Category: Music
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Saturday NIght at the Oldies: Death and Taxes
Blind Lemon Jefferson, See That My Grave is Kept CleanSon House, Death Letter BluesDon McLean, American Pie (The Day the Music Died). Excellent video explication of this wonderful bit of Americana.Beatles, TaxmanHarrison and Clapton, Taxman
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Saturday Night at the Oldies: The Marvelettes
In the calendrical '60s, before the '60s became the cultural '60s,* there was a lot of great music from girl groups like the Marvelettes. I spent the summer of '69 delivering mail out of the Vermont Avenue station, Hollywood 29, California. One day out on the route two black girls approached this U. S. male…
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Saturday Night at the Oldies: Marital Advice
First, make sure you have plenty of Money. Then Shop Around. Consider who will become your Mother-in-Law. If you want to be happy, don't worry too much about physical beauty. If she has a cheatin' heart, hit the road, Jack.
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Saturday Night at the Oldies: The Implements of Sewing
Wanda Jackson, Silver Threads and Golden Needles (1956). With less of a country flavor, and more of a folk-rock sound, The Springfields' version is the best to my taste. Features Dusty Springfield before she went solo and a great guitar solo. Here's Dusty with her first and main solo hit. And here's a 1969 Linda…
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Saturday Night at the Oldies: Baez Sings Dylan
Can't abide the sound of Dylan's voice? Then give a listen to some angel-throated Joan Baez renditions. North Country Blues. Boots of Spanish Leather. Daddy, You've Been On My Mind. It's All Over Now Baby Blue. Forever Young.
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Saturday Night at the Oldies: Two About and One by Boston
The Kingston Trio, MTA. The Standells, Dirty Water. Sweet memories of riding the trolleys and walking along the banks of the river Charles. My love of Boston is More Than a Feeling.
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Saturday Night at the Oldies: Memphis
A guitar slinger's delight!
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Blog and Post
It's only blog and post but I like, like it, yes I do!
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George Shearing Dead at 91
Kerouac aficionados will recall the "Old God Shearing" passage in On the Road devoted to the late pianist George Shearing. Here is a taste of his playing. And another. You will have noticed, astute reader that you are, that my opening sentence is ambiguous. 'The late pianist George Shearing' must be read de re for the sentence to…
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A Memorable Weekend 40 Years Ago This Weekend
We have it on good authority that the unexamined life is not worth living. The same goes for the unrecorded and the unremembered life. So I pause to remember my best pal (at the time) and my best gal (at the time) and the trip we took in my 1963 Karmann Ghia convertible up the…
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‘Last’ Songs on the Last Night of the Year
May as well start with Last Night, 1961, The Mar-Keys. Last Date, 1960, Floyd Cramer. Save the Last Dance for Me, 1960, The Drifters. At Last, Etta James. The Last Time, 1965, Rolling Stones.
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Saturday Night at the Oldies: Captain Beefheart and Buck Owens
Don Van Vliet, better known as Captain Beefheart, has died of complications of multiple sclerosis at age 69. Obituary here. Apparently, hanging out in the Mojave desert can do strange things to your head. Here is a taste from the 1969 Trout Mask Replica album. Far out, man. Here is something rather more accessible from…
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Saturday Night at the Oldies: Mose Allison
I used to catch Mose at The Light House in Hermosa Beach, California, late '60s, early 70s. Allison's in his 80s now, and last I checked, still going strong. Seems philosopher Tibor Machan likes him too. Don't Get Around Much Anymore. Parchman Farm. Gettin' There. You're Mind is on Vacation.
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Henryk Mikolaj Górecki
Górecki is dead at 76. Beatus Vir.
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Saturday Night at the Oldies Deferred: Chuck Berry Gives Keith Richards a Guitar Lesson
Get it right, or don't play it at all.