one of the first-ever commercially successful websites.
Throughout it all, Jim’s story amuses and amazes on every page. Being Mr. Skin supplies one-of-a-kind insights into how he transformed an offbeat passion into a popular and profitable phenomenon against all manner of odds—only some of which involve unclothed body parts—all with the help of his dedicated staff, friends, and, yes…even his mom! Being Mr. Skin is what Jim McBride does, it’s who he is. And now—for the first time in book form—you can enjoy nothing but “the good parts” (no fast-forwarding necessary).
CLICK HERE TO PRE-ORDER MR. SKIN’S NEW BOOK
Being Mr. Skin: 20 Years of Nip Slips, Cheek Peeks, and Fast-Forwarding to the Good Parts will be released on May 21st, 2019.
Click here to pre-order Mr. Skin's new book on Amazon.
About the book:
Stripping Down, Laughing It Up, and Being Mr. Skin: The Naked Truth Behind a Hilarious and Unlikely Success Story
You’ve heard Mr. Skin with Lamont and Tonelli. You’ve seen his website in the blockbuster comedy Knocked Up. Maybe you’ve spent some time poking around on MrSkin.com, the world’s #1 resource for celebrity nudity. Now, Jim McBride—“Mr. Skin” himself—tells his story in uproarious, SKINtastic fashion…nip-slips, cheek-peeks, muff-scruffs and all!
Being Mr. Skin details how Jim rose from being a suburban teen in the ‘80s with an impressively annotated videotape collection and an expert recall of the most sensational and sensuous scenes from every movie ever made, to his current status as Chief Sexecutive Officer of MrSkin.com—a naked-star-studded pop culture powerhouse. You’ll be riveted as Jim chronicles the unbelievable journey of juggling suburban family life while establishing his online sensation, quickly becoming the “World’s Foremost Authority on Celebrity Nudity.”
Throughout this upward (and outward) saga of Tinseltown T&A triumphs, you’ll get the inside skinny on:
• How Judd Apatow turned Mr. Skin into the surprise breakout star of Knocked Up!
• The time, effort, and tissues it takes to track every nude rack and crack in every movie and TV show ever made!
• How some of your favorite actresses feel about being featured on the website—including several Anatomy Award winners!
• The truth about Mr. Skin, The Family Man—There is a real Mrs. Skin and there are three lovely “skinfants.”
• Mr. Skin’s most stunning showcases and shout-outs in top-tier media, including Saturday Night Live, Family Guy, The People’s Choice Awards, American Idol!
• How (and why) Mr. Skin.com became one of the first-ever commercially successful websites.
Throughout it all, Jim’s story amuses and amazes on every page. Being Mr. Skin supplies one-of-a-kind insights into how he transformed an offbeat passion into a popular and profitable phenomenon against all manner of odds—only some of which involve unclothed body parts—all with the help of his dedicated staff, friends, and, yes…even his mom!
Being Mr. Skin is what Jim McBride does, it’s who he is. And now—for the first time in book form—you can enjoy nothing but “the good parts” (no fast-forwarding necessary).
CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS FOR CLUSTERFEST AT THE CIVIC CENTER PLAZA IN SAN FRANCISCO ON JUNE 21ST-23RD
Clusterfest will be at the Civic Center Plaze in San Francisco on June 21st through the 23rd.
For tickets and more info go to: www.clusterfest.com
Click here to purchase tickets.
WHEN G N’R PLAYED THE WARFIELD
LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-MAY 9, 2019…IT WAS 28 YEARS AGO, MAY 9TH, 1991
CONCERT GOERS GOT TO SEE GUNS N’ ROSES IN A CLUB SETTING WHEN G N’ R ROCKED A SHOW AT THE WARFIELD. IT WAS ONE HELL OF A SHOW!
ACCORDING TO SETLIST.COM, HERE WAS THE SETLIST:
- Pretty Tied UP
- Bad Obsession
Dust N' Bones - Double Talkin' Jive
- Civil War
- It's So Easy
- Speak Softly Love (Love Theme From The Godfather)
Slash Guitar Solo
Dead Horse - Matt Sorum Drum Solo
Slash Guitar Solo
Out Ta Get Me
Live and Let Die - Patience
(with I Was Only Joking (Intro) - Play Video
- Perfect Crime
Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Encore: - Estranged
- Play Video
- Welcome to the Jungle
- Play Video
- Sweet Child O' Mine
- Play Video
- Paradise City
IT WAS A KICK-ASS SHOW.
HERE’S A LIVE VERSION OF ‘KNOCKIN’ ON HEAVEN’S DOOR’
print available @ wolfgangs vault- https://www.wolfgangs.com
