Rock and Roll Guru http://rockandrollguru.com Everything I know I learned from rock and roll - Joe Heuer Sun, 13 May 2012 14:07:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Stevie Wonder: Rock & Roll Philosophy http://rockandrollguru.com/this-day-in-rock/2012/05/13/stevie-wonder-rock-roll-quote/ http://rockandrollguru.com/this-day-in-rock/2012/05/13/stevie-wonder-rock-roll-quote/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 12:11:38 +0000 Joe Heuer http://rockandrollguru.com/?p=1508 “You can’t base your life on other people’s expectations.”-Stevie Wonder

I wholeheartedly concur, Stevie. Trying to live up to someone else’s expectations is a recipe for disaster, as well as a huge waste of time. Life is way too short to worry about what anyone else thinks.

Happy Birthday, Stevie!

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We dig you, too, Stevie!

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I thought this would be a fun way for us to celebrate Stevie’s birthday.

]]> http://rockandrollguru.com/this-day-in-rock/2012/05/13/stevie-wonder-on-sesame-street-rock-roll-video/feed/ 0 Stevie Wonder: Rock & Roll Birthday http://rockandrollguru.com/this-day-in-rock/2012/05/13/stevie-wonder-rock-roll-history/ http://rockandrollguru.com/this-day-in-rock/2012/05/13/stevie-wonder-rock-roll-history/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 10:59:51 +0000 Joe Heuer http://rockandrollguru.com/?p=1503 Happy Rock and Roll Birthday to the amazing Stevie Wonder.

If you are thinking he’s gotta be older than 62, remember that Berry Gordy signed Little Stevie Wonder to Motown as when he was only eleven years old! Nice vision on that one, Berry.

Stevie is one of the legends who has provided the soundtrack of our lives, and for that I am immeasurably grateful.

In case you’re wondering, I’m listening to “Songs in the Key of Life.”

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Speaking from the peanut gallery, I’d have to say you are undeniably both of those, Steve.


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Stevie did a phenomenal version of this one last night in Milwaukee as the first encore.

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It’s all about the dream. Without it, life is barely worth living…at least that’s what I think.

Happy Birthday, Eric!

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]]> http://rockandrollguru.com/this-day-in-rock/2012/05/11/eric-burdonwar-rock-roll-video/feed/ 1 Eric Burdon: Rock and Roll Birthday http://rockandrollguru.com/this-day-in-rock/2012/05/11/eric-burdon-rock-and-roll-birthday/ http://rockandrollguru.com/this-day-in-rock/2012/05/11/eric-burdon-rock-and-roll-birthday/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 09:50:12 +0000 Joe Heuer http://rockandrollguru.com/?p=7804 Happy Rock and Roll Birthday to the splendiferous Eric Burdon, who turns 71 today.

Born in Newcastle, England, Eric came to fame as lead singer of the Animals, a scruffy looking outfit if there ever was one.  He later fronted the funk band War, with Lee Oskar.  He was widely known for his prodigious use of mind altering chemicals and unpredictable behavior, but survived nonetheless.

Burdon and the Animals rose to prominence with their version of “House of the Rising Sun”, an old New Orleans Blues song, and rode the British Invasion wave to popularity in the United States.  He was also among the first musicians to embrace and promote Jimi Hendrix when Hendrix first got to London.

Fittingly, the title of his autobiography is I Used To Be An Animal, But I’m Alright Now.

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