Another one for the list. As the late actress Bette Davis quipped to Dick Cavett when he had his talk show, "Getting old is not for sissies." How f'ing true.
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A great actor. Of course. The French Connection is the biggie he will most be remembered for, but there's The Conversation, I Never Sang For My Father, The Poseidon Adventure, Night Moves, Hoosiers, Superman 1 and 2 (with Christopher Reeve as Superman), to be looked at, among others. RIP, sir.
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Yours was such a beautiful voice. Killing Me Softly is my fave song by you. Like many, I first came across you while watching Clint Eastwood's Play Misty For Me (a great movie) and your rendition of The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face. RIP Roberta.
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Outside of Bad Company, The Black Crowes and Joe Cocker, can any of these folks be considered rock'n'roll? Chubby Checker had one monster hit but I'd never call it rock'n'roll. As for the rest...hmmm? Ain't no way, Jack.
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Thanks for all of the music. RIP.
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Interesting premise that Brian wanted to have a band that emulated CCR. Swamp rock, the backbone of a number of CCR/Fogerty songs, is akin to southern soul (a whole genre worth exploring on its own) which is related to the Stax/Volt sound coming out of Memphis in the 1960s, early 1970s. These sounds may have been what Brian liked as they have a 2nd/3rd cousin relationship to the blues. Coupled wi
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Known for his witty/satirical cartoon work and writings. I discovered him when I discovered the Village Voice, one of the great alternative newspapers back in the day. Jules Feiffer, Famed Cartoonist and ‘Carnal Knowledge’ Screenwriter, Dies at 95 (hollywoodreporter.com)
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One of may favorite bands. They were my intro to what is now called Americana. RIP sir.
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An interesting director and story maker. The first I ever encountered his work was "Eraserhead", one of the oddest, strangest movie I ever watched.
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Love(d) Sam and Dave in their hey day, still dig them to this day. Hold On I'm Coming is one of my all time fave songs, something to be cranked loud and danced and sang along to. The Memphis sound from back in the day is my thing soul music wise. RIP, Mister Moore. You and Dave will be playing here today.
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Just passed, age 86. Part of my intro to folk music and Dylan. They did some great stuff, and no, I don't mean Puff The Magic Dragon. Peter Yarrow, Folk Music Great With Peter, Paul and Mary, Dead at 86 (RollingStone.com)
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Treat yourselves and enjoy. Ain't Xmas without a taste of Root Boy.
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Just passed. Brewer and Shipley were some great listens, still are for a number of their songs. One Toke Over The Line was their huge hit. My fave by them is Witchi-Tai-To from their weeds album. Songs from back in the daze.
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What a great, sweet snapshot/video of Willie and his son Micah making music together. Enjoy.
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Wow. So cool. The creative process in effect even through the snippets of songs. Why in the hell haven't the Stones and other bands officially done such anthology releases though I know there are other resources to acquire such things? Thank you for putting this up.
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Thank you.
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What a great read. It will be fun and interesting to explore the various genres of music he's performed over time and maybe is still doing. The Electric Music For The Mind And Body album is well worth grabbing and listening to. A few cuts from it ride through my permanent music mix. His gimme and F exhortation from the Woodstock movie was part of my uteful (Cousin Vinnie flick reference) tim
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He deserves a place in the Hall of Fame. A plaque could be put up noting his gambling and banning for the same, but as a baseball player, he was one of the greatest. As for baseball itself, I haven't watched it since the glory days of the Baltimore Orioles and manager the late Earl Weaver.
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Some worthwhile items. Get your checkbooks out, boys and girls.
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A new Hank compilation that sounds interesting. I have a number of songs, albums, collections by him. They are part of what I call my "inner hillbilly" which is part of me due to my dad's playing country music on the radio and watching country music shows when I was growing up. Hated it then but I came on around. I look at some of Hank's songs as what I came to call "whit
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Nice article on Hank and his music. He was a bluesman when you think about it. He's not to everybody's liking, but man, the blues in in his voice.
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This looks interesting and cool.It'll definitely take some of us back to those days. I know this might end up being slotted into the Beatles thread here, but, IMHO, it's its own thing separate from the Beatles and deserves a spot.
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This is cool. I would label it somewhere on the Americana spectrum by today's genre standards. Check out Mister Scruggs history if you're not that familiar with his work. He did some great albums working with assorted folks such as Arlo Guthrie, Linda Ronstadt, Tracey Nelson, Michael Nesmith, in the early/mid 1970s. Well worth checking out along with the Earl Scruggs Revue live album fr
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Nice slice of music history. I watched this show, along with Hullabaloo, Where The Action Is and others, including the Lloyd Thaxton show where I saw Sonny and Cher during their Caeser and Cleo stage which preceded Sonny and Cher. If memory serves, Raul Revere and the Raiders were almost always on Where The Action Is dressed in their American Revolution costumes. Leon Russell is good in his clip
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One of the greats. Loved his tv series. I could always count on a laugh while watching them. Thanks, Bob, for all. RIP.
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Just watched/listened to this. What a great version of my fave Bob Dylan song. Headphones do it justice. Watching it I thought, how cool to see the Stones tongue draping over the exterior of the building, them projected on the screen. Anyway, enjoy this.
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Hey, gang, this isn't and wasn't meant to be clickbait. I don't give a damn about clickbaits. Just a comment that bands seem to wanna do the Sphere. U2 did it, the Eagles are coming and you gotta wonder who else. A double bill of Rod Stewart and Cher might be something for some folks, but nothing I'd wanna see. IMHO, the Sphere is all about money and who's making it one w
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Amazing how the Grateful Dead/The Dead keeps 'em keep on coming. So, when do the Stones give it a go?
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This fookin' rocks. What a trippy thing it would be if the Stones slipped something like this into their concert mix as a surprise for the crowd.
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Nice read on Elvis P. His early albums are well worth listening to as there are any number of great r&b tunes and such to create a classic Elvis mix tape. Oh, boy, am I dating myself saying mix tape. That's the way it was at one time boys and girls, you made yourself feel good (some of y'all know what I mean), clamped on headphones and made your own groove, no algorithms involved. B
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