GROOVY NOODLES
THE ELM TREASON NEWSLETTER NUMBER 91
JANUARY 27, 2023
TREASON NOODLES
– We will be launching one last FREE CD campaign before we begin promoting our new album either this week or next to try and bring new people into the ELM TREASON family. We will be using our third album “Rhyme and Treason” as the LURE. If and when you see these ads on social media, we hope you’ll leave incredibly positive comments and encourage others to hop aboard the Treason train. Maybe encourage friends to pick up some music. Thank you!
– Also, if you know any people who are going through particularly difficult times now who may enjoy our music but cannot afford to get CDs – maybe veterans… or those suffering from illnesses… – please let us know. We would LOVE to send them some music on us. It would be our pleasure. E-mail us at andy@elmtreason.com with a name and address and we’ll get the jams out to them.
– Finally, we want to clear up any confusion… If ELM TREASON decides to create a monthly membership subscription containing exclusive content, it will NOT affect this newsletter… nor will it affect the website we are currently building. Those things will be (and will remain) free. The membership idea is meant to offer ADDITIONAL CONTENT so that we can sustain operations. 🙂
OTHER NOODLES
– It was announced that Ozzy Osbourne and Joan Jett will appear in a commercial for Workday during this year’s Super Bowl.
– Anthony ‘Top’ Topham, the founding guitarist of the Yardbirds, died at the age of 75.
– Guitar god Steve Vai’s new album “Vai/Gash” drops on Friday, January 27th.
– Doors guitarist Robby Krieger has sold his rights to the band’s catalog to Primary Wave to help charities.
– Metallica will premiere their new album “72 Seasons” with a global listening party in cinemas on April 13, one day before the record’s street date.
– Neil Young is scheduled to play at Willie Nelson’s 90th birthday concert in April. It will be his first public performance in more than three years.
– Motorhead will include a previously unreleased song titled “Greedy Bastards” on the upcoming reissue of their final studio album, “Bad Magic” from 2015.
– Billy Idol will spend the spring of 2023 touring North America. His tour will kick off on March 30 in Scottsdale, Ariz., and conclude with an appearance at Pasadena’s Cruel World festival on May 20.
– Stevie Nicks has announced tour dates for 2023. The singer’s first solo show of the year is scheduled to take place on March 15 in Seattle. She’ll perform in several major U.S. cities, including San Francisco, New Orleans, Atlanta and Chicago, plus a stop in Toronto.
– Jethro Tull’s 23rd album, “RokFlote,” will arrive on April 21.
Your Input: Funeral No-Nos
Hello Treasonites!
With January coming to an end, we thought we’d have a bit of (morbid) fun with this week’s “Your Input.”
Simply put, we ask…. name a song (or two) that one should probably NEVER play at a funeral.
“Another One Bites the Dust” by Queen comes to mind… although for the boys of Elm Treason, we think that would be absolutely hilarious.
But assuming the protocols of mainstream society are observed, what songs probably do NOT make for good “farewell” theme songs?
Have fun with it. We CRAVE hearing from you.
Hit that comments section hard, people! And thank you!
Birthdays This Past Week
Some birthdays we did not mention on our Facebook page…
Happy 47th birthday to Emma Bunton (“Baby Spice” of Spice Girls). (last Saturday)
Celebrating his 73rd birthday last Saturday was singer Billy Ocean.
Ian Hill, bassist for Judas Priest, had his 68th birthday last Friday.
Turning 44 last Friday was Linkin Park drummer Rob Bourdon
Celebrating his 57th birthday last Sunday was Guns N’ Roses drummer Steve Adler.
Aaron Neville celebrated his 82nd birthday on Tuesday.
Country and pop singer-songwriter and comedian Ray Stevens had his 84th birthday on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, singer Alicia Keys turned 43.
Jammin’ Zodiac
Groovy Noodles Extra: Behind the Scenes
Here’s a little clip we put together from the video shoot for our song “Grins of Nothing.” The whole thing is less than a minute long.
Since many of you have asked for more “behind the scenes” stuff, here you go! We think you’ll dig!
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
On stage at THE BITTER END in New York City – June, 2016.
A backwards LETTER “H” … and why not?
3 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
Elton John announces his retirement from touring, ending with a three-year Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour.
5 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
Neil Diamond announces that he’s retiring from concert touring because he’s been diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease.
11 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
Pete Townshend sells the publishing rights to the songs he has written to the Spirit Music Group, which plans to place more of his music in TV shows, movies and commercials. Townshend’s catalog includes about 400 songs, most of which he wrote for The Who.
17 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
Garth Brooks’ Double Live album, released in 1998, becomes the first live album certified Double Diamond by the RIAA for sales of over 20 million in America.
26 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
Pat Boone releases the album In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy, where he covers various hard rock classics, including “Stairway To Heaven,” “Enter Sandman” and “Crazy Train.”
32 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
The Albuquerque, New Mexico, radio station KLSK FM plays the Led Zeppelin song “Stairway To Heaven” over and over for 24 hours to inaugurate a format change to classic rock. It plays more than 200 times, eliciting hundreds of angry calls and letters. Police show up with guns drawn after a listener reports that the DJ had apparently suffered a heart attack, later because of suspicion that – this being eight days into the Gulf War – the radio station had been taken hostage by terrorists dispatched by Zeppelin freak Saddam Hussein. Weirdest of all, lots of listeners don’t move the dial: “Turns out a lot of people listened to see when we would finally stop playing it.”
37 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
The first inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame include Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Buddy Holly, Little Richard, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, James Brown, Jerry Lee Lewis, and the The Everly Brothers.
39 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
Boy George and Annie Lennox appear on the cover of Newsweek under the headline, “Britain Rocks America – Again.”
43 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
A billboard is erected at Tower Records on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles to promote Pink Floyd’s new album, The Wall. A blank wall was pasted up and each day a brick was removed to slowly reveal the inside spread and title of the album.
45 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
The soundtrack album to Saturday Night Fever hits #1 in the US and stays there for an astonishing 24 weeks.
55 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
At the University of Southampton, Pink Floyd play their first gig without founding member Syd Barrett, who never returns to the band. The 22-year-old Barrett is an early acid casualty, no longer able to contribute to the group.
Absolutely
For that natural sound..
Occupational Hazard
Some Truths are Self-Evident
Oh, the pain was REAL
Look at me, I’m PAUL!
Go ahead, make his day
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Broken Hearts are for Assholes; or basically ANY Zappa song. 🙂
I (Andy) may contact you when I plan my own… 🙂
Thanks, Leo.
Highway to Hell ACDC
The extended “disco mix” of this one will be played at my (Andy’s) own send off…
I love the Groovy Noodle! So much trivia and info . . . .love it.
Wow! So VERY VERY COOL of you to say so, Lisa! We LOVE that you love it. It’s our pleasure to have you out there. 🙂
Alive Pearl Jan
Perfect, Kim. Thank you!
My Head Hurts and My Feet Stink, and I Don’t Love Jesus.
YES!!!
That may be my (Andy’s) favorite selection thus far.
Ummm… thinking Dr Hook’s “I Got Stoned and I Missed It,” or 3 Dog Night’s “Momma Told Me Not to Come,” and maybe… The Animals “We Gotta Get Out of This Place.”
Actually, a pretty tight set list. LOL. Dig it much!
I will survive
HAHAHA! Yeah, probably not the tune to break out after the eulogies.
There Ain’t No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down sung by Charlie Parr or just for a hoot how about the song New Years at the gates of Hell by the awesome wordsmith Ray Wylie Hubbard and played it really loud.
Nice. I (Andy) am more than happy to have you choose the music at my funeral when the time comes. 🙂
“Already Dead” – The Gutter Brothers
No, I dont suppose that’s one for such an occasion. LOL.
“Dead Man Walking” – by Fil Baker’s Fat Chance (is that allowed?)
Perfectly allowed.
Love you guys, always have. Took a break from social media. But I am back! ♥️♥️♥️
Cold Ethyl – Alice Cooper