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Tuesday, 6 August 2013

Rewind: 1981. Steve Nicks releases her debut Solo album.





Stevie Nicks began making demos for her up and coming debut album during 1979 whilst she was recording 'Tusk' (Listen to the Album Here) with Fleetwood Mac. More demos were made during the ten month world tour for 'Tusk' but serious studio work began in September 1980 with a full band. For the recording of this album she gathered about her some fine musicians that included Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Donald Duck Dunn, Roy Bittan from the E Street Band and host of others.

'Bella Donna' is the only #1 album that Stevie Nicks has had so far in her solo career.  
 

Setting up for the release of the album Nicks released her first single accompanied by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. 'Stop Draggin' My Heart Around'. The song reached #3 on the Billboard Charts (it didn't do so well in Europe where it barely scraped to #50 in the UK). It is her highest placed solo single in her career thus far.



'Leather and Lace' with Don Henley would be the second single from the album in October 1981 and again it would be a huge hit for Nicks, reaching #6 in the USA. The song was originally written for Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colters' duet album but was never used.



'Edge of Seventeen' (Live Video) was the third single released in early 1982. It reached #11 in the USA and personally I think it's one of her best songs and cannot understand why it didn't go higher.



'After the Glitter Fades', the fourth song from the album was a bit of disappointment as it only reached #32 in the charts in the USA.

Thursday, 1 August 2013

Rock and Roll Birthdays Today

Robert Cray (This Day 1953)

Nick Christian Sayer (Guitarist) - Transvision Vamp 
(This Day 1964)

Joe Elliot - Def Leppard 
(This Day 1959)

Chuck D - Public Enemy 
(This day 1960).
Don't Believe The Hype - Glastonbury 2013

1987 MTV Europe was launched. These days MTV appears to have little music on it but is loaded with Reality shows!

Wednesday, 31 July 2013

Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball Tour Stats Part Two


Played on The Tour.
Songs from every album released were represented in the setlist over the course of the tour.



Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball Tour Stats Part One: Songs Played


01    Death to My Hometown     129    
      Born to Run     129
      Dancing in the Dark     129
04    Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out     128
      Waitin' on a Sunny Day     128
06    Wrecking Ball     127
07    Badlands     121
08   We Take Care of Our Own     111
09   Shackled and Drawn     109
10  The Rising     103
11  My City of Ruins     94
12  Land of Hope and Dreams     81
      Thunder Road     81
14  Spirit in the Night     78
15  Hungry Heart     67
16  Jack of All Trades     65
17  Born in the U.S.A.     60
18  We Are Alive     59
19  Out in the Street     57
      The Promised Land     57
21  Darlington County     53
22  The River     50
23  Working on the Highway     49
      Because the Night      49
      She's the One     49
26 Twist and Shout (The Top Notes cover)     42
27 Prove It All Night     41
28 Rocky Ground     40
29 Bobby Jean     36
     Lonesome Day     36
     No Surrender     36
32 Johnny 99     34
33 The E Street Shuffle     33
34  Glory Days     32
35  Apollo Medley     31
      Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)     31
37 Atlantic City     27
38 American Land     25
     The Ties That Bind     25
     My Love Will Not Let You Down     25
41 Pay Me My Money Down (The Weavers cover)     24
     Seven Nights to Rock (Moon Mullican cover)     24
43 Candy's Room     23
     Murder Incorporated     23
45 Radio Nowhere     21
46 Trapped (Jimmy Cliff cover)     20
     The Ghost of Tom Joad     20
48  Downbound Train     19
      Backstreets     19
50 Youngstown     18
     Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street?     18
     Easy Money     18
53 Open All Night     17
     Jungleland     17
     Racing in the Street     17
     Raise Your Hand (Eddie Floyd cover)     17
57 Night     16
     Cover Me     16
59 Adam Raised a Cain     15
     Shout (The Isley Brothers cover)     15
     Something in the Night     15
     Two Hearts     15
     Darkness on the Edge of Town     15
64 I'm on Fire     13
     I'm Goin' Down     13
     Growin' Up     13
67 American Skin (41 Shots)     12
     This Little Light of Mine     12
69  Cadillac Ranch     11
      Light of Day     11
71 My Hometown     10
     Incident on 57th Street     10
     Jackson Cage     10
     Long Walk Home     10
75  Ramrod     9
      Who'll Stop the Rain? (Creedence Clearwater Revival cover)     9
      This Hard Land     9
      Lost in the Flood     9
      Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (Harry Reser and His Orchestra cover)     9
      For You     9
81 I'm a Rocker     8
     Drive All Night     8
     Seeds     8
     Streets of Fire     8
     Sherry Darling     8
     It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City     8
87 Thundercrack     7
     The Promise     7
     This Depression     7
     Meeting Across the River     7
91 High Hopes (The Havalinas cover)     6
     If I Should Fall Behind     6
     Loose Ends     6
     Seaside Bar Song     6
     Frankie     6
     Talk to Me     6
     Tougher Than the Rest     6
98 Kitty's Back     5
     Save My Love     5
     Better Days     5
     Summertime Blues (Eddie Cochran cover)     5
     Human Touch     5
     Point Blank     5
     Factory     5
     You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)     5
     Detroit Medley     5
107  My Lucky Day     4
        Reason to Believe     4
        Rockin' All Over the World (John Fogerty cover)     4
        Roulette     4
        Blinded by the Light     4
        Be True     4
        Leap of Faith     4
114  Stand on It     3
        Boom Boom (John Lee Hooker cover)     3
        Long Time Comin'     3
        Savin' Up (Clarence Clemons & The Red Bank Rockers cover)     3
        Brilliant Disguise     3
        Red-Headed Woman     3
        Jole Blon (Harry Choates cover)     3
        Girls in Their Summer Clothes     3
        Devils & Dust     3
        I'll Work for Your Love     3
        Ain't Good Enough for You     3
        Fire     3
        Janey Don't You Lose Heart     3
        Jersey Girl (Tom Waits cover)     3
128  Don't Look Back     2
        4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)     2
        Cynthia     2
       Burning Love (Arthur Alexander cover)     2
       Streets of Philadelphia     2
       Pink Cadillac     2
       Drift Away (Dobie Gray cover)     2
       Lion's Den     2
       Real World     2
       So Young and in Love     2
       Rendezvous     2
       Queen of the Supermarket     2
       Bishop Danced     2
       Man's Job     2
       This Little Girl (Gary "U.S." Bonds cover)     2
       Mountain of Love (Johnny Rivers cover)     2
       From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come)     2
       Back in Your Arms     2
       Lucky Town     2
       Empty Sky     2
       Quarter to Three (Gary "U.S." Bonds cover)     2
       Surprise, Surprise     2
       Follow That Dream (Elvis Presley cover)     2
       Mary's Place     2
152  Highway Patrolman     1
      All That Heaven Will Allow     1
      Where the Bands Are     1
      Nebraska     1
      How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live? (Alfred Reed cover)     1
      Sweet Soul Music (Arthur Conley cover)     1
      When I Leave Berlin (Wizz Jones cover)     1
      Get Out of Denver (Bob Seger cover)     1
      Working on a Dream     1
      Gotta Get That Feeling     1
      (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher (Jackie Wilson cover)     1
      Hearts of Stone     1
      Shake, Rattle and Roll (Big Joe Turner cover)     1
      O Sole Mio (Eduardo di Capua cover)     1
      Roll of the Dice     1
      The Fever     1
      Independence Day     1
      We've Gotta Get Out of This Place (The Animals cover)     1
      Fade Away     1
      Dirty Water (The Standells cover)     1
      Something You Got (Chris Kenner cover)     1
      Wild Billy's Circus Story     1
      Bad Luck (Social Distortion cover)     1
      Across the Borderline (Ry Cooder cover)     1
      My Kind of Town (Frank Sinatra cover)     1
      Bad Moon Rising (Creedence Clearwater Revival cover)     1
      Terry's Song     1
      None But the Brave     1
      One Way Street     1
      A Night With the Jersey Devil     1
      I Fought the Law (The Crickets cover)     1
      Mansion on the Hill     1
      Give the Girl a Kiss     1
      New York City Serenade     1
      Spanish Eyes     1
      Kansas City (Wilbert Harrison cover)     1
      Mary Don't You Weep (Fisk Jubilee Singers cover)     1
      Proud Mary (Creedence Clearwater Revival cover)     1
      Man at the Top     1
      California Sun (The Rivieras cover)     1
      Monster Mash (Bobby "Boris" Pickett cover)     1
      Stolen Car     1
      Secret Garden     1
      Take 'Em as They Come     1
      Travelin' Band (Creedence Clearwater Revival cover)     1
      Green Onions (Booker T. & The MG’s cover)     1
      Wild Thing (The Wild Ones cover)     1
      My Beautiful Reward     1
      Knock on Wood (Eddie Floyd cover)     1
      When the Saints Go Marching In     1
      You've Got It     1
      When You Walk in the Room (Jackie DeShannon cover)     1
      Maria's Bed     1
      In the Midnight Hour (Wilson Pickett cover)     1
      I Wish I Were Blind     1
      Ain't Too Proud to Beg (The Temptations cover)     1
      Last to Die     1
      The Weight (The Band cover)     1
      I Saw Her Standing There (The Beatles cover)     1
      Jailhouse Rock (Elvis Presley cover)     1
      Good Rockin' Tonight (Roy Brown cover)     1
      Pretty Flamingo (Manfred Mann cover)     1
      The Price You Pay     1
      State Trooper     1
      Long Tall Sally (Little Richard cover)     1
      TV Movie     1
      Living on the Edge of the World     1
      In Dreams (Roy Orbison cover)     1
      Just Like Fire Would (The Saints cover)     1
      Wages of Sin     1
      Into the Fire     1
      Shake (Sam Cooke cover)     1
      96 Tears (? and the Mysterians cover)     1
      Held Up Without a Gun     1
      Local Hero     1
      I Don't Want to Go Home (Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes cover)     1
      You Can't Sit Down (Phil Upchurch Combo cover)     1
      You Never Can Tell (Chuck Berry cover)     1
      Lucille (Little Richard cover)     1         

The Civil Wars - The Civil Wars (August 2013)


I really have no idea how on earth The Civil Wars managed to put together this second album when you consider that last year they were in the middle of a European tour and hours after playing The Roundhouse (watch Poison and Wine here) in London they posted a message on their facebook page that said the tour was being cancelled due to "internal discord and irreconcilable differences of ambition."

Joy Williams recently spoke to the Associated Press and she said,  "John Paul and I aren't speaking right now but to me that doesn't determine the outcome of the band because if we're not speaking we can't determine the outcome of the band at this moment," she says. "So the other elephant in the room is what's happening with the band? The reality is I'm not even quite sure."

After the hiatus began, Producer Charlie Peacock became something of a musical go-between and White has not spoken publicly about the album.

"John Paul does not want to talk, but he is very proud of the record," Peacock said. "John Paul is a serious artist. I can guarantee you that this record would not be coming out if he were not proud of it."

 

Tuesday, 30 July 2013

Happy Birthday Buddy Guy


Born on this day in 1936 in Lettsworth, Louisianna, the Blues Legend Buddy Guy. Today he is 77 years old! And he's still making music having his 69th album called 'Rhythm and Blues' on RCA Records this year!






Monday, 29 July 2013

Happy Birthday Owen Thomas


One of my favourite Rockers from Indiana has a birthday today - Mr Owen Thomas - former front man of The Elms and now out on his own with a mighty fine debut solo album as well.



Happy Birthday Patti Scialfa

Born on this day in 1953, Bruce's very own Jersey Girl.

Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball Tour - Kilkenny, Ireland Night 2. 28th July 2013




The Wrecking Ball Tour in Europe came to an end Sunday evening in Kilkenny, Ireland. Rumours abounded just what was going to happen on this special night. Three tour premieres and 'Born to Run' front to back, and a three hour and 19 minute set.

For the first time on the tour there was no 'Waiting on a Sunny Day' but that did stop Bruce from pulling a kid up on stage with him to dance on 'Dancing in the Dark'. That kid is going to go home a happy chap as at the end of the song Bruce presented him with his guitar!

 Start Time: 7.26 pm

01. This Little Light Of Mine
02. My Love Will Not Let You Down
03. Badlands
04. We Take Care Of Our Own
05. Adam Raised A Cain
06. Death To My Hometown
07. American Skin (41 Shots)
08. The Promised Land
09. Wrecking Ball
10. Spirit In The Night
11. The River (request)
12. Wild Billy's Circus Story (Tour Premiere request)
13. Man At The Top (Tour Premiere request)
14. When You Walk In The Room (Tour Premiere)

Born To Run in its entirety:
15. Thunder Road
16. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
17. Night
18. Backstreets
19. Born To Run
20. She's The One
21. Meeting Across The River
22. Jungleland

23. The Rising
24. Land Of Hope And Dreams

Encores:
25. Born In The USA
26. Bobby Jean
27. Seven Nights To Rock
28. Dancing In The Dark
29. American Land (Max Weinberg's daughter on accordion)
30. Shout
31. This Little Light of Mine
32. This Hard Land (Acoustic)


End Time: 10.45 pm

There will be a month of rest and then Bruce and the E Street Band head off to South America for a dates:
12th September: Santiago - Chile.
18th September: Sao Paulo - Brazil.
21st September: Rio de Janiero - Brazil. 

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