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July 02 in Music History

Today: Neil Young released “Rust Never Sleeps” in 1979, 35 years ago (read more)

For anyone still passionately in love with rock & roll, Neil Young has made a record that defines the territory. Defines it, expands it, explodes it. Burns it to the ground. Rust Never Sleeps tells me more about my life, my country and rock & roll than any music I’ve heard in years.
~Paul Nelson (rollingstone.com)

Neil Young Rust Never Sleeps

Bob Dylan: Finjan Club Montreal, Quebec, Canada 2 July 1962 (Audio) (read more)

 bob dylan live finjan club
 Roy J. Bittan (born July 2, 1949) is an American keyboardist, best known as a member of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, which he joined on August 23, 1974. Bittan, nicknamed The Professor, plays the piano, organ, accordion and synthesizers.  roy bittan
 Paul Williams (July 2, 1939 – August 17, 1973) was an American baritone singer and choreographer. Williams is noted for being one of the founding members and original lead singer of the Motown group The Temptations. Along with David Ruffin, Otis Williams (no relation), and fellow Alabamians Eddie Kendricks and Melvin Franklin, Williams was a member of The Temptations during the “Classic Five” period. Personal problems and failing health forced Williams to retire in 1971. He committed suicide two years later.  paul williams the temptations
 “Don’t Be Cruel” is a song recorded by Elvis Presley July 2, 1956, and written by Otis Blackwell in 1956. It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2002. In 2004, it was listed #197 in Rolling Stone’s list of 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The song is currently ranked as the 92nd greatest song of all time, as well as the fifth best song of 1956, by Acclaimed Music.  ElvisCruelDog

Spotify Playlist – July 02

Bob Dylan: Klam, Austria, June 29, 2014 (videos) – updated

bob dylan klam austria 2014

  • Simple Twist Of Fate added – 02.07.2014

Klam, Austria
Burg Clam (Clam Castle)
June 29, 2014

  • Bob Dylan – vocal, piano, harp
  • Tony Garnier – bass
  • George Recile – drums
  • Stu Kimball – rhythm guitar
  • Charlie Sexton on lead guitar
  • Donnie Herron – banjo, viola, violin, electric mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel

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June 30 in Music history

Bob Dylan played Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh, New York – 30 June 1988 (read more)

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Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (released June 30, 1998) is an album by singer-songwriter and guitarist Lucinda Williams, her fifth professional release. Issued by Mercury/Polygram Records, it was recorded in Nashville and Canoga Park, California. Williams co-produced the album, which includes guest appearances by Steve Earle and Emmylou Harris. CarWheelson_aGravelRoad
 Wilco (the album) is the seventh studio album by American alternative rock group Wilco which was released June 30, 2009. Prior to release, Wilco streamed the album on their website. The album was nominated for an Grammy Award for Best Americana Album.  Wilco_(The_Album)_cover
 Florence Glenda Ballard Chapman (June 30, 1943 – February 22, 1976) was an American singer and a founding member of the Motown group The Supremes. From 1963 until 1967, Ballard sang on 16 Top 40 hit Supremes’ singles, ten of which hit number-one on the Billboard Hot 100. In 1967, Motown CEO Berry Gordy decided to remove Ballard from the Supremes. After being dropped from the group, Ballard struggled with a solo career in the late 1960s and spent much of the last five years of her life in relative poverty. In 1976, Ballard died of cardiac arrest at the age of thirty-two. Her death has been called “one of rock’s greatest tragedies”.  Florence Ballard

Spotify Playlist – June 30

Today: Bob Dylan played Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh, New York, 30 June 1988

bob dylan wantagh 1988

A very good 88-concert and the sound on the circulating soundboard tape is incredible.

It is concert #15 of the Never Ending Tour & this tour is “labeled” the Interstate 88 Tour, part 1.

Jones Beach Theater
Jones Beach State Park
Wantagh, New York
30 June 1988

Wantagh, New York

Wantagh New York

Wantagh (pronounced /WAHN-taw/) is a hamlet and census-designated place (an unincorporated section of the town of Hempstead) in Nassau County on Long Island, New York, United States. The population of Wantagh was 18,871 at the time of the 2010 census.

Wantagh is known as “The Gateway to Jones Beach“.

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Bob Dylan: Tangled Up In Blue, 7 different studio versions from Minneapolis, Minnesota; December 30, 1974 (updated)

bob dylan tangled up in blue

From:
Sound 80 Studio
Minneapolis, Minnesota
30 December 1974
6th and last Blood On The Tracks recording session, produced by Bob Dylan.

  • Bob Dylan (vocal, guitar & harmonica)
  • Kevin Odegard (guitar)
  • Peter Ostroushko (mandolin)
  • Billy Peterson (bass)
  • Gregg Inhofer (keyboards)
  • Bill Berg (drums)

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