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“I have so many opinions about everything it just comes out during my music. It’s a battle for me. I try not to be preachy. That’s a real danger.” “It’s bettet to burn out than to fade away” “If you follow every dream, you might get lost.” |
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The blues was like that problem child that you may have had in the family. You was a little bit ashamed to let anybody see him, but you loved him. You just didn’t know how other people would take it.
~B. B. KingI never use that word, retire.
~B. B. KingUniversally hailed as the reigning king of the blues, the legendary B.B. King is without a doubt the single most important electric guitarist of the last half century. His bent notes and staccato picking style have influenced legions of contemporary bluesmen, while his gritty and confident voice — capable of wringing every nuance from any lyric — provides a worthy match for his passionate playing.
~Bill Dahl (allmusic.com)
The Thrill Is Gone (Live at Montreux 1993):
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“Get Back is Paul. That’s a better version of Lady Madonna. You know, a potboiler rewrite.”
– John Lennon (1980)
The song was credited to The Beatles and Billy Preston. It was The Beatles’ only single that credited another artist.
We have included 10 different versions in this post!
“Get Back” is a song recorded by the Beatles, originally released as a single on 11 April 1969. A different mix of the song later became the closing track of Let It Be (1970), which was the Beatles’ last album released just after the group split. The single version was later issued on CD on the second disc of the Past Masters compilation.
The single reached number one in the United Kingdom, the United States, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, France, West Germany, and Mexico. It was the Beatles’ only single that credited another artist at their request. “Get Back” was the Beatles’ first single release in true stereo in the US. In the UK, the Beatles’ singles remained monaural until the following release, “The Ballad of John and Yoko”.
“By the time sessions reached Apple the lyric had changed and the title… well, Paul had his own ideas in that direction. George Martin, over the talkback: ‘What are you calling this, Paul?’ Paul: ‘Shit. Shit, take one.'”
– Mark Lewisohn (The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions)
The Beatles – Get Back (live, The Rooftop concert):
Tomorrow we here at JV will drive for 7 hours to Stavern were Bob Dylan will play his 17th concert on this “Europe summer tour 2014”. Next day we will drive down to Kristiansand and catch the 18th concert. Happy days are here!!
Here are some statistics from this leg:
The setlist we will get at least one of the days (maybe both days):
Continue reading Bob Dylan: Europe Summer Tour 2014, setlists, statistics & videos
I will update this post with more stuff as soon as I find new videos/audios.
Thessaloniki, Greece
Limani
Thessaloniki Harbour
June 22, 2014
Band Members
Continue reading Bob Dylan: Thessaloniki, Greece, June 22, 2014 (videos) – updated