Alan Parsons actua en Barcelona el 4 de julio

Alan Parsons Project nos visita el 1 de julio en Valencia  y el 4 en Barcelona en la Sala BARTS a las 21horas.
The Alan Parsons Project fue un grupo británico de rock progresivo formado en 1975 en Londres y activo hasta 19901 . Liderado por el productor, ingeniero y compositor Alan Parsons y el productor ejecutivo, compositor y vocalista Eric Woolfson en él participaron varios músicos de estudio y un grupo amplio de cantantes. En conjunto grabaron un total de 11 discos, acreditándose la mayoría de las canciones como Parsons/Woolfson, que lograron vender más de 50.000.000 de copias. Alan Parsons y Eric Woolfson se conocieron en el verano 1974 durante unas sesiones de trabajo en los Estudios Abbey Road. En aquel momento Parsons ejercía labores de ingeniero de sonido para Pink Floyd y por su parte Woolfson, letrista y compositor, era músico de estudio y estaba creando un disco inspirado en las obras de Edgar Allan Poe. Fruto de su encuentro decidieron unir sus talentos repartiéndose funciones: Parsons ejercería de productor y realizaría labores de ingeniería de sonido en las canciones compuestas por ambos. Su primera referencia se editó en mayo de 1976 Tales of Mystery and Imagination, que se convirtió en un exito, alcanzando el Top40 de la lista Billboard. El grupo lanzó diez discos más, con un gran cuidado en la producción y creatividad, como I Robot (1977). Gozó de gran popularidad entre 1980 y 1985 con los álbumes The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980) o Eye in the Sky (1982), Ammonia Avenue (1983) y Vulture Culture (1984). Algunas de sus canciones más destacadas son Don't Answer Me, Time, Eye in the Sky, Lucifer, Silence & I o Games People Play. Hasta 2015 se han editado además 14 discos recopilatorios con las canciones de diferentes etapas

The Alan Parsons Project were a British progressive rock band, active between 1975 and 1990, consisting of Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson surrounded by a varying number of session musicians and some relatively consistent band members such as guitarist Ian Bairnson, bassist and vocalist David Paton, drummer Stuart Elliott, and vocalist Lenny Zakatek. Behind the revolving line-up and the regular sidemen, the true core of the Project was the duo of Parsons and Woolfson. Woolfson was a songwriter by profession, but also a composer and pianist. Almost all songs on the band's albums are credited to "Parsons/Woolfson" Alan Parsons met Eric Woolfson in the canteen of Abbey Road Studios in the summer of 1974. Parsons had already acted as Assistant Engineer on the Beatles' albums Abbey Road and Let It Be, had recently engineered Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon, and had produced several acts for EMI Records. Woolfson, a songwriter and composer, was working as a session pianist; he had also composed material for a concept album idea based on the work of Edgar Allan Poe. When Parsons asked Woolfson to become his manager, he accepted and subsequently managed Parsons' career as a producer and engineer through a string of successes, including Pilot, Steve Harley, Cockney Rebel, John Miles, Al Stewart, Ambrosia and the Hollies.[2] Parsons commented at the time that he felt frustrated in having to accommodate the views of some of the musicians, which he felt interfered with his production. Woolfson came up with the idea of making an album based on developments in the film industry, where directors such as Alfred Hitchcock and Stanley Kubrick were the focal point of the film's promotion, rather than individual film stars. If the film industry was becoming a director's medium, Woolfson felt the music business might well become a producer's medium.[citation needed] Recalling his earlier Edgar Allan Poe material, Woolfson saw a way to combine his and Parsons' respective talents. Parsons would produce and engineer songs written by the two, and the Alan Parsons Project was born. Their first album, Tales of Mystery and Imagination released by 20th Century Fox Records, including major contributions by all members of Pilot and Ambrosia, was a success, reaching the Top 40 in the US Billboard 200 chart. The song "The Raven" featured lead vocals by the actor Leonard Whiting, and, according to the 2007 remastered album liner notes, was the first rock song to use a digital vocoder, with Alan Parsons speaking lyrics through it. Arista Records then signed the Alan Parsons Project for further albums. Through the late 1970s and early 1980s, the group's popularity continued to grow (although they were always more popular in North America and Continental Europe than in their home country, never achieving a UK Top 40 single or Top 20 album). The singles "I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You", "Games People Play", "Damned If I Do", "Time" (Woolfson's first lead vocal) and "Eye in the Sky" had a notable impact on the Billboard Hot 100. "Don't Answer Me" became their last successful single in the United States; it reached the top 15 on the American charts in 1984. After those successes, however, the group began to fade from view. There were fewer hit singles, and declining album sales. 1987's Gaudi would be the Project's final release, though they planned to record an album called Freudiana next.

Jeff Beck

Geoffrey Arnold "Jeff" Beck (Wallington, Gran Londres, 24 de junio de 1944) es un guitarrista inglés de rock/blues que ha tocado en varias bandas influyentes en las décadas de los 60s y los 70s. Es uno de los tres notables guitarristas que tocaron en The Yardbirds, siendo Eric Clapton y Jimmy Page los otros dos. Durante 25 años ha mantenido una esporádica carrera en solitario. A pesar de no haber alcanzado nunca la proyección comercial de sus contemporáneos, Beck ha tenido un gran reconocimiento, especialmente en la comunidad de guitarristas. Nunca nadie le ha encasillado en un género. Beck ha experimentado con el blues rock, el rockabilly, el heavy metal y jazz fusión y recientemente ha absorbido influencias del techno, creando una innovadora mezcla de música heavy metal y música electrónica.

Geoffrey Arnold "Jeff" Beck (born 24 June 1944) is an English rock guitarist. He is one of the three noted guitarists to have played with The Yardbirds (the other two being Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page). Beck also formed The Jeff Beck Group and Beck, Bogert & Appice. Much of Beck's recorded output has been instrumental, with a focus on innovative sound, and his releases have spanned genres ranging from blues rock, hard rock, jazz fusion, and an additional blend of guitar-rock and electronica. Although he recorded two hit albums (in 1975 and 1976) as a solo act, Beck has not established or maintained the sustained commercial success of many of his contemporaries and bandmates. Beck appears on albums by Mick Jagger, Tina Turner, Morrissey, Jon Bon Jovi, Malcolm McLaren, Kate Bush, Roger Waters, Donovan, Stevie Wonder, Les Paul, Zucchero, Cyndi Lauper, Brian May, Stanley Clarke, Screaming Lord Sutch and ZZ Top. He was ranked fifth in Rolling Stone's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and the magazine, upon whose cover Beck has appeared three times, has described him as "one of the most influential lead guitarists in rock". He is often called a "guitarist's guitarist". Beck has earned wide critical praise and received the Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance six times and Best Pop Instrumental Performance once. In 2014 he received the British Academy's Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music. Beck has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice: as a member of the Yardbirds (1992) and as a solo artist (2009).

Aerosmith game over

El cantante de Aerosmith, Steven Tyler, ha confirmado la separación de su banda después de los 46 años de actividad transcurridos desde su fundación en 1970 en Boston. Aerosmith es una banda estadounidense de hard rock.También conocidos como "Los chicos malos de Boston". Su sonido agresivamente rítmico tiene raíces en el blues1 y además contribuyó a establecer el sonido del hard rock y heavy metal entre los años 1981 y 1990.La banda se formó en Boston, Massachusetts, en 1970. El guitarrista Joe Perry y el bajista Tom Hamilton originalmente pertenecían a una banda llamada Jam Band, posteriormente se integraron el cantante Steven Tyler, el baterista Joey Kramer, y el guitarrista Ray Tabano, y formaron Aerosmith. En 1971, Tabano sería reemplazado por Brad Whitford, y a partir de ese momento el grupo comenzaría a ser conocido en Boston. La banda firma contrato con Columbia Records en 1972 y lanza un serie de álbumes que han sido certificados multi-platino, comenzando con su álbum debut homónimo. En 1975, la banda se consolida con el álbum Toys in the Attic, y con su siguiente álbum Rocks de 1976, cimentaría su estatus de super estrellas de hard rock.8 Para finales de la década del 70, serían una de las bandas más populares de hard rock en todo el mundo, consiguiendo cosechar un gran número de seguidores, a los que a menudo se les llama "Blue Army". Sin embargo, la adicción a las drogas y los conflictos internos que se hicieron sentir en la banda darían como resultado las salidas de Perry y Whitford en 1979 y 1981, respectivamente. Serían sustituidos por Jimmy Crespo y Rick Dufay.1 La banda no tendría éxito entre 1980 y 1984, lanzando solamente un álbum, Rock in a Hard Place, que sería disco de oro, pero no a la altura de sus éxitos anteriores. Aunque Perry y Whitford regresaron en 1984 y la banda firmó un contrato de grabación con Geffen Records, no sería hasta el lanzamiento en 1987 del álbum Permanent Vacation en que la banda recuperaría el nivel de popularidad que había experimentado en la década de 1970.10 A lo largo de las décadas del 80 y 90, la banda obtendría varios éxitos y ganaría numerosos premios musicales con los álbumes Pump (1989), Get a Grip (1993), y Nine Lives (1997). Su regreso ha sido descrito como uno de los momentos más importantes y espectaculares de la historia del rock and roll.Después de 44 años de dar conciertos, la banda aún continúa haciendo giras y grabando música. Aerosmith es una de las bandas con mayor número de ventas de todos los tiempos, han vendido más de 150 millones de álbumes en todo el mundo, incluyendo 66,5 millones de álbumes solamente en los Estados Unidos.11 También tienen el récord de ser el grupo estadounidense con mayor número de discos de oro y platino. La banda ha conseguido 21 entradas al Top 40 del Billboard Hot 100, nueve números uno en el Mainstream Rock Tracks, cuatro premios Grammy, y diez MTV Video Music Awards. Han sido incluidos en el Salón de la Fama del Rock en el 2001, y en 2005 fueron clasificados n.º 57 en la lista de los 100 mejores artistas de todos los tiempos de la revista Rolling Stone.

Aerosmith is an American rock band, sometimes referred to as "the Bad Boys from Boston" and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band". Their style, which is rooted in blues-based hard rock, has come to also incorporate elements of pop, heavy metal, and rhythm and blues, and has inspired many subsequent rock artists. They were formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1970. Guitarist Joe Perry and bassist Tom Hamilton, originally in a band together called the Jam Band, met up with vocalist/pianist/harmonicist Steven Tyler, drummer Joey Kramer, and guitarist Ray Tabano, and formed Aerosmith. In 1971, Tabano was replaced by Brad Whitford, and the band began developing a following in Boston. They were signed to Columbia Records in 1972, and released a string of gold and platinum albums, beginning with their 1973 eponymous debut album, followed by Get Your Wings in 1974. In 1975, the band broke into the mainstream with the album Toys in the Attic, and their 1976 follow-up Rocks cemented their status as hard rock superstars. Two additional albums followed in 1977 and 1979. Their first five albums have since attained multi-platinum status. Throughout the 1970s, the band toured extensively and charted a dozen Hot 100 singles. By the end of the decade, they were among the most popular hard rock bands in the world and developed a loyal following of fans, often referred to as the "Blue Army". However, drug addiction and internal conflict took their toll on the band, which led to the departures of Perry and Whitford in 1979 and 1981, respectively; they were replaced by Jimmy Crespo and Rick Dufay. The band did not fare well between 1980 and 1984, releasing the album Rock in a Hard Place, which was certified gold but failed to match their previous successes. Perry and Whitford returned to Aerosmith in 1984 and the band signed a new deal with Geffen Records. After a comeback tour, the band recorded Done with Mirrors (1985), which won some critical praise but failed to come close to commercial expectations. It was not until the band's collaboration with rap group Run–D.M.C. in 1986, and the 1987 multi-platinum release Permanent Vacation, that they regained the level of popularity they had experienced in the 1970s. In the late 1980s and 1990s, the band scored several hits and won numerous awards for music from the multi-platinum albums Pump (1989), Get a Grip (1993), and Nine Lives (1997), and embarked on their most extensive concert tours to date. The band also became a pop culture phenomenon with popular music videos and notable appearances in television, film, and video games. Their comeback has been described as one of the most remarkable and spectacular in rock 'n' roll history. Additional albums followed in 2001, 2004, and 2012. Since 2001, the band has toured every year except 2008. After 46 years of performing the band has decided to call it quits. On June 22, 2016, the band announced their retirement, with frontman Steven Tyler saying, "It's time," and announcing the band's 2017 farewell tour to RockFeed. Aerosmith is the best-selling American hard rock band of all time, having sold more than 150 million records worldwide, including over 70 million records in the United States alone.[21][22] With 25 gold albums, 18 platinum albums, and 12 multi-platinum albums, they hold the record for the most total certifications by an American group and are tied for the most multi-platinum albums by an American group. The band has scored 21 Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, nine number-one Mainstream Rock hits, four Grammy Awards, six American Music Awards, and ten MTV Video Music Awards. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001, and were included among both Rolling Stone's and VH1's lists of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. In 2013, the band's principal songwriters, Tyler and Perry, were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fam

The Who de gira por España

The Who es una banda británica de rock considerada un icono de la música del siglo XX, formada en 1962 con el nombre de The Detours que cambió a aquel tras la incorporación del baterista Keith Moon. De esa manera, con Roger Daltrey (voz), Pete Townshend (guitarra, teclados y voz), John Entwistle (bajo y voz) y Keith Moon (batería y voz) potenció su carrera escalando a los primeros puestos del ambiente del rock inglés. Fue conocida por sus energéticas presentaciones en vivo las cuales incluían la destrucción de sus instrumentos. The Who ha vendido alrededor de 100 millones de discos, posicionaron 27 sencillos en el Top 40 en el Reino Unido y Estados Unidos, así como 17 álbumes en el Top 10, obteniendo 18 discos de oro, 12 de platino y 5 de multi-platino sólo en los Estados Unidos. The Who alcanzó la fama en el Reino Unido con una serie de sencillos que se ubicaron en el Top 10, impulsados en parte por emisoras de radio piratas como Radio Caroline, iniciando su éxito en enero de 1965 con «I Can't Explain». Los álbumes My Generation (1965), A Quick One (1966) y The Who Sell Out (1967) lo siguieron, con los dos primeros alcanzando el Top 5 en el Reino Unido. Su primer hit en el Top 40 fue «Happy Jack» y, posteriormente, ingresó en el Top 10 ese mismo año con «I Can See For Miles». Su fama creció con actuaciones memorables en los festivales de Monterey, Woodstock y en Isle of Wight. En 1969 lanzaron Tommy, el primero de una serie de álbumes Top 10 en los Estados Unidos, seguidos por Live at Leeds (1970), Who's Next (1971), Quadrophenia (1973), The Who By Numbers (1975), Who Are You (1978) y The Kids Are Alright (1979). Moon murió en 1978 a la edad de 32 años. Después de su muerte, la banda lanzó dos álbumes de estudio, Face Dances (1981) que alcanzó el Top 5 en las listas de Estados Unidos y el Reino Unido, y posteriormente It's Hard (1982), que alcanzó el Top 10 en el ranking musical estadounidense, trabajos que realizaron con el baterista Kenney Jones, antes de que la banda se separase en 1983. The Who volvió a reagruparse para participar en el Live Aid, en el vigésimoquinto aniversario de la banda y en la gira de Quadrophenia en 1996 y 1997. En 2000, los tres miembros originales supervivientes trabajaron en la grabación de un nuevo material, pero sus planes se estancaron temporalmente debido a la muerte de Entwistle en 2002, a los 57 años de edad. Townshend y Daltrey continuaron con el trabajo de la banda, lanzando en 2006 Endless Wire, que alcanzó el Top 10 en Estados Unidos y el Reino Unido. The Who fue incluido en el Salón de la Fama del Rock en 1990, en su primer año de elegibilidad, describiéndolos como «Primeros contendores, en la mente de muchos, por el título de la banda más grande en el mundo del rock». La revista Time expresó en 1979 que «Ningún otro grupo ha llevado el rock tan lejos». Rolling Stone escribió: «Junto con The Beatles y The Rolling Stones, The Who completa la santísima trinidad del rock británico».11 Recibieron el Lifetime Achievement Award de la British Phonographic Industry en 1988 y de la Grammy Foundation en 2001, por las significativas y excepcionales contribuciones creativas en el campo de la grabación. En 2008 Daltrey y Townshend fueron honrados con el Premio Kennedy en su trigésima primera edición. El mismo año, VH1 Rock Honors rindió homenaje a The Who,15 donde Jack Black de Tenacious D los llamó «La banda más grande de todos los tiempos». Se suele referir a la banda como el eslabón entre el rock psicodélico y el punk rock, debido a las claras influencias que ejercerían sobre grupos posteriores como Sex Pistols o Ramones, tanto musical como líricamente, mostrando tendencias revolucionarias y rebeldes. También se considera fundamental en la creación y desarrollo del hard rock y el heavy metal, manteniendo fuertes conexiones con bandas como Led Zeppelin.

The Who is a British rock band considered an icon of twentieth century music, formed in 1962 under the name of The Detours changed to that after the addition of drummer Keith Moon. Thus, with Roger Daltrey (vocals), Pete Townshend (guitar, keyboards and vocals), John Entwistle (bass and vocals) and Keith Moon (drums and vocals) boosted his career climbing to the top of the atmosphere of English rock. It was known for its energetic live performances which included the destruction of their instruments. The Who have sold about 100 million albums, they positioned 27 singles in the Top 40 in the UK and the US, as well as 17 albums in the Top 10, earning 18 gold albums, 12 platinum and 5 multi-platinum only in the United States. The Who rose to fame in the UK with a series of singles that were in the Top 10, driven in part by pirate radio stations such as Radio Caroline, beginning his success in January 1965 with "I Can not Explain". The albums My Generation (1965), A Quick One (1966) and The Who Sell Out (1967) followed, with the first two reaching the Top 5 in the UK. His first hit in the Top 40 was "Happy Jack" and then entered the Top 10 that year with "I Can See For Miles". His fame grew with memorable performances at festivals in Monterey, Woodstock and Isle of Wight. In 1969 they released Tommy, the first of a series of albums Top 10 in the United States, followed by Live at Leeds (1970), Who's Next (1971), Quadrophenia (1973), The Who By Numbers (1975), Who Are You (1978) and The Kids Are Alright (1979). Moon died in 1978 at the age of 32 years. After his death, the band released two studio albums, Face Dances (1981) which reached the Top 5 in the lists of the US and the UK, and later It's Hard (1982), which reached the Top 10 in the rankings American musical works performed with drummer Kenney Jones, before the band separated in 1983. the who returned to regroup to participate in the Live Aid, on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the band and the Quadrophenia tour in 1996 and 1997. in 2000, the three surviving original members worked on recording new material, but their plans temporarily stalled due to the death of Entwistle in 2002, at 57 years old. Townshend and Daltrey continued the work of the band, launched in 2006 Endless Wire, which reached the Top 10 in the United States and the United Kingdom. The Who he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990, his first year of eligibility, describing them as "Prime contenders, in the minds of many, for the title of the largest in the world of rock band". Time magazine said in 1979 that "No other group has led the rock so far." Rolling Stone wrote: "Along with The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, The Who complete the holy trinity of British rock" 11 received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the British Phonographic Industry in 1988 and the Grammy Foundation in 2001, significant and exceptional creative contributions in the field of recording. Daltrey and Townshend in 2008 were honored with the Kennedy Award in its thirty-first edition. The same year, VH1 Rock Honors The Who paid tribute to 15 where Jack Black of Tenacious D called "the greatest band of all time." Usually it refers to the band as the link between psychedelic rock and punk rock, due to the clear influences that would have on later groups like Sex Pistols or Ramones, both musically and lyrically, showing revolutionary and rebellious tendencies. It is also considered instrumental in the creation and development of hard rock and heavy metal, keeping strong connections with bands like Led Zeppelin.

Eric Clapton se descuelga la guitarra

Slowhand deja de tocar. Eric Clapton por causa de una enfermedad,Neuropatia periferica,nos deja sin su musica.
Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (Ripley, Surrey, Inglaterra, 30 de marzo de 1945) es un guitarrista, cantante y compositor de rock y blues británico, conocido por su magistral habilidad con la guitarra eléctrica, en concreto con su Stratocaster. Es conocido por el apodo de Slowhand ("Mano lenta"), desde su época en The Yardbirds y con el de God ("Dios") en su época con Cream. Clapton es miembro del Salón de la Fama del Rock por partida triple: como miembro de The Yardbirds y de Cream y por su carrera en solitario. En opinión de muchos críticos, Clapton ha sido uno de los artistas de la cultura de masas más respetados e influyentes de todos los tiempos. Aparece en el puesto número 2 de la lista "Los 100 guitarristas más grandes de todos los tiempos" de la revista Rolling Stone y en el puesto número 55 de su especial "Inmortales: Los 100 artistas más grandes de todos los tiempos". Además, en 2005 la revista Guitar World incluyó cinco de sus canciones entre los mejores solos de guitarra de todos los tiempos. Su estilo musical ha sufrido cambios diversos a lo largo de su carrera, pero sus raíces siempre han estado profundamente ligadas con el blues. Es reconocido como un innovador en varias etapas de su carrera. Practicó el blues rock con John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers y The Yardbirds y el rock psicodélico con Cream, además de haber tocado estilos muy diversos en su etapa en solitario: Delta blues en su álbum Me and Mr. Johnson, pop en su canción «Change the World» o reggae en su versión del tema de Bob Marley «I shot the Sheriff». Algunos de sus mayores éxitos han sido los temas «Layla» de su época con Derek and the Dominos, «Sunshine of your love» con Cream y «Tears in Heaven», dedicada a su fallecido hijo, que compuso con Will Jennings.

 Slowhand stops playing. Eric Clapton because of a disease, peripheral neuropathy, leaves us without his music.Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (Ripley, Surrey, England, March 30, 1945) is a guitarist, singer and composer of British blues rock and known for his masterful skill with electric guitar, in particular with his Stratocaster. It is known by the nickname Slowhand ( "Slow Hand") from his time with The Yardbirds and of God ( "God") in his time with Cream. Clapton is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame triply: as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream and a solo career. In the view of many critics, Clapton has been one of the artists of the culture of most respected and influential of all time masses. It appears at number 2 of the "100 greatest guitarists of all time" list of Rolling Stone magazine and at number 55 of their special "Immortals: 100 Greatest Artists of All Time". Also in 2005, Guitar World magazine included five of his songs among the best guitar solos of all time.His musical style has undergone several changes throughout his career, but its roots have always been deeply linked with the blues. It is recognized as an innovator in several phases of his career. He practiced blues rock with John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers and The Yardbirds and psychedelic rock with Cream, and had performed very different styles in its stage alone: ​​Delta blues on his album Me and Mr. Johnson, pop in his song "Change the World 'or reggae version of Bob Marley's "I shot the Sheriff." Some of his greatest successes have been the subjects 'Layla' of his time with Derek and the Dominos, "Sunshine of Your Love" with Cream and "Tears in Heaven", dedicated to his deceased son, who wrote with Will Jennings.

49 años del Festival de Monterrey

El Monterey International Pop Music Festival (en español Festival Internacional de Música Pop de Monterrey) se llevó a cabo del 16 al 18 de junio de 1967 en Monterey, California. Más de 200.000 personas asistieron, y es a menudo considerado como el precursor del Festival de Woodstock de 1969. El LSD fue muy abundante en el evento, bajo el nombre de "Purple Monterey". Fue celebrado en el Monterey County Fairgrounds en Monterey, California. El festival fue planeado por John Phillips de The Mamas & the Papas, el productor Alan Pariser, y el publicista Derek Taylor. El festival incluyó, en su lista de artistas, a los miembros de The Beatles y The Beach Boys. San Francisco fue el epicentro de la llamada "contracultura". Los jóvenes viajaban allí a vivir un estilo de vida alternativo destinado a aumentar la libertad personal, viviendo en armonía colectiva. Esta transformación de los ideales y la vida se exploró a través de la psicodelia, la luz, el arte, la música y drogas como la marihuana y el LSD. El Festival de Monterey Pop se incorporó al estilo de vida de San Francisco y la contracultura, y es generalmente considerado como uno de los inicios del "Verano del Amor" de 1967. Los artistas tocaron de forma gratuita y la totalidad de los ingresos fueron donados a la caridad, con la excepción de Ravi Shankar, a quien se le pagó U$S 3.000 por su larga estadía. Más de 200.000 personas asistieron al festival. Reservar un lugar costaba U$S 6,50 por cada noche de presentación, mientras que la entrada al campo adyacente tenía un costo de U$S 1,00. [3] El festival se considera en general (junto con el álbum Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, dos semanas antes de su lanzamiento) como la cumbre del "Verano del Amor." El festival se convirtió en legendario por ser una de las primeras grandes apariciones de Jimi Hendrix (que fue contratado por la insistencia de Paul McCartney) y de The Who. También fue la primera gran actuación pública de Janis Joplin, quien apareció como miembro de Big Brother and The Holding Company, y de Otis Redding, con el respaldo de Booker T. & The MG's. Redding moriría sólo unos meses más tarde. Hendrix, inspirado por Pete Townshend, rompió su guitarra y terminó su presentación en Monterey rendido de rodillas frente a ella, vertiendo líquido de encendedor y prendiéndole fuego. El festival de Monterey se convirtió en leyenda también porque fue una de las primeras grandes apariciones de Jimi Hendrix en Estados Unidos. Aunque apenas era conocido en Estados Unidos, pese a haber tocado en varios grupos en los años 60, en apenas treinta minutos puso al público en pie. Hendrix utilizó todas sus armas para ello, tocando acordes con los dientes, con la guitarra sobre su espalda, y al final de la actuación ofreció su guitarra en ritual, la prendió fuego en pleno escenario, la rompió y arrojó sus restos a la multitud. Era la primera vez que en Estados Unidos se veía un espectáculo así. Fue uno de esos momentos que cambiarían el mundo del rock para siempre.

 The Monterey International Pop Music Festival (in Spanish International Pop Music Festival Monterrey) was held from 16 to 18 June 1967 in Monterey, California. More than 200,000 people attended, and is often regarded as the precursor of the Woodstock Festival of 1969. The LSD was very abundant in the event under the name "Purple Monterey". It was held at the Monterey County Fairgrounds in Monterey, California. The festival was planned by John Phillips of The Mamas & the Papas, producer Alan Pariser's and publicist Derek Taylor. The festival included in its list of artists, members of The Beatles and The Beach Boys. San Francisco was the epicenter of the "counterculture". Young people were traveling there to experience a lifestyle alternative aimed at increasing personal freedom, living in collective harmony. This transformation of the ideals and life is explored through psychedelia, light, art, music and drugs like marijuana and LSD. The Monterey Pop Festival joined the lifestyle of San Francisco and the counterculture, and is generally regarded as one of the early "Summer of Love" in 1967. The artists played for free and all the proceeds were donated to charity, with the exception of Ravi Shankar, who was paid U $ S 3,000 for their long stay. More than 200,000 people attended the festival. Book a place cost U $ S 6.50 per night presentation, while the entrance to the adjacent field had a cost of U $ S 1.00. [3] The festival is generally regarded (along with the album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, two weeks before its release) as the summit of the "Summer of Love." The festival became legendary for being one of the first major appearances of Jimi Hendrix (who was hired by the insistence of Paul McCartney) and The Who. It was also the first public performance of Janis Joplin, who appeared as a member of Big Brother and the Holding Company, and Otis Redding, backed by Booker T. & The MG's. Redding would die a few months later. Hendrix inspired by Pete Townshend, broke his guitar and finished his presentation in Monterey surrendered his knees before her, pouring lighter fluid and setting it on fire. The festival became legendary Monterey also because it was one of the first major appearances of Jimi Hendrix in the United States. Although it was barely known in the United States, despite having played in several groups in the 60s, in just thirty minutes put the public standing. Hendrix used all their weapons for it, playing chords with teeth, with the guitar on his back, and at the end of the performance offered his guitar in ritual, caught fire in the stage, broke and threw his remains into the crowd. It was the first time in the United States saw a spectacle. It was one of those moments that changed the world of rock forever.

Michael James Hucknall cumple 56 años

Michael James Hucknall (Denton, Inglaterra, 8 de junio de 1960) es el vocalista y principal miembro, a la vez compositor de la banda Simply Red. Hucknall nació en Denton, Gran Mánchester, como hijo único. Su madre lo abandonó cuando tenía tres años; este evento lo motivó a escribir la canción "Holding Back the Years". Fue criado por su padre, Reg, un barbero de Stockport. Estudió en Audenshaw School.

Michael James "Mick" Hucknall (born 8 June 1960) is an English pop singer and songwriter. Formerly the lead singer of the modestly successful punk rock band the Frantic Elevators, Hucknall achieved international fame in the 1980s as the lead singer and songwriter of the soul-influenced pop band Simply Red, with whom he enjoyed a 25-year career and eventually sold over 50 million albums. Hucknall is recognisable for his smooth, distinctive voice and wide vocal range, as well as his red curly hair. He has been described by critic Trevor J. Leeden as "one of the truly great blue-eyed soul singers".

Yes

Yes es una banda de rock progresivo británica, formada en 1968 en Londres, que adquirió fama internacional en los años 70, erigiéndose en uno de los pilares del género, junto a grupos como Rush, Pink Floyd, Camel, Genesis, King Crimson y Emerson, Lake & Palmer. Influidos en sus inicios por grupos como The Beatles, The Who, The Moody Blues o Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, rápidamente evolucionaron hacia un estilo propio caracterizado por complejas y recargadas armonías, la fusión de elementos de jazz y la música clásica,[cita requerida] la creación de melódicas canciones y el uso de un enigmático contenido esotérico, onírico y poético presente en sus letras, mayormente hijas de la pluma de Jon Anderson. Más duros y menos teatrales que Genesis, aunque más progresivos que Rush o Jethro Tull, el rock de Yes marcaría la historia del rock sinfónico inglés con clásicos como The Yes Album, Fragile, Close to the Edge o Tales from Topographic Oceans.

Yes are an English rock band formed in 1968 by bassist Chris Squire and singer Jon Anderson. They first achieved success in the 1970s with a progressive, art and symphonic style of rock music. They are distinguished by their use of mystical and cosmic lyrics, live stage sets, and lengthy compositions, often with complex instrumental and vocal arrangements. Nine of their 21 studio albums have reached the top ten in either the UK or US, with two reaching number one in the UK. They have sold 13.5 million certified units in the US. Nineteen people in total have been a part of the band's line-up, including Swiss, South African, American, Russian, and Canadian members. The band's most recent line-up consists of singer Jon Davison, guitarist Steve Howe, bass guitarist Billy Sherwood, keyboardist Geoff Downes, and drummer Alan White. Squire and guitarist Peter Banks had played together in The Syn and then Mabel Greer's Toyshop. Anderson and later drummer Bill Bruford joined a line-up of Mabel Greer's Toyshop, which evolved into Yes. Keyboardist Tony Kaye completed the first Yes lineup. The 1970s saw Yes release the albums widely viewed as their creative peak: The Yes Album, Fragile (both in 1971), Close to the Edge (1972), Tales from Topographic Oceans (1973), Relayer (1974) and Going for the One (1977). For most of this period, the band included Anderson, Squire, Howe (who replaced Banks in 1970), Rick Wakeman on keyboards and Bruford, or later Alan White, on drums; Kaye and Patrick Moraz each play keyboards on one of these albums. After the relative failure of Tormato (1978) and rise of punk rock, Anderson and Wakeman left in 1980; Squire, Howe and White recorded Drama with Downes and new vocalist Trevor Horn, both also members of The Buggles. Yes disbanded in 1981, with Howe and Downes subsequently creating Asia. Yes reformed in 1982 with Anderson, Squire, White, a returning Kaye, and singer and guitarist Trevor Rabin, adopting a more pop rock sound. This quickly became the most commercially successful Yes lineup with 90125 (1983), which spawned the US number one single "Owner of a Lonely Heart", and Big Generator (1987). The tour in support of Union (1991), which amalgamated members of Yes and Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe, was a commercial success that featured an eight-man line-up (instead of a quintet). Subsequent albums and singles have sold less well. The band toured almost constantly between 1996 and 2004, including both 30th and 35th anniversary shows, also releasing the albums Keys to Ascension (1996), Keys to Ascension 2 (1997), Open Your Eyes (1997), The Ladder (1999), and Magnification (2001) during this period. After a four-year hiatus, Yes resumed touring, replacing Anderson with Benoît David and Wakeman with his son Oliver Wakeman due to health issues. In 2011, they released Fly from Here featuring Downes, who returned on keyboards after 30 years. The following year David left the band due to illness and was replaced by Jon Davison of Glass Hammer. The band's twenty-first studio album Heaven & Earth, their first album with Davison, was released in July 2014. On 19 May 2015, Yes announced that due to leukemia, Squire was taking a leave from the band - for the first time in its history, with Sherwood, a former member as guitarist from 1997 to 2000, announced as his temporary replacement. Since Squire's death on 27 June 2015, Yes no longer features any founding members.

Miguel rios cumple 72 años

Miguel Ríos Campaña (Granada, 7 de junio de 1944), conocido simplemente como Miguel Ríos, es un cantante y compositor retirado1 de rock español, uno de los pioneros de este género en su país. En activo desde los años 1960, cuando fue conocido como Mike Ríos, el Rey del Twist, alcanzó su mayor éxito en 1970, cuando el "Himno a la alegría" vendió millones de discos en todo el mundo. Su álbum más vendido ha sido Rock and Ríos, un doble directo editado en 1982. Cinco años más tarde presentó en Televisión Española el programa ¡Qué noche la de aquel año!, un repaso por la historia de la música rock en castellano. Desde entonces ha colaborado con infinidad de artistas de España y Latinoamérica y ha participado en diversas giras con algunos de ellos, como Sabina, Víctor Manuel, Ana Belén o Serrat. A lo largo de estos años su estilo ha variado desde el rock and roll más primigenio al sinfónico o, en los últimos años, el jazz con big band o el blues.

Ríos was born in La Cartuja, a neighborhood of Granada. The youngest of seven children, he went to work in a local bar at the age of fifteen after little formal education. His interest in rock and roll led him to participate in a song contest at Cenicienta 60 radio station, in which he and his friends won a prize for singing the Paul Anka song "You Are My Destiny". With his mother's permission (his father died a few months earlier), he moved to Madrid in 1961 at the age of sixteen, where he recorded his first four songs. In popular circles he became known as Mike Ríos, the King of Twist. As Mike Ríos he obtained some television popularity during the first half of the 1960s. In 1964 he resumed using his real name which cost him the support of his group, Los Relámpagos (the Lightning). He made his first incursion into cinema with a movie titled Dos chicas locas, locas (Two Crazy Girls). An introspective search for his true identity resulted in some rocky times. In 1967 he recorded "Vuelvo a Granada", "El río", "Contra el cristal", "El cartel", and "Mira hacia ti". It was in 1970 that he came to be known as a superstar in Spain. His song "Himno de la alegría" (Hymn of Joy) was an extract of the last movement of the ninth symphony of Beethoven and appeared at the height of what was known as symphonic rock. It was released in both the United States and the United Kingdom as "A Song of Joy" in May 1970 on the A&M Records label, where combined sales in the U.S. and Canada reached the one million mark in July. It reached No. 16 in the UK singles charts in August 1970. It was awarded a gold record by the Recording Industry Association of America. He sold three million copies worldwide and was number one on some foreign music charts. It reached Number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1970. The artistic career of Rios came to a sudden stop when he was arrested and jailed for possession of hashish shortly after his Rock y Amor (Rock and Love) concert. In the mid seventies he recorded three progressive rock albums, but they were not commercially successful. In 1982 Rios released Rock and Rios a live double album recorded during the 5 and 6 March in Madrid at the Pabellón del Real Madrid and published in June of the same year. This album is considered by many music critics and fans as one of the most important works of modern Spanish (Iberian) rock and a turning point for the music industry in Spain. Rios sold over 450,000 copies in less than one year, a feat he never again came close to surpassing. Ironically this concert was a celebration of his 20 years in the music business, yet most of the audience members had not even been born when he began his career. One of the unique aspects of this album was its release. While most live albums at the time were released after a tour was over, Rios released his at the same time as he started his tour. The success of both made him one of the wealthiest entertainers of the era. Rock and Rios is also considered a cultural marker for the transformation of Spanish society as it slowly begun to enjoy the freedoms of a democracy born only six years earlier. It is also thought of as the precursor to Spain's "La Gran Movida" (literal translation: The Great Movement or The Great Flow - conceptual translation: The Great Vibe) which is a term that loosely defines the street youth culture of the 1980s in Spain.

Ronn Wood cumple 69 años

Ronald David "Ronnie" Wood (Hillingdon, Middlesex, Inglaterra, 1 de junio de 1947) es un músico de rock británico conocido principalmente por ser uno de los miembros de The Rolling Stones desde 1975, y ex miembro de Faces , The Jeff Beck Group y The Birds. Empezó su carrera en 1964 con The Birds (no confundir con el grupo estadounidense The Byrds). A continuación se uniría por un corto periodo de tiempo al grupo Mod The Creation. En 1967 ingresa como bajista en The Jeff Beck Group junto con el cantante Rod Stewart. Ambos se separarían más tarde de este grupo. Tras dejar el Jeff Beck Group, Ron Wood y Rod Stewart se unieron a The Small Faces, que pronto acortaría su nombre a The Faces, consiguiendo un gran éxito en el Reino Unido. En 1975, al separarse The Faces, Wood pasa a formar parte de The Rolling Stones, remplazando a Mick Taylor. Taylor aportaba a los Stones una técnica depurada y un sonido claro, mientras que Ron Wood les dio un sonido agresivo, impulsivo, lleno de expresividad, sombrío en ocasiones, dulcemente melódico en otras y con él en la banda volvió la "forma antigua de tejer", que es una combinación en la que no se establece una guitarra exclusivamente rítmica y otra líder, sino que dos guitarras zigzagueantes tejen una compleja trama, llena del embrujo Stone. Cuando Mick Taylor dejó el grupo, para ocupar su lugar, entre otros nombres se barajaron los de Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Ronnie Wood o Rory Gallagher. Aunque Ronnie quizás no fuera el mejor guitarrista de todos ellos, no sólo bastaba con saber tocar la guitarra: era primordial saber convivir con los Stones, y esa fue una de las razones por las que Ronnie se convirtió en miembro de la banda; sin olvidar su espectacular forma de tocar, su capacidad de encajar en el grupo musicalmente, y por último, el ser inglés; circunstancia ésta que también tuvo bastante que ver en su aceptación. En una de las pausas entre las giras de los Stones, Ronnie formó los New Barbarians, una mezcla de grandes músicos, entre los que también figuraba Keith Richards, amigo y compañero de los Stones, en compañía de otros músicos selectos. El grupo era básicamente un entretenimiento para pasar el verano y disfrutar interpretando música, haciendo ostentación en sus desplazamientos de grandes limusinas de lujo.

Ronald David "Ronnie" Wood (born 1 June 1947) is an English rock musician, singer, songwriter, artist and radio personality best known as a member of The Rolling Stones since 1975, as well as a member of Faces and the Jeff Beck Group. Wood began his career in 1964, when he joined The Birds on guitar. He then joined the mod group the Creation, but remained with the group only for a short time and appeared on a small number of singles. Wood joined the Jeff Beck Group in 1967 as a bass player. The band released two albums, Truth and Beck-Ola, which became moderate successes. The group split in 1969, and Wood departed along with lead vocalist Rod Stewart to join former Small Faces members Ronnie Lane, Ian McLagan and Kenney Jones in a new group named Faces. The group, although relegated to cult status in the United States, found great success in the UK and mainland Europe. Faces released its debut album, First Step, in 1970. The group went on to release Long Player and A Nod Is as Good as a Wink... to a Blind Horse in 1971. Their last LP, titled Ooh La La, was released in 1973. As the group began to split, Wood started several solo projects, eventually recording his first solo LP, I've Got My Own Album to Do, in 1974. The album featured bandmate McLagan as well as former Beatle George Harrison and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones, a longtime friend of Wood's. Richards soon invited Wood to join the Rolling Stones, after the departure of Mick Taylor. Wood joined in 1975 and has remained a member ever since. Besides I've Got My Own Album to Do, Wood has recorded several other solo efforts. Now Look was released in 1975, and peaked at NO. 118 on Billboard, and Wood collaborated with Ronnie Lane for the soundtrack album Mahoney's Last Stand. He released Gimme Some Neck in 1979, which hit No. 45 in the US 1234 was released in 1981, peaking at No. 164. He released Slide on This in 1992, Not for Beginners came out in 2002. and I Feel Like Playing in 2010. As a member of the Rolling Stones, Wood was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989, and was inducted a second time, as a member of Faces, in April 2012

Charlie Watts cumple 75 años

Charles Robert "Charlie" Watts (nacido el 2 de junio de 1941), es un músico británico y baterista de la banda de rock The Rolling Stones. Inició su carrera musical tocando con Blues Incorporated en 1961, que abandonó para dedicarse a trabajar. Fue contratado por The Rolling Stones en 1963 para sustituir a su antiguo baterista Tony Chapman y desde entonces ha permanecido en la agrupación, formando con el cantante Mick Jagger y el guitarrista Keith Richards la asociación más duradera en la historia del rock.3 Según afirmaciones de Jagger y Richards, es el verdadero líder de la banda.

Charles Robert "Charlie" Watts (born 2 June 1941) is an English drummer, best known as a member of The Rolling Stones. Originally trained as a graphic artist, he started playing drums in London’s rhythm and blues clubs, where he met Brian Jones, Mick Jagger, and Keith Richards. In 1963, he joined their group, the Rolling Stones, as drummer, while doubling as designer of their record-sleeves and tour-stages. He has also toured with his own group, the Charlie Watts Quintet, and appeared at London’s prestigious jazz-club Ronnie Scott’s with the Charlie Watts Tentet. In 2006, Watts was elected into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame; in the same year, Vanity Fair elected him into the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame. In the estimation of noted music critic Robert Christgau, Watts is "rock's greatest drummer." In 2016 he was ranked 12th on Rolling Stone magazine's "100 Greatest Drummers of All Time" list