Archive for April, 2009
« Previous EntriesWillie Nelson: Rock & Roll Quote
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“We create our own unhappiness. The purpose of suffering is to help us understand we are the ones who cause it.”-Willie Nelson
Amen, Willie!
And Happy Birthday!
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Willie Nelson: Rock & Roll Video
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What better way to celebrate Willie Nelson’s 76th birthday than to watch him perform his classic, “Whiskey River.”
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Willie Nelson: Rock & Roll History
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April 30, 1933: Willie Nelson was born.
Willie is the ultimate cowboy/hippie/rock and roll/country outlaw. The list of people with whom Willie has played and recorded reads like a who’s who of the music industry.
I look forward to seeing Willie again this summer when he opens for Bob Dylan at [...]
Bob Dylan to Headline Summerfest
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I’m back from a case of the flu…and absolutely delighted that Bob Dylan will be headlining the Marcus Amphitheater at Summerfest on July 1st, with the venerable Willie Nelson opening.
This is the show that I will build my entire 11-day Summerfest schedule around, folks. For me, it simply does [...]
Don’t Miss Sean and Bang Camaro TONIGHT
Submitted by Layla’s Classic Rock Blog
I don’t have “favorite blogs”, but if I did, one of my favorites would be “Circle of Fits”.
Why?
Because Sean Barry is a phenomenal writer with a passion for rock music, a deep beautiful love for his wife and son, and a heart that knows the depths of loss and pain. [...]
For My Son:
Submitted by Layla’s Classic Rock Blog
I spent the entire day with my son in one of those situations where you sit around waiting for hours in boredom. Luckily (for him) I had my iPod, and although our tastes in music are vastly different, there are a few bands we both like.
One is Rage Against the [...]
Concert for Bangladesh
Submitted by 70’s Classic Rock Blog
Today is Bloggers Unite for Hunger and Hope Day. There are so many great organizations that are striving for the worldwide focus of helping those who are starving, homeless and in the end dieing without the cure for many diseases. Just Google or use your preferred search engine and search [...]
Wordless Wednesday
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Yusaf - New Music from “Cat Stevens”
Submitted by Layla’s Classic Rock Blog
According to his website, these 11 new songs are in classic “Cat Stevens” style. I went to the site and listened to the tracks they have playing there.
Wow, just hearing his voice again makes me feel good. I spent so many hours of my youth with Tea for the Tillerman, [...]
Jane’s Addiction CD to Give Away
Submitted by Layla’s Classic Rock Blog
Jane’s Addiction has a new three-CD box set full of unreleased music and videos that will most certainly thrill JA fans. I was given the CD to review with a sampling of songs and have two of them I’d like to give one away to the first person who asks [...]
Happy Birthday to Gary Wright
Submitted by Layla’s Classic Rock Blog
I love this song….it takes me to an exact moment in time, at an exact location…and each time I happen to be driving on that road, on that exact sharp curve above Pacific Coast Hwy. in Laguna Beach - this song immediately begins “playing” in my mind.
thanks, Gary, for writing [...]
Musicians On Call: Delivering The Healing Power Of Music
Submitted by Bloggerhythms Blog
The world hears so many stories about boorish and selfish behavior from entertainers that it’s nice to know when the opposite is true. Musicians On Call is a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing both recorded and live music to patients’ hospital bedsides. The goal is to bring a little joy to those [...]
The Boat That Rocked
Submitted by Layla’s Classic Rock Blog
Just got an email about this new movie: starring Philip Seymour Hoffman
The Boat That Rocked –
Rocking into theaters on August 28, 2009!
Synopsis:
In the late 1960s, American radio stations blasted rock and roll 24 hours a day. But in the home country of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, [...]
This Day in Music:
Submitted by Layla’s Classic Rock Blog
1992, David Bowie married model Iman, in Switzerland.
1990, The road crew for Roger Waters discovered an unexploded World War II bomb while constructing the set for ‘The Wall’ concert in Potsdamer Platz, Germany.
1976, Paul and Linda McCartney spent the evening with John Lennon at his New York Dakota apartment and [...]
Do You Recognize This Gentleman?
Submitted by Layla’s Classic Rock Blog
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FINAL WINNERS
Submitted by Layla’s Classic Rock Blog
Ok, so I got distracted for a week or so…had to recover from Bruce and get back in my blogging groove. Here are the finals you picked from the “Album Madness” game we were doing (thanks to The Sound LA for the idea).
The winners pretty much won by a landslide [...]
Frustration: Rock & Roll Dictionary
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Frustration: being an egomaniac with an inferiority complex.
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The Dead & David Meerman Scott: Rock & Roll Marketing
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My friend David Meerman Scott, author of World Wide Rave, caught the two Dead shows this weekend in Boston and then wrote this outstanding piece on Marketing Lessons from the (Grateful) Dead.
I particularly love the end of the post where he lists the five things he learned from the [...]
New Heart Next Year
Submitted by Layla’s Classic Rock Blog
Well its about time! I love these ladies and can’t wait to see what they come up with. There new album will be released in summer of 2010, there last one was “Jupiter’s Darling” way back in 2004.
Here is part of an interview with Nancy:
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Rock ‘n’ [...]
Wordless Wednesday
Submitted by 70’s Classic Rock Blog
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Jeff Beck: Rock & Roll Video
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Just gotta do one more folks. The Jeff Beck show Saturday night is still ringing in my ears (in a good way). The final encore was “Peter Gunn,” and here he is doing it a couple months ago in Japan.
How cool is this?
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Jeff Beck: Rock & Roll Quote
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“I don’t care about the rules. In fact, if I don’t break the rules at least 10 times in every song then I’m not doing my job properly.“-Jeff Beck
I am, and always have been, an advocate of breaking the rules…so you can imagine how much this quotation delights me.
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Jeff Beck: Rock & Roll Video
Submitted by Rock and Roll Guru Blog
I’m still basking in the afterglow of seeing Jeff Beck Saturday night, so here he is performing the Beatles’ “A Day in the Life” a couple weeks ago in New York.
Please click here if you cannot see the video.
Enjoy!
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Jeff Beck Tears Up Milwaukee
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Two weeks after being inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for the second time, Jeff Beck played Turner Hall in Milwaukee Saturday night. This legendary guitar god rarely tours, so I was both delighted and grateful that he chose my hometown to deliver one of the [...]
A Dream Come True for Karen
Submitted by Layla’s Classic Rock Blog
Somehow I missed this dedication when I was at the show last night. Backstreets was one of the best songs he did last night, full of emotion, now I know why. Thanks, Pete, for pointing out this story about Karen. I am going to shed a few tears and say [...]
