Monday, October 2, 2017

People come, people go... some grow young, some grow cold...

     2008, one of the best Superbowl halftime shows ever. Tom Petty opening with American Girl as he often did (given I have only seen him twice and a few videos of him.) Let's flash forward to five months later. Nisan Pavilion (now Jiffy Lube live.) We were on the lawn, Steve Winwood finished his set (unfortunately he only played his new album.) Steve left the stage and you can bet we were all excited. The first notes of you wreck me came on, and I got goosebumps. Throughout the night, we were excited as the set got better and better. He even played a song by Bo Diddley, in honer of his passing early that year. Bo is another favorite of mine. You can tell he adapted a lot of his sound from Bo, anyway I digress. Steve came back out and rocked "Gimmie Some Lovin' " and they even played "End of the Line." We saw him again with Crosby, Stills and Nash. Again, he started with American Girl.

     Regressing in thought, I remember growing up with Petty's music. Erik saw him once around 2001 when I went to Disney after I graduated. I have not seen him beam from a concert until he saw Metallica later on. I remember when we recorded music off out CDs to tapes, he would always put Tom on his tapes. When WBIG 100.3 here in Rockville, MD started playing newer music, I would always say I would never get tired of them playing Tom Petty. It was true, in fact I got excited when they played "You Don't know How it Feels." In fact when I moved out at 23, I bought Erik a Tom Petty Rolling Stones magazine, and he mentioned he was going to tour less, because his knees were toast from jumping everywhere.

    Recently (3 days ago,) I was listening to Spencer Davis Group, and the first song is "Gimmie Some Lovin' " and I thought how I would like to see another concert like Tom. At least when Glen Campbell passed, I could prepare myself, but not this one. This sprung up randomly when I looked at the news feed, I was floored. I mean I never knew him, but Tom was a huge influence on my charity. So all I have to say is say hi to Bo, Del Shannon, Roy and George! R.I.P Tom. This one personally hurts. 

Thursday, September 28, 2017

Bigger Than Lennon

                                  Hi everyone! I just got my new computer, so expect more updates!

     Last night on Netflix, I saw there was a George Harrison documentary, so of course I watched it. It was more of a "things that happened to George, while focusing on Paul" film, and it jumped around a lot. I only suggest it if you have a severe case of Beatles-itis. It's not for the casual fan. I like they mention Stuart Sutcliffe, but not much is said about Pete Best. Anyway, they had a lot of Yoko Ono in there (do not let that persuade you from watching it,) and she had a lot of good words to say. It's amazing what you can learn on a documentary. The footage they got back then... could you imagine if it had been now? They even got him gargling a concoction that he said Clapton used, and said "your throat will never bother you again."

     My favorite Beatles member was Ringo, but I did like George. I remember when I was still a pup, I would watch all the documentaries I could on music, and one of my favorites was The Beatles first U.S tour. The jokes on that and hard days night, and everything in between and after were great. George was wearing a conductor's hat asking for tickets, and he took it off for the camera saying "it's me!" Also during the ride, he was laying on the luggage rack (due to his smaller stature.) Also, one of my favorite John jokes was asking if Ringo was the best drummer in the world, and he replied "Ringo isn't even the best drummer in the Beatles."

     So I would recommend it, also I would recommend the new SOiL essentials CD. They are missing a few songs, but it is nice to have it all on one CD.

Peace, Love and keep hitting the HIGH NOTES!