Today in Rock and Roll History

2019 - Daryl Dragon
American musician and songwriter Daryl Dragon died from kidney failure aged 76. He was known as ‘Captain’ from the musical duo Captain & Tennille with his then-wife, Toni Tennille. They scored numerous hits on the US singles charts, the most enduring of which included ‘Love Will Keep Us Together’, ‘Do That to Me One More Time’, and ‘Muskrat Love’. They hosted their own television variety series on ABC in 1976–77. Dragon also worked on The Beach Boys' 1972 release Carl and the Passions – ‘So Tough’.

1973 - Carly Simon
Carly Simon's 'You're So Vain', (with Mick Jagger on backing vocals), started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart. In 2015, after keeping quiet for more than 40 years, Carly Simon admitted that 'You're So Vain' was about Warren Beatty, but only one verse of it. Simon said the other verses were about two other men.

1975 - Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd started sessions start at Abbey Road Studios London for their next album Wish You Were Here. Their ninth studio album was released on 12 September 1975 and features 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond' a tribute to Syd Barrett whose mental breakdown had forced him to leave the group seven years earlier.

2014 - Vinyl Sales
It was reported that vinyl record sales had increased 32% in 2013, while CD sales declined 14.5% in the last last year, vinyl sales grew 32% from 4.5 million units sold in 2012 to 6 million sold in 2013, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

2016 - David Bowie
David Bowie released his twenty-fifth and final studio album Blackstar, coinciding with his 69th birthday and two days before his death. It became his first and only album to reach No.1 on the Billboard 200 album chart in the US. At the 59th Annual Grammy Awards, the album won awards for Best Alternative Music Album; Best Engineered Album; Best Recording Package, and the title single won Best Rock Performance, and Best Rock Song. The album was also awarded the British Album of the Year award at the 2017 Brit Awards.

1963 - Charlie Watts
Drummer Charlie Watts joined The Rolling Stones after leaving Blues Incorporated and his job working as a graphic designer.

2014 - The 10 Greatest Double Albums of All Time
Rolling Stone magazine published their Readers Poll: The 10 Greatest Double Albums of All Time. The top 5 were: 5. Led Zeppelin - Bruce Springsteen - The River, 3. The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street, 2. Pink Floyd - The Wall, and winning the poll was The Beatles - The White Album.

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2014 - The 10 Greatest Double Albums of All Time
Rolling Stone magazine published their Readers Poll: The 10 Greatest Double Albums of All Time. The top 5 were: 5. Led Zeppelin - Bruce Springsteen - The River, 3. The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street, 2. Pink Floyd - The Wall, and winning the poll was The Beatles - The White Album.

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Off the top of my head:
1. David Bromberg Band - How Late'll Ya Play Til?
4. Blue Oyster Cult - Extra Terrestrial Live
6. Allman Bros Band at Fillmore East
3. Golden Earring - The Naked Truth
8. David Bromberg Band - My Own House / You Should See the Rest of the Band
5. Chicago Transit Authority
2. CSN&Y - Four Way Street
7. Flying Burrito Brothers - Close Up the Honky Tonks
9. The Byrds - Untitled
10. The Savoy Brown Collection
11. Poco - The Forgotten Trail
12. Ennio Morricone - The Greatest Filmmelodies Of...

Triple LP
Godley and CReme - Consequences

1964 - The Kingsmen
'Louie Louie' by The Kingsmen was the No.1 song on the US Cash Box music chart. For a while, the record was banned by a handful of US radio stations because of its indecipherable lyrics, which were rumored to contain some naughty words. Even the F.B.I. investigated the song, but finally concluded that they could find nothing wrong.

1992 - Nirvana
Nirvana appeared on NBC-TV's Saturday Night Live performing two songs, 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' and 'Territorial Pissings'. Also on this day the group's Nevermind went to No.1 on the US album chart.

On Jan. 11, 1971, Janis Joplin's second solo studio album "Pearl" was released posthumously on Columbia Records. It was the final album with her direct participation, and the only Joplin album recorded with the Full Tilt Boogie Band, her final touring unit. It peaked at #1 on the Billboard 200, holding that spot for nine weeks. It has been certified quadruple platinum by the RIAA.
The album has a more polished feel than the albums she recorded with Big Brother and the Holding Company and the Kozmic Blues Band due to the expertise of producer Paul A. Rothchild and her new backing musicians. Rothchild was best known as the recording studio producer of The Doors, and worked well with Joplin, calling her a producer's dream. Together they were able to craft an album that showcased her extraordinary vocal talents. They used Sunset Sound Recorders in Los Angeles.
The Full Tilt Boogie Band were the musicians who accompanied her on the Festival Express, a concert tour by train of Canada, in the summer of 1970. Many of the songs on this album were recorded on the concert stage in Canada two months before Joplin and the band started their Los Angeles recording sessions. The band also appeared twice on The Dick Cavett Show. They also played many American cities, both before and after Festival Express, although no recordings of those concerts have been officially released.
All nine tracks that she sings on were personally approved and arranged by Joplin. Pearl features the number one hit "Me and Bobby McGee", on which she played acoustic guitar, written by Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster; "Trust Me", by Bobby Womack, written for Joplin; Howard Tate's "Get It While You Can", showcasing her vocal range; and the original songs "Move Over" and "Mercedes Benz", the latter co-written by Joplin, Bobby Neuwirth and Michael McClure.
Joplin sang on all tracks except "Buried Alive in the Blues", which remained a Full Tilt Boogie instrumental because she died before adding vocals, but she approved the instrumental track. The recording sessions, starting in early September, ended with Joplin's untimely death on October 4, 1970. Her final session, which took place on Thursday, October 1 after a break of several days, yielded her a cappella "Mercedes Benz."
This is one of our favorite LP's ever. Do you ever listen to this record?
Happy 49th Birthday to Janis Joplin's "Pearl" LP!!!!!

Glenn Frey had a hit in 1984 with the song "Smuggler's Blues". But…. Jimmy Buffett lived it, and wrote a song about it, "Jamaica Mistaica".
On Jan 16, 1996: Jimmy's seaplane, 'Hemisphere Dancer' was shot at by Jamaican authorities after being mistaken for a drug smuggler's plane. Buffett was on board along with and U2's Bono.
No one was hurt. But we'd bet there were a few that were really pissed off.

Blue Oyster Cult released their first album 48 years ago today. The album featured songs such as "Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll", "Stairway to the Stars", and "Then Came the Last Days of May", all of which the band still plays regularly during its concerts. Despite positive reviews, the album failed to chart for some time before finally cracking the Billboard 200 on May 20, 1972, peaking at No. 172.
The album received a positive reaction from critics. Lester Bangs gave the album a generally positive review in Rolling Stone stating, "with the Blue Öyster Cult, New York has produced its first authentic boogie beast, and with any luck this one should be around for awhile" telling readers that "I don't think you should miss this album." Circus wrote that "it could well be the album of the Seventies", while Robert Christgau in The Village Voice called it "the tightest and most musical hard rock record since - dare I say it – Who's Next".
Do you have a favorite song from the LP?
Happy Birthday to Blue Oyster Cult's first born!!!!

On Jan. 16, 1964, the legendary Whisky A-Go-Go opened on Los Angeles' famed Sunset strip. Johnny Rivers was the leader of the house band when it opened.
The Whisky played an important role in many musical careers, especially for bands based in Southern California. The Byrds, Alice Cooper, Buffalo Springfield, Smokestack Lightning and Love were regulars, and The Doors were the house band for a while—until the debut of the "Oedipal section" of "The End" got them fired. Van Morrison's band Them had a two-week residency in June 1966, with The Doors as the opening act. On the last night they all jammed together on "Gloria". Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention got their record contract based on a performance at the Whisky. The Turtles performed there when their newest (and biggest-selling) single "Happy Together" was becoming a hit, only to lose their new bassist, Chip Douglas (who had arranged the song), to The Monkees. Michael Nesmith invited him to become their producer (he returned to The Turtles a year later, to produce them). Neil Diamond also played at the Whisky on occasion. Metallica bassist Cliff Burton was recruited by the band after they watched him play a show there.
The Whiskey is still going strong today. If you're going to San Francisco, wear some flowers in your hair. If you're going to LA, hang out at The Whiskey.
How many of you have been to The Whisky? And if so, see anybody cool?
Happy 56th Birthday to The Whiskey A-Go-Go!!!!
Photo by Charles Mike Morgan.

1987 - Jools Holland
TV presenter Jools Holland was suspended from Channel 4's UK music show The Tube for 6 weeks, after using the phrase 'groovy fuckers' during a live trailer broadcast in children's hour.

2009 - Boy George
Boy George was sentenced to 15 months in prison after being convicted of falsely imprisoning a male escort. The Culture Club frontman denied the charge at Snaresbrook crown court and claimed the victim, Norwegian Audun Carlsen, 29, had stolen photos from his laptop. The singer told police he invited Carlsen back to his home after a cocaine-fuelled pornographic photo shoot in January, 2007, because he suspected the Norwegian of stealing pictures from his computer. He admitted handcuffing Carlsen to a wall in April 2007 but said he did so in order to trace the missing property.

I had to laugh when I saw how Boomer Bill started this story. Ever time I moan or grown when I stand up, I follow it with Werewolves of London.

You say these words today and everybody knows them. For many they were first heard 42 years ago today…. The words:
"Aaoooo Werewolves of London."
Warren Zevon released his third Lp "Excitable Boy" on Jan. 18, 1978. Besides the title track, this record included "Werewolves of London" as well as "Lawyers, Guns and Money".
Warren had a pretty good cast of friends who were on the LP with him. They included:
Karla Bonoff – harmony vocals on "Accidentally Like a Martyr"
Jackson Browne – guitar, harmony and backing vocals
Luis Damian – jarana on "Veracruz"
Kenny Edwards – bass on "Veracruz", "Tenderness on the Block" and "Lawyers, Guns and Money"
John McVie - bass on "Werewolves of London"
Mick Fleetwood – drums on "Werewolves of London"
The Gentlemen Boys [The Gentlemen Boys consisted of: Jackson Browne, Jorge Calderón, Kenny Edwards, J. D. Souther and Waddy Wachtel] – backing and harmony vocals
Arthur Gerst – Mexican harp
Bob Glaub – bass on "Roland the Headless Gunner", "Excitable Boy", Nighttime in the Switching Yard"
Jim Horn – recorder on "Veracruz"; saxophone on "Excitable Boy"
Greg Ladanyi – bells on "Nighttime in the Switching Yard"
Rick Marotta – drums on "Veracruz" and "Lawyers, Guns and Money"
Jeff Porcaro – drums and percussion on "Nighttime in the Switching Yard"
Linda Ronstadt – backing and harmony vocals on "Excitable Boy"
Leland Sklar – bass on "Johnny Strikes Up The Band", "Accidently Like a Martyr"
J.D. Souther – backing and harmony vocals
Manuel Vasquez – requinto on "Veracruz"
Waddy Wachtel – guitar, synthesizer, harmony and backing vocals
Jennifer Warnes – harmony vocals on "Excitable Boy"
Do you remember the first time you sang 'Aaoooooo Werewolves of London"?
Happy 42nd Birthday to "Excitable Boy"!!!!!
Why isn't Warren in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

(An insiders note: Having worked with these guys many times, we are pretty sure the meeting took place in a pub).
On Jan. 18, 1973, Free's Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke, Mott The Hoople's Mick Ralphs, and King Crimson's Boz Burrell decided to start a band.
They called it "Bad Company."
Happy 47th birthday to "Bad Company"!!!! Do you have a favorite song by them?