image from a post that ranks Norah’s albums DecemberDecember, come to meI hope I can seeYou’re not just in dreamsI will let you beWhy can’t you believeHow much you really mean?December, won’t you comeBack with snow, even sun?Don’t say that it’s doneI will carry you homeTake you from the loneliest placeYou have knownI will…
Tag: #Mixed Music Bag
#MMB October — “All This Time” by Sting
I lived next to a shipyard when I was young and it was a very powerful image of this huge ship towering above the house. Tapping into that was a godsend – I began with that and the album just flowed. – Sting Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner (b. 10/2/51,) known as Sting, is an English singer, songwriter,…
#MMB 2025 August — “Lipstick Sunset” by John Hiatt & The Guilty Dogs
image link “Lipstick Sunset” was originally on John Hiatt’s 8th album, “Bring the Family,” released in 1987. It features Ry Cooder on guitar, Nick Lowe on bass guitar, and Jim Keltner on drums. The version I’m including here is from the album of live performances on the 1994 release, “Hiatt Comes Alive at Buddokan.” I…
#MMB 25 August – “Wharf Rat,” by The Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead album cover opened Let me begin by saying I know next to nothing about The Grateful Dead and am familiar only with the songs that got airplay, like Casey Jones and Truckin’. When I first started blogging at WordPress and started following Jim Adams’ blog, I learned he was a dedicated Deadhead. I…
#MMB 2025 — “Brother Love’s Travelling Salvation Show,” by Neil Diamond
For anyone who has read my blog, they’ve heard me mention the couple whose kids I used to babysit in my early-mid teens. The mom was a hairdresser, and the dad worked third shift in a factory. While the kids were outside playing and the dad was sleeping upstairs, I had free use of the…
#MMB August songs — “Picture Book,” by The Kinks
Here we are in August and I’ve already found several songs containing it. It remains to be seen how many will be checked off by others before the month is over. The one I went with today is The Kinks, with “Picture Book.” With Kinks songs, you really can’t go wrong. They are up there…
#MMB July 2025 — “4th of July,” by Soundgarden, from Superunknown
image link takes you to info on the cover art I was first introduced to Soundgarden by my older son. After, “Spoonman” became a hit and got radioplay, he bought the album it was on, “Superunknown,” their fourth album, released in 1994. Another song that got a lot of radioplay from the album was, “Black…
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