Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Greenbelt memories 'Let the day begin'.




Anyone who knows me KNOW that I love this song.
It was the theme tune to THE VERY STINKING LATE SHOW 
ever night - 5 nights every Greenbelt Festival - 
hosted by Martin Wroe and myself.

Published on Jan 21, 2013
"Let The Day Begin" is the first single off "Specter At The Feast," the new album by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. 




Michael Been
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Born Michael Been
March 17, 1950
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
Died August 19, 2010 (aged 60)
Hasselt, Belgium
Michael Been (March 17, 1950 – August 19, 2010) was an American rock musician who achieved critical attention and rotation play on MTV in the 1980s with his band The Call. He later released an album of his solo work and toured with his son's band Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. His song "Let the Day Begin" was the official campaign song of Al Gore's 2000 U.S. presidential campaign. His song "Oklahoma" was one of the top ten choices for Oklahoma's state song and a line from the song provided the name for Another Hot Oklahoma Night: A Rock & Roll Exhibit at theOklahoma History Centre.

Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Been later lived in Chicago, where he was a member of the band Aorta at the time of their second album Aorta 2, in 1970.[1] He then joined Lovecraft, the successor band to thepsychedelic rock group H.P. Lovecraft.[2] He also played with former Moby Grape members Jerry Miller and Bob Mosley in the band Fine Wine, and with Miller in the Original Haze.[1] Been also played bass on the 1974 album With Footnotes by 2nd Chapter of Acts.

Been formed his band The Call in the 1970s in Northern California with Tom Ferrier on guitar, bassist Greg Freeman and drummer Scott Musick. Motion Pictures aka the Call were discovered by Tulsa's Phil Seymour. They released a self-titled album in 1982 with Mercury Records. The band's 1983 album Modern Romans led to a world tour opening for Peter Gabriel and featured the song "When the Walls Came Down" which achieved heavy rotation on MTV.

Been participated in composing and performing the music to Paul Schrader's 1992 film Light Sleeper. The film also features two of his songs, To Feel This Way and World On Fire. In 1994, he recorded a solo album, On the Verge of a Nervous Breakthrough.

Been appeared as a sideman in bands fronted by actor Harry Dean Stanton; Stanton having played harmonica on Let the Day Begin track, "For Love". He played the apostle John in Martin Scorsese's 1988 feature film The Last Temptation of Christ and had some film credits.

Been's son, Robert Levon Been, is the frontman for Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. Michael Been was heavily involved in BRMC, as their sound engineer, and toured with them. Been died at the age of 60 on August 19, 2010, in Hasselt, Belgium, of a heart attack while at the Pukkelpop 2010 music festival where he was on-tour as a sound man for Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.