(First posted 11/28/20) Surfing the electronic database at the library last week, Cat Stevens popped into my head. I used to have more than just his “Foreigner” album; I had “Matthew & Son” and “Tea for the Tillerman.” “Tea for…” was borrowed; on the way out to my mom’s this past week, I listened to…
Category: music
#SLS — Buck Owens and the Buckaroos, “Carnegie Hall Concert” (1966)
Buck Owens and His Buckaroos played an historic Carnegie Hall show in 1966, immortalized on a live album. GAB Archive/Redferns (l. – r. Willie Cantu, Tom Brumley, Buck Owens, Don Rich, and Doyle Holly) The sound systems were so lousy back then that the crowd couldn’t hear the music so the clothes had to be…
Friday Favorite Feature 25 — バースディ (LIVE at Ebisu Garden Hall, 2022) by Moonriders
Moonriders Here is another song that has grown on me from SRR, where I hope to listen to more of this group. I love the sound effects and the way the singer uses his voice. The song comes from their album, “Live from Ebisu Garden Hall 2022” and was released on 12/27/23. It’s the…
#MMB 2024 Week 6 — Cake 2fer
Cake For February’s C-D prompt, my choice is to write about a band I’ve written about several times and apparently can’t seem to get enough of: Cake. When my younger son went away to college, he rode with his high school buddy. The buddy loved Cake so my son was force-fed cake for 3 years…
4 new albums
Here are the 4 new albums (CDs) I bought. 3 of them were used through discogs but the Idles one is new. It started with the HBO series, Treme, Season 1. For anyone who hasn’t seen the show, set in New Orleans, not long after Hurricane Katrina, it’s all about the music. And of course…
#SLS — “Vogue,” by Madonna
Dick Tracy (Beatty) and Breathless Mahoney (Madonna) I knew I wanted to choose this song, and I thought it started with Madonna, but wikipedia says otherwise. Vogue, or voguing, is a highly stylized, modern house dance originating in the late 1980s that evolved out of the Harlem ballroom scene of the 1960s. Voguing gained mainstream…
Friday Favorite Feature 24 — “Waiting,” by Joe Wong and the Nite Creatures
Joe Wong and The Nite Creatures I found this tune at SRR. When I started looking for information on Joe Wong, I really went down the rabbit hole! From Joe’s official website, I learned: Born in Milwaukee, WI, Joe studied several instruments as a child and began touring and recording with punk and indie bands…
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