IT WAS 45 YEARS AGO TODAY: Beatles at the Bowl

Posted by Don Rose

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Yes, Beatlemaniacs, it was EXACTLY 45 years ago TODAY that the Beatles played the Hollywood Bowl. It was even a Sunday like today. The video below is kinda charming because it appears to be just after a big press conference has ended (at Capitol Records), and a young confident woman with microphone scores a very quickie interview with the Fab Four. So check out this clip from Sunday, August 29, 1965... and remember: the second and third Fabs you will see here just rocked the Greek Theatre this month!

VIDEO VAULT: Spinal Tap trio plays UNWIGGED AND UNPLUGGED song medley LIVE + Interview (HOB on Sunset in LA)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlWqAQ1oB8g

This is a video posted on YouTube of Michael McKean, Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer taped at House of Blues on Sunset Boulevard, LA. I believe this was the pre-tour press event that preceded their Unwigged and Unplugged Tour, which happened earlier this year.

Not perfect video, but fairly decent, quite enjoyable and sound's good (tip: click the HQ option for High Quality playback).

The clip begins with a medley of songs from Spinal Tap and the trio's other films, then transitions to an interview onstage between the trio and Kurt Loder (famed MTV news guy).

See www.unwigged.com for more info on the uber-talented actor-musicians and their U&U tour.

SPARKS WILL FLY WHEN CBS’ "ROCKSTAR: SUPERNOVA" Winner LUKAS ROSSI Shares the Stage with Runnerup DILANA for the First Time

Live at the Brixton in Redondo Beach, Saturday, April 25, 2009

(LOS ANGELES; April 7, 2009) – The first time on stage together since the CBS reality series Rock Star: Supernova, winner Lukas Rossi and runner-up Dilana perform live at Brixton in Redondo Beach, CA on Saturday, April 25th. Lukas is thrilled to be joined on stage by his dear friend and sista in rock, Dilana. Sparks will fly and who knows what could happen with the closing encore!

Who: Lukas Rossi & Stars Down with special guest, Dilana
What: An evening with Lukas Rossi & Dilana, one night only performance!
When: Saturday, April 25, 2009, 8PM, 21+
Where: Brixton, 100 J W. Torrance Blvd, Redondo Beach, CA
Tickets: $15 at the door, or to purchase advance tickets,
please visit http://tickets.brixtonsouthbay.com or call 310.406.1931.

ABOUT LUKAS ROSSI
Lukas Rossi and his band, Stars Down is comprised of an internationally acclaimed singer (Rossi) who sounds like a bastard music child of Freddie Mercury and Jeff Buckley (and is as compelling on stage as David Bowie and Iggy Pop), and a full throttle band that will make your ass move (all while stealing your girlfriends). The band's influences collectively range everywhere from Jeff Buckley to The Cure to Queen, however Lukas Rossi’s original music is very fresh, very new, and very much his own. Layered with melodic harmonies, and a stellar (no pun intended) ability to grab the crowd by the balls, the Lukas Rossi and Stars Down sound is emotive and tortured, yet inspiring and hopeful, and in the unforgettable soaring vocals of Lukas Rossi, the listener ultimately finds redemption. For more information, visit Lukas Rossi official website at www.lukasrossionline.com

ABOUT DILANA
Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Dilana began her singing career at a very young age, finding her way on stage in front of her first audience at the age of 7. From then on, she was music obsessed, leaving school at 16 to sing in a traveling duo and soon, perform in various cover and original bands for a number of years. Leaving, as she called it, years of "madness and violence in the city," she moved from her homeland and onto the Netherlands in order to further herself and start her own band. A wise decision--playing covers and originals, Dilana's band became one of the country's highest paid and most booked bands. She even opened up for the internationally acclaimed (Dutch) rock band, Golden Earring. Dilana who is best known for her participation on the hit CBS reality-show "Rock Star: Supernova" now lives in the United States where she is enjoying success with surely more hits to follow. For more information, please visit her website at www.dilana-robichaux.com

ABOUT BRIXTON SOUTHBAY
With a newly renovated, speak easy vibe; this 450 capacity live music venue is considered Redondo Beach’s premiere hotspot. The club features state-of-the-art sound & lighting, a private V.I.P Sky Lounge, 3 beautiful restrooms, and an expansive dance floor. All patrons receive ‘free’ validated parking in their adjacent secured parking structure, and full cocktail & bottle service are available. The club is also available for private parties, film shoots, music videos and band rehearsals. For more information, please visit their website at www.brixtonsouthbay.com.

For media inquiries, or to set up an interview with Lukas Rossi or Dilana, please contact Kim Koury @ kim@spinprgroup.com or call 310.497.6324.

FEB 15: JIMMY DEMERS SINGS AT VIBRATO IN POST-VALENTINE'S DAY SHOW HOSTED BY PAULA ABDUL

Singer and American Idol judge Paula Abdul is hosting an evening to hear Jimmy Demers perform this Sunday. Just one day after Valentine's Day you can come to Vibrato to hear a love song or two as Jimmy sings excellent songs from his new CD, "Dream a Little" on Concord Records.

According to Jimmy, "Paula has advised making a reservation for dinner to guarantee a seat, otherwise you can just wing it and ... watch me sing from the bar."

Sunday Evening, February 15, 2009. Jimmy Demers concert at Vibrato on Beverly Glen, just south of Mulholland. 2930 Beverly Glen Circle, Bel Air CA 90077, Phone 310.474.9400. Contact info for Jimmy: 310.281.6146 (LA), 212.714.7111 (New York), www.jimmydemers.com. Event info: http://www.vibratogrilljazz.com/calendar/index.php?event=Jimmy_Demers&calview=event&event_id=1634&prevview=month&year=2009&month=02&day=15&type_id=&clickdate=2009-02-15

OCT 18: LENNON'S QUARRYMEN LIVE! GITC Benefit Features ex-Wings Guitarist Laurence Juber & John Lennon's Original Quarrymen Band at Writers Boot Camp

Featured Event Listing by Don Rose

Take advantage of an amazing opportunity to support Guitars In The Classroom and witness a legendary concert -- one that, for once, may actually live up to that phrase "once in a lifetime," since us LA folk don't get that many Beatles-era bands from Liverpool who played with John Lennon playing live over here.

The show on October 18, 2008 will feature Grammy Award winning guitar virtuoso Laurence Juber (former Wings bandmate of Paul McCartney) as special guest for John Lennon's original band, The Quarrymen! The Quarrymen, the band who were on stage with John Lennon during that fateful fete on Saturday July 6th, 1957 -- a.k.a. the day John met McCartney -- got back together in 1997 to celebrate the most momentous meeting in pop music history. And now they're Coming Together to entertain you, live, in Santa Monica.

You can get tickets at Westwood Music (1627 Westwood Blvd., just south of Westwood Village in Los Angeles), or by phone (858-755-2239), or online by clicking here (credit card) or going to GITC's website at www.guitarsintheclassroom.org. Or, you can try your luck at the door; tickets will be sold at the door (cash or check only) but they may sell out, so come early! It should be quite a scene. (I woulda said "A splendid time is guaranteed for all," but I think that's copyrighted.)

730pm benefit for Guitars In The Classroom, featuring The Quarrymen and very special guest Laurence Juber performing live in concert, plus silent auction and raffle. Location of the show: Writers Boot Camp, a.k.a. Building I inside the arts complex known at Bergamot Station. Take the 10 freeway West into Santa Monica, get off at the Cloverfield exit, go North to a street called Michigan, go Right on Michigan (at the ARCO station) until you dead-end into the Bergamot parking lot entrance. Enter, and immediately turn left to park and keep walking that direction, way into the back area, to find WBC. More info on the event at: http://guitarsintheclassroom.org/banner_la.php.

About Guitars In The Classroom

Educators and child care providers with little or no musical background can now learn to use guitars, singing, and songwriting across the curriculum in their classrooms for free. The purpose of Guitars in the Classroom (GITC) is to train, support and encourage teachers who want to integrate music-making in their lessons and daily school activities. Many teachers around the country are now strumming and singing as they introduce, reinforce, enrich and extend lessons in every subject area. Songs that motivate students to better learn spelling, rhyming patterns, language fluency, vocabulary, social studies lessons, math and science are offered weekly as part of each Guitars in the Classroom course. The program is free to teachers and if they do not have a guitar, one is provided for them (on loan) along with instruction to get them playing, singing and leading simple songs. The program is sponsored by many generous manufacturers of musical instruments and accessories as well as by NAMM, The International Music Products Association and GAMA, the Guitars and Accessories Marketing Association.

“It’s all about discovering the joy of making music,” says Jessica Baron, who started the GITC program in 1998 largely in response to the increased need for the preservation of music-making in educational settings, and the great musical potential she saw in her educational colleagues in schools where she served as a music specialist. “More than half our participants had never picked up a guitar. Others are returning to guitar after having given it up years before. And whether they are shower singers or choral members, teachers quickly become comfortable enough with the guitar to trust the magic of their own voices, and to express their musicality in service of helping children become more successful students and happier people. The teachers’ leadership and creativity inspires kids to open up and give themselves to learning every day. Music is an infinite medium.”

To learn more about the work of Guitars In The Classroom, please visit their website at: www.guitarsintheclassroom.org.

OCT 1 - NOV 25: LIVE MUSIC PRESENTED BY KCRW FM, LOS ANGELES AREA

KCRW PRESENTS: LIVE MUSIC SHOWS in the LA AREA:
(The 88 is one of The LA Report's favorite bands, FYI - stellar pop music - see Nov. 1)

Wed, October 1, STARS at the AVALON.
Thurs, October 2, STARS at the HOUSE OF BLUES ANAHEIM.
Thurs, October 2, SIGUR ROS at THE GREEK THEATRE.
Fri, October 3, AN EVENING WITH DAVID BYRNE-- The Songs of David Byrne & Brian Eno at THE GREEK THEATRE.
Fri, October 3, DEERHOOF at THE AVALON.
Sat, October 4, SWELL SEASON at THE GREEK THEATRE.
Thurs, October 9, EMILY WELLS AT THE HOTEL CAFÉ.
Sat, October 11, BAJOFONDO AT THE ROXY.
Wed, October 15, JACKIE GREENE at the TROUBADOUR.
Thurs, October 16, BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB MOVIE SCREENING at the EGYPTIAN THEATRE.
Fri, October 17, YAEL NAIM at THE TROUBADOUR.
Sat, October 18, BOAT PEOPLE AT SPACELAND.
Tues, October 21, CONOR OBERST AND THE MYSTIC VALLEY BAND at THE MUSIC BOX AT THE HENRY FONDA THEATER.
Wed, October 22, CONOR OBERST AND THE MYSTIC VALLEY BAND at THE MUSIC BOX AT THE HENRY FONDA THEATER.
Thurs, October 23, STEREOLAB at MUSIC BOX AT THE HENRY FONDA THEATER.
Wed, October 29, ROB DICKINSON at the HOTEL CAFE.
Thurs, October 30, JENNY LEWIS AT THE ORPHEUM THEATRE.
Thurs, October 30, LISA HANNIGAN AT LARGO AT THE CORONET.
Thurs, October 30, FUJIYA & MIYAGI at the TROUBADOUR.
Thurs, October 30, RAY LAMONTAGNE at THE WILTERN.

Sat, November 1, THE 88 at the TROUBADOUR.
Sat, November 1, FORRO IN THE DARK at the ECHO.
Sun, November 2 , RAY LAMONTAGNE at THE WILTERN.
Mon, November 3, LYKKE LI at the EL REY THEATRE.
Sun, November 9, NATACHA ATLAS AT THE EL REY THEATRE.
Tues, November 18, HOTEL CAFE TOUR with Rachael Yamagata, Meiko, Thao Nguyen, Kate Havnevik, Lenka, Emily Wells, Jaymay at THE MUSIC BOX AT THE HENRY FONDA THEATER.
Fri, November 21, LITTLE DRAGON at THE ROXY.
Fri, November 21, KRAAK AND SMAAK at THE MUSIC BOX AT THE FONDA.
Mon, November 24, THE DECEMBERISTS at THE WILTERN.
Tues, November 25, LITTLE DRAGON at THE DETROIT BAR.

KCRW-FM, licensed to Santa Monica College, is National Public Radio's flagship station for Southern California. The station serves Los Angeles and Orange Counties at 89.9 FM, Ventura County at 89.1 FM on KCRU/ Oxnard-Ventura, the greater Palm Springs area at 89.3 FM on KCRI/Indio-Palm Springs and Kern and Northern LA Counties at 88.1 FM on KCRY/Mojave/Antelope Valley. Translators carry the signal to Santa Barbara at 106.9 FM; Twentynine Palms and Yucca Valley areas at 90.7 FM; Gorman at 89.7 FM; Banning at 90.9 FM; the Ridgecrest area at 100.1 FM; the Thousand Oaks and Conejo Valley areas at 102.3 FM; Ojai at 102.1 FM; Lemon Grove/Spring Valley in San Diego County at 89.9 FM; and Borrego Springs at 92.9 FM.KCRW is on the World Wide Web at www.KCRW.com; streaming three channels, with on-demand listening, 13 years of archived programs and a wide-ranging slate of podcasts. Every week, more than 550,000 listeners tune in to hear the station's eclectic and innovative non-commercial program schedule on air. KCRW.com streams more than 1.5 million hours online every month, and listeners download more than 2 million audio and video podcasts per month.

SEP 2: NEW BRIAN WILSON ALBUM "THAT LUCKY OLD SUN" RELEASED; 10 AM to NOON BRIAN SIGNS AT AMOEBA MUSIC STORE, HOLLYWOOD; SEP 3: WILSON ON TONIGHT SHOW

Original Beach Boy and now accomplished solo artist BRIAN WILSON is live this morning on K-EARTH (krth 101.1 fm) as part of a live broadcast from Studio A of CAPITOL RECORDS, near historic Hollywood and Vine. The location is apropos, as Brian is now back on his original label, Capitol. Capitol is releasing his new album "THAT LUCKY OLD SUN" today, September 2nd.

Today's 5am-10am live remote/breakfast event at the Capitol Building was a special treat for KRTH listeners who won tickets to attend.

But fret not if you didn't go to that event, because there is another with Mr. Wilson right after! Yes, right down the street, Brian Wilson is doing a live signing at 10 AM today, at Amoeba, that huge music store on Sunset at Ivar. The signing goes from 10am to noon. Those who buy the new Wilson album can get that signed plus one other item. First come first served.

Wait, there's more! Brian Wilson will perform on THE TONIGHT SHOW on September 3rd. He will play live on the show, with music from "That Lucky Old Sun." Later this month, to top off a September to Remember for LA Wilson fans, he will perform at the Hollywood Bowl on September 12, 13 and 14.