Leon Russell (born Claude Russell Bridges; April 2, 1942 – November 13, 2016) was an American musician and songwriter who was involved with numerous bestselling pop music records during his 60-year career. His genres included pop, country, rock, folk, gospel, bluegrass, rhythm and blues, folk rock, blues rock, surf, standards, and Tulsa Sound. His collaborations…
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Light of Day #2 — Chase the Light
This may be an old song or a new one, not sure, but it’s my first time hearing it today. The song is encouraging and the video makes me smile.
Tick Tock Tuesday #32 — “Stranger on the Shore,” by Mr. Acker Bilk
Mr. Bump, your song selection with the clarinet made me think of a song I remember fondly as a child that was written for clarinet. My aural memory must be good because I was only a toddler when it came out! from wikipedia: “Stranger on the Shore” is a piece for clarinet written by Acker…
dVerse — quadrille — Unfixed
Unfixed show me how to live! the day I tried… fell on black days [a]live to rise my wave hunted down outshined head down burden in my hand heaven’s dead black rain rusty cage the last remaining light nothing left to say but goodbye goodbye Today is the three-year deathversary of Chris Cornell,…
#SLS — “One More Cup of Coffee,” by Bob Dylan
Jim Adams is the accountable host of Song Lyric Sunday. Jim says: This week we have the somewhat different prompt of finding a song that includes a number and hopefully this will work out for us. Here are the “rules”: • Post the lyrics to the song of your choice, whether it fits the theme…
#MM Music Challenge — Mr. Fantasy ripples…
Jim Adams is the dependable host of Mindlovemisery Menagerie’s Music Challenge. Jim says: The challenge today is to focus on “Dear Mr. Fantasy,” by Traffic, written by Jim Capaldi, Steve Winwood, and Chris Wood, and use it for a short story, a piece of flash fiction, or a poem that you can share with the…
Novelty Song Friday #9 — “Marie Laveau,” by Bobby Bare
Welcome to another installment of Novelty Song Friday. Today I’m encouraging anyone who has a neat novelty song to post it in the comments section. I like this song, but I like the singer as much if not more. He’s been around for awhile, and he’s still going strong! Per wikipedia: Robert Joseph Bare Sr….
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