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Quote Trivia – The Monkees’ Show Final Airing

There’s an audience for everything. Davy Jones Today in 1968 was the final airing of the Monkees TV NBC television show. The Monkees were a foursome who had answered the 1965 Hollywood Reporter ad “MADNESS FOLK & ROLL MUSICIANS, SINGERS WANTED FOR ACTING ROLES IN A NEW TV SHOW. PARTS FOR 4 INSANE BOYS.” The…

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Quote Trivia Mix-Up – The Beatles & The Police

That’s all drugs and alcohol do, they cut off your emotions in the end. Ringo Starr The debut of The Beatles as the world would grow to know them: John, Paul, George, and Ringo was today in 1962. Ringo Starr made his debut with The Beatles at the horticultural society Dance, Birkenhead, England, having had a two-hour rehearsal in preparation. This…

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August 17, 1959 – The Musical Genius of Miles Davis

Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself. Miles Davis Monumental innovator, icon and maverick trumpeter Miles Davis released masterpiece jazz album Kind of Blue. Its influence on music, including jazz, rock, and classical genres, has led writers to call it one of the most influential albums ever…

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Elvis Presley 1935 – 1977

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/embed?listType=playlist&list=PLJXjHJz_GvRj8ZU4oiF47GAE28p-1iXek&layout=gallery[/embedyt] A live concert to me is exciting because of all the electricity that is generated in the crowd and on stage. It’s my favorite part of the business, live concerts. Elvis Presley Drafted into the US Army on August 16, 1958, they assigned ElvisNine to the 3rd Armored Division in Friedberg, West Germany….

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Offbeat Weekend, Quote Trivia – Three Days of Peace and Music, 1969

Describing Woodstock as the ‘big bang,’ I think that’s a great way to describe it because the important thing about it wasn’t how many people were there or that it was a lot of truly wonderful music that got played. David Crosby, The Byrds/Crosby, Stills & Nash On August 15th, 1969, the first day of…

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Quote Trivia – David Crosby

The people who run record companies now wouldn’t know a song if it flew up their nose and died. They haven’t a clue, and they don’t care. You tell them that, and they go, Yeah? So your point is? David Crosby Happy 79th David Crosby, American singer-songwriter and guitarist. David Crosby was a founding member…

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August 14, 1971 – The Who Release 5th Album Who’s Next

August 14, 1971, The Who released their fifth studio album Who’s Next which featured the classic song ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’. They view the album by critics as the Who’s best record and one of the greatest rock albums of all time. The cover artwork shows a photo of the band apparently having just urinated on a large concrete…

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August 13, 1965 – John Lennon Clouds The Beatles’ North American Tour

My role in society, or any artist’s or poet’s role, is to try and express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel. Not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all. John Lennon The Beatles arrived at Kennedy International Airport for their 1965 North American…

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Indie Spotlight – ‘Dull My Brain’ Signals Success of The Jailbird’s Sophomore EP

‘Dull My Brain’ is a stomping track from soon to release five-track concept EP release by The Jailbirds. The first spin, ‘Dull My Brain’ is dark, extremely heavy. Pay attention to the menacing lyrics that inform you why. You can feel the gritty influence of Guns N’ Roses and other heavy bands like Van Halen…

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Quote Trivia – Mark Knopfler, Dire Straits

I don’t like definitions, but if there is a definition of freedom, it would be when you have control over your reality to transform it, to change it, rather than having it imposed upon you. You can’t really ask for more than. Mark Knopfler Birthday wishes to Mark Knopfler, born August 12, 1949. Mark Knopfler…

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