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New Music…..

MRambler — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 14:24:29 +0000

….From “My Generation”…… Big names from the past are still at it, and, after listening to some of these new albums, they are still on the top of their game….. Here’s a few of the new ones I’ve been exposed to: Steve Miller Band – Bingo!, J.J. Cale with Eric Clapton – The Road to Escondido, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Mojo, and even Devo – Something for Everybody, along with the new one from Jimi Hendrix – Valleys of Neptune, released 40 years after his demise…..

I’m hoping we have up and coming young talent to replace these masters when they retire….. I don’t listen to too much new stuff, but, through a fellow band member, I got to hear an amazing Oklahoma talent (even got an autographed CD): Ali Harter – Worry the Bone….. It’s based in the Blues….. Check her CD out if you get the chance….. She has a national following….. “Never too old to Rock ‘n’ Roll”…….

Interim Quiz

Jek — Mon, 03 May 2010 19:16:50 +0000

Found this trivia question. Any ideas?

Before establishing himself as an icon of Southern California mellow this multi-instrumentalist played with Jerry Butler, Gene Vincent, and Buck Owens to name a few. Who is he and what two groups was he a member of?

The Stones aka Pirates…..

MRambler — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 20:29:58 +0000

Yep, The Glimmer Twins – Mick Jagger and Keith Richards – have been approached by Johnny Depp to appear as Pirates in the 4th installment of “Pirates of the Caribbean”….. That should be interesting to say the least….

Maybe they’ll write a new song called, “Sympathy for the Pirate”……

Vatican makes peace…..

MRambler — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:52:20 +0000

…….with Beatles after 40 years…..
VATICAN CITY (AP) – The Vatican has finally made peace with the Beatles.
The Vatican newspaper says the members’ “dissolute” lives and John Lennon’s boastful claim that the band was more popular than Jesus are in the past, while their music lives on……
Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano paid tribute to the Fab Four in its weekend editions, with two articles and a front-page cartoon reproducing the crosswalk immortalized on the cover of the band’s album “Abbey Road.”
The tribute marked the 40th anniversary of the band’s breakup.
It is not the first time the Vatican has praised the legendary band from Liverpool. Two years ago, it praised the “White Album,” and last month it included “Revolver” in its top-10 albums.

It’s the King’s Birthday…..

MRambler — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:09:12 +0000

B.B. King’s that is…… The Beale Street Blues Boy was born in 1925 and still going strong….. Listen to some Blues today…….

Ringo’s Star…..

MRambler — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:26:47 +0000

No, it’s not a typo – Ringo Starr now has his own personal star on the celebrity walk in Hollywood…… This makes him the third Beatle on the walk….. John Lennon and George Harrison already have stars…. I think they were awarded posthumously….. It’s the only reason I can think of that can explain why Paul McCartney doesn’t have one….. Of course, that doesn’t explain why Ringo would get his before Paul….. Not knocking Ringo any, but, Paul and John did the bulk of the Beatles writing, and, Paul’s solo career has definitely been stronger than Ringo’s…. Anyway, good for you, Ringo….. Maybe it was his acting in “Caveman”?……

It was 46 years ago Today…..

MRambler — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:19:09 +0000

…..That the band who would become “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” set foot on American soil for the first time….. February 7, 1964, The Beatles started their first American tour, which, changed American pop music forever…… John, Paul, George, and Ringo – the Moptops who became the guru’s of music in my generation, and, I believe, will be considered rock icons by many more generations to come…..

This ties-in with my previous Post on Buddy Holly, as Paul owns the publishing rights to the Holly catalog….. He lost the rights to The Beatles catalog thanks to one “Yoko Oh-No”….. The music business is rough around the edges (it has a black hole at the center)…..

This is strange and weird – I’ve been listening to my I-Pod set on shuffle play since I haven’t got my main music system setup yet…. As I started this post, I clicked on my I-Pod….. It was on the last two seconds of silence on the song I stopped it on the last time I used it…. Here’s what came screaming though the speakers, out of 555 choices I have on the I-Pod – “That’ll be the Day”, a Buddy Holly hit, performed by The Beatles from the Anthology I album cranked up….. I’m bettin’ it’s going to be a good day….. Dig out some early Beatles and “Rock Out, Citizens of MR Land” (That is an order signed by MR, and approved by PD Bob)……

February 3, 1959…..

MRambler — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:05:36 +0000

Yeah, I know February 3 was yesterday, but I thought Sunn might post this as he is our official MR Rock Cornier…… February 3, 1959 has come to be known as “the day the music died”, and, someone “drove their Chevy to the Levy” or something like that…..

It was the day Buddy Holly, Richie Vallens, and the Big Bopper died in a small plane crash in Iowa….. Holly is looked upon as one of the founding fathers of Rock and Roll…… He was from Lubbock, Texas and he had just really made the big time….. The irony of the tragic accident is that Buddy wasn’t supposed to be on the plane….. He had a cold and his bass player at that time, Waylon Jennings (someone you may have heard of) gave up his seat on the plane to Buddy….. Country music took a giant leap that day, although, it would be a few years before Waylon hit it big…. Life is strange and weird for the most part……

Album Titles

Sunn — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 07:27:56 +0000

Ever wonder what was behind the title of a particular album

Sir Paul goes gaming…..

MRambler — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 15:25:29 +0000

I just caught a little of this on the news the other day, apparently Sir Paul McCartney is going to license his solo career catalog to be used with The Beatles’ Rock Band software….. Paul always said the money was in publishing and licensing , although it cost him The Beatles’ catalog to one who shall not be named (MJ) in the past….. Time to do some “Band on the Run” on your Wii…..

As I said, I only caught part of this, if anyone knows the details let me know…… It’s been a “Venus and Mars” type of year already and that’s alright with me…..