This Day in Music
An EP, a single, a birthday, Miles is in Rome, and Elvis is frustrated, on this day in music.
Beatles for Sale
1965: Liverpool’s Fab Four, The Beatles, release “Beatles for Sale,” a four-track EP showcasing songs originally published on their LP of the same name in December of 1964.
Featuring “No Reply,” “I'm a Loser,” “Rock and Roll Music,” and “Eight Days a Week,” the record is available only in mono, never receiving a stereo-mix treatment, and released only in the U.K., Australia, and India. It went straight to the top of the EP chart in the U.K. and remained there for five weeks.
Warren Haynes
1960: American hard-rocking blues and jam virtuoso guitarist Warren Haynes is born in Asheville, North Carolina. Famous as a member of The Allman Brothers Band and Gov't Mule, Warren has been performing professionally since 1982 and is among the most in-demand guitarist and guest performers in the jam-band and blues-rock communities.
Proficient at both finger-styling and slide, he has also performed with Tedeschi-Trucks Band, Derek Trucks, Dicky Betts, Garth Brooks, Blues Traveler, Les Claypool, Phil Lesh, Peter Frampton, Mountain, Edgar Winter, and Dolly Parton, amongst many, many others.
Happy 64th Birthday to Warren!
Louie Louie
1963: The Kingsmen record their version of the Richard Berry song “Louie Louie” for Jerden Records. One of the greatest songs in the Rock and Roll oeuvre, the Kingsmen version would become the most famous, its slurred singing, chaotic instrumentation, and a manic lead guitar solo capturing the audience with a drunken, party-like atmosphere.
The band even commits an error just following the guitar break, when lead singer Jack Ely begins the verse too soon, then ends abruptly realizing his miscue, and drummer Lynn Easton covers the gap with a fill. The mistake only bolstered the mayhem of the record, with most bands from that moment forward playing the mistake as though it was an intended aspect of the song.
The Monday Miles
1989: Miles plays in Rome at the Palazzo dello Sport. Included in the set was a rare performance of “Cobra” by George Duke, a song that was removed from his setlist not long after this concert.
The Daily Elvis
1953: Feeling frustrated with his fledgling music career, Elvis visits the employment office in Memphis, TN and declares that he would like work as a big lathe apprentice.
Pictured: The Beatles in 1965, overdue for a haircut.
