GROOVY NOODLES
THE ELM TREASON NEWSLETTER NUMBER 136
MARCH 22, 2024
TREASON NOODLES
– No major ELM TREASON updates to share this week – other than we have officially given away our 1000th free “RHYME AND TREASON” CD. Thanks to all of you who have entered the Elm Treason eco-system by landing a copy of this album.
OTHER NOODLES
– Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band resumed their world tour on Tuesday night in Phoenix, Arizona. It marked the first show they’ve played since having to postpone a number of 2023 concerts due to Springsteen’s health issues.
– John Mellencamp once again reminded his fans that he suffers no fools during a recent gig in Toledo, threatening to end his set early after calling out a “cocksucker” heckler.
– Kansas’ 50th-anniversary tour has been extended with 23 more concerts.
– The Pretenders will tour this year, beginning with a string of solo U.S. dates that begins July 13 in Red Bank, New Jersey.
– The Eagles are expected to land in Las Vegas for a Sphere residency. According to sources, the band will enjoy a 10-week stay from September through December.
– Roger Daltrey will be doing songs by the Who this summer during an intimate tour of theaters and amphitheaters in the U.S. and Canada. He’s also promising some solo material and special question-and-answer sessions.
– Stone Temple Pilots and Live will team up this summer for the Jubilee co-headlining tour, featuring support on various dates from Soul Asylum and Our Lady Peace. The tour begins on August 16 in Concord, California.
– Jeff Lynne’s ELO has announced “The Over and Out Tour.” The band’s final tour will play more than two dozen North American cities starting in the fall. The shows will launch in Palm Desert, California, on August 24.
– Steve Harley, best known as vocalist with British glam rock group Cockney Rebel, died this week at age 73.
– Sebastian Bach will release his new solo album, “Child Within the Man,” on May 10. He’s paired the announcement with the album’s second single, “Everybody Bleeds.”
Your Answer Is…
Hi, Treasonites!
Whether the 70s was your era or not, we know the music. We dig the styles. It’s part of our collective music-adoring DNA. Even those of us who were just little kids – or not even born yet – GET IT.
So, here you go…. these fine young ladies are on their way to a show after getting their Ford Econoline van fixed up for the trip.
What concert are they on their way to see?
You answer is:
ANOTHER YEAR GONE
Birthdays over the past week…
Turning 69 last Friday Dee Snider, lead singer of Twisted Sister
Singer, musician and songwriter Roger Hodgson, founding member of Supertramp, was 74 on Thursday
Celebrating birthday number 81 last Friday was Sly Stone, frontman for Sly & the Family Stone
Last Sunday, Billy Corgan, frontman for The Smashing Pumpkins, was 57
Nancy Wilson of Heart turned 70 last Saturday
Mike Love of the Beach Boys had his 83rd birthday last Friday
John Sebastian of The Lovin’ Spoonful celebrated birthday number 80 last Sunday
Bret Michaels, lead singer of Poison, was 61 last Friday
Happy 52nd birthday to Mark Hoppus, bassist and co-lead vocalist of Blink-182 (last Friday)
Legendary bassist Billy Sheehan (Steve Vai, David Lee Roth, Mr. Big, Niacin, The Winery Dogs, et al) turned 71 on Tuesday
Alice In Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell had his 58th birthday on Monday
Maroon 5 singer Adam Levine turned 45 on Monday
NOTABLE RELEASES IN HISTORY
This week, through the years…
1962 – BOB DYLAN – BOB DYLAN
1967 – JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE – (single) (UK)
1975 – THE WHO – TOMMY (movie)
1976 – KISS – DESTROYER
1976 – DOOBIE BROTHERS – TAKIN’ IT TO THE STREETS
1983 – PINK FLOYD – THE FINAL CUT
ELM TREASON SONG OF THE WEEK
FIREFLY
This song is from our fourth studio album “THE VOICE OF TREASON.” When we were sending out pre-mix samples of the songs on this album to friends for initial feedback, it was THIS song that consistently got the highest ratings. It is Elm Treason’s lullaby – our gateway into the land of golden slumbers.
Go ahead and shine tonight. Enjoy!
NICKNAMES
Some of music’s biggest names have monikers that have stuck. Oftentimes, these nicknames are so well known that all you have to do is say it and you instantly know who it is.
Here are 14.
There are others, of course. A WHOLE BUNCH we left out. That’s where you come in (if you like).
If you want to add someone we’ve neglected to the list, please hit that comments section!
Robert Plant – The Golden God
Neil Peart – The Professor
Johnny Cash – The Man in Black
Jim Morrison – The Lizard King
Jerry Lee Lewis – The Killer
James Brown – The Hardest Working Man in Show Business
Sammy Hagar – The Red Rocker
Eric Clapton – Slowhand
John Entwistle – The Ox
David Lee Roth – Diamond Dave
Bruce Springsteen – The Boss
John Bonham – Bonzo
Billy Joel – The Piano Man
Aretha Franklin – The Queen of Soul
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PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Bobby enunciating, projecting, inflecting in studio – Summer, 2022
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7 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
Rock originator Chuck Berry dies at age 90.
16 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
Heather Mills is awarded 23.7 million pounds (about $47 million) in her divorce from Paul McCartney, substantially more than the $32 million Paul offered. Throughout the ordeal, Mills is vilified in the British press as being opportunistic.
23 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
Seven Pearl Jam bootleg albums from their North American tour debut in the Billboard 200 albums chart, breaking the record for most appearances on the chart in a single week that the band established the previous year, when five bootlegs from their European tour landed on the chart.
25 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
Pearl Jam’s debut album Ten (released in 1991) is certified Diamond for sales of over 10 million copies in America.
34 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK2
Eddie Van Halen and his wife Valerie Bertinelli welcome a son, Wolfgang Van Halen, who eventually becomes the bass player in Van Halen.
33 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
Eric Clapton’s 4-year-old son, Conor, dies after falling out of a window at his mother’s apartment. Clapton later writes “Tears In Heaven” about Conor.
34 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
Andrew Wood, lead singer of Mother Love Bone, dies of a heroin overdose at age 24. Members of the band go on to form Pearl Jam.
39 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
Richard Ramirez kills a man and attacks a woman at a house in Rosemead, California, leaving an AC/DC hat behind at the crime scene. Ramirez continues his killing spree and becomes known as the “Night Stalker.” When it becomes clear that AC/DC is his favorite band, the group is accused of encouraging crime and devil worship in their music.
42 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
Ozzy Osbourne’s guitarist Randy Rhoads dies when he takes a plane ride with a pilot who tries to buzz Ozzy’s tour bus. When the wing hits the bus, the plane crashes into a nearby house, killing Rhoads, the pilot, and the tour costume designer/hairdresser.
53 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
Nearly six months after her death, Janis Joplin’s “Me And Bobby McGee” hits #1 in the US for the first of two weeks. It is her only Top 10 hit.
56 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
Otis Redding’s “(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay” hits #1, becoming the first-ever posthumous #1 hit. Redding died in a plane crash on December 10, 1967.
66 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
The first “Greatest Hits” compilation is released, and it’s by Johnny Mathis. It’s a huge hit, and the format catches on quickly. The Mathis album stays in the Billboard 200 album chart for over nine years, a record not broken until Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon.
72 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
Cleveland stakes a claim on rock history when the Moondog Coronation Ball is held at the Cleveland Arena. Organized by the WJW DJ Alan Freed (“Moondog” on the air), it is widely considered the first rock concert. It may also be one of the shortest, as it is shut down after one song.
105 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
Jazz music plays throughout New Orleans after a serial killer threatens to murder anyone not listening to it.
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Duh
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It’s the Science!
Words Mean Things
Pure Joy
Without a Doubt
Remember Your First Beer?
Waiting…
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Skynyrd
Ooh, that smell! Can’t you smell that smell?
Bon Jovi
They are halfway there!
That’s a tough one. Could be Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, or maybe the Eagles. Those two don’t appear to be pop followers (I’m jumping to conclusions here. Just personal opinion, so don’t start bashing), so I don’t think they’re headed out for the Bee Gees or Abba.
I would tend to agree with you, Bob. I don’t think they are headed to see Casey and the sunshine band… Or Donna Summer… Or Sean Cassidy…
But they could be on their way to see Zepplin… Sure.
Sabbath, maybe.
But maybe something a little more bluesy. Maybe some country rock… Skynyrd works.
I can so relate to this picture, from my years of owning a
72 Ford Econoline Van,75-`77, and knowing girls that looked and dressed like this here in central Pennsylvania. They are going to see Aerosmith.There you go. Aerosmith!
Sweet emotion!
Great picture, brother.
Music festival at the local campground. No big names. Just an afternoon of beer, weed and cover bands.
And often times, those are the events that are the most fun!
Dig it much.
Why Spinal Tap, of course.
Unfortunately, the Stonehenge monuments did not arrive on time.
I’m a little disappointed with this weeks groove noodles. I thought there was gonna be surplus cheese!! Lmao
I’m headed to RHCP in July.
I had a concert booked for April 3 (Allen Stone) but had to cancel 🙁
I (Andy) completely understand.
Usually, the cheese is a given.
But we do have surplus paprika, and a bunch of lemon flavored Kool-Aid packets.
Not to mention a box of honeycomb.
Sorry, had to cancel the concert next month… But the show in July should be a blast!
Lmao I totally read the question wrong. Those ladies are on their way to Blue Oyster Cult obviously.
Because Godzilla is the last song I listened to haha
Makes perfect sense!
There goes Tokyo!
Skid Row and Motley Crew!!! HAHAHA YAHOO
Now that is a show!
Maybe I (Andy) will bum a ride from them.
Iron Maiden
There must be room in that van for one more maiden fan, no?
Allman Brothers
Rolling down highway 41.
Woodstock
The Thruway is closed, man!
They must be in heaven.
How about Mungo Jerry just for the sideburns.
In the summertime, anything is possible.
RE: The “Weekend” video…….”If I wanted it yesterday….I would have asked them…..(lol)
🤣🤣🤣
Hopefully ours 😊
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Heading off to see Marshal Tucker, 38 Special and Black Oak Arkansas, somewhere in the South.
Holy crap. That’s delicious!
Stray Cats!
They’re going to rock this town… Inside and out.
Aerosmith
“Toys in the attic” Tour.
Could be Aerosmith or Lynryd Skynyrd!
Those two bands seem to be getting the most play on this thread.
And it makes perfect sense.
Three dollars for gas money… Good to go.
They remind me of thre
e girls in a van that we met at the Rolling Stones concert in the New Orleans SuperDome in 1978. The van had “Gone With the Wind” painted on the side.
Outstanding recollection, John.
Golden memory, to be sure.
Gone with the wind…🤣🤣🤣
Guns N’Roses
Blondie
Barnstorm!