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Claudine, Rolling Stones: Claudine Longet was arrested and charged with fatally shooting her boyfriend, Olympic skier Vladimir "Spider" Sabich, at his Aspen, Colorado, home on 21 March 1976. At trial, Longet said the gun discharged accidentally as Sabich was showing her how it worked. The Killing of Georgie, Rod Steward: The Hurricane, Bob Dylan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLDSdnHWaSU .

Now you do. Too much complaining in her songs, I'd say. On the other hand: very happy with all the kudo's for the Foo Fighters.

Rockin' all over the world, Status Quo's version, i'd say.

"American woman, stay away from me...". Nothing patriotic about that, I'd say, whatever the nationality of the band.

NME presents a list of 50 greatest guitar solos, ever. http://www.nme.com/list/50-greatest-guitar-solos/255704/page/1 . Lots of listenable pleasure. Quite a few new names for me. And of course, reasons to disagree and question the selection. No Rory Gallagher! Nr. 27, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, is out of tune!

Travelling WilBurys, how could I fail to mention them...! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traveling_Wilburys

Nice list. I'll have a look at them each! Eric Clapon with The Begees......omg

A tv-channel in The Netherlands today presented a one time cooperation of local music heroes, having made a record just for the fun of working with each other. I won't bother you with the names of the musicians. Their music was very spontanuous, sounded great. It made me curious. Are there more examples of "hobby bands"? I know Little Village as a fine example, and the Highwaymen. Any more suggestions for "hobby bands" I may have missed?

I agree. I'll play "Midnight Rambler" from "The Brussels Affair 1973" to underscore this statement.

Rory Gallagher on 57. Humpffff.

In the early 70's readers of the New Musical Express chose Jan Akkerman (guitarist of the band Focus) as the best guitarist of the year, beating a.o. Clapton and Santana. Is he in the list?

I've always felt uneasy with these lyrics of messieurs Jagger and Richard.

50 years ago bass player Rinus Gerritsen (1946) and guitar player George Kooymans (1948) started a band in The Hague, in The Netherlands: The Golden Earrings. Today both of them are still active in the band that what was renamed to Golden Earring a couple of years later. Singer/guitar player Barry Hay joined in 1967, drummer Cesar Zuiderwijk in 1970. The four are still together, playing theaters and a few bigger gigs per season. Golden Earring toured the US in the 70's, with KISS and Aerosmith as opening acts. Apparently they scored lots of succes and lost lots of money in these tours. Their 25th studio album is expected to be released one of these weeks. To honor them, the The Hague Historical Museum presents an exhibition: "Golden Earring: Back Home", till end of February 2012. A hobby museum is free accessible in the Terletstraat in The Hague, showing the original equipment of The Golden Earrings.

Isn't rock music is a combination of traditional music and new technical possibilities? Like The Rolling Stones playing acoustic blues classics in the early 60's with fuzzing guitars? And the other way around: when technology advances, the musician sticks to his technique and concentrates on what ever inspired him. An example of a great guitar hero from the 60's/70's that has returned to his roots whilst sticking to his technique is Jeff Beck. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n_d63R7bnM There are quite a few more.

Seasick Steve. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasick_Steve You Can't Teach an Old Dog New Tricks was the best selling album in Amsterdam, last week.

"Keith Richards has gone platinum as an author." Author, huh, aahhemm, I doubt that qualification.. But it is a wonderful book, that's for sure.

I am quite fond of Daniel Lenois. He gave some artists a re-start, e.g. Emmylou Harris with her album Wrecking Ball, or Bob Dylan with the album Time Out Of Mind. Neil Young sought his support on Le Noise. And all of his work with U2. Great producer, gets the best out of artists.

I am very impressed by the macabre and ominous atmosphere in Billy Holiday's "Strange Fruit".

To put it mildly. This list that doesn't have Eddie Vedder, Jim Morrison, and Tina Turner in the top 5 is eehhmm, well, let's say, based on looks, not on the ability to communicate emotions.

A couple of years ago we came back from the funeral of a lovely niece that had died so incredibly young. We were in a sad mood; I asked if it was allright to turn on the radio to seek some comfort giving music. It was allowed. After an advertisement the station Arrow Classic Rock played Pearl Jam's "Black". "I know someday you'll have a beautiful life, I know you'll be a star In somebody else's sky, but why, why, why Can't it be, can't it be mine" Eddie Vedder's bronze voice in dispair: just what we needed.

8 Feet height is not enough for a rock 'n roll artist to whom so many bands all over the world pay tribute. There is room enough beside the Statue of Liberty for a 305 feet tall statue celebrating the greatest American export product of all times: "Hail Hail Rock 'n Roll"!

Aahhm, I miss the quintessesence of this tpoic. As a non native speaker of English I wonder: what is this about? In (new) Dutch: "watskeburt?" (Wot 'appenend")?

The Rolling Stones played "Het Kurhaus" in Scheveningen, in 1964, The Netherlands. The concert lasted half an hour, then the police shut the podium. The angry audience threw chairs, and was in a rage before the band started. Why? Because they had to endure the opening act! This awkward act (rock 'n roll translated in Dutch) opened the show. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd5ZH2P1hi0 The result was like this: Sorry, lots of Dutch spoken in the clips. But you'll get the spirit of that evening.

I am much older than Roscignos, and yes, technology did change my life, only just 4 years ago. It happened when I suddenly harvested lots of Rolling Stones bootlegs and wondered what to do with the downloads (legal ones, where I live). I said to my son: "I can't burn all this on CD, the house is too small, it's more than 300 disks.." He answered contemptuously: "Get an mp3 player. Mine can handle 120 Gb...". So I did. I had missed a few years of mp3-player innovation. But since then the little thing has become the absolute center of my daily music experience. It feeds the stereo in the house, in the car, on holiday locations and brightens up cycling to the office and weekly walks in nature. Next step would a be buying a smartphone, integrating the functions of the devices that I have now. I do not yet, 'cause I have a free use of a mobile of my employer, and a subscription to a smartphone provider would cost about € 45 per month. But I'm jealous of all them youngsters playing around with one.