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ALICE COOPER’S BIRTHDAY

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 4, 2020…HE’S BEEN CALLED THE “GODFATHER OF SHOCK ROCK”. ALICE COOPER’S STAGE SHOW HAS FEATURED FAKE BLOOD, CORPSES, AND DEADLY SNAKES ! HIS CONCERTS HAVE CONCLUDED WITH HIS ‘EXECUTION’ BY VARIOUS MEANS, INCLUDING ELECTRIC CHAIR, GALLOWS, AND GUILLOTINE. COOPER CAME INTO PROMINENCE WHEN WARNER BROTHERS SIGNED ALICE COOPER, THE BAND, TO A RECORDING CONTRACT. OVER THE COURSE OF HIS CAREER HE’S HAD 11 ALBUMS IN THE TOP 100 ALBUM CHARTS. COOPER AND MEMBERS OF HIS OLD BAND WERE INDUCTED INTO THE R&RHOF IN 2011. HAPPY 72ND BIRTHDAY TO THE GREAT ALICE COOPER. HERE’S “THE COOP” FROM 1972.

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TODAY IS MOTLEY CRUE DAY (IN LAS VEGAS)

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 3, 2019…IN HONOR OF MOTLEY CRUE KICKING OFF THE FIRST EVER “HARD ROCK RESIDENCY IN LAS VEGAS HISTORY”, LAS VEGAS OFFICIALLY DECLARED FEB 3 ‘MOTLEY CRUE DAY’.

THE RESIDENCY AT THE ROCK HOTEL WENT FROM FEBRUARY 2ND-19TH 2012. IT WAS THE FIRST OF 2 RESIDENCIES FOR THE GROUP IN VEGAS, AND STARTED A FLOOD OF RESIDENCIES BY ROCK STARS.

HERE’S THE VIDEO THE BAND POSTED TO ANNOUNCE THE RESIDENCY.

THERE’S NOTHING BETTER THAN LIVE CRUE !!

HERE’S THE BAND ON ‘THE END’ TOUR IN LOS ANGELES

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TODAY IS MOTLEY CRUE DAY (IN LAS VEGAS)

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 3, 2019…IN HONOR OF MOTLEY CRUE KICKING OFF THE FIRST EVER “HARD ROCK RESIDENCY IN LAS VEGAS HISTORY”, LAS VEGAS OFFICIALLY DECLARED FEB 3 ‘MOTLEY CRUE DAY’. THE RESIDENCY AT THE ROCK HOTEL WENT FROM FEBRUARY 2ND-19TH 2012. IT WAS THE FIRST OF 2 RESIDENCIES FOR THE GROUP IN VEGAS, AND STARTED A FLOOD OF RESIDENCIES BY ROCK STARS.  HERE’S THE VIDEO THE BAND POSTED TO ANNOUNCE THE RESIDENCY.

THERE’S NOTHING BETTER THAN LIVE CRUE !!

 

HERE’S THE BAND ON ‘THE END’ TOUR IN LOS ANGELES

 

 

 

 

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COMPARISON – A DANDELION AND PHIL SPECTOR’S HAIR

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 3, 2020…ON THIS DATE IN 2003 MUSIC PRODUCER PHIL SPECTOR WAS ARRESTED AFTER THE PO-PO FOUND A WOMAN SHOT TO DEATH AT HIS MANSION. HE IS CURRENTLY SERVING A 19 YEAR SENTENCE IN PRISON.

SPEAKING OF COMPARISONS, HERE’S A COMPARISON OF PHIL SPECTOR’S PRODUCTION ON THE BEATLES ALBUM “LET IT BE” AND WHAT IT WOULD HAVE SOUNDED LIKE WITHOUT HIS WORK SPECTOR’S PRODUCTION HAD THE CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA. IT WAS DIGITALLY REMASTERED IN 2009 BUT THIS WAS HIS VERSION

 

HERE’S “LET IT BE” WITHOUT HIS PRODUCTION

photo thanks-Rogelio A. Galaviz C.

SUPER BOWL-FORTY EFFIN’ NINERS LOOKING TO ADD TO THEIR TROPHY CASE TODAY

LAMONT’S QUICK HITS -FEB 2, 2020…THE “GET IN THE STADIUM” PRICE FOR TICKETS TO THE SUPER BOWL THIS YEAR IS GOING FOR $ 5,000 A TICKET. THE AVERAGE PRICE IS SITTING AT 10 GRAND AND THE HIGHEST PRICE AS OF YESTERDAY WAS AN ALL-TIME RECORD AT $ 49,000 A TICKET. WTF !!!!

– 1077 THE BONE HAS YOU COVERED FOR THE GAME TODAY

-STARTING AT 10 AM WE KICK OFF YOUR PARTY WITH OUR TRADITIONAL “COMMERCIAL FREE TAILGATE OF NON STOP ROCK.” THAT RUNS FROM 10 AM-GAME TIME ‘TIL 2 PM.

-THE PREGAME STARTS ON THE BONE AT 2 PM

-KICK OFF IS AT 3:40 PM

-THE TV NETWORK COVERING THE GAME IS FOX CHANNEL 2 KTVU

-THEIR PREGAME STARTS AT 8 AM WTF (AIN’T NOBODY GOT TIME FO’ DAT )!!!!

LOOKING FOR ANOTHER RING !!!

 

 

 

 

 






HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIKE CAMPBELL

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 1, 2020…TODAY GUITARIST MIKE CAMPBELL IS 70 YEARS OLD. CAMPBELL IS BEST KNOWN AS THE LEAD GUITARIST FOR ‘TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS’. HE CO-WROTE AND COLLABORATED WITH TOM PETTY FOR OVER 50 YEARS. HE ALSO WROTE AND PERFORMED ON DON HENLEY’S ‘BOYS OF SUMMER’ AND ‘HEART OF THE MATTER’. HIS SONGWRITING AND PERFORMANCE CREDITS WITH OTHER ARTISTS INCLUDE JOHNNY CASH, TRACY CHAPMAN, GEORGE HARRISON, THE TRAVELLING WILBURYS, ROBIN ZANDER, JACKSON BROWNE, AND STEVIE NICKS. CAMPBELL ALONG WITH NICK FINN WERE ANNOUNCED AS THE NEWEST MEMBERS OF FLEETWOOD MAC ON APRIL 9, 2018 REPLACING LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM. HERE’S CAMPBELL WITH THE LATE TOM PETTY WITH AN INCREDIBLE LIVE VERSION OF ‘RUNNIN’ DOWN A DREAM’

 

photo thanks- Amber

 

THE DAY FOR DOOKIE

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 1, 2020…TWENTY FIVE YEARS AGO GREEN DAY RELEASED THE ALBUM ‘DOOKIE’. THIS IS ALSO THE DAY GREEN DAY’S BIGGEST FAN BABY HUEY DISCOVERED HIS FIRST BONER.

photosource-poster on Baby Huey’s bedroom wall

‘DOOKIE’ PRODUCED 5 HIT SINGLES AND IS THE BAND’S BEST SELLING CD. ACCOUNTING FOR STREAMING, DOWNLOADS AND ACTUAL SALES ‘DOOKIE’ HAS SOLD OVER 25 MILLION COPIES. HERE’S ONE OF THE 5 HIT SINGLES, AND THIS LIVE VERSION OF LONGVIEW MIGHT BE MY FAVORITE GREEN DAY SONG

 

 

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MONEY AND CIGARETTES

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 1, 2020…February 1, 1983 saw Eric Clapton release the album ‘Money and Cigarettes’. Clapton recorded this album after his first stint in rehab from alcoholism. The album cover is really cool, featuring Clapton smoking a cigarette with the image of a melting Fender Stratocaster beside him.. Eric Clapton named the album Money And Cigarettes “because, that’s all I saw myself having left.” I’m a huge Clapton fan. I don’t think you’ll ever beat seeing his guitar magic in person. Here’s Clapton at the Shoreline Amphitheatre from September 1988. Enjoy !

THE STONES ‘NO SECURITY’ TOUR

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 30, 2020…TWENTY ONE YEARS AGO THE ROLLING STONES ROCKED THE SAN JOSE ARENA. THEY MUST HAVE LIKED SAN JOSE, BECAUSE THEY RETURNED TO THE TANK FOR 2 MORE SHOWS FOUR MONTHS LATER. ON THE SAME TOUR, ON APRIL 19TH AND 20TH. HERE’S A FULL CONCERT THAT WAS PROFESSIONALLY SHOT, AND THE AUDIO IS AWESOME. ENJOY

‘HEAVY METAL THUNDER’ STEPPENWOLF

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 29, 2020…ON THIS DATE IN 1968 STEPPENWOLF RELEASED THEIR SELF TITLED DEBUT ALBUM. THE ALBUM FEATURED THE BIKER CLASSIC ‘BORN TO BE WILD’ . THE TERM “HEAVY METAL THUNDER” IN THE SONG IS THE FIRST REFERENCE TO HEAVY METAL IN ANY SONG. INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, THE WRITER OF ‘BORN TO BE WILD’ WROTE THE SONG AS A BALLAD ! STEPPENWOLF SPED IT UP AND PUT SOME OOMPH INTO IT ON THEIR ALBUM. THE ALBUM ALSO FEATURED THE SONG ‘THE PUSHER’. BOTH SONGS ALSO APPEARED IN THE MOVIE ‘EASY RIDER’ . THIS IS A 1969 STEPPENWOLF TV APPEARANCE WITH THE BAND PERFORMING ‘BORN TO BE WILD’

HERE’S A GREAT LIVE VERSION OF ‘THE PUSHER’