Random Music Photos

[axolotl]

John Lee Hooker interview '96 :

"Eric Clapton, John Mayall and all those other people over in England made the blues a big thing. In the States, people didn't want to know, and it wasn't until the British guys made the American people listen that people like myself and Freddie King, Albert and BB King started to get people wanting to hear our music. It was our music originally, but it was those guys in England who made it big and then brought it back to the States.

"I actually came over to England to live, because there was more work and more recognition for what I did in England than there was over here. It's changed now, though, and all kinds of people like blues in America, too. But it's those guys we have to thank."

 

[Ojai Sam]

Look for Willie Nelson in the fine print. This ad is from 1956.

 

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[Ojai Sam]

 

[axolotl]

^ Of those pictured, are any now living?

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

^ Of those pictured, are any now living?

Connie Francis, Paul Anka, Johnny Mathis, Tony Bennett

 

[axolotl]

Connie Francis, Paul Anka, Johnny Mathis, Tony Bennett

I knew I was asking the right people.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1565029253602754563

 

[axolotl]

^ Ah well, it happens to the best of us.

Spoiler

Not me, of course. I'm far from being best.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

I half expect that tweet to disappear.

 

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[axolotl]

Sometime in the late 40’s, before either man was famous, Frank Sinatra appeared in a theater in New York. After his show he went to Harlem to see the Will Maston Trio led by a young Sammy Davis Jr. Frank was blown away by Sammy’s talent and after the show he asked Sammy to come see his show.

A week goes by. No Sammy. Sinatra went back to Harlem to see the Will Maston Trio again and asked Sammy why he didn’t show. Sammy said he was there but they wouldn’t let him in. Frank stormed back to the theater, tore up his contract in front of them, and never performed there again.

That would be a common theme during the course of their friendship and careers. When Sammy wasn’t allowed to play at the Copacabana, Frank wouldn’t play there either.

When Sammy was refused a Las Vegas hotel room, Frank said, “Give him my room!” After Sammy’s car accident where he lost his eye, it was Sinatra who paid all his medical bills. After 5 decades and 40 years of performing together, a reporter once asked Frank why he was always so charitable to Sammy. Frank responded in three words, “He’s my brother.”

 

[Nickyboy]

^ he's ain't heavy.

 

[axolotl]

I half expect that tweet to disappear.

Au contraire. It can never disappear, now.

Confusion reigns as fan selfie with US star goes viral: ‘Are you sure?’

Twitter users couldn’t decide if it was one of two famous film directors, or a well-known rocker.

7news.com.au

Others were just shocked that their musical hero was now in his 70s.

“They’re going to have to call him Bruce Springsadult now,” one joker said.

 

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1566468254029283328

 

[Ojai Sam]

 

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