Working at the now infamous Abbey Road studios, London, The Beatles recorded ‘Across the Universe.’ John and Paul decided the song needed some falsetto harmonies so they invited two young girl fans into the studio to sing on the song. The two were Lizzie Bravo, a 16-year-old Brazilian living near Abbey Road and 17-year-old Londoner Gayleen Pease......looks like it was a good call....
across the universe on you tube
Friday, February 4, 2011
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Wynton!
hey jazz fans...check out this neat AandE documentary from 1985 about Wynton Marsalis' career up to this point:
http://vimeo.com/19302501
http://vimeo.com/19302501
Demos!
new track up on my myspace page! "Hootchie Coochie Man" featuring Cory Richardson on bass, Josh Kuehnel on keys, Mike Dio Giorgio on harp and drums, and myself on guitar and vocals. Enjoy it :
www.myspace.com/thecamdenbluesband
www.myspace.com/thecamdenbluesband
On this day in.....
1960 – British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan speaks of the "a wind of change" of increasing national consciousness blowing through colonial Africa, signaling that his Government was likely to support decolonization.
The Day The Music Died
Today (February 3rd) marks a sad turning point in the history of music. On this date in 1959, a small plane carrying The Big Bopper, Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and their pilot, Roger Peterson died when their plane crashed near Clear Lake, Iowa.
After various frustrations with the tour bus they were provided with, they decided a plane should be used to get to the next gigs...other musicians in the entourage could not afford to fly to that evening....thus leading to only the four people mentioned who got on the plane. After investigation, the cause of the crash was determined to be poor weather mixed with pilot error. All aboard the aircraft where under the age of 22.
Who knows what direction these amazing rock and roll pioneers would have gone, had they lived. This incident, was one of many, to usher in the new era of rock and roll....
Interesting note: a young Waylon Jennings was playing bass for Buddy Holly at this time
Don McLean coined the term "the day the music died" in his 1971 hit single "American Pie".
After various frustrations with the tour bus they were provided with, they decided a plane should be used to get to the next gigs...other musicians in the entourage could not afford to fly to that evening....thus leading to only the four people mentioned who got on the plane. After investigation, the cause of the crash was determined to be poor weather mixed with pilot error. All aboard the aircraft where under the age of 22.
Who knows what direction these amazing rock and roll pioneers would have gone, had they lived. This incident, was one of many, to usher in the new era of rock and roll....
Interesting note: a young Waylon Jennings was playing bass for Buddy Holly at this time
Don McLean coined the term "the day the music died" in his 1971 hit single "American Pie".
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