The Current Music Blog: September 30, 2009 Archive

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Today In Music History: Skynyrd V. Cult Grudge Match!

Posted at 6:03 AM on September 30, 2009 by Steve Seel
Filed under: Music History

Birthdays:

Singer Johnny Mathis is 74.
Trey Anastasio of Phish is 45.
Rapper T-Pain is 25.

Today in:

1950 - The Grand Ole Opry was first televised by Nashville station WSM. WSM-AM had been broadcasting the Opry on radio since 1925.
1965 - Donovan made his American TV debut on "Shindig!"
1967 - John Lennon and Paul McCartney appeared on "The David Frost Show" to talk about the virtues of transcendental meditation as taught by the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
1974 - Police were called to a Lynyrd Skynyrd and Blue Oyster Cult concert after a fight broke out between two sound engineers. The Skynyrd roadie claimed that the sound had been deliberately turned off during the bands set.
1993 - Kate Pierson from The B-52's was charged with criminal mischief and trespassing during an anti-fur protest at Vogue's New York City offices.

Wednesday Coffee Break: Home To Austin

Posted at 8:44 AM on September 30, 2009 by Steve Seel (18 Comments)
Filed under: 9:30 Coffee Break

This weekend is the annual Austin City Limits Festival in Austin, TX, this year featuring such giant name marquee acts as Pearl Jam, Kings of Leon and Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and indie faves like Andrew Bird, The Avett Brothers and Blitzen Trapper.

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, though, we thought we'd pay tribute to this very, very musical town from another angle: by taking your requests for bands that actually hail from this fair city.

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The Beatles Top Tunes

Posted at 7:49 PM on September 30, 2009 by Mark Wheat

Thanks once again to everyone for voting!
Thousands of votes and believe it or not only ONE vote between the #1 & #2?!?! Other surprises included George making a big showing with two songs in the Top 5. Including our winning song, "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"...

CONGRATS TO JOSHUA WILL OF MINNEAPOLIS!

He was very excited to let his young children play with the XBOX & Beatles Rock Band!

"A Day in a Life" was the most popular guess while we inched our way to #1 between 6 and 7pm tonight. But kudos should go to Brooke from Omaha who correctly predicted the top two!! It's been fabulous revisiting the best band forever! Going by these votes 'The Beatles (White Album)' is your fave and Paul definitely wins the best songwriter category...um...I seem to remember making that claim last year on this very blog, yes folks that's what this month has been all about, proving me right!

01 Hey Jude
02 Blackbird
03 Eleanor Rigby
04 Here Comes The Sun
05 While My Guitar Gently Weeps
06 Let It Be
07 A Day In The Life
08 Across The Universe
09 Norwegian Wood
10 Come Together
11 Yesterday
12 In My Life
13 Strawberry Fields Forever
14 Dear Prudence

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