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THE DEATH OF THE EAGLE’S GLENN FREY

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

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EXCITABLE BOY-WARREN ZEVON

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 🙂

PRETENDERS-LEARNING TO CRAWL

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’

HAPPY BDAY TO GUITARIST MICK TAYLOR

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.

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NEIL YOUNG -”HEART OF GOLD”

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

ZZ TOP’S FIRST ALBUM

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 16, 2020…ZZ TOP’S FIRST ALBUM BROKE ON THIS DATE WAY BACK IN 1971. HERE’S SOME INTERESTING ZZ TOP TRIVIA. THEY ARE THE LONGEST RUNNING AMERICAN ROCK BAND WITH NO MEMBER CHANGES. ALL THREE MEMBERS OF ZZ TOP WERE BORN IN 1949. THEY WERE ALL 19 YEARS OF AGE WHEN THEY FORMED THE GROUP. WHEN JIMI HENDRIX WAS ON ‘THE TONIGHT SHOW’, HE CALLED BILLY F. GIBBONS “ONE OF AMERICA’S BEST YOUNG GUITARISTS”. GIBBONS HAD WARMED UP FOR HENDRIX ON A NUMBER OF SHOWS. THEY ALSO OPENED UP FOR JANIS JOPLIN FOR A NUMBER OF SHOWS. ZZ TOP’S MANAGER WAS BILL HAM, AND WAS CONSIDERED THE GROUP’S 4TH MEMBER. HE ACTUALLY HELPED BANKROLL THIS FIRST ALBUM, AND PRODUCED ALL OF THE BAND’S ALBUMS UP TO 1996. HERE’S ZZ TOP IN CONCERT WITH OFFICIAL VIDEO FROM THEIR WEBSITE. BTW,THE VIDEO IS AN HOUR LONG ! WHEN I SAY ZZ TOP IN CONCERT , I REALLY MEAN ZZ TOP IN FREAKIN’ CONCERT.

LINDA RONSTADT AND ‘POOR POOR PITIFUL ME’

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 16, 2020…FORTY TWO YEARS AGO THE SINGLE ‘POOR POOR PITIFUL’ ME WAS RELEASED BY LINDA RONSTADT. I’VE ALWAYS LOVED RONSTADT’S VOICE AND HER INTERPRETATION OF WARREN ZEVON’S SONG WAS PURE GOLD. WARREN ZEVON’S VERSION WAS A LITTLE MORE CRUDE AND RISQUE. HIS CHARACTER WAS A MESS AND TRIED COMMITTING SUICIDE BY PUTTING HIS HEAD ON THE TRACKS, BUT THE TRAIN STOPPED RUNNING. HE THEN MET A WOMAN AND ENGAGED IN A LITTLE S&M. RONSTADT’S VERSION IS GENDER REVERSED AND CLEANED UP A LITTLE. THE CHARACTER STILL FAILS AT SUICIDE, BUT ALL THE S&M REFERENCES WERE TAKEN OUT. HERE’S A GREAT VERSION OF ‘POOR POOR PITIFUL ME’ FROM 1996 WHEN SHE PERFORMED AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

I CAN’T EXPLAIN- THE WHO

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 15, 2020…THE SINGLE ‘I CAN’T EXPLAIN’ WAS RELEASED ON THIS DATE 55 YEARS AGO IN AMERICA. IT WAS THE FIRST SINGLE TO BE RELEASED BY THE GROUP UNDER THE NAME ‘THE WHO’. THEIR PREVIOUS SINGLE WAS ACTUALLY RELEASED UNDER THE NAME ‘THE HIGH NUMBERS’. HERE’S A BIT OF TRIVIA ON ‘I CAN’T EXPLAIN’. JIMMY PAGE OF LED ZEPPELIN CLAIMS TO HAVE PLAYED GUITAR ON THE SINGLE WHEN HE WAS DOING SESSION WORK. THIS WAS CONFIRMED BY PETE TOWNSEND, HOWEVER, PAGE’S CONTRIBUTION IS SAID TO NOT HAVE MADE THE FINAL MIX !!! WTF !! HOW DO YOU CUT OUT JIMMY PAGE’S GUITAR WORK ?!?! HERE’S THE WHO WITH ‘I CAN’T EXPLAIN’ AND A VIDEO FROM 1971 WHEN THE BAND PERFORMED AT THE FILLMORE EAST.

RONNIE VAN ZANT’S BIRTHDAY

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 15, 2020…TODAY WOULD HAVE BEEN RONNIE VAN ZANT’S 72ND BIRTHDAY. VAN ZANT OF COURSE PASSED AWAY ON OCT 20,1977 WHEN THE PLANE CARRYING LYNYRD SKYNYRD CRASHED IN MISSISSIPPI. HE WAS ONLY 29 YEARS OLD. ACCORDING TO HIS BANDMATES AND FAMILY MEMBERS, RONNIE WOULD TELL THEM ALL THE TIME THAT HE “WOULD NEVER BE 30 YEARS OLD”, AND ACCORDING TO FORMER BANDMATE ARTIMUS PYLE HE SAID THAT “THE MAN KNEW HIS DESTINY’. SPOOKY STUFF. HERE’S AN ISOLATED TRACK OF RONNIE VAN ZANT SINGING “SIMPLE MAN”. ENJOY

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVE GROHL

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 14, 2020-TODAY DAVE GROHL TURNS FIFTY ONE. IS THERE ANYTHING THIS GUY CAN’T DO ? THINK OF IT, HE WAS THE DRUMMER FOR NIRVANA, AND THEN PICKS UP THE GUITAR AND FRONTS THE FOO FIGHTERS. PLUS HE TAKES ON A TON OF SIDE PROJECTS. HE WAS THE DRUMMER FOR QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, AND FRONTED THE DEATH METAL GROUP PROBOT. A LITTLE DAVE GROHL TRIVIA. HIS GREATEST INFLUENCE IN MUSIC WAS JOHN BONHAM. HE EVEN HAS THE LED ZEPPELIN DRUMMER’S TRADEMARK THREE CIRCLE LOGO TATTOOED ON HIS RIGHT TESTICLE.

HERE’S A FULL FOO FIGHTERS CONCERT FROM RIO