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Ep. 277 Today's Peep Honors D-Day (1944) 160,000 Allied Troops Stormed Normandy's Beaches • Recounting Private John Steele's Remarkable Story of Survival, Visiting Pegasus Bridge, the First Home liberated in France, and This Day In Rock History
We revisit the significance of June 6th, exploring both the historical gravity of D-Day and the rich tapestry of music history that has unfolded on this date across the decades.
• Honoring D-Day (1944) with stories of the 160,000 Allied troops who stormed Normandy's beaches
• Recounting Private John Steele's remarkable story of survival, hanging from a church steeple while pretending to be dead as Nazis patrolled below
• Visiting Pegasus Bridge, the first bridge liberated in France, and the nearby house where a young girl served Allied forces
• Commemorating musicians lost on June 6th across the years, including Jim Seals, Dr. John, and Billy Preston
• Exploring major music moments like The Beatles' first Abbey Road session (1962) and the Rolling Stones' release of "Satisfaction" (1965)
• Celebrating Steve Vai's birthday and his story of auditioning for Frank Zappa's band with an "impossible" guitar challenge
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well, here we are once again, my friends. It is your daily Pats Peeps podcast. Whether or not you listen to it daily, that's up to you. I'll just keep doing it, though, but if you are listening, even once in a while, thank you for that I appreciate it. Happy Friday, june, the 6th 2025. What a beautiful day If you're celebrating your birthday today. Happy birthday to you. And on this Friday, as I take a look at my studio, well, I'm actually. I always say, take a look at my studio windows, but I'm not looking at my studio windows this morning. I'm concluding my week. Out here on the back porch is what I'm doing. It's so beautiful. The wind is, the breeze is sort of calmed down, so it's very still out here this morning.
Speaker 2:There's not even any cars going by nothing.
Speaker 1:There's no trains, it's very peaceful, beautiful Little squirrels playing around out there in the grass right there in front of me. Anyhow, hope you're doing well on this Friday. My name is Pat Walsh. I'm the host of the Pat Walsh Radio Show on KPK in Sacramento, 93.1 FM, 1530 AM. This, the Pat's Peeps podcast, is just an extension of that. And again, here we are at 277 peeps. Okay, so I'm going to keep going and I'm going to keep encouraging you and asking you so politely that, if you are listening, the only thing I ask is if you'll go to our Pats Peeps businesses and please it means so much to them and to me just go to patspeepscom. Please do that and check out the businesses and check out all the deals. And we're adding to that list of businesses all the time. We have new types of businesses that are coming in. We'll tell you about.
Speaker 1:But today I just you know what today, yesterday, I kind of look, I kind of uh, you know what I had. Aaron Rodgers I talked about was, which was big news, and the you know whole political thing. I went on. I always need to cleanse my palate after doing some political things. So no politics today. I know I know no politics. Sometimes people want politics, other people don't. Whatever, I can only do what I feel like doing on my podcast and this morning. You know what hit me Today is going to be very light.
Speaker 1:I took some notes here. I did some research. Be very light. I took some notes here. I did some research, always doing my research anyhow, and I thought you know what, I'm gonna keep it totally light. If anyone listens to my radio show if you do, thank you if you listen to my pat's peeps, you know that.
Speaker 1:You know I'm always going to gravitate towards music because it's the universal language, it makes me feel good, it's sort of stress-free. I like that Yesterday do you think you're a covert white supremacist? That was not stress-free. So I need to again on June the 6th. You know, maybe we keep it light. You know I'm always going to talk about music, but I do want to say one thing. Okay, before I get into the music, and then I'll keep it light, what is June 6th? June 6th, 1944, marks D Day. As soon as I say I'm going to keep it light, I'm going to start with this and then I'll get into the lighter part.
Speaker 1:But I cannot go through a Friday podcast on June the 6th, and then play all the fun stuff without first saluting the incredibly brave men who stormed the beaches of Normandy in France during World War II, the largest seaborne invasion in history. When the Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy, france, part of the Operation Overlord, which, of course, as you probably know, if you know history, aimed to break through the German defenses in Western Europe, ultimately led to the liberation of France and the defeat of Nazi Germany. Now, honestly, it changed my life. Going to the beaches of Normandy in France with the Pats Peeps group and conservative tours Peeves group and conservative tours. It changed my life. Learning about that and seeing that and seeing the German bunkers and actually standing in these German bunkers and looking at Omaha Beach, and we toured all the beaches, all of them, they're at Normandy, all of them, they're at Normandy. But to know what those young men went through, to see mulberries and figure out what that was, and caissons and Rupert dolls, and going to Pointe du Hoc and seeing the craters at the English Channel, learning about these men who bravely had to climb these cliffs to come up to the backside of the Nazis, to flank them and to defeat the Nazis there at the beaches, which is unbelievable 160,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy, which is a 50-mile stretch of coastline there, and significant casualties. D-day landings resulted in a significant number of casualties on both sides Over 4,400 Allied troops killed on that day alone. But it is considered the turning point in World War II, which marked the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany.
Speaker 1:Learning about Private Steele, a parent trooper who hung from the church. You know who's hanging there by his parachute while the Nazis are standing below him patrolling the town, are standing below him patrolling the town, and he's up there terrified. What is the name of that church, by the way? Wow, I just noticed he died on my birthday when I was nine years old. Oh my gosh, I always I apologize if I mispronounce any of this, but St Mary Gless. And again I always I apologize if I mispronounce any of this, but St Mary Gless, and again I may have mispronounced that. Standing inside that church, it was like I felt the Lord himself inside of that church. You could feel the history.
Speaker 1:The night before D-Day, on June 6th, american soldiers of the 82nd Airborne parachuting into the area west of this church in successive waves, the town had been the target of this aerial attack, during which a stray incendiary bomb had set fire to a house east of town, the town square there, the church bell. They rang the church bell to alert the town to the emergency. The townspeople turned out in large numbers, forming a bucket brigade, and it was supervised, if I could speak, by members of the German garrison. By 1 am town square was well lit, filled with German soldiers, villagers, with two plane loads of paratroopers from the 1st and 2nd Battalions, the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment were dropped in error, directly over this village. In error, directly over this village. Obviously, the paratroopers were now easy targets and Private Steele was one of the few not killed.
Speaker 1:He was actually wounded in the foot by a burst and his parachute caught in one of the pinnacles of the church. This church is amazing to see it in person. These pinnacles all around the church, they're oh wow. I can't even begin to describe what it looks like. But he catches his parachute on one of the pinnacles of the church tower. So here he is, hanging on the side of the church, and he hung there limply two hours pretending to be dead, and then the Germans took him prisoner and then he escaped four hours later Rejoined his division when the US troops of the 505th 3rd Battalion attacked the village. They captured 30 Germans, killed another 11, and he was awarded the Bronze Star for valor, the Purple Heart, for being wounded in combat.
Speaker 1:He survives the ordeal and you know he continued to visit that town throughout his life. He was an honorary citizen of St Mary Iglesias Again, the name of the church and I'm so sorry if I mispronounced that. He also there's a tavern there which this, john Steele, stands adjacent to this square maintains his legacy through photographs, letters, articles. And he died of throat cancer on my birthday, may 16th 1969. I'm never going to forget that. I didn't realize that. Yeah, wow, yeah, they have that airborne museum where that's commemorated. When you see that.
Speaker 1:And then again, on D-Day, you know, pegasus Bridge we visited Pegasus Bridge and Pegasus Bridge was the first bridge liberated in France. On that day, the house at the end of Pegasus Bridge, which we also visited, was the first house, first home, liberated in France and we were there and we actually had lunch at that home. This lady who works there is now in her 90s, or she was at that time as I understood it. She served as a little girl, served tea or sandwiches to some of the allied forces, serve tea or sandwiches to some of the Allied forces. And now she hears she is in her 90s still serving food to people when they come and visit.
Speaker 1:But this happened on the night of June, the 5th 1944. A force of 181 men, led by Major John Howard, took off from southern England in six horse gliders, these Horsa gliders, airplane gliders, to capture the Pegasus Bridge Horsa Bridge a few hundred yards to the east, over the Orne River. That force, composed of D Company, reinforced with two platoons of B Company, 2nd Battalion, oxford and Bucks Lake Light Infantry, 20 sappers of the Royal Engineers 249 Field Company Airborne Glider Pilot Regiment, the men of that regiment. The object of the action? To prevent the German armor from crossing the bridges and attacking the eastern flank of the landing Sword Beach and to prevent the British 6th Airborne Division from being cut off. So anyhow, here I am saying it's going to be a light podcast, but you know what? There's no way hear that train in the background that I can go on June 6th without mentioning that it's D-Day. It was an amazing thing to be there and to see Pegasus Bridge and to see all of that. Anyhow, moving on to the lighter part of the show. I thought you know what A lot of things happen in music on this day, june 6th, in music history.
Speaker 1:Maybe this will give me a chance to use my epic open music this month, this day, not this month. See, I already blew it, let me start. Over there we go, my epic. Over there we go, my epic music. Here we go. This day in music history. On Pat's Peeps 277. D-day. Is that pretty epic, huh, it's pretty long, though. I've already ran out of stuff to say. I've run out of things to say thank you, thank you so much. All right, so this day, this day in music history. Okay, that's, that's where I'm coming from today, because there's a lot of cool stuff that happened, and let's start with. You know what? Some of it's cool, but other things are tragic. You know we lost some great artists on this day as well. So important things happened. Let me rephrase that Some great things, some sad things. Overall, some important things, beginning Jim Seals. Jim Seals of the duo Seals and Crofts died at the age of 80. This song always stands out.
Speaker 4:See the curtains hanging in the window in the evening on a Friday night.
Speaker 1:Of course they did these nice laid-back 70s songs Summer Breeze, diamond Girl which was later covered by the Isley Brothers. More to come on the Isleys Summer Breeze makes me feel fine blowing through the jasmine in my mind. Between 1972 and 1976, seals and Crofts. They had a run of five gold albums. Makes me feel fine.
Speaker 4:Glowing in the news of Jasmine in my mind.
Speaker 1:Culminated in a double platinum greatest hits collection, jim Seals 2022, passing away Also on this day. On this day in music history, june the 6th. I always loved doing this one in karaoke. Always loved the song. Dr John what an artist. But he was so much more than just this. Right place, wrong time. But this has always been one of my top 40 favorites time, but this has always been one of my top 40 favorites. Dr John, who combined blues, pop, jazz, boogie-woogie and rock and roll. He passed away at the age of 77 after suffering a heart attack.
Speaker 1:Malcolm John Rebenak was his real name Started his career in the 50s, when he became prominent as a pianist and a singer on the New Orleans music scene.
Speaker 4:But it must have been the wrong time, my head is in a bad place, but I'm having such a good time I've been running.
Speaker 1:He worked with the Rolling Stones. He worked with the Rolling Stones. He worked with Carly Simon. He worked with Neil Diamond. He worked with Ringo Starr the good doctor did. He worked with Eric Clapton, bob Seger and Joe Walsh and, like I say, he's one of my favorites to do in karaoke. Also in 2017, the 1969 Sight of Woodstock Music Festival was officially recognized for its place in history when Andrew Cuomo announced that Bethelwood Center for the Arts had been placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Speaker 4:This does not mean I don't love you, I do. That's forever, baby, yes and for always. I am yours, you are mine, you are what you are, you make it hard.
Speaker 1:Also, on this day in history in 2015, ronnie Gilbert, who was a member of the influential 1950s folk quartet the Weavers, passed away at the age of 88. At the height of their popularity, the quartet sold millions of records. That was during the folk music craze that they were partly responsible for. By the way, they're most often remembered for, on Top of Old Smoky, Kiss is Sweeter.
Speaker 7:Than Wine and this one.
Speaker 4:June, the 6th in history, music history in 2012,.
Speaker 1:Adam Clayton of U2, his former personal assistant and housekeeper went on trial accused of stealing almost 3 million euros from the U2 bass player. Carol Hawkins from Dublin pleaded not guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to 181 counts of theft. She was accused of stealing money from two of Clayton's bank accounts over a four-year period from 2004 to 08. Such a nasty lady girl. All these eyes are heavily Also on this day looking back in rock history. Marvin Isley, 2010, the youngest member of the R&B band the Isley Brothers, passed away 56 years old. Marvin Isley was the group's bass player. He stopped performing in 1996 due to complications from diabetes, including the loss of his legs Meanwhile In 2006. I always liked this one Billy Preston 2006, 2006. I always liked this one Billy Preston, 2006. He dies of kidney failure, billy did.
Speaker 1:This guy played, of course, not just his great solo music, but was a big part of the Rolling Stones, a big part of the Beatles. Grammy award-winning keyboard player Collaborated with some of the other greats in the music industry besides the Beatles and the Stones Little Richard, nat King Cole, ray Charles, george Harrison, elton John, eric Clapton, bob Dylan. I remember this song growing up Space Race. He had Out of Space and Space Race. Then he had some other great hits going around circles, nothing From Nothing. What a great guy Played with. Bob Dylan. Preston is among those sometimes known as, like I said, the fifth Beatle Could be a Rolling Stone as well. He befriended the Beatles in 62, joined the Get Back Sessions in January 1969, and at one point John Lennon proposed the idea of having Billy Preston actually join the band. Other news from June 6th in rock history In 2005, john Bonham, the Led Zeppelin drummer, was voted number one in Classic Rock Magazine's 50 Greatest Drummers in their rock listing.
Speaker 1:In rock, I should say Listing Moby Dick, this song as Bottom's defining moment. During live sets with Zeppelin, his drum solo Moby Dick would often last for half an hour. Woo would often last for a half an hour. Whoo, I mean as much as I love Bonham. A half-hour drum solo, fatiguing at best. But I'm a huge fan. And, by the way, he regularly featured the use of his bare hands in his drum solos. Yeah, he'd go into those bare hand things. Pretty amazing. 2003,. Dave Robery, keyboard player with the Animals, dave Robery died at 62. Replaced Alan Price who left in 65. The Animals had the 1964 UK and US number one single House of the Rising Sun, but they were more than that. I love this one Skypilot, this is a good one.
Speaker 4:I wish I would someday hear what I see. I'm dressed in these rags. I'll be disabled someday Hear what I say.
Speaker 1:I'm on the ride. The servant no more time to spend. How about in 2003? How about?
Speaker 4:that.
Speaker 1:Heartless crew. A high court judge in London ruled that rap lyrics. This cracks me up. Rap lyrics should be treated as a foreign language. You tell me what he's saying right there, I don't know. Rap lyrics should be treated as a foreign language. You tell me what he's saying right there, I don't know. He admitted that he was unsure of the meaning of shizzle my nizzle and mish mish man. I say what is this? Mish mish man? Shizzle my nizzle? That's a bad accent. The court battle was over a copyright issue between Antel Mob and the Heartless Crew, who would use the lyrics on a remix. Uh-huh, exactly right Now.
Speaker 1:I have to admit I don't know this next song. I don't know Baz Luhrmann. I don't know anything about this other than he's an Australian filmmaker I had to look that up Baz Luhrmann, who goes to number one on a UK singles chart on June 6th of 99 with this song that I have no clue what it is, other than it is called a number one song on a UK chart. What are they doing? This is called Everybody's Free to Wear Sunscreen. Let's listen together. Maybe you know this, I don't.
Speaker 2:Ladies and gentlemen of the class of 99, wear sunscreen. What If I could offer you only one tip for the future? Sunscreen would be it.
Speaker 1:This can't be number one.
Speaker 2:The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience. I will dispense this advice now. Here we go. There's the music. Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they've faded.
Speaker 2:It's an American accent too the power and beauty of your youth until they've faded. It's an American accent too. In 20 years, you look back at photos of yourself and recall, in a way you can't grasp, how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked.
Speaker 2:I've never heard this you are not as fat as you imagine. Don't worry about the future or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed. Your worried mind Kind of blindsides you at 4 pm on some idle Tuesday.
Speaker 1:I'm going to have to play this on my show.
Speaker 2:Do one thing every day that scares you Sing. Don't be reckless with other people's hearts. Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours. Floss. Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long and in the end, tony, with yourself.
Speaker 1:You know, this reminds me of. This reminds me of you Are a Fluke of the Universe by the National Lampoon Radio Hour Very, very similar. I got to play that on my show tonight. That is wacky. I've never heard this.
Speaker 2:Remember compliments you receive, forget the insults. Are you serious? That is wacky. I've never heard this. Remember compliments you receive, forget the insults. Are you serious? If you see me doing this, tell me how. Keep your old love letters. Throw away your old bank statements.
Speaker 1:They had to be copying. They had to be copying National Lampoon Radio Hour. I wasn't planning on playing this, but listen to this. This is National Lampoon Radio Hour. I wasn't planning on playing this, but listen to this. This is National Lampoon Radio Hour. Let me fast forward. Okay, listen to this. I'll fast forward until the guy starts talking. He talks too and gives advice, just like the last song.
Speaker 4:Go placidly amid the noise and waste and remember what comfort there may be In owning a piece thereof. Avoid quiet and passive persons, unless you are in need of sleep. Rotate your tires. Speak glowingly of those greater than yourself and heed well their advice, even though they be turkeys. Know what to kiss and when. Consider that two wrongs never make a right, but that three do. Wherever possible, put people on hold. Be comforted that, in the face of all aridity and disillusionment and despite the changing fortunes of time, there is always a big future in computer maintenance. Wow.
Speaker 1:That just opened my eyes to this song. Buzz Lerman Must play that on my show In 1987, to this song Buzz Lerman Must play that on my show. In 1987, whitney Houston had her second UK number one single with I Wanna Dance with Somebody who Loves Me. Reached number one in over a dozen other countries, won a Grammy Award for the best female pop vocal performance 1988. Yeah, I wanna dance with somebody, with somebody who loves me. In 1987, michael Jackson. This Day in Music, june 6th 1987, michael Jackson announced he was breaking all ties with the Jehovah's Witnesses. Jackson had been raised as a Jehovah's Witness. Jackson had been raised as a Jehovah's Witness and he would don disguises and go door to door with the Watchtower message in cities where he was performing. How about that, you know? Ah, dang it. Who's at the door, honey? I don't know, dear, it looks like some people from the Jehovah's Witness Hee hee, how you doing, hi, yeah, the word of's Witness.
Speaker 5:Hi how you doing Hi. Hear the word of the Lord. Today you have a couple of minutes for me. Yeah, I'd like that.
Speaker 1:Starts moonwalking on your porch. Can you come to our?
Speaker 5:We're having a big convention.
Speaker 1:I got no time for this. I'm watching bowling. Wow, that is cool. I mean he shows up at your door, Michael Jackson. He shows up at your door, Michael Jackson. There's a story you got to tell people. 1982, Tom Petty, Crosby, Stills and Nash Bob Dylan. Who's coming up a lot on today in this day in history Stevie Wonder, Stevie Nicks, Jackson Brown appearing at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena 85,000 people watching a six-hour peace Sunday.
Speaker 4:And we have a dream anti-nuclear concert.
Speaker 1:Dylan was joined on stage by Joan Baez, did a duet on her Blowing in the Wind, or with this Blowing in the Wind, with God on her side. The show is partly broadcast on ABC TV's Entertainment Tonight program the same day.
Speaker 5:You take it to the high. The waiting is the highest point.
Speaker 1:Moving ahead to 1979. June 6th of 79. Still my favorite record by Def Leppard. By the way, Iron Dry Doesn't have all the hits, but it rocks the best to me. Def Leppard played at Crook's Working Man's Club in Sheffield. Doesn't have all the hits, but it rocks the best to me. Def Leppard played at Crook's Working Man's Club in Sheffield. The gig was reviewed in the UK Music Paper Sounds and it led to a recording contract with Phonogram Records for these young guys. They were very young when they did this.
Speaker 4:I dig this.
Speaker 1:I like the way it builds right here.
Speaker 3:Rock steady, still shaking. I'm ready for good taking.
Speaker 4:So make your move now. Make me Get ready for a big thing. Let it roll, let it roll, let it go, let it go.
Speaker 1:You got to let it roll, let great rocker up to the next song. So we'll just take a second to mention that this is Pat's Peeps 277. Way change of directions here, boy, you wouldn't want to mix that last song with this one on a radio station. The tune-out factor would be enormous. We talked about Whitney Houston earlier. Of course she did one of Dolly Parton's songs, this one. In 1974, rca Records released I Will Always Love you by Dolly Parton, the second single from her 13th solo studio album, jolene, recorded on June 13th of 73. The singer wrote the song for her one-time partner and her mentor, porter Wagner the great Porter Wagner for whom she was professionally splitting with at the time.
Speaker 3:I am taking with me Goodbye at the time.
Speaker 1:In 1971, john and Yoko, who was absolutely, astonishingly, ridiculously stupid in this performance, as she always was. I'm sorry, she was horrible, Absolutely horrible. Look at the video of this if you want. Look at John Lennon and the great Chuck Berry playing together with Yoko screaming like a banshee. It's just ridiculous. In 1971, john and Yoko jams live on stage with Frank Zappa. This is at the Fillmore East in New York. You know I'm a huge Zappa guy. Love Lennon too, but I'm a Zappa guy. Some of the recordings were released in 1972 on John Lennon's third post-Beatles album Sometime in New York City, which is trash to say that that's a John Lennon album. Here's Frank Zappa explaining.
Speaker 6:During the performance, when Lennon was on stage with Yoko, we played one of my songs called King Kong Great song, by the way, and the deal that was made, jean-luc Ponti, on the electric violin, on that one according to the usage of the tapes.
Speaker 6:Sorry to interrupt you, frank, and the deal that was made according to the usage of the tapes was he got to use the tapes for his purpose, I got to use the tapes for my purpose. He released part of that performance on an album called Sometime in New York and changed the name of the song King Kong to Jam Rag and gave himself and Yoko writing and publishing credit on the song. Now, obviously, this song has a melody and chord changes. Somebody did write it and it was not them.
Speaker 1:So whoops, that's why I love Frank. Meanwhile, in 1970, sid Barrett. Sid Barrett played his first gig since leaving Pink Floyd at the Extravaganza 70 at London's Olympia Hall, england, backed by a band that included his old friend Floyd guitarist David Gilmour. Barrett baffled the audience and his musicians when he abruptly took off his guitar during the fourth number and just walked off stage. You know, last night I was talking about was it yesterday? Last night, I do believe, on my radio show. I was talking about the time that Sid Barrett, after being on drugs for so long and how he changed so much, walked into the studio when Pink Floyd was recording and they could not believe what they were seeing. He was the founder of the band. They didn't even know who the guy was. They were wondering who is this guy? They were recording the 1975 classic album, wish you Were here, which much of the material was all about Sid Barrett losing his mind.
Speaker 3:My memory is that I came into the studio and there was this guy standing there in a gabardine raincoat, a large bloke, and I had no idea who it was.
Speaker 7:And, surprisingly, no one's saying who's that person, what's he doing? Wandering around all our gear in the studio and then him coming into the control room and standing around. How remarkable how long it was before anyone actually woke up.
Speaker 3:Finally, I think it was David who said Nick, do you recognise him? And I looked and I think I either shrugged my shoulders or at some point Dave put me out to my misery and said it's it. And we just stood there or sat there and just were shell-shocked basically, and then until somebody thought something to say to him, and then we were all unbelievably shocked at his appearance.
Speaker 5:I mean, I didn't recognise him, I didn't know it was him, but it was pretty pretty affecting really.
Speaker 6:I mean Roger and Dave cried.
Speaker 7:You know this slim, elegant, if bedraggled and dazed person that I'd last seen had turned rather balloon-shaped and had no eyebrows and not much hair.
Speaker 3:There is the photograph of him in the studio at the Turbin and if you looked at Sid in early 67, Sid, then it was so different.
Speaker 7:He was a great loss and you know the he was a great loss and you know, imagining what he would have gone on to do is speculating on that, if you like. He could have become so great.
Speaker 1:And of course they wrote that song Shine On you, crazy Diamond, wish you Were here about Sid Barrett. Meanwhile, in 1969, elton John releases his debut album Empty Sky in the UK, released January 75 in the US. Skyline Pigeon is the best known song from this album is the best-known song from this album. It's the only one which he infrequently performs as part of his live shows. He doesn't play anything else off of this Weird thing about that. It starts off with a harpsichord. Don't hear many Elton John sing or start off with a harpsichord or utilize a harpsichord. Let me loose from your hands Pat's Peeps 277.
Speaker 4:Let me fly to distant lands, over green fields, trees and mountains, flowers and forest fountains. Home along the lanes of the skyway. For this dark and lonely room Projects a shadow.
Speaker 1:Meanwhile, in 1966, that I've been crying Over you, crying over you. Roy Orbison's first wife, claudette, said so long. She was killed when a truck pulled out of a side road and collided with a motorbike that she and her husband were riding on in Gallatin, texas. She was just 25. Crying crying.
Speaker 1:It's hard to understand, but the touch of your hand Can start me crying In 1965, one of the iconic rock and roll songs was released I can't Get no Satisfaction. Rolling Stones Went in the US, released a single in the US on this day, gave the band their first number one hit in the UK, where it was released in 66 in August. The song initially played only on pirate radio stations because its lyrics were considered too sexually suggestive. I can't get no. I can't get no when I'm driving in my car, when I'm on the net, Cause on the radio who's telling me more I know About something. Someday we'll have to talk about that fuzz tone guitar and how that came about. My imagination I can't get no, I know't know. In 1962, the first Beatles recording session took place at Abbey Road Studios. This group this is June 6th 1962. The group recorded four tracks, one of which was Love Me. Do Love, love me. Do you know I love you? I'll always be true. So please love me, do. For this the four musicians, john, george, paul and Ringo were paid.
Speaker 4:You know, I love you.
Speaker 2:I'll always be true.
Speaker 1:Hold on Please love me do $12.07 apiece. $12.07 apiece, by the way, they went on to do pretty well, I do believe. Let's jump to this day on birthdays. Rock and roll birthdays on this day, june 6th 1960, what a great year to be born. Love that year to be born.
Speaker 1:What a guitar player Steve Vai. Earlier, we were talking about Frank Zappa, so Steve Vai, who is known to be one of the world's greatest rock guitar players, american guitarist, he's a composer, he's a singer, he's a songwriter, he's a producer, played with David Lee Roth, whitesnake, mary J Blige, spinal Tap, ozzy, but I like him best with Frank Zappa. We just heard from Frank Talking about Lennon and Yoko. Here is Steve Vai talking about Frank. And this is Steve Vai. Who again is this phenomenal guitarist known as one of the best. Here he is talking about going to audition for Frank Zappa's band, and Frank Zappa is meticulous. He is known as a perfectionist when it comes to his music. If you are a drug addict, you won't be in his band. If you cannot play complex music, you will not be in Frank's band, says Steve Vai.
Speaker 5:Oh my God, when I went down actually to play during the rehearsal I thought this is crazy 20 years old and auditioning for Frank Zappa. This is ridiculous. But I went down, he told me to learn all these songs and of course he pulled all these songs that I didn't know and he was. So you should ask Vinny because Vinny was there how brutal he was on me. I couldn't even believe it. He made it so difficult. There's one thing and I know this isn't necessarily a Frank interview, but I'll tell you the story. It's great. This is during my audition.
Speaker 5:He says you know, and Frank would play these things on the guitar and he had a certain technique, but he wasn't like a shredder or anything like that, you know, and he'd play something. Because I play that and I go okay, and I play, and he goes okay, now play it in 7-8. I say okay, and I play it in 7. He goes Okay, now play it reggae 7-8. Okay, and I, and I do it. He goes okay, now add this note. Okay, and I do it Playing reggae 7-8, and I'm adding these notes. He's okay, add this note. And it was impossible. It just was physically impossible, not just for me but for anybody. You know. I said oh, I can't do that because I hear Linda Ronstadt is looking for a guitar player. Impossible, that is great, it's an impossible thing, you know. And at the end of the rehearsal and just other things too, you know. But at the end of the rehearsal I went up to him I said thanks for inviting me. I'm really sorry, I'm going to go home. Now he goes, you're in the band.
Speaker 1:I mean no disrespect to Linda Ronstadt, by the way. Love Linda Ronstadt, but still it's a different thing. So here's what I want to end with today. After all that man, I've enjoyed this. Honestly, I might have to do this more often this day in music, I love this. Hey, if you're listening to this, tell me on my radio show tonight, if you would, what you think of this format here, where I do, because this is one of my longer podcasts. Of course we did cover D-Day, thank God.
Speaker 1:So let's go back to Steve Vai talking about Frank Zappa auditioning him. So he joins the band. Now he becomes with Frank Zappa who, again, you know me, I'm a Frank freak. I love this man. He's genius, he's way out there, but he is so extremely talented. Here he is with Steve Vai and they're on stage. He releases this thing called Guitar Shut up and play your guitar.
Speaker 1:Guitar, son of. Shut up and play your guitar. That's Frank's sense of of humor. So you have to have that certain sense of humor to be part of Frank's band, beyond just being talented. So Frank referred to Steve as his stunt guitarist, so I want to play a little something for you from the album guitar Frank Zappa double cd set and what you're going to hear are two of the most phenomenal, because I put frank up there along with steve I in the top 10 guitar, great rock and roll guitarist, the great rock guitarist.
Speaker 1:Here they are together and you're going to hear this the differences between frank and between steve, and you can understand when you listen to this for a couple of minutes or a couple of seconds, whatever we can get away with. Yeah, I don't own the rights to this. I'm trying to educate. Whatever Don't hassle me, not you them, whoever they are. You can hear how he would be considered a stunt guitarist in the background. He's making these crazy sounds. So, without further ado, here they are together. Check this out. I'll crank this up in my car. Listen to the drumming Terry Bozzio. I believe that's Bozzio on there. I could be wrong, but Chad Wackerman, I'm not sure I'm hearing Steve Vai in my left ear. Frank in the right ear, steve in the left ear. That's Frank coming out the front. Now again, I understand you have to be a guitar aficionado, like some of you might be going. Oh my God, I couldn't listen to this for more than a few seconds and I get that Whatever, but I love it. Listen to the bass. Frank is in my right ear. I'm going to leave it right there and say thank you, man. I can't wait for my radio show tonight. I'm amped up.
Speaker 1:Today. It's a Friday, the sun is shining, I'm feeling good. Hope you. It's a Friday, the sun is shining, I'm feeling good. Hope you're feeling good as well. Listen to that. I think I may just do a Frank Zappa podcast one day, the whole thing, frank. Maybe if I had already done that, I'll do another one. Whatever, thank you, god bless. Have a happy Friday. Have a happy weekend. Thanks for listening Pat's Peeps Podcast. See you on the radio.
