One of the most important music festivals and music events in popular history and the event that helped coin the phrase “THE SUMMER OF LOVE” it also concluded with the first major appearance of JIMI HENDRIX, The WHO and Indian sitar musician Ravi Shankar psychedelic band MOBY GRAPE………also appearing at the festival were The Association, Lou Rawls, ERIC BURDON and the Animals, plus SIMON and GARFUNKEL and the first big appearnce of JANIS JOPLIN and bought the introduction to white audiences the soul of OTIS REDDING.
the Derby based rock band The Struts rock out a little stones number and they probably fulfill a dream by supporting the ROLLING STONES in Paris tonight, they are a great live band just like the Stones
New Jersey rock band BON JOVI are celebrating their 30th anniversary this summer and will be issuing a special edition of the 4th album release “NEW JERSEY” released in 1988 and the follow up to the commericial breakthrough album “SLIPPERY WHEN WET” which spawned huge hits “Living On A Prayer” and “You Give Love A Bad Name” plus the song that made them a stadium band “Wanted Dead Or Alive”. With songwriters Desmond Child, Dianne Warren and Holly knight.
“New Jersey” was originally a working title “Sons and Beaches” and was to be a double album but the record company were worried by the higher price point, the album eventually spawned five top ten singles “Bad Medicine”, Born to Be My Baby, I’ll Be there For You, Lay your Hands On Me, and “Living in Sin” the album will be re-mastered with 13 unreleased demos and outakes from the “Sons Of Beaches” sessions an expanded book plus a DVD of the tour film from the 1990’s “Access All Areas” and seven promo videos including a live version of “Blood On Blood” the package will be released on July 1st.
SOME GIRLS was the first full album with Guitarist Ronnie Wood his slide guitar style particulary was a feature of the sound plus meshed with the similar riffing of Keith Richards.Mick Jagger added a third guitar sound for the track “Respectable” This was the Rolling Stones 14th album released around the peak of Punk and Disco era with inspiration for Jagger from the disco and club scenes in New York, It helped that most of the punks idolised the Stones. The album recorded in Paris and with Keith still under the possibilty of going to Jail.
One of the Hits “Miss You” certainly had that disco appeal Prince reported that he wished he had written that song, included on the album were some of the Stones best songs, with some still played on tour today. There is the country style of “Beast Of Burden” then the cover of the Temptations “Just my Imagination” The Sexist lyrics of title track caused some fury “Some Girls”with its risque lyrics that mocked the stereotypes of women with virtuoso Harmonica from Sugar Blue, there is the Glam/Punk of “Shattered” Ian McClagan Woods bandmate from the Faces added organ and piano. The cover had a lingerie, cartoon type sleeve with various female celebrities some of who threatened legal action pictured on the die cut sleeve which came in various colours.
shot at the Olympic Park in London June 30th 2013, Essential to Springsteen is the difficult unresolved relationship between Bruce and his Father in a great father/son moment a dad is driving his son around the decaying town the father thinks about getting away and out of that town, but the cycle repeats, he has become the father and will soon be singing the same lyrics to his own son
London based band COURTLY LOVE psychedelic haze and bluesy tones, with a 60’s influence and tremolo guitars to create their sound, is the name a twist on kurt Cobain’s other half or a medieval litetary reference for the noble and chivalry court members.
released on the 25th May 1968 this was the Stones going back to the blues roots, after their more Psychdelica period of the albums “Between the Buttons” and “Their Satanic Majesties Request” written by Jagger/Richards originally titled “Supernatural Delta Blues by way of Swinging London”
The Fat Angel Sings 