John Mayall - Oh Pretty Woman

John Mayall and Alice Cooper was in Stockholm today!
I worked on Alice :D Although Mayall is soo groovy.

I will do Mr Cooper tomorrow, had some pics that I need to look through :D

So today I will bring u all, Mr John Mayall!

The British blues hero John Mayall has, with its 50-year career, been a great inspiration for various of artists. Eric Clapton was also a period in the 60's member of John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers. During the group's first year was the drummer Mick Fleetwood and Fleetwood Mac bassist John McVie also part of the band.



1964 group went out on tour with John Lee Hooker as his backing band. The same year, Mayall got his first recording contract with Decca. The success continued into the 70's and the band became something of a collective of members who came and went. Harvey Mandel, Canned Heat bassist Larry Taylor and Don "Sugarcane" Harris was just a few.



Band Members he have with him now are:
Jay Davenport on drums
Greg Rzab on base
Rocky Aths on guitar

This year, the guitar virtuoso are on a vast global tour with the band.

His tour is:

04 JUL STOCKHOLM, SE DEBASER
05 JULOSLO, NO ROCKEFELLER
06 JUL GOTHENBURG, SE TRADGARN
07 JUL UPPSALA, SE KATALIN / TIX
08 JUL MALMO, SE KULTURBOLAGET / TIX
09 JUL ODENSE, DK POSTEN / TIX
10 JUL HAMBURG, DE FABRIK
11 JUL BERLIN, DE C-CLUB
12 JUL PRAGUE, CZ KONGRESOVE CENTRUM PRAHA / TIX
Special Guest to BB King
13 JUL WARSAW, PL STODOLA / TIX
03 AUG KELOWNA, BC KELOWNA COMMUNITY THEATRE
04 AUGNELSON, BC THE ROYAL
05 AUG CALGARY, AB CALGARY INT'L BLUES FESTIVAL
06 AUG EDMONTON, AB EDMONTON FOLK FESTIVAL
07 AUG ONTARIO, CAN KITCHENER BLUES FESTIVAL
08 AUG GRAVENHURST, ON PETER'S PLAYERS
11 AUG MINNEAPOLIS, MN WILEBSKI'S
12 AUG WAUKESHA, WI WAUKESHA BLUES FEST
13 AUG BURNABY, BC BURNABY BLUES & ROOTS FESTIVAL
20 AUG THIEF RIVER FALLS, MN LAST RIDE BLUES FESTIVAL
25 OCT CANTERBURY, UK MARLOWE THEATRE
26 OCT LLANDUDNO, UK VENUE CYMRU
27 OCT CARDIFF, UK ST DAVID'S HALL
28 OCT BIRMINGHAM, UK TOWN HALL
29 OCT LONDON, UK CADOGAN HALL
30 OCT POOLE, UK LIGHTHOUSE
31 OCT PLYMOUTH, UK PLYMOUTH PAVILIONS
01 NOV BRISTOL, UK COLSTON HALL
02 NOV GUILDFORD, UK G-LIVE
03 NOV LIVERPOOL, UK PHILHARMONIC HALL
04 NOV MANCHESTER, UK BRIDGEWATER HALL
05 NOV BASINGSTOKE, UK THE ANVIL ARTS CENTRE
06 NOV NOTTINGHAM, UK ROYAL CONCERT HALL
07 NOV GATESHEAD, UK THE SAGE
08 NOV LEICESTER, UK DE MONTFORT HALL
09 NOV SOUTHEND, UK CLIFFS PAVILION
10 NOV HIGH WYCOMBE, UK SWAN THEATRE
11 NOV COVENTRY, UK WARWICK ARTS CENTRE
12 NOV DUNFERMLINE, UK ALHAMBRA THEATRE
13 NOV ABERDEEN, UK MUSIC HALL
14 NOV PERTH, UK CONCERT HALL
15 NOV GLASGOW, UK ROYAL CONCERT HALL
16 NOV YORK, UK THE YORK BARBICAN
17 NOV BUXTON, UK OPERA HOUSE
18 NOV WATFORD, UK THE COLOSSEUM
27 NOV COBOURG, ON VICTORIA HALL
28 NOV PETERBOROUGH, ON MARKET HALL
29 NOV BRAMPTON, ON THE ROSE THEATRE BRAMPTON
30 NOV OAKVILLE, ON CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
01 DEC ST. CATHARINES, ON CENTRE FOR THE ARTS
02 DEC KINGSTON, ON THE GRAND THEATRE
03 DEC QUEBEC CITY, QC PALAIS MONTCALM



Here u have John Mayall With "Pretty Woman" (from the "Crusade" album)!

Love, Thetania



Here is an old one, "Room To Move"



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Eric Clapton - My Father's Eyes

Eric Clapton visited Stockholm on Wednesday in the Globe.
Claptonhas been out on this tour since january this year,
the dates that are left is:
11 June 2011 – Herning, Denmark Jyske Bank Boxen
24 June 2011 – Cava De' Tirreni, Italy Stadio di Cava De' Tirreni
6 October 2011 – Porto Alegre, Brazil Fiergs
9 October 2011 – Rio De Janeiro, Brazil HSBC Arena
12 October 2011 – Sao Paulo, Brazil Morumbi Stadium

A friend asked me if he was old and tired....NAH not a bit.
The man had grown longer hair and still have that bright look in his eyes, and did still have the same finger fastness as he always had. Clapton had some seated tunes mixed with faster standing onces. A perfect mix! The audience was really mixed in the ages and all of em seemed to have a ball!

This man devoted to the blues, and he play and sings like a god!
Clapton was influenced by the blues from an early age and practiced long hours to learn chords of blues music he listened to, playing along to the records.
He preserved his practice sessions using his portable Grundig reel-to-reel tape recorder, listening to them over and over until he felt he'd got it right.
Clapton cites Freddie King, B.B. King, Albert King, Buddy Guy, and Hubert Sumlin as guitar playing influence.



When he was younger his friends was all kinda familiar dudes, sutch as Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, George Harrison etc.

Beside going solo he has been in the following bands:
The Yardbirds
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
Cream
Blind Faith
Delaney & Bonnie and Friends
The Plastic Ono Band
Derek and the Dominos

Clapton have a done a big bunch of albums with all of them and a huge pile solo albums. The latest came out in 2010 and were named just Clapton.

This is some of the pics I took on the show, wish I had Stones big camera..

Eric Clapton & His Band
8 June 2011 - Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
01. Key To The Highway
02. Going Down Slow
03. Hoochie Coochie Man
04. Old Love
05. Tearing Us Apart
06. Driftin'
07. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
08. Same Old Blues (JJ Cale)
09. Layla
10. Badge
11. Wonderful Tonight
12. Before You Accuse Me
13. Little Queen Of Spades
14. Cocaine
15. Crossroads

Clapton´s Stage Manager Michael, is a fantastic 63 year old man that been in the business since 1963 and been with Clapton since 1984 I think it was. Michael or Mikie that the others called him, had full control over what happended on his stage and when and all the dudes around him, loved to see him swinging his magic touch over the arena.
Here is me and Mikie in the Globe Garage. Just loved that cool guy!!

Dudettes and Dudes here is Mr Clapton and his "My Father´s Eyes"

Love, Thetania




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Yusuf Islam - My People

Yusuf Islam, formerly know as Cat Stevens, makes another visit on Tune Of The Day. Forgive me the repetition but I could just not tell you guys everything yesterday, and if i would have done it, then yesterday's post had been the longest ever.

On March 2, 2011, Yusuf released his latest song, "My People", as a free download available through his official website.

My People was recorded in Berlin (Said to have been recorded at a studio located within a hundred yards of the site of the Berlin Wall) the song is inspired by a series of popular uprisings in the Arab world with voices from around the world, filmed in Dubai, edited in Kuala Lumpur the film mimics the colorful spirit of the 70s yet reflects the powerful march of people today hopefully heading towards a new dawn of freedom.

He told TT (Swedish Radio)
"It's my wish to join with the people's call for freedom, to lend my voice to others who are fighting for basic rights,”

Besides some numerous guest during the show, the Swedish Crown Princess and her husband did a visit.

Behind all this, it is actually a bunch of very skilled workers, The Dutchman Mark, the tour leader, a very nice guy who, after this tour, get on the Roger Waters tour. And by the way, he loved Thetanias homemade meatballs :) When we refer qualified and experienced people, I must mention Roger Searle, I only can say Holy Moses, what a guy and what stories he could tell. The guy have been around 45 years in this business. Started already back in 1967 as Road Manager for The Who. His resume is amazing, I just skimmed through the list and there is bands such as Marsha Hunt, Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Humble Pie, Supertramp, Whitesnake, Judas Priest, Roger Daltrey, Level 42, Paul McCartney, Mike Oldfield, Loreena McKennitt, Jimmy Barnes, Vanessa-Mae, Cliff Richard, Dina Carroll, Santana, Julio Iglesias, The Shadows, David Gilmour among others ... feels like i can continue this forever. Under the Swedish flag as a local promoter, we find the experienced Nicklas Eliasson who really made ​​sure everything flowed as smooth as possible to make everyone happy. He did a terrific work.

Here is some real photos from the Official Photographer Aminah Yusuf taken from Hovet, Stockholm.

Download My People for free here!

No Spotify on this one yet.