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On This Day – Zeppelin’s Debut, Probably.
On this day in 1968 led Zeppelin played their first gig, probably. There is some confusion due to the short time that the band called themselves ‘The New Yardbirds’. Also, some internet sources quote the 15th October 1968 as being the first Zepp gig, but that appears to be an error. Jimmy himself presented a […]
Posted in On This Day, rock and blues
Tagged as: jimmy page, led zepp, led zepplin, love rock music, On This Day, rock and blues, surrey university, zepplin
On This Day – The High Numbers Turned Down By EMI!
On this day in 1964 The High Numbers auditioned for EMI the UK record company, and were turned down. One of the reasons they were turned down was that the record company wanted them to write more of their own material. Like many of the beat groups of the time the various members had been […]
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Tagged as: my generation, On This Day, patti smith, rock and blues, the high numbers, the who
Michael Jackson, That ‘New’ song, A New ‘Duet’ With Janet, and His Kids…
The soap opera goes on. Janet is to release an unheard duet with Michael on her forthcoming ‘Greatest Hits’ album. Little is known of the song other than it is called ‘Make me’ and was recorded in 2008. Call me cynical but how can an unreleased song be part of a greatest hits album? I […]
Posted in rock and blues
Tagged as: katherin jackson, michael Jackson, paris jackson, prince jackson, prince michael II jackson, rock and blues
On This Day – What a Week For Elvis!
On this day in 1956 Elvis was involved in a fist fight. He had stopped at a petrol station in Memphis to get some petrol and was mobbed by teenagers. The petrol station manager wanted him to go away so that he could start selling petrol again. Tempers became frayed and the owner, Ed Hopper, […]
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Tagged as: classic rock music, elvis fighting, elvis presley, love rock music, On This Day, rock and blues
Derek Acorah’s Michael Jackson Seance
I honestly do not know what to say about this story. Derek Acorah, a TV medium (he says that he contacts the spirits of the the departed) is to hold a seance and contact Michael Jackson’s spirit. My position on spiritualism is quite simple. I believe that when you are gone you are gone. No […]
Posted in Rants
Tagged as: derek acorah, derren brown, michael Jackson, rock and blues
On This day – Great Balls Of Fire
On this day in 1957 Jerry lee lewis recorded “Great Balls of Fire” his follow up to “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going’ On”. As you might have guessed if you have read previous posts I am a great fan of Sam Phillips and Sun Records. Not so much for the individual tracks as such more the […]
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Tagged as: classic rock music, jerry lee lewis, On This Day, rock and blues, sam phillips, sun records
Someone, Please Stop Kelly Rowland!
There are wonderful songs, there are good songs, there are OK songs, there are bad songs, there are dreadful songs. And then there is ‘When Love Takes Over’ Dreadful song, dreadful voice, and amazingly annoying. When I looked up the lyrics (below) I was really surprised to find that there were any, other than the […]
Posted in Rants
Tagged as: kelly rowland, real rock and blues, rock and blues, when love takes over, worst song in the world
The Mercury Prize 2009
Well, once again the wrong artist won the Mercury prize. Not that I have anything against Speech Debelle it is just that Led Bib are wonderful. Here’s the list of Nominations. What do you think? The Nominees were; SPEECH DEBELLE – SPEECH THERAPY BAT FOR LASHES – TWO SUNS FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE – LUNGS […]
Beatlemania to Sweep The World! (again)
There is going to be a worldwide growth in fabness. Mop tops will be back in fashion and lovable Liverpudlian accents everywhere. At least according to the media including a simpering Sunday Times this week, the reason? The Beatles’ albums have been remastered and reissued together with a magnificent box set. The box set contains […]
Posted in About and things, rock and blues
Tagged as: beatlemania, beatles, beatles remasters, george harrison, john lennon, love rock music, paul mccartney, ring, rock and blues, rongo starr
Michael Jackson Worth More Dead Than Alive? (part 2)
When I was doing my research for this post (I know, you are shocked that I do research) I was looking for information about the rights to MJ image. What I found were a couple of interesting news items, I use the term ‘news’ loosely. The first was a tree stump in Sacramento that suddenly […]
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Tagged as: classic rock music, michael Jackson, real rock and blues, rock and blues