re: Share A Bit Of Music Trivia

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Alex Lifeson was about 17 yrs old, he participated in a documentary where a guy took 10 Toronto teenagers to a farm to live for 2 1/2 months free of parental supervision, and filmed it.

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That was like a Real World, years and years before Real World was ever even thought of.

Trivia stuff:

'Jet Airliner' by Steve Miller Band is a cover song.

- The song was written and recorded by Paul Pena, a blind blues guy. His album never got released and somehow Steve Miller heard it and decided to record it and it was a huge hit. Paul Pena was able to live the rest of his life on those royalties. His version is phenomenal and I think better than the Steve Miller Band version.
There is a great documentary on Paul Pena called 'Ghengis Blues'. In later life he learned Tuvan throat singing and went to the tiny part of Mongolia where it is performed.

Paul Pena - Jet Airliner


Don't know if it is common knowledge, but Alanis Morrisette owes her career, in my mind anyways, to Flea and Dave Navarro. Flea and Dave were recording the Chili Peppers album in the same studios where Alanis was recording 'Jagged Little Pill'. The producer asked Flea and Dave to listen to 'You Oughta Know' and then asked them if they could try recording bass and guitar parts for it. They did and the rest is history. That song may have never been what it was without that outstanding bass and great guitar work.