While we're about it there has been much debate (sic!) over at Big O one of the ROIOs sources I visit regularly and the trolls there have been generating some of the most disgusting racist sexist nonsense it has been my displeasure to read on the internet (I kid you not) but one of the people they continue to delight in slagging off is Miley Cyrus and I won't be the first to say I am not so sure about this young lady and her own work. I watched her appearance at Glastonbury (featuring an appearance by her dad) and somewhat enjoyed the experience and thought her genuine and with a powerful vocal range, if I didn't care so much for the songs. Well my daughter played this to me the other day and pointed out that Miley is of course Dolly Parton's Goddaughter, thanks to her relationship with Billy Ray Cyrus, so I would urge you to check this out. If you think Miley can't sing and uses autotune and all that techno nonsense, I doubt it and this is as about as naturally strong a voice as it is possible to get. Girl can SING! Miley Cyrus singing 'Jolene' dated 2012 Featuring: Jamie Arentzen(Guitar), Jaco Curaco(Guitar), Paul Hager (Sound Engineer), Filmed and edited by: Kevin & Rebecca Joelson
Enjoy! I did!
EARLY RYLAND P
the Ash Gove 1963
Jackie DeShannon with David Cohen and Ry Cooder
I'll finish off with a favourite track from 'Get Rhythm!' We had been talking about early Ry Cooder and indeed with Jackie DeShannon and my Facebook friend Crystal Longdon posted these on YouTube and I can't resist. Here he is Ry in this Ash Groove performance would have been 17 and Jackie 19 years old . . . . . . . Thanks Crystal!
ON THIS DAY IN MUSIC
Well you now it's too late to stop now . . . . . . . . . . .
Happy Birthday Van Morrison!
August 31st
1963 - The Ronettes
The Ronettes first entered the US singles chart with 'Be My Baby' the girl group's only top 10 hit. Lead singer, Veronica Bennett who became Ronnie Spector, took producer and ex-husband Phil Spector to court in the late 1990s for unpaid royalties.I don't know any growing lad who could take their eyes off Ronnie . . . . . . .exotic and mysterious and smoking hot!
1968 - The Rolling Stones
Decca Records released what has been called TheRolling Stones most political song, 'Street Fighting Man', written after Mick Jagger attended a March 1968 anti-war rally at London's US embassy, during which mounted police attempted to control a crowd of 25,000. The single was kept out of the US Top 40 (reaching No.48) because many radio stations refused to play it based on what were perceived as subversive lyrics.
1968 - 1st Isle of Wight festival
The Move, The Pretty Things, The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown, Orange Bicycle, Jefferson Airplane, Fairport Convention and Tyrannosaurus Rex all appeared at the first Isle Of Wight Festival held over two days. Tickets, 25 shillings, ($3.00).
The Rolling Stones plus the father of Brian Jones filed a high court writ against ex managers Oldham and Easton. Claiming they made a secret deal with Decca Records in 1963 to deprive the group of royalties.
1974 - READING Festival
Traffic made their last live performance at the annual UK Reading Festival. Other acts appearing included; Alex Harvey, 10cc, Focus, Steve Harley and Procol Harum. £5.50 for a weekend ticket.
Procol Harum at Reading '74
1976 - George Harrison
George Harrison was found guilty of 'subconscious plagiarism' of the Ronnie Mack song 'He's So Fine' when writing 'My Sweet Lord'. Earnings from the song were awarded to Mack's estate; The Chiffons then recorded their own version of 'My Sweet Lord'.
1984 - Prince
'Purple Rain' the movie-starring Prince opened at cinemas across the UK with special late night previews. The film grossed more than US $80 million at the box office and became a cult classic.
1985 - Dire Straits
'Brothers In Arms' by Dire Straits started a nine-week run at No.1 on the US album charts. The album also topped the charts in 25 other countries and went on to sell over 20 million worldwide.
1985 - Chrissie Hynde
UB40 with guest vocals from Chrissie Hynde had the UK No.1 single with their version of the Sonny Bono song 'I Got You Babe' a hit for Sonny & Cher in 1965.
1986 - Bob Geldof
After living together for 10 years Bob Geldof married TV presenter Paula Yates in Las Vegas with Duran Duransinger Simon Le Bon as the best man. Yates died of a drug overdose on 17th September 2000.
1990 - Stevie Ray Vaughan
Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt and Stevie Wonder sang 'Amazing Grace' at a memorial service held for guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan who had been killed in a helicopter crash 4 days earlier.
Young Stevie Ray
2003 - Elton John
Elton John went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Are You Ready For Love.' The song was recorded in 1977 and released in 1979, when it reached No.42. It was used by Sky TV for their Premiership football ads.
2004 - Carl Wayne
Carl Wayne the singer with The Move died from cancer. They had the 1969 UK No.1 single 'Blackberry Way.' Wayne also worked with The Hollies.
The Move
2006 - The Times on 'riders'
The Times ran a story on the demands of rock stars when on tour. Ozzy Osbourne insists on an eye, ear, nose and throat doctor at each venue. The Beach Boys require a licensed masseur, Meat Loaf a mask and one small tank of oxygen. David Bowie requests that the dressing room temperature is between 14c and 18c and Paul McCartney must have a large arrangement of white Casablanca lilies in his dressing room. Mick Jagger must have an onstage autocue with the lyrics to all the songs, it would also tell him the name of the city in which they were performing.
2007 - Hilly Kristal
Hilly Kristal, founder of the New York punk club CBGB died from complications arising from lung cancer at the age of 75. Kristal was credited with discovering Patti Smith and the Ramones and his club became a breeding ground for punk rock. The New York City venue, whose full title CBGB OMFUG stood for 'country, bluegrass, blues and other music for uplifting gourmandisers', was originally launched to showcase country music.
BIRTHDAYS
1957 - Glenn Tilbrook
singer and guitarist Glenn Tilbrook, who was a founding member of Squeeze. Some of their best-known songs are 'Tempted', 'Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)', 'Cool for Cats' and 'Up the Junction'.
Tilbrook and Difford from Squeeze
1945 - Van Morrison
Northern Irish singer, songwriter and musician Van Morrison. Who had with Them, the 1965 UK No.2 single 'Here Comes The Night', and the solo albums like the mesmeric Astral Weeks, Moondance, St Monics Preview and Veedon Fleece to name but a few of over 15 other UK Top 40 albums. He has received six Grammy Awards, the 1994 Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music, and has been inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
One of the greatest albums ever committed to vinyl and usually in my top three of all time
This from the excellent Jeff Harris' Behind The Grooves
Born on this day: August 31, 1945 - Singer, songwriter and musician Van Morrison (born George Ivan Morrison in Belfast, Northern Ireland). Happy 74th Birthday, Van!!!
1944 - Roger Dean
Roger Dean, English artist. Designed album covers for Yes, Atomic Rooster, Uriah Heep, Gentle Giant, Greenslade, Steve Howe and Asia. Roger was booked for a signing at the shop I ran Blackwell's Art & Poster shop, and he was one of the nicest people we ever had sign. Fascinating and full of relaxed charm and tales of his art and industry and a really kind and generous celebrity and understandably tolerant of his somewhat 'eccentric' sci-fi fans. I had long been a fan from his album artwork for bands like Yes and Osibisa and his stand alone sci-fi poster art.
Friday, August 30, 2019
ON THIS DAY IN MUSIC
Wow now here's an auspicious kinda day and what a way to start with the father of the pop song Hank Williams!
August 30th
1949 - Hank Williams
Hank Williams went into Herzog Studio in Cincinnati to record 'I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry'. Williams wrote the song originally intending that the words be spoken, rather than sung. The song about loneliness was largely inspired by his troubled relationship with wife Audrey Sheppard.
1968 - The Byrds
American band the Byrds released their sixth album Sweetheart of the Rodeo. The album has proved to be a landmark for the entire nascent 1970s Los Angeles country rock movement and was also influential on the outlaw country and new traditionalist movements, as well as the so-called alternative country genre of the 1990s and 2000s. Sweetheart contains one of my favourite country songs in 'Hickory Wind' which I first heard by Richard Thompson (sic) and his band featuring Christine Collister's haunting back up singing.
1969 - Bob Dylan
Two weeks after the Woodstock festival, the second Isle Of Wight festival took place. Over 150,000 turned up over the two days to see Bob Dylan, The Band, Blodwyn Pig, Blonde On Blonde, Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, Edgar Broughton Band, Joe Cocker, Aynsley Dunbar, Family, Fat Mattress, Julie Felix, Free, Gypsy, Richie Havens, The Moody Blues, The Nice, Tom Paxton, Pentangle, The Pretty Things, Third Ear Band and The Who. Tickets 25 shillings, ($3.00). Celebrities who attended include Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, John & Yoko, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Jane Fonda, Liz Taylor and Richard Burton.
1969 - Zager and Evans
One Hit Wonders Zager and Evans started a three week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'In The Year 2525.' The song which was written by Rick Evens in 1964, also spent six weeks at No.1 on the US chart.
never trust a man in a cravat!
1969 - Texas Pop Festival
The three day Texas Pop Festival took place featuring Janis Joplin, Led Zeppelin, Sam & Dave, Santana, Johnny Winter, Grand Funk Railroad, Delaney & Bonnie, Nazz, Spirit, B.B. King, Canned Heat and Chicago. Over 120,000 fans attended the festival.
1972 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono
John Lennon and Yoko Ono played Madison Square Gardens to raise money for the One to One charity. Stevie Wonder, Sha Na Na and Roberta Flack also appeared at the event. Lennon personally bought $60,000 worth of tickets which were given to volunteer fund-raisers. Several of the performances were later included on Lennon's, Live in New York City album.
1975 - Paul Kossoff
Paul Kossoff guitarist with Free and Back Street Crawler, 'died' for 35 minutes in hospital after being taken ill. (Kossoff died on 19th March 1976 of heart failure after a history of drug abuse).
1975 - Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart had his fifth UK No.1 album when 'Atlantic Crossing' started a five-week run at the top of the charts. The title indicated Stewart's new artistic direction, and on his departure to escape the 83 per cent top rate of income tax introduced by British Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson for the jet-set lifestyle in Los Angeles.
a nice fruit bowl
1986 - Steve Winwood
Steve Winwood went to No.1 on the US singles chart with, 'Higher Love', a No.13 hit in the UK.
1992 - Reading Festival
Appearing at this year's Reading Festival, England, Suede, Ride, Pavement, Public Enemy, Manic Street Preachers (bassist Nicky Wire smashed his guitar in two and hurled it into the crowd, hitting a security guard who needed 16 stitches). This was one of the most famous in the festival's history. Nirvana played what was to become their last UK concert, and one of their most famous. Kurt Cobain took to the stage in a wheelchair pushed by music journalist Everett True, parodying speculations about his mental health.
1994 - OASIS / Evan Dando
Oasis performed a selection of new songs at London's Virgin Mega store Marble Arch. Main man from The Lemonheads Evan Dando joined the band for a new song called 'Whatever'.
a bunch of amateur buskers turn up to play inside record shop
with Dando on tambourine
1995 - Carly Simon and James Taylor
Carly Simon and James Taylor performed live together in front of 10,000 fans on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. It was the first time they appeared live on the same stage since 1979. The former couple played their own solo sets before combining their efforts in raising money for the local agricultural society.
1995 - Sterling Morrison
Sterling Morrison founder member of the Velvet Underground died of cancer at his home in New York City two days after his 53rd birthday. The guitarist left the group in August 1971 and re-joined in 1992 for a European tour. During the 80s he became the Captain of a Houston tugboat. Hey Ferry Boat Bill!
probably my favourite rhythm guitarist!
2004 - MTV Video Music awards
Winners at the 2004 MTV Video Music awards included, Usher for Best Male Video for ‘Yeah’, Best Video went to Outkast for ‘Hay Ya’, Best Group Video No Doubt for ‘It’s My Life’ and Best Rock Video went to Jet for ‘Are You Gonna Be My Girl.’
2013 - John Lennon
A signed copy of John Lennon's whimsical 1964 book ‘In His Own Write’ sold for more than $5,600 after a flurry of 47 bids on eBay. Filled with cheeky quips and kaleidoscopic imagery — the author note was titled ‘About the Awful’ — Lennon’s ‘In His Own Write’ featured short stories, poems and drawings.
2014 - Kate Bush
Kate Bush followed her stage comeback by becoming the first woman to have eight albums in the UK charts at the same time. Two of the singer's albums were in the top 10, and eight overall in the top 40. It came after she returned for her first live concerts for 35 years. The only artists ahead of Bush are Elvis Presley, who had 12 entries in the top 40 after his death in 1977 and The Beatles who had 11 in 2009. Kate Bush 8 album feature on the BBC News
2016 - Chris Brown
US singer Chris Brown was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon after a woman told police he had threatened her with a gun. Beauty queen Baylee Curran told the LA Times Mr Brown had pointed the gun at her face after she had been admiring his friend's jewellery. Mr Brown came out of his home after a stand-off with police.
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2016 - The Beatles
The 2017 edition of Guinness World Records said that Ringo Starr's copy of The Beatles' White Album was officially the most expensive LP ever sold at auction. Guinness confirmed that a December 2015 sale at Julien's Auction House set a new high for album prices when the first-edition copy with the catalog number 0000001, which was kept in a vault in perfect condition by Starr for more than 35 years, sold for $790,000.
BIRTHDAYS
1953 - Horace Panter
Horace Panter, also known as Sir Horace Gentleman, bassist for the British 2 Tone ska band The Specials who had the 1981 UK No.1 single 'Ghost Town'.
Sir Horace Gentleman - check the suit!
Sir Horace and the boys
1939 - John Peel
John Peel, BBC radio DJ. journalist and TV presenter, born John Robert Parker Ravenscroft. He was the longest running BBC Radio 1 and the most influential British DJ ever. He was one of the first broadcasters to play psychedelic rock and progressive rock records on British radio, and is widely acknowledged for promoting artists working in various genres, including pop, reggae, indie rock, alternative rock, punk, hardcore punk, breakcore, grindcore, death metal, British hip hop, and dance music. Peel died in Cuzco, Peru of a heart attack on 25th October 2004 aged 65.
1935 - John Phillips
John Phillips, from American folk rock vocal group The Mamas & the Papas who had the 1965 hit 'California Dreamin'', the 1966 US No.1 single 'Monday Monday' and the 1967 hit 'Dedicated to the One I Love'. Phillips died of drug related heart failure aged 65 on 18th March 2001. Phillips' life is a tetsmant to excess and his heroin addiction was of legendary proportion claims at it';s worst he was injecting very 15 -20 minutes. The later accusation of incest from his daughter accusing him of a romantic intimate relationship for ten years from the age of 19 tour his family and friends apart all taking sides in one side or the other. Desperate stuff . . . . . . . . .
1919 - Ellen Muriel Deason
Born on this day Ellen Muriel Deason who became known as Kitty Wells. Her 1952 hit 'It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels', made her the first female country singer to top the US country charts, and turned her into the first female country star.
