Life is good. My family is happy and healthy. I'm in love with a beautiful woman. I'm gainfully employed. I am neither homeless, nor addicted to drugs. Creditors do not call me asking for money. I really can't complain about the 'big' stuff...
But I need some sort of musical outlet. See, I share walls now and that pretty much eliminates the possibility of me playing my drums. And as much as I love my acoustic guitar (and I DO love it so...), I need something else. So, since it was popular with the select group of people who used to follow it back in 2008 and 2009, when it was called Cru's Daily Dose, I'm going to reinvent it and try and put more energy into saying something about music every day, whether anyone cares or reads it or not. With my being on the site more often, maybe I'll be more inspired to write some blogs here and there about music in general, something I miss doing.
As always, feel free to comment if you see something that catches your eye...
On this date in 1962, The Rolling Stones played their first-ever gig at the Marquee Club in London. I would like to personally send a belated thank you to whomever the booking agent was because I believe in the whole Sliding Doors thing, so if this gig hadn't happened... I won't go into it, but I'm glad they played that night, no matter what they played...
July 12 Births:
1908 - Milton Berle (hey, the guy starred in Ratt's first few rock videos, which makes him relevant on this blog, in my opinion.) Speaking of which, I'm taking my son to see Ratt this Thursday night at the House of Blues. And their new record is excellent, by the way.
1943 - Christine McVie (vocalist/keyboards, Fleetwood Mac) Here's hoping she decides to rejoin FM someday...
1950 - Eric Carr (drummer, KISS) A perpetual RIP to a great rock drummer. The documentary "Tale of the Fox" is available online at Netflix and is worth a watch if you're a die-hard KISS fan like me.
1967 - John Petrucci (guitarist, Dream Theater)
July 12 Deaths:
1996 - Jonathan Melvoin (touring keyboardist, Smashing Pumpkins) His death was the final trigger event that got Jimmy Chamberlin kicked out of the Pumpkins, beginning a downward spiral that they've never recovered from. (Billy, just retire the damn band. You have to give your music away now because no one gives a shit. And by the way, us old fans would appreciate it if you ever played something, anything from Gish live anymore. But apparently, that's too much to ask.)
I'm listening to The Beatles' Abbey Road right now. Without a doubt, one of the greatest rock albums in history. Nothing profound in my saying that, but if you've never sat down and listened to it from start to finish, do yourself a favor and schedule about 48 minutes to do so. And if you can, do it with headphones on (which is how ALL music should truly be listened to to be fully appreciated). Anyway, do the Abbey Road thing. I promise, you will not be disappointed.
Other music I listened to today: Shotgun Messiah's first record, Simon and Garfunkel, a couple tunes from Cats in Boots, some Silvertide, and a good bit of Zeppelin in the morning.
What did YOU listen to today???
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