Thursday, November 9, 2023

Thursday This And That

Mike Riccio just let us know that the polls are open for this year’s Rewound Radio Top 77 All-Time Favorites Ballot!  You can vote for YOUR ten favorites now.  Check it out!

Hi Kent !
Our yearly Top 77 of All-Time tradition continues this year and the voting has started! For the 26th time, we're polling your favorite songs of all time for the OldiesBoard.com site and RewoundRadio.com.
AND YOU'LL GET YOUR OWN COPY OF THE RESULTS ... "77-Plus" pages … with a list of EVERY song that got a vote, from #1 to the very bottom song. Plus, there's lots of trivia and other fascinating info on the music of our lives ... it's yours just for voting!
This is the only music survey that includes any artist, any era, any style ... and we say thanks so much for voting in the past but WE NEED YOUR VOTE THIS YEAR to make this the best year ever!
The voting process is easier than ever!
Please just take a few minutes to pick your favorite songs (pick anything from one song up to ten of your favorites.)
And pass the word to any other family members or friends.
Go to OldiesBoard.com or just vote at the following link (It's a 100% safe link and we never share info with ANY other sources):
https://musicradio77.com/voting2023.html
Thanks so much.
Mike Riccio
OldiesBoard.com moderator

'Breakfast with the Beatles' celebrates 40 Years

 

Host Chris Carter takes the KLOS/LA version on the road just about every Sunday while the daily show, heard nationally on SiriusXM’s Beatles Channel, airs Monday through Friday. That’s six days of shows but he’s also heard twice on weekends on SXM’s Little Steven’s Underground Garage with Chris Carter’s British Invasion, so he’s literally on the air playing Beatles and Beatles-related music eight days a week!

Chris has hosted more than 1800 episodes of BWTB on SXM, and 1100 on terrestrial radio to date.  On both SXM and broadcast radio, he’s played Beatles records (both by the group and individual members) 262,120 times.. give or take a song. 

Upcoming in person broadcasts before live audience for the remainder of the year are as follows:

Nov. 12 - Kobe Bistro - Seal Beach

Dec. 3 - Hard Rock Cafe - Hollywood

Dec. 10 - Kobe Bistro Seal - Beach

Dec. 17 - Casino Morongo - Cabazon (the 2080th episode of BWTB on terrestrial radio since inception) 

Guests have included Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Sir George Martin, Julian Lennon, Lawrence Juber, Pete Best Billy Preston, Olivia Harrison, Pattie Boyd, Brian Wilson, Peter Asher, the Bangles, Paul Stanley, Gary Wright, Carmine & Vinnie Appice, Joey Molland, Billy J. Kramer, Freda Kelly, Peter Toro, The Smithereens, Jackie Lomax, Jim Keltner, Denny Seiwell, Neil Innes, Eric Idle, Victor Spinetti, Dick Cavet, Terry Brown, Little Steven Van Zandt, Mark Hudson, Ken Scott, May Pang, Spencer Davis, Ian Gillian, Joe Elliott, Johnny Rivers, Dave Davies, Focal Point, Bruce Spizer, Jon Anderson, Brute Force, Terry Sylvester, Amber Lee, Brian Ray, Rusty Anderson, Larry Kane, Micky Dolenz, Richard Perry, The Raspberries, The Fab Four, Geoff Emerick, Susanna Hoffs & Matthew Sweet, Sparks, Mick Brown, Tom Petty, Denny Laine, The Fab Faux, Homer Simpson (Dan Castellaneta), The Naked Brothers, Jack “Apple” Oliver, Davy Jones, Jason Falconer, Ian McLagan, Ace Freely, Dhani Harrison, Klaus Voormann, The Quarry Men, Donovan, Graham Nash, Dr. Demento, Todd Rundgren, Gene Simmons, Ethan Russell, The Rutles and others. 

 


The Beatles were the biggest rock band of the 20th century, and their music lives on all over the world. The Los Angeles radio program Breakfast With the Beatles has helped ensure that longevity as it's been celebrating the fab four every Sunday from 9 to noon since 1983. The show is marking its 40th anniversary with a series of brunch parties — at the Hard Rock Café in Hollywood and Kobe Bistro in Seal Beach — featuring host Chris Carter (pictured above with Paul McCartney).

Deidre O’Donoghue started the show at KMET until the station crashed from hard rock to become The Wave in 1987. She landed at KNX, then took the show to KLSX, the classic rock channel which became the local home of The Howard Stern Show for many years. O’Donoghue died in 2001 and Beatles expert Chris Carter took over the show, which has since moved to KLOS and Sirius XM satellite radio and is now the longest-running show if its type on L.A. radio, and the longest continually running Beatles-themed radio program in the world.

Famous fans of the show over the years have included Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, filmmaker Cameron Crowe, and who’d have guessed? Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr. “Over the years, this guy turned the show from a Sunday morning appetizer into a hot-house lab for Beatle passion,” Crowe said in 2006. Praising the show’s “Beatle rarities, way-inside Beatle news, brilliant set-lists and a place where music fandom in general could flourish."

Carter founded the alternative rock group Dramarama in the 1980s and managed the pop band The Wondermints in the ’90s. He supervised the music for the films Mayor of the Sunset Strip, about DJ Rodney Bingenheimer, and Factory Girl, about Edie Sedgwick and Andy Warhol.

"There's the long-standing idea that a monkey could host a Beatles show because the songs are all good," Carter told the Pasadena Star-News. "You string a bunch of them together, and you have a show. But I've tried to take it up a few notches. I love putting a great set together and sharing it with an audience."

Meanwhile, babies born the day that John Lennon met Paul McCartney can start collecting Social Security next week.

 

Speaking of The Beatles, here's another important reminder about why it’s so important to proofread your work …

 

This went out in Ultimate Classic Rock on Monday …

Sir Ringo Starr was all set to open a hair salon because he didn't think The Beatles would "last a week." 

The legendary Liverpool group's final song, 'Now And Then,' was released last week, some 63 years after they first formed in 1960.

The 'Eleanor Rigby' hitmakers - also comprised of the late frontman John Lennon and drummer George Harrison - split in 1970 and surviving members Starr, 83, and Sir Paul McCartney, 81, have admitted they didn't anticipate lasting as long as they did.

Hey, I had my own gaffe last week – it happens (and I’m guilty of being so rushed, so often, that good, solid proofreading isn’t always an option anymore) … but the BIG blunders really make you look dumb!  (kk)

 

By the way, I knew that was a mistake because my brand new Beatles Golden Book arrived this week ... so now even little kids can learn that George Harrison actually played GUITAR for the group.  This book is available now (but it's pretty awful reading!!!)  Still, a very clever idea.  The new series also includes books on The Bee Gees, Bruce Springsteen, Taylor Swift and others.  (I also got my new Beach Boys coloring book a few weeks back!)  VERY cool that today's kids will get to learn more about OUR heroes this way.  (kk)

 

One more quick "Now And Then" Beatles story that's kind of touching ...

https://www.noise11.com/news/musician-on-the-beatles-now-and-then-died-without-knowing-she-played-on-the-song-20231109

 

Hello Mr. Kotal:

Just wondering if there is any news on Al Kooper being inducted into the mis-named Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame?  I cannot seem to find anything on the internet about him.  I know he said in an earlier post somewhere that him showing up would depend on his health at the time.  Since he follows your website perhaps you could reach out to him and get his thoughts. 

Also, you must know by now that our new favorite Russian band, Leonid and Friends did a great cover of Al’s “I love you more than you will ever know.”  Perhaps you could get Al to comment on what he thinks of that cover version of his song as well.  Joe Bonamassa and Beth Hart also have a killer version of this one as well. 

Thanks, Kent, for all the great work you do on this site.

Pete Heger

Al Kooper most certainly WAS inducted last Friday Night … and sent in a video clip to be aired during the ceremony in which he humbly accepted his award.  He is certainly a deserving artist in this regard.

The recap shown during the ceremony recounted his time with Bob Dylan, starting the original Blood, Sweat and Tears, jamming with Stephen Stills and Mike Bloomfield on The Super Sessions LP and discovering, signing and producing Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Al’s biography is HIGHLY recommended to anyone out there who may not have already read it.

This Leonid and Friends group is frickin’ incredible!  Just listen to the sound on this thing.  How could Al possibly NOT love it!!!  (kk)

From Al ... 

I am so pleased when my songs are recorded, I  would never criticize ANYONE.

Either I like it or I don’t understand it.

It is VERY well done.

@l k%per

The Eagles have added seven more dates to their ever-expanding "Long Goodbye" tour.

New on the list are:

January 16th – Palm Springs, CA – Acrisure Arena
February 6th – St. Louis, MO – Enterprise Center
February 10th – Omaha, NE – CHI Health Center
February 13th – Tulsa, OK – BOK Center
February 17th – New Orleans, LA – Smoothie King Center
March 4th – Orlando, FL – Amway Center
March 16th – Charlotte, NC – Spectrum Center

Plenty more to come!  (kk)

And, speaking of adding dates, Heart has added a THIRD date to their little get-together series ... but they're still not calling it a "tour."  (That being said, one can only hope that more dates will continue to be announced ... and they'll eventually head back to the Midwest!)

Ann and Nancy Wilson will regroup once more for a show in Highland, California on December 27th at The Yaamava' Theater.  (kk)

I thought this was a pretty interesting story ...

After all these years (and on the eve of the album's 50th anniversary) the man pictured on the cover of Led Zeppelin's fourth studio album has finally been identified!

For many of us, this is our favorite Led Zeppelin LP (although I'd have to rank Led Zeppelin II as a close second.)

Still, incredible to think that it has taken this long to put a name to the face!

https://bestclassicbands.com/led-zeppelin-iv-release-date-11-8-21/

And how about this ...

Boy George will be appearing on Broadway next year in the musical "Moulin Rouge!"  His stint will begin on February 6th and run thru May 12th at The Al Hirschfeld Theatre.  (kk)