Rocktober Music Fest: Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween! Rocktober Music Fest post with a Halloween theme.

"Love is Kinda Crazy with a Spooky Little Girl Like You" by The Zombies

Beck, Boggert and Appice "Black Cat Moan"....

Santana "Black Magic Woman"

Ray Parker Jr "Ghostbusters"

Happy Halloween!

Rocktober Music Fest: Happy Birthday Chris Slade

The final push for the Rocktober Music Fest and a short time till I go see a Rock N Roll Show. We start off celebrating a drummer's birthday. Chris Slade has drummed for AC/Dc, The Firm, Tom Jones, Asia and more.

Here is on the kit with AC/DC "Let There Be Rock"...

• Asia "Military Man" Slade on drums and vocals

                                                   "Feelings" Uriah Heep

                                                                       
                                                          The Firm "Satisfaction Guaranteed"

There is a good four pack of tunes to celebrate!

Rocktober Music Festival: Happy Birthday Peter Green

Happy birthday to Peter Green! If the name isn't familiar to you I am sure you have heard of his old band Fleetwood Mac. The Mac was different log ago, before the girls, before Lindsey Buckingham, and I suppose the really big hits too.

                                                 Santana liked "Black Magic Woman"

"Got a Good Mind to Give Up Living"

He did other things besides Fleetwood Mac.

"Albatross"

"Fool No More"

but he did cool things with Fleetwood Mac

"Oh Well"

Well I think that is a good set for a blues rock birthday!

R.I.P. Paul Barrere

"Let it Roll" by Little Feat. Sad news from Little Feat tonight guitarist Paul Barrere has passed away. You can read the band's statement here.



                                                "Lost in the Sound" with Roger Cole

"If The Phone Don't Ring" Paul Barrere

Having seen this band at their peak of resurgence with my Mom on a New Year's Eve show, to interviewing and meeting one of the co-founders of Little Feat I have a connection to this band. Obviously I am a fan too. 

Little Feat "Feats Don't Fail Me Know"  a different year but the same venue I went to with my mom.

"All That You Dream"

Vintage Little Feat from 1977

May he R.I.P on this sad night.

Rocktober Music Fest: Join Me on the Funk Stage

It's Rocktober and Bootsy Collins' Birthday so that means it is time to bring out the funk!

                                            Bootsy with "I'd Rather Be With You"

He played with James Brown

"Sex Machine and Soul Power

Parliament Funkadelic "Bring the Funk"

Funkadelic "One Nation Under a Groove"

"We Like to Party"

That's a way to get funky!

Bill Graham presents Rocktober Music Fest at The Fillmore Cyberspace

On this day in 1991 Bill Graham the famous Rock and Roll promotor died in a helicopter crash. The cyber webs have been dosed, time and space have been altered.

                                                Video of posters for your trip..

Here he is New Year's Eve 1987

Go to the Fillmore East Janis Joplin "Maybe"...

The Doors "Light My Fire" Winterland 1967

The Grateful Dead "Brokedown Palace" at the SF Auditorium..

Something from the Trips Festival

Hope you enjoy the show. Was it a break from reality? He was one of the greatest promotors in rock history with so many legendary shows with giants of classic rock.

Rocktober Music Fest: Happy Birthday Chad Smith

Chad Smith the drummer for the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Chickenfoot turns 58 today!

                                              A best moments video..

Chickenfoot "Oh, Yeah"

Red Hot Chili Peppers "Californication"

Will Ferrell drum off

Fun, technical, music a good way to celebrate a birthday!

Battle of the Bands Results: Jake Wins!

The Eddie Van Halen endorsed, new version of "Runnin' with the Devil" by Jennifer Hope was soundly beat by Jake E. Lee and friends more traditional rock version. The final score 6 to 2. Sometimes different works sometimes not so much.

Jake E. Lee's victory does work great for Rocktober and the Rock. Jake E. Lee has worked with a lot of hard rock bands.

Here he is with Ozzy Osbourne "Bark at the Moon"

Badlands "Dreams in the Dark"

Jake's "I'll be Creepin'"

I'll have another battle on the first!

Rocktober Music Fest: Happy Birthday Toby Mac

Today is TobyMac's birthday. The hristian Hip-Hop rocker turns 55 today. He has won three Grammy Awards.


Here he is with DC Talk with "Jesus Freak"...

TobyMac "I Judy Need You"

TobyMac "Backseatdriver"

His hits deep tours shine the spotlight on multiple artists and the transition from act to act is smooth and efficient. Better than most muti-act secular tours. He is 55 but still going strong.

Rocktober Music Fest: Happy Birthday Leslie West

Today is Leslie West's birthday the vocalist ad guitar player from Mountain.


                                              "Mississippi Queen"

The song is probably their best known and a good segue from my last post.

A newer song "Dyin' Since The Day I was Born"

Mountain at Woodstock "Southbound Train"

Woodstock of course celebrated it's 50th anniversary this past August with cancelled festivals. Well I hope you enjoy and I will see you soon!

Monday's Music Moves Me: My Roadtrip Part Two

Monday's Music Moves Me is a freebie and I just scratched the surface of the music from my October road trip on my last 4 M post. Well let's get some more tunes!

Eric McFadden "While You Was Gone"

                                             

                                              What's better than Eric McFadden add Doug Wimbish on bass



Pictures by me. Doug Wimbish is an incredible bassist who was in the roc band Living Colour. The band that hada hit with "Cult of Personality"

There was Jonathon Long to keep the guitar fireworks going..."Pray for Me"

The very talented Johnny Sansone was there "The Lord is Waiting and the Devil is Too"

The blues, swamp music might be enough for the Rocktober Fest too!

                                         

Rocktober Music Fest Celebrating Tom Petty's Birthday

Celebrating Birthday's of Late Rock and Rollers is where I am in this Rocktober Music Fest. Tom Petty who passed away two years ago in October would have celebrated his 68th birthday today. I paid tribute to his passing here and I have celebrated his birthday before.

Try to do it different each time, different songs and different words. I try not to do repeats but I don't think my readers would mind.


                                            Mudcrutch "I Forgive it All"

Right off the back I am digging up Mudcrutch.

Tom Petty "I Won't Back Down"

The Traveling Wilbury's "Handle with Care"

Tom Petty "A Face in the Crowd"

I hope you enjoyed and I will be back with a new post soon!

Rocktober:Celebrating Chuck Berry's Birthday

Let's put some duckwalking, good time rock and roll into this Rocktober Music Fest by celebrating Chuck Berry's Birthday. He was a rock and roll pioneer, an influencer on musicians to come  and a talented entertainer.

Since I just spent some time out in Louisiana, I think "Johnny B. Good is a good place to start this party!

"Roll over Beethoven "

"Nadine" with Keith Richards

"Sweet Little Sixteen"

I could go on and on. What is your favorite Chuck Berry song? Feel free to share in the comments

Rocktober History Post

My Rocktober Music Fest post for today is one on what happened in rock music today.
56 years ago The  Beatles recorded "I Want to Hold Your Hand."

Quick post today but getting back in the swing!

Rocktober Birthday Bob Weir

I'm behind on my Rocktober Festival posts and apparently every three years I post to celebrate Bob Weir's birthday. Here is my post from 2013 and 2016.

At least Bob Weir is diverse enough to write multiple posts about. He believes he has probably played the most gigs of any musician out there. It is hard to argue against his statement. Math would probably back him up and it is hard to think of someone who would be close. A founding member of the Grateful Dead which he joined when he was just 16.


                                                The Grateful Dead "My Brother Esau"

                                                 These folks were treated to a solo performance of "Loose Lucy"

Celebrating his non-Dead music as well "Lucky Enough" with Rat Dog

Here he is with Paul McCartney

                                              "Bombs Away" with his Wolf Brothers

Hope you enjoy and I will see you soon!

Battle of the Bands:Runnin' with the Devil

The song title "Runnin' with the Devil" kind of has that Halloween feel to it. Van Helen and their song certainly fits Rocktober. There is a new cover that Eddie endorsed the other day out so there is hope for some contenders.


The original for your listening pleasure...

You know the deal. I choose a couple of contenders. You tell me (aka vote) which one you like the best in the comments. I count them up and sometimes we get a winner, sometimes it is a tie, and your vote always counts for something here.

Contender One: Jake E. Lee and friends

Contender Two: Jennifer Hope

What we have here is a straight out rock and roll cover of the song and a cover re-imagining the song. Well I hope you enjoy vote in the comments.

R.I.P Ginger Baker

It is a sad Rocktober post to announce Ginger Baker, the legendary drummer for Cream, has passed away at the age of 80.

Here is a video from their reunion in 2005. Performing "White Room"...

                                                   

A vintage clip of "Strange Brew" from 1967...

"I feel Free"

"Toad" which shows off Ginger's talent

"Sunshine of Your Love"

He leaves behind the drummers he has influenced, a legacy of music, fans and family may he rest in peace!

Rocktober Saturday Night

It is the first Saturday night in Rocktober and I am sitting here blogging so much for the exciting life. Well let's celebrate with some Saturday songs!

                                                      Elton John "Saturday Night's Alright"

The Grateful Dead "One More Saturday Night"

Sam Cooke "Another Saturday Night"

Well that's a good trio of songs for a Saturday!

Rocktober: Did anyone remember to wake up Green Day

Day three of the Roctober !



Woot a music fest I can participate in without leaving the house!

Well September has ended, did anybody wake up Green Day?

Well I hope to rock all Rocktober long!