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Jun 18 2023

Rock & Roll Sunday Songs On A Sunday

It's a beautiful morning on a Sunday

which always reminds me of rock & roll songs that are all about Sundays!

 

Blue Sunday is track 10 on the Doors’ fifth album Morrison Hotel, which was released in February 1970.…

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Jun 5 2023

Rock & Roll Advertising 1970's

The early, much-romanticized years of the ‘70s -- when Lester Bangs was starting to inspire a generation of imitators – were a time when print advertising relied on a lot more words than it usually does today, and when it…

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May 25 2023

Alive As Yesterday: 1974 Concerts

 

 

 

Summer of '74

Charlton Athletic F.C.

The Who

Lou Reed

Humble Pie

Bad Company

Lindisfarne

Dave Mason

 

"The Doom Tour" 1974

CSNY

The Day Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young Launched Their 'Doom Tour' In the summer of 1974, the concept…

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May 11 2023

Alive As Yesterday: 1979 Concerts

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

The Palladium

NYC

 

Damn The Torpedo Tour '79

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Orpheum Theatre

Memphis, TN

 

The Specials

Tiffany's Late Bar Disco

Edinburgh, Scotland

 

Iggy Pop

The Human League

Paradiso

Amsterdam, Netherlands

 

The Plasmatics

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May 4 2023

Alive As Yesterday: 1967 Concerts

ALIVE AS YESTERDAY: 1967 CONCERTS

Electric Flag,

Moby Grape

Steve Miller

Fillmore 

San Francisco, CA

 

Donovan

Cow Palace

San Francisco, CA

 

 Lenny Bruce

The Mothers of Invention

Fillmore Auditorium

San Francisco, Ca

 

The Chambers Brothers

The Matrix

San Francisco, CA

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Apr 30 2023

Hot Platters: Live Albums That Changed My Life

Live albums were once a staple of most rock acts but could possibly be considered an endangered species nowadays.  Sure, over the years there have been many live albums that were released as a holding action because a band didn't…

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Apr 27 2023

Alive As Yesterday: 1968 Concerts

 

 

THE BYRDS

SONNY & CHER

MAHALIA JACKSON

ROOSEVELT GRIERE

Benefit For RFK

Los Angeles Sports Arena

Los Angeles, CA

 

JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE

THE SOFT MACHINE

Stony Brook University

Campus Center (Gym)

Stony Brook, NY

 

THELONIOUS MONK

DR. JOHN The NIGHT…

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Apr 20 2023

Moments In Time: Rock & Roll Images

 

 

 

A YOUNG LESLIE WEST DURING HIS TIME WITH THE VAGRANTS

 

 

DOC POMUS & DR. JOHN WRITING SONGS IN NYC

 

 

BO DIDDLEY & HIS LADY GUITARIST NORMA-JEAN WOFFORD

 

 

JIM MORRISON BEFORE HIS DEATH IN PARIS

 

 

CLARENCE CLEMMONS & BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

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Apr 6 2023

Alive As Yesterday: 1966 Concerts

 

The Beatles

The Cyrkle

The Ronettes

The Remains

Candlestick Park

San Francisco, CA

 

 

Bob Dylan & The Hawks

Manchester Free Trade Hall

Manchester, UK

 

The Beach Boys

Lovin' Spoonful

Chad & Jeremy, Percy Sledge

The Outsiders, The Leaves

Sir Douglas…

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Jan 26 2023

Remembering My First Gig

Johnny Pierre circa 1966 Verdun, France

I remember my first gig as if it took place yesterday.  In October of 1966.  I was 15 years old and playing in a trio that went by the name of US (the name

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Jan 19 2023

ROCK & ROLL CARTOON FUNNIES!

When I was a kid I always looked forward to  

reading the cartoons in the daily Newspapers. 

The other day while I was daydreaming, I thought to myself 

"Hey what if the Cartoon Funnies were all

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Jan 12 2023

Remembering Jeff Beck

I was shocked to learn that Jeff Beck, perhaps the greatest rock & roll guitarist of all, had passed away on Tuesday due to spinal meningitis.  I've always ranked Beck alongside my other favorite guitarist, Danny Gatton.  

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Jul 31 2022

Rock & Roll Sunday Funnies

When I was a kid I always looked forward to Sundays 

& the cartoons in the Sunday Newspaper. 

The other day while I was daydreaming, I thought to myself 

"Hey what if the Sunday Funnies were

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