LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 14, 2020…ON THIS DATE IN 1976, THE BAND HEART MADE THEIR DEBUT WITH THE RELEASE OF THE ALBUM ‘DREAMBOAT ANNIE’ . THE ALBUM WAS DRIVEN BY THREE HIT SINGLES ‘MAGIC MAN’ ‘CRAZY ON YOU’ AND THE TITLE TRACK ‘DREAMBOAT ANNIE’
THE ALBUM SOLD OVER 1.5 MILLION COPIES IN NORTH AMERICA, AND STAYED ON THE ALBUM CHARTS FOR OVER 100 WEEKS.
HERE’S HEART PERFORMING ‘MAGIC MAN’ FROM A CONCERT CIRCA 1976
LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 14, 2020…DOUG FIEGER WAS THE LEAD VOCALIST AND RHYTHM GUITARIST FOR ‘THE KNACK.’ HE ALSO WROTE ‘MY SHARONA’, THE BIGGEST SELLING SONG OF 1979. ‘MY SHARONA’ WAS SO BIG, CAPITOL RECORDS SAID IT WAS THEIR BIGGEST DEBUT SINGLE SINCE THE BEATLES DEBUT ‘I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND’ IN 1964. HE WROTE THE SONG FOR SHARONA ALPERIN. THEY DATED FOR 4 YEARS, BEFORE BREAKING UP. ALPERIN WAS WITH FIEGLER FOR THE LAST WEEK OF HIS LIFE. HE DIED OF LUNG CANCER FEBRUARY 14, 2010 AT THE AGE OF 57.
HERE’S ‘THE KNACK’ FROM A SHOW IN 1979 WHEN THE SONG WAS #1 IN AMERICA
LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 13, 2020… PETER GABRIEL WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1950, AND TODAY THAT MAKES HIM 70. GABRIEL SHOT TO FAME AS THE LEAD SINGER OF GENESIS FROM 1969-1975, AND AFTER TAKING A YEAR OFF, RELEASED HIS FIRST SOLO ALBUM IN 1976. IT WAS WHILE A SOLO ARTIST HE ACHIEVED MEGA SUCCESS. HE OWNED MTV IN THE 80’S. THE ALBUM ‘SO’ WENT 5 TIMES PLATINUM IN AMERICA, AND HIS MOST SUCCESSFUL SINGLE ‘SLEDGEHAMMER’ WON 9 MTV MUSIC AWARDS.
HERE’S A PICTURE OF PETER GABRIEL PERFORMING IN 2014
LET’S CELEBRATE HIS BIRTHDAY WITH ONE OF HIS BIGGEST SONGS AND BEST VIDEOS
photo thanks-AJ Cann
LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 13, 2020…IT WAS 1990, AND THE BLACK CROWES RELEASED THEIR DEBUT ALBUM ‘SHAKE YOUR MONEYMAKER.’ THE ALBUM IS THE BAND’S BIGGEST SELLING ALBUM TO DATE. THE BAND CAME ON THE SCENE WITH A VENGEANCE, WITH THE RECORD SELLING OVER 5 MILLION COPIES IN AMERICA. THE ALBUM WAS NAMED AFTER THE CLASSIC BLUES SONG BY ELMORE JAMES. IRONICALLY, THE SONG WASN’T INCLUDED ON THE ALBUM. THE ALBUM BOASTED 4 HIT SINGLES ‘TWICE AS HARD’ ‘JEALOUS AGAIN’ ‘HARD TO HANDLE’ AND ‘SHE TALKS TO ANGELS’, WITH THE ‘HARD TO HANDLE’ AND ‘ANGELS’ BOTH HITTING #1.
HERE’S A LIVE PERFORMANCE OF ‘SHE TALKS TO ANGELS’ THAT IS SIMPLY AMAZING
photo-lamont’s archives
LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 12, 2020…ON THIS DATE IN 1971 DEEP PURPLE RELEASED THE SINGLE ‘STRANGE KIND OF WOMAN’ HERE’S SOME LITTLE KNOWN TRIVIA FOR YOU ABOUT THE SONG. IT WAS ORIGINALLY CALLED ‘PROSTITUTE’ . IT WAS ABOUT A FRIEND OF THE BAND THAT MARRIED A ‘VERY EVIL WOMAN’. THE BAND WROTE THIS SONG UNDER PRESSURE FROM THE RECORD COMPANY TO “PRODUCE A HIT.” THE SONG THAT WAS RELEASED DIDN’T CHANGE MUCH FROM THE GROUP’S INITIAL JAM SESSION OF THE SONG. HERE’S A LIVE VERSION OF THE SONG FROM A 1973 DEEP PURPLE CONCERT
LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 12, 2020 …TODAY WE PAY TRIBUTE TO RAY MANZAREK ON WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HIS 81ST BIRTHDAY. MANZAREK IS BEST KNOWN AS ONE OF THE CO-FOUNDERS OF THE DOORS. HE PLAYED KEYBOARDS, AND MOST NOTABLY PLAYED A KEYBOARD BASS FOR THE GROUP DURING LIVE SHOWS AND IN THE RECORDING STUDIO. MANZAREK WORKED ON EVERY TRACK, OF ALL 8 DOORS ALBUMS. HE PASSED AWAY IN 2013 AT THE AGE OF 74.
HERE’S MANZAREK WITH THE DOORS FROM A SHOW IN 1970
LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 12, 2020…39 YEARS AGO RUSH RELEASED THE ALBUM ‘MOVING PICTURES.’ IT WAS THE EIGHTH STUDIO ALBUM FROM RUSH, AND IT FOLLOWED THE HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL ‘PERMANENT WAVES’. ‘MOVING PICTURES’ REMAINS RUSH’S MOST SUCCESSFUL ALBUM IN TERMS OF SALES IN AMERICA, SELLING OVER 4 MILLION COPIES. THE ALBUM FEATURED 2 MONSTER SINGLES ‘TOM SAWYER’ AND ‘LIMELIGHT’ AND WAS NOMINATED FOR A GRAMMY AWARD FOR ‘BEST ROCK INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE’ FOR THE SONG ‘YYZ’. THERE’S NOTHING LIKE LIVE RUSH. HERE’S THE BAND PERFORMING TOM SAWYER FROM MOVING PICTURES
LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 11, 2020…ON FEB 11 1992 MOTLEY CRUE FIRED VINCE NEIL WHEN HE SHOWED UP LATE FOR REHEARSALS.THE BAND FIRED VINCE STATING THAT “HE LOST HIS PASSION FOR THE BAND AND WAS MORE INVOLVED WITH RACE CARS.” HERE’S A FULL CRUE CONCERT FROM THEIR FAREWELL TOUR OF 2019.
LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 10, 2020…TODAY IS CLIFF BURTON’S BIRTHDAY. TODAY HE WOULD HAVE BEEN 58. TODAY IS ALSO “CLIFF BURTON DAY”. CLIFF BURTON TRAGICALLY DIED IN SWEDEN DURING THE EUROPEAN LEG OF THE ‘DAMAGE INC’ TOUR, WHEN THE TOUR BUS THE BAND WAS TRAVELLING IN SKIDDED OFF THE ROAD. BURTON JOINED METALLICA IN 1982 AND WAS THEIR BASSIST ON THE GROUP’S FIRST THREE ALBUMS ‘KILL ‘EM ALL’ ‘RIDE THE LIGHTNING’ AND ‘MASTER OF PUPPETS’. PLUS HE RECEIVED A POSTHUMOUS WRITING CREDIT FOR MATERIAL ON ‘..AND JUSTICE FOR ALL’
HERE’S SOME METALLICA FROM 1983
LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 10, 2020…I CONTEND THIS MAY BE THE GREATEST DEBUT ALBUM EVER. ON THIS DAY IN 1978 VAN HALEN RELEASED THEIR SELF TITLED DEBUT RECORD. THE RECORD WAS COMPLETED FROM START TO FINISH IN ONLY 3 WEEKS. IT SOLD OVER 10 MILLION COPIES. IT FEATURED FIVE SINGLES ‘ERUPTION/YOU REALLY GOT ME’ ‘RUNNIN’ WITH THE DEVIL’ ‘JAMIE’S CRYIN’ AND ‘AIN’T TALKIN’ BOUT LOVE’ AND SIX OTHER ALBUM TRACKS THAT WERE EQUALLY AS STRONG.
HERE’S THE OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR THE SONG THAT OPENED UP THE ALBUM, ‘RUNNIN’ WITH THE DEVIL’
