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Popity Pop - Lambert, Hendricks & Ross (Popity Pop go the MOTORcycles) Some nice scat singing in this one

"Constantinople" - The Residents Very unusual group.

Pragi, you, Wibbles, Craig and others have all introduced me to songs and artists I never would have heard before. I'm really enjoying that. I've even gone and purchased some and added it to my digital Walkman. I've played rock/pop for a living all my life. I played classical in school and jazz in the extra-curricular jazz band after school. Rock on the weekends for money and chicks. My mom liked Broadway and my dad was really fond of Big Band Jazz and pre-Nashville era country (Eddie Arnold, Jim Reeves, etc.). After high school I got in a road band and the other musicians introduced me to blues (Bobby Bland, Robert Johnson, etc.) and I used to go to record/CD stores and pick out things from racks I was not familiar with like Klezmer. When I took a job on a cruise ship for 3 years I learned about Salsa, Ska, Soca and Reggae from the musicians who play those forms of music. There is so much out there I can't be confined to one type. I like playing different styles too, but to make a living, I play what the public wants to hear - and I like that as well. I prefer Classical from Beethoven to the present, but not all of it, mostly the dark, brooding, exciting kind. What I like about it is on the thousandth listening I can still hear a variation of a motif or a combination of one or more others that I never heard before. I can't memorize every instrument part from start to finish like I can on more pop/rock/country/blues tracks. On the other hand, my digital-walkman still has Muddy Waters, Zeppelin, Elvis, Andrews Sisters, Lyle Lovett, and the top 40 songs I grew up with on it. Here is one from my youth. Vanilla Fudge doing a take on an even older Motown song. Hearing this again is like visiting an old friend You Keep Me Hanging On - Vanilla Fudge

Thanks 57Gregy

D.O.A. - Bloodrock

I'd never get past security. But with all the performers who refuse to play for the president, I might have a chance at that.

Alice Cooper - Only Women Bleed

I read that Wes started playing that way so he wouldn't wake his wife while practicing. When he became successful, he tried to change his picking style to a pick or fingerpicking, but taking so many steps back to learn a new technique made that prohibitive - I certainly understand that. Wes was a great guitarist. Prokofiev made that "iron and steel" symphony (#2) in my last post, but he was quite versatile. His symphony #2 was as different as night to day. I generally don't care for Ormandy's conducting of Romantic or Modern 'classical' works, but I think he does this one justice, probably because Prokofiev wrote what he though Hayden would write in the 20th century. Symphony #1 - Sergey Prokofiev - Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra I couldn't get it to embed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A23QstVCIM

The Spider And The Fly - Rolling Stones

I'm glad you got a gig Bapu I made a living most of my life following my bliss. I have the good sense to live below my means and sock money away for a rainy day. That rainy day is here, and I'll be OK. Sooner or later the Stimulus will arrive and that will help, I have social security, and after 55 days it doesn't look like I'll get any unemployment from the CARES act, but I'll keep trying. It would help a lot. Other than minimal car payments I have no debt, so if I don't spend a lot of money, I'll survive. And what do I have to spend money on anyway? Everything is still closed. I'm feeling better today after an attitude adjustment. When and if bands are allowed to play again in Florida, I'll most likely be able to adapt to the new normal and Leilani and I will be able to do our second favorite thing again. Until then, we'll just have to serenade the neighbors. I don't plan to retire as long as I'm able to gig, and as long as someone wants us, I'll be gigging. I'm having too much fun to stop. Notes

"When You Wish Upon A Star" - Cliff Edwards as Jiminy Cricket

If there ever was a heavy metal symphony this is it. Prokofiev himself described it as 'iron and steel.' It's not subtle, it attacks and affronts the listener, the dissonances are grating, and it's the closed 'classical' thing I know of to heavy metal. It was interesting at first and the more I listened to it, the more I liked it. Symphony #2 in D minor - Sergey Prokofiev - Neeme Jarvi conducting the Royal Scottish Orchestra

Still waiting. -- Day 56 no gigs, no stimulus money, no unemployment money, nobody cares ??? Congressman aide answers the phone, says the state won't answer his calls. The state isn't taking calls, the governor isn't calling back, but Big Biz got their share of the CARE$ money. I feel left out, neglected, picked on, and I want my mommy. Congrats to all who got their check. Notes

Afterglow - INXS

IMHO Kenny Burrell is a very nice guitar player. I found him indirectly through Stanley Turrentine (sax) and Jimmy Smith (organ) many years ago. I liked his improv ideas, his tone, and his comping. Midnight Blue (full album) - Kenny Burrell

"Blue Monday" - Fats Domino

I met Chet in the late 1980s or early 1990s. He said that he really wanted to be a jazz guitarist, but he knew which side of his bread the butter was on. I think many career musicians find that the genre of music we are successful at chooses us. In retrospect, it's probably the right one for us too. Chet was "one with the guitar", a very talented player in any genre he tried. Here is Jon Hendrick's take on a Neil Hefti/Count Basie song. Lil' Darlin - Jon Hendricks and Company

Since Little Richard just died, I thought listening to his pre-rock 'n' roll blues album would be a nice tribute.

Association: one of the first rock songs: "Rocket 88"- Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats featuring Ike Turner

I liked them both for different reasons. IMO both were at their best in the 1950s. Before Little Richard was a rock and roller, he was an excellent R&B singer (in the original meaning of the term R&B) Check out this album. I liked it so much I bought a download copy and burned it to disk.

"Blue Rondo ala Turk" - Dave Brubeck Quartet When I was a kid we played at a Muscular Dystrophy telethon. We played right before the Dave Brubeck Quartet. Backstage after the gig, Paul Desmond the sax player was very kind and encouraging to this teenage sax player just cutting his gigging teeth. We played during the commercial break so we didn't get on TV (mom was disappointed) but we loved the experience anyway. This tune for me is infectious. When it goes from 9/8 to 4/4 it makes the swing seem even more intense, and Paul's alto sax lines are just brilliant (the rest of the band excels too)

RIP Richard. The music in heaven will be rockin' tonight. He was one of the early greats. I guess Jerry Lee Lewis is the last man standing now. Question: if Elvis was the King of Rock and Roll, Little Richard was the _____ ? Soul?

Summer Wind - Frank Sinatra We learned this song for a club owner who hired us once a week for a few years. It was her favorite song. I really enjoy singing it too. I think I sing it better than frank does (now)

Sometimes I just need a little Thelonious Monk "Well You Needn't" - Thelonious Monk

No becan for me today - fried chicken. I porked out on it too.