Joey Ramone and his mother – YouTube video

JOEY RAMONE and his adorable mother on GERALDO episode “Heavy Metal Moms”, 1991 pic.twitter.com/rBcCKIlE0T
— The Live Version (@EvilPilotFish) March 2, 2024

Tweet on Happy Traum’s recording with Bob Dylan in 1971

Happy Traum accompanied Bob Dylan on four songs on September 24, 1971. Three appeared on Dylan’s Greatest Hits, Vo. 2 and the fourth was on 2013’s The Bootleg Series vol. 10.

Pod Dylan 309 – Greatest Hits Vol.2 with Happy Traum https://t.co/TjpabaKU0Y @ShanaBrintnall4 @Quizzie @barberville @laura_woodsy @FreewheelinMY @venetianblonde
— Graham Taylor (@dylanfan8) March 2, 2024

I listen to this every day. Bob Dylan and Happy Traum breathing compassion's last breath. It's unflinching. It's unfancy. It's real in the way that almost nothing is real.https://t.co/cOv03lEIdi
— HarryHew (@harryhew) October 4, 2022

Happy Traum talks about finding out a 40 year old recording of his was released on a Dylan Bootleg Series. From the new PodDylan (fully show on all pod platforms).https://t.co/v5KQqx1nj5
— The FM Podcast Network (@TheFM_Pods) March 2, 2024

Paste Magazine on the 70 best Alt-Country albums

This is an excellent list.

The 70 Best Alt-Country Albums of All Time

I certainly agree on their top two selections. I am also a big admirer of their #4 pick. The Drive-By Truckers were amazing in concert at that time (2003).

The Grateful Dead played five new songs on 2/18/71

The #GratefulDead debuted a number of now-classic songs on this day in 1971 at @capitoltheatre. https://t.co/omDUTIkgIP
— Live For Live Music (@L4LM) February 18, 2024

Rolling Stone’s Top 500 Songs

More than 250 artists, writers, and industry figures helped us choose a list full of historic favorites, world-changing anthems, and new classics.

Presenting: The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time

More: https://t.co/flruJzoGcT pic.twitter.com/Opfjl07UuD
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) February 17, 2024

Covers: The Twist

The Twist (the song and the dance) was very popular in the early 1960s.

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I can relate to this cartoon

I used to know a lot of current music. Now I don’t. I can’t name any Taylor Swift songs, for example.

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50th Anniversary of Court and Spark

Joni Mitchell’s great album Court and Spark was released 50 years ago. It’s a lot more accessible than her earlier albums and she is backed by a full band.

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Joni's 'Court and Spark,' an album that not only captured hearts but also climbed the charts to claim the title of her best-selling album of all time.

Share your memories and favorite songs from the album and revisit ‘Court and Spark’ here:… pic.twitter.com/SR5SKNBY7o
— Joni Mitchell (@jonimitchell) January 17, 2024

Joni Mitchell's 'Court and Spark' was released 50 years ago today.

In our review, we called it "The first truly great pop album of 1974."

More: https://t.co/SKPYRWWn0H pic.twitter.com/V8TM5Fpeos
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) January 17, 2024

"John Lennon said, You want a hit, don't you? Put some fiddles on it!"

On the 50th anniversary of @jonimitchell's Court And Spark, MOJO pulls back the curtain on the Gatsby-ish bacchanal that set the backdrop for Mitchell's second great masterpiece. ⬇️https://t.co/4cT8mxAXfF
— MOJO Magazine (@MOJOmagazine) January 17, 2024

Bob Dylan and the Band – 1/20/68

I have posted these before. They’re from the Woody Guthrie Tribute Concert. Bob Dylan, backed by the guys who would become the Band, played three loud versions of Guthrie songs. The performances are great. The Band was young and healthy.

The recording quality is not great. A deluxe version of the recordings of the two tribute concerts was released six years ago.

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Garth at Carnegie Hall, while The Band accompanied Bob Dylan at the Woody Guthrie tribute concert on January 20th, 1968.
📸Charles Steiner pic.twitter.com/NJi7eYrB87
— Eric Lallier (@scariesttoast) January 23, 2022

#OnceWereBrothers rewatching this film, but The Band was a special group, and when they were with Dylan, they (and he) were both extraordinary; the photo below is at the Woody Guthrie Memorial concert, 1968 at Carnegie Hall — and yes, i was there. pic.twitter.com/1uDi02A9A7
— dr. salvatore j fallica (@sjf1) June 26, 2020

January 20, 1968: Just three months after Woody Guthrie's passing, Bob Dylan and The Band took the stage at Carnegie Hall for the Woody Guthrie Memorial Concert, a heartfelt tribute to the folk icon.

📸 David Gahr pic.twitter.com/0EIFfP8SfN
— The Band (@TheBandOfficial) January 20, 2024

Bob Dylan backstage at ‘A Tribute To Woody Guthrie,’ Carnegie Hall, New York, 1968. pic.twitter.com/jQLVRPgHwz
— daily Bob Dylan (@dailybobdylan1) July 26, 2022

The performers paying tribute to Woody Guthrie at Carnegie Hall in January 1968 stuck to his most well-known songs.

Except Bob Dylan, who decided to throw in an obscure number that its songwriter never even got round to recording. 🧵

Photo by David Gahr pic.twitter.com/UDRw3Rpdfe
— DylanRevisited (@DylanRevisited) September 28, 2023

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I remember 45 rpm records

I bet everyone my age had 45s before they had albums.

The invention of the 45 was half the reason the world would change. The other half was the invention of the compact portable record player that allowed us kids to play the records in the privacy of our own rooms. Without our parents disapproval. Hundreds and hundreds of times! https://t.co/ASWaxCL5wL
— 🕉🇺🇦🟦Stevie Van Zandt☮️💙 (@StevieVanZandt) January 10, 2024