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Stoners and comedy fans everywhere have reason to rejoice: a Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong biopic is on the way.

Written by Danya Jiminez and Hannah McMechan (who both wrote for Comedy Central’s 2020 reboot of The Ren & Stimpy Show) and directed by Kristian Mercado, the film will follow the comedic duo’s origins through a “never-before-seen” lens, showing their rise from obscurity to stardom. The release date of the film is still unknown, but many feel it’s high time the duo gets their due big-screen recognition.

“We are excited to show the world how two dudes from completely different backgrounds got together, changed comedy, and made cannabis mainstream!” Cheech and Chong said in a joint statement (pun intended)

Both Marin and Chong will have executive producer credits on the project. The beloved cult-icons partnered with Todd Lieberman’s Hidden Pictures after the production company acquired the rights to the yet-to-be-named flick.
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We are open all day long every Monday for some brand new releases… because its #NewMusicMondays on K-ZAP. Come right in for some new tracks from The Black Crowes, Slash (w/Brian Johnson & Steven Tyler), Keith Richards, Black Country Communion, Ferris & Sylvester, Analog Party, The Avett Brothers, Slothrust, The Commoners, Sleater-Kinney, Billy Idol, Cage The Elephant, and MUCH MORE!
Catch the K-ZAP stream at k-zap.org, on the K-ZAP Apple & Android apps, and on the dial at 93.3FM in the Metro Sacramento area.
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The outsider artist who named @theblackkeys

Most bands have come close to a breakup when it came down to deciding on the name of their outfit.

Although The Black Keys only had to worry about deciding among just two people, Alfred McMoore was just the person to give them those magic words.

For as much as the group’s sound felt homogenised as they went along, the entire premise of their name was about being the opposite of the mainstream.

When living in Akron, Ohio, both Patrick Carney and Dan Auerbach had come across McMoore as one of the few avant-garde artists working on the scene.

Responsible for playing on the fringes of modern music, Carney became friends with McMoore through his neighbour Chuck Auerbach, Dan’s father. While McMoore meant well when talking to both of the musicians, the term ‘black keys’ was not exactly meant to put them in the best light.

Given how a piano is laid out, the black keys are known as “accidentals” if you’re playing in the home key of C. They might be able to add some colour or texture to a song in C, but if you use it in the wrong context, it will sound like you should probably go back to the drawing board before playing again.

McMoore would usually call the members that when they were doing tasks for him, with Carney recalling, “We both knew this outsider artist named Alfred McMoore. He would leave these messages saying, ‘If you don’t bring me crayons and pipes back up, you’re a D flat. You’re a black key. Don’t be a black key’. So I said we should call the band ‘The Black Keys’.”

Considering that the whole ethos is about making something that’s somewhat out of place, the name would probably be better served for an art rock outfit than the kind of rock band that made songs like ‘Howlin’ For You.’

As they proceeded to get bigger and bigger, though, they ended up becoming one of the few groups on the album charts that could actually bring rock to the masses, feeling like a fish out of water playing songs like ‘Gold on the Ceiling’ with the other flavours of the day.

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You are moments away from a St Patrick`s Day "Psychedelic Sunday" (with Host Kevin Kelley) on K-ZAP, 10am-Noon, Pacific.
Join us laddies and lassies for what will be a "magically delicious" two hours.
Catch the stream at k-zap.org, on the k-zap apps, or on the dial at 93.3FM in Metro Sacramento area.

#kzaporg #psychedelicsunday
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On this day March 17, 1999 An Evening With @neilyoungarchives took place at Sacramento’s Memorial Auditorium.

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The Top 5 Songs from @thecars’ Self-Titled Debut Album.

The Cars’ debut album became omnipresent on album-oriented rock radio. Because The Cars is stacked with great songs, it’s best taken in as a whole.

5. “Good Times Roll”
The album opener is a fitting introduction to the band. It has all of the hallmarks of The Cars’ sound: a catchy melody, harmonized vocals, a spare arrangement, glossy synths, a terrific Elliot Easton guitar solo and some cool panning. There’s also Ric Ocasek’s cool, deadpan vocal delivery and some of his most memorable lyrics.

4. “You’re All I’ve Got Tonight”
This is a particularly good song for listening to how the members of The Cars play off of each other. In the verses, drummer David Robinson’s incessant beat, Easton’s lead guitar, and Ocasek’s rhythm guitar and lead vocals fill their respective lanes with distinct patterns that fit perfectly together.

3. “Bye Bye Love”
A little less busy than many of the tracks on The Cars, this is one of the best showcases for Benjamin Orr’s lead vocals in the band’s catalog. In this angry “broken lullaby,” Orr’s delivery provides a stark contrast to Ocasek’s detached vocal stylings on other tracks. As Orr’s contempt builds through the second verse, he offers listeners a release with the putdown You think you’re so illustrious / You call yourself intense. Orr also shines on bass in “Bye Bye Love,” particularly on the funky fills he plays in the introduction.

2. “Just What I Needed”
As the lead single from the album, “Just What I Needed” introduced The Cars to the radio-listening public. And what an introduction it was. “Just What I Needed” features another stellar Orr lead vocal, a memorable fill by Robinson leading out of the first verse, and an anthemic synth riff from Hawkes.

1. “Moving in Stereo”/”All Mixed Up”
The last two tracks of The Cars run into each other seamlessly combining for a total length of nine minutes. The sleek “Moving in Stereo” heats up slowly and never reaches a full boil. “All Mixed Up’ initially carries “Moving in Stereo’s” mellow vibe forward, so when Easton enters with a snarling guitar riff, it’s with maximum impact.

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The Story of Dogged Determination Behind Al Stewart’s “Year of the Cat.”

Decades after its 1976 release, “Year of the Cat” is Al Stewart’s most recognizable hit. Yet there was nothing inevitable about the song’s completion, much less its enduring popularity.

Even when Stewart managed to finish writing and recording “Year of the Cat,” he did his best to hide it from listeners. Realizing the largely instrumental, six-and-a-half minute song would have an uphill climb towards commercial recognition, Stewart placed the song in the final spot of his Year of the Cat album.

The first part of “Year of the Cat” to be written was the 34-second piano intro, and Stewart didn’t write it. It was a piece that Stewart’s pianist Peter Wood would play regularly during sound checks. After hearing it several times, Stewart became enamored of it and asked Wood if he would mind if he wrote some lyrics for it. The melody became the cornerstone for “Year of the Cat,” and Wood received a co-writing credit.

Still looking for the right story for his song, Stewart got a boost when he spotted his girlfriend’s Vietnamese astrology book. She had left it open on a page for a chapter on the Year of the Cat, and Stewart realized the phrase would make a good lyric.

He continued to struggle to flesh out a lyric around the concept and fortunately for him, he received inspiration from a movie on his television.

Casablanca was airing, and from that happenstance, he found words for the first verse.

“On a morning from a Bogart movie
In a country where they turn back time
You go strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre Contemplating a crime.”

Casablanca provides the setting for “Year of the Cat,” but the song doesn’t recreate the movie. The location is merely a backdrop for Stewart to tell his story about a man who ditches all of his plans to be with a woman who inexplicably “Comes out of the sun in a silk dress running / Like a watercolor in the rain.” Similarly, the “year of the cat” is not central to the story. The phrase only adds to the intrigue of Stewart’s mysterious character.
“Don’t bother asking for explanations
She’ll just tell you that she came
In the Year of the Cat.”
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Happy birthday to Grateful Dead bassist @phillesh born on this day March 15, 1940.

As a founding member of the @gratefuldead Lesh played bass with the band throughout their 30 year career.

Lesh was not a prolific composer or singer with the Grateful Dead, although some of the songs he contributed or co-wrote (including “New Potato Caboose,” “Box of Rain,” “Truckin’,” “Unbroken Chain” and “Pride of Cucamonga”) are among the best known in the band’s repertoire.

In 2015 Lesh participated in the Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of the Grateful Dead concerts with most of the surviving members of the Grateful Dead: Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart, joined by Trey Anastasio, Bruce Hornsby and Jeff Chimenti.

These performances marked the first time Weir, Lesh, Kreutzmann and Hart had performed together since the Dead’s 2009 tour and was publicized as the final time the musicians would all perform together.

In 1994, Lesh was inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Grateful Dead.

In 2020, Rolling Stone ranked him as the 11th greatest bass player.

Be sure to listen to Sacramento’s K-ZAP for The Grateful Dead Hour every Thursday 9p featuring rare, live recordings every week with Host David Gans sharing music from his cool collection of Dead music.

Streaming online at K-ZAP.org, the free app, and 93.3/Sacramento. #kzap #sacramento #gratefuldeadhour.
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TOMORROW! Join us for the Annual St Pat`s Party at PJ`S Roadhouse, 5641 Mother Lode Drive in Placerville. The party starts at Noon-4pm. Corned Beef & Cabbage, Beer chug contest, prizes and much more. $20 cover gets you in.
K-ZAP booth will be there for you to pick up a new or classic K-ZAP shirt or hat.
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Tune in to this Saturday’s “Mick Martin’s Blues Party” (10am-Noon, Pacific) on K-ZAP as Mick features music this week from John Clifton, John Lee Hooker w/ Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Albert Collins, Son Seals, Bo Diddley, Magic Slim and MUCH MORE!
Get MMBP on the stream at k-zap.org, on the K-ZAP Apple or Android apps, or on the dial at 93.3FM in the Metro Sacramento area.
Catch up on archived MMBP at mickmartinblues.podbean.com/
Slip in to your own MMBP shirt in 3 shades of blues at k-zap.org/product/sacramentos-k-zap-mick-martin-blues-party/
Donate to MMBP at k-zap.org/blues
Join Mick and Dennis Newhall for MMBP this Saturday, 10am-Pacific. Thank you to Frank Farmer for all the tech wizardy for each weeks MMBP.
MMBP receives awesome support from Powerhouse Pub in Folsom (powerhousepub.com) and autoaccident.com.
#kzaporg #mickmartinsblues party
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Join K-ZAP for the Hangtown Boozefighters MC Annual St Patrick`s Party in the foothills of Placerville on Saturday, March 16th. from Noon-4pm. Live Music provided by Walk The Dog Band. Corned Beef & Cabbage, Music, Beer Chug Contest, Vendors, Prizes, 50/50. K-ZAP Merch booth will be there with your Classic & New K-ZAP swag to purchase.
Hangtown Boozefighters MC Chapter 121 is a nonprofit that raises money to help support veterans and families in need. Boozefighters MC takes pride in preserving its 77 year rich history in the spirit of fellowship and good fun.

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Listen to @jeffbeckofficial’s “spellbinding” final recording

He opens the massive new charity single from Mark Knopfler and his Guitar Heroes supergroup.

Mark Knopfler’s massive charity single, featuring over 50 of guitar music’s biggest names, is here. The most notable appearance, however, is surely that of Jeff Beck in the rock legend’s final recording.

Beck, who first found fame in The Yardbirds before fronting the Jeff Beck Group and Beck, Bogard & Appice, died on 10 January at the age of 78 after a bacterial meningitis infection.

He opens the track, a nine-minute extended edition of Knopfler’s instrumental “Going Home (Theme From Local Hero),” with some lead lines over the intro. He improvises around the main melody with his classic fingerstyle tones for a tight performance.

Knopfler says, “Jeff Beck’s contribution arrived and that was spellbinding. I think what we’ve had is an embarrassment of riches, really. The whole thing was a high point.”

Meanwhile, Knopfler’s frequent collaborator (and erstwhile Dire Straits bandmate) Guy Fletcher adds, of Beck’s performance, “It was absolutely meant to be. And what he did with it, it just brings you to tears.”

The track was first announced early last month, and has been released in support of Teenage Cancer Trust and Teen Cancer America. Among the other contributors are some of the world’s most iconic guitarists spanning genres from rock and metal to blues, folk, and country.

Eric Clapton, Tony Iommi, Slash, Steve Vai, Joe Bonamassa, Sheryl Crow, Bruce Springsteen, Ronnie Wood and Joan Jett are among Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes – it’s no wonder the track has been described as “an unprecedented line-up of some of the greatest guitarists in history.”

Listen to Jeff Beck’s final performance on “Going Home (Theme From Local Hero)” below:

bit.ly/3IJcLKY

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Listen to @the_todd_rundgren’s version of KingCrimson’s “21st Century Schizoid Man”

All-star reimaging of King Crimson’s debut album, “Reimagining The Court Of The Crimson King,” to be released in April 19.

The new version, which also features Arthur Brown, former Megadeth guitarist Chris Poland and @deeppurple_official drummer Ian Paice, as well as current King Crimson member Mel Collins on saxophone.

“I had the great privilege of seeing Crimson live in London just after the first album was released, a really inventive, wonderful band,” says Ian Paice. “We in Deep Purple thought they were really great!”

“Reimagining The Court Of The Crimson King” features an array of musical talent from the progressive world including all of those mentioned above plus current King Crimson vocalist/guitarist Jakko Jakszyk, Steve Hillage, Chester Thompson, Brian Auger, the late Nik Turner and Dream Theater’s James LaBrie as well as Joe Lynn Turner, Marty Friedman, Carmine Appice and more.

Various Artists: Reimagining The Court Of The Crimson King
1. 21st Century Schizoid Man feat. Todd Rundgren, Arthur Brown, Mel Collins, Chris Poland & Ian Paice
2. I Talk To The Wind feat. Mel Collins, Django Jakszyk & Jakko M Jakszyk
3. Epitaph feat. Alan Davey, Paul Rudolph, Nik Turner, Adam Hamilton & Danny Faulkner
4. Moonchild feat. Joe Lynn Turner, Marty Friedman, Jah Wobble & Chester Thompson
5. The Court Of The Crimson King feat. James LaBrie, Carmine Appice & Steve Hillage
BONUS TRACKS [CD ONLY]
6. 21st Century Schizoid Man feat. Arthur Brown, Brian Auger, Chris Poland & Ian Paice
7. 21st Century Schizoid Man (Instrumental Version)

Listen to Todd Rundgren’s version of King Crimson’s “21st Century Schizoid Man” below:

bit.ly/3TghBUZ

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#kingcrimson
#20thcenturyschizoidman
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Join Sacramento`s K-ZAP and celebrate the Grateful Dead every Thursday night at 9pm, Pacific on The Grateful Dead Hour. It features rare, live recordings every week when Host David Gans shares music from his cool collection of Dead music.
This week’s Grateful Dead Hour on K-ZAP features music from:
Grateful Dead 2/17/82 Warfield Theatre, San Francisco performing SCARLET BEGONIAS & FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN
Holly Bowling 2/23/24 International House, Berkeley CA
CRYPTICAL ENVELOPMENT, THE OTHER ONE, THE WHEEL, & THE OTHER ONE
It`s The Grateful Dead Hour, Thursday night, 9 Pacific on Sacramento`s K-ZAP. Get out the tye-dyed K-ZAP shirt, burn some incense, click on the lava lamp, and kick back in the recliner for a full hour of Grateful Dead music on K-ZAP.
Streaming online at K-ZAP.org, the K-ZAP Apple & Android apps, and in the Metro Sacramento area at 93.3FM.
#kzap #sacramento #gratefuldeadhour #DavidGans #Filmorewest
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K-ZAP has several pairs of tickets to give away for the Los Lobos and Los Lonely Boys concert at the brand new music venue: The Backyard at Cal Expo. It`s Friday August 9th, and you can win a pair! Just send an email to free@k-zap.org by Sunday March 17th at midnight and put "The Backyard" in the subject line. Include your name and phone number. One entry per person, please. Frequent winners may be eliminated. We`ll let you know Monday if you`ve won. Tickets at ticketmaster.com. More free music from Sacramento`s K-ZAP!
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Crosby, Stills & Nashto be celebrated with an upcoming tribute concert in New York City.

Yola, Todd Rundgren, Grace Potter, and Iron & Wine are among those on the lineup so far

The Music of Crosby Stills & Nash is set to take place May 13 at Carnegie Hall.

The show is the latest in a series of charity concerts put on by New York City entrepreneur Michael Dorf, with each one celebrating a different artist.

Proceeds from the show will benefit music education for underserved youth, including such organizations as Grammys in the Schools, Theater Within and VH1 Save the Music.

VIP ticket packages bit.ly/3wSEC9d with the top tier Our House package costing $10,000. It comes with access to the rehearsals and soundcheck, a dinner party with the artists, premium seats for the show and access to the after-party. It also includes the chance to join all the artists onstage for the finale.

Regular tickets are expected to go on sale in March.

The Music of Crosby Stills & Nash will be the 19th tribute concert Dorf has put on. Since starting the series in 2004, they’ve raised over $1.5 million for charity.

Other artists who’ve received such tributes include Paul McCartney, Van Morrison, The Who, Prince and R.E.M.

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#carnegiehall
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