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97.3 KBCO | Colorado's World Class Rock, Denver / Boulder
97.3 KBCO | Colorado's World Class Rock, Denver / Boulder
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Hand crafted music for your morning with Sunday Sunrise at 6.. I'll be celebrating the release anniversary of Jason Isbell's Something More Than Free, the birthdays of Linda Ronstadt, William Bell, and the guy who sang the first reggae song some of you might have heard. Plus new music from Michael Kiwanuka and Hermanos Gutierrez. - Keefer on KBCO
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It marked the first time the Nirvana bassist performed 'Blew' in more than three decades.
'Aghori Mhori Mei' comes out in just a couple weeks!
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97.3 KBCO | Colorado's World Class Rock, Denver / Boulder
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97.3 KBCO | Colorado's World Class Rock, Denver / Boulder
The Jane's Addiction guitarist has had a tough few years, emotionally and physically.
One fire destroyed a family's home while another caused a state park to be evacuated.
Comedian Bob Newhart has passed away. The revered stand-up comic was 94.
Newhart was a fixture on tv.
He starred in two successful tv sitcoms and also was in "Elf" and "Big Bang Theory".
He was married to his wife, Ginnie, for over 60 years. She died in 2023.
ON THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY: 7.18
1953 - 18-year-old Elvis Presley, a truck driver by trade, stops into Memphis Recording Service (later renamed Sun Studios), and pays $3.98 to record two songs: "My Happiness" and "That's When Your Heartaches Begin."
1960 - Miles Davis releases Sketches Of Spain. Along with Kind of Blue, In a Silent Way, and Round About Midnight, Sketches of Spain is one of Miles Davis' most enduring and innovative achievements. Davis brought arranger Gil Evans the album's signature piece, "Concierto de Aranjuez". Evans was as taken with it as Davis was, and set about to create an entire album of material around it. The result is a masterpiece of modern art.
Also notable are "Saeta," with one of the most amazing technical solos of Davis' career, and the album's closer, "Solea," which is conceptually a narrative piece, based on an Andalusian folk song, about a woman who encounters the procession taking Christ to Calvary. Sketches of Spain is the most luxuriant and stridently romantic recording Davis ever made.
1966 - The Beach Boys release "Wouldn't It Be Nice" with "God Only Knows" on the flip side. About God Only Knows: The song reflects Wilson's interest in spirituality. It was a big departure from previous Beach Boys songs that dealt with girls, cars and surfing.
"It came from God through me," Wilson told Steve Baltin in the book Anthems We Love. "I was 24 when I wrote 'God Only Knows' and the rest of Pet Sounds. All I know is I wrote what was in my heart. And the lyrics and the music just connect with people."
Fear was that radio stations would refuse to play a song with "God" in the title. Tony Asher, a lyricist Wilson worked with on songs for the Pet Sounds: We were taking some real chances with it. First of all, the lyric opens by saying, 'I may not always love you,' which is a very unusual way to start a love song."(Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
1966 - The Byrds release Fifth Dimension. Although the Byrds' Fifth Dimension was wildly uneven (Captain Soul, What's Happening?!?! were weak spots), its high points were as innovative as any rock music being recorded in 1966. Immaculate folk-rock was still present in their superb arrangements of the traditional songs and the originals, are some of the first and best psychedelic rock, often drawing from the influence of Indian raga in the guitar arrangements. "Eight Miles High," with its astral lyrics, pumping bassline, and fractured guitar solo, was a Top 20 hit, and one of the greatest singles of the '60s.
1968 - Working at Abbey Road studios, The Beatles recorded "Helter Skelter." Paul McCartney had read a magazine interview with Pete Townshend where the Who guitarist described their latest single, "I Can See For Miles," as the loudest, dirtiest, most aggressive song possible; when McCartney heard it, he thought Townshend had exaggerated considerably, and decided he'd take on the challenge of writing such a song. "Helter Skelter" was the result. The Beatles did so many takes in the studio - at one point recording a 20-plus-minute version during the session - that Ringo exclaimed, "I've got blisters on me fingers!", which can still be heard in the version that was ultimately put on The White Album.
1973 - Bruce Springsteen played the first of four nights at Max's Kansas City in New York City, New York, supported by Bob Marley and The Wailers who were on their first ever North American tour.
1968 - The Grateful Dead release Anthem Of The Sun. As the second long-player by the Grateful Dead, Anthem of the Sun pushed the limits of both the music as well as the medium. The Dead welcomed lyricist Robert Hunter into the fold -- freeing the performing members to focus on the ex*****on and taking the music to the next level. Another addition was second percussionist Mickey Hart, whose methodical timekeeping would become a staple in the Dead's ability to stop on the proverbial rhythmic dime.The idea to create an aural pastiche from numerous sources -- often running simultaneously -- was a radical concept that allowed consumers worldwide to experience a simulated Dead performance firsthand.
The extended "That's It for the Other One" suite is nothing short of a psychedelic roller coaster. The tracks "New Potato Caboose" and Weir's admittedly autobiographically titled "Born Cross-Eyed" are fascinatingly intricate side trips. "Alligator" is a no-nonsense Ron "Pigpen" McKernan workout that motors the second extended sonic collage on Anthem of the Sun
Although the uninitiated might find the album unnervingly difficult to follow, it obliterated the pretension of the post-Sgt. Pepper's "concept album" while reinventing the musical parameters of the 12" LP medium.
1980 - Joy Division releases Closer. If Unknown Pleasures was Joy Division at their most obsessively, carefully focused, ten songs yet of a piece, Closer was the sprawl, the chaotic explosion that went every direction at once. Who knows what the next path would have been had Ian Curtis not chosen his end?
Opener "Atrocity Exhibition" was arguably the most fractured thing the band had yet recorded, Bernard Sumner's teeth-grinding guitar and Stephen Morris' Can-on-speed drumming making for one heck of a strange start. Songs like "Heart and Soul" and especially the jaw-dropping, wrenching "Twenty Four Hours," as perfect a demonstration of the tension/release or soft/loud approach as will ever be heard, simply intensify the experience.
1991 - The very first Lollapalooza happened. Originally dreamed up by Jane's Addiction singer Perry Farrell as a farewell tour.
Performing on the mainstage in its initial year was Jane's Addiction, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Living Color, Nine Inch Nails, Violent Femmes , Fishbone, Ice T & Body Count, Bu****le Surfers, Rollins Band and Lords of Acid.
And in other 'lolla news...1993 - Rage Against The Machine protest music censorship by appearing at their Lollapalooza set in Philadelphia completely n**e except for duct tape over their mouths. They refuse to play any music, and simply stand for 25 minutes with the letters PMRC written on their chests, a reference to the Parents Music Resource Center.
2001 - Weezer releases "Hash Pipe," the first single from Weezer (aka The Green Album). We know the boogies are out of control and the knee-stocking flavor is a favorite treat in "Hash Pipe," but what's it all mean? Lead singer Rivers Cuomo offered some insight when he called it, "A totally insane song about a homosexual transvestite pr******te."
Birthdays:
Screamin' Jay Hawkins was born today in 1929. Screamin' Jay Hawkins was the most outrageous performer extant during rock's dawn. Prone to emerging out of coffins on-stage, a flaming skull named Henry his constant companion, Screamin' Jay was an insanely theatrical figure long before it was even remotely acceptable.
Best known for his immortal 1956 rendering of "I Put a Spell on You".
Hunter S. Thompson was born today in 1937. while primarily known for his written works, music is a theme that crops up throughout the entirety of Hunter S. Thompson’s bibliography. It was an incredibly important aspect of his life. Music was fuel for him, too. Not only did he respect these artists as fellow documenters of the world, but they meant something to him. Good music drove him onwards. It helped him write.
Those who know about Thompson know that Bob Dylan was one of his heroes, and it is often claimed his favorite song of all time was “Mr. Tambourine Man.” But, of course, there was more. He tended to gravitate towards music that reflected the world around him – from Kentucky bluegrass to San Francisco rock ‘n’ roll.
In 1970, Thompson took the time to compose a list of his favorite music of the 1960s (which he posed as “Raoul Duke’s” favorite music) in a letter to his editors at Rolling Stone.
1) Herbie Mann’s 1969 Memphis Underground
2) Bob Dylan’s 1965 Bringing It All Back Home (especially noted as “Mr. Tambourine Man” in his letter)
3) Dylan’s 1965 Highway 61 Revisited
4) The Grateful Dead’s 1970 Workingman’s Dead
5) The Rolling Stones’ 1969 Let it Bleed
6) Buffalo Springfield’s 1967 Buffalo Springfield
7) Jefferson Airplane’s 1967 Surrealistic Pillow
8) Roland Kirk’s “various albums”
9) Miles Davis’s 1959 Sketches of Spain
10) Sandy Bull’s 1965 Inventions
Ian Stewart, founding keyboardist of the Rolling Stones, was born today in 1938. Lovingly referred to as the sixth stone, pianist Ian Stewart was actually a founding member of the original group, pre-dating both Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman as members. Stewart, or Stu as he was called, was one of a core group of rhythm and blues enthusiasts that frequented Alexis Korner's blues club.
After manager Andrew Loog Oldham took over the reigns of the Stones' career he deemed Stewart unfit for the group because the straight-laced Stewart didn't "have the right look." Thankfully for the rest of the band Stu agreed to stay on as their road manager and sometime piano player. The gifted keyboardist also lent his hand to projects outside The Stones such as the London Howlin' Wolf sessions, Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti and Pete Townshend's Rough Mix album. Interesting note: he refused to play piano on "Wild Horses" because minor chords offended him aesthetically.
1941 - Lonnie Mack, was born on this day. In the early 1960s, he was a "pioneer" in virtuoso rock guitar soloing whose recordings were pivotal to the emergence of the electric guitar as a lead voice in rock music. For this, it has been said that he launched the era of "modern rock guitar". He scored the hit single instrumentals, 'Memphis' and 'Wham!'
Martha Reeves is 83. Motown's brightest female star after Diana Ross, Martha Reeves was the earthy, gospel-infused counterpart to her rival Ross' uptown sophistication. With her backing group, the Vandellas, Reeves cut some of the brightest, most infectiously danceable R&B of her time.
Keith Levene was born today in 1957. Known most for his early membership in the Clash and also for his slicing, slashing guitar work with Public Image Ltd., Keith Levene was one of the more overlooked key players of punk and post-punk, not only as an innovative guitar player but also as a major factor in punk's sound collision with reggae. Since leaving PiL during the making of their fourth record, Levene worked sporadically, popping up every now and then with a new project.
R.I.P.:
1988 - Nico died after suffering a minor heart attack while riding a bicycle on holiday with her son in Ibiza, Spain. The German born singer-songwriter and keyboard player with the Velvet Underground also worked as a fashion model and actress. She was one of Andy Warhol's "Superstars", appearing in Warhol's artworks and accompanying him in his social life.
1966 - Bobby Fuller leader of The Bobby Fuller Four was found dead in his car in Los Angeles aged 23. Fuller died mysteriously from gasoline asphyxiation, while parked outside his apartment. Police labelled it a su***de, but the possibility of foul play has always been mentioned. Had the 1966 US No.9 single 'I Fought The Law' written by Sonny Curtis of Buddy Holly's Crickets and covered by The Clash.
On This Day In Music History was sourced, curated, copied, pasted, edited, and occasionally woven together with my own crude prose, from This Day in Music, Music This Day, Allmusic, Beatdom, Song Facts and Wikipedia.
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