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Speaker 2: to this week, the Week of May twenty second in
Speaker 2: music history. On May twenty second, nineteen fifty eight, Jerry
Speaker 2: Lee Lewis, he made the world give a collective ugh
Speaker 2: by marrying his thirteen year old cousin. On May twenty second,
Speaker 2: nineteen sixty five, The Young Lads the Beatles Ticket to
Speaker 2: Ride becomes the Beatles eighth number one and they've only
Speaker 2: been going at it in their.
Speaker 1: Career for two years. Amazing.
Speaker 2: May twenty second, nineteen seventy, Elvis Presley he signs a
Speaker 2: movie contract with MGM for three pictures Elvis.
Speaker 1: On this day in music history.
Speaker 2: On May twenty third, two thousand, Eminem releases his groundbreaking
Speaker 2: third album, The Marshall Mothers LP.
Speaker 1: It was embraced by critics.
Speaker 2: Because of the inspirational and introspective lyrics. And if you
Speaker 2: want to check out a cool episode to take on
Speaker 2: a walk, check out the one with Jelly Roll. Highly
Speaker 2: recommend it Love the Jelly, and we talk about Eminem
Speaker 2: in that episode because Jelly and Eminem did a collaboration.
Speaker 1: Give you a hint.
Speaker 2: Jelly says Eminem is the best in that genre. In
Speaker 2: nineteen seventy. On this day, May twenty third, nineteen seventy,
Speaker 2: the Grateful Dead make their first live international debut. I
Speaker 2: would have loved to have been at this one the
Speaker 2: Hollywood Rock Festival somewhere in England. And check out this lineup,
Speaker 2: Black Sabbath, Traffic and Free All on that same bill.
Speaker 2: On this day, May twenty fourth, nineteen seventy four, David
Speaker 2: Bowie releases his great eighth album, Diamond Dogs Bowie's Amazing.
Speaker 2: We'll talk about Bowie a little bit later on this
Speaker 2: episode of This Week in Music History. Also May twenty fourth,
Speaker 2: nineteen seventy, Peter Green, co founder of Fleetwood Mac, plays
Speaker 2: his last live gig. He plays at a festival in Bath, England.
Speaker 1: We go to.
Speaker 2: May twenty fifth, nineteen eighty five, Dire Straits puts out
Speaker 2: the tremendous album called Brothers and Arms. I remember listening
Speaker 2: to that one cover to cover and what I had
Speaker 2: forgotten and just read this covered is the fact that
Speaker 2: that was the first digitally mastered release on a CD.
Speaker 1: Dire Straits Brothers in Arms.
Speaker 2: May twenty fifth, nineteen ninety seven, Bob Dylan scared to
Speaker 2: live in but Jesus out of us.
Speaker 1: He ended up.
Speaker 2: Getting a fungal infection in his lungs, and Dylan later
Speaker 2: admitted and this is the quote I thought I'd be.
Speaker 1: Seeing Elvis soon, which is hysterical.
Speaker 2: May nineteen sixty nine, John and Yoko began their infamous Montreal.
Speaker 1: Be It in protest to the Vietnam War. Those crazy kids.
Speaker 2: May twenty six, nineteen seventy three, the one and only
Speaker 2: Carol King. She plays a live show in Central Park
Speaker 2: in front of about one hundred thousand people.
Speaker 1: Live, free show.
Speaker 2: Pretty amazing, those Central Park events that used to happen.
Speaker 1: I had one.
Speaker 2: This is the first time I saw Santana play at
Speaker 2: Central Park.
Speaker 1: And this also May twenty six day.
Speaker 2: In nineteen sixty four, Maryanne Faithful records a version of
Speaker 2: As Tears Go By, which would later, of course, be
Speaker 2: done in amazing fashion by the Rolling Stones. We moved
Speaker 2: to May twenty seventh, nineteen seventy seven, something that was
Speaker 2: described as pivotal.
Speaker 1: I'm not sure I felt that way at the time.
Speaker 1: I'm not sure I feel that way still.
Speaker 2: The Sex Pistols release God Saved the Queen, we go
Speaker 2: to May twenty seven, nineteen sixty three, and we go
Speaker 2: back to a Bob Dylan moment when the Freewheel in
Speaker 2: Bob Dylan is released featuring blowing in the Wind and
Speaker 2: don't Think.
Speaker 1: Twice, It's all Right, among others.
Speaker 2: And then on May twenty eighth, nineteen eighty three, the
Speaker 2: US Festival Happens.
Speaker 1: This thing was a four day monster.
Speaker 2: They say seven hundred fifty thousand people attended. Among the
Speaker 2: musicians playing It's the Clash.
Speaker 1: It's YouTube. Van Halen and David Bowie.
Speaker 2: Looking forward on upcoming Taking a Walk We recorded with
Speaker 2: Steve Morse, the former Boston Globe Music Critic of record.
Speaker 1: Great guy.
Speaker 2: Always used to see Steve all around town and every show.
Speaker 2: So we took a walk in Cambridge. Great stories in there.
Speaker 2: Look forward to that one in particular about his interview
Speaker 2: with Bob Marley, and that's upcoming on Taking a Walk.
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