Throw Back Thursday Rock and Roll Style

Time, it has a way of flying by.  I remember being young and the "older" people use to say how fast time went by when you got older.  Being the young whipper snapper I was, I thought they were exaggerating. Turns out the joke was on me. time, it flies by. Here are a few mile stones that seem like they happened just yesterday:


32 years ago today we got MTV!!!

"On Saturday, August 1, 1981, at 12:01 a.m., MTV launched with the words "Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll," spoken by John Lack, and played over footage of the first Space Shuttle launch countdown of Columbia, which took place earlier that year, and of the launch of Apollo 11. Those words were immediately followed by the original MTV theme song, a crunching classical tune composed by Jonathan Elias and John Petersen, playing over photos of the Apollo 11 moon landing, with the flag featuring MTV's logo changing various colors, textures, and designs. MTV producers Alan Goodman and Fred Seibert used this public domain footage as a conceit. Seibert said they had originally planned to use Neil Armstrong's "One small step" quote, but lawyers said Armstrong owns his name and likeness, and Armstrong had refused, so the quote was replaced with a beeping sound.

The first music video shown on MTV was The Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star", and the second music video shown was Pat Benatar's "You Better Run".

MTV turns 32 years old today. MTV stands for "Music Television". Remember when they used to play music?"

American Garrfitti turns 40

And 42 years ago today the first major benefit concert was played in New York City's Madison Sqaure. Produced by George Harrison and featured Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, Leon Russell and BadFinger.

And last but not least, if Jerry Garcia was still with us he would have been 71 years old today. Happy birthday Jerry, you live on and are always with us through your music!