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Christopher Cross - Every Turn of the World http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAIc1TquwMM

Here's footage of ZZ Top returning to the stage since the passing of Dusty Hill. Elwood Francis has a beard now. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8jAF0IRyew http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFO5OiCxHog http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NnETFezxEI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4qM3W1UuGk

From Variety. ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons on ‘the Waterworks Coming and Going’ After Dusty Hill’s Sudden Death — and Why Band Will Go On

zepphead I just had to share this with you. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbNVIPAABgw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBcVuN2Kr-s From the Foo Fighters 2008 concert film Live At Wembley Stadium.

The Magic Lanterns, Foo Fighters - Shame Shame http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5I8r3qQmkQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7N-XwNrlm4

I actually woke up at midnight and took two Vitamin C and D capsules. For the record, 'No Son of Mine' from Medicine at Midnight isn't a Genesis cover. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ji6KuKLJgo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYNhS4zd4AM

A friend of mine was telling me about the George Harrison 50th Anniversary Box Set for All Things Must Pass. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbhtLPot3tg Regardless of whether the estates/record companies of these legacy artists are aware of this or not, there's a KISS vibe to all of this in a way. It's about thinking big outside the box in an ambitious way. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv7vnkROPeA

I think 'it's a pity' that The Beatles as a group and solo artists' would record multiple takes of a song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFxYsWCT6_k This particular version is Take 27. That would drive me mad if I was recording where I ended up kicking the bucket and joining The 27 Club.

That's session and touring bassist Leland Sklar.

Roxy Music, The Crusaders - Street Life http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkOYnuCscQc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuAYUVMdSrw

My parents had this compilation album Star Fire, which was released by Ronco. “I used to buy products from Seymour Popeil. That’s Ron Popeil’s father, of Ronco. Ron is a good salesman, but his dad made everything. He said to me, ‘Philip, you’re getting too big. I’m not selling you anything anymore.’ So I went off on my own." - Philip Kives (K-Tel) Both Ron Popeil and the late Philip Kives have Jewish roots. Weird Al Yankovic has a song titled 'Mr. Popeil', which features Popeil's daughter Lisa on background vocals as noted here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFHqTzeIuKE

Happy Birthday to Geddy Lee and documentary film maker Ken Burns (see older forum posting here) who're both born on the same day, month, and year.

The Deluxe Edition/Best Buy Bonus Tracks version of La Futura has a song titled 'Drive By Lover', which is co-written by Billy Gibbons and Austin blues-rock musician Van Wilks. The ZZ Top version has Dusty Hill on vocals. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExhOAsGu5Qk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s17DbNbvvPY Wilks' band Fools was signed to ZZ Top's management in the 70's.

U2 still has all their original members since the band formed in 1976.

The band formed in 1969 and their recorded output began in 1971. That's 50+ years of a band existence for them.

It's a good live representation. However because of the amount of music that's spread out on three discs, I had to listen to the recording in 'different stages', so it wouldn't be overwhelming.

In the book Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road, Neil mentions that his first red BMW motorcycle was a Christmas present from his first wife Jackie in 1993. Maybe it was happenstance that red was the chosen colour of the motorcycle and he just happened to like it. Perhaps Neil thought of his motorcycles as like Red Barchetta's in a way?

This is probably the past work-in-progress and now future posthumous book by the late Neil Peart that's referenced in Geddy Lee's December 2018 interview with Classic Rock magazine here. It's been three years since Rush walked off stage at the LA Forum in Inglewood. That afternoon, rumours had circulated around the London Hotel in Hollywood that for the first time Rush drummer Neil Peart had asked that his live drums be shipped back home after the show, as opposed to the band's storage space in Nashville. That night as Peart stepped off his drum riser at the end of the show and snuck up on his unsuspecting bandmates and hugged them, as opposed to fleeing into the wings, there was more than a little suggestion that the band's time was up. These days Peart is enjoying some kind of splendid isolation at home in California, where he's said to be working on a book of his own. Guitarist Alex Lifeson, who isn't sitting comfortably unless he has a guitar in his hands, has guested on numerous projects ("Alex is a cheap drunk, he'll play with anyone. I'm not so cheap," Lee says with a grin). In the past few years Lee has been working on the expansive Geddy Lee's Beautiful Book Of Bass. A hefty (drop it on your foot and you'll known about it), lavishly illustrated and beautifully photographed book about the idea of collecting, the history of the bass guitar, and interviews with some of Lee's musical heroes. But it's so much more than that. The instruments he writes about echo Lee's musical journey; mention a certain model and he's transported away to a studio or tour that inspired him, or a store front where a guitar once hung and the young Lee stood staring through the window, determined that one day it would be his. Look around his basement studio now and you realise that he must have stared into quite a few music-shop windows in his time.

From the Sept 2021 issue of Bass Player magazine here. Jim Creeggan interview excerpt. Which bass players influenced you? I admired the jazz players like Paul Chambers, mainly. Edgar Meyer was a great inspiration for me, because he had a real wide breadth of feeling in his playing, which I think comes with classical. He also played bluegrass and stuff, which was great. But Geddy Lee was the first guy that I was air-bassing to, before I even played bass, you know. Actually, Geddy’s gear is on this record. We asked him if we could use his Taurus pedals, and he was generous enough to give them to us. On the song ‘Big Back Yard’ I’m actually playing his pedals and playing bass at the same time. He’s a remarkably nice guy. Yeah – he was very generous to us when we were coming up as young players. Rush gave us a bottle of champagne when we sold out this big concert venue in Toronto, Massey Hall. You know, here’s Rush giving us a bottle of wine, saying ‘Way to go!’ And Geddy inducted us into the Canadian Hall Of Fame. He didn’t have to do that, but he really cares. I remember watching him play, and I noticed that he threw in this little triplet. I couldn’t figure out how he did it, so I emailed him and he got back right away, saying ‘I hold my hand like this, and sometimes that triplet happens, and sometimes it doesn’t!’ That was so cool to hear.

Here's a new article/interview from Lawrence Gowan posted by the Toronto Star that's of interest to read. Toronto rocker Lawrence Gowan reflects on his return to live concert performances with Styx

July 4, 1978 - Rich Stadium, Buffalo, NY Before you could crawl, walk, and run. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWqxFMUnskw

Mick Jagger turns 78 years of age today. There's a historical significance with the number 78 in this case. I'm reiterating some printed wording below with describing the above. In 1978, The Rolling Stones released Some Girls, which has sold the most copies of any album the band has released, and was on the charts for a long time during that period. It was their last perfect album that had major critical and commercial success. Some Girls also has the distinction of being the only Rolling Stones LP to even be nominated for the Album of the Year Grammy. Yes, 1981’s Tattoo You could be considered a classic too, but it’s essentially a collection of outtakes, so it’s not quite on the same level. Even the song 'Eazy Sleazy' that Mick Jagger did with Dave Grohl sounds like a modern outtake from Some Girls. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN9YLLQl7gE

Your Uncle's story is like two RUSH songs. 'Red Barchetta' and 'Leave That Thing Alone', whereas the other individual would not leave him alone.

The Who - My Generation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fFWKpPb5qY

Eddie Rabbitt , Weird (Al) Yankovic - You Don't Love Me Anymore http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LLAf-LYIkY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPxDWt8fEpc