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There are a number of songs that many people think to be drug related that are not. Some of these may come from the lyrics or in general the theme of the song, but truth be told we will examine a few in today's entry and show how they are NOT drug-related in any way, shape, or form. 1.  "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," The Beatles This one HAS GOT to be the biggest of the misleading songs. This can clearly be seen in the title of the song itself L ucy in the S ky with D iamonds. These three letters are the letters that make up the accroynm "LSD," and LSD as we know is a drug. The REAL story for the song is a picture that Julian, John Lennon's son brought home from school. The picture showed Lucy in an Alice-in-Wonderland sort of fashion. Lennon came up with a song based on that picture and the lyrics are rather poetic, and no she was not on LSD. The Lucy referred to in this song died on September 28, 2009 as a result of a lupus infection by the way.

Well folks it's that time of year again - time for Sir Paul to hit the road! McCartney new album, Egypt Station , came out about a week ago, and to promote it, he is hitting the world with the so-called Freshen Up  tour. The tour kicked off today with a show in Quebec City. By the end of the month McCartney will have visited Montreal, Winnipeg, and Edmonton with shows scheduled in Austin, Tex. in October, a Japanese tour in early November, a European tour from late November through the rest of the year, and a US leg again in May of 2019. As well all know, McCartney kickstarted his career in 1957 as a member of the LIverpool area band The Quarreymen, which also featured John Lennon and eventually added George Harrison and Ringo Starr (born Richard Starkey) replacing Pete Best. It's this group that eventually evolved into what we now know as the Beatles. The Beatles were around into the early 70s with their experimental music at its best in the late 60s. Lennon left th

Pink Floyd's Roger Waters (born as George Roger Waters in 1943) has turned 75 today.  He has been the band's bassist and songwritter between 1965 and 1985. Waters wrote several prominent songs from the record The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), Wish You Were Here (1975), Animals  (1977), The Wall (1979), and The Final Cut  (1983) before leaving in 1985 with what he called a "spent force."  Roger Waters met Nick Mason (drums) whilst studying architecture at London Polytechnic (now London Metropolitan University). The first precursor to Pink Floyd was called Sigma 6. It consisted of guitarists Roger Waters and Rick Wright (at the time there wasn't much of an opportunity for Wright to play keys), drummer Nick Mason, Clif Metcaife, Keith Noble, and Keith Noble's sister as the vocalist. That band primarily rehearsed in a teahouse in the Polytechnic University basement. Eventually Rado "Bob" Klose came on as a guitarist which resulted in Waters switch

Today, Grand Funk Railroad drummer, Don Brewer, has turned 70. Let's take a look at his tenure in the band. What was to be Grand Funk started as Terry Knight and the Pack. Terry Knight became the new formed band's manager which constisted of Mark Farner (guitar/vocals) and Don Brewer (drums/vocals). They need a bass player and so they hit up Mel Sacher and named themselves Grand Funk Railroad after the Grand Trunk Railroad in their hometown of Flint, MI. There first two records, both released in 1969, "On Time" and "Grand Funk" featured hits such as Time Machine and Mr. Limousine Driver . Their 1970 record "Closer to Home" featured the anti-Vietnem number I'm Your Captain/Closer to Home . Their next big record, 1971's E Flurbious Funk included the classic Footstompin' Music . At this point the band pondered expanding to a quartet, the appointed Peter Frampton of Humble Pie fame, but he quickly left them for his newfound band, Fra