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Monthly Archives: July 2009
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‘cos my schedulled posts aren’t showing 🙁 if you see this they are working again but all that great stuff about led zep, keef hartley et al is gone forever………..
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Elvis’ Tooth Goes On Ebay
On this day in 2003 one of Elvis’s teeth was listed on eBay, together with some hair and a gold record. The reserve price was $100,000. Just how do you get a tooth without actually digging him up? Easy, you get the tooth from a man who got it from his dad, who happens to […]
Posted in On This Day
Tagged as: classic rock, ebay, elvis presley, love rock music
The Legacy of Sun Records (part 2)
I was thinking about the tv programme I saw the other day and then wrote about. I had forgotten abour Sonny Burgess and so was very pleased to be reminded (apart from the very late mid week night). The programme was also noteable for a couple of other reasons. Billy Lee Riley was also on […]
Posted in About and things, Uncategorized
Tagged as: classic rock music, love rock music, sam phillips, sun records
On This day – Brian Jones
1969, is it really 40 years ago? Brian jones was found dead in his swimming pool. He was the original guitatist with the Stolling Bones, arguably their best period – when they still played blues based rock. Jones’ influences were jazz and blues with him citing Elmore james, Robert Johnson (see my article Records that […]
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Tagged as: brian jones, classic rock, love rock music, On This Day, real rock
On This Day – 2nd July
Ralph Nader (serial presidential candidate, consumer champion, pain in the arse of car makers, general all round good guy in other words) warned us in 1969 that loud rock music would make us all go deaf. I SAID THAT LOUD ROCK MUSIC WOULD MAKE US ALL GO DEAF….. I so want this to be true, […]
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Tagged as: blues music, classic rock music, jimi hendrix, On This Day, real rock and blues
The Legacy of Sun Records (part 1)
Last night I got home from work late, as is normal, wanting nothing more than a meal and something mindless to watch on TV I began chanel hopping. There I cam across a programme called The Legacy of Sun Records. (Yesterday I noted the sale of Sun records by Sam Phillips,see here) It was quite […]
Posted in About and things
Tagged as: classic rock, love rock music, sam phillips, sun records
On This Day – 1st July
I have a friend who does a mean ‘White Rabbit’ karaoke. Most people seem not to know what song she is singing when the music start but they all stop drinking to listen. Jo owes all that to this day in 1967 when Jefferson Airplane’s White Rabbit entered the Billboard chart. Mind you, the best […]
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Tagged as: On This Day, sun records, white rabbit
On This Day – 1st July 1956 was a good day!
On this day in 1956 Elvis sang on the Steve Allen show, for $5,000 – which was a lot for Elvis at the time. He sang Hound Dog which he recorded the next day. Naturally, his appearance was criticized by the critics and adults. Let’s face it, our parents never got rock ‘n’ roll – […]
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Tagged as: brenda lee, classic rock, elvis presley, On This Day