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Thanks! Now back to the game. A song that "Tennessee Whiskey" owes a debt to. (When we sing "Tennessee Whiskey", Mrs. Notes sneaks in a verse from this song. I'd Rather Go Blind - Etta James

I'm Into Somethin' Good - Earl-Jean McRea (I never forgave Herman's Hermits for turning this into a bubble-gum song)

Reading the instructions is for sissies. When all else fails, make sure nobody else is around, then read the instructions, and hope it isn't too late.

Ride Like The Wind - Christopher Cross IMO this is one well-produced song, and the backing band is very tight. When it plays, I end up listening to the nuts and bolts more than the song. Does anyone know who the drummer was on this session?

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Overpowered By Funk - The Clash

Washing Machine - Sonic Youth

Whisky And Wimmen - John Lee Hooker

You're The Cream In My Coffee - Nat Cole Trio

The Leader Of The Laundromat - Detergents Which is a parody of this one:

Since I turned 40, I targeted the retirement audience in Florida. It's a big, reliable market, it pays well, and I can make as much in 2 or 3 days as I can with 6 in a club. The drawback is they are one-nighters, so it's gear schlepping every gig. From that day until COVID, I never went without work. In fact, I have to block out weeks for vacation, or I won't get one. Now that COVID is in the rearview mirror, we're gigging like crazy again. 15-18 gigs per month. I feel it is my responsibility not to damage the hearing of my audience. So we bring sound pressure meters to the gig, set them at "A" weighted and "Slow" response, as recommended, and make sure the volume at the first table in front of the band is no louder than 85db on the meter. That's the accepted safe listening level according to the experts. If they want me to crank it up, I will, but then it's their choice. If we have a dinner set before the dancing begins, I usually keep the volume to 65db or 75db, depending on the audience. The audience members are like extended family to us, and we don't want to hurt them. We are the pros, we should know, and so we act accordingly. Insights and insights by Notes ♫

Stormy Monday - Lee Michaels

A shady character.

Iron Lion Zion - Bob Marley & the Wailers

The only concerts I've attended for the past 20 years or so are symphony orchestras. This is for a few reasons (1) the don't hold them on the weekends here, when I'm gigging so I can actually go. (2) I really like the music (3) It's music I can't play without hiring an entire orchestra (4) the audience is reasonably well-behaved (5) it's not loud enough to be ear damaging if I sit far enough back. Notes ♫

The secret to eternal youth ---- act inmmature.

Simple, he's not telling the truth. He's lion (lying). A lying lion who is lying in the sun?

(She Was A) Hotel Detective - They Might Be Giants

I have nothing against it, it's entertainment. Music and animation accompanied by live musicians. As noted, nothing new under the sun -- except the technology. And I don't know why Milli Vanilli were singled out. Perhaps they didn't play the game by the rules. People have been doing that before and after M.V. got busted. Years ago, but after M.V., I bought a cassette tape of a band called "Confederate Railroad" to learn a song a faithful audience member requested. None of the band members played any instruments on the record (this is quite common), none of the band members got any credits as songwriters, and none of the band members sang a note on the recording. It wasn't obvious, but looking through the 'liner notes' and adding 1+1+1 together spelled it out. Studio musicians have been recording the instrumental tracks for famous bands for years. Performing live and performing in the studio used to require quite different skills. That was before digital and all the other new inventions. "The Wrecking Crew", "The Swampers" (Muscle Shoals), "The Funk Brothers" and others did the studio work. But the lead singer and sometimes background singers were the 'real band' on the record. Unless the lead singer couldn't stay on pitch. If I like the end product, I like it. I am however amazed at a lot of the new technology, or new to me technology, which is why this video fascinated me. Now with auto-tune, the lead singer doesn't even have to stay on pitch. Personally I don't like the sound of auto-tune, but others do, and that's OK. Notes ♫