TODAY WAS THE DAY IN 2006 THAT BONE BASH VII WAS CANCELLED !! JOHNNY VAN ZANT UNDERWENT AN EMERGENCY APPENDECTOMY THURSDAY MAY 18 2006 AT STANFORD HOSPITAL. WE GOT WORD AT THE RADIO STATION AROUND NOON ON THE 19TH AND THE SHOW WAS CANCELLED 3 HOURS BEFORE THE DOORS OPENED. OUR BOY SAMMY HAGAR CAME TO THE RESCUE AND HANDLED THE 2006 BONE BASH BY HOSTING BB7.5 !!! LYNYRD SKYNYRD MORE THAN MADE IT UP TO THE BONE LISTENERS, RETURNING TO PLAY THE NEXT YEAR (BONE BASH VIII) AND AGAIN IN 2013 (BONE BASH XIV) HERE’S GREAT CONCERT FOOTAGE FROM THE LAST TIME THEY PLAYED IN THE BAY AREA MAY 25 2018 AT SHORELINE
HERE’S SOME OFFICIAL LYNYRD SKYNYRD VIDEO (PRO SHOT)
AEROSMITH RELEASED THE SINGLE SWEET EMOTION ON THIS DATE IN 1975. THIS WAS THE SINGLE THAT STARTED A STRING OF SUCCESS FOR THE GROUP THAT LASTED THROUGH THE REST OF THE 70’S AND EARLY 80’S. IRONICALLY, STEVEN TYLER WROTE THIS SONG ABOUT HOW FRUSTRATED HE WAS WITH THE BAND. THE GROUP WAS DOING A LOT OF DRUGS AT THE TIME AND TENSIONS OFTEN RAN HIGH, ESPECIALLY BETWEEN TYLER AND JOE PERRY.
TYLER ATTRIBUTES THE FIRST LINES: “Talk about things that nobody cares, wearing out things that nobody wears” TO JOE PERRY’S GIRLFRIEND AT THE TIME ELISSA, AND TO ONE INCIDENT IN PARTICULAR. ONE NIGHT WHEN TYLER WENT TO PERRY’S HOTEL ROOM LOOKING FOR SOME HEROIN PERRY AND ELISSA SENT HIM AWAY, REFUSING TO SHARE THEIR DRUGS. IN THE AEROSMITH AUTOBIOGRAPHY ‘WALK THIS WAY” TYLER SAID THESE LINES WERE HIS “Angry side talking,” AND ADDS THAT WHEN HE WROTE THE LYRICS “Can’t say baby where I’ll be in a year ,” HE WAS THINKING, “but it will be at at least 1000 miles away from you!”
THE MUSIC WAS BASED ON A BASS LINE TOM HAMILTON CAME UP WITH. TYLER WROTE THE LYRICS (PERRY WAS KNOWN AS “MR. SWEET EMOTION”) AND THEY PUT THE SONG TOGETHER IN A JAM SESSION. THIS WAS THE FIRST SINGLE RELEASED FROM THE ALBUM ‘TOYS IN THE ATTIC.’ THE SONG STILL REMAINS POPULAR TO THIS DAY WITH OVER 3 MILLION DIGITAL DOWNLOADS. THIS IS THE OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR ‘SWEET EMOTION.’
PLUS, TODAY IS PHIL RUDD’S BDAY. HE WAS THE DRUMMER FOR AC/DC BEFORE HE WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTING TO “PROCURE A MURDER” THREATENING TO KILL, POSSESSION OF METH, AND POSSESSION OF CANNABIS. THE CHARGES WERE LATER DROPPED. HAPPY 66th BIRTHDAY PHIL. STAY OUT OF TROUBLE ! IN THE ABOVE PICTURE PHIL RUDD IS BACKSTAGE WITH LAMONT. PHIL’S GOT HIS CRAZY EYES GOING FOR THE PICTURE ! HERE’S PHIL WITH AC/DC CIRCA 1980