John Hiatt (and The Goners) release The Tiki Bar is Open on September 11, 2001 …
The Tiki Bar is Open
Tag: heartland rock
The Wild, The Innocent and The E Street Shuffle
The 2nd album from The Boss — It’s #132 on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Released on September 11, 1973.
The Lonesome Jubilee
Check it out — John Cougar Mellencamp releases his deepest and most successful album on August 24, 1987.
I always wondered about the guy on the cover with him. According to JM via his website, the photo was shot at the Midway Tavern in Elnora, Indiana. The photographer, Skeeter Hagler, was looking for a local working-class man for the shoot and the bartender suggested Woody Baker. Baker, a welder and metal fabricator, was brought in right from work. Before the shoot, Mellencamp asked Baker if he knew who he was and Baker replied “I don’t have a clue who you are.”
The Lonesome Jubilee became a Top Ten hit in 1987, sold millions of copies, and made Baker a local celebrity. He died in 2009 at the age of 94.
Scarecrow
Mellencamp releases his 8th studio album on August 19, 1985.
In his RRHOF exhibit you’ll see this quote:
With Scarecrow, I was finally starting to find my feet as a songwriter. Finally, for the first time, I realized what I thought I wanted to say in song. …I wanted it to be more akin to Tennessee Williams, John Steinbeck, Faulkner, as opposed to The Rolling Stones or Bob Dylan.”
John Mellencamp
Highway Companion
July 25, 2006 ~ Tom Petty releases his third and final solo album …
John Cougar
John Mellencamp (then going by the “Cougar” moniker) releases album #3 on June 18, 1979. His new record label breaks him with his first #1 song, “I Need A Lover.”
American Stars ‘n Bars
June 13, 1977 ~ Shakey releases his 8th album. Linda Ronstadt, Nicolette Larson and Emmylou Harris lend some vocal help. The album cover is a damn icon and we’re introduced to “Like a Hurricane,” the best road-song ever. Turn it up.
Born In The USA
Released on June 4, 1984, some call it one of the greatest albums ever.
Bring The Family
John Hiatt releases his 8th album on May 29, 1987. It includes “Thing Called Love,” the song he credits with ” … putting two of his three kids through college …”
Hard Promises
The waiting is the hardest part
The Waiting, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
Every day you get one more yard
You take it on faith, you take it to the heart
The waiting is the hardest part …
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers release Hard Promises on May 5, 1981.
This is the album that TP got into it with his record label. MCA wanted to list the album under their “superstar pricing” which was $1 more than normal. TP said “no .. that’s not fair to our fans.”
The delay went on for months, the label threatened to sue, the music public rallied behind Petty and MCA finally relented. The fact that the album cover features TP in a record store was not lost on anyone, most of which, fans of The Heartbreakers.
The stuff of legends.
Source: The waiting is the hardest part … – You Can’t Make This Stuff Up
