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AEROSMITH’S ‘DREAM ON’

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-DEC 15, 2019…AEROSMITH ‘DREAM ON’ FORTY SIX YEARS AGO AEROSMITH PERFORMED ‘DREAM ON’ ON AMERICAN BANDSTAND. TALK ABOUT BITING THE HAND THAT FEEDS YOU. JOE PERRY WOULD LATER SAY HE DIDN’T REALLY LIKE THE SONG, BUT KNEW THE BAND NEEDED A BALLAD IF THEY WANTED TO GET RADIO AIRPLAY ! IN AN INTERVIEW STEVEN TYLER EXPLAINED THE MEANING BEHIND THE SONG: “It’s about the hunger to be somebody: Dream until your dreams come true. This song sums up the shit you put up with when you’re in a new band. Most of the critics panned our first album, and said we were ripping off the Stones. That’s a good barometer of my anger at the press, which I still have. ‘Dream On’ came of me playing the piano when I was about 17 or 18, and I didn’t know anything about writing a song. It was just this little sonnet that I started playing one day. I never thought that it would end up being a real song.” IT TURNED OUT TO BE AEROSMITH’S SIGNATURE SONG. THIS IS MY FAVORITE VERSION OF ‘DREAM ON’…I TEAR UP LIKE A BABY WHENEVER I WATCH THE VIDEO

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CLIFF WILLIAMS

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-DEC 14, 2019…HAPPY 70TH BIRTHDAY TO AC/DC’S CLIFF WILLIAMS. WILLIAMS JOINED AC/DC AS THEIR BASSIST IN 1977 WHEN HE REPLACED MARK EVANS, AND HAS BEEN CRANKING IT OUT ON BASS AND BACKING VOCALS UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE GROUP IN SEPTEMBER OF 2016 (AT THE END OF THE “ROCK OR BUST” TOUR). RECENT REPORTS HAVE WILLIAMS BACK IN THE LINE-UP FOR AN AC/DC ALBUM AND REUNION IN 2020. CLIFF WAS INDUCTED INTO THE “ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME” WITH THE REST OF AC/DC IN 2003. HAPPY B’DAY TO CLIFF WILLIAMS. HERE’S CLIFF AND THE BOYS WITH THE OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR THUNDERSTRUCK

LONDON CALLING 40TH ANNIVERSARY

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-DEC 14, 2019…ON THIS DATE IN 1979 THE CLASH RELEASED THE ALBUM ‘LONDON CALLING’. TODAY MARKS THE OFFICIAL UNITED KINGDOM RELEASE DATE. IT WAS OFFICIALLY RELEASED IN AMERICA IN JANUARY OF 1980.THIS WAS THE THIRD ALBUM FOR THE CLASH, AND IT EXPLODED. THE ALBUM SOLD OVER 5 MILLION COPIES, AND ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE RANKS IT AS NUMBER 8 ON IT’S LIST OF THE “TOP 500 ALBUMS OF ALL-TIME”. HERE’S THE CLASH WITH THE TITLE TRACK FROM THIS LANDMARK ALBUM

THIS WAS BLACK CROWES’ LAST CONCERT

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-DEC 14, 2019…ON THIS DATE 6 YEARS AGO, THE BLACK CROWES PLAYED WHAT WAS BILLED AS THEIR FINAL SHOW EVER AT THE BILL GRAHAM CIVIC AUDITORIUM. I FREAKIN’ LOVE THE BLACK CROWES. THEY HAVE SOLD OVER 35 MILLION ALBUMS, AND ALWAYS PUT ON A GREAT SHOW. AFTER THE BREAK-UP THE BAND SPLINTERED OFF INTO VARIOUS PROJECTS THE TWO MOST NOTABLE BEING RICH ROBINSON,WHO FORMED THE BAND ‘MAGPIE SALUTE’ WITH A COUPLE OF FORMER CROWE MEMBERS. BROTHER RICH ROBINSON LIVES IN THE BAY AREA AND FORMED THE ‘CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD’ . HERE WAS THE SETLIST FROM THE FINAL SHOW (FROM SETLIST.COM)

Soul Singing
(Only) Halfway to Everywhere
Sting Me
She Gave Good Sunflower
Remedy
Descending
Jumpin’ Jack Flash
High Head Blues
Ballad in Urgency
Wiser Time
She Talks to Angels
Sometimes Salvation
Thorn in My Pride
Jealous Again
Hard to Handle
Hush

ENCORE

Turn On Your Love Light

THE GOOD NEWS IS, THE BROTHERS ROBINSON HAVE BURIED THE HATCHET AND ANNOUNCED A 2020 TOUR IN SUPPORT OF THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF ‘SHAKE YOUR MONEYMAKER.’ THE GROUP HAS 2 DATES SCHEDULED FOR THE BAY AREA, SEPTEMBER 8TH AT THE CONCORD PAVILION, AND SEPTEMBER 9TH AT THE SHORELINE AMPHITHEATER.

HERE’S THE “FINAL CONCERT” FROM 2013 IN ITS ENTIRETY

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TED NUGENT

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-DEC 13, 2019…HAPPY 71ST BIRTHDAY TO THE MOTOR CITY MADMAN TED NUGENT.NUGENT IS A GUITAR HERO, PRODUCING ROCK ANTHEMS LIKE ‘STRANGLEHOLD’, ‘HEY BABY’, ‘WANGO TANGO’, AND ‘CAT SCRATCH FEVER’.HE WAS ALSO PART OF THE SUPERGROUP ‘DAMN YANKEES’.LATELY HE’S BEEN MORE KNOWN FOR HIS CONSERVATIVE POLITICAL VIEWS, ADVOCATING HUNTING AND GUN OWNERSHIP RIGHTS.

HERE’S GREAT VIDEO OF NUGENT DEBUTING A SONG FOR THE FIRST TIME ! THE SONG? ‘CAT SCRATCH FEVER’

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FOGHAT’S BIGGEST HIT

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-DEC 13, 2019…FORTY FOUR YEARS AGO FOGHAT RELEASED THE SINGLE ”SLOW RIDE”. IT WAS THE BAND’S FIRST SINGLE FROM THEIR 5TH STUDIO ALBUM ‘FOOL FOR THE CITY’ AND IT TOOK OFF BECOMING THE BAND’S BIGGEST SINGLE. IN 2009 VH1 NAMED ‘SLOW RIDE’ THE “45TH BEST HARD ROCK SONG OF ALL-TIME’. THE SONG IS PLAIN AND SIMPLE ABOUT SEX. KIND OF APPROPRIATE THAT IN EARLY 2018 A ‘SLOW RIDE BRAND’ OF CONDOMS WAS INTRODUCED TO THE MARKET. HERE’S A LIVE PERFORMANCE OF THE SONG FROM 1978

JEFF “SKUNK” BAXTER

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-DEC 13, 2019…DOOBIE BROTHER JEFF SKUNK BAXTER TURNS 71 TODAY. BAXTER IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS WORK WITH THE DOOBIES AND STEELY DAN, BUT THIS GUY HAS PLAYED WITH EVERYBODY. HERE IS A PARTIAL LIST OF ARTISTS HE HAS EITHER PLAYED, TOURED OR RECORDED WITH: Steely Dan, Doobie Brothers, Jimmy James and the Blue Flames, Ultimate Spinach, Holy Modal Rounders, Willy DeVille, Bryan Adams, Hoyt Axton, Eric Clapton, Gene Clark, Sheryl Crow, Freddie Hubbard, Tim Weisberg, Joni Mitchell, Rick Nelson, Dolly Parton, Carly Simon, Ringo Starr, Gene Simmons, Rod Stewart, Barbra Streisand, Donna Summer, Elton John, Burton Cummings, Linda Ronstadt, Billy Vera and the Beaters, The Best. THE MOST INTERESTING STORY ABOUT “SKUNK” BAXTER IS HOW HE WORKED IN A MUSIC SHOP AS A TEENAGER IN 1966 AND MET JIMI HENDRIX. FOR A SHORT WHILE HE PLAYED IN ONE OF HENDRIX’S FIRST GROUPS. THIS IS SKUNK BAXTER WITH STEELY DAN FROM AN APPEARANCE ON THE “MIDNIGHT SPECIAL” CIRCA 1973

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MICK TAYLOR LEAVES THE STONES

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-DEC 12, 2019…ON THIS DATE IN 1974 MICK TAYLOR ANNOUNCED HE WAS LEAVING THE ROLLING STONES. MICK TAYLOR JOINED THE STONES IN 1969 AND SUPPLIED THE GUITAR LICKS ON SOME OF THE ROLLING STONES’ CLASSIC ALBUMS, INCLUDING ‘EXILE ON MAIN ST.’, ‘STICKY FINGERS’, AND ‘LET IT BLEED’. WHEN HE LEFT, HE WAS QUOTED IN A FEW MAGAZINES THAT HE LEFT BECAUSE HE WAS PROMISED SONGWRITING CREDITS FOR A NUMBER OF SONGS BY MICK JAGGER, AND THE CREDITS NEVER CAME. TAYLOR IS REGARDED AS ONE OF ROCK’S TRUE GREAT GUITARISTS. SLASH OF GUNS N’ ROSES CITES TAYLOR AS ONE OF HIS BIGGEST GUITAR INFLUENCES. THIS IS GREAT CONCERT FOOTAGE FROM 1969 WITH MICK TAYLOR AND KEITH RICHARDS EXCHANGING LICKS ON ‘STREET FIGHTING MAN’

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DAVE MENIKETTI BIRTHDAY WISHES

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-DEC 12, 2019…HAPPY SIXTY SIXTH BIRTHDAY TO A FANTASTIC SINGER AND ALL AROUND GREAT GUY, Y&T’S DAVE MENIKETTI. MENIKETTI IS THE LEAD GUITARIST, SONGWRITER, AND LEAD SINGER FOR Y&T. THIS OAKLAND NATIVE IS THE LAST SURVIVING MEMBER OF Y&T’S CLASSIC LINEUP. MENIKETTI HAS SOLD OVER 4 MILLION RECORDS WORLDWIDE. Y&T CELEBRATES 46 YEARS OF TOURING AND RECORDING IN JANUARY 2020 AND MENIKETTI CONTINUES TO JUST CRANK IT OUT. DAVE AND HIS WIFE ALSO PRODUCE CHARDONNAY AND PINOT NOIR WINE UNDER THE MENIKETTI WINES LABEL.

HERE’S MENIKETTI WITH Y&T FROM A CONCERT BACK IN 1985

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY NIKKI SIXX

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-DEC 11, 2019..TODAY NIKKI SIXX TURNS FREAKIN’ 61! BORN FRANK CARLTON SERAFINO FERANNA JR, SIXX IS FROM SAN JOSE. SIXX WAS RAISED BY HIS GRANDPARENTS AFTER BEING ABANDONED BY AT FIRST HIS FATHER, THEN HIS MOTHER. SIXX LEARNED HOW TO PLAY BASS AFTER BUYING HIS FIRST INSTRUMENT WITH MONEY HE RAISED BY SELLING A GUITAR HE HAD STOLEN. WHAT DOES A GUY DO WHEN HE TURNS SIXTY ONE AND ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT LAST YEAR WITH A RETIREMENT CONTRACT. HE PUBLICLY BLOWS IT UP AND ANNOUNCES A STADIUM TOUR IN 2020 WITH DEF LEPPARD, MOTLEY CRUE, POISON AND JOAN JETT (JULY 19,2020 ORACLE PARK SF). CRANK THIS ONE UP IN HONOR OF NIKKI SIXX ! BTW KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN FOR A SAM KINISON SIGHTING IN THE VIDEO