LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 19, 2020...HAD SHE LIVED JANIS JOPLIN WOULD HAVE BEEN 77 TODAY. JOPLIN WAS FOUND DEAD IN ROOM 105 OF THE LANDMARK HOTEL IN LOS ANGELES OF A HEROIN OVERDOSE. THE 1979 MOVIE ‘THE ROSE’ STARRING BETTE MIDLER WAS BASED ON JOPLIN’S LIFE. JANIS IS A MEMBER OF CLUB 27, A GROUP OF MUSICIANS THAT DIED AT THE AGE OF 27. JOPLIN, JIMI HENDRIX, BRIAN JONES AND JIM MORRISON ALL DIED AT THE AGE OF 27 BETWEEN 1969 AND 1971. SHE LEFT $1,500 IN HER WILL FOR A FUNERAL PARTY. THE PARTY WAS HELD IN SAN ANSELMO ON OCT 26 1971 WITH THE GRATEFUL DEAD PERFORMING FOR THE GUESTS. HER MUSIC IS TIMELESS, AND IT LIVES ON. R.I.P JANIS ON WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN YOUR 77TH BIRTHDAY.

HERE’S JOPLIN FROM 1968 AND AN APPEARANCE ON GERMAN TV

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 18, 2020... ON THIS DATE IN 1978 WARREN ZEVON RELEASED HIS 3RD AND MOST SUCCESSFUL ALBUM ‘EXCITABLE BOY’. THE ALBUM’S BIG SINGLE WAS ‘WEREWOLVES OF LONDON’ WHICH STAYED ON THE TOP 40 CHARTS FOR 6 WEEKS. A BIT OF TRIVIA, ‘WEREWOLVES’ FEATURED MICK FLEETWOOD ON DRUMS, AND JOHN McVIE ON BASS. HERE’S THE OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR ‘WEREWOLVES OF LONDON’. THEY REALLY WENT ALL OUT ON THE SPECIAL EFFECTS FOR THE WEREWOLF 🙂

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qae25976UgA

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 18, 2020...TODAY MARKS 4 YEARS SINCE THE DEATH OF THE EAGLE’S GLENN FREY. GLENN FREY, ALONG WITH DON HENLEY, WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS AND DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THE EAGLES. FREY GREW UP IN DETROIT, AND ONE OF HIS FIRST BREAKS WAS AT THE AGE OF 19 PLAYED ACOUSTIC GUITAR AND HANDLED BACKGROUND VOCALS FOR BOB SEGER ON ‘RAMBLIN’ GAMBLIN’ MAN’. AFTER THE EAGLES HIT IT BIG IN THE 70’S, FREY LIVED IN THE FAST LANE, BUT TOOK UP THE FITNESS HABIT IN THE LATE 80’S AND GOT HIMSELF INTO SERIOUS SHAPE. HE BECAME A PITCHMAN FOR JACK LALANNE FITNESS CENTERS AND APPEARED IN A PRINT AD FOR THE HEALTH CLUB. HERE’S A PICTURE THAT WAS USED IN THE AD.

HERE ARE SOME HIGHLIGHT’S OF GLENN FREY’S PERFORMANCES. THESE WERE ASSEMBLED BY THE EAGLES

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 18, 2020...ONE YEAR AGO ELTON JOHN BROUGHT HIS ‘FAREWELL YELLOW BRICK ROAD TOUR' TO THE BAY AREA. HE PLAYED THE ORACLE ARENA. HERE’S ELTON JOHN GOING BACK TO 1972 FROM A TV APPEARANCE ON THE BBC PERFORMING ‘GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD’

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 18, 2020... THIRTY TWO YEARS AGO AC/DC RELEASED THEIR 10TH ALBUM INTERNATIONALLY ‘BLOW UP YOUR VIDEO’. BRIAN JOHNSON WROTE ALL THE LYRICS ON THIS ALBUM, AND IT WOULD MARK THE LAST AC/DC ALBUM IN WHICH HE WOULD BE CREDITED AS A SONGWRITER FOR THE BAND. ALL ALBUMS AFTERWARDS LISTED THE YOUNG BROTHERS AS SONGWRITERS. SOME AC/DC TRIVIA. BOTH MALCOLM YOUNG AND ANGUS YOUNG DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL AT THE AGE OF 14 YEARS 9 MONTHS OLD. THAT WAS THE AGE THEY WERE LEGALLY ALLOWED TO DO SO. AC/DC ARE ALSO ONE OF THE SHORTEST BANDS. MALCOLM YOUNG WAS 5’3”, ANGUS YOUNG WAS 5’2” AND BRIAN JOHNSON TOWERED OVER THEM AT 5’5”. HERE’S AC/DC FROM 1988 WITH HEATSEEKER.

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 17, 2020...ON THIS DATE IN 1972 NEIL YOUNG RELEASED THE SINGLE “HEART OF GOLD.” YOUNG WROTE THE SONG IN 1971 AFTER HE HAD SUFFERED A BACK INJURY WHICH MADE IT DIFFICULT TO PLAY THE ELECTRIC GUITAR, SO ON THE HARVEST ALBUM HE PLAYED ACOUSTIC GUITAR. THIS SONG WAS RECORDED AT THE FIRST SESSIONS FOR THE ‘HARVEST’ ALBUM. A QUICK SONG FACT FOR YOU. THE SONG FEATURES BACKGROUND VOCALS FROM JAMES TAYLOR AND LINDA RONSTADT. ‘HEART OF GOLD’ BECAME YOUNG’S BIGGEST HIT.  HERE’S YOUNG PERFORMING THE SONG FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 1971

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 17, 2020... HAPPY 71ST BIRTHDAY TO MICK TAYLOR, ONE OF THE BEST DAMN GUITARISTS THAT WAS EVER PART OF THE ROLLING STONES. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ROLLING STONES FROM 1969-1974 AND APPEARED ON CLASSIC STONES ALBUMS LIKE ‘LET IT BLEED’, ‘STICKY FINGERS’ ‘EXILE ON MAIN STREET’ AND ‘IT’S ONLY ROCK N’ ROLL’. THERE WERE MANY REASONS GIVEN FOR TAYLOR LEAVING THE BAND. IT’S BEEN STATED HE WAS PROMISED WRITING CREDITS FOR SOME OF THE SONGS HE WORKED ON AND THEN DIDN’T RECEIVE THEM. ANOTHER REASON WAS HE LEFT TO PROTECT HIS FAMILY FROM THE DRUG CULTURE THAT SURROUNDED THE STONES. WHATEVER THE REASON, TAYLOR ANNOUNCED HE WAS LEAVING THE GROUP IN DECEMBER OF 1974 AT A PARTY, AND IT COMPLETELY CAUGHT THE GROUP BY SURPRISE. HE WAS EVENTUALLY REPLACED BY RON WOOD.HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MICK TAYLOR, GUITARIST EXTRAORDINAIRE ! HERE’S VINTAGE STONES WITH TAYLOR EXCHANGING RIFFS WITH KEITH RICHARDS CIRCA 1972 DURING A BAND REHEARSAL.

PART 1

PART2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNyg1e55gJg

PART 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUyg1jwmgQs

photo thanks-Dina Regine

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 17, 2020...THE YEAR WAS 1984 AND THE PRETENDERS RELEASED THEIR 3RD ALBUM ‘LEARNING TO CRAWL’. THIS ALBUM CAME AFTER A 2 YEAR HIATUS, DURING WHICH TIME FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE BAND PETE FARNDON AND JAMES HONEYMAN-SCOTT BOTH DIED OF DRUG OVERDOSES. THE ACTUAL NAME OF THE ALBUM ‘LEARNING TO CRAWL’, WAS OFFERED UP BY CHRISSIE HYNDE. HER DAUGHTER NATALIE RAE HYNDE WAS LEARNING TO CRAWL AT THE TIME CHRISSIE WAS TRYING TO DREAM UP A NAME FOR THE RECORD. THANK GOD IT WASN’T ‘FULL DIAPER.’ HERE’S A VIDEO OF THE PRETENDERS PERFORMING ‘MY CITY WAS GONE’

As Lamont and Tonelli announced yesterday morning, The Doobie Brothers will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. This morning Lamont and Tonelli personally congratulated Tom Johnston on the band's induction and talked about The Doobie Brother's upcoming 50th Anniversary tour.

The list of honorees for the 2020 class include:

1. The Doobie Brothers
2. T-Rex
3. Nine Inch Nails
4. Depeche Mode
5. Whitney Houston
6. The Notorious B.I.G.
7. Jon Landau and Irving Azoff are the recipients of the Ahmet Ertegun Award.

The 35th Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will take place on May 2nd in Cleveland, Ohio. Performances and special guests will be announced soon. The ceremony will be broadcast live on HBO on May 2nd at 8pm ET.

The Doobie Brothers' 50th Anniversary Tour will be at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View on September 12th.

Tickets are on sale now through: www.livenation.com

Listen to Lamont and Tonelli's interview with Tom Johnston from The Doobie Brothers.

Follow The Doobie Brothers here.

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

Pro's:

Take San Francisco (buy 1 point) -6.5 vs. Green Bay

Take San Francisco to win the Super Bowl +125