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ERIC CLAPTON ANOTHER TICKET

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 17, 2019…ON THIS DATE IN 1981 ERIC CLAPTON RELEASED THE ALBUM ‘ANOTHER TICKET’. IT REACHED #7 ON THE BILLBOARD CHARTS AND WAS FUELED BY THE HIT SINGLE ‘I CAN’T STAND IT.’ ALTHOUGH A FULL TOUR IN SUPPORT OF THIS ALBUM WAS PLANNED, IT WAS CANCELLED AFTER LESS THAN 2 WEEKS WHEN CLAPTON WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR ULCERS. HERE’S CLAPTON IN CONCERT IN 1988. IT’S AN ENTIRE SHOW FROM THE SHORELINE AMPHITHEATRE.

THE EAGLES GREATEST HITS

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 17, 2020…ON THIS DAY IN 1976, THE EAGLES RELEASED THE FIRST OF THEIR MEGA ALBUMS. ‘THE EAGLES THEIR GREATEST HITS 1971-1975’ IS NOW THE BIGGEST SELLING ALBUM IN AMERICA. IT MOONWALKED PAST MICHAEL JACKSON’S ‘THRILLER’, WITH OVER 38 MILLION COPIES AND DOWNLOADS IN THE USA. WORLDWIDE IT’S SOLD OVER 48 MILLION COPIES. HERE ARE THE EAGLES IN CONCERT FROM 1973

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TAYLOR HAWKINS

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 17, 2020…HAPPY 48TH BIRTHDAY TO FOO FIGHTERS DRUMMER TAYLOR HAWKINS. PRIOR TO JOINING THE FOO FIGHTERS IN 1997, HAWKINS WAS THE TOURING DRUMMER FOR ALANIS MORRISETTE. IN ADDITION TO HANDLING THE DRUMS FOR THE FOO FIGHTERS, HAWKINS IS A GREAT SINGER, AND IS FEATURED ON THE FOO FIGHTERS’ VERSION OF PINK FLOYD’S ‘HAVE A CIGAR’ ON THE ‘MISSION:MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 2’ SOUNDTRACK

HERE’S ‘HAVE A CIGAR’ WITH THE FOO’S AND QUEEN’S BRIAN MAY

THIS IS A GREAT INSIGHT INTO TAYLOR HAWKINGS AND WHAT HE GOES THROUGH RECORDING A TRACK

 

photo-the great jim sheehan https://www.facebook.com/jimmyosheehan/

HAPPY 48th BIRTHDAY TO GREEN DAY’S BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 17, 2020…ON THIS DATE IN 1972 BILLY JOE ARMSTRONG WAS BORN IN OAKLAND CALIFORNIA. HE’S THE YOUNGEST OF 6 THE CHILDREN OF OLLIE JACKSON, AND ANDREW ARMSTRONG.

ACCORDING TO BABY HUEY (BILLY JOE AND GREEN DAY STALKER) BILLY JOE IS THE YOUNGEST OF THE 6 CHILDREN. HE WAS RAISED IN RODEO CALIFORNIA, AND MET MIKE DIRNT AT THE AGE OF 10 IN THE SCHOOL CAFETERIA. IN 1989, AT THE AGE OF 17, BILLY JOE FORMED GREEN DAY WITH DIRNT. THE NAME GREEN DAY WAS CHOSEN FOR THE GROUP’S LOVE OF MARIJUANA. ON HIS 18TH BIRTHDAY, ON THIS DATE IN 1990 BILLY JOE DROPPED OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL TO PURSUE A CAREER IN MUSIC. ID SAY THINGS WORKED OUT WELL FOR HIM AND THE GROUP. HERE’S GREEN DAY IN CONCERT

 

the incredible jim sheehan https://www.facebook.com/jimmyosheehan/

source-Baby Huey’s bedroom wall

 

LINDA RONSTADT WAS #1 AND ON THE BONE

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 16, 2020…ON THIS DATE IN 1975 LINDA RONSTADT WAS SITTING AT NUMBER ONE ON THE BILLBOARD CHARTS WITH HER VERSION OF ‘YOU’RE NO GOOD’. VAN HALEN LATER WENT ON TO RECORD THIS SONG FOR THEIR SECOND ALBUM. HERE’S A 1973 RECORDING SESSION FROM LINDA RONSTADT THAT WAS BROADCAST ON KSAN (THE BONE).

 

THIS IS LIVE SESSION WITH A SOUNDBOARD FEED, AND IT’S SPECTACULAR. THIS IS AUDIO ONLY ( HEY, WE WEREN’T A TV STATION AND BACK THEN NOBODY HAD MOBILE PHONES WITH CAMERAS.)

FAST FORWARD TO THE 48 MINUTE MARK FOR ‘YOU’RE NO GOOD’

HERE’S LINDA PERFORMING ON THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL

 

 

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KID ROCK AT THE STRIP BAR=TROUBLE

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 16, 2020…ON THIS DATE IN 2005 KID ROCK WAS ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY PUNCHING A DJ AT A STRIP CLUB IN NASHVILLE. KID ACTUALLY ESCAPED THE CLUB, BUT WAS PULLED OVER LATER BY AN OFFICER WHO GOT AN AUTOGRAPH, AND DIDN’T ADMINISTER A BREATHALYZER TEST TO ROCK, DESPITE SMELLING ALCOHOL. AFTER GETTING THE AUTOGRAPH, THE COP LET HIM GO. ROCK WAS THEN ARRESTED HOURS LATER, TAKEN TO NIGHT COURT, AND FINED $ 3,000. THE OFFICER HAS SINCE BEEN FIRED.

HERE’S KID ROCK- AMERICAN BAD ASS !!!

 

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DEEP PURPLE’S BURN

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 15, 2020…IT WAS 1974 DEEP PURPLE RELEASED “BURN” FEATURING DAVID COVERDALE AS THE LEAD SINGER. IT WAS THE EIGHTH DEEP PURPLE SOLO ALBUM, AND THE FIRST WITHOUT IAN GILLAN AND ROGER GLOVER IN THE BAND’S LINE UP. THE ALBUM FEATURED A GREAT SONG ’BURN.’ HERE’S THE REVAMPED LINE UP PERFORMING THE SONG IN CONCERT CIRCA 1974. COVERDALES’ AND GLENN HUGHES’ RANGE WILL BLOW YOU AWAY

IF YOU’RE A DEEP PURPLE FAN, THIS IS A FANTASTIC DOCUMENTARY ON THE HISTORY OF THE BAND AND IS A MUST WATCH

 

FLY BY NIGHT

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 15, 2020…’FLY BY NIGHT’ IS RUSH’S SECOND ALBUM AND WAS RELEASED ON THIS DATE IN 1975. IT WAS THE FIRST RUSH ALBUM TO FEATURE DRUMMER NEIL PEART. IT IS ALSO THE FIRST RUSH ALBUM TO SELL MORE THAN A MILLION COPIES. HERE’S THE OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR ‘FLY BY NIGHT’ FROM RUSH

FLY BY NIGHT

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 15, 2020…’FLY BY NIGHT’ IS RUSH’S SECOND ALBUM AND WAS RELEASED ON THIS DATE IN 1975. IT WAS THE FIRST RUSH ALBUM TO FEATURE DRUMMER NEIL PEART. IT IS ALSO THE FIRST RUSH ALBUM TO SELL MORE THAN A MILLION COPIES. HERE’S THE OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR ‘FLY BY NIGHT’ FROM RUSH

MORE VALENTINE GOLD FROM HEART

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 14, 2020…FOUR YEARS AFTER RELEASING THEIR DEBUT ALBUM ON VALENTINES DAY, HEART CAME BACK IN 1980 TO GIVE US ‘BEBE LE STRANGE’. THE ALBUM SPENT 22 WEEKS ON THE BILLBOARD ALBUM CHARTS, AND PEAKED AT 35. THE BIG SONG FROM THE ALBUM WAS ‘EVEN IT UP’.

HERE’S THE OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO FOR ‘EVEN IT UP’ FEATURING SOME OF THE GREATEST 80’S HAIR YOU’LL EVER SEE