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Song Of The Day: June 7, 2018
RIP, Clarence Fountain of the Blind Boys Of Alabama. To quote Clarence: “If James Brown could come in here and do the twist, and do the mess around for the Devil, then I feel like it’s all right if I stand up here and mash potatoes for God”:
Song Of The Day: June 5, 2018
Eddy ‘The Chief’ Clearwater, one of the best from the Chicago blues scene, passed away last week. In his heyday, he simply was one of the most exciting blues performers you could see. My brother was in grad school at Northwestern at the dawn of the ’80’s, and he turned me onto the Chief. I’ve […]
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: May 2018
While there’s one song that towers over all the others and could well be the Song Of The Year, there are nevertheless several other pleasures to savor. As always, something for almost everybody: This guy reminds me so much of Tim Buckley. Which should give you some idea of how far ahead of his time […]
Song Of The Day: June 4, 2018
I know it’s a crutch to do a Monday song on Monday. But it’s a damn tuneful crutch:
Song Of The Day: June 3, 2018
The wedding was great! If it had been a disaster, I might have posted ‘The Morning After’ from the Poseidon Adventure. But it was serious partying with a great band and lotsa alcohol. Hence:
Song Of The Day: June 1, 2018
My wife suggested (aka ‘insisted’) that I post ‘our song’ today and my daughter’s and fiance’s song tomorrow. There will be sentiment:
Song Of The Day: May 30, 2018
It’s the weird details that make the song. H/T to the the old prospector:
Song Of The Day: May 29, 2018
My oldest daughter’s getting married this weekend. No treacly wedding songs, please. But, if you’ve got some contenders, send ’em my way. Here’s the Heavyweight Champeen:
Song Of The Day: May 27, 2018
It would have been musical malpractice to not include Robert Johnson amongst this week’s celebration of the best of the blues. I try NOT to commit musical malpractice:
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