2004- Barry and Robin Gibb were awarded honorary degrees from Manchester University.
1996- Hootie and the Blowfish went Number one on the US charts with "Fairweather Johnson."
1983- Meatloaf filed for bankruptcy.
1977- Virgin records announced that they had signed the Sex Pistols.
1973- Led Zeppelin started a three week run at Number one on the U.S. charts with "Houses of the Holy."
1967- Jimmi Hendrix's debut album, "Are you Expierenced?" was released in the U.K.
1965- The Rolling Stones recorded "Satisfaction" at RCA Hollywood Studios.
1963- Bob Dylan walked out of rehearsal for the Ed Sullivan show after being told he couldn't perform.
1950- Billy Squier born.
Showing posts with label Bob Dylan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bob Dylan. Show all posts
Monday, May 12, 2008
Friday, May 9, 2008
This Day in History
1999- The Backstreet Boys scored their first U.K. number one single with "I Want it That Way"
1998- All Saints got their second U.K. Number One single with their cover of the Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Under the Bridge"
1998- Jimmy Page appeared on "Saturday Night Live" to perform "Come With Me" with rapper, Sean Combs. The song sampled the guitar riff from Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir."
1992- Bruce Springsteen made his North American Telivision debut on "Saturday Night Live."
1980- Supertramp's "Logical Song" won Best Song Musically and Best Song Lyrically at the 25th Ivor Novello Awards.
1975- Ryan Vikedel of Nickleback born.
1974- Bruce Springsteen played at Boston's Herald Square Theatre. The performance inspired Rolling Stone critic, John Landau, to write "I have seen rock and roll's future and his name is Bruce Springsteen."
1963- Bob Dylan played the first of two sold out shows at London's Royal Albert Hall.
1963- During a concert at London's Albert Hall, Paul McCartney met future girlfriend, Jane Asher, for the first time.
1962- Dave Gahan of Depeche Mode born.
1950- Tom Petersson of Cheap Trick Born.
1949- Billy Joel born.
1998- All Saints got their second U.K. Number One single with their cover of the Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Under the Bridge"
1998- Jimmy Page appeared on "Saturday Night Live" to perform "Come With Me" with rapper, Sean Combs. The song sampled the guitar riff from Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir."
1992- Bruce Springsteen made his North American Telivision debut on "Saturday Night Live."
1980- Supertramp's "Logical Song" won Best Song Musically and Best Song Lyrically at the 25th Ivor Novello Awards.
1975- Ryan Vikedel of Nickleback born.
1974- Bruce Springsteen played at Boston's Herald Square Theatre. The performance inspired Rolling Stone critic, John Landau, to write "I have seen rock and roll's future and his name is Bruce Springsteen."
1963- Bob Dylan played the first of two sold out shows at London's Royal Albert Hall.
1963- During a concert at London's Albert Hall, Paul McCartney met future girlfriend, Jane Asher, for the first time.
1962- Dave Gahan of Depeche Mode born.
1950- Tom Petersson of Cheap Trick Born.
1949- Billy Joel born.
Monday, April 21, 2008
All Along the Watchtower
"I think Dylan wrote one of the timeless songs of all time when he wrote that song, and it's one of those songs that can be interpreted so many ways.." -Warren Haynes
"All Along the Watchtower" is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan. Dylan performed this very song more often at any concert than any of his other compositions. At the end of 2007, it was estimated that he had sung the song 1,748 times on stage.
Dylan, recovering from a motorcycle accident which marked his career shift, had begun to read the Bible on a daily basis. The Book of Isiah, Chapter 21, verses 5-9, contains the words is where Dylan found inspiration for the song.
The song has been covered an uncountable number of artists, including Jimi Hendrix Experience and U2.
The Jimi Hendrix Expierence began to record their cover when Hendrix had been given a copy of Dylan's recording. To the Hendrix cover, Dylan replyed by saying, ""It overwhelmed me, really. He had such talent, he could find things inside a song and vigorously develop them. He found things that other people wouldn't think of finding in there. He probably improved upon it by the spaces he was using. I took license with the song from his version, actually, and continue to do it to this day."
U2 covered the song, and then performed the song on tour years later with an additional verse added by Bono. The performance can be seen in their documentary, "Rattle and Hum."
The Dave Matthews version of the song maintains Dylan's three chord structure and key signature, but differs in style. Dave Matthews typically starts the song slow with just vocals and guitar and the rest of the band joins him at the line "the hour is getting late" and the song tempo increasingly picks up.
Other artists to cover the song include Prince, Pearl Jam, Elton John, Eric Clapton, DMC, The Fratellis, Howie Day, The Indigo Girls, John Mellencamp, Lenny Kravitz, Phish, Tori Amos, and Widespread Panic.
Andrew Stockdale, front man of Wolfmother, has stated that the characteristics of their song "Joker and the Thief" came from Dylan's original song, which he has adored for years.
Bob Dylan
Jimi Hendrix Expierence
Dave Matthews Band
Pearl Jam
Eric Clapton/Lenny Kravitz
The Fratellis
John Mellencamp
Widespread Panic
Wolfmother- "Joker and the Thief"
"All Along the Watchtower" is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan. Dylan performed this very song more often at any concert than any of his other compositions. At the end of 2007, it was estimated that he had sung the song 1,748 times on stage.
Dylan, recovering from a motorcycle accident which marked his career shift, had begun to read the Bible on a daily basis. The Book of Isiah, Chapter 21, verses 5-9, contains the words is where Dylan found inspiration for the song.
The song has been covered an uncountable number of artists, including Jimi Hendrix Experience and U2.
The Jimi Hendrix Expierence began to record their cover when Hendrix had been given a copy of Dylan's recording. To the Hendrix cover, Dylan replyed by saying, ""It overwhelmed me, really. He had such talent, he could find things inside a song and vigorously develop them. He found things that other people wouldn't think of finding in there. He probably improved upon it by the spaces he was using. I took license with the song from his version, actually, and continue to do it to this day."
U2 covered the song, and then performed the song on tour years later with an additional verse added by Bono. The performance can be seen in their documentary, "Rattle and Hum."
The Dave Matthews version of the song maintains Dylan's three chord structure and key signature, but differs in style. Dave Matthews typically starts the song slow with just vocals and guitar and the rest of the band joins him at the line "the hour is getting late" and the song tempo increasingly picks up.
Other artists to cover the song include Prince, Pearl Jam, Elton John, Eric Clapton, DMC, The Fratellis, Howie Day, The Indigo Girls, John Mellencamp, Lenny Kravitz, Phish, Tori Amos, and Widespread Panic.
Andrew Stockdale, front man of Wolfmother, has stated that the characteristics of their song "Joker and the Thief" came from Dylan's original song, which he has adored for years.
Bob Dylan
Jimi Hendrix Expierence
Dave Matthews Band
Pearl Jam
Eric Clapton/Lenny Kravitz
The Fratellis
John Mellencamp
Widespread Panic
Wolfmother- "Joker and the Thief"
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