Color! What a deep and mysterious language, the language of dreams
~ Paul Gauguin
The Yardbirds were an English band who may be best known for launching the careers of Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page. Clapton replaced their original guitarist in 1963. Two years later, when he left to play with John Mayall and The Bluesbreakers, Clapton recommended Jimmy Page as his replacement. Page turned down the offer, recommending Jeff Beck. Later, Page filled in on the bass for a few month before switching to guitar and trading licks with Beck.
Dave Alvin once said, "There are two types of folk music... quiet folk music and loud folk music. I play both."
The Reno brothers carry out the first train robbery in U.S. history
On October 6, 1866, the brothers John and Simeon Reno stage the first train robbery in American history, making off with $13,000 from an Ohio and Mississippi railroad train in Jackson County, Indiana.
Of course, trains had been robbed before the Reno brothers’ holdup. But these previous crimes had all been burglaries of stationary trains sitting in depots or freight yards. The Reno brothers’ contribution to criminal history was to stop a moving train in a sparsely populated region where they could carry out their crime without risking interference from the law or curious bystanders.
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https://calendar.songfacts.com/july/28/18068Ozzy Osbourne performs "Jailhouse Rock" at Wormwood Scrubs prison in London, England. He says it's his "last good memory of the '80s."Before the show, Ozzy is treated to tea. During the course of his conversation with the tea maker, it is revealed that the man is in prison because he poisoned eight people to death. Ozzy shoots tea out of his nose and nearly throws his mug against the wall.The Scrubs, a band composed of prison guards and prisoners alike, open for Ozzy. The bass player is the perpetrator of one of the biggest mass killings in British history, having burned 37 people to death in a Soho nightclub. The guitarist is in Wormwood for beating a drug dealer to death.The Scrubs finish and Ozzy takes the stage with guitarist Zakk Wylde and bassist Bob Daisley for the first time. Both men become regular collaborators.The smell of weed is so heavy in the air that it reminds Ozzy of a "Jamaican wedding." There is a bar outside the door serving drinks to some of the guards.Ozzy looks in the crowd and sees Jeremy Bamber, who murdered his entire family and tried to pin it all on his mentally ill sister. Ozzy recognizes “the old Bambinator” from tabloid photos.The show culminates with Ozzy and his band performing "Jailhouse Rock" with the Scrubs. During the song, the crowd storms the stage. The "invasion" is led by a man who tried to cut the head off of constable Keith Blakelock during the infamous Broadwater Farm riot.Ozzy and his band escape unscathed. Later, in his book I Am Ozzy, Ozzy recalls the incident as his "last good memory of the eighties."
We lost João Gilberto, also known as the "Father of the Bossa Nova", on July 6 of this year.
Musician, producer, engineer, and some would say a prophet too, Lee 'Scratch' Perry is one of the pioneers of Dub and Reggae. I couldn't tell you how many albums he's made. If I had to guess, I'd say somewhere around sixty, and that doesn't include the albums he produced for other people. 'Revelation' is one of three albums Perry made with Steve Marshall. Released in 2010, it includes guest appearances by Keith Richards, and by George Clinton, who co-wrote the 5th track ('Scary Politicians') with Perry.
XTC is one of my favorite bands that came out of the British Punk movement, although they never really fit into the genre. For one thing, they could actually play their instruments. 
Sometimes perfection can be boring. 
