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The Weight - Aretha Franklin (of course, it's a cover version, but a great one)

I think gold is in play Golden Lady - Stevie Wonder

Back in the 1970s I took a day job as a field engineer (glorified technician with a fancy title) for a Cable TV manufacturer. 3-days a week work and 2 travel days - so I could take the red-eye out Thursday night and be back for gigging on Friday. I was working at the Patuxent River Naval Air Station advising and assisting the people building a computer network that would withstand a nuclear attack. Arpanet - or the infant Internet itself. While I was there they were testing F18 fighters, and I almost saw one crash in the Chesapeake Bay. I heard the explosion, and turned around to see the pilot ejecting with his 'chute opening. The sound of the plane hitting the water quickly followed. The day-gig didn't last all that long. I found normal to be sooooo overrated, and I found the caliber and dedication of weekend warrior musicians to be less than what I was used to. We have a police 'copter here, and since I live just east of a protected wetlands and west of a 2-mile wide lagoon, it flies here occasionally to either look for fugitives hiding in the wetlands, or to rescue people in the lagoon. Notes

A new twist on an old pun

You're The One (That I Adore) - Bobby "Blue" Bland

Boilermaker = a beer with a shot of whiskey. One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer - John Lee Hooker (the original artist)

The Zombie Jamboree

Hot Rod Lincoln - Charlie Ryan

If you ask them, the answer is always "More." When I worked on cruise ships, I was advised to keep a receipt copy for all my gear that was made outside the USA to avoid paying import duty taxes for it when we jumped ship. They didn't question me, but I know others who had to pay because they didn't. I was prepared though.

We gigged on cruise ships for 3 years, and this song was popular on Jamaican radio when we pulled into port. Soca music with a playful sexuality. Boopsie, Gimme The Ting - Lovindeer

Let's Pretend We're Still In Love - Glenn Frey

The Seventh Son - Willie Mabon Covered successfully by Johnny Rivers

Tell the nurses you need a sponge bath, and then ask them if they "complete the service". Oh on second thought, that might not be a good idea. I'm sending some healing mojo out your way.

Did you hear about the blind Pro$titute? You've really got to hand it to her.

(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend - Vaughn Monroe (and countless covers followed)

lyrics: "It's a gas, gas gas" Jumping Jack Flash - Rolling Stones

Teach Your Children - CSNY

Don't Leave Me This Way - Thelma Houston

Chelsea Morning - Joni Mitchell

The first song I ever learned "By Ear" and the version I used to learn it. I got requests for it, and I still get requests for... Harlem Nocturne - The Viscounts

Because it's that time of year, and because it's a great piece of music (and only one week late) Russian Easter Overture - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov / Mariinsky orchestra, Valery Gergiev conducting

Stir =Twist Soul Twist - King Curtis

The best thing about having a short memory, is I can laugh at the same jokes twice!! (or more) ;_