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Feelin’ Alright

What do you do when you’re stuck? Phone a friend! Wait, that’s for “Millionaire,” not quarantine. Maybe phone a few friends? Hey, let’s get together and form a band!

Dave Mason did just that, but not just any band... how about Sammy Hagar, Michael McDonald, Mick Fleetwood, John McFee, Tom Johnston, Pat Simmons, his son, Pat Jr. and drummer Alvino Bennett? Wow, right ?! Can’t get together, everyone’s quarantining, but we can build it, we have the technology.... hey, it’s not the Six Million Dollar Man, it’s...

Dave Mason and the Quarantines! Next, they needed a song, something upbeat, something familiar, there’s comfort in that, maybe sing along too... so that you're… Feelin’ Alright!

ADVANCED MUSIC HISTORY Cheat Sheet for July 27

Published 4 years ago

BORN

BOBBIE GENTRY
CONWAY SAVAGE of Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
JULIANA HATFIELD
PETE YORN

THIS HAPPENED

In 1940, Bugs Bunny made his official screen debut in A Wild Hare.

In 1976, After a long battle, John Lennon was finally issued his green card granting him permanent residency in the US.

Posted in Advanced Music History Tagged : Bobbie Gentry | Conway Savage | Juliana Hatfield | Pete Yorn

Hear At Home with Washed Out

Published 4 years ago by Marc "Mookie" Kaczor

Hear At Home with Washed Out

For this Hear At Home episode, the Independent 88.5 FM’s program director, Mookie - or Marc, if you prefer - talks with Ernest Weatherly Greene Jr., commonly known as Washed Out. He shares his story behind the album art for his latest album, Purple Moon. Host Mookie and Greene talk about the challenges and benefits of working from home.

Posted in Hear at Home Tagged : Washed Out

KT Tunstall NPR's At Home Performance

Published 4 years ago by Byron Gonzalez

Join Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall Wednesday, 7/29 at 2PM PT as she performs some tunes from her home studios in Los Angeles for NPR Music's Live Sessions.

ADVANCED MUSIC HISTORY Cheat Sheet for July 26

Published 4 years ago

BORN

MICK JAGGER of The Rolling Stones/SuperHeavy
ROGER TAYLOR of Queen

THIS HAPPENED

In 1968, on Mick Jagger’s 25th birthday, London Records objected strenuously to the graffiti-scrawled, sleazy restroom wall cover of The Rolling Stones’ Beggar’s Banquet album and postponed the release date until it was suitably altered.

In 1979, The “newest selling tool for rock” was the promotional video proclaimed an article in Rolling Stone magazine that cited “Boys Keep Swinging” by David Bowie and Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody.”

Posted in Advanced Music History Tagged : Mick Jagger | Roger Taylor

ADVANCED MUSIC HISTORY Cheat Sheet for July 25

Published 4 years ago

THIS HAPPENED

In 1960, Roy Orbison reached #2 on the US singles chart with “Only The Lonely,” his first hit. The song was turned down by The Everly Brothers and Elvis Presley, so Orbison decided to record it himself.

In 1965, A young Bob Dylan plugged in for his headlining set backed by the Butterfield Blues Band with Al Kooper and Barry Goldberg at The Newport Folk Festival in Newport, Rhode Island. It’s been widely reported that folk music purists tried to boo Dylan off the stage, but an alternative account claims audience members were actually upset by poor sound and a short set.

In 1966, The final US concert with Brian Jones as part of The Rolling Stones took place in San Francisco.

Posted in Advanced Music History

Will Butler from Arcade Fire Announces New Album

Published 4 years ago by Byron Gonzalez

Multi-instrumentalist and core member of Arcade Fire Will Butler, announces his second solo album, Generations, due out September 25 via Merge.

Perry Farrell Announces New Career Spanning Box Set.

Published 4 years ago by Byron Gonzalez

Former front-man for Jane’s Addiction Perry Farrell announces his new box set called Perry Farrell - The Glitz; The Glamour, out November 6 via Last Man Music.