LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-NOV 6, 2019...FIVE YEARS AGO AC/DC DRUMMER PHIL RUDD WAS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTING A MURDER FOR HIRE, THREATENING TO KILL, POSSESSION OF METH, AND POSSESSION OF CANABIS. WTF !!! LATER IN COURT, RUDD ADMITTED TO THE JUDGE THAT HE’D “offered large amounts of cash, vehicles and a house to an associate after asking him to have the victim "taken out." RUDD ALSO ADMITTED THAT HE’D DIRECTLY SAID TO THE VICTIM HE “was going to kill him.” THE CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED TO PROCURE A MURDER WAS DROPPED THE NEXT DAY AND THE THREATENING TO KILL THE VICTIM CHARGES WERE EVENTUALLY DROPPED. ON JULY 9, 2015 RUDD WAS SENTENCED TO EIGHT MONTHS HOME DETENTION AND WAS ORDERED TO PAY $120,000 NZ , OR APPROXIMATELY $ 78,000 U.S.  RUDD HAS BEEN ON RECORD AS STATING THAT SINCE COMPLETING HIS HOME DETENTION HE WAS SEEING A PSYCHIATRIST WEEKLY AND HAD GIVEN UP THE “CRAZY SHIT.” THE ABOVE PICTURE SHOWS PHIL GIVING THE STINK EYE TO OUR PHOTOGRAPHER. PHIL RUDD SERVED AS AC/DC’S DRUMMER FROM 1975-1983, AND 1994-2015.

HERE’S PHIL AND THE BAND PERFORMING APPROPRIATELY ENOUGH, JAILBREAK

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-NOV 6, 2019...TODAY WOULD HAVE BEEN GLENN FREY’S 71ST BIRTHDAY. FREY WAS RAISED IN THE DETROIT AREA BEFORE HEADING TO LOS ANGELES IN 1968. IN DETROIT FREY WAS PART OF BOB SEGER’S POSSE( FREY SUPPLIED BACKING VOCALS AND PLAYED GUITAR ON SEGER’S HIT ‘RAMBLIN’ GAMBLIN’ MAN’). FREY HEADED TO L.A. TO BE PART OF THE MUSIC SCENE AND HOOKED UP WITH J.D. SOUTHER. THIS LEAD TO A GIG BACKING UP LINDA RONDSTADT, WHERE HE MET DON HENLEY. WITH HENLEY, FREY FORMED THE EAGLES. WITH THE EAGLES FREY WENT ON TO SELL OVER 170,000,000 ALBUMS WORLDWIDE. AFTER THE BREAKUP OF THE EAGLES, FREY WENT ON TO A SUCCESSFUL SOLO CAREER . WITH THE EAGLES AND SOLO CAREER COMBINED , FREY RACKED UP TWENTY FOUR TOP 40 HITS ON THE BILLBOARD CHARTS. FROM THE YEAR 2000 ON FREY SUFFERED FROM RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS. THE MEDICATION HE WAS GIVEN TO CONTROL THE DISEASE EVENTUALLY LEAD TO HORRIBLE SIDE EFFECTS, WITH FREY COMING DOWN WITH COLITIS AND PNEUMONIA. FREY WENT TO THE HOSPITAL IN 2016 FOR AN OPERATION FOR HIS COLITIS. HE NEVER HAD THE OPERATION DUE TO COMPLICATIONS FROM PNEUMONIA, AND WAS PLACED IN A MEDICALLY INDUCED COMA. FREY DIED AT THE COLUMBIA MEDICAL CLINIC ON JANUARY 18, 2016 AT THE AGE OF 67 FROM COMPLICATIONS OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, COLITIS AND PNEUMONIA. IN 2018, GLENN FREY’S WIDOW FILED SUIT AGAINST MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL AND HIS GASTROENTEROLOGIST FOR THE WRONGFUL DEATH OF GLENN FREY.

LET’S REMEMBER GLENN FREY WITH SOME SOLO STUFF

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-NOV 5, 2019...HAPPY 60TH BIRTHDAY TODAY TO BRYAN ADAMS. ADAMS HAS AN INTERESTING BACKGROUND. HE GREW UP THE SON OF A CANADIAN DIPLOMAT, SO HE LIVED ALL OVER THE WORLD WHEN HE WAS YOUNG. ACCORDING TO ADAMS: My father was a diplomat in the Canadian foreign service so we traveled around a lot," he said. "So I was a polite, well-behaved child. I was also aimless until I discovered music at a young age. After that I would lock the bedroom door, play records and learn the guitar. Music became my whole life." ADAMS QUIT SCHOOL AT THE AGE OF 16 TO BECOME A MUSICIAN. HE SHOT TO FAME IN 1983 WITH THE ALBUM ‘CUTS LIKE A KNIFE.’ HE HAS SOLD OVER 75 MILLION ALBUMS WORLDWIDE AND WAS RANKED AT #38 ON BILLBOARD’S LIST OF ALL-TIME SELLING ARTISTS. HAPPY SIXTIETH BIRTHDAY TO BRYAN ADAMS.

DOES IT GET ANY FINER THAN THIS, A ’SUMMER OF 69’?

photo-courtesy the greatest photoman Jim Sheehan https://www.facebook.com/jimmyosheehan/

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-NOV 5, 2019...42 YEARS AGO, OZZY QUIT BLACK SABBATH, ONLY TO REJOIN A FEW WEEKS LATER. HE THEN FIRED BY SABBATH IN 1979, ONLY TO REJOIN AGAIN IN 1985. OZZY WOULD QUIT AGAIN TO PURSUE A SOLO CAREER, AND THEN TOOK PART IN A REUNION, AND WENT SOLO AGAIN.THREE YEARS AGO OZZY AND BLACK SABBATH ANNOUNCED A FAREWELL TOUR TITLED “THE END” WHICH WRAPPED UP IN FEBRUARY 2017

THERE’S NOTHING BETTER THAN CLASSIC BLACK SABBATH

Doctors say a man in China hacked off his own finger after he was bitten by a snake that he believed was highly venomous. The man, identified as a 60 year old named Zhang, reportedly claimed he was bitten on his index finger by a Deinagkistrodon acutus while working in the mountains. The poor guy thought death could be instant, so he cut his finger off with his knife. When he arrived at the hospital [without finger] he was told by doctors the digit removal was not necessary. Oops.

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-NOV 4, 2019...THIRTY EIGHT YEARS AGO THE ALBUM ‘MOB RULES’ FROM BLACK SABBATH HIT THE CHARTS. THIS WAS THE SECOND (AND LAST) BLACK SABBATH ALBUM TO FEATURE RONNIE JAMES DIO ON LEAD VOCALS UNTIL THE “MOB RULES LINE-UP” REUNITED FOR 1992’S ‘DEHUHUMANIZER’. THIS WAS ALSO THE FIRST SABBATH ALBUM TO FEATURE VINNY APPICE ON DRUMS, WHO REPLACED BILL WARD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ‘HEAVEN AND HELL’ TOUR. IN AN INTERVIEW IN 2007, GEEZER BUTLER WAS ASKED IF IT WAS TOUGH GETTING USED TO A DIFFERENT DRUMMER AFTER WORKING ALL THOSE YEARS WITH ORIGINAL MEMBER BILL WARD, GEEZER HAD THIS TO SAY:"No, because Vinnie was a big fan of the band and loved Bill's playing. Bill was one of his favourite drummers and so he knew all his parts and my bass parts and he adjusted accordingly to everybody in the band. He was brilliant. He came in and totally filled in Bill's shoes."

TO DATE ‘THE MOB RULES’ HAS SOLD OVER 2 MILLION COPIES. HERE’S DIO AND BLACK SABBATH LIVE IN NY PERFORMING THE TITLE TRACK FROM THE ALBUM

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-NOV 4, 2019...A DAY ON THE GREEN THIRTY YEARS AGO...THE ROLLING STONES PLAYED THE FIRST OF BACK TO BACK “DAY ON THE GREEN” CONCERTS. DAY ON THE GREEN # 3 FOR 1989 WAS HELD ON NOVEMBER 4TH, WITH DAY ON THE GREEN #4 HELD ON NOVEMBER 5TH. IT WAS PART OF THE STONES “STEEL WHEELS” TOUR. THE OPENING ACT FOR BOTH NIGHTS WAS ‘LIVING COLOUR.’ GUNS N’ ROSES WAS ADVERTISED ON THE BILL, BUT DID NOT PERFORM. THE SHOWS WERE LESS THAN A MONTH AFTER THE OCTOBER 1989 BAY AREA EARTHQUAKE. MICK JAGGER TOURED SOME OF THE AREAS HIT HARDEST BY THE QUAKE, AND THEN DONATED $500,000 TO THE VICTIMS. HERE WAS THE SETLIST FROM THE FIRST SHOW AT THE OAKLAND COLISEUM: Start Me Up, Bitch, Sad Sad Sad, Undercover of the Night, Harlem Shuffle, Tumbling Dice, Miss You, Ruby Tuesday, Angie, Dead Flowers, Rock and a Hard Place, Mixed Emotions, Honky Tonk Women, Midnight Rambler, You Can't Always Get What You Want, Can't Be Seen, Happy, Paint It Black, 2000 Light Years From Home, Sympathy for the Devil, Gimme Shelter, It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It), Brown Sugar, (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction Encore: Jumpin' Jack Flash

HERE’S SOME VINTAGE STONES

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-NOV 3, 2019...ONE YEAR AGO MARKED THE DEBUT OF QUEEN’S MOVIE ‘BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY.’ THE MOVIE IS THE BIOGRAPHICAL DRAMA BASED ON THE LIFE OF FREDDIE MERCURY. THE FILM FOLLOWS MERCURY FROM THE FORMATION OF THE BAND UP UNTIL THEIR EPIC 1985 “LIVE AID” PERFORMANCE AT WEMBLEY STADIUM. THE MOVIE WAS IN ONE WORD “AWESOME.” THE OPENING WEEKEND BOX OFFICE WAS OVERWHELMING ‘BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY’ TAKING THE TOP SPOT WITH OVER $ 51 MILLION DOLLARS (MARKING THE 2ND BEST OPENING FOR A MUSICAL BEHIND ‘STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON’). TO DATE THE TOTAL BOX OFFICE FOR ‘BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY’ STANDS AT A TOTAL GROSS OF $ 903.7 MILLION DOLLARS, MAKING IT THE HIGHEST GROSSING MUSIC BIOPIC OF ALL TIME. THE TOTAL COST T MAKE THE MOVIE WAS $ 52 MILLION DOLLARS. RAMI MALEK PORTRAYED FREDDIE MERCURY IN THE MOVIE AND WAS STELLAR, WINNING THE GOLDEN GLOBE, SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARD, THE BRITISH ACADEMY FILM AWARD, AND AN ACADEMY AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR.

THE ATTENTION TO DETAIL IN THE MOVIE IS INCREDIBLE. THIS IS A SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON FROM THE MOVIE TO TE ACTUAL QUEEN APPEARANCE AT WEMBLEY STADIUM

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-NOV 3, 2019…TWENTY EIGHT YEARS AGO A FREE CONCERT WAS HELD IN GOLDEN GATE PARK TO HONOR THE MEMORY OF PROMOTER BILL GRAHAM WHO DIED A WEEK EARLIER WHEN THE HELICOPTER HE WAS A PASSENGER IN CRASHED IN STORMY WEATHER. THE HELICOPTER STRUCK THE TOP OF A PG&E TRANSMISSION TOWER NEAR SEARS POINT AND EXPLODED. GRAHAM WAS RETURNING HOME FROM A HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS CONCERT AT THE CONCORD PAVILION. GRAHAM HAD ATTENDED THE EVENT TO DISCUSS PROMOTING A BENEFIT CONCERT FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE 1991 OAKLAND HILLS FIRESTORM. THE CRASH, WHICH LEFT THE WRECKAGE DANGLING NEAR THE TOP OF THE TOWER, KILLED GRAHAM, HIS GIRLFRIEND MELISSA GOLD AND THE PILOT STEVE KAHN. CROSBY STILLS, NASH AND YOUNG, THE GRATEFUL DEAD, JOAN BAEZ, JACKSON BROWNE, SANTANA, JOHN FOGERTY AND JOURNEY WERE THE FEATURED ACTS . HERE’S ASSORTED VIDEO FROM THE TRIBUTE CONCERT:

JOHN FOGERTY JAMMING WITH THE DEAD

JACKSON BROWNE

CSN&Y

GRATEFUL DEAD (WITH NEIL YOUNG, JOHN POPPER, AND JOHN FOGERTY)

JOURNEY

JOE SATRIANI

ROBIN WILLIAMS

TRACY CHAPMAN

SANTANA

HERE’S A NEWS REPORT THAT AIRED ON CNBC COVERING THE EVENT

buy graham poster@https://www.wolfgangs.com

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

Bone Bash Archives

buyvintagetestamentprint@-https://www.wolfgangs.com

buyvintageMontroseprint@-https://www.wolfgangs.com

y&t photo-the incredible jim sheehan https://www.facebook.com/jimmyosheehan/

journeyphotothanks-https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Journeymm2002.jpg