#mickjones

[marian-1122]

The Clash in a New York taxicab , 1982 . 

©️ Dave Hogan/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

[punkrockhistory]

45 years ago today

Mick Jones and Paul Simonon with The Clash at Friars Aylesbury, January 05, 1980.

Photo by Marc Jordan

It was the first gig on their tour, and the band were supported by Ian Drury and the Blockheads

[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

[lyrasky]

The Clash【White Riot】和訳 詳しい解説 仲間になるかい? A Riot of My Own

The Clash【White Riot】和訳 詳しい解説 仲間になるかい? A Riot of My Own Lyraのblogへ #TheClash #JoeStrummer #whiteriot #ザクラッシュ #PaulSimonon #MickJones #ジョーストラマー #TerryChimes #白い暴動 #rudoboy #TopperHeadon

毎年恒例「Joe Strummerの命日に寄せてLyraが和訳解説し皆んなでJoeを忍びましょう」を今年もやる季節になりました。 Lyraにとってジョー・ストラマーは偉大な存在であり、天国にいるのに未だにこの星にいてくれてるような気持ちがしていつも側に寄り添ってくれてるような存在。彼の音楽は聴くたびに共感してしまう。 訴えかけてくる辛辣なメッセージから励まされる温かい言葉まで全てに嘘偽りが無い…希少なアーティストだと思う。 全てはJoeが優しさに溢れていた人間だっだからこそこの命のような輝きが衰えないのだと感じている。 毎年命日にはJoe Strummerのソロ曲を取り上げてきた。今年は最近取り上げていなかった事もあるのでTHE CLASH時代の曲にしちゃいます。 当時の世相がよく分かる歌詞だが、辛辣なメッセージにもJoeの愛が溢れているのが素晴らしい。 Joe…

[jamieroxxartist]

Happy Birthday. Today, Dec 27, 1944 – #MickJones, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (#Foreigner) was born.

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

[punkrockhistory]

43 years ago today

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

Photo by Allan Tannenbaum

[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

[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