This is the stuff of rock n’ roll legend. April 3, 1980 ~
Chrissie Hynde and The Pretenders are in Memphis in the middle of their first US tour. Chrissie gets into a disagreement with a patron at the the bar at which they’re performing. The police are called, Chrissie’s placed in the back of police car and she promptly kicks out the back window of the cruiser. She spends the night in jail but The Pretenders don’t miss the next night’s show at Poet’s Music Hall.
I’d like to take a moment right now to send out a personal message to a friend. Last week, our friend — and yours — the musical great John Prine was placed on a ventilator with coronavirus symptoms. My thoughts are with John and his wife, Fiona, and his family. And everybody out there touched by this virus.”
Source: Stephen Colbert Shares Previously Unseen Duet With John Prine – Rolling Stone
… make me smile.
Listen to The Man …
What I’d like to get out there is I am and was very frustrated with the lack of testing available. It took basically testing for everything else to acquire a COVID 19 test.
Source: Ray Benson Releases Statement on Positive Covid-19 Test Results
And … a 7-month battle with pancreatic cancer. Nice of Rolling Stone to leave that out. (sarcasm mine)
The singer-songwriter noted for his film and TV work was suffering from the coronavirus …
Source: Fountains of Wayne’s Adam Schlesinger Dead at 52 From COVID-19 | Pitchfork
b. April 2, 1939 …
Segall Smeagol is a play on Nilsson’s 1971 album Nilsson Schmilsson. That full-length includes three of Nilsson’s biggest hits — “Without You”, “Coconut”, and “Jump Into the Fire”, the latter two of which Segall covers on the EP — and is responsible for helping him break into the mainstream back in his heyday. Some listeners may already know that Segall is a fan of Nilsson’s work, as he covered his single “Gotta Get Up” a few years ago.
Source: Stream Ty Segall’s New EP of Harry Nilsson Covers – Segall Smeagol | Consequence of Sound
As seen on Facebook today …
Source: SiriusXM Makes Premium Service Free Through May 15th | Consequence of Sound
Might I recommend:
Willie’s Roadhouse
The Loft
Lithium
Outlaw Country (partcularly Elizabeth Cook and Mojo Nixon)
Stevie’s Underground Garage
The Village
Bluegrass Junction
North Americana
Tom Petty’s Buried Treasure
The track debuted on 1969’s Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, Young’s first step into the wild with his new backing band Crazy Horse. The single ‘Cinnamon Girl’ would later be released as a single in 1970, peaking at 55 on the Billboard chart.
Source: Neil Young’s isolated guitar on ‘Cinnamon Girl’ from 1969
This is in my top 5 “Sing-along Road Songs.” Go ahead … turn it up.
