Lelo Zaneti, baixista dos Skank, nasceu há 57 anos

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Marco Aurélio Moreira Zaneti (São Domingos do Prata, 26 de dezembro de 1966) mais conhecido pelo seu nome artístico de Lelo Zaneti é um músico, compositor brasileiro, baixista e vocalista de apoio do grupo Skank.
   

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Jimmy Buffett nasceu há 77 anos...

James William Buffett (Pascagoula, Mississippi, December 25, 1946 – Sag Harbor, New York, September 1, 2023) was an American musician and singer-songwriter. Buffett was known for his tropical rock sound and persona, which often portrayed a lifestyle described as "island escapism" and promoted enjoying life and following passions. Buffett recorded many hit songs known as "The Big 8": "Margaritaville" (1977), which is ranked 234th on the Recording Industry Association of America's list of "Songs of the Century"; "Come Monday" (1974); "Fins" (1979); "Volcano" (1979); "A Pirate Looks at Forty" (1974); "Cheeseburger in Paradise" (1978); "Why Don't We Get Drunk" (1973); and "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes" (1977). His other popular songs include "Son of a Son of a Sailor" (1978), "One Particular Harbour" (1983), and "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" with Alan Jackson (2003). He formed the Coral Reefer Band in 1975.

        

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n May 2023, Buffett was hospitalized to "address some issues that needed immediate attention" and rescheduled tour dates. In late August, he entered hospice care and had a final meeting with family and friends. Buffett died on September 1, 2023, at age 76, at his home in Sag Harbor, New York, due to complications from Merkel-cell carcinoma, a rare and aggressive skin cancer, with which he had been diagnosed four years earlier. Prior to his death, he had kept his illness private and continued to tour while undergoing treatment.

 

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Shane MacGowan nasceu há 66 anos...

  

Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan (Pembury, 25 December 1957 – Dublin, 30 November 2023) was an Irish singer and songwriter who was best known as the lead singer and songwriter of Celtic punk band the Pogues. Many of his songs were influenced by Irish nationalism, Irish history, the experiences of the Irish diaspora (particularly in England and the United States), and London life in general. He often cited the 19th-century Irish poet James Clarence Mangan and playwright Brendan Behan as influences.

Born in Kent, England, to Irish parents, MacGowan joined the punk band The Nipple Erectors before founding the Pogues in 1982. He drew upon his Irish heritage when founding The Pogues and changed his early punk style for a more traditional sound with tutoring from his extended family. Between 1985 and 1987, he co-wrote the Christmas hit singles "Fairytale of New York", which he performed with Kirsty MacColl. Other notable songs he performed with The Pogues include "Dirty Old Town", "Sally MacLennane" and "The Irish Rover". In the following years MacGowan and The Pogues released several albums including their most critically acclaimed album, If I Should Fall from Grace with God (1988), which also marked the high point of the band's commercial success.

After The Pogues fired MacGowan for unprofessional behaviour mid-tour, he formed a new band, Shane MacGowan and The Popes, with whom he recorded two studio albums. In 2001, MacGowan rejoined The Pogues for reunion shows and remained with the group until 2014. MacGowan produced his own solo material and collaborated with artists such as The Dubliners, Joe Strummer, Nick Cave, Steve Earle, Sinéad O'Connor and Ronnie Drew. Throughout his life MacGowan suffered physically from years of binge drinking. In 2001, MacGowan coauthored the autobiographical book A Drink with Shane MacGowan with his then partner, later wife, Victoria Mary Clarke.

MacGowan depicted in the painting Boy from the County Hell by Brian Whelan

 

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It was reported in July 2023 that MacGowan was hospitalised in the intensive care unit (ICU). Following treatment for an infection, he was discharged in November. He made his last public statement on November 16, 2023, complimenting Travis Kelce's cover of "Fairytale of New York". MacGowan died, at home with his wife by his side, on 30 November 2023.

Following MacGowan's death, Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland, said: "Shane will be remembered as one of music’s greatest lyricists. So many of his songs would be perfectly crafted poems, if that would not have deprived us of the opportunity to hear him sing them. The genius of Shane’s contribution includes the fact that his songs capture within them, as Shane would put it, the measure of our dreams - of so many worlds, and particularly those of love, of the emigrant experience and of facing the challenges of that experience with authenticity and courage, and of living and seeing the sides of life that so many turn away from."

   

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Phil Ochs nasceu há oitenta e três anos...

 
Philip David "Phil" Ochs (El Paso, Texas, December 19, 1940 – Far Rockaway, New York City, April 9, 1976) was an American protest singer (or, as he preferred, a topical singer) and songwriter who was known for his sharp wit, sardonic humor, earnest humanism, political activism, insightful and alliterative lyrics, and distinctive voice. He wrote hundreds of songs in the 1960s and '70s and released eight albums.

Ochs performed at many political events during the 1960s counterculture era, including anti-Vietnam War and civil rights rallies, student events, and organized labor events over the course of his career, in addition to many concert appearances at such venues as New York City's Town Hall and Carnegie Hall. Politically, Ochs described himself as a "left social democrat" who became an "early revolutionary" after the protests at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago led to a police riot, which had a profound effect on his state of mind.

After years of prolific writing in the 1960s, Ochs's mental stability declined in the 1970s. He eventually succumbed to a number of problems including bipolar disorder and alcoholism, and died by suicide in 1976.

Some of Ochs's major musical influences were Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, Bob Gibson, Faron Young, and Merle Haggard. His best-known songs include "I Ain't Marching Anymore", "Changes", "Crucifixion", "Draft Dodger Rag", "Love Me, I'm a Liberal", "Outside of a Small Circle of Friends", "Power and the Glory", "There but for Fortune", and "The War Is Over".

 

     

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Sinéad O'Connor nasceu há cinquenta e sete anos...

  

Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor (Dublin, 8 de dezembro de 1966 – Londres, 26 de julho de 2023), foi uma cantora, compositora e ativista política irlandesa.

Em 2017, O'Connor mudou de nome para Magda Davitt. No ano seguinte, converteu-se ao islamismo, mudando uma vez mais de nome, desta vez para Shuhada' Sadaqat. Todavia, continua a gravar músicas e apresentar-se com o seu nome de nascimento.

   

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Harry Chapin nasceu há 81 anos

  

Harold Forster Chapin (New York City, December 7, 1942 – East Meadow, New York, July 16, 1981) was an American singer-songwriter, philanthropist, and hunger activist best known for his folk rock and pop rock songs. He achieved worldwide success in the 1970s. Chapin, a Grammy Award-winning artist and Grammy Hall of Fame inductee, has sold over 16 million records worldwide.

Chapin recorded a total of 11 albums from 1972 until his death in 1981. All 14 singles that he released became hits on at least one national music chart. Chapin's best-known songs include "Taxi" and "Cat's in the Cradle."

As a dedicated humanitarian, Chapin fought to end world hunger. He was a key participant in the creation of the Presidential Commission on World Hunger in 1977. In 1987, Chapin was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for his humanitarian work.

     

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In the afternoon of July 16, 1981, Chapin was driving on the Long Island Expressway en route to perform at a free benefit concert at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow, New York, that evening. At 12:27 p.m., Chapin had reportedly put on his emergency flashers, decelerated his vehicle's speed to 15 mph, and had weaved from the far-left lane to the center lane, to the left lane, and then back to the center lane before his vehicle was struck from behind by a semi-trailer truck. The force of the collision crushed the rear of the car, ruptured the fuel tank, and dragged the car several hundred feet on the pavement. Passers-by managed to help the unconscious Chapin out of his engulfed 1975 Volkswagen Rabbit. He was immediately taken by helicopter from the crash site outside Jericho, New York, to the nearby Nassau County Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 1:05 p.m. due to internal bleeding.

Chapin's widow won a $12 million decision in a negligence lawsuit against Supermarkets General, the owners of the truck involved.

Chapin is buried in the Huntington Rural Cemetery in Huntington, New York. His epitaph is taken from his 1978 song "I Wonder What Would Happen to This World":

Oh if a man tried
To take his time on Earth
And prove before he died
What one man's life could be worth
I wonder what would happen
to this world

 

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Morreu Shane MacGowan, o vocalista dos Pogues...

  

Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan (Pembury, 25 December 1957 – Dublin, 30 November 2023) was an Irish singer and songwriter who was best known as the lead singer and songwriter of Celtic punk band the Pogues. Many of his songs were influenced by Irish nationalism, Irish history, the experiences of the Irish diaspora (particularly in England and the United States), and London life in general. He often cited the 19th-century Irish poet James Clarence Mangan and playwright Brendan Behan as influences.

Born in Kent, England, to Irish parents, MacGowan joined the punk band The Nipple Erectors before founding the Pogues in 1982. He drew upon his Irish heritage when founding The Pogues and changed his early punk style for a more traditional sound with tutoring from his extended family. Between 1985 and 1987, he co-wrote the Christmas hit singles "Fairytale of New York", which he performed with Kirsty MacColl. Other notable songs he performed with The Pogues include "Dirty Old Town", "Sally MacLennane" and "The Irish Rover". In the following years MacGowan and The Pogues released several albums including their most critically acclaimed album, If I Should Fall from Grace with God (1988), which also marked the high point of the band's commercial success.

After The Pogues fired MacGowan for unprofessional behaviour mid-tour, he formed a new band, Shane MacGowan and The Popes, with whom he recorded two studio albums. In 2001, MacGowan rejoined The Pogues for reunion shows and remained with the group until 2014. MacGowan produced his own solo material and collaborated with artists such as The Dubliners, Joe Strummer, Nick Cave, Steve Earle, Sinéad O'Connor and Ronnie Drew. Throughout his life MacGowan suffered physically from years of binge drinking. In 2001, MacGowan coauthored the autobiographical book A Drink with Shane MacGowan with his then partner, later wife, Victoria Mary Clarke.

MacGowan depicted in the painting Boy from the County Hell by Brian Whelan

 

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It was reported in July 2023 that MacGowan was hospitalised in the intensive care unit (ICU). Following treatment for an infection, he was discharged in November. He made his last public statement on November 16, 2023, complimenting Travis Kelce's cover of "Fairytale of New York". MacGowan died, at home with his wife by his side, on 30 November 2023.

Following MacGowan's death, Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland, said: "Shane will be remembered as one of music’s greatest lyricists. So many of his songs would be perfectly crafted poems, if that would not have deprived us of the opportunity to hear him sing them. The genius of Shane’s contribution includes the fact that his songs capture within them, as Shane would put it, the measure of our dreams - of so many worlds, and particularly those of love, of the emigrant experience and of facing the challenges of that experience with authenticity and courage, and of living and seeing the sides of life that so many turn away from."

   

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Cat Stevens lançou o álbum Tea for the Tillerman há 53 anos

Tea for the Tillerman is the fourth studio album by singer-songwriter Cat Stevens, released in 23 November 1970. 

 

Overview

Stevens' second album released during the year 1970, Tea for the Tillerman includes many of his best-known songs such as "Where Do the Children Play?", "Hard Headed Woman", "Wild World", "Sad Lisa", "Into White", and "Father and Son".

Stevens, a former art student, created the artwork featured on the record's cover.

With "Wild World" as an advance single, this was the album that brought Stevens worldwide fame. The album itself charted into the top 10 in the United States.

In November 2008, a "Deluxe Edition" was released featuring a second disc of demos and live recordings. In January 2012, a hi-res 24/192 kHz version was remastered using an Ampex ATR100 and a MSB Technology Studio ADC and released on HDtracks.com.

Fifty years after the original album's release, in September 2020, Stevens remade the album as Tea for the Tillerman², including new lyrics and new instrumentation, and he sings along with his 22-year-old self in "Father and Son". That same year, Tea for the Tillerman was re-released as a 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition. Along with five discs, the Super Deluxe Edition also includes a Blu-ray containing music videos, live videos, and audio of the 2020 mixes of the original album, as well as a 12" vinyl record of live recordings by Stevens in 1970 at the Troubadour, Los Angeles.

 

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Música dos Beatles adequada à data - II

Música dos Beatles adequada à data - I

Hoje é dia para recordar dois álbuns dos Beatles...

  

With the Beatles é o segundo álbum do grupo de rock inglês The Beatles, lançado a 22 de novembro de 1963, no mesmo dia em que o presidente dos Estados Unidos John F. Kennedy era assassinado em Dallas, Texas.

Gravado quatro meses após ser lançado o primeiro álbum, repetia a fórmula de Please Please Me. Selecionaram-se 7 composições próprias de Lennon/McCartney e incluiu-se novamente 6 covers das prediletas do repertório dos Beatles. George Harrison comparece com uma composição própria "Don't Bother Me" neste trabalho, cuja música mais conhecida acabou por ser "All My Loving".

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The Beatles: as edições originais do álbum, em 1968, eram numeradas no canto inferior direito

     

The Beatles é o décimo álbum dos Beatles, lançado como disco duplo a 22 de novembro de 1968. Este álbum está na lista dos 200 álbuns definitivos no Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

É popularmente conhecido como The White Album (O Álbum Branco), por não ter nome, e ser apenas um fundo branco com o nome da banda em relevo. A capa foi criada pelo artista pop Richard Hamilton e o título original era para ser A Doll’s House, mas uma banda britânica chamada Family, já tinha lançado um álbum com nome similar. Foi o primeiro disco lançado após a morte do manager Brian Epstein.

Em 1997, O Álbum Branco foi nomeado o décimo melhor disco de todos os tempos pela "Music of the Millennium" da Classic FM. Em 1998 a Q Magazine colocou-o em 17° lugar e, em 2000, em 7° lugar. A Rolling Stone colocou-o como o décimo entre 500 álbuns e o canal VH1 no 11° lugar. De acordo com a Associação da Indústria de Discos da América, o disco é 19 vezes disco de platina e o décimo disco mais vendido nos Estados Unidos.

  

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Martin Barre, guitarrista dos Jethro Tull, celebra hoje 77 anos

  

Martin Barre (Kings Heath, Birmingham, 17 de novembro de 1946), algumas vezes creditado como Martin Lancelot Barre, é guitarrista da banda Jethro Tull desde 1969. Ele participou de todos os álbuns do grupo, exceto This Was. Há alguns anos deu início a uma carreira a solo, paralela ao seu trabalho com os Jethro Tull.

      

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John Glascock, baixo dos Jethro Tull, morreu há quarenta e quatro anos

    

John Glascock (Islington, 2 de maio de 1951 - Londres, 17 de novembro de 1979) foi um baixista britânico.

Começou a sua carreira musical tocando com Mick Taylor num grupo chamado Juniors. Participou em outras bandas e, em 1975, entrou para os Jethro Tull e o seu primeiro álbum com o grupo foi Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die!. Em 1977 gravou Songs from the Wood, com mais influências folk. No álbum Heavy Horses de 1978, John fez uma excelente atuação com as músicas "Journeyman" e "Heavy Horses". Nesse mesmo ano os Jethro Tull fizeram a sua turnê pela Europa e Estados Unidos, sendo que durante a última John não pode comparecer à maioria dos shows, inclusive no show histórico dos Tull no Madison Square Garden em Nova York, pois estava num tratamento em Blackpool. Nessa turnê ele foi substituído temporariamente por Tony Williams.

Os problemas cardíacos de Glascock tornaram-se evidentes quando ele foi incapaz de se apresentar na turnê de Heavy Horses. Apesar de diagnosticados danos numa válvula cardíaca, provocados por uma infeção, ele manteve o seu estilo de vida, que envolvia excesso de bebidas e festas. A sua saúde continuou a deteriorar-se. Ian Anderson tentou aconselhá-lo antes de finalmente afastá-lo, durante a produção de Stormwatch, completando a maioria das gravações de baixo por conta própria. Durante a subsequente turnê promocional do álbum, realizada com um baixista substituto, Anderson ficou sabendo da morte de Glascock e teve de dar a notícia à banda. Barriemore Barlow, amigo mais próximo do baixista no grupo, ficou devastado, deixando a banda no final da turnê.

Embora pouco conhecido hoje em dia, John Glascock é considerado um dos baixistas mais influentes dos anos 70. Foi substituído por Dave Pegg.
      

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Gordon Lightfoot nasceu há 85 anos...

Gordon Meredith Lightfoot (Orillia, Ontário, 17 de novembro de 1938 - Toronto, 1 de maio de 2023) foi um cantautor e poeta canadiano que alcançou sucesso internacional através da música folk, country e rock.

Gordon Lightfoot era filho de Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Sr. e Jessica Lightfoot. Na década de 50, frequentou a escola de música em Hollywood, Califórnia. Ele voltou para o Canadá nos anos 1960 e já se apresentava em cafés, em Toronto. Em 1966, lançou o seu álbum de estreia, intitulado Lightfoot!. Neste período, ficou mais conhecido como compositor para artistas como Johnny Cash e Elvis Presley, entre outros.

Lightfoot foi um dos primeiros cantores pop canadiano que ficou famoso no seu próprio país, sem ter de se mudar para os Estados Unidos. Mas ele também obteve sucesso nos Estados Unidos, entre outros singles, Sundown, em 1974. Quase dois anos depois, um outro hit, The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, uma composição em memória do naufrágio do navio graneleiro SS Edmund Fitzgerald ocorrido a 10 de novembro de 1975, no Lago Superior. Ambos os singles ainda são populares em estações de rádio que executam rock clássico.

Lightfoot recebeu 15 prémios Juno e foi indicado cinco vezes para um Grammy Award. Ele está listado no Canadian Music Hall of Fame e no Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame. Possui uma estrela na Calçada da Fama do Canadá desde 1998. Em maio de 2003 recebeu a Ordem do Canadá, a mais alta condecoração civil do país. Lightfoot é também um membro da Ordem de Ontário, a mais alta honra na província do Canadá.

Em 2002, devido a um aneurisma da aorta, Lightfoot ficou em coma durante seis semanas.

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Bonnie Raitt - 74 anos

Bonnie Lynn Raitt (Burbank, California, November 8, 1949) is an American songwriter, blues singer and guitarist. In 1971, Raitt released her self-titled debut album. Following this, she released a series of critically acclaimed roots-influenced albums that incorporated elements of blues, rock, folk, and country. She was also a frequent session player and collaborator with other artists, including Warren Zevon, Little Feat, Jackson Browne, the Pointer Sisters, John Prine, and Leon Russell. 

 

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Música adequada à data...!

Art Garfunkel - oitenta e dois anos

  

Art Garfunkel (Queens, Nova Iorque, 5 de novembro de 1941) é um cantor e ator norte-americano conhecido por, entre 1958 e 1970, ter formado com o seu amigo íntimo e de infância, Paul Simon, que conheceu quando estudava, a dupla Simon & Garfunkel. Juntos, fizeram êxitos como The Boxer e Bridge over Troubled Water.

   

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Hoje é dia de ouvir a música de Ben Harper...

Ben Harper comemora hoje 54 anos

  

Benjamin Chase "Ben" Harper (Claremont, Califórnia, 28 de outubro de 1969) é um músico norte-americano.

Nascido na Califórnia, Ben Harper cresceu a ouvir blues, folk, soul, R&B e reggae. Aprendeu a tocar guitarra ainda criança e montou diversas bandas na sua adolescência, sempre influenciado por nomes como Blues Traveler, Hootie & the Blowfish, Phish e Taj Mahal. Ben é muito religioso, passando sempre assim, uma mensagem cristã nas suas músicas.

A sua carreira profissional como artista a solo começou em 1993 com “Welcome To The Cruel World”. Sempre seguindo um intervalo de dois anos, foram lançados “Fight For Your Mind” (1995), “The Will To Live” (1997) e “Burn To Shine” (1999).

Uma caixa especial intitulada “CD Box Collection”, contendo os 3 primeiros álbuns de Harper saiu em 2000 e, no ano seguinte, chega o duplo ao vivo “Live From Mars”. O disco foi dividido em um elétrico e outro mais acústico e traz os maiores ‘hits’ do músico como “Excuse Me Mr.”, “Steal My Kisses” e “Pleasure And Pain”.

O seu sexto trabalho chama-se “Diamonds On The Inside” (2003). O álbum é uma mistura de heavy, funk e folk. Ao lado dele estão The Innocent Criminals, formado pelo baixista Juan Nelson, o percussionista Leon Lewis Mobley e o baterista Oliver Charles. Os destaques foram “With My Own Two Hands”, “Everything”, “Amen Omen”, além da própria faixa-título.
É também conhecido como o padrinho de Jack Johnson, pois foi quem o descobriu e o indicou para uma grande gravadora. Em 2007 gravou em parceria com a cantora brasileira Vanessa da Mata a canção "Good Luck". Em 2008, formou a banda Ben Harper & Relentless 7, e fez um tour, também em 2009, com a banda Pearl Jam e em 2015, voltou a trabalhar com a banda The Innocent Criminals. 

  

   

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