Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Rock Mobster Archives: 2013 July 08-14

Sunday, July 14, 2013

  1. Rolling Stones Hype Park July 13 Set List (RS Facebook) 
  2. Scott Devours: From Here To The Who - Part 3 (Long Beach Post)
  3. Yidstock 2013: The Festival of New Yiddish Music. July 18 - 21, 2013 at the Yiddish Book Center (Yiddish Book Center)

 

Anniversary:

  • 1956 - Fats Domino hit #1 on the R&B chart and #3 on the pop chart with his song "I'm In Love Again." 
  • 1967 - The Who began their first full-scale U.S. tour as the opening act for Herman's Hermits. 
  • 1969 - Bob Dylan made a surprise appearance with The Band at the Mississippi River Rock Festival. He performed three songs. 
  • 1973 - The Everly Brothers announced their break up during a show at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, CA. 

 

Birthdays:

  • 1912 – Woody Guthrie
  • 1918 – Ingmar Bergman
  • 1926 – Harry Dean Stanton
  • 1938 – Jerry Rubin
  • 1941 - Spencer Davis
  • 1942 - Stephen Bladd (J. Geils Band)
  • 1945 – Jim Gordon
  • 1946 – Vincent Pastore
  • 1949 – Tommy Mottola
  • 1952 – Bob Casale (Devo)
  • 1960 – Angélique Kidjo
  • 1975 - Taboo (Jaime Luis Gomez) (Black Eyed Peas)

 

Saturday, July 13, 2013

  1. Why Don’t We Do It in the Road? A Short Film About the Famous Crosswalk on Abbey Road (Laughing Squid)
  2. Want Quality Vinyl? Head To Urban Outfitters(Soundcheck WNYC)
  3. Q&A: Michael Nesmith on His Recommitment to the Monkees (Rolling Stone)
  4. British album cover artist sues in NY over Avatar (Roger Dean) (WSJ)
  5. Bassist Will Lee's New CD - First Since 1993 - August 13 Release  (Grateful Web) 
  6. Bob Dylan pays tribute to Bobby Vee at St. Paul gig  (Examiner)
  7. Another AmericanaramA venue changed, plus Bob Dylan changes one song for Peoria (Examiner)

Anniversary:

  • 1985 - Live-Aid concerts took place in Philadelphia, PA, and London, England. 
  • 1959 - The Shirelles' "Dedicated To The One I Love" was released. 
  • 1968 - Steppenwolf's "Born To Be Wild" was released. 
  • 1964 - The Supremes made the studio recording of "Come See About Me." 
  • 1974 - Eric Clapton's "I Shot The Sheriff" was released. 

 

Birthdays:

  • 1928 – Bob Crane
  • 1942 – Roger McGuinn
  • 1946 – Cheech Marin
  • 1957 – Cameron Crowe
  • 1966 – Gerald Levert

 

Friday, July 12, 2013

  1. Allen Toussaint: The National Medal of Arts (Music Inside Out)
  2. Paul McCartney Donates Signed Boxset To Julian Lennon Charity (Beatles Radio)
  3. Set List July 12, 1962 (Rolling Stones)
  4. The Ten Executives Most Responsible For The Fall Of The Music Industry! (The Sh*t) 
  5. Nirvana announce 20th anniversary reissue of In Utereo with bizarre 30 second video (Noise11)
  6. Cheap Trick Sue Festival For $1 Million (VVN MUsic)
  7. Beastie Boys Mike D returns with first new music since death of Adam Yauch - listen(Uncut)
  8. Tift Merritt to release TRAVELING ALONE deluxe edition Sept. 17, listen to new track premiere and pre-order now (Yep Roc)
  9. Brian May And Kerry Ellis To Release Acoustic By Candlelight (VVN Music)

 

Anniversaries:

  • 1954 - Elvis Presley signed his first recording contract and quit his job as a truck driver. The contract was with Sun Records. 
  • 1959 - Alan Freed began a 13 week Rock & Roll show on ABC-TV. 
  • 1960 - The first Etch-A-Sketch went on sale. 
  • 1962 – The Rolling Stones perform their first ever concert, at the Marquee Club in London, England, United Kingdom.

 

Birthdays:

  • 1817 – Henry David Thoreau
  • 1895 - Oscar Hammerstein II 
  • 1908 – Milton Berle
  • 1909 - 'Curly' Joe DeRita 
  • 1943 - Van Cliburn
  • 1943 – Christine McVie
  • 1945 - Butch Hancock
  • 1948 - Walter Egan
  • 1949 - John Wetton
  • 1966 - Tanya Donnelly

 

Thursday, July 11, 2013

 

  1. Randy Travis In Congestive Heart Failure, Doctors Say (HuffPo)
  2. Toshi Seeger Passes (Sing Out)
  3. First Pictures: Nilsson / The RCA Albums collection box set (Super Deluxe Edition)
  4. Don't Lie To Me: An Oral History of Big Star (CoS)
  5. Yoko Ono asks people to send photos of their smiles for new exhibition for Manchester Festival (Art Daily)
  6. Ted Nugent says he's seriously considering run for president (Detroit News)
  7. Dylan’s Duluth encore, plus Wilco, Thompson, and Low cover ‘Edmund Fitzgerald' (Examiner)

 

Anniversaries:

  • 1914 - Babe Ruth debuted in the major leagues with the Boston Red Sox. 
  • 1922 – The Hollywood Bowl opens.
  • 1960 – To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is first published.
  • 1962 – First transatlantic satellite television transmission.
  • 1967 - Kenny Rogers formed The First Edition. Rogers had left the New Christy Minstrels.
  • 1972 – The first game of the World Chess Championship 1972 between challenger Bobby Fischer and defending champion Boris Spassky starts.
  • 1995 - Mike Mills (R.E.M.) underwent emergency intestinal surgery in Germany. Seven shows of R.E.M.'s European tour had to be canceled.  

 

Birthdays: 

  • 1834 – James Abbott McNeill Whistler
  • 1929 – Danny Flores (The Champs) 
  • 1947 - Jeff Hanna (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) 
  • 1950 – Bonnie Pointer
  • 1957 – Peter Murphy
  • 1957 - Michael Rose (Black Uhuru)
  • 1959 – Suzanne Vega
  • 1960 – David Baerwald 
  • 1973 – Andrew Bird
  • 1978 – Kathleen Edwards

 

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

  1. Bob Dylan’s $22 Million Dollar Publishing Deal: Protest Songs Pay(Showbiz411)
  2. ROLLING STONES PLANNING MORE SHOWS IN EUROPE AND SOUTH AMERICA (Rolling Times)
  3. Los Rolling Stones se presentarían en Colombia en el 2014 (Entretenimiento Terra)
  4. Rolling Stones' 'Gimme Shelter' Sampled On New Song (RTT)
  5. The Beach Boys want Brian Wilson back (Contact Music)
  6. Boyhood Town of Johnny Cash Pegs Revival On Tourism(WSJ)
  7. The Clash are taking over (Blank You Very Much)
  8. Singer Lauryn Hill Arrives At Danbury Prison For Failing To Pay Taxes (Westport Daily Voice)
  9. Famed NY Tennis Bowl Plans Revival As Music Venue (Forest Hills) (NPR/AP)
  10. Concert Review: Richard Thompson Took the Kent Stage by Storm Last Night (Cleveland Scene Weekly)
  11. Richard Thompson - Kent 7/7/13 08 - Positively 4th Street + Easy There Steady Now (Soundcloud)
  12. Randy Travis Hospitalized for Heart Problem, Is in Critical Condition(US Weekly)
  13. Help!: The making of the Beatles' 1965 film - video (Guardian UK)
  14. John Lennon Was Haunted By Yesterday, Says Confidante (Mojo)
  15. Dead.net  is Unveiling Dave's Picks Volume 7- (Grateful Web)
  16. Hot Tuna Summer Tour is Sizziling Hot – It’s Electric!! (Hot Tuna) NJ show with Leon Russell.
  17. Jefferson Airplane duo still singing the blues (Jorma Kaukonen interview (Wicked Local)  

Anniversaries: 

  • 1956 - Dick Clark made his debut as host of "Bandstand" on a Philadelphia TV station. The name of the show was changed to "American Bandstand" when it went to ABC-TV. 
  • 1958 - Johnny Cash signed with Columbia Records. 
  • 1962 – Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans exhibition opens at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles.
  • 1972 - Paul McCartney appeared on stage for the first time since 1966 as his group, Wings, opened at Chateauvillon in the south of France.
  • 1977 - Elvis Costello quit his day job as a computer operator at a cosmetic factory. 
  • 1991 - U.S. President George Bush presented a National Medal of Art to Roy Acuff.
  • 1995 - The Grateful Dead gave their last concert with Jerry Garcia at Chicago's Soldier Field. Garcia died the next month of a heart attack.
  • 1999 - Mary Chapin Carpenter canceled a concert at Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts in Springfield, MO, at the last minute. She had to fly home to tend to a very sick Golden Retriever.

 

Birthdays:

  • 1879 – Ottorino Respighi
  • 1927 – Ed Ames
  • 1945 – Root Boy Slim
  • 1946 – Bon Scott
  • 1947 – Mitch Mitchell
  • 1957 – Marc Almond
  • 1959 – Jim Kerr
  • 1964 – Courtney Love
  • 1975 – Jack White

 

Monday, July 8, 2013

  1. HYDE PARK, LONDON SETLIST: 6TH JULY 2013 (Rolling Stones)
  2. The Rolling Stones return to London's Hyde Park (Uncut)
  3. Rolling Stones End North American Tour on High Note: $21.3 Million Over Five Shows (Billboard)

Anniversaries: 

1958 - The first gold record album was presented by the Recording Industry

Association of America (RIAA). The award went to the soundtrack "Oklahoma!"

1969 - The U.S. Patent Office issued a patent for the game "Twister."

1970 - "The Everly Brothers Show" was launched on ABC-TV as a summer series. 

 

Birthdays:

1908 – Louis Jordan

1914 – Billy Eckstine

1932 – Jerry Vale

1933 – Peter Orlovsky

1934 - Marty Feldman

1935 – Steve Lawrence

1944 – Jai Johanny Johanson

1944 – Jeffrey Tambor

1958 – Kevin Bacon

1962 – Joan Osborne 

1970 - Beck 

 

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