Showing posts with label music history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label music history. Show all posts
Saturday, August 19, 2017

The Posies recent tribute to Big Star

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by Jack Brummet The Posies were recruited by Alex Chilton when he reformed his band Big Star.  They toured and recorded with Big Star unti...
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Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Brent Mydland brings it home

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By Jack Brummet, Music Ed. Brent Mydland was The Grateful Dead keyboard player, singer and songwriter between 1979 and 1990. This is a cli...
Saturday, July 16, 2016

Videos and lyrics: At The Hop

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AT THE HOP -bah-bah-bah Bah-bah-bah-bah Bah-bah-bah-bah Bah-bah-bah-bah, at the hop Well, you can rock it you can roll it ...
Tuesday, January 12, 2016

David Bowie covers one of the great rock tunes of all time - Waterloo Sunset

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By Jack Brummet, British Music Ed. Embed from Getty Images  David Bowie covers what I think is one of the 10 greatest rock songs...
Tuesday, March 18, 2014

"Is there gas in the car?"

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Lyrics from "Kid Charlemagne," by Becker-Fagen." ---o0o---
Monday, March 03, 2014

Billy Joel's heavy metal band, Attilla

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By Jack Brummet, Music Ed. Billy Joel had a heavy metal band --Attila--in 1969/70.  He was partners in the band with Jon Small. . .until J...
Thursday, February 13, 2014

The Beatles perform Please Please Me, warts and all

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By Jack Brummet, 20th Century Sounds Ed.  I am always fascinated by The Beatles live performances.  They were playing giant halls and sta...
Monday, December 23, 2013

Joan Baez with Jimi Hendrix

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By Jack Brummet, Rock Ed. Joan Baez with Jimi Hendrix. I originally saw the bong version, which is probably someone's Photoshop. A v...
Wednesday, October 09, 2013

Happy 73rd birthday to John Lennon (Woulda, coulda, shoulda)

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---o0o---
Monday, August 26, 2013

Favorite all time album titles

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By Jack Brummet, Music Ed. The Difference Between Me And You Is That I'm Not On Fire - McLusky The Smoker You Drink The Player Y...
Monday, May 27, 2013

Sasquatch Festival

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By Jack Brummet  I spent Sunday/Monday morning at the Sasquatch Fesitval at the Gorge Amphitheater.  I was especially knocked out by...
Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Milton Berle covers The Beatles' "Yellow Submarine"

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By Jack Brummet   ---o0o---
Wednesday, January 30, 2013

44 years ago today, The Beatles performed their final concert (with concert video)

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By Jack Brummet, Music Editor Today is the anniversary of the last live public concert by The Beatles.  On Jan. 30, 1969, The Beatles p...
Saturday, January 05, 2013

Jim Morrison Explains The Miami Incident

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By Jack Brummet, music editor You may remember the " Miami Incident " if you were listening to music back in 1969 (which wou...
Wednesday, January 02, 2013

The Beatles Unplugged

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By Jack Brummet, British Invasion Editor The Beatles: Unplugged is a bootleg CD thar is so interesting, and sounds so good that Ca...
Sunday, November 11, 2012

The Beatles collaborative guitar solo in :The end:

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By Jack Brummet, Music History Editor Fifty-four seconds into The Beatles' The End  are 18 bars of guitar solo: the first two bars ...
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Monday, August 27, 2012

Music History: The Small Faces

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By Jack Brummet, Music History Editor  Small Faces were leaders of the Mod (and later psychedelic) movement '65-'69, and were hero...
Monday, July 09, 2012

Jon Anderson screencaps from a 2001 concert (with the entire 23 minute song)

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Yes's Jon Anderson captured from a video of a performance of Close To The Edge in in 2001 (screen caps by Jack).  The 23 minute video i...
Tuesday, July 03, 2012

Alex Chadwick's amazing 100 riffs (a brief history of rock and roll)

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By Jack Brummet, Music Editor Alex Chadwick plays 100 famous guitar riffs in chronological order, or, as he calls it, a brief history of ...
Thursday, January 05, 2012

Etta James and The Grateful Dead ring in the New Year, 1982

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By Jack Brummet, Music Editor I am a fan of both Etta James and The Grateful Dead, but never knew they had performed together on New Year...