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By Lucy Harbron
There are certain central figures that instantly spring to mind when thinking of rock music: Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, George Harrison, and Jim Morrison perhaps. Among them, there are The Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger for sure, and JOAN JETT, the pioneering player who set the world on fire in The RUNAWAYS and kept the flame burning with her solo career. But beyond being a music maker, Jett is a fan too as Jagger especially stands out as a key influence.
Jett's music tastes were the start of it all in her career. Back in California in the mid-1970s, she was just another rocker, keen on the likes of David Bowie, the early punk scene with the Ramones, and then the classic rock and roll leaders like The Rolling Stones. When she met the controversial producer Kim Fowley when she was only 16, it was her teenage angst and musical influences that set the tone for The RUNAWAYS, the all-girl rock band that took the world by storm and shot her to fame.
Since then, Jett has endured as one of the genre's most iconic faces, voices, and guitar players. She's the artist who launched a thousand bands, and because of her influence, countless young women have picked up a guitar or started a rock troupe. After spending her youth looking up to rock legends, she's undeniably become one herself.
At her core, Jett has always maintained the youthful excitement that got her started down the rock path. "I got turned on to music because there was something about the way it touched me. Listening to the guitar really took over and made me feel great," she said to her fan club during a Q&A.
That memory of being moved and excited by the guitar makes perfect sense when it comes to her favourite The Rolling Stones album. In a list of her favourite records of all time, she picked out "Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones".
Released in 1969, it was the first album where Mick Taylor had replaced Brian Jones on guitar. In the years prior, Jones' position in the band was getting weaker and weaker, and their founder spiralled further into addiction, abusive behaviours and unreliable nature. It hit a point where during the Let It Bleed sessions, their producer would lock Jones in a separate studio and turn all the mics off to allow the rest of the Stones to actually get some work done without distraction or any damage being done by their old leader.
However, with Taylor on board, it allowed them to build their sound. Now, the band had both Keith Richards and Taylor playing guitars, meaning the album was rich with electric riffs, slide guitar details, acoustic guitar foundations and all kinds of catchy and exciting moments. They had two capable and talented players again, allowing them to write anthems like ‘Gimme Shelter' and have the instrumental power to pull it off.
For Jett, a young music fan with an early interest in rock music, the album was astonishing. If it was guitar music that moved her, Let It Bleed was a treasure trove.
JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS get political with "If You're Blue" video from: wxhc.com
By Music News from ABC
JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS are showing their support for the Democratic party. The rockers shared a new video using their 2023 song "If You're Blue" to encourage folks to "Vote Blue" at the polls this November.
"We are the heirs to the greatest democracy in the world" blasts across the screen at the opening of the clip. "It is now our turn to do what generations before us have done."
Then a quote from Vice President Kamala Harris appears, reading, "We must be worthy of this moment."
The video cuts to images of America, with words like freedom, opportunity, compassion and dignity flashing across the screen, along with phrases like "turn the page," "our fight our future," "the American dream belongs to all of us" and "when we fight, we win," the latter being a slogan used by Harris.
"If You're Blue" appeared on JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS' 2023 EP, Mindsets. It was the band's first new music release since their acoustic album Changeup, which dropped in March 2022.
