#mickjones

[marian-1122]

The Clash in a New York taxicab , 1982 . 

©️ Dave Hogan/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

[punkrockhistory]

43 years ago today

The Clash arrived at JFK Airport, New York City, July 26, 1981.

Photo by Allan Tannenbaum

[steveconte]

Mick Jones of The Clash says to me: “Hello mate, my name is Mick Jones and you were fantastic…” after my 1st performance w/ New York Dolls at Royal Festival Hall in London. He was waiting there outside our dressing room backstage to say hello with Tony James (Sigue Sigue Sputnik), Chrissie Hynde, Bob Geldof & Shane McGowan. Good times! #NewYorkDolls #RoyalFestivalHall #London #MickJones TheClash #SteveConte #Guitar #TonyJames #SigueSigueSputnik #Punk #Rock #Royalty https://www.instagram.com/p/CoZotGpuDiZ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[vickiabelson]

Foreigner guitarist Bruce Watson was having a better hair day, finished his crisp white shirt with a black jacket (I’d intended to do in kind with mine, but I was rushing and couldn’t get my cuffs through my sleeves), and surrounded himself with cool guitars and warm lights. Rockstar! I dig the cut of his jib. Almost as much as I appreciate how accessible, down-to-earth, humble, and lovely he is. Not a likely combination, but oh, so charming. And entertaining! What a great storyteller! 

Bruce took us through his extraordinary ancestry. The Watsons have been Valley Boys since the 1600s. Not! But they have been in America since then, in LA since the 1890s or so… likewise, his mother’s people, from Cork. Great story there - how and why they got here. 

We got the skinny on where the passion started - The Monkees - Hey Micky - and Creedance- the dream - to be a rockstar - his first band, Eragon, that no one, including me, could say correctly, covering The Eagles and Zeppelin - hysterical day jobs, great stories there, his first big gig touring with Toto’s Bobby Kimball, then Patty Smyth with Rod Stewart, then Rod hisself. Bruce, although not a “reader,” was getting lots of session work for film, TV, and commercials, one of which was producing a spot with B.B. King- what a poignant, moving story. Recording with a very young Christina Aguilera, her break out, What a Girl Wants, and just out of the box, Sara Bareilles’ Love Song, through Bennett Salvay meeting composer W.G.  Snuffy Walden, and giving them just what they needed for their Friday Night Lights, getting the call to fill in for an ill Mick Jones - a temp gig - Bruce was busy, enjoying session work, his home and his family, with no intention of touring - then getting extended… again and again… finally joining Mick and becoming a permanent member of Foreigner. The Rockstar young Bruce dreamt of being realized in full force and boy does he wear it well. A killer player, he’s got the hair, the moves, and the clothes, and I got him to tell us where he shops. I wanna hit the stores with him. It’s all about how he puts it together. 

Bruce Watson is all that… and a jumbo bag of Cheetos. Talent, looks, genuine sweetness, and fun. Rockers, please take note… you can reach the pinnacle, look amazing doing it, and still be a mensch. Be like Bruce!

Bruce Watson Live on Game Changers With Vicki Abelson 

Wednesday, 11/20/24, 5 PM PT, 8 PM ET

Streamed Live on my Facebook

Replay here:

[ilcovodelbikersgrunf]

"He's in love with rock'n'roll, whoa, he's in love with gettin' stoned, whoa." Mick Jones - The Clash - Photo by?

[minstrel75itg]

Album Number Four Hundred Eighty Five. “Inside Information” is the sixth studio album by #foreigner, released on Dec. 7, 1987. The album debuted at 15, on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart and was certified Platinum in the U.S. for sales exceeding one million copies. Although a huge standard by any country's charting method, the band's sales were certainly plummeting since the release of 4 in 1981. It was the last album to feature the '80s core lineup of #lougramm, #mickjones, #rickwills, and #denniselliott. My copy is a gatefold on #atlanticrecords - 81808-1 The second single, "#IDontWantToLiveWithoutYou", reached #5 on the Hot 100. Markedly softer than any of their work to date, the record was their first and only #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart, after the more rousing ballads "#waitingforagirllikeyou" and "#iwanttoknowwhatloveis" had reached #5 and #3 on that chart respectively. #theeighties #foreignerband https://www.instagram.com/p/CppxJ4vOFrE/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[therealmattnappo]

The Clash - When Punk Went Pop #shorts

[xabiramone]

Capitol Theatre Passaic,New Jersey,March 1980.

A pic by Gary Gershoff

#MickJones #JoeStrummer #TheClash

[rockmusicassoc]

In The Rock 9/1/1983: The Clash unceremoniously fire Mick Jones, due to his “problematic behavior and divergent musical aspirations”, effectively ending the band’s trajectory as one of the last, best bands of the punk movement. #TheClash #MickJones #TheOnlyBandThatMatters

[jamieroxxartist]

*BAD was one of my Fave Bands when I was a kid and I think they are still great!

Happy Birthday. Today, June 26, 1955 – #MickJones, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (#TheClash; #BigAudioDynamite) was born.

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Jones_(The_Clash))

[punkrockhistory]

Happy Birthday Mick Jones, co-founder and lead guitarist for The Clash, born on this day in 1955, Wandsworth, London

Photo by Larry Hulst

[nojarama]

Happy anniversary to Big Audio Dynamite II’s album, ‘The Globe’. Released this week in 1991. #bigaudiodynamite #bigaudiodynamitell #mickjones #theglobe #rush #innocentchild

[jettajimm]

Happy 56th Birthday @thomaslangdrum! 🎂🎈🎁🎊🎉🥳 Have a rockin' one! 🎼🥁🤘 #ThomasLang #stOrk #JohnWetton #RobertFripp #PeterGabriel #Asia #NikKershaw #RobbieWilliams #KellyClarkson #Sugababes #VictoriaBeckham #RonanKeating #Falco #SteveHackett #SteveJones #MickJones #theCommodores #GeorgeMichael #Westlife #KylieMinogue #ViennaArtOrchestra #PaulGilbert #DWDrums #MeinlCymbals #RemoDrumHeads #VicFirthDrumSticks #RamsHeadOnStage #NAMM2019 #Lumix #GX7

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[marian-1122]

The Clash , 1982 .

©️ Bob Gruen

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The Clash

(1976-1986)