Two weeks after participating in the recording of Miles Davis' watershed album "Kind Of Blue," John Coltrane began sessions for his fifth album and first for a new record label. The record was "Giant Steps" released 52 years ago this month and featuring Tommy Flanagan on piano, Paul Chambers on bass and Art Taylor on drums. The song, a Coltrane composition, has a simplicity … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Syeeda’s Song Flute” by John Coltrane
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Today in Rock History – January 27
1962, The Beatles appeared at Aintree Institute in Aintree, Liverpool. The group had played here many times before but this was their last performance at the venue. Brian Epstein became infuriated when the promoter paid The Beatles' fee of £15 ($24) with handfuls of loose change. Epstein took this as an insult to the group, and made sure that The Beatles never played for that … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – January 27
Song of the Day by Eric Berman – “Dear Prudence” by The Beatles
Prudence was, of course, actress Mia Farrow's sister. They were in attendance in India studying Transcendental Meditation with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi along with The Beatles, Donovan and Mike Love of the Beach Boys. Prudence was very serious about TM and spent most of her time in her room meditating. Beatle John was concerned for her wellbeing and wrote this song inviting her to … [Read more...] about Song of the Day by Eric Berman – “Dear Prudence” by The Beatles
RadioActive Half Life
I'm everybody's Uncle Marty, as The 3D RadioActivity reaches chapter 571 with what we are calling our RadioActive Half Life, so remember that if someone is having 50% of the fun we are, we're still achieving twice as much as them! We could play the second half next time, however since # 572 will conclude our 12th year together, the feature won't be our last, and that's the … [Read more...] about RadioActive Half Life
Today in Rock History – January 26
1965, "Downtown" by Petula Clark was at number one on the US singles chart. A young Jimmy Page had played as a session guitarist on the track, giving him his first US number one hit, as well as a number two hit in the UK. 1965, during a Rolling Stones tour of Australia and New Zealand, guitarist Keith Richards had his shirt torn off after 50 fans invaded the stage during the … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – January 26