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THE YARDBIRDS - SHAPE OF THINGS (in colour) This week in 1966, THE YARDBIRDS release the single SHAPE OF THINGS / YOU'RE A BETTER MAN THAN I in the UK (February... 1966) : ' . The line-up in this 1967 clip is Keith Relf (lead vocals), Chris Dreja (rhythm guitar), Jim McCarty (drums) and Jimmy Page (lead guitar). Written by Paul Samwell-Smith, Keith Relf, and Jim McCarty, originally recorded by The Yardbirds and released as a single in 1966, the song title bore a striking resemblance to The Shape of Things to Come, the "future history" book by H.G. Wells which foresaw cities being destroyed by aerial bombing. The song is one of The Yardbirds' best-known songs due to Jeff Beck's guitar solo, which contained heavy amounts of fuzztone and feedback, both rare at the time. Beck re-worked the song two years later with his own group, appearing as the lead-off track to the 1968 album Truth, with vocals by Rod Stewart. In March 2005, Q magazine placed "Shapes of Things" at number 61 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks. ------------------------------------------------ Hello, and a warm welcome to everyone who has joined COLOURING THE PAST. The page is my attempt to add a little colour to the cheeks of the past. It's not intended to offer anything 'better' than the original black & white footage; just a different take. Running the page is a one-man operation. I write and research the articles, and edit the videos which involves several hours of work - upscaling, colourising and tweaking in various software. If you could see fit to make a small donation then I would be genuinely very grateful. Thank you and best wishes, Paul Just visit one of the links to donate (all secure connections): PAYPAL: https://www.paypal.me/decade7787 JUSTGIVING: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/ctp

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Lick your lips March 2nd, 2021 as Tuesday Lunch With Abe celebrates National Banana Cream Pie Day while welcoming 12:30pm PST, 1:30pm GMT, 2:30pm CST, 3:30pm ES...T guest, New England trumpeter, composer, band leader Douglas Olsen chatting up his straight ahead bop and Latin jazz-oriented indie release, '2 Cents.' At 1:30pm PST, 2:30pm GMT, 3:30pm CST, 4:30pm EST Austin wunderkind multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, producer Matt Smith blows our minds with eight(!) new 6 String Ranch Records releases, 'Being Human,' 'Parlor,' 'Matt Smith’s Chop Shop Live at Strange Brew,' 'Matt Smith’s World Live at The Saxon Pub,' and 'Matt Smith 1988-2020,' a 4-CD collection of recordings from 10 previous albums: 'Vol. 1. - Upstate NY 1988-1994,' 'Vol. 2 - NYC 1994-2005,' 'Vol. 3 - NYC / Austin 2005-2011,' and 'Vol. 4 - Austin 2011-2020.' Boulder, Colorado flutist, xylophonist, pianist James Marienthal joins the conversation at 2:30pm PST, 3:30pm GMT, 4:30pm CST, 5:30pm EST. Listeners glean peace and serenity via a heady mix of Native American and bamboo flutes, ethereal vocal harmonies, lap steel, 12-string guitar and percussive elements on his Silverwave Records CD, 'Speak To The Sky.' At 3:30pm PST, 4:30pm GMT, 5:30pm CST, 6:30pm EST jazz pianist Pete Malinverni provides insight into ta duo featuring himself and classical violinist, Juliet Kurtzman on 'Candlelight Love in the Time of Cholera,' reminding us that love and passion for life are two of the truly human things that can spark us to action and out of many, make us one. At 4:30pm PST, 5:30pm GMT, 6:30pm CST, 7:30pm EST, set your cruise control for an hour-and-a-half of the grittiest, twangiest old and new Americana and Bakersfield Sound recordings. Tuesday Lunch With Abe and March 2nd, all over the road and THEN some, 12-6pm PST, 1-7pm GMT, 2-8pm CST, 3-9pm EST on 97.3 & 107.9 The Rock; stream it live (+) listen ON DEMAND at www.CentralCoastRadio.org. Visit and ‘Like’ Tuesday Lunch with Abe Perlstein!

This week on DEAD AIR with CORY DANIELS: We check in with Rob Eaton from Dark Star Orchestra! His band is much more than a Grateful Dead tribute band. Dark Star Orchestra recreates the Grateful Dead experience! Recently, Rob broke his hand! Ouch! Plus, he and his wife tested for COVID-19. Double ouch! He's in good spirits and shares about his health, working with the Grateful Dead organization, and how he has helped with recent releases. ... Tune in Friday at midnight after DREW ROSS and Sunday at 10 after JOE FRANK. 97.3 in Morro Bay and 107.9 in North County, sCreaming online at CentralCoastRadio.org

... <3 ... Iman & David Bowie Photographiés par Bruce Weber pour Vogue Afrique du Sud - Juin 1995

Being with him when he died was something I will never forget. His bravery. His happiness. His acceptance. It was a colossal experience for me. Changed my life... completely in a way that I had not expected. I expected to feel sad and lost. But I felt the opposite. Just, like, ‘Boy, this is it. This is all we have. Right here. So you’d better pay attention.’ Laurie Anderson and Lou Reed See more

This week on AFTER SIX with BRYCE DAVIS: Celebrate the legacy of Mary Wilson, founder of The Supremes, and relive the story of Motown’s beginning. Tune in Saturday at 1:30pm and Sunday at 6pm to 97.3 or 107.9 FM THE ROCK, streaming online at CentralCoastRadio.org.

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Happy Wednesday! It's time to celebrate the new year ahead! Join Sandra Soodohnimm this afternoon for some great soul, funk and R&B. Dancing shoes are definitely recommended for today's show. BONUS! There will be an interview with local duo Bay Love today to talk about their music, life and honoring Joan Baez' 80th birthday with a fundraiser for the SLO Food Bank. Planet San - most Wednesdays, 2 till 4:20

Howdy everybody out there in Radio Land. Tune in to Wes Starr’s Deep Blues and Beyond Radio Program tomorrow, 10am-1pm Pacific Time on The Rock 97.3/107.9 Morro Bay California streaming live world wide. Go to our website and click it on. I’ve got a great show mapped out for tomorrow, Wednesday January 6th. Enjoy!

This week on DEAD AIR with Cory Daniels: Tony Rice, bluegrass innovator with a guitar pick, has joined the great jam in the sky. The nimble king of flatpicking - flatpicking, a technique that involves striking a guitar’s strings with a pick or plectrum instead of with the fingers. His 1979 album Manzanita is sacred text in bluegrass, with guests like Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Ricky Skaggs, and David Grisman. For 1980’s Mar West, Rice mixed bluegrass with elements of jazz and f...olk to create a hypnotic style he called spacegrass. In 1983, he won a Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance for Fireball, and would become a six-time recipient of the International Bluegrass Music Associan’s Guitar Player of the Year, most recently winning the title in 2007. In 2013, he was inducted into the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame In the 1980s Rice also began playing in David Grisman's quartet, which led to the most famous accidental release in all of recorded bluegrass, The Pizza Tapes. Over two February nights in 1993, David Grisman, a mandolin player, and Tony Rice were fooling around in the studio, and Grisman invited his buddy, Grateful Dead leader Jerry Garcia to come sit in. By this time, Garcia and Grisman had a relationship for decades, going back to the group Old and In The Way. The trio tore through a number of classics (making some unexpected detours) and then, so the legend goes, a pizza delivery guy stole Jerry Garcia's copy, which then ended up on the bootleg market. In 2000, the first official release was put out. We get into some of those Pizza Tape recordings and of course some rockin' Grateful Dead tunes. Tune in Friday night at midnight after DREW ROSS and Sunday at 10pm after JOE FRANK. 97.3-107.9 The Rock, streaming online at CentralCoastRadio.org

The Jan. 5th Tuesday Lunch With Abe welcomes in 2021 with an all new guest lineup starting at 12:30pm PST, 1:30pm GMT, 2:30pm CST, 3:30pm EST with Chris Stamey ...And The Fellow Travelers A Brand New Shade Of Blue, Stamey‘s all original homage to late 50s, early 60s after-hours club cool jazz of Coltrane, Bill Evans, Miles and Monk, ideal for late nights and rainy days. Shifting gears at 1:30pm PST, 2:30pm GMT, 3:30pm CST, 3:30pm EST, it’s the return of Americana blues roots guitarist, singer-songwriter, Lazer Lloyd and his Lots Of Love Records release, Tomorrow Never Comes, featuring his signature deep, rich voice and consummate storytelling. In the 2:30pm PST, 3:30pm GMT, 4:30pm CST, 5:30pm EST spotlight, saxophonist, composer, educator Dean Tsur and his Outside In Music album Moments Of Inspiration, a time lapse vignette of the people, places, and events which have inspired and influenced Dean's music path over the past seven years. At 3:30pm PST, 4:30pm GMT, 5:30pm CST, 6:30pm EST, virtuoso New York violinist, composer, producer, arranger Tomoko Omura discusses her fourth album leading a quintet on Outside In Music’s Branches Vol. 1, six originals inspired by Japanese folktales and reimagined arrangements of popular Japanese songs. Get yer Bakersfield wang 'n' twang on during the final 90-minutes. All that and more during the Jan. 5th Tuesday Lunch With Abe, 12-6pm PST, 1-7pm GMT, 2-8pm CST, 3-9pm EST on 97.3 & 107.9 The Rock; streaming live and on demand at www.CentralCoastRadio.org. Visit and click that ‘Like’ button at Tuesday Lunch with Abe Perlstein!