LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 13, 2020…IT WAS 1990, AND THE BLACK CROWES RELEASED THEIR DEBUT ALBUM ‘SHAKE YOUR MONEYMAKER.’ THE ALBUM IS THE BAND’S BIGGEST SELLING ALBUM TO DATE. THE BAND CAME ON THE SCENE WITH A VENGEANCE, WITH THE RECORD SELLING OVER 5 MILLION COPIES IN AMERICA. THE ALBUM WAS NAMED AFTER THE CLASSIC BLUES SONG BY ELMORE JAMES. IRONICALLY, THE SONG WASN’T INCLUDED ON THE ALBUM. THE ALBUM BOASTED 4 HIT SINGLES ‘TWICE AS HARD’ ‘JEALOUS AGAIN’ ‘HARD TO HANDLE’ AND ‘SHE TALKS TO ANGELS’, WITH THE ‘HARD TO HANDLE’ AND ‘ANGELS’ BOTH HITTING #1.

HERE’S A LIVE PERFORMANCE OF ‘SHE TALKS TO ANGELS’ THAT IS SIMPLY AMAZING

photo-lamont’s archives

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 13, 2020… PETER GABRIEL WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1950, AND TODAY THAT MAKES HIM 70. GABRIEL SHOT TO FAME AS THE LEAD SINGER OF GENESIS FROM 1969-1975, AND AFTER TAKING A YEAR OFF, RELEASED HIS FIRST SOLO ALBUM IN 1976. IT WAS WHILE A SOLO ARTIST HE ACHIEVED MEGA SUCCESS. HE OWNED MTV IN THE 80’S. THE ALBUM ‘SO’ WENT 5 TIMES PLATINUM IN AMERICA, AND HIS MOST SUCCESSFUL SINGLE ‘SLEDGEHAMMER’ WON 9 MTV MUSIC AWARDS.

HERE’S A PICTURE OF PETER GABRIEL PERFORMING IN 2014

LET’S CELEBRATE HIS BIRTHDAY WITH ONE OF HIS BIGGEST SONGS AND BEST VIDEOS

photo thanks-AJ Cann

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 12, 2020…39 YEARS AGO RUSH RELEASED THE ALBUM ‘MOVING PICTURES.’ IT WAS THE EIGHTH STUDIO ALBUM FROM RUSH, AND IT FOLLOWED THE HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL ‘PERMANENT WAVES’. ‘MOVING PICTURES’ REMAINS RUSH’S MOST SUCCESSFUL ALBUM IN TERMS OF SALES IN AMERICA, SELLING OVER 4 MILLION COPIES. THE ALBUM FEATURED 2 MONSTER SINGLES ‘TOM SAWYER’ AND ‘LIMELIGHT’ AND WAS NOMINATED FOR A GRAMMY AWARD FOR ‘BEST ROCK INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE’ FOR THE SONG ‘YYZ’. THERE’S NOTHING LIKE LIVE RUSH. HERE’S THE BAND PERFORMING TOM SAWYER FROM MOVING PICTURES

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 12, 2020 …TODAY WE PAY TRIBUTE TO RAY MANZAREK ON WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HIS 81ST BIRTHDAY. MANZAREK IS BEST KNOWN AS ONE OF THE CO-FOUNDERS OF THE DOORS. HE PLAYED KEYBOARDS, AND MOST NOTABLY PLAYED A KEYBOARD BASS FOR THE GROUP DURING LIVE SHOWS AND IN THE RECORDING STUDIO. MANZAREK WORKED ON EVERY TRACK, OF ALL 8 DOORS ALBUMS. HE PASSED AWAY IN 2013 AT THE AGE OF 74.

HERE’S MANZAREK WITH THE DOORS FROM A SHOW IN 1970

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 12, 2020…ON THIS DATE IN 1971 DEEP PURPLE RELEASED THE SINGLE ‘STRANGE KIND OF WOMAN’ HERE’S SOME LITTLE KNOWN TRIVIA FOR YOU ABOUT THE SONG. IT WAS ORIGINALLY CALLED ‘PROSTITUTE’ . IT WAS ABOUT A FRIEND OF THE BAND THAT MARRIED A ‘VERY EVIL WOMAN’. THE BAND WROTE THIS SONG UNDER PRESSURE FROM THE RECORD COMPANY TO “PRODUCE A HIT.” THE SONG THAT WAS RELEASED DIDN’T CHANGE MUCH FROM THE GROUP’S INITIAL JAM SESSION OF THE SONG. HERE’S A LIVE VERSION OF THE SONG FROM A 1973 DEEP PURPLE CONCERT

From TMZ: Did you see the viral video of the stripper who fell down a two story pole then immediately started twerking again, even after suffering a broken jaw?

When you send a risky text and you get a reply 😭😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/YEbto3cZeu

— J🌹 (@Mielevague) February 10, 2020

https://www.instagram.com/p/B8aJdTPFNic/

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 11, 2020…ON FEB 11 1992 MOTLEY CRUE FIRED VINCE NEIL WHEN HE SHOWED UP LATE FOR REHEARSALS.THE BAND FIRED VINCE STATING THAT "HE LOST HIS PASSION FOR THE BAND AND WAS MORE INVOLVED WITH RACE CARS." HERE’S A FULL CRUE CONCERT FROM THEIR FAREWELL TOUR OF 2019.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tILH_riNNA

Whitney Cummings will be bringing her "How Dare You" stand up tour to the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre in San Francisco on Saturday, April 11th.

Plus, she has added a second show that night.

For more info go to: www.whitneycummings.com

For tickets go to: www.ticketmaster.com

Listen to Lamont and Tonelli's interview with Whitney Cummings below.

Follow Whitney Cummings here.

Everybody's talking about the picture of President Trump in which he has distinct orange tan lines on his face. The photo even prompted the hashtag #orangeface to trend on Twitter.

⁦@realDonaldTrump⁩ returns to the White House from Charlotte, North Carolina. Photo by William Moon at the South Lawn of the White House on February 7, 2020 pic.twitter.com/n1a1Z93LrJ

— White House Photos (@photowhitehouse) February 7, 2020

More Fake News. This was photoshopped, obviously, but the wind was strong and the hair looks good? Anything to demean! https://t.co/t8ptYMCYHf

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 8, 2020

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 10, 2020…TODAY IS CLIFF BURTON’S BIRTHDAY. TODAY HE WOULD HAVE BEEN 58. TODAY IS ALSO “CLIFF BURTON DAY”. CLIFF BURTON TRAGICALLY DIED IN SWEDEN DURING THE EUROPEAN LEG OF THE ‘DAMAGE INC’ TOUR, WHEN THE TOUR BUS THE BAND WAS TRAVELLING IN SKIDDED OFF THE ROAD. BURTON JOINED METALLICA IN 1982 AND WAS THEIR BASSIST ON THE GROUP’S FIRST THREE ALBUMS ‘KILL ‘EM ALL’ ‘RIDE THE LIGHTNING’ AND ‘MASTER OF PUPPETS’. PLUS HE RECEIVED A POSTHUMOUS WRITING CREDIT FOR MATERIAL ON ‘..AND JUSTICE FOR ALL’

HERE’S SOME METALLICA FROM 1983