Tommy’s Coffee Break Calendar for June 1st
6/1/1967 (49 years ago today) - This was two years before "Space Oddity": David Bowie releases his first album, simply titled "David Bowie" and it bears little to no resemblance to the type of music that would make him famous. Corny novelty tunes like the single "The Laughing Gnome" pretty much doomed the LP to commercial failure; Bowie biographer David Buckley called its status in the Bowie catalog "the vinyl equivalent of the madwoman in the attic". So, not essential, then...
6/1/1971 (35 years ago today) - The "tour" will not take long: The two-room shack in Tupelo, Mississippi, where Elvis Presley was born on January 8, 1935, was opened to the public as a tourist attraction. It remains open (and quite successful) to this day, complete with gift shop, etc. The late 1930's/early '40's photographs are worth the trip alone...
6/1/1947 - Happy Birthday to guitarist-songwriter-painting-artist Ronald David "Ronnie" Wood, 69 years old today. Probably best known as a member of The Rolling Stones (since 1975), as well as a member of Faces and The Jeff Beck Group, it's also his talents on mandolin and slide-guitar that made Rod Stewart's early solo albums essential rock and roll landmark recordings (impossible to imagine "Maggie May" or "You Wear It Well" without his contributions). Ronnie's also played on records with Pete Townshend, Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, and Prince! Reliable dude to have around... This Faces show is one of their best ever, worth the time, kids, worth the time:
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"Ha ha ha, oh, dear me...", xoxo!
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