PLAYLIST FOR THE LAUNDROMAT – 25th August

Take Your Pick – Greg Olsen – Take Your Pick
My Daddy Rocks Me With A Steady Roll - The Conway Brothers Novelty Band - 2JJJ Recording
Spirit - The Doobie Brothers - What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits

The Odd Sock –
It’s In The Book - John Standley

Drive My Car - David Crosby - CSN Boxed Set
Tell All The People - The Doors - Soft Parade
Save Me - The Divinyls - Underworld

Stuff You Left In Your Pockets –
Jim – Billie Holiday
Mean Red Spider – Muddy Waters
Nuages - Django Reinhardt
‘Round Midnight – Thelonius Monk Quintet

The Times, They Are A-Changin’ - Bob Dylan - The Times, They Are A-Changin’
Leave Love Enough Alone - Doug Ashdown - Leave Love Enough Alone
Homeward Bound - Simon & Garfunkel - The Definitive Set

Dance With The Guitar Man - Duane Eddy - Greatest Hits
Cindy Incidentally - The Faces - They’re Good Boys (When They’re Asleep)

3-Piece Suit –
Live Wire
Problem Child
Sin City
Gone Shootin’
High Voltage
The Jack
Whole Lotta Rosie - AC/DC - Going Dutch (Live in Nijmegen 1978)


Quote – “In order to send a more positive message, instead of smashing their guitars at the end of a concert, maybe rock stars could reconstruct guitars out of broken parts and play a song on them” - John Alejandro King, Who Killed The Covert Comic?


ON THIS DAY – 25th August

Intros & Outtros (Births & Deaths)

1918
· Leonard Bernstein, composer, pianist and conductor

1933
· Wayne Shorter, sax player with Miles Davis and Art Blakey before forming Weather Report

1942
· Walter Williams, singer with The O’Jays

1949
· Gene Simmons fire-breathing bassist & vocalist for Chaim Witz and Kiss

1950
· Willy DeVille, vocalist for Mink DeVille

1951
· James Warren, vocalist & bassist for The Korgis
· Rob Halford, vocalist for Judas Priest

1954
· Martin Jourard, keyboard player and vocalist for The Motels

1955
· Elvis Costello (Declan Patrick McManus), singer / songwriter

1958
· Damian McKee of The Rosetta Stone

1961
· Billy Ray Cyrus, singer

1962
· Vivian Campbell, guitarist with Dio, Whitesnake and Def Leppard

1965
· Nigel Durham from Saxon

1979
· Stan Kenton, jazz leader, arranger and composer died on this day

1989
· A girl, Amber Rose, was born to Simon LeBon’s wife Yasmin
· John Mellencamp’s daughter, Michelle, gave birth to a girl, Alexis Suzanne Peach

2000
· Aaliyah, singer / actress, died in a plane crash on this day, aged 22


EVENTS IN THE WORLD OF ROCK –

1957
· Paul Anka was at no. 1 in the UK with Diana, his only UK no. 1 as a solo artist

1958
· The Everly Brothers had no. 1 with Bird Dog

1960
· The Shadows had a UK no. 1 with Apache

1962
· Little Eva was no.1 in the US with The Locomotion
· The Four Seasons released Sherry

1963
· Paul McCartney was fined £31 and given a 1 year suspended license for speeding

1967
· Brian Wilson, songwriter and genius behind The Beach Boys, made his first on-stage appearance with the band in 2 years

1969
· Maharishi Mahesh Yogi bought a custom-built Bentley, with push-button controls for seat elevation, and stereo sound-system. It cost his followers $26,500

1970
· Elton John made his US live debut when he kicked off a 17-date tour at The Troubador, Los Angeles
· Emerson, Lake & Palmer make their world debut at Plymouth Guild Hall in Plymouth, England

1973
· Donny Osmond was no. 1 on the UK charts with Young Love
· Butch Trucks, drummer for The Allman Brothers, broke his leg when his Mercedes hit another vehicle
· Henry McCulloch, guitarist, quit Wings
· The Allman Brothers Band released Ramblin’ Man, and the album, Brothers and Sisters entered the charts
· Brother Louie had no. 1 in the US with Stories
· played what they claimed was the last UK date. Bassist Tetsu Yamaychi was denied a work permit by the Musicians Union, which had Rod Stewart calling the decision ”a disgrace”. The group stayed together and Rod claimed he’d devote all his time to the group since his next solo LP would be his last
· Stevie Wonder’s album, Innervisions, entered the charts

1975
· Elton John played 2 sets on the first of 3 nights at Los Angeles’ Troubador to raise money for UCLA’s Jules Stein Eye Institute. $150,000 was raised on this 5th anniversary of his playing the same venue

1976
· Boston released their eponymous debut album. It became the biggest selling-debut album to date

1977
· Kiss played 3 sold-out concerts at the Los Angeles Forum. Recordings made that night were packaged as Kiss Alive II

1978
· Jackson Browne’s album, Running On Empty, turned platinum

1979
· 25 years after his first UK no. 1 single, Cliff Richard had his 10th with We Don’t Talk Anymore
· The Knack were no. 1 in the US with My Sharona
· Gary Numan released Cars

1981
· John Lennon’s murderer, Mark David Chapman, was sentenced to 20 years in prison

1982
· Fleetwood Mac received platinum for Mirage

1984
· Michael Jackson’s Thriller went to air on UK TV for the first time
· Glenn Frey’s Allnighter entered the charts

1986
· Paul Simon released Graceland

1993
· Snoop Doggy Dogg was released on $1 million bail after being accused of being involved with the murder of a member of the By Yerself Gang during a shootout in Los Angeles. He was acquitted of the charges in 1996

1994
· Jimmy Page and Robert Plant recorded their MTV unplugged set at London’s television centre. They called it Unledded
· Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley were divorced
· Jimmy Buffett’s plane tipped over taking off from Nantucket, Massachusetts. He swam to safety

1997
· A deranged man, who had escaped from a Helsinki, Finland mental institution, had planned to set fire to the stage that Michael Jackson was performing from. He man was arrested before he could light the fluid he had put on the stage

2000
· Appearing at this year’s Carling Weekend: Reading and Leeds Festival were Oasis, Primal Scream, Foo Fighters, The Bluetones, Muse, Eminem, Beck, Stereophonics, Blink 182, Slipknot, Placebo, Pulp, Rage Against The Machine, Gomez, Limp Bizkit, Embrace and The Wannadies