I was covering a local basketball game in the Madison area last night. Being a music guy, I pay attention to the songs the band is playing during warmups. They opened with I Get Around, followed by Please, Please Me, 25 or 6 to 4, and Vehicle. I was impressed at the song selection so I complimented the director, who appeared to be fresh out of college. I told him that playing the song Vehicle was impressive. He said "Dude, that is our favorite!"
Phil
Keepin’ The Music Alive!!! Always so great to hear!
(When my daughter was in her High School Band, she convinced the Musical Director to add “Louie Louie” to their song line-up for basketball games! The fans loved it!!! Lol) kk
After years of teasing it, Barbra Streisand’s memoirs, “My Name Is Barbra,” will finally come out November 7th.
She says being quarantined during Covid finally provided the time to put forth a serious effort to get the book done … and it should be quite the read! (kk)
Look for a new animated Netflix series called “Agent Elvis” to debut next month.
The ten episode series portrays Elvis living a double life, working as a secret agent when he’s not up on the stage performing. (Something tells me Elvis would have LOVED this idea!!!)
Priscilla Presley is an Executive Producer of the new series and was one of the show’s creators. (Can’t wait to see Elvis, in his white jumpsuit, strap on a jet-pack to fly off and battle the evil at hand!) How can we not check this out?!?!?
Matthew McConaughey will voice the Elvis character. (Boy, he’s on a hot streak this week with all the “Yellowstone” talk going on about him becoming a new focal character should Kevin Costner decide to leave the hit series.) kk
Allan Clarke, former lead singer of The Hollies, has a new solo album coming out in April …
And singing harmonies with him again … for the first time in YEARS … is none other than Graham Nash!
The lead track (leaked earlier this week) is “Buddy’s Back,” a tribute to Buddy Holly, whose name they took their own namesake from.
Here is the animated lyrics video …
Henry Diltz, who graced our pages throughout the past year with excerpts from his personal journals and diaries as well as dozens of previously unpublished photos is now hosting a photo exhibit at LA’s infamous Morrison Hotel.
Henry was recently honored with a special Grammy Award this past Sunday Night … his work is legendary, as he had access to most of the biggest names in music at the time, carving out quite a career for himself in the ‘60’s and ‘70’s.
You can read more about it (and see some photos and video clips) here:
https://bestclassicbands.com/henry-diltz-photo-exhibit-morrison-hotel-gallery-2-6-23/
The legendary Tom Jones kicks off a world tour on April 29th at The Hollywood Bowl. (Jones is doing a second show the following night.)
It’s a pretty extensive run through The United States and Europe … unfortunately, there is no Chicago stop listed this time around … but the 82 year old seems eager to hit the stage again and perform before a live audience.
The tour schedule as it currently stands is shown below:
4/29 and 4/30
— Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl
5/03 — Austin, TX @CL Live at the Moody Theatre
5/05 — Sugar Land, TX - Smart Financial Centre at Sugar Land
5/07 — New Orleans, LA - New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
5/09 — Jacksonville, FL - Florida Theatre
5/10 — Orlando, FL - Hard Rock Live Orlando
5/12 — Hollywood, FL - Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
5/13 — Sarasota, FL - Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
5/15 — Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium
5/17 — North Charleston, SC - North Charleston Performing Arts Center
5/19 — Oxon Hill, MD - The Theater at MGM National Harbor
5/20 — Atlantic City, NJ - Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa
5/22 — New Brusnwick, NJ - State Theatre
5/23 — Huntington, NY - The Paramount
5/25 — New York, NY - Beacon Theatre
5/26 — Verona, NY - Turning Stone Resort Casino
6/16 — Belfast, IE - Ormeau Park
6/21 — Ulm, DE - Klosterhof
6/23 — Munich, DE - Tollwood Festival
6/27 — Frankfurt Am Main, DE - Alte Oper
6/29 — Baden-baden, DE - Festspielhaus Baden-Baden
7/03 — Dübendorf, CH - The Hall
7/05 —
Brighton, UK - Stanmer Park
7/08 — Rotterdam, NL - North Sea Jazz Festival
7/15 — Leicester, UK - Leicester County Cricket Club
7/17 — Carcassonne, FR - Festival de Carcassonne
7/22 — Newbury, UK - Newbury Racecourse
7/26 — Esher, UK - Sandown Park Racecourse
7/28 — Margate, UK - Dreamland
7/30 — Jerez de la Frontera, ES - Tio Pepe Festival
8/01 — Alicante, ES - Plaza de Toros
8/03 — Valencia, ES - Festival de Terramar
8/06 — Saffron Walden, Essex, UK - Audley End House and Gardens
Congratulations to LeBron James, who broke the all-time scoring record in the NBA when he passed Karem Abdul-Jabbar earlier this week.
I love this statistic:
Abdul-Jabbar’s record has stood since April 5th, 1984 …
James was born about nine months later!
Meanwhile, he’ll just keep adding to the tote board. WTG, LeBron! (kk)
MICKY DOLENZ is the subject of the new GOLDMINE issue (March / April, 2023), on sale March 1st. The interview was done by Ken Sharp.
DS
The Ron Chapman-directed Revival69: The Concert That Rocked The World documentary about the 1969 peace festival held in Toronto, Canada, is an official selection of the 2023 SXSW festival in Austin, Texas. The event featured the debut of the John Lennon and Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band. Chapman also interviewed Klaus Voormann, Shep Gordon, Alice Cooper, the Doors' Robby Krieger, Chicago's Danny Seraphine, promoter John Brower, SiriusXM deejay Rodney Bingenheimer, and Geddy Lee of Rush. Pennebaker/Hegedus Films is executive producer. The movie will screen at SWSW on March 12th and 16th at the Zach Theatre. I served as a consultant for this terrific documentary.
Harvey Kubernik
ABBA – making it all look fresh again –
I love it!!! (kk)
