On June 12, 1962, three convicts were not in their beds during a routine morning bed check at Alcatraz, San Francisco. The prison went into lockdown, and an intensive search began.
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On February 13, Brian Epstein met with George Martin, record producer at EMI Records, to talk about The Beatles.
On New Year’s Day, 1962, the Beatles drove down to London in a snowstorm, a trip that took ten hours, to attend the famed Decca audition. This is an event that would go down in history as one of the biggest mistakes ever made in the music industry.
There’s not a lot going on in the world right now that I want to write about. There’s the Vietnam war. Protests against the war. Failed space launches. I kinda want this to be a positive thing, you know?
I’m a big fan of The Band. No, I’m a huge fan of The Band. In my opinion it’s the best band ever! Their first two records are nothing short of amazing, and no one has ever written songs better than those. Intricate, yet accessible. The songs have substance, heart, and they are catchy as hell.
I’ve finally stumbled over the first Norwegian release since I started this project. I mean, there have been other releases, but they are not available on the streaming platforms that I use. And like I’ve mentioned before; I’m not rich enough to buy all the records I can’t find on the internet. But The Monn Keys will be the first Norwegian band to get some attention here on This Band Could Be Your Life.
Even though we can track The Beatles all the way back to 1957, I’ve decided to not write about them until now. But they weren’t even called The Beatles back then, so I’ve come to the conclusion that I did the right thing here. In 1957 the it was John Lennon’s band and they were called the Quarry Men. And to be perfectly honest; it didn’t really become interesting until Paul McCartney joined in.
October sees the debut album of Joan Baez, and the start of a long and prosperous career. She was first noticed singing duets with Bob Gibson at The Newport Folk Festival in 1959, and it was this performance that helped her get a record contract at Vanguard Records.
You know, we are pretty lucky. We’ve been blessed with so much great music through time. But we’re also cursed. Stuck with terrible bands that never stops. That will forever be played on the radio. And that never seems to shut up.
This Band Could Be Your Life 