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I guess I take my pick of the two 😉 I like Chicago and Muddy Waters and both are associated with Sweet Home Chicago (although I don't know what association that one had with Fox On The Run - please explain Steve so I can get it) I'll pick Baby Please Don't Go to associate with: Baby Baby - Amy Grant Please folks, be kind to thick headed folks like myself. If your association to the song above you isn't obvious, make a note and explain it so I can get the association and join the fun. Thanks!

I can get to 11 if I put my hands in my pockets (OK it's adolescent, but who says I can't go through a second childhood - I'm a musician - but since I am a musician, I figure I haven't finished my first childhood yet)

"Foxy Lady" - Jimi Hendrix Experience

"Monster Mash" - Bobby 'Boris' Pickett

The Hammer Song - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

"I Believe" - Frankie Laine

F.I.L.T. Falling Is Like This - good one craigb!!! Black Is Black - Los Bravos

I stand corrected. Make no bones about it. I guess I have to bone up on my old Trek history so I don't pull another boner.

In my best 'Star Trek Kirk" voice: "I'm a musician, not a mathematician !!!"

"Addicted To Love" - Robert Palmer

Paulo, I may be dense, but I didn't get the association between "Brown Shoes Don't Make It" by Zappa and "Breath After Breath" by Duran Duran. OK, last entry was "Breath After Breath" by Duran Duran and even though I didn't get it, I'll go with "Every Breath You Take" - Police.

"Take Me To The River" - Al Green association to the above song: There is always a downstream current in a river

I didn't need the warning label. I'm not that hard up. (A peter heater)

I guess I didn't explain myself clearly in the instructions. Post only one song, that is associated with the song the previous forumite potsted. I'll choose Run LIke Hell since it was last and associate that with, Highway To Hell - AC/DC And the next song posted must have some association with that one. :D

"Singing In The Rain" - Gene Kelly

Thanks, you did good. What did you win? The respect and admiration of your peers, and who could ask for anything more? On with the game.... "Crazy On You" - Heart

Song Association Game.... One rule: Follow the song posted with an associated song. Explanation: You could use a word or more from either the Song title or the Artist's name. For example: Sherry - The Four Seasons could be followed by The Four Seasons - Vivaldi ... Or a related concept: Hot Rod Lincoln - Commander Cody could be followed by Highway Star - Deep Purple since they both are about fast cars. ... Or something in the lyrics (but please post the lyric line). Let's Go Get Stoned - Ray Charles could be followed by Rainy Day Women No 12 & 35 - Bob Dylan (lyrics = Everybody must get stoned) ... Or any other association. If the association isn't obvious, please explain it so we all can get it. Try not to post repeats, but it's OK if you do -- it's only a game and we aren't keeping score. So I'll start the new game with............................... "Still Crazy After All These Years" - Paul Simon

"Mary Did You Know" is a great song. "Blind Mary" might not know where she is. But don't confuse her with "Mary From The Dairy", and if you do, milk it for all it's worth. "Hail Mary" and maybe she'll hear and respond.

Yes, he was gifted with great pipes, and new how to use them. Not shabby on bass and guitar either. Notes

The Teddy Bear pun took a second, thanks Kenny. And I'm em-bear-assed it took me that long ;)

She broke the needle now and she can't sew - so she's "Walking The Dog".

Although we are very good at covering up our mistakes, sooner or later there will be a train wreck. If that happens, stop, make a joke about it, and get the audience to laugh with you instead of at you. They will be pulling for you next time you try it. Something like, "That worked perfectly in practice", or "Did you ever have one of those days?", or something relevant to the subject of the song. The thing to do is not put the blame on anything but yourself. Fortunately, Leilani and I have been doing this duo thing since 1985, and it's only happened a few times in all those years. Back on topic. The best way to keep a band together is to gig steadily. Insights and incites by Notes

Many years ago I was in a 5 piece that almost made it famous. We were the opening act for headliners in concert, and we were negotiating a record deal. When the record deal fell through due to lack of money we started bickering. It was probably due to the disappointment but it broke the band up. Fast forward through a half dozen bands that didn't really last long enough to be important... I met my current wife when we were in different bands. Both our bands broke up about the same time. Since we were at that time good friends we and the piano player from my band formed a trio to do dinner clubs with an archaic drum machine. Eventually we added bass and drums and played hotels and clubs. But all things pass and so did that band. There was some bickering in that band, but mostly accusing other people of mistakes. I don't go for that myself. Leilani and I ignore each other's mistakes or help cover them up if possible. Then laugh about them on the way home. You can't do this for a living without an occasional screw up, and in time, you learn how to minimize the damage so the audience doesn't know. We got in a jazz band, but the work was so slow due to no market for jazz that I needed to take a day job to survive (that's the ultimate sell-out IMHO). Once a week it was a lot of fun. The guitarist used to teach at the U of Miami (FL) and big jazz giants would come visit and sit in every one in a while. Well I didn't like the day job so we put together a band with a keyboard, bass, drummer and another singer. No great fighting, we were mature enough to settle differences with passion but not anger. It was 95% fun. Then we lost the bass player due to family problems. Out of work 2 months to find another bass player and teach him a couple of hundred songs. Fast forward a few months and we lose the drummer. We found a gal who had a small set, kept a solid beat, could groove well, listened and played tasty-supportive fills, and could even sing background! We were only out of work a month this time because drums don't take as much time to fit in. So we get to our first job. It was at a place called the "Dodger Pines Country Club" (The historic Brooklyn and later LA Dodgers used to do spring training there). The dining room was completely full so they folded back the accordion type partition and set us up in the lounge. The drummer said, "God will never forgive me if I play in a bar." I told her "God will have to forgive me for homicide if you do not play in this bar tonight." The next day I bought a Teac A3440 4 track tape deck and started recording backing tracks. I play drums, bass, at the time rhythm guitar, saxophone and enough keyboards to fake it. We mixed everything down to cassette tape, got a dual drive calibrated tape deck, and Leilani and I went duo. That was in 1985. We haven't been out of work since. The tapes changed to floppy disks and sequencers, and a few other stages and now I record our backing tracks at home in a MIDI studio, record as WAV, rip to mp3, and take a couple of computers to work. Leilani and I have a great working and personal relationship. We both contribute to the arrangements, and are mature enough to pick what we decide the best solution to any difference is. If two opinions seem equal, she will insist to do it my way, and I'll insist to do it her way. We are both serious about this, work hard, are professional on the gig, go out of our way to give the client a little extra, and when on stage we simply have the most fun we can have with our clothes on. I eventually married that gal and we are living happily ever after. Life is good.

The wind whispers Mary. (Eb E F) The wind cries Mary. (Eb E F) The wind screams Mary. (Eb E F)

Mary went on the lam.