LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 22, 2020…ON THIS DATE IN 1993 METALLICA KICKED OFF THEIR ‘NOWHERE ELSE TO ROAM TOUR’. THE TOUR CONSISTED OF 77 SHOWS WORLDWIDE IN 3 LEGS, ALL IN SUPPORT OF THEIR 5TH STUDIO ALBUM ‘METALLICA’ (THE BLACK ALBUM). BETWEEN FEBRUARY 25 AND MARCH 2 THE BAND TAPED ALL THE SHOWS AND RELEASED THEIR FIRST LIVE ALBUM ‘LIVE SHIT: BINGE AND PURGE’. THE TOUR KICKED OFF IN KALAMAZOO MICHIGAN, AND WRAPPED UP ON JULY 4TH IN BELGIUM. HERE’S CONCERT FOOTAGE FROM MARCH 1ST, 1993 IN MEXICO CITY

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 22, 2020…HAPPY 71ST BIRTHDAY TO STEVE PERRY. PERRY OF COURSE WAS JOURNEY'S LEAD VOCALIST FOR 10 YEARS, FROM 1977-1987. HE THEN WENT ON TO HAVE A MEGA SUCCESSFUL SOLO CAREER.

HE THEN FRONTED JOURNEY AGAIN FROM 1995-1996, LEAVING THE GROUP BECAUSE OF A CRIPPLING HIP INJURY THAT PREVENTED HIM FROM TOURING. DESPITE NUMEROUS OFFERS TO APPEAR WITH THE GROUP HE HAS NEVER RETURNED ALL BUT DISAPPEARING FROM THE PUBLIC SPOTLIGHT.

JON BON JOVI CALLED STEVE PERRY ‘THE VOICE’. HE IS RANKED BY ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE AS #76 ON THE LIST OF THE TOP 100 SINGERS OF ALL TIME. HERE’S JOURNEY WITH A LIVE VERSION OF “SEPARATE WAYS”...WHAT A FREAKIN’ AMAZING VOICE !

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LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 21, 2020…WILD-EYED SOUTHERN BOYS WAS THE 4TH STUDIO ALBUM FROM THE SOUTHERN ROCK BAND 38 SPECIAL. THE LEAD SINGER OF 38 SPECIAL IS DONNIE VAN ZANT. HIS OLDER BROTHER WAS RONNIE VAN ZANT, THE ORIGINAL LEAD SINGER OF LYNYRD SKYNYRD WHO DIED IN A PLANE CRASH. HIS YOUNGER BROTHER IS JOHNNY VAN ZANT, WHO STEPPED IN TO BECOME THE LEAD SINGER FOR LYNYRD SKYNYRD. THE ALBUM WAS FUELED BY THE HIT SINGLE ‘HOLD ON LOOSELY’. JIM PETERIK OF SURVIVOR CO-WROTE THE SONG ‘HOLD ON LOOSELY’ WITH 38 SPECIAL. THIS CAUSED QUITE A STIR WITHIN THE BAND SURVIVOR BEING THEY HADN’T HAD A HIT YET. THE GUITARIST FOR SURVIVOR WAS SO PISSED PETERIK WROTE THE SONG FOR 38 SPECIAL, HE REFUSED TO SHARE A DRESSING ROOM WITH HIM FROM THAT MOMENT ON.

HERE’S A LIVE VERSION OF ‘HOLD ON LOOSELY’

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 21, 2020…ON THIS DATE 36 YEARS AGO BON JOVI CAME OUT WITH THEIR SELF TITLED DEBUT ALBUM. THIS ALBUM WAS FUELED BY THE SONG ‘RUNAWAY’, WHICH WAS THE BAND’S FIRST HIT. THE BAND AT THE TIME COULDN’T GET A RECORD DEAL SO JON BON JOVI TOOK THE SONG TO A LOCAL RADIO STATION. THE DJ THAT HE TALKED TO LOVED THE SONG, AND INCLUDED IT ON THE STATION’S LOCAL TALENT COMPILATION CD. THE SONG BECAME ON OF THE STATION’S MOST REQUESTED SONGS. ON THE STRENGTH OF THE LOCAL POPULARITY, THE BAND WAS SIGNED TO A RECORD CONTRACT.  IT’S FROM 1984, SO GET READY FOR SOME BIG HAIR !! HERE’S THE VIDEO FOR RUNAWAY

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 21, 2020…TODAY EDWIN STARR WOULD HAVE BEEN 78YEARS OF AGE. STARR WAS BEST KNOWN FOR THE SONG ‘WAR’. HIS INTENSE VOCALS ON THE VIETNAM ANTI-WAR SONG TURNED AN ALBUM TRACK FROM A TEMPTATIONS SONG INTO A MONSTER HIT. STARR WON A GRAMMY AWARD FOR HIS VERSION OF THE SONG. AFTER HIS SUCCESS IN THE EARLY 70’S, STARR MOVED TO ENGLAND WHERE HE ENJOYED A REVIVAL OF HIS CAREER UNTIL HIS DEATH FROM A HEART ATTACK AT THE AGE OF 61.

HERE’S THE ORIGINAL VIDEO FOR THE SONG ‘WAR’ FROM 1969

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 21, 2020…ON THIS DAY IN 1966 THE BEATLES GEORGE HARRISON MARRIED PATTIE BOYD. PAUL McCARTNEY SERVED AS HARRISON’S BEST MAN. THEY MET ON THE SET OF THE BEATLES MOVIE ‘A HARD DAY’S NIGHT’. THEY SEPARATED IN 1974 AND WERE DIVORCED IN 1977. BOYD HAS STATED THAT HER DECISION TO END THEIR MARRIAGE HAD MAINLY TO DO WITH GEORGE’S INFIDELITIES, INCLUDING HARRISON SLEEPING WITH RINGO’S WIFE. SHE SAID THE LAST YEARS OF THEIR MARRIAGE WERE FILLED WITH COCAINE AND BOOZE.  PATTIE EVENTUALLY LEFT HARRISON FOR GEORGE’S BEST FRIEND, ERIC CLAPTON. THIS IS A FREAKIN’ SOAP OPERA !! HERE’S THE SONG THAT GEORGE WROTE FOR PATTIE. FRANK SINATRA CALLED THIS SONG “GREATEST LOVE SONG WRITTEN IN THE LAST 50 YEARS”

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 20, 2020…DEF LEPPARD’S 3RD ALBUM ‘PYROMANIA’ WAS RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1983 AND IT WAS HUGE. THIS WAS THE ALBUM THAT PUT DEF LEPPARD ON THE MAP. IT SOLD OVER 14 MILLION COPIES, AND SPAWNED OVER 4 HIT SINGLES. IT WAS ALSO THE FIRST DEF LEPPARD ALBUM TO FEATURE PHIL COLLEN ON GUITAR. 

HERE’S ONE OF FOUR GREAT SINGLES FROM THE RECORD . THE SONG STARTS OFF WITH THE ‘GUNTER GLIEBEN GLAUSEN GLOBEN’. IT MEANS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. PRODUCER MUTT LANGE GOT TIRED OF COUNTING THE BAND IN WITH ‘1,2,3,4’ ON EVERY SONG SO HE STARTED SAYING THIS. THE BAND WOULD START MAKING UP STORIES ON WHAT IT MEANS. HERE’S THE OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR ‘ROCK OF AGES’

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 20, 2020...ON JAN 20 1978 JOURNEY RELEASED ‘INFINITY.’ THIS RECORD IS CONSIDERED TO BE JOURNEY’S BREAKTHROUGH ALBUM. AT THE TIME IT WAS BY FAR THE GROUP’S BIGGEST SELLING LP, AND FORTY YEARS LATER THE RECORD STANDS AS JOURNEY’S FOURTH TOP SELLING ALBUM. ACCOUNTING FOR STREAMING, DOWNLOADS AND ACTUAL PHYSICAL SALES “INFINITY” HAS SOLD OVER 8 MILLION COPIES TO DATE. MOST SIGNIFICANTLY THIS WAS THE FIRST ALBUM TO FEATURE STEVE PERRY ON VOCALS. ONE OF THE HUGE SONGS ON THE ALBUM WAS ‘LIGHTS’ HERE’S THE OFFICIAL LIVE VERSION FEATURING STEVE PERRY IN CONCERT CIRCA 1978

THE SECOND SINGLE FROM THE ALBUM WAS ‘FEELING THAT WAY/ANYTIME’. THE BAND ACTUALLY WROTE THE SONG BEFORE STEVE PERRY JOINED THE BAND. IT’S CREDITED TO ROBERT FLEISHMAN, GREGG ROLIE, NEAL SCHON, ROGER SILVER, AND ROSS VALORY. FLEISHMAN WAS WITH THE BAND JUST A SHORT TIME AND PERRY REPLACED HIM BEFORE HE WOULD SING ON ANY ALBUMS. ROGER SILVER IS A SF BASED POET WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THE LYRICS. HERE’S GREGG ROLIE AND STEVE PERRY WITH DUELING LEAD VOCALS ON ‘FEELING THAT WAY/ANYTIME’ FROM AN APPEARANCE ON “THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL”

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 20, 2020...PAUL STANLEY WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1952. HIS REAL NAME IS STANLEY BERT EISEN, AND PAUL STANLEY IS HIS STAGE NAME. STANLEY IS BEST KNOWN FOR BEING THE RHYTHM GUITARIST AND SINGER OF KISS. HE’S ALSO A GREAT SONGWRITER AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR FOR WRITING SOME OF THE BAND’S BIGGEST HITS.

HERE’S ONE OF MY FAVORITES. A LIVE VERSION OF ‘LICK IT UP’

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 19, 2020...THIS IS WHY I EFFIN’ LOVE THESE GUYS !! SO IT’S JAN 19th 2003 AND I’M IN THE PARKING LOT GETTING MY TAILGATE ON BEFORE THE OAKLAND RAIDERS GAME, AND A FLATBED PULLS UP WITH METALLICA ! METALLICA PLAYS A 6 SONG SET TO “ FUEL” THE RAIDERS ON TO VICTORY IN THEIR PLAYOFF GAME AGAINST THE TITANS. F*#K YEAHHHHHH !!! HERE’S METALLICA FROM THE PARKING LOT !!