It was today in 1964 that The Rolling Stones were greeted at JFK Airport in New York by 500+ fans. They gave a short press conference, answered questions about their hair being longer than The Beatles, then were whisked off to appear on the “Murray the K” radio show. The first show of tehir first American tour was 4 days later in San Bernadino, California.
Speaking of Beatles, they were at Abbey Road today in 1966 for all of 12 hours, doing overdubs on Yellow Submarine. Highlights included John blowing bubbles into a bucket of water and shouting “Full Speed Ahead Mister Captain!” and roadie Mal Evans strapping on a marching bass drum while the band and anyone else they could find marched behind around the room singins “We All Live In A Yellow Submarine”. Since that song, almost all non-Navy submarines have been painted yellow.
It was today in 1969, toward the end of John and Yoko’s “Bed-In For Peace” at the Hotel La Reine Elizabeth II in Montreal, that they were joined by the Plastic Ono Band to record “Give Peace A Chance”. Future Yes member and occasional Seattle resident Alan White was on drums, Alan Ginsberg, Dick Gregory, Timothy Leary, Tommy Smothers, Murray the K, and Phil Spector all sang in the background.
It was today in 1981 that the heavy metal magazine Kerrang was first published, an insert to the weekly British music weekly Sounds. AC/DC graced the cover, and there were articles on Motorhead, Girlschool, and Saxon. West Seattle’s Feedback Lounge proprieter, former KZOK employee, leader of Almost Live’s “Lame List”, and freak flag flyin’ metal dude about town Jeff Gilbert is an occasional contributor.
Rock and Roll Birthdays
Pat Boone is 78. He became a star in the 50′s, remaking incredibly white versions of the R&B records that African-American and British kids were listening to. In 1997 he poked fun at his own squeaky clean cut image by releasing an album of classic rock covers called In A Metal Mood: No More Mister Nice Guy. His cover of Ozzy’s Crazy Train from that album would later be used as the theme song to The Osbournes.
Jim McCarty is 67, Detroit guitarist with Mitch Ryder’s Detroit Wheels, Bob Seger, Cactus, and more.
Ronnie Wood is 65, previously of the Creation, Faces, and Jeff Beck Group, it was his riff for “Stay With Me” that caught the ear of Keith Richards and got him the lucrative job Mick Taylor quit in the Rolling Stones. Woodie is an accomplished painter who mostly paints pictures of The Faces and Rolling Stones playing live.
Be safe, and have a great weekend! -Crowski.
