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ROCKOLLECTIONS: BEATLE GEORGE HARRISON ON THE BBC, AND MORE

I don’t know why it took me so long to listen to the Beatles BBC Sessions, guess I thought it would be dull, and besides, I had those new re-mastered CD’s they put out last year to listen to.
Well, looking for a new approach for this year’s annual remembrance of the deaths of George Harrison and John Lennon, I finally gave the BBC tapes a shot.
And these selections from 1963 are a JOY, a REVELATION!
Full of humor, they play so many both known and obscure old American Rock & Roll songs, you can see how closely they were listening to anything they could get their hands on from this country- many of them  B-sides that even I wasn’t familiar with.
Plus, like the Ed Sullivan Show and others, and unlike American Bandstand and others, the Beatles played LIVE on these BBC shows.
They had a grand time goofing on host Brian Matthew, just laugh out loud funny!
We’ll take George in this first half hour naturally, since he died 9 years ago on Nov.29, 2001.
Not just the BBC Sessions though, also a look at George’s sometimes seemingly hidden spirituality, even in hit songs- got one where it sneaks in at the end.
Would you be surprised to learn that George was the FIRST of the Beatles to do a solo project, back in 1968 when the group was still together?
Some music from that, including a song that is a far cry from what the Moody Blues did the same year, not to mention the album Oasis put out years later.
If you are the adventurous type, I have things here you probably have never heard.
Definitely not the same old same old.
Do enjoy!

Mike

Tags: 1963, 1968, American Bandstand, American Rock & Roll, B-Sides, Beatles BBC Sessions, Brian Matthew, John Lennon, Moody Blues, Nov.29 2001, Oasis, The Ed Sullivan Show

ROCKOLLECTIONS: IT’S BLOOMING TIME PT.8 CONCLUSION

We will close out this series of April Showers Bring May Flowers with a mixed bag of music.
First, I was handed a bulletin, actually 2nd Hand News, that people are laying in the Tall Grass!
Then, for the black-wearing Goth listeners that make up such a large portion of our audience, lol, some Flowers regarding the DEAD- as in deceased, not the group.
One of those will be by the Human Beinz, an old very 60’s group that manages to mix psychedelia with a Latin beat!
Do you remember Derek & The Dominoes, with Eric Clapton under the guise of Derek, and the late great Duane Allman as one of the Dominoes?
Did you know they did a song that manages to cover both Trees and Gardens? You do now!
At long last, I will have a cute little number for Farmers- couldn’t neglect them, talking about things that grow in the ground.
Mary Hopkin, with an obscure track I have always liked, will stop by to sing about Kew Gardens.
The one in England, not the one we have in Queens, New York.
I have not been to the one in England, and possibly not consciously the one in Queens either- as I say, Queens confuses me, lol!
Finally, the song I picked to close out this whole long Theme, by the Moody Blues and maybe my favorite by them.
All things are energy- you, me, this computer, the ground we walk on, the food we eat, and on and on.
Though seemingly solid, a microscopic look shows whirring atoms, and the even smaller molecules spinning around. So, nothing is really solid.
Since that is true, why then can’t we use our senses to SEE the light of a sigh, or HEAR colors, to mention a few possibilities?
All of this in a spoken word/song that has a very spiritual aspect to it, regarding “This Garden Universe…”!
A heady song from a heady group.
As always, I hope you enjoyed this Horticultural exploration of Rock & Roll.
And that you will return for the next Theme Series- whatever it may be.
Have a Happy Memorial Day everybody…and please remember our brave troops!

Mike

Tags: 2nd Hand News, April Showers Bring May Flowers, Derek & The Dominoes, Duane Allman, Eric Clapton, Farmers, Gardens, Horticultural Exploration of Rock & Roll, Human Beinz, Kew Gardens, Mary Hopkin, Memorial Day, Moody Blues, New York, Queens, Tall Grass, This Garden Universe, trees, Troops

RockRoll360 #061 - Goodbye to WBCN (Part. 12)

 

Above : Jaunita of WBCN

First I want to apologize to Juanita for not posting the original songs she had picked for her last broadcast on this episode, but one of her picks will on the next Goodbye segment. A song by Think Tree and Baz Luhrmann.

So again please note, segments with this (#) is not from the original 4 day broadcast.

Also just in time for this holiday classic in which almost every rock station in the country will be playing it at 12 Noon on Thanksgiving Day.  ”Alice’s Restaurant Massacree”  by Arlo Guthrie

So enjoy Part 12 of “Goodbye To WBCN”

– Juanita signs on
 – WBCN I.D. - Boston Swears By It
– “Find The Cost Of Freedom” (Live)  by Crosby Stills Nash & Young    #
– WBCN - I.D. - We Will Rock You
– And now an underground radio blast from the past    #
– “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree“  by Arlo Guthrie        #
– WBCN I.D. - Fa Fa Ho Hi  
– 41 years  - How do you say Goodbye to old friends
– New Home for Sports to WBZ - The Sports Hub on 98.5
– WBCN - No Artificial Ingredients
– WBCN I.D. - Stiff Shaft 1- 0 Fore !!!! 
– Unplugged Lunch /
                       Ken Shelton with of the Moody Blues  ( Tuesday Afternoon )

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Tags: alice's restaurant, Arlo Guthrie, Classic Rock, crosby, eclectic, free mp3, freeform, juanita of wbcn, ken shelton, Moody Blues, mp3, music, nash, Rock, RockRoll360, stills, thanksgiving, wbcn, WLSO, young

ROCKOLLECTIONS: TRIBUTE/MEMORIAL 2007 PT.7

 

If you are getting fatigued by the topic, this is the next-to-last of our Tribute/Memorial shows.
But it does show you how each year our Rock & Roll people and others large and small, pass away, most going unnoticed.
The Radiohead people got to me.
British actor Ian Richardson died last year, with no real connection to the group.
He was in tons of movies, but seemed to finally find his popularity on Brit TV’s House Of Cards.
Which is the same title of a song by Radiohead. Hence, there IS a connection!
Then a two-for-one.
Lee Hazelwood passed away. He was a weird, reclusive guy, but wrote many amazing hit songs, for himself, others, and most notably for Nancy Sinatra. In the late 1990’s, he was suddenly embraced by alternative rockers like Nick Cave and Sonic Youth.
Also former First Lady, wife of Lyndon, Lady Bird Johnson left us.
A song for both of them, as I have Lee Hazelwood & Nancy Sinatra singing Ladybird
Nicky James died. One of the original Moody Blues, but not of the ones who went on to do those terrific Core 7 Days Of Future Passed type albums and more.
Feeling impish, I realized I could be a little devilish with the name of the famous song he played on.
In 2007 we lost the founder and owner of the famous Hungry i, Enrico Banducci.
The Hungry i was home to a slew of comedians and folk singers- so I’ll play the opening song from my treasured vinyl LP, Glenn Yarbrough Live At The Hungry i, where he had the audience participate in the singing!
Finally, Teresa Brewer passed away at 76.
There are songs that filter into you as a child, here are a couple that got to me.
These are real fun to hear, Teresa rockin’ in the Pre-Rock days- and clearly an influence on that little Brenda Lee to come.
Put ANOTHER nickel in the nickelodeon!
One last chapter to go.

Tags: Enrico Banducci, Glenn Yarbrough, Hungry i, Ian Richardson, Lady Bird Johnson, Lee Hazelwood, Moody Blues, Nancy Sinatra, Nicky James, Radiohead, Teresa Brewer