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Category Archives: Music
Today’s Music: Donald “Duck” Dunn and Steve Cropper, “Green Onions” Live
R.I.P., Donald “Duck” Dunn. Although bassman ‘Duck’ didn’t play on the original Booker T and the MGs 1962 hit record of this tune, here he is playing it live. Another live version of the same tune:
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Tagged Booker T and the MGs, Donald Duck Dunn, Green Onions, Steve Cropper
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Today’s Music: Igor Stravinsky, “Rite of Spring” Opening
And now for something completely different, with interpretive dance. H/T to Mat Wilson.
Today’s Music: John Lee Hooker and Bonnie Raitt, “Boogie Chillun”
Also featuring Ry Cooder, Santana, Robert Cray and Charlie Musselwhite. (Looks like John Lee got a little handsy with Bonnie and she told him to knock it off.)
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Tagged Bonnie Raitt, Boogie Chillun, Charlie Musselwhite, John Lee Hooker, Robert Cray, Ry Cooder, Santana
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Today’s Music: Ramsey Lewis, “The In Crowd”
Ramsey Lewis is still out there movin’ and doin’ it, and his excellent drummer, Red Holt, also still lays down a mean rhythm, sometimes in great Chicago jazz pianist Joe Hurt’s trio. (Full disclosure: I’ve known and jammed with Joe … Continue reading
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Tagged Joe Hurt, Ramsey Lewis, Red Holt, The In Crowd
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Today’s Music: The Beatles, “Norwegian Wood”
One of my favorite Beatles tunes, more for the melody line than the lyrics, though.
Today’s Music: Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, “Bring It On Home to Me”
Piedmont-Delta folk blues kings Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee tear it up on this tune written and made popular by Sam Cooke.
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Tagged Bring It On Home to Me, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry
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Weird Musical Pix for May 8, 2012
1. How some people celebrated Cinco de Mayo. 2. How others celebrated it. 3. Yep, that’s what Z.Z. Top looked like before anyone ever heard of them. 4. A useful product I wholeheartedly endorse. 5. No, this isn’t “The Scream” … Continue reading
Posted in Bizarre But Real, Humor, Music, New Ideas, Uncategorized, Weird Photo, WTF?
Tagged Banjo, Cello, Imagine, John Lennon, Nudity, Sax, Sombrero, The Scream, Women, ZZ Top
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Today’s Music: Taj Mahal and the Pointer Sisters, “Sweet Home Chicago” (1972)
Shakin’ it up this morning with a different version of this old blues chestnut. While you’re listening, read about Taj Mahal here. H/T to Mat Wilson.
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Tagged Pointer Sisters, Sweet Home Chicago, Taj Mahal
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Today’s Music: Junior Wells and Buddy Guy, “Hoodoo Man Blues” Live…
…at the Montreux Jazz Festival. You don’t get much closer to the bone in blues than Junior and Buddy.
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Today’s Music: Bill Evans, “Spring is Here” (1959)
A simple standard morphed into a subtle and complex tone poem by the late, great jazz pianist, Bill Evans.