Keeping It Fun and Easy This Wednesday

It’s Wednesday and the work week has been going by slow. Here are a few rock and roll fun facts to get you a little more excited about the day…

Be sure to visit Winslow, AZ before you leave this earth. If and when you do, you’ll find a life size statue “standing on the corner” with appropriate sign, honoring the song “Take it Easy” by the Eagles. That song alone is responsible for more than 100,000 visitors each year, all taking a selfie with the statue and sign.

Although John Lennon has been on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine many times, the Beatles hold that record – 30 covers.

Did you know that Angelina Jolie’s uncle, Chip Taylor, was a songwriter in his early days, writing the Troggs one hit wonder song “Wild Thing?”

Yes, the band ‘Dr. Hook’ was on the “Cover of Rolling Stone,” like their song. It seems the writers and editors of the magazine wanted to play along.

Did you now that in the very beginning of his career, Jimi Hendrix was a member of the Little Richard band? Richard threw Jimi out of the band for playing unscheduled long guitar solos during performances. There was only one star in that band, and it wasn’t Jimi.

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Photo credit: Legacy Recordings