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Song Of The Day: Aug. 22, 2018
In a blatant ploy to expand our demographic (to a few people under 60), I offer up ‘Boulevard Of Broken Dreams’. Uh, something tells me that Green Day isn’t exactly cutting edge any more…:
Song Of The Day: Aug. 20, 2018
We begin ‘Thoroughfares That Don’t Exist…Or Do They?’ Week with a visit to Lonely Avenue:
Song Of The Day: Aug. 19, 2018
‘People get ready, there’s a train a’comin’…’ Curtis Mayfield writes a Gospel song for the ages:
Song Of The Day: Aug. 18, 2018
Written by Steve Goodman, sung by Arlo Guthrie. Definitely in the conversation for best train song ever:
Song Of The Day: Aug. 15, 2018
The King took this blues tune by Junior Parker, and turned it into one of the most iconic early rock ‘n roll songs ever. Bringing ‘race music’ into the rock vernacular is one of Elvis’ most singular accomplishments: To give you a sense of how transformational Presley’s version was, here is the original:
Song Of The Day: Aug. 14, 2018
Wow. I had never heard this early demo version of Tom Waits’ Train Song. It just blows me away:
Song Of The Day: Aug.13, 2018
A week of train songs? How about a month? Let’s start with a week and see where this train takes us. Leadbelly as channeled through Little Richard and Fishbone kicks off our journey:
Song Of The Day: Aug. 12, 2018
Boz always had a gift for the hook. Especially a blue-eyed soul hook. We close out Boz Week with one of my faves:
Song Of The Day: Aug. 11, 2018
Boz wrote some great ones, and he knew great ones when he heard them. Like this Allen Toussaint-penned classic:
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