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On The Tenth Day Of Christmas Music – 2012 Edition

The success of Bob Seger's first 'indie' single led to a contract with Cameo-Parkway Records for whom he recorded 4 more singles. One of those tracks was almost the breakout single he needed ("Heavy...

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On The Eleventh Day Of Christmas Music – 2012 Edition

In the 1940s and 1950s Merl Lindsay and His Oklahoma Night Riders were a popular Western-swing band. The band recorded for Mercury Records, M-G-M Records, as well as other smaller labels, including...

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On The Twelfth Day Of Christmas Music – 2012 Edition

Marvin & Johnny weren't so much a permanent act as Marvin Phillips and several partners that he would name “Johnny.” The “duo” started in 1952, when Phillips and Jesse Belvin had had a hit with...

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On The Tenth Day Of Christmas Music – 2013 Edition

By the early 40's, the Prairie Ramblers found themselves in Hollywood, where they appeared in several Hollywood Western films, first through their connection with Gene Autry and later with cowboy...

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On The Eleventh Day Of Christmas Music – 2013 Edition

Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Carl Perkins - these pioneers of Rock 'n Roll remain household names more than 50 years after they forever changed music history. But Jack Scott? Sadly, few today remember...

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On The Twelfth Day Of Christmas Music – 2013 Edition

In 1987, Leon released "Christmas Island" which features traditional seasonal staples such as "White Christmas," "Frosty the Snowman" (featuring Dr. John) and "Let It Snow", along with some...

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Take that, Mr. Grinch

Over the past couple of weekends I’ve completed the task of converting my Christmas CDs to MP3, and through the wonders of the internet and freely available software, I can now open my entire Christmas...

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Johnny Otis and Etta James – R.I.P.

It was a sad week for fans of old school R&B, as we lost 2 titans of the genre. The passing of Etta James on Friday (January 20, 2012) was duly noted in most of the main-stream media, but somewhat...

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A Rolling Stones Story

Last night's awesome performance by Mick Jagger and Jeff Beck instantly had me remembering my friend Dave MacMillan. David has been a friend for roughly 28 years, and even though we don't see each...

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Doctor Sausage and His Five Pork Chops

Yes friends, there really was a musical group known as Doctor Sausage and His Five Pork Chops. Mind you, this was a fringe act, and today very little is known about them. They recorded 2 singles for...

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Be Careful How you Vote

This is NOT a post to try and convince you to vote one way or the other – that is a decision that you must make yourself, based upon your thoughts, beliefs and convictions. What this IS however is a...

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TVC15 Live (featuring SRV)

Today I woke to the sad news of David Bowie's passing. A musician acquaintance of mine commented on Facebook about Bowie, and mentioned as well how he discovered SRV through his work on Bowie's Let's...

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The weekend starts with…

The year was 1976, and I was all over British art-rock/performance art bands: Yes, King Crimson, Queen, 10cc, Roxy Music, Supertramp, Genesis, and Deaf School. Continue Reading The weekend starts with…

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The weekend starts with…

I'm a huge Cracker fan. From their eponymous debut in 1992, through to their departure from Virgin Records in 2003 (complete with their farewell track to Virgin, "Ain't Gonna Suck Itself"), and beyond...

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The weekend starts with…

While hardly a house-hold name, Bettye LaVette has been recording her brand of soulful music since her first Top 10 R&B hit in 1962, at the age of 16. The opening track of her 2012 release...

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The weekend started with…

So this week I was struggling. I knew the track this week was going to be bluesy. Something funky, something guitar... Continue Reading The weekend started with…

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