The Monterey International Pop Festival was held on June 16-18, 1967. The Criterion Collection has done a great job with their Blu-ray release of the film about it, Monterey Pop.
Monterey Pop Festival set list
Category: Music
Article on “You Know My Name (Look Up the Number) ” by the Beatles
“You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)” is a strange song with an equally strange history. The sax solo is by Brian Jones who was dead by the time it was released. It sounds like the Bonzo Dog Band or Monty Python, not like the serious “Let It Be” on the other side of the single.
The “joke” Beatles song that features Rolling Stones founder Brian Jones
The cover art of the first Santana album
Rickrolling – the history
Sly Stone dies at 82
I saw Sly and the Family Stone twice and they were incredible. See my prior post – link at the bottom.
I have posted on Sly before:
Instagram and YouTube guitar factory videos
I watched The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose (2006)
I bought a used DVD of this on eBay. I had heard of the Holy Modal Rounders but was not familiar with their music. Robert Christgau, a great writer about music, is a big admirer of theirs so I thought I would give the film a chance. The Rounders started in the early 1960s but most of the film takes place between 2000 and 2003. The music has been called psychedelic folk.
Here is the trailer and the entire film. I don’t normally post entire films but IMDB doesn’t show it streaming anywhere and the DVD is out of print.
I recommend the film. It certainly is honest and one of the two main performers, the late Steve Weber, doesn’t usually come across well. His behavior, to put it kindly, is erratic.
Peter Stampfel, who is still around, seems much more reasonable.
There are lots of performance clips and interviews with folks such as Christgau and Dave Van Ronk. Sam Shepard, who was in the band for several years, is also interviewed. There is even a clip of their appearance on Laugh-In.
Covers: When I’m Sixty-Four
“When I’m Sixty-Four” is a Beatles song from 1967. Paul McCartney wrote it around 1956.
Now he’s 64 … grandchildren sing for Sir Paul
Great new song by Fishbone
Fishbone has a great new song mocking Trump supporters. All Trump supporters are racists or willing to tolerate racism which is just as bad. The song has curse words so it’s NSFW.
They posted a parody of a Trump rant on Instagram. It sure sounds like him:
The song is on their upcoming album available directly from the Fishbone store.
I first learned about Fishbone in 1988 when they backed Little Richard on a cover of Rock Island Line. It’s on a tribute album to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly. I then got Fishbone’s fine album Truth and Soul.
Sad! 