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“There’s only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers”
Posted in About and things
Tagged as: captain beefheart, rock and blues
On this day – Sex Pistols’ God Save the Queen released in the UK
1977, The Sex Pistols released a song to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (God bless her, guv – Some Americans seem to think we all talk like Dick Van Dyke, for some reason). Apparently, the establishment did not get the reference within the song. “God save the queen, She ain’t […]
Posted in On This Day
Tagged as: classic rock music, On This Day, punk, rock and blues, sex pistols
ON This Day – Brittain Needs A Fascist Dictator! David Bowie
On this day in 1976 Bowie gave an interview in which he said that Britain would benefit from having a dictator and that he would be good at it. He also said that Hitler was the first rock star and that Hitler drew more fans than Jagger. Then there were the stories about his Nazi […]
Posted in On This Day
Tagged as: beatles, bowie, bowie's nazi salute, classic rock music, david bowie, On This Day, rock and blues, thin white duke
On This Day – Ladies and Gentlemen, I Give You The Nerk Twins!
On this day in 1960 The Nerk Twins played a couple of gigs at the Fox and Hounds in Caversham. As these were the only bookings fulfilled by the Nerk Twins that in itself would merit an ‘On This Day’ mention, the more so that the location was the world famous Fox and Hounds. However, […]
Posted in On This Day
Tagged as: beatles, classic rock music, john lennon, love rock music, On This Day, paul mccartney, rock and blues, the beatles, the nerk twins
On This Day – One Hit, No Wonder Laurie!
On this day in 1958 Laurie London hit the number one spot in the USA with “He’s Got The Whole World n His Hands”. It was the one and only time he troubled the top 100 in the states, or any else, much – although he might have been quite big in Germany…. Laurie was […]
Posted in On This Day
Tagged as: jackie dennis, la dee dah, laurie london, one hit wonders, rock and blues
On This Day – Ashes to Ashes Jerry Garcia
On this day in 1996 some of Jerry Garcia’s ashes were scattered into the bay by the Golden Gate Bridges, San Francisco. The rest had been scattered into the Ganges river at Rishikesh on 4th April (Rishikesh being a holy place for hindus at the foot of the Himalayas and where the Ganges leaves the […]
Posted in On This Day
Tagged as: bob dylan, Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, rock and blues, sleep apnea
On This Day – The Stones, Decadent and Awful!
On this day in 1976 the Rolling Stones played 2 concerts in the Palace of Culture and Science building in Warsaw, Poland as part of their European tour. It was the first time the Stones had played behind the Iron Curtain. It was also the last tour that included Brian Jones. The tickets were handed out […]
Posted in On This Day
Tagged as: brian jones, classic rock music, love rock music, mick jagger, rock and blues, rolling stones, stones and poland
On This Day – Nat King Cole Attacked
On this day in 1956 Nat King Cole was attacked while on stage in Birmingham Alabama. He was attacked by a group of white segregationists (otherwise known as scum “Stupid Caucasian Uneducated Morons”). They were upset that a couple of years before there had been a landmark ruling (Brown Vs Board of Education). That case […]
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Tagged as: nat king cole, rock and blues
On This Day – Sonny Boy Arrives, For The First Time
On this day in 1914 Sonny Boy Williamson was born. Sonny Boy was a hugely influential blues harmonica player. Arguably all the present blues harmonica players have been influenced to a greater or lesser extent. None more so than Sonny Boy Williamson. In fact Sonny Boy Williamson was so influential that Sonny Boy Williamson copied […]
Posted in arrivals, Blues, On This Day
Tagged as: aleck ford, aleck miller, Blues, blues music, born on this day, Doctor Ross, John Lee Hooker, Johnny Winter, lightnin' hopkins, Mississippi Fred McDowell, muddy waters, On This Day, rice miller, rock and blues, rolling stones, slim harpo, sonny boy williamson, Ten Years After, The Grateful Dead, yardbirds
On This Day – Lou Bitten
On this day in 1973 Lou Reed was playing in Buffalo, New York. A fan scrambled up on stage shouted “Leather!” and bit Lou on the Bum. OK, so it is not the most important ‘On This Day’ that I will ever write but I did miss Lou’s birthday (2nd March) and so will have […]
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Tagged as: berlin, classic rock music, lou reed, On This Day, rock and blues, the tots, transformer