This week marked two important memorial milestones in Rock and Roll History. It was 51 years ago on February 9th that the Beatles walked into the homes of America –and the world – via ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’. The other was the 56th anniversary of the Day the Music Died – with Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big Bopper perishing in a plane crash on February 3, 1959 [in a sad coincidence, Holly’s bassist in The Crickets, Joe B. Mauldin passed away on February 7th this year]. I’m of the generation that neither event was contemporaneous to me. I can only measure their importance by the impact crater they left on pop culture…and music specifically.
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JAIMIE VERNON – MEMORIES FADE
Posted in Opinion with tags 10cc, 1959, 1964, 78 RPM, Andrew Gold, Billboard Top 40, Bob Segarini, BOMP Records, Brian Williams, Buddy Holly, Canadian Music, Capitol Records, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, George Harrison, Greg Shaw, Jaimie Vernon, Joe Jackson, Joel Whitburn, John Lennon, lacquers, Lol & Creme, memories, misremembering, Paul McCartney, Peggy Sue, Pop Culture, Power Pop, Richie Valens, Ringo Starr, singles, That'll Be The Day, The Beatles, The Big Bopper, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Romantics, Twist and Shout on February 14, 2015 by segariniJAIMIE VERNON – The Dream Never Dies…Just the Dreamer
Posted in Opinion with tags Arnold Robinson, Bob Segarini, Buddy Holly, Canadian Music, Cats & Dogs, Crawdaddy, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Edsel., Ford, Hugh McCracken, Jaimie Vernon, Jay Smith, Matt Mays & El Torpedo, music, Paul Williams, Richie Valens, Rick Gunn, Rock and Roll, Sabian, The Big Bopper, The Nylons, Zildjian on March 30, 2013 by segarini
I had every intention of starting up the long and windy story about the band I was in following my stint with Swindled in the early 1980s as a teenage punk rocker. Moving Targetz lasted 9 years, released two albums and five EPs, and robbed 50+ musicians of their will to live. It’s going to take the better part of this year to tell the tale. The story will have to wait.
This week a musical associate, whom I’ve known casually for about a decade, passed away after a seemingly abbreviated battle with cancer. His name was Rick Gunn.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 