{"id":7479,"date":"2014-12-31T15:29:11","date_gmt":"2014-12-31T15:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2014\/12\/31\/new-years-eve-at-the-oldies-last-songs-for-the-last-night-of-the-year-4\/"},"modified":"2014-12-31T15:29:11","modified_gmt":"2014-12-31T15:29:11","slug":"new-years-eve-at-the-oldies-last-songs-for-the-last-night-of-the-year-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2014\/12\/31\/new-years-eve-at-the-oldies-last-songs-for-the-last-night-of-the-year-4\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year’s Eve at the Oldies: ‘Last’ Songs for the Last Night of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"
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 Last Night<\/a>, 1961, The Mar-Keys.<\/span><\/p>\n

Last Date<\/a>, 1960, Floyd Cramer.<\/span><\/p>\n

Save the Last Dance for Me<\/a>, 1960, The Drifters.<\/span><\/p>\n

At Last<\/a>, Etta James.<\/span><\/p>\n

Last Thing on My Mind<\/a>, Doc Watson sings the Tom Paxton tune. A very fine version.<\/span><\/p>\n

Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream<\/a>, Simon and Garfunkel. <\/span><\/p>\n

Last Man Standing<\/a>, Ry Cooder<\/span><\/p>\n

Last Call<\/a>, Dave van Ronk.  "If I'd been drunk when I was born, I'd be ignorant of sorrow."<\/span><\/p>\n

(Last night I had) A Wonderful Dream<\/a>, The Majors.<\/span><\/p>\n

This night in 1985 was Rick Nelson's last: the Travelin' Man <\/a>died in a plane crash.  Wikipedia:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Nelson dreaded flying but refused to travel by bus. In May 1985, he decided he needed a private plane and leased a luxurious, fourteen-seat, 1944 Douglas DC-3<\/a> that had once belonged to the DuPont<\/a> family and later to Jerry Lee Lewis<\/a>. The plane had been plagued by a history of mechanical problems.[104]<\/a><\/sup> In one incident, the band was forced to push the plane off the runway after an engine blew, and in another incident, a malfunctioning magneto<\/a> prevented Nelson from participating in the first Farm Aid<\/a> concert in Champaign, Illinois<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

On December 26, 1985, Nelson and the band left for a three-stop tour of the Southern United States<\/a>. Following shows in Orlando, Florida<\/a>, and Guntersville, Alabama<\/a>, Nelson and band members took off from Guntersville for a New Year's Eve extravaganza in Dallas<\/a>, Texas<\/a>.[105]<\/a><\/sup> The plane crash-landed northeast of Dallas in De Kalb, Texas<\/a>, less than two miles from a landing strip, at approximately 5:14 p.m. CST on December 31, 1985, hitting trees as it came to earth. Seven of the nine occupants were killed: Nelson and his companion, Helen Blair; bass guitarist Patrick Woodward, drummer Rick Intveld, keyboardist Andy Chapin<\/a>, guitarist Bobby Neal, and road manager\/soundman Donald Clark Russell. Pilots Ken Ferguson and Brad Rank escaped via cockpit windows, though Ferguson was severely burned.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It's Up to You<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bonus: Last Chance Harvey<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Last but not least: Auld Lang Syne<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

 Last Night, 1961, The Mar-Keys. Last Date, 1960, Floyd Cramer. Save the Last Dance for Me, 1960, The Drifters. At Last, Etta James. Last Thing on My Mind, Doc Watson sings the Tom Paxton tune. A very fine version. Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream, Simon and Garfunkel.  Last Man Standing, Ry Cooder Last … Continue reading “New Year’s Eve at the Oldies: ‘Last’ Songs for the Last Night of the Year”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7479\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}