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CHRIS ROBINSON

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-DEC 20, 2019..CHRIS ROBINSON OF THE BLACK CROWES AND ‘THE CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD’ TURNS 53 TODAY. NOW I HAVE TO STATE THAT I MIGHT BE THE WORLD’S BIGGEST CHRIS ROBINSON FAN. MUSICALLY THIS GUY IS A FREAKIN’ STUD. HE CURRENTLY LIVES IN MARIN COUNTY WITH HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER. HE AND HIS BROTHER CHRIS MANAGED TO BURY THE HATCHET AND PUT THEIR FEUD ASIDE TO EMBARK ON A BLACK CROWES “SHAKE YOUR MONEY 30TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR” IN 2020.THE BLACK CROWES HAVE SOLD MORE THAN 30 MILLION ALBUMS AND ARE LISTED AT # 92 ON VH-1’S LIST OF “THE 100 GREATEST ARTISTS OF HARD ROCK.” ALWAYS A TREAT TO SEE LIVE, HERE’S A FANTASTIC LIVE VERSION OF “JEALOUS AGAIN” FROM THE CROWES

photo-THE AWESOME JIM SHEEHAN https://www.facebook.com/jimmyosheehan/

PETER CRISS OF KISS

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-DEC 20, 2019…HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO PETER CRISS, THE ORIGINAL DRUMMER OF KISS. TODAY CRISS IS 74 YEARS YOUNG. BORN PETER CRISCUOLA , HE WAS KNOWN AS “THE CATMAN”. CRISS CAME UP WITH THE MAKE UP CONCEPT BECAUSE HE FELT HE HAD 9 LIVES SURVIVING HIS ROUGH BROOKLYN UPBRINGING. HE LEFT KISS IN 1980. HE MAINTAINS HE QUIT, GENE SIMMONS SAYS THAT HE WAS FIRED. HERE’S CRISS WITH KISS FROM A CONCERT IN 1978

WHEN RONNIE WOOD BECAME A STONE

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-DEC 19, 2019…ON THIS DATE IN 1975 RON WOOD ANNOUNCED HE WAS LEAVING ‘THE FACES’ AND WOULD JOIN ‘THE ROLLING STONES’. RON WOOD REPLACED MICK TAYLOR AND HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE STONES EVER SINCE. HE STARTED HIS CAREER IN 1964 WITH ‘THE BIRDS’, BEFORE JOINING ‘THE JEFF BECK GROUP’ AND EVENTUALLY ‘THE FACES’. FOR A TREAT HERE’S RON WOOD WAILING ON THE GUITAR WITH ‘THE FACES’ CIRCA 1971

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ELLIOT EASTON

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-DEC 18, 2019…HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ELLIOTT EASTON WHO TURNS 66 TODAY. EASTON IS BEST KNOWN AS THE LEFT HANDED GUITARIST FOR THE CARS. HIS GUITAR SOLOS ARE AT THE HEART OF THE CARS SUCCESS. AFTER THE CARS IMPLODED IN 1988 EASTON WENT ON TO PLAY WITH THE NEW CARS AND CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVISITED. IN 2018 EASTON WAS INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME AS A MEMBER OF THE CARS.

HERE’S EASTON GIVING TIPS ON HOW HIS TOP GUITAR SOLOS

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KEITH RICHARDS THE BDAY BOY

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-DEC 18, 2019…PROVING A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE WORKS! THE OLD JOKE IS AFTER THE NUCLEAR APOCALYPSE THE ONLY THING THAT SURVIVES ARE COCKROACHES AND KEITH RICHARDS ! KEITH RICHARDS TURNS SEVENTY SIX TODAY. WTF ! RICHARDS HAS CHEATED DEATH MANY TIMES, INCLUDING A NEAR ELECTROCUTION ONSTAGE IN 1965 WHILE PLAYING IN SACRAMENTO, FALLING ASLEEP IN 1971 WHILE DOING HEROIN AND HAVING THE LIT CIGARETTE START THE BED HE WAS IN ON FIRE, AND FALLING FROM A PALM TREE AND FRACTURING HIS SKULL.

HERE’S A FULL STONES SHOW FROM 2013. THE QUALITY OF THE VIDEO IS SPECTACULAR (PRO FEED)

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THE WHO’S FIRST FAREWELL CONCERT

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-DEC 17, 2019…ON THIS DATE THIRTY EIGHT YEARS AGO THE WHO PERFORM WHAT IS SUPPOSEDLY THEIR FINAL CONCERT. THE SHOW IN TORONTO WAS THE FINAL CONCERT DURING THEIR “FAREWELL TOUR.” IT’S INTERESTING TO NOTE THE WHO HAVE EMBARKED ON 13 TOURS SINCE THE ‘82 FAREWELL TOUR, WITH A 14TH TOUR PLANNED FOR NEXT YEAR. THIS AS THE FINAL CONCERT FROM 1982. IT WAS SUCH BIG NEWS IT WAS SIMULCAST ON LIVE TV BEFORE MTV

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BOWIE’S HUNKY DORY

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-DEC 17, 2019…ON THIS DATE IN 1971 DAVID BOWIE DROPPED HIS 4TH ALBUM ‘HUNKY DORY’. WHEN BOWIE RECORDED THIS ALBUM HE WAS WITHOUT A RECORD CONTRACT. WHEN RCA RECORDS HEARD THE TAPES OF THE ALBUM THEY SIGNED HIM IMMEDIATELY.

HUNKY DORY WAS THE FIRST BOWIE RECORD TO FEATURE ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE BAND THAT WOULD BECOME KNOWN THE FOLLOWING YEAR AS ‘ZIGGY STARDUST’S SPIDERS FROM MARS.’ THE LP WAS POWERED BY THE SONG ‘CHANGES,’ WHICH IS ONE OF FOUR BOWIE SONGS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME’S “500 SONGS THAT SHAPED ROCK AND ROLL.” THE ALBUM WAS RANKED AT ‘ONE OF THE 100 MOST IMPORTANT ROCK ALBUMS’ BY “TIME” MAGAZINE. HERE’S THE MEGA HIT FROM THE ALBUM. THE INCOMPARABLE DAVID BOWIE WITH A LIVE VERSION OF ‘CHANGES’

HAPPY BDAY PAUL RODGERS

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-DEC 17, 2019..HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISHES GOING OUT TO PAUL RODGERS WHO TURNS THE BIG 7-0 TODAY ! RODGERS SHOT TO FAME IN THE EARLY 1970’S WITH THE BAND ‘FREE’ AND THE SONG ‘ALL RIGHT NOW’. HE LATER WENT ON TO FORM ‘BAD COMPANY’. HE’S BEEN A PART OF THE SUPERGROUP ‘THE FIRM’ AND TOURED WITH ‘QUEEN’. IN ADDITION, HE WAS ALSO CONSIDERED AS A REPLACEMENT FOR JIM MORRISON BY ‘THE DOORS’, AND WAS ASKED TO BE THE LEAD SINGER OF ‘DEEP PURPLE’. IS IT ANY WONDER HE’S BEEN CALLED ‘THE VOICE.’ HERE’S AN AMAZING JAM SESSION, WITH PAUL RODGERS, SLASH, AND QUEEN’S BRIAN MAY. IT WAS PART OF A NIGHT OF ALL-STAR NIGHT OF MUSIC IN HONOR OF GIBSON GUITARS AND THEIR “NIGHT OF 100 GUITARS.” THE TRIO KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK WITH THEIR PERFORMANCE OF ‘ALL RIGHT NOW’

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BILLY GIBBONS B’DAY

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-DEC 16, 2019..HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BILLY GIBBONS OF ZZ TOP, TODAY HE TURNS 70. GIBBONS CO-FOUNDED ZZ TOP IN 1969. THIS GUY IS JUST PLAIN AWESOME ON GUITAR. MANY PROMINENT MUSICIANS HAVE SINGLED OUT GIBBONS AS ONE OF THEIR FAVORITES, INCLUDING ARTISTS LIKE TED NUGENT, CUB CODA, AND THE LATE JIMI HENDRIX, WHO STATED THAT GIBBONS WAS THE BEST DURING AN APPEARANCE HE MADE ON “THE TONIGHT SHOW.” HE WAS RANKED AT #32 ON “ROLLING STONE” MAGAZINE’S LIST OF “THE 100 GREATEST GUITARISTS OF ALL-TIME.” GIBBONS WAS INDUCTED INTO THE “ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME” AS A MEMBER OF ZZ TOP IN 2004. HAPPY BIRTHDAY BILLY ! HERE’S GIBBONS AND THE BOYS WITH SOME VINTAGE ZZ TOP

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JIMI HENDRIX ‘HEY JOE’

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-DEC 16, 2018..ON THIS DATE IN 1966 JIMI HENDRIX RELEASES HIS FIRST SINGLE ‘HEY JOE’. THE SONG IS ABOUT A MAN WHO IS ON THE RUN AND PLANS TO GO TO MEXICO AFTER SHOOTING HIS UNFAITHFUL WIFE. IT WAS RECORDED BY NUMEROUS ARTISTS BEFORE HENDRIX RELEASED THE SONG AND IT BECAME THE MOST RECOGNIZABLE VERSION. JIMI’S VERSION IS LISTED AS #201 ON “ROLLING STONE” MAGAZINE’S LIST OF “THE 500 GREATEST SONGS OF ALL-TIME.” A LITTLE TRIVIA, ‘HEY JOE’ WAS THE LAST SONG HENDRIX PERFORMED AT WOODSTOCK IN 1969, AND AS A RESULT WAS THE FINAL SONG PLAYED AT THE FESTIVAL. HERE’S HENDRIX WITH HIS VERSION OF ‘HEY JOE’