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When I was in a road band opening for headliners with Marshall amps and Voice Of The Theater PA speakers, it was too loud, but I was too young and too dumb to care. Fortunately I learned about ear plugs when the damage was still classified as very mild. Big thanks goes out to the more experienced musician who warned me.

"Waiting For Waits" - Richie Cole A song by saxophonist Richie Cole and vocalist Eddie Jefferson that is a tribute to the great singer/pianist Tom Waits

Originally an Otis Redding Song. Then Aretha came along with the help of King Curtis who was playing sax and leading the band and IMHO made the cover better than the original. But Otis still needs respect for writing it and singing it first. Aretha might have played piano on that cut, she often did and was a fine pianist. She doesn't get enough respect for her piano skills. For those like myself who know the song well, the "Sock it to him" part was the kicker. I never read Pearls Before Swine until I rented a movie from Netflix about cartoonists. In the Stephen Pastis interview I decided I liked the cartoonist and started reading it. They aren't all funny (nobody score run every time at bat) but some of them are great. A smile is a good way to start the day. Notes

I've never polished sausage. Though I've polished off more than a few.

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This one's so sick it's funny In the last panel, they are beating up Mr. Pastis, the cartoonist. (He deserved it)

When I was a child, I walked into a record store and asked the owner if he could recommend a saxophone record. I was in beginning band at school and didn't know any famous sax players yet. The clerk sent me home with this one. The music was a bit over my head at the time, but I grew to love it. I wore out two vinyl LPs and finally got it in CD. The orchestra was written and arranged, the sax and drum parts are completely improvised. It's not jazz, it's not classical, it's not pop, it's not like anything Stan Getz did before or after, it's in a class by itself, and the sax improvisations are superb. Focus - Stan Getz (entire album)

Satin Doll - Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn with lyrics by Johnny Mercer - Ella Fitzgerald singing Not my very favorite version but it's one of the most famous

Undun - The Guess Who Burton Cummings sang lead and played the excellent flute solo. Randy Bachman's guitar comping behind the vocals is utterly fantastic IMHO. I wish I could do that!!! (although I play guitar, my primary instruments are saxophone and windsynth)

Not Peterbilt?

When I was a little child and I heard Bei Mir Bist Du Shein played on mom's radio, I thought the Andrews Sisters were singing My Dear Mister Shane. Looks like I wasn't the only one: Bei Mir Bist Du Shein "My Dear Mr.Shane" by The Satin Dollz And the Andrews Sisters (who although they sang corny music by today's standards, they did it very, very well).

Nice outfits

"Heat Wave" - Martha and the Vandellas

I'm rather new here, and I immediately found a home. Helpful people with a sense of humor and a sense of community. Notes

Dvořák - Symphony n°7 - Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell

How does one follow that???? I Want Your $EX - George Michael

I hope you have your laptop camera covered up. I use a band-aid

"Dirty Laundry" - Don Henley

The Arabian Nights, complete Ballet in two Acts - Fikret Amirov Actually I'm listening to this on my CD player, while I do some bookkeeping for my Norton Music Band-in-a-Box business. it's and incredible piece of music.

"Three O’Clock in the Morning" - Paul Whiteman

Sorry, I didn't read your post two days earlier. But if we both agree, than the government is definitely wrong and we are absolutely right.

Looks interesting, I'll watch/listen to that later when I get two interrupted hours.

Thanks. Me too!

Huh? Do I really need to? Those have been my 4 food groups for decades. Although sometimes I switch Becan for Pizza. Whatever

'Round Midnight - Thelonius Monk