Meet Me in Montana
"Meet Me in Montana" is a song recorded by American country music artists Dan Seals and Marie Osmond. It was released in July 1985 as the lead-off single from Seals' album "Won't Be Blue Anymore", and the second single from Osmond's 1985 album "There's No Stopping Your Heart". The song was written by Paul Davis, who would later have a duet success of his own with Osmond, "You're Still New to Me."
"Meet Me in Montana" reached No. 1 on the "Billboard magazine" Hot Country Singles chart for one week in October 1985. The single was the first chart-topping hit for Seals, and Osmond's second No. 1 hit, her first to peak at the top of the chart since 1973's "Paper Roses".
When performed live in concert since Seals's death in 2009, Osmond's brother Merrill Osmond usually serves as the duet partner.
Content.
The song refers to two lovers who go their separate ways to pursue dreams; him, to be a country music star, and her to be a Hollywood actress. When both of them experience misery and failure, they decide that the best hope for their future is with each other, in Montana.
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Steppin' Stone (album)
Steppin' Stone is a studio album by American singer Marie Osmond. It was released in September 1989 by the Capitol and Curb record labels. It was Osmond's eighth studio album in her solo recording career. "Steppin' Stone" was a collection of ten tracks that were described as having a traditional country sound compared to her previous albums. Three singles were issued from "Steppin' Stone" that reached positions outside the US and Canadian country top 40: the title track, "Slowly But Surely" and "Let Me Be the First". The album was given positive reviews from critics.
Background and recording.
A part of her family's entertainment family, Marie Osmond formed her own career as a country music artist. As a teenager, her debut single "Paper Roses" was a chart-topping country single and a top five pop single. As she matured, she transitioned towards a film and television career but returned to the country recording industry in adulthood. In the middle 1980s (on Capitol Records), she had number one country singles with "Meet Me in Montana", "There's No Stopping Your Heart" and "You're Still New to Me". Osmond continued having charting singles through the end of the decade despite being less successful. Her next Capitol studio album was 1989's "Steppin' Stone". The project was recorded in May 1989 at three separate studios in the Nashville, Tennessee area: Castle Recording Studios, Music Mill Recording Studios and Omnisound Recording Studio. It was produced by Jerry Crutchfield. It was her first album project with Crutchfield serving as producer.
Content.
"Steppin' Stone" consisted of ten tracks. The album's traditional country sound was considered a departure from Osmond's previous releases. Charlotte Dillon of AllMusic described the album's material as being "about love lost, love found, love gone wrong, and the hope and wishes of love to be." "What Would You About You (If You Were Me)" and "What's in It for Me" were both co-written by Bucky Jones and Tom Shapiro. "If You Think About It, Call Me", was a track also written by Shapiro and was a second cut written by Michael Garvin. "What's a Little Love Between Friends" was co-written with Smokey Robinson. The final track "Let Me Be the First" was first cut by Deborah Allen for her 1984 album of the same name.
Release and critical reception.
"Steppin' Stone" was released in conjunction with Capitol Records and Curb Records in September 1989. It was distributed in three formats: a vinyl LP, a cassette and a compact disc. It was Osmond's eighth studio album as a solo artist and her fourth with the Capitol/Curb labels. It was later released decades later to digital retailers including Apple Music. The album was given positive reviews by critics and publications following its release. "Cashbox" magazine called the album "expertly produced" that allows Osmond's "true colors" to show through. "Billboard" found that Jerry Crutchfield provided Osmond with a different vocal delivery: "Under Crutchfield's guidance, Osmond sings with more than usual force and conviction."
"Radio & Records" did not highlight any specific songs or production techniques, but mentioned the album and wrote, "Today she is an in-demand live performer and continues to record stellar country albums." AllMusic's Charlotte Dillon gave "Steppin' Stone" four out of five stars and wrote, "Marie Osmond steps a little away from the pop-heavy country she normally leans toward, for a little more straight country sound."
Chart performance and singles.
"Steppin' Stone" debuted on the US "Billboard" Top Country Albums chart on November 18, 1989. It spent a total of six weeks there, reaching the number 68 position by December 2. It was Osmond's lowest-peaking album on the country chart. A total of three singles were spawned from "Steppin' Stone". Its first was the title track in August 1989. It later reached number 70 on the US Hot Country Songs chart and number 60 on the Canadian Country Tracks chart. In November 1989, "Slowly But Surely" was issued as the album's second single. It reached the number 75 position on the US country chart and number 52 on the Canadian country chart. "Let Me Be the First" was the final single released from the album and was issued by Capitol Records in circa early 1990. It failed to chart on the US country chart but reached number 75 on the Canadian country chart.
Personnel.
All credits are adapted from the liner notes of "Steppin' Stone".
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Get to Steppin
"Get to Steppin" is a 2013 song by Fast Eddie featuring singer CeCe Peniston, released as a digital single on S & S Records in the U.S. on August 26, 2013.
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(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone
Song written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart
"(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" is a rock song written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart. It was first recorded by the English band the Liverpool Five in early 1966 but remained unreleased before summer of that same year. In the meantime, the American band Paul Revere & the Raiders recorded the song which appeared on their album "Midnight Ride", released in May 1966.
The song is simple musically, with a repeating verse chord progression of E major, G major, A major, and C major, and a repeating bridge in cut time of E major, G major, A major, and G major.
Monkees version.
"(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" is best known as a hit for the Monkees. Released in November 1966, the song became the first Monkees B-side to chart, reaching #20 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. Musicians featured on the recording are Micky Dolenz (lead vocal), Tommy Boyce (backing vocal), Wayne Erwin and Gerry McGee (rhythm guitar), Louis Shelton (lead guitar), Bobby Hart (Vox Continental organ), Larry Taylor (bass), Billy Lewis (drums) and Henry Lewy (percussion).
The single, stereo album, and mono album versions contain several differences. In the stereo version, the track's title is sung just before the second verse, whereas on the single and mono album versions, this segment is left instrumental. The stereo version has an edit in the fadeout, but the mono album version does not have this edit and therefore has a longer coda. The single also does not have the edit, but it fades out earlier than does the mono album. All Monkees hits compilations through the mid-1980s used the stereo version, and afterward typically used the single version.
The Monkees' version is featured in the "romp" segments of several episodes of the group's television series. It has also been heard in episodes of shows such as "The Queen's Gambit" and "Zoo".
Other versions.
The song has been covered by many artists. Among the more notable is Modern Rocketry's version in 1983, which reached number 7 on the U.S. Hot Dance/Disco chart, and PJ & Duncan's version in 1996, which reached number 11 on the UK Singles Chart. A baggy version by The Farm was popular in clubs in 1990 and eventually reached number 58 in the UK. The punk bands the Sex Pistols, State of Alert, the Queers, and Minor Threat have also recorded versions of the song. It was also covered by Fereydoon Foroughi with Persian lyrics in a song titled "Hoqqe" (حقه), also known as "Mashti Mashalla" or "Mashdi Mashalla".
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Ride with Me (Steppenwolf song)
"Ride With Me" is a song by rock band Steppenwolf featured on their album "For Ladies Only". It was originally performed by Mars Bonfire on his self-titled album with a length over six minutes and under the title "Ride With Me, Baby". The song peaked at 52 on The Billboard Hot 100.
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Meet Me in Bluesland
Meet Me in Bluesland is a 2015 album by American southern rock band The Kentucky Headhunters and blues musician Johnnie Johnson. Recorded in 2003 during the sessions for the Kentucky Headhunters' 2003 album "Soul", it was not released until 2015, ten years after Johnson's death.
History.
The Kentucky Headhunters had planned to include Johnson on their 2003 album "Soul"; in the process of recording, the band created multiple songs with Johnson spontaneously. The recordings were not initially planned to be released, due to their nature. The album is the band's second collaboration with Johnson, the first being 1993's "That'll Work". Included on the album are a re-recording of "Stumblin'" from that album, along with a cover of Chuck Berry's "Little Queenie".
Critical reception.
Grant Britt of "No Depression" reviewed the album positively, comparing the sound favorably to that of Chuck Berry while praising Doug Phelps's lead vocals.
Track listing.
All tracks written by The Kentucky Headhunters (Anthony Kenney, Greg Martin, Doug Phelps, Fred Young, Richard Young) and Johnnie Johnson, except as noted.
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Rock Me (Steppenwolf song)
1969 song by Steppenwolf
"Rock Me" is a song by the Canadian-American hard rock band Steppenwolf. It was released on their 1969 album "At Your Birthday Party". It was written by the band's lead singer John Kay, and was the band's fifth American single release. The song was produced by Gabriel Mekler and released as a single in 1969, originally as the B-side to "Jupiter Child", but the sides were later flipped. It peaked at #10 on the Hot 100 on April 19, 1969 and #6 on both WLS and WCFL. It was both Billboard's and Cashbox's top debut the week of March 1, 1969. The song is considered the highlight of the album though it had been released for the soundtrack well ahead of the album. The song followed on the heels of the band's two 1968 hits, "Born to Be Wild" which peaked at #2 and "Magic Carpet Ride" which peaked at #3. "Cash Box" particularly praised the "pulverizing vocal performance."
Dave Grusin used the song when he scored the 1968 psychedelic sex farce movie "Candy", in which it is the culmination to the soundtrack. Steppenwolf performed the song on the January 5, 1969, episode of "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" and on the German "Beat-Club." The song later appeared in the band's live albums "Live at 25" released in 1995 and "Live in Louisville" released in 2004 as well as all of the band's compilation albums.
Way Back Attack ranks it #31 on its list of the Top 100 Psychedelic Hits of 1966–1969.
In his book "Die at the Right Time!: A Subjective Cultural History of the American Sixties," Erik v. d. Luft noted the surprising theme from the all-male band, fronted by John Kay's gruff voice "complaining that a woman was being objectified for sex."
"Cash Box" described the original A-side, "Jupiter Child" as sounding "steel-hard on the sole basis of the distinctive lead vocal and smouldering instrumentation" despite a relatively slow tempo.
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Country Dick Montana
American musician (1955–1995)
Daniel Monte McLain (May 11, 1955 – November 8, 1995), known by the stage name Country Dick Montana, was an American musician best known as a member of The Beat Farmers. He was born in Carmel, California. In 1995, It was reported that Montana suffered a heart attack and died while playing "The Girl I Almost Married" during a Beat Farmers show at the Longhorn Saloon in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. The cause of death has been otherwise reported by the "San Diego Reader" (a publication local to the home of the Beat Farmers) as having been ruled as an aneurysm. The band disbanded shortly thereafter.
Background.
In the 1970s, Montana owned a record store called Monty Rockers and was a member of two seminal San Diego bands. He drummed for both punk rock pioneers The Penetrators and roots rock band The Crawdaddys.
From 1983 to 1995, Montana played drums, percussion, guitar and accordion for The Beat Farmers with founding member Buddy Blue Siegal. Montana also performed lead vocals on at least one song on every Beat Farmers album, singing humorous songs frequently related to drinking. The song "Happy Boy" was popular on The Dr. Demento Radio Show and featured in several feature films. Montana was also famous for his onstage antics, frequently related to drinking. During this time, he was also in the short-lived trio the Pleasure Barons with Mojo Nixon and Dave Alvin, The Incredible Hayseeds, Country Dick's Petting Zoo, and Country Dick's Garage.
Prior to co-founding the Beat Farmers, Montana put together a band called Country Dick & the Snuggle Bunnies, which included an array of San Diego talent, most of whom would play major roles in the Beat Farmers legacy. The band included: Montana, drums/vocals; Richard Banke (aka Skid Roper), mandolin/washboard/vocals; Robin Jackson, guitar/vocals; Paul Kamanski, guitar/vocals; Joey Harris, guitar/vocals; and Nino Del Pesco, bass/vocals.
Legacy.
"The Ballad of Country Dick" by Mojo Nixon was written after his death.
The song "Happy Boy" was written by Dane Conover, formerly of the Puppies—the band in which Del Pesco played bass prior to joining Country Dick & the Snuggle Bunnies. Conover would later go on to form Trees.
In 1996, the posthumous solo album "The Devil Lied to Me" was released.
A reference to Montana can be found in the 1997 first-person shooter video game "Redneck Rampage". In the game, his "tombstone" appears in a graveyard on the 12th level, complete with the words "the devil lied to me" as his epitaph, which refers to his 1996 posthumous album.
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Steppenwolf (band)
Canadian-American rock group
Steppenwolf were a Canadian-American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1967. The group was founded by singer/rhythm guitarist John Kay, keyboardist Goldy McJohn and drummer Jerry Edmonton, all formerly of the Canadian band the Sparrows. Guitarist Michael Monarch and bassist Rushton Moreve were recruited via notices placed in Los Angeles-area record and musical instrument stores.
Steppenwolf sold over 25 million records worldwide, released seven gold albums and one platinum album, and had 13 "Billboard" Hot 100 singles, of which seven were Top 40 hits, including three top 10 successes: "Born to Be Wild", "Magic Carpet Ride" and "Rock Me". Steppenwolf enjoyed worldwide success from 1968 to 1972, but clashing personalities led to the end of the core lineup. From 1980 to 2018, John Kay was the only original member involved, having been the lead singer since 1967. The band was called John Kay & Steppenwolf from 1980 to 2018. In Canada, they had four top 10 songs, 12 top 40 and 14 in the top 100.
In 2016 the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominated them for induction in 2017. Although they fell short of enough votes to qualify for induction that year, in 2018 the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame selected one of their biggest singles – 1968's "Born to Be Wild" – as an inaugural selection in their singles category.
History.
The Sparrows.
In 1965 John Kay joined the Sparrows and was followed by Goldy McJohn. The group eventually broke up.
Breakthrough, success, and decline (1967–1972).
In late 1967, Gabriel Mekler urged Kay to re-form the Sparrows and suggested the name change to Steppenwolf, inspired by Hermann Hesse's novel of the same name. Steppenwolf's first two singles were "A Girl I Knew" and "Sookie Sookie". The band finally rocketed to worldwide fame after their third single, "Born to Be Wild", was released in 1968, as well as their version of Hoyt Axton's "The Pusher". Both of these tunes were used prominently in the 1969 counterculture cult film "Easy Rider" (both titles originally had been released on the band's debut album). In the movie, "Easy Rider" the song "The Pusher" accompanies a drug deal, and Peter Fonda stuffing dollar bills into his Stars and Stripes-clad fuel tank, after which "Born to Be Wild" is heard in the opening credits, with Fonda and Dennis Hopper riding their Harley choppers through the America of the late 1960s. The song, which has been closely associated with motorcycles ever since, introduced to rock lyrics the signature term "heavy metal" (though not about a kind of music, but about a motorcycle: "I like smoke and lightning, heavy metal thunder, racin' with the wind..."). Written by Sparrow guitarist Dennis Edmonton, who had begun using the pen name Mars Bonfire and inspired by a billboard roadside advertisement Bonfire liked which depicted a motorcycle tearing through the billboard artwork, the song had already reached number two on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in August 1968. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.
In 1968 Steppenwolf played one of their biggest shows up to that time at the Fillmore East to rave reviews, sharing the bill with Buddy Rich and Children of God. On November 27, 1968, they played a concert with Iron Butterfly at the Baltimore Civic Center.
The group's following albums had several more hit singles, including "Magic Carpet Ride" (which reached number three) from "The Second" and "Rock Me" (with its bridge lasting 1:06, which reached number 10) from "At Your Birthday Party". It also sold in excess of a million units. "Monster", which questioned US Vietnam War policy, was the band's most political album. Following the "Monster" album from 1969, the following year, the band released "Steppenwolf 7", which included the song "Snowblind Friend", another Hoyt Axton-penned song about the era and attitudes of drugs and associated problems.
Several changes in the group's personnel were made after the first few years. Bassist Rushton Moreve was fired from the group in 1968 for missing gigs after he became afraid to return to Los Angeles, convinced by his girlfriend that it was going to be leveled by an earthquake and fall into the sea. Rob Black briefly filled in for Moreve until former Sparrow bandmate Nick St. Nicholas came aboard in the latter months of 1968. Michael Monarch quit the group in August 1969 as his relationship with Kay deteriorated. Larry Byrom, who had been in TIME with Nick St. Nicholas, ably replaced Monarch on guitar.But Nick St. Nicholas was let go in mid-1970. He had supposedly appeared in nothing but rabbit ears and a jock strap at the Fillmore East in April 1970 – and his habit of wearing muumuus and kaftans on stage began to wear on Kay, whose penchant for leather vests and pants was more in line with the image he wanted for the band. George Biondo was then recruited, and the band lineup for their live performances in the middle of 1970 was John Kay, Jerry Edmonton, Goldy McJohn, Larry Byrom and George Biondo. However this lineup was also unable to remain together, as Byrom became upset with McJohn over personal issues and quit the band in the early part of 1971. Guitarist Kent Henry then replaced Byrom.
In November 1971 the band released "For Ladies Only", with the lineup consisting of Kay, Henry, Biondo, McJohn and Edmonton. The album was notable for several reasons, most notably the controversial LP inside cover art, the romantic, political, social lyrical content and the fact that it featured several of the group members on lead vocals.
Breakup (1972–1973).
The band broke up after a farewell concert in Los Angeles on Valentine's Day, 1972. Kay went on to a brief solo career, scoring a minor solo hit in 1972 with "I'm Movin' On" from his album "Forgotten Songs and Unsung Heroes". Although it received generally high marks from most critics, the album sales were disappointing in the US. Kay released a second solo album in 1973 on the Dunhill label titled "My Sportin' Life". This album sold less than his first solo album and was less gritty and more LA studio-polish in sound.
Following the first official breakup of Steppenwolf, and after the release of Kay's first solo album, a late summer and autumn 1972 tour in the US and Europe occurred, which featured Kay heading both the John Kay Band and Steppenwolf, at the top of the bill. Dunhill had released an album of a collection of Steppenwolf songs titled "Rest in Peace". Thus, the tour was known as the RIP tour.
Reunion (1974–1976).
Steppenwolf reformed in 1974 with its core lineup of Kay, Edmonton and McJohn, along with longtime bassist Biondo and newcomer Bobby Cochran, Eddie Cochran's nephew, on lead guitar. The band signed with Mums Records in retaliation for what Kay perceived as a lack of support by Dunhill Records for his solo albums. Their first reunion album was "Slow Flux", which included their last top 40 hit, "Straight Shootin' Woman".
In February 1975 McJohn was dismissed for what Kay described as a decline in the quality of his performances, as well as erratic behavior. McJohn was replaced by Andy Chapin on "Hour of the Wolf" in 1975, though McJohn appeared in artwork for the single to "Caroline". After the album peaked at number 155, Kay attempted to dissolve the band again, but the label, now having been absorbed by Epic Records, insisted Steppenwolf record one more album to satisfy their contractual obligations. The ensuing album, "Skullduggery" (1976), featuring Wayne Cook on keyboards, was released without a tour to support it, and by the early fall of 1976, Steppenwolf disbanded a second time. Kay appeared in a segment of the popular music TV show "The Midnight Special" to announce the end of Steppenwolf and also played a solo version of the song "Hey I'm Alright". This song appeared on Kay's third solo album "All In Good Time", released on Mercury Records in 1978.
"New Steppenwolf" revival act (1976–1980).
After Kay disbanded Steppenwolf, former members Goldy McJohn and Nick St. Nicholas formed a "revival act" called "New Steppenwolf". McJohn did not last long, but St. Nicholas continued with the venture for several years. Various incarnations included, according to author Dave Thompson, a "revolving door of musicians" consisting of "jobbing players". Among those players were vocalist Tom Holland (who would go on to form the B'zz and later Holland) and drummer Steve Riley of future W.A.S.P. and L.A. Guns fame. Yet another musician involved, guitarist Glen Bui, went on to work with Goldy McJohn until he died in 2017. "The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll" described these bands as "unprofessional, bogus versions" of Steppenwolf. Although Kay and Edmonton had originally licensed the use of the "New Steppenwolf" name, they later sued for breach of contract. St. Nicholas agreed in 1980 to cease use of the name, but legal disputes about promotional use of the Steppenwolf name continued until 2000.
John Kay and Steppenwolf (1980–2018).
Kay had a few meetings with David Pesnell about management, concert promotions and producing a new album for the band. Pesnell wanted to produce an album featuring new songs on side A, by the reformed band Three Dog Night and with side B of the album featuring songs by Steppenwolf. The album's working name was "Back to Back", a play on each band having a side of the album and the fact the bands were back together again. Pesnell's concept was simple: each band should record four new songs, with a fifth song on each side featuring a medley of the band's past songs. This would give the Pesnell-produced album a double release of singles to support a concert tour featuring the two bands. Though both bands liked the concept of the album and tour, the arguments included who would be side A and side B and which of the two would headline the upcoming concert tour.
The reformed John Kay and Steppenwolf line-up featured John Kay, Michael Palmer (guitars, backing vocals), Steve Palmer (drums, backing vocals), Danny Ironstone (keyboards, backing vocals) and Kurtis Teel on bass. The Palmer brothers had played in a group called Tall Water and had also been involved with Kay in his solo career playing live gigs in the late 1970s. Teel was replaced by Chad Peery and Ironstone by Brett Tuggle by 1981, and the new grouping released "Live in London" overseas. Tuggle was then displaced by Michael Wilk and a new studio album, "Wolftracks", was released in 1982. "Wolftracks" was one of the earliest digitally recorded albums in the industry. It was recorded live on a two-track Sony digital recording system. Bassist Welton Gite, who appeared on this album, left shortly after its completion and was replaced by Gary Link, formerly with Dokken. Another album, "Paradox", followed in 1984.
In December 1984 the band as it was disbanded and Kay and Wilk decided to continue in early 1985 with a pared-down quartet composed of Kay, Wilk, Wilk's friend Ron Hurst (drums, backing vocals) and Rocket Ritchotte (guitars, backing vocals). Wilk also handled bass duties from his sequencing computer keyboards from then on. This line-up released "Rock N' Roll Rebels" (1987) and "Rise & Shine" (1990); these were on the Qwil and I.R.S. Records imprints, respectively. Ritchotte had departed temporarily in 1989 to be replaced by Les Dudek and then Steve Fister, but then returned in 1990 for three more years. Fister (ex–Iron Butterfly) then came back in late 1993, but turned guitar duties over to Danny Johnson (formerly of Derringer, Rod Stewart and others) in 1996.
As the band was named after the novel "Der Steppenwolf" by German author Hermann Hesse, who was born in the Black Forest town of Calw, the city invited them to come over and play in the International Hermann-Hesse-Festival 2002, along with other bands inspired by Hesse, such as Anyone's Daughter.
The band performed what they then labeled their "Farewell Concert" on October 6, 2007, at Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen, Maryland, featuring Kay, keyboardist and programmer Michael Wilk, drummer Ron Hurst and guitarist Danny Johnson. However, the band, rejoined by bassist Gary Link, began touring again in June 2009.
Steppenwolf were nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017, but were not inducted.
On November 22, 2019 John Kay announced that the band's October 14, 2018 show was their last.
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Original lineup
Final lineup
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Meet Me in the Morning
1975 song by Bob Dylan
"Meet Me in the Morning" is a blues song written by Bob Dylan, recorded in New York City on September 16, 1974, and released on his 15th studio album, "Blood on the Tracks", in 1975.
Composition and recording.
"Meet Me in the Morning" is an acoustic blues performed with a full band and the only blues song on "Blood on the Tracks". It is musically identical to another song, "Call Letter Blues", that Dylan had recorded earlier in the "Blood on the Tracks" sessions before rewriting the lyrics entirely. "Call Letter Blues" was eventually released on "The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991" in 1991.
The intersection mentioned in the song's first line, 56th and Wabasha, apparently does not exist. However, Minnesota Highway 56 and Wabasha Street in Saint Paul, Minnesota did intersect in 1974, when the song was recorded. This suggests that the lyric is "56 and Wabasha" rather than "56th and Wabasha" as the official Dylan website states.
Other versions.
A September 19, 1974, outtake of "Meet Me in the Morning" was released on the B-side of the Record Store Day 2012 release of Dylan's single "Duquesne Whistle" and on the single-CD and 2-LP versions of "" in 2018, with the complete recording sessions of the song included on the deluxe edition of that album.
Live performance.
On September 19, 2007, Dylan played the song live in concert for the first and, to date, only time, during a show in Nashville, Tennessee. He was joined onstage for the performance by Jack White of The White Stripes.
Notable covers.
American heavy metal artist Jason Becker recorded a cover of the song and released it on his album "Perspective" (1995).
Russian rock musician Mike Naumenko wrote a song "Позвони мне рано утром" (lit. Call me early in the morning) inspired by the Dylan song.
Freddie King recorded Meet Me In The Morning on the 1975 album Larger Than Life
In popular culture.
"Meet Me in the Morning" is prominently featured in Sam Mendes' 2009 movie "Away We Go".
The song can be heard in the background in the 2015 film "Steve Jobs", during a scene where Jobs talks to his daughter.
The song can be heard in the 2014 climbing documentary 'Valley Uprising'.
The song is used in the fourth episode of the 2024 Netflix miniseries, "Eric".
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Billy Montana
American country music singer-songwriter (born 1959)
Billy Montana (born William Schlappi on September 28, 1959, in Voorheesville, New York) is an American country music singer-songwriter. Between 1987 and 1995, Montana released one studio album and charted six singles on "Billboard"'s Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. As a songwriter, Montana's songs have been recorded by Lee Brice, Garth Brooks, Sara Evans, Jo Dee Messina, Tim McGraw, Martina McBride, Jon Pardi, Sister Hazel and Kenny Rogers, among others.
Career.
Singer.
In the late 1980s, Montana and his brother, Kyle, formed a country music group with Bobby Kendall, Dave Flint and Doug Bernhard. Billy Montana & the Long Shots signed with Warner Bros. Records and charted three singles on "Billboard"'s Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart before disbanding without releasing an album. Their highest charting single, "Baby I Was Leaving Anyhow," peaked at No. 40 in 1987. After the group disbanded, Montana moved to Nashville in 1989 to pursue his dream of songwriting.
In 1994, Magnatone Records signed Montana to a solo record deal. His debut album, "No Yesterday", was released in April 1995. Three singles were released from the project and charted on "Billboard"'s Hot Country Singles & Tracks, the highest of which peaked at No. 55. One of the album's tracks, "A Clean Mind and Dirty Hands," was named Song of the Year by Farm Journal in 1996 as the song best depicting genuine farm life.
Songwriter.
Montana was signed to a songwriting deal with Moraine Music in 1994. He was picked up by Curb Publishing in a joint venture in 2000. The following year, Jo Dee Messina released Montana's "Bring On the Rain" as a single. The song topped "Billboard"'s Hot Country Singles & Tracks in March 2002 and was nominated for a Grammy Award. Montana has since written No. 1 songs for Sara Evans ("Suds in the Bucket"), Lee Brice ("Hard to Love"), and Garth Brooks ("More Than a Memory"). "More Than a Memory" debuted at No. 1 on "Billboard"'s Hot Country Songs chart in September 2007, becoming the first song in the chart's entire history to accomplish that feat.
Family.
Billy Montana's son, Randy Montana, signed to Mercury Nashville in 2010. The younger Montana has reached Top 40 on the country music charts with "Ain't Much Left of Lovin' You" and "1,000 Faces".
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Chris Stapleton
American singer-songwriter (born 1978)
Christopher Alvin Stapleton (born April 15, 1978) is an American country singer-songwriter and guitarist. Born in Kentucky, Stapleton moved to Nashville in 1996 to study for an engineering degree from Vanderbilt University, but dropped out to pursue a career in music. Shortly after, he signed a contract with Sea Gayle Music to write and publish his music.
Stapleton has co-written six number-one singles for other artists on the Hot Country Songs chart including Kenny Chesney's five-week number-one "Never Wanted Nothing More", Josh Turner's "Your Man", George Strait's "Love's Gonna Make It Alright", and Luke Bryan's "Drink a Beer". He has been credited on albums for artists including Adele, Kelly Clarkson, Brad Paisley, Dierks Bentley, and Taylor Swift. He has co-written with Vince Gill, Peter Frampton, Sheryl Crow, and Ed Sheeran, among others.
As a recording artist, Stapleton served as a vocalist in two bands: the bluegrass ensemble the SteelDrivers and the rock band the Jompson Brothers, before emerging as a solo act. His debut solo album, "Traveller" (2015), peaked on top of the US "Billboard" 200 and received quadruple platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). His 2015 cover of the song "Tennessee Whiskey" received diamond certification by the RIAA. His second studio album, ' (2017) earned him a second CMA Award for Album of the Year and a Grammy Award for Best Country Album. His third, ' (2017) peaked at number two on the "Billboard" 200, and his fourth, "Starting Over" (2020), won his third Grammy for Best Country Album. The title track was issued as its lead single.
Stapleton has been recognized with awards including eleven Grammy Awards, eleven Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards, and fifteen Country Music Association (CMA) Awards. He was named the ACM's Artist-Songwriter of the Decade in September 2019. In 2023, "Rolling Stone" ranked Stapleton at number 170 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.
Early life.
Stapleton was born in Lexington, Kentucky. His mother, Carol J. (née Mace) Stapleton, worked at the local health department and his father, Herbert Joseph Stapleton Jr. (1946–2013), was an engineer in coal mines. Chris comes from a family of coal miners. He has an older brother, Herbert Joseph III and younger sister, Melanie Brooke.
Chris Stapleton grew up in the small town of Staffordsville, Kentucky, right outside of Paintsville, which is between Staffordsville and Paintsville Lake, a reservoir. Staffordsville is east of Lexington. He graduated from Johnson Central High School in Paintsville where he played football—opposite future NFL draft #1 pick Tim Couch on three occasions—and was class valedictorian.
Career.
Career beginnings and bands.
In 1996, Stapleton moved to Nashville to study biomedical engineering at Vanderbilt University. He switched to business school, but when he discovered that songwriting could be a career after meeting a salaried songwriter he took to songwriting instead. He signed with publishing house Sea Gayle Music shortly after moving to Nashville and earned a reputation as a versatile and prolific songwriter. Over the next ten years he wrote more than one thousand songs.
In 2007, he formed a bluegrass group, the SteelDrivers, to perform his songs. The band had two hit records; each peaked at number 2 on the bluegrass chart before Stapleton left in 2010 to form a Southern rock band called the Jompson Brothers, which consisted of Stapleton on vocals, Greg McKee on guitar, J.T. Cure on bass, and Bard McNamee on drums. They toured regionally until 2013 and at one point opened for the Zac Brown Band. The band independently released a self-titled album in November 2010, after which Stapleton went solo. The title track of his first album, "Traveller," was composed while he and his wife were on a road trip to New Mexico in 2013.
In 2013, Stapleton signed to Mercury Nashville, a division of Universal Music Group Nashville, as a solo artist. His first single, "What Are You Listening To?", was released in October 2013, but did not perform as expected. The single was part of an album that was recorded, but never released. Stapleton also cowrote the theme "All-Nighter Comin'" to the WSM-AM show "The WSM All Nighter with Marcia Campbell", an American radio show with a large trucker following. He co-wrote the song with Vince Gill and Al Anderson and Gill featured on vocals on the track. Songs written by Stapleton have been included in the soundtracks of several feature films, including "Valentine's Day", "", and "Hell or High Water".
In 2013, Stapleton and his wife Morgane sang the Waylon Jennings song "Amanda" live at the Grand Ole Opry. They also played an NPR Tiny Desk Concert in November 2015. At the 2014 CMT Artist of the Year event, Stapleton performed with Lady Antebellum, who played Stapleton's song, "Drink a Beer", which Luke Bryan had recorded, in honor of Bryan who was unable to attend the ceremony. Stapleton had previously sung it during Bryan's 2013 CMA Awards performance of the same song.
Solo studio albums.
Stapleton's debut solo album, "Traveller", was released on May 5, 2015. It was recorded in Nashville's RCA Studio A. Stapleton co-produced the album with producer Dave Cobb. On the album he played guitar and sang with a live band made up of bass player J.T. Cure (from the Jompson Brothers), pedal steel player Robby Turner, drummer Derek Mixon, Mickey Raphael on harmonica, and wife Morgane Stapleton singing harmonies. Stapleton emphasized the importance of the band lineup that came together during the making and promotion of the record. He said his familiarity with Cure and Mixon (he had known and played with Cure for over 20 years), plus Cobb's producing, which included contributing acoustic guitar, had added to the richness of making the record.
Stapleton composed the title track "Traveller" as he and his wife were driving through New Mexico on their way back to Nashville in a 1979 Jeep his wife had bought him, which they had flown to Phoenix, to acquire. His wife helped him to sift through 15 years of songs to pick nine to record.
Stapleton won three awards at the 2015 Country Music Association Awards: Album of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year, and New Artist of the Year. At the CMA Awards, he performed with Justin Timberlake his version of the song popularized as a David Allan Coe live-show staple, "Tennessee Whiskey", and Timberlake's "Drink You Away". This performance was considered a career-defining moment by music publications, and with his wins that night he was lifted to national prominence. In December 2015, Stapleton received the 2015 CMT Artists of the Year Breakout award during a live performance at the annual CMT Artists of the Year show. "Traveller" was nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year and won the categories Best Country Album and Best Country Solo Performance. It also won the Academy of Country Music Award for Album of the Year and was the top selling country album of 2016. The album had sold a total of 2 million copies in the US by July 2017.
In 2016, Chris, with Morgane, contributed the track "You Are My Sunshine" to producer Dave Cobb's compilation record project, "Southern Family". Chris Stapleton collaborated with Jake Owen on the song "If He Ain't Gonna Love You" on Owen's album "American Love". Stapleton performed on the main stage at the 2016 in Europe along with Andrew Combs, Kacey Musgraves and headliner Eric Church. Stapleton was the musical guest on the "Saturday Night Live" episode which aired January 16, 2016, alongside host Adam Driver. He performed "Parachute" and "Nobody to Blame" from "Traveller".
In January 2016, Stapleton performed "Either Way", a song he had written with Kendall Marvel and Tim James, at the Country Radio Hall of Fame's Country Radio Seminar in Nashville. Lee Ann Womack had previously recorded it for her 2008 album, "Call Me Crazy". The track was featured on his second studio album, "," released on May 5, 2017. "Volume 1" was named after Nashville's RCA Studio A, where it was recorded during the winter of 2016–17. The same month, Stapleton embarked on his All-American Road Show Tour. "Volume 1" was certified gold in the US, giving Stapleton his second CMA for Album of the Year, and became the best-selling country album of 2017. His third studio album, "", was released on December 1, 2017. Both albums, "Volume 1" and "Volume 2," debuted at number two on the "Billboard" 200 charts.
Stapleton was the musical guest on "Saturday Night Live" for a second time on January 27, 2018, where he performed songs from "From A Room: Volume 2" with Sturgill Simpson. In March, "Broken Halos" on "From A Room: Volume 1" reached the top of the Country Airplay chart. It earned him accolades for Song and Single of the Year at the 52nd CMAs. He won Male Vocalist of the Year for a fourth time.
On August 28, 2020, Stapleton released a single, "Starting Over", a song he previously performed on tour. It was the lead single from his album of the same name and was his first single release since 2018's "Millionaire". He released a second single, "Cold", on September 25, 2020. He was Male Vocalist of the Year for the fourth time at the 2021 Country Music Association Awards, and Male Artist of the Year for the third time at the 2022 Academy of Country Music Awards, where he performed "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive" with Patty Loveless.
Other projects and collaborations.
Stapleton co-wrote three songs for Justin Timberlake's studio album "Man of the Woods" (2018), including their collaboration "Say Something", which reached the top ten list on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 chart. In the same year, Stapleton recorded a cover of "I Want Love" for "Restoration: Reimagining the Songs of Elton John and Bernie Taupin".
On April 28, 2019, Stapleton appeared as an extra in "The Long Night", the third episode of the eighth season of the HBO series "Game of Thrones".
On August 6, 2019, John Mayer invited Stapleton on stage at his concert to perform a song they had written the day before, titled "I Just Remembered That I Didn't Care". He stayed on stage for a performance of Mayer's "Slow Dancing in a Burning Room".
On July 5, 2019, Stapleton, together with Bruno Mars and Ed Sheeran, released Blow, on which Stapleton contributed songwriting and vocals. Bruno Mars played all instruments on the track except bass guitar. The song was written in a basement in Nashville.
Over the course of 2019 and 2020, Stapleton recorded and wrote songs with Mike Campbell, formerly the guitarist of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Campbell and fellow Heartbreaker Benmont Tench played on Stapleton's album "Starting Over", and Stapleton featured on the Dirty Knobs' album "Wreckless Abandon".
On August 5, 2021, Stapleton was featured on Taylor Swift's second re-recorded album, "Red (Taylor's Version)," on the track "I Bet You Think About Me". Stapleton contributed a cover of the Metallica song "Nothing Else Matters" to the charity tribute album "The Metallica Blacklist", released in September 2021. He was credited as a vocalist on Adele's album "30", appearing on an alternative version of "Easy on Me".
Stapleton collaborated with Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave guitarist Tom Morello in the writing and performance of the track "The War Inside" on Morello's 2021 album "The Atlas Underground Fire".
On February 12, 2023, at Super Bowl LVII, Stapleton sang the United States' national anthem at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. The lyrics were signed in American Sign Language by Oscar-winning actor Troy Kotsur.
Stapleton was joined by Cindy Blackman Santana and Snoop Dogg in recording a cover of Phil Collins' "In the Air Tonight" as the 2023 opening theme song for "Monday Night Football."
Artistry.
Stapleton's musical influences range from outlaw country and bluegrass to rock and roll and blues. NPR and "Paste" magazine described his sound as a blend of country, classic rock and Southern soul. Before going solo, Stapleton led the progressive bluegrass band the SteelDrivers and the rock and roll band the Jompson Brothers. His first solo album, "Traveller," was an old-school country, Southern rock and bluegrass record; his second, "From A Room: Volume 1," focused on country, blues and roots rock. He played acoustic guitar and electric guitar on both albums.
Stapleton is a soul singer with a tenor vocal range. "Los Angeles Times" writer Randy Lewis said in 2015 that his singing recalled "the note-bending style of country that traces to Merle Haggard and Lefty Frizzell and the gut-wrenching expressionism of blues and R&B perfected by Ray Charles", while his guitar performances elicited "memories of Texas blues rocker Stevie Ray Vaughan". Stapleton has cited Charles, Otis Redding, and Freddie King as some of his musical influences, along with Kentucky-based country artists, Keith Whitley, Dwight Yoakam and Patty Loveless. [...] "Those names are just part of life in Kentucky. You can't help but be aware of them and be influenced by them."
Personal life.
Stapleton is married to singer-songwriter Morgane Hayes. The couple met when they were working at adjacent publishing houses and married in 2007. Stapleton and his wife have five children: a son born in 2009, a daughter born in 2010, twin sons born in 2018, and a son born in 2019. They live in Nashville.
Awards.
Stapleton has received numerous awards and nominations. He is the recipient of ten Grammy Awards, ten Academy of Country Music Awards, fourteen Country Music Association Awards, five "Billboard" Music Awards, two iHeartRadio Music Awards, among others. For his work as composer he has received nine ASCAP Country awards, including the Vanguard Award. In 2019, Stapleton was recognized by the Academy of Country Music as the inaugural ACM artist-songwriter of the decade. "Traveller" was "Billboard"'s Top Country Album of the decade.
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Steppin'
Steppin' is the third studio album by The Pointer Sisters, released in 1975 on the ABC/Blue Thumb label.
History.
"Steppin"', which was more R&B heavy than the sister quartet's previous albums, generated a number one R&B hit with its first single, "How Long (Betcha' Got a Chick on the Side)". It also peaked at #20 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. A second single, "Going Down Slowly", was moderately successful, peaking at #16 on the R&B chart and #61 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album was remastered and issued on CD in 2006 by Hip-O Select.
Personnel.
The Pointer Sisters
Musicians
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Steppenwolf (Steppenwolf album)
Steppenwolf is the debut studio album by Canadian-American rock band Steppenwolf, released on January 29, 1968, on ABC Dunhill Records. It includes songs written by band members and songs written by others such as the Willie Dixon blues classic "Hoochie Coochie Man", retitled "Hootchie Kootchie Man".
The album reached number six on the "Billboard" 200 album chart. "Born to Be Wild", which was released as a single, peaked at number two on "Billboard"'s Hot 100. It and "The Pusher" were included in the 1969 film "Easy Rider".
Track listing.
Details are taken from the original Dunhill album; other releases may have different information.
Personnel.
Steppenwolf
Technical
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Steppin' Out (instrumental)
Instrumental first recorded by Memphis Slim in 1959
"Steppin' Out" (or sometimes "Stepping Out") is a blues-instrumental composition recorded by American blues musician Memphis Slim in 1959. It was released by Vee-Jay Records as a single and on Slim's "At the Gate of the Horn" album. Although both releases list L. C. Frazier (another of Memphis Slim/Peter Chatman's pseudonyms) as the writer, Vee-Jay owner James Bracken is often credited on versions by other performers.
Memphis Slim's piano provides the opening harmony part, followed by a tenor sax solo and guitar solo by long-time Slim guitarist Matt Murphy. AllMusic critic Bill Dahl calls Murphy's album contribution as "nothing short of spectacular throughout". A live version recorded in 1986 appears on the "Steppin' Out: Live At Ronnie Scott's, London" album and video.
Eric Clapton renditions.
Eric Clapton recorded several versions of "Steppin' Out" during his early career. In 1966, he recorded the song with three different bands: with Eric Clapton and the Powerhouse, recorded in March for the Elektra Records compilation "What's Shakin'"; with John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers in April for the album "Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton"; and with Cream in a live performance for broadcast on BBC Radio in November, eventually released on the "BBC Sessions" compilation in 2003. Cream recorded a second live performance of the song for BBC Radio in January 1968, which was also included on "BBC Sessions" though it was first released on Clapton's "Crossroads" box set in 1988.
Clapton's early versions were relatively brief – ranging from under two minutes to little over three – but in live performances with Cream, "Steppin" Out" became an extended improvisational piece often lasting thirteen minutes or more. On occasion, the group's bassist Jack Bruce would drop out of the song after several minutes, leaving Clapton and drummer Ginger Baker to take the song in entirely new, less blues-oriented directions. An example of such can be heard on a live recording from the San Francisco Winterland Ballroom in March 1968, first released on the album "Live Cream Volume II" in 1972 and later on the Cream box set "Those Were the Days" in 1997. This version was used in the film Mean Streets (1973). Source IMDB
Jesse Gress, writing for "Guitar Player" magazine, noted that Ritchie Blackmore's "bluesy head to 'Lazy' (from Deep Purple's "Machine Head") fondly paraphrases Slowhand’s [Clapton's] Bluesbreaker-era showcase 'Steppin’ Out,' right down to the same style of third-position swing-sixteenth G blues riffing".
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Tim Montana
Singer songwriter
Tim Montana (born January 5, 1985) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist signed to Music Knox Records/BBR Music Group part of BMG Rights Management.
Early life.
Tim Montana was born on January 5, 1985, in Kalispell, Montana and raised in Butte, Montana. Tim was given his first guitar at the age of six. Since his family's trailer had no electricity, Tim taught himself to play by candlelight. He later performed in school talent shows. After graduating from Butte High School in 2003, he moved to Los Angeles to study music.
Musical career.
It was while living in Los Angeles where Tim met guitarist and producer Johnny Hiland and with Hiland's encouragement moved to Nashville and began playing country and southern rock. His debut album, "Iron Horse," was produced by Hiland (who also played guitar and sang backup) and released on the CD Baby label on August 21, 2007.
Earlier that same year, late-night talk show host David Letterman met Montana prior to Montana's Independence Day concert in Choteau, Montana. Months later, Letterman personally invited Montana to appear on "The Late Show with David Letterman." Montana performed his song "Butte, America" on the October 17, 2008, program broadcast.
In 2013, Montana recruited guitarist Kyle Rife, drummer Brian Wolff, and bassist Bryce Paul to perform as Tim Montana and the Shrednecks. During a studio session on September 11, 2013, Montana was introduced to ZZ Top founder Billy Gibbons. Their meeting resulted in an impromptu songwriting collaboration, during which the two co-wrote and recorded the single "This Beard Came Here to Party." The Boston Red Sox (known at the time for beards they'd grown during the playoffs) adopted the song as their anthem during the lead-up to the 2013 World Series. The Shrednecks and Gibbons recorded a custom version for the post-season (with lyrics referencing Red Sox highlights and Boston landmarks). Montana and the band later returned to sing The Star-Spangled Banner at Fenway Park at a May 28, 2013, ceremony honoring the winning 2004 World Series Red Sox team.
Montana and Gibbons would go on to share credits on three other songs: "Fifty Fifty," "Weed and Whiskey," and "Rust and Red." The last of these received its broadcast debut during the Fox News show The Five during an interview with Navy SEAL Team 6 member Robert J. O'Neill, subject of the Fox News documentary "The Man Who Killed Osama bin Laden." O’Neill, a fellow native of Butte, had previously become acquainted with Montana through O’Neill's brother Tom, a radio DJ and early supporter of Montana's music. Robert J. O'Neill later featured prominently in the 2017 music video for Montana's single "Hillbilly Rich".
Following the release of "This Beard Came Here to Party," Gibbons invited Tim Montana to open for ZZ Top on tour. Tim Montana and the Shrednecks have continued to appear with ZZ Top and opened for Kid Rock on various tour dates during the summer of 2016.
On February 24, 2016, Tim Montana released the album "Tim Montana and the Shrednecks," featuring Gibbons on four tracks.
Tim Montana released the single "Hillbilly Rich" on September 8, 2017. He released a video for the song on September 19 which features friend Robert J. O'Neill and "Streetbike" Tommy Passemante from MTV's Nitro Circus. In their review of the video, "Rolling Stone" wrote that its "aspirational swagger is perfectly on message for Montana's eclectic musical influences".[15] Actor Charlie Sheen took an interest in the video stating on Twitter "this is a stone-cold masterpiece! my man is flat out Killin the Game" to his millions of followers.[16] Shortly after Tim met Charlie in person, Charlie went on to write and direct Tim's music video "Mostly Stoned" which created a press storm that ultimately led to Tim signing with Music Knox Records/BBR Music Group which is part of the BMG Rights Management family.
As a songwriter Montana co-wrote "Tennessee Mountain Top" and "Greatest Show on Earth" for Kid Rock's 2017 "Sweet Southern Sugar" album.  Both of which went on to chart in the top 40.  He also co-wrote Travis Tritt's "Smoke in a Bar", Billy F Gibbons "I was a Highway" and Michael Ray's "Higher Education" which featured Montana, Billy F Gibbons, Lee Brice and Kid Rock.
Personal life.
Montana is a vocal supporter of U.S. military veterans. After watching the film "American Sniper" (which tells the story of the late U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle), Montana became involved in the welfare of veterans suffering from Posttraumatic stress disorder. He approached Gibson guitars to create a custom Chris Kyle guitar, decorated with Kyle's skull-and-crosshairs logo. The guitar was auctioned off, raising $117,500 for the Guardians of Heroes Foundation, helping wounded U.S. soldiers.
Montana and his wife Danielle are the parents of four children and currently reside in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Steppin' Up
Steppin' Up is an album by saxophonist Hank Crawford and organist Jimmy McGriff recorded in 1987 and released on the Milestone label.
Reception.
Allmusic's Scott Yanow said: "the results are predictably soulful and pleasing... this is a highly enjoyable outing, easily recommended for soul-jazz fans".
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Steppin' Out (Gonna Boogie Tonight)
Song by Irwin Levine and L. Russell Brown
“Steppin' Out (Gonna Boogie Tonight)” is a 1974 song by the American pop music group Tony Orlando and Dawn. It was written by Irwin Levine and L. Russell Brown and was included on the group's 1973 album, "Dawn's New Ragtime Follies".
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Steppenwolf 7
Steppenwolf 7 is the fifth studio album by Canadian-American rock band Steppenwolf. The album was released in November 1970, by Dunhill Records. It is the first Steppenwolf album with new bass player George Biondo. The album’s numerical title reflects the fact that it was the band’s seventh album release for ABC/Dunhill records (including the four preceding studio LP’s, as well as two live albums).
While the album featured Steppenwolf's trademark rock and roll sounds, none of the songs were able to make the top 40. The album featured a cover of Hoyt Axton's "Snowblind Friend", their second cover of one of his antidrug songs (the first being "The Pusher"). Along with "Who Needs Ya", it was one of two singles from the album which made the charts, but fell short of the top 40. The album track "Renegade" is autobiographical for lead vocalist John Kay, recounting his flight with his mother from the Soviet occupation zone to the West in 1948. The intro to "Earschplittenloudenboomer" is spoken by Kay partially in German.
Critical reception.
Robert Christgau stated: "Laying back hasn't been good for them, and neither has getting heavy. Their way lies somewhere in between--which come to think of it is also how it is for the rest of us."
Charts.
Singles
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Mike Stevens (bluegrass harmonica)
Canadian harmonica player
Mike Stevens is a Canadian harmonica player from Bright's Grove, Ontario. He is best known as a bluegrass musician. During his career he has had hundreds of performances at the Grand Ole Opry. He is also known for his work connecting creative artists with indigenous youth in isolated communities as part of the ArtsCan Circle.
Stevens' harmonica style was described by one reviewer as "multivoiced and blindingly fast".
Stevens entertained at the Central Canadian Bluegrass Awards festival in Huntsville, Ontario in 1998.
Stevens often performs with American fiddle and banjo player Raymond McLain. The duo entertained at the Palmer Rapids Twin Festival in July, 2003. They headlined a concert to raise money for the ArtsCan Circle in Toronto in 2004. They performed together at the Pineridge Bluegrass Folklore Society concert in February, 2008.
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Rock'n Me
1976 single by Steve Miller Band
"Rock'n Me" (also known as "Rock 'N Me" or "Rock 'N' Me") is a song by American rock band Steve Miller Band, released in 1976 from the band's ninth studio album "Fly Like an Eagle" (1976). It was written by primary band leader and songwriter Steve Miller released as the second single from the album. Miller also produced the song and album. The North American release of the single was generally credited to Steve Miller as an individual, while the European release was generally credited to the Steve Miller Band as a whole group.
The song achieved lasting commercial and critical success, with the publication "Billboard" labeling it "an immediate audience grabber". It became the band's second #1 hit on the US "Billboard" Hot 100, where it stayed at the top for one week, it also topped the Canadian "RPM" Top Singles chart. In later years, the song has been included in several compilation albums such as 1978's "Greatest Hits 1974–78" and 1991's "The Very Best of the Steve Miller Band".
Composition.
Composed for a pop and rock festival atmosphere, the lyrics and vocals have been labeled as having an 'every man' quality. It is sung from the point of view of someone frequently traveling while keeping a positive, upbeat attitude. Locations mentioned in the song include Phoenix, Arizona; Tacoma, Washington; Philadelphia; Atlanta; and Los Angeles.
Miller has acknowledged that elements of "Rock'n Me", particularly the intro, was a nod to the English rock band Free particularly the band's hit song "All Right Now". He stated:<templatestyles src="Template:Blockquote/styles.css" />Yeah, it's a tack on the wall for Paul [Kossoff]. I did one concert in the two years that I was off the road. I went to London and played with Pink Floyd... it was a big, huge outdoor show so we needed a big rock and roll number that was really going to excite everybody. I just put it together and didn't think much about it.
He returned to the subject in an interview with "Ultimate Classic Rock Nights", referring to his support slot at Pink Floyd's one-off appearance at Knebworth in June 1975:
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Reception.
"Billboard" described "Rock'n Me" as a "catchy and highly humorous midtempo rocker," saying that the melody sounds like the Beach Boys and the Eagles in places. "Cash Box" said that it "draws from the best of rock ’n' roll over the last ten years" and has "hook-filled guitar lines." "Record World" said it has "an intro reminiscent of Free's 'All Right Now' and vocals and guitar pure Steve Miller,"
In other media.
The song is a playable track in the video game "Rock Band 2", and "Tap Tap Revenge 3". It is featured as a radio station track in the video game "Grand Theft Auto V."
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This Meets That
This Meets That is a studio album by jazz musician John Scofield. Featuring longtime collaborators Steve Swallow on bass guitar and drummer Bill Stewart, along with a four piece horn section. Fellow guitarist Bill Frisell appears on one track.
Critical reception.
Jeff Tamarkin of All Music Guide rates it at 4 out of five stars and says, "This Meets That, as its title implies, is less of a thematic album than some of Scofield's more recent endeavors, but it's one that reminds listeners that both his chops and sense of adventure are not only intact but still growing."
Track listing.
All songs composed by John Scofield except where noted.
Personnel.
Horn section
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Magic Carpet Ride (Steppenwolf song)
1968 single by Steppenwolf
"Magic Carpet Ride" is a rock song written by John Kay and Rushton Moreve from the Canadian-American hard rock band Steppenwolf. The song was initially released in 1968 on the album "The Second". It was the lead single from that album, peaking at number three in the US, and staying in the charts for 16 weeks, longer than any other Steppenwolf song.
The 45 rpm version is not only an edit of the album version, but contains a different vocal take on the first verse. Despite the single's popularity, the album version enjoyed heavy airplay on FM radio and is still the preferred version on most classic rock stations, as well as the one most commonly included on compilations and in popular media.
Writing and recording.
When preparing to record the band's second album, "The Second", bassist Rushton Moreve came up with a "bouncy riff". Band member Jerry Edmonton's brother, Mars Bonfire, started playing guitar, and the band developed the riff. For the introduction, guitarist Michael Monarch created feedback which was spliced on to the beginning of the band's recording. John Kay had recently bought a new top-quality hi-fi system, and started writing lyrics "about how great our new stereo system sounded," adding imagery about making a wish. After completing the lyrics and recording the vocal track, Kay overdubbed a falsetto, and sound engineer Bill Cooper spliced an extra chorus at the end of the track. While denying that the song was about drug experiences, Kay did admit to the "Wall Street Journal" in 2016 that "I may have smoked a joint" the night he and Monarch got the idea for the song. Kay also alleged the lyrics went beyond referencing the quality of the new stereo and were also a reference to his relationship with his wife Jutta and envisioning that he had made a wish with Aladdin's lamp.
"Billboard" described the single as a "pulsating rocker" with similar sales potential to Steppenwolf's earlier single, "Born to Be Wild". "Record World" predicted that "the young set will flip for [the song]."
In popular culture.
In the fictional "Star Trek" universe, the song is played by