October 3, 1967 - LEGENDARY American dust bowl singer, songwriter, Woody Guthrie, died today, after suffering from Huntington's Chorea disease. Guthrie was a major influence on Bob Dylan, and American popular music in general, particularly that of the lyrical protest kind, that can often straddle many genres. But Guthrie's spirit, and his belief of the power in music took him in the arena of icon. The 70's film Bound For Glory is based on his life, and his best-known song is This Land Is Your Land. In 1988, Guthrie was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This is the original version of his song This Land Is Your land, followed by a musical and visual montage of the song, contributors being: Woody Guthrie, Emmylou Harris, Bono, Bruce Springsteen, Little Richard, Taj Mahal, John Mellencamp. Brilliant.
1967 - JAMES Brown's Royal Albert Hall performance with his 18-piece American big band was triumphant tonight, sending him into mainstream UK. A year later, down the road at Trident Studios, also in London, The Beatles recorded the new George Harrison song Savoy Truffle. George, Paul, and Ringo recorded just one take of the basic track of drums, bass, and lead guitar. The song is supposedly inspired by Eric Clapton's love of chocolates, particularly Mackintosh's Good News. preceding that is another Beatles non-hit gem, Glass Onion.
1978 - WHAT some rock bands will do for their fans, right? All five members of Aerosmith bailed out thirty of theirs today, after they were arrested for smoking pot during the band's concert at Fort Wayne Coliseum. One of my very favourite bands - when they're pure rock'n'roll - the so-called 'bad boys from Boston' have endured decades of decadence and a handful of genres, and are now moving into post-middle age with grace and sobriety and millions in the bank. This is the great Aerosmith at the legendary annual Texas Jam, July 4, 1978 inside the Cotton Bowl.
1987 - BELIEVE it or not, dear reader, it is now almost a quarter century since M/A/R/S were at #1 on the UK singles chart with Pump Up The Volume. The first British-made house music hit was top-heavy with samples from many other recordings, in addition to ripping the voice of famous rock'n'roll DJ, Wolfman Jack. The sampling resulted in long litigation, and gave a glimpse of sampling and the legal copyright complications involved. Main man Wolfman Jack.
1989 - TONIGHT in 1989, Deborah Harry made her UK live comeback, after seven years of n on-performance, at The Borderline Club in London. On the same day two years later, Texas governor Ann Richards proclaimed October 3, (Stevie Ray Vaughan's birthday), to be Stevie Ray Vaughan Day. An annual motorcycle ride and concert in Central Texas benefits the Stevie Ray Vaughan Memorial Scholarship Fund. This is Stevie Ray Vaughan, in his prime, live at the El Mocambo, Canada, in 1983.
1992 - IT'S now almost two decades since Abba scored their ninth UK #1 album with Gold- Greatest Hits, nine years after they split up. In the same year, same day, the power of musical protest was beamed into every home who saw the TV show, Saturday Night Live, when Sinead O'Connor ripped up a photograph of Pope John Paul II, in a protest at abortion laws and the questionable morals and ethics pertaining to some of the Roman Catholic Church's representatives. The incident happened as Sinead ended her live performance and, suddenly, obviously unrehearsed, she produced a photograph of Pope John Paul II, which she ripped into pieces. There was stunned silence in the studio and the station went to a commercial. Television network, NBC was fined $2.5 million dollars by the Federal Communications Commission. Have a look at the incident for yourself.
1996 - FIFTEEN years ago today, rock group Van Halen gave David Lee Roth the flick for the second time in their relationship, after they had recording a couple of songs for the band's greatest hits package. Who knows why, who cares, but if you have a close critical look at this video from the band - 12 years earlier, in their absolute prime period - you well get an inkling.
1980 - IT was reported today that Bruce Springsteen forgot some of the words to Born to Run during a concert in Ann Arbor, Michigan. We haven't got that footage, but here is some brilliant raw bootleg footage of Springsteen from four years earlier, at The Spectrum in Philadelphia, October 25, 1976…Springsteen and the band adrenalin-pumped.
1981 - IT'S now 30 years tonight since The Kinks played the first of a series of sell-out shows at Madison Square Garden. instead of that footage, howzabout we shoot forward to October 30, 2009, the 25th anniversary of the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame, when Metallica performed one of the Kinks' greatest hits, All Day And All Of The Night, with special guest Ray Davies, leader of the Kinks.
1967 - JAMES Brown's Royal Albert Hall performance with his 18-piece American big band was triumphant tonight, sending him into mainstream UK. A year later, down the road at Trident Studios, also in London, The Beatles recorded the new George Harrison song Savoy Truffle. George, Paul, and Ringo recorded just one take of the basic track of drums, bass, and lead guitar. The song is supposedly inspired by Eric Clapton's love of chocolates, particularly Mackintosh's Good News. preceding that is another Beatles non-hit gem, Glass Onion.
1978 - WHAT some rock bands will do for their fans, right? All five members of Aerosmith bailed out thirty of theirs today, after they were arrested for smoking pot during the band's concert at Fort Wayne Coliseum. One of my very favourite bands - when they're pure rock'n'roll - the so-called 'bad boys from Boston' have endured decades of decadence and a handful of genres, and are now moving into post-middle age with grace and sobriety and millions in the bank. This is the great Aerosmith at the legendary annual Texas Jam, July 4, 1978 inside the Cotton Bowl.
1987 - BELIEVE it or not, dear reader, it is now almost a quarter century since M/A/R/S were at #1 on the UK singles chart with Pump Up The Volume. The first British-made house music hit was top-heavy with samples from many other recordings, in addition to ripping the voice of famous rock'n'roll DJ, Wolfman Jack. The sampling resulted in long litigation, and gave a glimpse of sampling and the legal copyright complications involved. Main man Wolfman Jack.
1989 - TONIGHT in 1989, Deborah Harry made her UK live comeback, after seven years of n on-performance, at The Borderline Club in London. On the same day two years later, Texas governor Ann Richards proclaimed October 3, (Stevie Ray Vaughan's birthday), to be Stevie Ray Vaughan Day. An annual motorcycle ride and concert in Central Texas benefits the Stevie Ray Vaughan Memorial Scholarship Fund. This is Stevie Ray Vaughan, in his prime, live at the El Mocambo, Canada, in 1983.
1992 - IT'S now almost two decades since Abba scored their ninth UK #1 album with Gold- Greatest Hits, nine years after they split up. In the same year, same day, the power of musical protest was beamed into every home who saw the TV show, Saturday Night Live, when Sinead O'Connor ripped up a photograph of Pope John Paul II, in a protest at abortion laws and the questionable morals and ethics pertaining to some of the Roman Catholic Church's representatives. The incident happened as Sinead ended her live performance and, suddenly, obviously unrehearsed, she produced a photograph of Pope John Paul II, which she ripped into pieces. There was stunned silence in the studio and the station went to a commercial. Television network, NBC was fined $2.5 million dollars by the Federal Communications Commission. Have a look at the incident for yourself.
1996 - FIFTEEN years ago today, rock group Van Halen gave David Lee Roth the flick for the second time in their relationship, after they had recording a couple of songs for the band's greatest hits package. Who knows why, who cares, but if you have a close critical look at this video from the band - 12 years earlier, in their absolute prime period - you well get an inkling.
1980 - IT was reported today that Bruce Springsteen forgot some of the words to Born to Run during a concert in Ann Arbor, Michigan. We haven't got that footage, but here is some brilliant raw bootleg footage of Springsteen from four years earlier, at The Spectrum in Philadelphia, October 25, 1976…Springsteen and the band adrenalin-pumped.
1981 - IT'S now 30 years tonight since The Kinks played the first of a series of sell-out shows at Madison Square Garden. instead of that footage, howzabout we shoot forward to October 30, 2009, the 25th anniversary of the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame, when Metallica performed one of the Kinks' greatest hits, All Day And All Of The Night, with special guest Ray Davies, leader of the Kinks.
