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It's not easy to be a successful songwriter like Bob Dylan‚ who wrote more than 600 songs and sold millions of albums worldwide. The number of artists who wrote only one hit song is certainly much bigger than the number of musicians who were able to have multiple hits during their career. It is really difficult to be successful especially in music but to replicate that success multiple times over the decades‚ it's really something impressive. During his speech at MusiCares‚ in 2015‚ when he was elected Person of The Year‚ Bob Dylan praised a one hit-wonder artist and Rock and Roll Garage tells you a little more about him. The one hit-wonder praised by Bob Dylan The artist mentioned by Dylan is Billy Lee Riley‚ who is also a dear friend of his. He was seven years older than the Folk Rock artist and was born in Pocahontas‚ Arkansas. The first song he recorded was "Trouble Bound" in 1955. But his most famous songs are "Rock With Me Baby"‚ Flyin' Saucers Rock and Roll" and "Red Hot"‚ the song praised by Dylan during his speech. "I’m proud to be here tonight for MusiCares. I think a lot of this organization. They’ve helped many people. Many musicians who have contributed a lot to our culture. I’d like to personally thank them for what they did for a friend of mine‚ Billy Lee Riley. A friend of mine who they helped for six years when he was down and couldn’t work. Billy was a son of rock ‘n’ roll‚ obviously." "He was a true original‚ he did it all: He played‚ he sang‚ he wrote. He would have been a bigger star but Jerry Lee came along. And you know what happens when someone like that comes along. You just don’t stand a chance." He continued: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6P28bCPjAA&;pp=ygUVYmlsbHkgbGVlIHJheSByZWQgaG90 "So Billy became what is known in the industry -- a condescending term‚ by the way -- as a one-hit wonder. But sometimes‚ just sometimes‚ once in a while‚ a one-hit wonder can make a more powerful impact than a recording star who’s got 20 or 30 hits behind him. And Billy’s hit song was called 'Red Hot‚' and it was red hot. It could blast you out of your skull and make you feel happy about it. Change your life." "He did it with style and grace. You won’t find him in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He’s not there. Metallica is. Abba is. Mamas and the Papas -- I know they’re in there. Jefferson Airplane‚ Alice Cooper‚ Steely Dan -- I’ve got nothing against them. Soft rock‚ hard rock‚ psychedelic pop. I got nothing against any of that stuff‚ but after all‚ it is called the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Billy Lee Riley is not there. Yet‚" Bob Dylan said. He said that the song "Red Hot" still impresses him nowadays "Red Hot" was actually written by Billy "The Kid" Emerson in 1955 but it was Billy Lee Riley who made the most famous cover of the song (1957). Dylan had the chance to see him playing live a couple of times and also to hang out with him. "I’d see him a couple times a year and we’d always spent time together and he was on a rockabilly festival nostalgia circuit‚ and we’d cross paths now and again. We’d always spend time together. He was a hero of mine. I’d heard 'Red Hot.' I must have been only 15 or 16 when I did and it’s impressed me to this day." He continued: "I never grow tired of listening to it. Never got tired of watching Billy Lee perform‚ either. We spent time together just talking and playing into the night. He was a deep‚ truthful man‚ he wasn’t bitter or nostalgic. He just accepted it. And he knew where he had come from and he was content with who he was‚" Bob Dylan said. As Dylan noted‚ it is believed that what compromised the success of his version of "Red Hot" was that Sun Studios decided to focus on the promotion of Jerry Lee Lewis "Great Balls of Fire"‚ which became a worldwide hit. During his career‚ Riley also worked as a session musician for names like Dean Martin‚ Beach Boys‚ Herb Albert and Sammy Davis Jr. In 1997 his album "Hot Damn!" was nominated for a Grammy Award and his final album was "Still Got My Mojo"‚ released in 2009. "And then one day he got sick. And like my friend John Mellencamp would sing -- because John sang some truth today -- one day you get sick and you don’t get better. That’s from a song of his called 'Life is Short Even on Its Longest Days.' It’s one of the better songs of the last few years‚ actually. I ain’t lying." Dylan continued: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC2hFb1_szI&;pp=ygUVYmlsbHkgbGVlIHJheSByZWQgaG90 "And I ain’t lying when I tell you that MusiCares paid for my friend’s doctor bills‚ and helped him to get spending money. They were able to at least make his life comfortable‚ tolerable to the end. That is something that can’t be repaid. Any organization that would do that would have to have my blessing." "I’m going to get out of here now. I’m going to put an egg in my shoe and beat it. I probably left out a lot of people and said too much about some. But that’s OK. Like the spiritual song‚ ‘I’m still just crossing over Jordan too.’ Let’s hope we meet again‚ sometime. And we will‚ if‚ like Hank Williams said‚ 'the good Lord willing and the creek don’t rise‚'” Bob Dylan said." He passed away in 2009 at the age of 75‚ a victim of colon cancer.The post The one hit-wonder praised by Bob Dylan appeared first on Rock And Roll Garage.

Pearl Jam was formed in Seattle‚ Washington in 1990 and since then they became one of the most successful bands of all time. They will release next April 19 their twelfth studio album "Dark Matter"‚ which will be another chapter of their extremely successful career‚ with an estimated amount of more than 85 million records sold. In an interview with Mojo‚ the vocalist Eddie Vedder talked about friends they lost on the way and said that Pearl Jam might have one or two good albums left. Eddie Vedder says Pearl Jam might have only one or two albums left “The older you get the better you are at living in the present. The understanding you have less time is the biggest number in the quotient. The goal is to keep making music.” He continued reflecting on friends they lost along the way‚ like Chris Cornell‚ Layne Staley and Kurt Cobain. “(At this stage) you lean on the relationships with the people who are still around. It really hits you when you are in a situation where that person would be there. And you’re sad for them that they’re not.” “But it makes you realize you gotta be healthy. You want to be around for your kids. You want to make good records‚” he continued. “And we might have one or two left‚” Eddie Vedder said. The band's line-up is the same since 1998‚ when the Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron joined them. Besides him the group is formed by Eddie Vedder (Vocals - Since 1990)‚ Jeff Ament (Bass - Since 1990)‚ Stone Gossard (Guitar - Since 1993) and Mike McCready (Guitar - Since 1990). On tour they are accompanied by Boom Gaspar (Keyboards - Since 2002) and Josh Klinghoffer (Guitar‚ keyboards‚ drums and more - Since 2021). Their new albums was produced by Andrew Watt‚ who had worked with many famous groups in the last years like Ozzy Osbourne‚ Iggy Pop and The Rolling Stones. "Dark Matter" tracklist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Fx8LprPMIU&;pp=ygUVcGVhcmwgamFtIGRhcmsgbWF0dGVy "Scared of Fear" "React‚ Respond" "Wreckage" "Dark Matter" "Won't Tell" "Upper Hand" "Waiting for Stevie" "Running" "Something Special" "Got to Give" "Setting Sun" Pearl Jam has scheduled tour dates next May‚ June‚ July‚ August‚ September and November. They will perform in Canada‚ United States‚ United Kingdom‚ Spain‚ Germany‚ Portugal‚ New Zealand and Australia.The post Eddie Vedder says Pearl Jam might have only 1 or 2 albums left appeared first on Rock And Roll Garage.

Led Zeppelin is one of the most successful bands of all time with an estimated amount of 200 to 300 million records sold worldwide. All the four members of the band were equally important for the success of their sound but when you think about guitar riffs‚ Jimmy Page is certainly the one that comes to your mind. However‚ the bassist and keyboardist John Paul Jones was the one who wrote one of the most famous riffs from the band. The title of the song was inspired by a black Labrador Retriever that the band used to see wandering the Headley Grange studio area. The famous Led Zeppelin riff composed by John Paul Jones Page is always the first one to point out in interviews that it was his bandmate who wrote that riff. He did that in an interview with Rolling Stone back in 2012‚ after being asked about the one from the song "Black Dog". "That’s one I didn’t come up with. John Paul Jones had that riff. It was not easy to play. The drums had to play 4/4 through it. But 'Black Dog' is more than a riff. You have the call-and-response of the vocal and riff‚ then the bridge and other parts to move the song along." "This is the thing. There’s a riff. What are you going to do with it? That’s where you shape things. The opening of “No Quarter” (on 1973’s Houses of the Holy) that was a keyboard thing. But mainly the song was coming from the guitar. 'Heartbreaker' is one where John was involved in the writing as well. The opening is guitar-led‚ then John’s (bass) pattern becomes the verse‚" Jimmy Page said. John Paul Jones wrote the "Black Dog" riff on a train https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tlSx0jkuLM&;pp=ygUJYmxhY2sgZG9n As the bassist told Bass Player magazine‚ his dad‚ who was also a musician‚ taught him how to write musical notation and he wrote that riff on the back of a train ticket once. “I wrote Black Dog on a train. My Dad taught me how to write musical notation without using manuscript paper. Just with numbers and note values. I wrote that riff on the back of a train ticket. (I was) coming back from a rehearsal at Jimmy Page’s house‚” John Paul Jones said. Jones‚ Page and Robert Plant are credited as the songwriters of the track that was featured on their fourth album released in 1971. As a single‚ the song peaked at number 15 on the United States Hot 100. He explained better his idea about the riff in a conversation with Classic Rock‚ saying: “It was originally all in 3/16 time. But no one could keep up with that". It was the particularly the drummer John Bonham who struggled with the different rhythms the song had. “I told Bonzo he had to keep playing four-to-the-bar all the way through Black Dog‚” Jones said. “If you go through enough 5/8s it arrives back on the beat‚" John Paul Jones said. According to Jimmy Page‚ the main secret of a great Led Zeppelin riff is being "quite hypnotic"‚ because it will be played multiple times. So it's something that you can feel instinctively right.The post The famous Led Zeppelin riff composed by John Paul Jones appeared first on Rock And Roll Garage.

The following article‚ We Are Just One Step Away From An Apocalyptic War In The Middle East‚ was first published on Conservative Firing Line. Did you see what just happened in Damascus?  In an absolutely stunning move‚ Israel took out the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.  Needless to say‚ the Iranians are absolutely furious and they are promising a “harsh” response.  For a long time‚ I have been warning my readers that an apocalyptic war in the Middle East … Continue reading We Are Just One Step Away From An Apocalyptic War In The Middle East ...