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If You See Bill - Dionne Warwick RIP Bill

My sincere condolences to you and your family. Bill will be missed. Remember the good things as that will ease your difficulties. I will remember his sense of humor. Bob

American Woman - Guess Who

"I'm Going To Be A Teenage Idol" - Elton John

Didn't follow them that closely, but judging from FM Radio play, they lost it when Terry died. Nancy With The Laughing Face - John Coltrane Quartet

That's Life - O.C.Smith The original version before Sinatra covered it

Chicago - It Better End Soon IMO when Terry Kath died, the group went downhill fast. Of course, others will disagree.

"My Life Would Suck Without You" - Kelly Clarkson

You gonna eat that? Judging of the color of the liquid it's sitting in, I think I'll pass.

Ups = speed = amphetamines Amphetamine Annie - Canned Heat

I think this is the best version of the old Temptations song. Both Etta and the band were it top form. Shakey Ground - Etta James

Hoodoo/ Voodoo Medicine Man - Aerosmith

Hi-Fly - Randy Weston Quintet With vocals added by Lambert, Hendricks & Ross

"No Controles" - Flans This was popular and Mexico when we were working on the cruise ships.

How insensitive - Shirley Horn & Trio

What does a Thesaurus eat for breakfast? Synonym Rolls.

Soul Serenade - King Curtis & The Kingpins

Here's some great "Gypsy Jazz" with some fine guitar playing Swing '85 - Titi Winterstein Quintet

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