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Now for something a little different, because an icon in the entertainment industry was born 133 years ago today. Her name is Mary Jane West, but she is best known as Mae West. She was an actress, comedian, screenwriter and playwright…and singer.

Mae West’s career spanned seven decades, and she was huge back in her prime. In the mid-1930’s she was the second best paid person in the USA! Her biggest movie success was I’m No Angel, where she wrote the story, screenplay and dialogue.

Mae West - I’m No Angel (1933)

Mae West may well have been the original sex symbol in the entertainment industry, decades before Marilyn Monroe, Sohia Loren and all the others up unil Sydney Sweeney today. She was very outspoken, and is known for quotes with puns and word plays with sexual undertones.

So it’s no surprise that Mae West struggled with censorship through the first decades of her career. In 1926 she was arrested after the premiere of her first Broadway play Sex. She was sentenced to ten days in jail, but was set free after eight days because of…good behaviour! Of course this gave her career a boost.

In 1943 Mae West’s struggle with censorship made her leave the film industry. She turned down several film roles in the years after. Yet her success continued in night clubs, stageshows and on Broadway. When television became popular in the 1950’s, she got yet another media to play out her talent. It wasn’t until 1970 before she returned to the movies again.

Mae West’s last movie Sexlette was made in 1978, two years before she passed away after a stroke. The movie was based on a script she had written in 1959. In her later years she also recorded a couple of rock records. To celebrate the memory of this icon in modern popular culture, here is a track from one of those. To Mae West :clinking_glasses: :champagne:

Mae West - Light My Fire (1972)

When I’m good, I’m good
When I’m bad, I’m better

Mae West (1893-1980)

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Perfection is in the imperfection. Som Dave Grohl og Kurt Cobain en gang i tida har sagt det. :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

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Robert Plant - Song to the Siren

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The BluesBones - Sealed Souls

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ROSE TATTOO - BUTCHER AND FAST EDDIE

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Motörhead - Dr. Rock

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I’d like to pay tribute to the American drummer Frank Beard, who passed away yesterday after struggling with his health for some time. He was 77 years old. After playing in a couple of unknown band’s, he joined guitarist Billy Gibbons newly founded band ZZ Top in 1969, along with bassist Dusty Hill.

ZZ Top released their debut album in 1971, and through the rest of the 70’s the trio got more and more airplay on the radio and became a very popular live act. Bigger success came in the 80’s when the band had commercially huge hits with songs like Gimme All Your Lovin’, Sleeping Bag and Legs. This established them as one of the biggest names in rock, a position they have kept until this day.

Frank Beard was part of all this. He played on all of ZZ Top’s 15 studio albums. He also played at the concerts, all the way up until his health forced him to stop playing live last year. And now he has put down his drum sticks for the last time. I feel a little sad now. I really like ZZ Top. Thank you for the music Frank, may you be remembered. :beer_mug:

ZZ Top - La Grange (live 2017)

ZZ Top - Gimme All Your Lovin’ (live 2013)

ZZ Top visiting Norway in 1981.

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From left: Dusty Hill (1949-2021), Billy Gibbons (1949- ) and Frank Beard (1949-2026)

This trio formed in 1969 and stayed together until Dusty Hill passed away in 2021. That is 52 years without a single lineup change! In 2018 this was acknowledged by Guiness World Records as the longest running active group with no lineup changes!

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Thank you for the Tribute of a great drummer and man..

would like to add some of the music of the early years from ZZ Top that are typically Frank Beard..

ZZ Top - Precious And Grace

ZZ Top - Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings

And a live song from their “Live in Texas” DVD

ZZ Top - Pearl Necklace

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Happy Birthday to the English bassist John Deacon, who is turning 75 today. He’s career in music took a turn for the better when he saw the newly formed band Queen in 1970. Allegedly he was not impressed by what he saw, but the year after he ended up joining the band anyway.

Queen of course went on to one of the biggest bands in rock, and John Deacon was very much a part of it. He wrote several of the band’s hits, among others Another One Bites the Dust and I Want To Break Free. He was also an integral part of the excellent vocal harmonies Queen was known for.

John Deacon took it hard when Freddie Mercury passed away in 1991. He only appeared together with the rest of Queen a handful of times, before he retired from music in 1997.

And John Deacon retired completely. He has not done any music since then. He has vanished from the music scene, and apart from a few brief meetings with Brian May and Roger Taylor, his only involment in Queen’s legacy is on the financial side.

To celebrate John Deacon’s birthday, here is another song written by him. Happy Birthday to John Deacon :beer_mug:

Queen - You’re My Best Friend (1976)

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Beth Hart - Sister Heroine

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Thundermother - The Light in the Sky

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Guy Verlinde - Treat Me Right

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The Sweet - Hell Raiser

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Mountain - One Last Cold Kiss (1971)

Mountain popped up in my recommendatins again. What a great band this was. Even though they are considered pioneers in hard/heavy rock, they seems to be a little forgotten today. This one is a big favourite of mine.

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The Hunters - Russian Spy and I (1966)

Passed by a documentary on the Dutch garage rock/psychedelia/blues boom in the latter part of the 1960’s, later called the Nederbeat. I knew about a few of the bands, but there was a lot of new stuff there to investigate further. So this one may be continued :face_with_tongue:

The guitarist in The Hunters is Jan Akkerman, who later found international fame in Focus, one of the best known bands to come out of the Netherlands. He was 20 years old here, but the talent is already obvious.

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Happy Birthday to the English guitarist and singer Dave Brock, who is turning 85 today! He’s the only constant member of Hawkwind from the band’s formation in 1969 until today! To celebrate his birthday, let’s go back to where it all started, with Hawkwind’s first record release, the single Hurry On Sundown. Here’s a toast to Dave Brock :beer_mug:

Hawkwind - Hurry On Sundown (1970)

Dave Brock is still active with Hawkwind. The band has gigs scheduled for both tomorrow and Saturday, and there’e also upcoming gigs in September. The man is 85!

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Happy Birthday to Ralf Hütter, singer and keyboardist in Kraftwerk. This German band is an immensely influential band, inspiring generations of musicians, be it the British synth pop of the 1980’s, early hip-hop, electronica and experimental music or even pop music in general.

Ralf Hütter has been one of two core members of the band through all this. The other core member Florian Schneider passed away in 2020, and Ralf Hütter’s been carrying on Kraftwerk’s legacy since then, often with multimedia concerts.

To celebrate Ralf Hütter’s birthday, here is one of Kraftwerk’s best known songs :beer_mug:

Kraftwerk - Das Model (1978)

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The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Stone Free

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Humble Pie - Stone Cold Fever

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Mott The Hoople - Rest In Peace

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