Thu 24 Jan 2019
Music I’m Listening To: THE BAND PERRY “Fat Bottomed Girls.”
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Live on the Late Show with David Letterman, preceded by the ending of “I Will Always Love You.”
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Tue 22 Jan 2019
Music I’m Listening To: REGGIE YOUNG “Memphis Grease.”
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From Wikipedia:
“Reggie Grimes Young Jr. (December 12, 1936 – January 17, 2019) was an American musician who was lead guitarist in the American Sound Studio house band, The Memphis Boys,and was a leading session musician. He played on various recordings with artists such as Elvis Presley, Merrilee Rush, B.J. Thomas, John Prine, Dusty Springfield, Herbie Mann, J.J. Cale, Dionne Warwick, Roy Hamilton, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, the Box Tops, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Merle Haggard, Joey Tempest, George Strait, and The Highwaymen.”
From Reggie Young’s only solo album, Forever Young, released in 2017:
Mon 21 Jan 2019
Music I’m Listening To: NANCI GRIFFITH “Love at the Five and Dime.”
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An ode to Woolworth’s, a store that at one time was a mainstay of small town America, if not the world, but which you have to be of a certain age to remember now.
Thu 17 Jan 2019
Music I’m Listening To: BOB DYLAN “Mr. Tambourine Man.’ Live, Newport, 1964.
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The year before, 1963, was the year I bought my first Bob Dylan LP. Can it really be that long ago?
Sat 12 Jan 2019
Music I’m Listening To, Selected by Jonathan Lewis: DAVID & JONATHAN “Softly Whispering I Love You.”
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Fri 11 Jan 2019
Music I’m Listening To: DEL McCOURY BAND & FRIENDS “For What It’s Worth.”
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From left to right: Justin Moses, Jason Carter (vocalist), Sierra Hull, Rob McCoury, Ronnie McCoury, Del McCoury, Cody Kilby, Ethan Jodziewicz, Alan Bartram, Leigh Gibson, Dre Anders, Eric Gibson
Mon 7 Jan 2019
Music I’m Listening To: THE HONEYCOMBS “Have I the Right?”
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From Wikipedia:
“The Honeycombs were an English beat/pop group, founded in 1963 in North London, best known for their chart-topping 1964 hit, the million selling ‘Have I the Right?’ The band featured Honey Lantree on drums, one of the few female drummers in bands at that time.”
Ms. Lantree died on December 23 at her home in Great Bardfield, Essex, England. She was 75.
Sun 6 Jan 2019
Music I’m Listening To, Selected by Michael Shonk: BLUE LARGO “Elevator to the Gallows.”
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SELECTED BY MICHAEL SHONK:
A good blues tune with a noir story, taken from their album Sing Your Own Song:
The band has a nice website to learn about them and listen to more of their stuff.
http://www.bluelargoblues.com/bio.asp
Wed 2 Jan 2019
Music I’m Listening To: BUSTER POINDEXTER “Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well.”
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Buster Poindexter is an alter ego of David Johansen, one of the original members of the New York Dolls. “Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well,” is a track on his 1989 album Buster Goes Berserk, featuring his backing band The Banshees of Blue, aided by The Uptown Horns. The song was first recorded by Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra in 1945, with Wynonie Harris on vocals.
Mon 31 Dec 2018
Selected by Jonathan Lewis – Music I’m Listening To: THE WHITE STRIPES “You Don’t Know What Love Is.”
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