Sunday, March 31, 2013
Mick Jagger in studio with Ringo Starr...
Mick Jagger in studio with Ringo Starr.
Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger has been working in a recording studio on a project with Ringo Starr and Joe Walsh, while Rolling Stones lead guitarist Ronnie Wood joined Paul McCartney on stage during a concert for Paul McCartney's son James.
On March 8, 2013, Walsh tweeted a group photo of him in a recording studio with several people, including Jagger, Starr, longtime Rolling Stones producer Don Was, blues musician Keb' Mo' and bass player Tal Wilkenfeld. Walsh said in the accompanying message: "Cooking up something here at Capitol Records! I think you'll like it."
It has not yet been announced what this project is or when it will be released.
Throughout March 2013, Wilkenfeld posted a series of vague tweets about the recording sessions:
“Thursdays in the office are usually pretty mellow. Like today… when I wrote a song with Bill Withers, Mick Jagger, Keb Mo & Joe Walsh. LOL."
“If I start thinkin about what's goin down in the studio tomorrow, I'll never sleep.”
“Usual day at the office... ya know, recording with Mick Jagger, Ringo Starr & Joe Walsh.”
“Gr8 fun recordin today with @JoeWalsh @kebmomusic @rrtfb @akadrjohn ,Jim Keltner & Mike Finnigan! Don Was producing. Dunno who is now! Lol.”
The Rolling Stones are expected to announce their 2013 tour on Wednesday, April 3, 2013...
Rolling Stones drop major hints about when they will announce their 2013 tour
The Rolling Stones are expected to announce their 2013 tour on Wednesday, April 3, 2013. On March 29, 2013, the official Rolling Stones website posted this message: "5 DAYS & COUNTING ..."
There has also been extensive advertising hinting at the announcement. Train stations, subway stations, posters and billboards in various major U.S. cities (including New York City, Chicago and San Francisco) have been featuring ads with the famous Rolling Stones tongue logo and an accompanying message that says either "You Get What You Need Wednesday" or "Can't You Hear Me Knocking Wednesday" or "Wild Wild Horses Wednesday." Rolling Stones fans have been posting photos of these ads all over the Internet.
Saturday, March 30, 2013
One of the most iconic logos of our time, red lips and a tongue...
One of the most iconic logos of our time, red lips and a tongue.
Hard to believe the logo that was designed back in 1971 by John Pasche would be one of the most enduring recognizable images of our time, certainly in rock and roll, The Rolling Stones tongue.
Pasche was a 24-year-old postgraduate design student at London’s Royal College of Art when Jagger went looking for new talent, having become dissatisfied with the record label’s artworks. After meeting the singer, Pasche designed a tour poster and was commissioned to come up with a band logo.
Pasche said: “Mick had a picture of Kali, the Hindu goddess, which he was very keen on. India was very much in fashion at the time, but I thought something like that might go out of date.”
A picture of the Goddess Kali from which the logo was inspired from.
“I wanted something anti-authority, but I suppose the mouth idea came from when I met Jagger for the first time at the Stones’ offices. I went into this sort of wood-panelled boardroom and there he was. Face to face with him, the first thing you were aware of was the size of his lips and his mouth.”
The logo first appeared on the inside sleeve of the 1971 album Sticky Fingers and has been used ever since, soon becoming a visual shorthand for the group as well as the stage design for gigs such as the Stones’ show at the Superbowl in 2006.
Initially paid just £50, when the Stones copyrighted the design Pasche received a share of royalties rights, later selling this for a lump sum.
Pasche, who also worked with the Who and Paul McCartney, said he never expected the image to be used for so long: “I’m still amazed by how popular it is. I get emails from people saying, ‘I’ve just had the logo tattooed on my arm.’”
Some examples of how the Stones new logo was merchandised and produced back in the early 70′s. It is still emblazoned on every t-shirt sold at every Stones concert worldwide today.
The first Stones Manufactured Tongue pin, circa 1971.
The ad that appeared in rock magazines selling some of the origial merchandising of the new logo.
Thaks Gary.
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Sir Paul McCartney surprised his son James by joining him and Ronnie Wood on stage last night (27.03.13).
Sir Paul Mccartney - Paul McCartney joins son onstage
Sir Paul McCartney surprised his son James by joining him and Ronnie Wood on stage last night (27.03.13).
Paul McCartney joins son onstage
Sir Paul McCartney surprised his son James by joining him on stage last night (27.03.13).James was playing a small show at London's Ambassadors Theatre as a warm up to his forthcoming US tour, and had recruited The Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood to join him on guitar for a track. However, he was shocked when his father also jumped behind the piano with them both for the song 'New York Times'.
Ronnie's wife, Sally, later tweeted: ''So lovely to have @JamesMcCartney_ @PaulMcCartney & @RonaldDavidWood up on the stage playing together ~ #beautiful (sic)''
After performing, Paul rejoined his wife, Nancy, and two of his daughters, Stella and Mary, in the audience to watch the rest of the show.
James, 35, is preparing his first ever full-length album, called 'Me'.
Speaking about the record he said: ''For my first album I wanted to make a record that would be intimate, deeply personal, and honest.
''An album that would say, 'This is who I am... both musically and personally. This is me.' ''
Paul did drop by the studio to help James record, with them tweeting a picture together behind the mixing desk earlier this year. The father and son are no strangers to working together, as James has previously contributed to his dad's albums including 1997's 'Flaming Pie' and 2001's 'Driving Rain'.
James is embarking on a 47-date US tour which will start on April 6 in Portland, Oregon.
Rolling Stones, Bill Wyman to reunite at Glastonbury fest.?
Rolling Stones, Bill Wyman to reunite at Glastonbury fest?
The Rolling Stones will headline the Glastonbury Music Festival in the UK for their first time ever this year, the BBC reported today. The full lineup also includes ex-Stone Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings. There's no word on a possible reunion between the two, though Wyman did play with the band on the group's recent limited tour.
Also featured at the event are Mumford and Sons, Stevie Winwood, Sinead O'Connor, the Smashing Pumpkins, Billy Bragg, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, the Arctic Monkeys, Primal Scream, Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, Elvis Costello and Kenny Rogers. Yes, that Kenny Rogers.
The event has been running in the UK almost annually since 1970. The first Glastonbury, held that year the day after Jimi Hendrix's death, featured Marc Bolan, Keith Christmas, Stackridge, Al Stewart and Quintessence. Fifteen hundred people attended.
The most recent fest, in 2011, was headlined by U2. Over 135,000 weekend tickets were sold. The 2012 event was canceled because of a lack of facilities after the London Olympics.
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Glastonbury Festival @GlastoFest ahora Here is the 2013 Glastonbury Festival line-up...
The Rolling Stones have been named as one of the three headline acts for the Glastonbury Festival 2013...
Rolling Stones to headline Glastonbury Festival
The Rolling Stones have been named as one of the three headline acts for the Glastonbury Festival 2013.
It will be the first time the Rolling Stones have played at
the festival at Worthy Farm, Somerset, which will draw about 135,000
people.The other headline acts at the festival, taking place on the final weekend of June, are Mumford and Sons and the Arctic Monkeys.
The Stones will be performing on the Saturday night - the penultimate night.
Mick Jagger tweeted: "Can't wait to play Glastonbury. I have my wellies and my yurt!"
Glastonbury was not held last year because of the Olympics and to allow the farmland to recover from the previous festival.
The full line-up, announced on the official website includes Primal Scream, Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds and Elvis Costello, with chart acts such as Professor Green and Dizzee Rascal also appearing.
Resales awaited Surprises among the 190 acts include country star Kenny Rogers, who is among the figures playing the main Pyramid Stage.
Also appearing on the Pyramid will be Rita Ora, Jake Bugg, Rufus Wainwright and festival veteran Billy Bragg.
Names on the Other Stage include Portishead - almost 20 years after they released their debut album Dummy - along with Smashing Pumpkins, Mercury Prize-winners Alt-J and John Lydon's band PiL. The XX, The Lumineers, Alabama Shakes and Foals are included on the bill.
Elsewhere on the huge site in Somerset will be performances by 1970s disco pioneers Chic, Tom Tom Club, rap stalwarts Public Enemy, Dinosaur Jr, The Horrors and Johnny Marr.
This year's Glastonbury is already a sell-out but there will be some resales next month.
Top 10 Double Albums..!!
Top 10 Double Albums
Releasing a double album in the ’60s and ’70s was a rite of passage. Even if an artist had no reason, let alone the material, to put out a two-record album, it was something that just needed to be done sometime during a career. The best double albums don’t leave you picking out half of the songs you’d think would work better on a single LP. For the most part, there’s nothing disposable on the records that made our list of the Top 10 Double Albums. Every single one of them belongs in your collection.
'Tusk' (1979)
Fleetwood Mac followed up the
gazillion-selling 'Rumours' with one of the weirdest records ever
released by a superstar band. It cost more than $1 million to make -- a
record number back in 1979. And, like the Beatles' 'White Album' (see
No. 3 on our list of the Top 10 Double Albums), it plays like several
solo records by various members with their bandmates serving as the
backing musicians. But it's a triumph of style and substance, and a
wonderfully nuanced record that earns its long length.
'Tommy' (1979)
Pete Townshend
called the Who's fourth album a rock opera, and it opened the gates to a
whole bunch of messy, pretentious records over the next several
decades. But the Who's sprawling, ambitious story about a kid's
awakening (sexual and otherwise) is told through a battering of guitars,
drums and rock-god vocals. No one else even came close.
'The Wall' (1979)
Like 'Tommy' (see No. 9 on our list
of the Top 10 Double Albums), 'The Wall' grabs much of its inspiration
from the World War II childhood of its creator. In Pink Floyd's case,
mastermind Roger Waters charts
his own rise, ego and psyche in a crushing narrative about an
emotionally damaged rock star bottoming out with issues, including the
all-purpose mommy one.
'Physical Graffiti' (1975)
Zeppelin's most gargantuan album is
made up of thunderous new tracks and leftovers from previous albums.
It's not always a seamless mix (the recent songs are easy to pick out),
but the band manages to pull it together with massively epic songs that
bridge Eastern and Western music. Possibly the most Zep-like album of
their career.
'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road' (1973)
Elton John was at the point in 1973
where he could release a double album of show tunes recorded in the
shower with his cat handling half of the vocals and it would be a
worldwide smash. But 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road' contains his best
songs: epics, rockers, pop hits and old-fashioned standards retrofitted
for electric guitars. And it all falls together as one of the
best-sounding records of the decade.
'Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs' (1970)
The ultimate song cycle of love in all its complicated shades -- from unrequited to spurned to brokenhearted. Eric Clapton brainstormed the project in light of his complicated relationship with pal George Harrison
and Harrison's wife, whom Clapton pined for. Through a sturdy mix of
originals and covers, Clapton and band -- including Duane Allman -- soar
through the hole in his heart.
'Electric Ladyland' (1968)
Hendrix's third album is his most
aurally rich experience, an overload of musical ideas from the outer
spaces of his mind. The patterns and textures layered throughout the
album remain among rock's most visionary. 'Electric Ladyland' is a blend
of rock, blues, jazz, soul, funk and folk that filters the '60s through
a futuristic fever dream.
'The Beatles' (1968)
More than any other record on our
list of the Top 10 Double Albums, the Beatles' 'White Album' is the one
that still reveals new insights with each listen. The Fab Four basically
played backing band to each other's solo recordings on the record, and
the songs unfurl like their past and present histories. It's the Beatles
at their most splintered, personal and ambitious.
'Blonde on Blonde' (1966)
Dylan capped 12 months of
tremendous output -- starting with 'Bringing It All Back Home,' quickly
followed by 'Highway 61 Revisited' -- with the two-record 'Blonde on
Blonde,' recorded in New York and Nashville with members of the Band
and session musicians. From sweet pop to bluesy rockers to 11-minute
epics, 'Blonde on Blonde' is Dylan's most sprawling record. Song for
song, it could be his best.
'Exile on Main St.' (1972)
From the muddy production to the
grimy guitars to the snapped-together songs, 'Exile on Main St.' is the
sound of drugs, fatigue and egos sinking in. And it wouldn't work any
other way. Nobody could touch the Stones at this point, and this
audacious work -- bluesy, doped-up tracks that barely hide the hedonism
that fuels them -- stands as their life's masterpiece. No wonder it took
them more than five years, and almost as many albums, to recover from
the high. Double albums don't get better than this.
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