John Fogerty, Stevie Wonder, Graham Nash and The Black Crowes have been added to the FireAid line-up. Also taking the stage will be No Doubt, Alanis Morissette and
Olivia Rodrigo.
They’ll be joined by previously announced acts, Stevie
Nicks, Rod Stewart, Sting, Joni Mitchell, Stephen Stills, The Red Hot Chili
Peppers, Earth, Wind and Fire, Billie Eilish, Green Day, Dave Matthews and John
Mayer, Jelly Roll, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Pink and many, many more.
Lots of ways to see and/or hear the concerts … they will
stream live on Apple Music and the Apple TV app, Max, iHeartRadio, KTLA+,
Netflix/Tudom, Paramount+, Prime Video and the Amazon Music Channel on Twitch,
SiriusXM, Spotify, SoundCloud, Veeps, and YouTube, and at select AMC Theatre
locations in 70 US markets.
Meanwhile, another fundraiser will be held on January 28th at The Canyon in Agoura Hills, CA. Partaking in this one will be The Strawberry Alarm Clock, Micky Dolenz, Steve Porcaro of Toto and many, many more. (See the advert below)
More from Micky here ...A different kind of interview as he prepares to perform in Arizona ...
SEE LIST OF RESOURCESkk -
Enjoyed your post on Alan Freed.
The most important aspect of Alan
Freed was that he only spun records he believed in and worthy of
airplay. He really stuck his neck out for teenagers and racial
integration. When he was fired in 1959 from WABC in New York, payola was
not illegal at the time. That happened in 1960. Freed never admitted to
taking payola. His endeavors in spreading rock 'n' roll have been under-served in evaluating his radio and movie career.
Like deejay Dick
Biondi's circa 1964-1965 L.A. stint on radio station KRLA, Freed's 1960
year-long tenure on KDAY, a 50,000 watt station, really made an impact in
the Southern California radio market. I have a faint memory of Freed
hailing the Chess Records label and Chuck Berry.
In my fifty year
multi-media "career," record label presidents like Jerry Moss and Russ
Regan touted Freed's game-changing programing play list and achievements
to me during interviews.
Best,
HK
From Chuck Buell …
As read in Forgotten Hits ~~~
>>>It is unlikely that
another edition covering the entire history of the albums chart along with the
tracks of each album ("The Top Pop Albums, 1955 -
2026" from Record Research) will be released as a single print
edition. This may be your final chance to get a record of everything that
made the albums chart, from #1 - #200, in one, hefty volume." (Record Research)
A "Record of
Everything!" Or ~ A "Record of Records?!"
CB ( which should have stood for
"Compilation Boy!" )
You may remember last month when Chuck Buell told us about
that northernmost town in the U.S., Utqiaġvik in Alaska, (the town formerly known
as Barrow, Alaska) that was in the middle of “60 Days of Darkness” during
their Longest Night of the Year, a period where most of the 5,000 residents who
live there rarely even go outside on that long frigid night.
Well, last night, January 21st, that Blanket of Darkness began to recede and, starting today, the Sun will begin to reappears altho for only around a dawn-like hour! Then,
slowly for the nights and days that follow, the town ventures towards
24-hour daylight!
Chuck tells us ...
Not
surprising then, it’s a major event for the town. So later today, as they do every year to welcome this night-to-day changing time, the
residents will stage a dedicated celebration where singers, drummers and
dancers gather
together and indulge in their much longed-for annual tradition in what
they call “The
Welcome the Sun Back” Dance!
Well, of course!
During December, their average temperature stayed pretty much below
zero but the families who have lived there for generations have learned how
to cope with it all during that long, non-stop, dark Polar night by using Vitamin
D and light-therapy lamps to help them cope with the darkness. (Last year on that Sunrise Day, the high Temperature around one o’clock
in the afternoon was 6 degrees below zero and the low was eighteen
below! Just imagining that, my
fingers felt so freezing cold and numb jezt wryteng thes stery, I coud heartly
teyep et! ).
So, in acknowledgment of their lengthy Arctic Night returning
to Day, here is my "Return of the Sun Chuck Buell Minute Medley!"
CB ( which Stands for “Cold Boy!”)
I've gotta tell ya, I'm feeling a little bit like a "Cold Boy" here in Chicago this week, too, where wind chills have been hovering right around 25 - 30 degrees below zero so far this week! (kk)
Garth Hudson, the last surviving original member of The Band, has passed away. He was 87. While no official cause of death was given, it is said that he passed away peacefully. (kk)
https://theseconddisc.com/2025/01/21/in-memoriam-garth-hudson-1937-2025/
Bob
Kuban who, with The In-Men had a One Hit Wonder in 1966 with "The
Cheater" (it made The Top 20 in all three trades) died on Monday of a
stroke. (kk)
>>>Is there even a jazz act listed?!?! (kk)
As to the New Orleans Jazz Fest,
Stanley Clarke, Branford Marsalis, and Diana Krall are regarded as primarily
jazz artists, tho Branford has also been known for doing classical materials as
well ... and what about Harry Connick, Jr.?
As for the "Imagine"
strip from "Pearls Before Swine" by Stephan Pastis (I see it in one
of the New Jersey papers I read), I thought it was a meme at first, but it
really was published in 2021! https://store.gocomics.com/product/pearls-before-swine-april-11-2021-imagine-comic-art-print/ (link to purchase print of strip)
Bob Frable
My point on the jazz festival thing is that if you’re going
to CALL it a Jazz Festival … and this thing has been around forever … then let
the jazz artists drive the thing, few as they may be.
But the bottom line is that all that matters IS the bottom
line …
None of THESE artists would pack them in (at $350+ per
ticket no less) like some of the headliners shown in their advertisement. It’s just especially funny in light of all of
the attention being paid again to Bob Dylan plugging in at the Newport Folk
Festival … who would have ever thought that THIS lineup would be leading the
way to the New Orleans Jazz Festival some sixty years later! (kk)
Tom Cuddy sent me this great (but rather sad) article about
Eric Carmen … sad, because I was SUCH a fan … sorry to hear his career ended on
such a low personal note. (kk)
Eric Carmen Was a Power-Pop Legend.
Then He Vanished
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/eric-carmen-songs-marriage-death-1235230611/?utm_campaign=syndication
Several other readers responded or forwarded this as well ...
A nice job by Rolling Stone Magazine, profiling a pop music legend.
IF you are a fan of the Raspberries or Eric Carmen, this
new article in Rolling Stone is quite fascinating. Lots of it may be
sad, but it goes into great detail of his life and the sad later years.
A bit Brian Wilson, but sometimes better and sometimes worse. Overall,
they make no judgements, but it is very well done and very LONG!
Clark Besch
I think
it is very sad that he seemed to lose all connections there at the end -
not sure what to believe about his daughter writing in her diary that
she wanted to kill him / there has to be SOME element of truth to that -
sad to think that he was so lost to alcoholism, too. All that talent, wasted.
A bit Brian Wilson but a bit Emitt Rhodes, too - he just had different demons (and may have been his own worst enemy)
The
whole thing is just very sad for me because I am a HUGE admirer of all
three of these incredibly talented artists - I almost feel like that
must be the trade off somehow - we’ll give you this way of connecting with people all over the world thru your music - but take all of your PERSONAL connections away from you, leaving you alone and depressed in the end. (kk)
An early draft of Bob Dylan's lyrics to "Mr. Tambourine Man" sold at an auction for $508,000 this past week. They consisted of three rough drafts, typed on two yellowed-sheets, along with several of Dylan's hand-written notes in the margins. They were typed on Al Aronowitz's typewriter in late 1964.
Also auctioned off that night by Aronowitz's family were a signed original 1968 oil painting by Dylan, which sold for $260,000, and a 1983 Fender Telecaster guitar owned and played by
Dylan, that brought in $222,250. (kk)
Hey Kent -
Can you stand two more birthdays?
Buzz Aldrin had his 95th birthday 🎉🎂! on Jan. 20. Here he is with wife
Lois at Chasen's. Cool 😎 guy!
Also another cool guy getting a year
older, Paul Stanley gives me a wave at Spago.
Jim Roup
And I know it's early but ...
60 YEARS AGO TODAY:
1/22/65 – Actress Diane Lane is born
