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Thanks, it's my favorite song by them. I'd love to cover it.

Little Red Rooster – Howlin' Wolf Willie Dixon wrote it, Wolf recorded it first, and many covers followed.

Justice is a dish best served cold because if it were served warm, it would be justwater.

Dixie Chicken – Little Feat

I avoid subscription plans unless (A) I truly need the service and (B) there isn't an alternative that I can buy and own. I make my living as a pro musician. When COVID came around, I was unemployed for 2 years. Thanks to me owning and not renting my gear and apps, I survived the drought, continued to make music, and didn't have to dip into my savings. My subscriptions: Web host, shopping cart, telephone, ISP, and one-disc-at-a-time Netflix. I own my synths, saxophones, guitars, software, house, and car. There is more than one right way, this is my way. Notes ♫

Especially his slide playing.

A cop just knocked on my door and told me that my dogs were chasing people on bikes. My dogs don't even own bikes…

We're learning this song for a regular customer who keeps asking for some Metallica. Mrs. Notes will sing it, and I'll substitute a sax solo for the guitar solo. I've never paid that much attention to Miley Cyrus as a singer, but she nails it on this show. I now have a different opinion of her skills.

The great Texas guitar player, Lonnie Mack had the first production V—serial number 5 and played it until he died.

Lucky Man – Emerson, Lake, & Palmer

I asked my date to meet me at the gym today. She didn't show up. That's when I knew we weren't gonna work out.

We Suck Young Blood – Radiohead

I'm glad I know sign language, it's pretty handy.

It was a great time to be a musician, when every hotel from a Holiday in and up, every decent restaurant, every singles bar, every adult lounge, and even the bowling alleys had live bands, 6 nights per week. Anyone halfway decent could get a gig. And with that work experience on stage, become an accomplished player. One of the band I was in for a few years started out adequate. We played a bowling alley in Ft. Lauderdale (Manor Lanes), a couple of dives, as we got better, bars on “The Strip”, oceanside in Fort Lauderdale, FL and bars in Miami like "The Peppermint Lounge". We had improved to being decent by then. A manager picked us up and we went on the road playing singles bars in college towns (this was before DJs). With all that experience we continued to improve, and eventually were the warm-up band for big stars, in concert, as they promoted their new albums. We were courted by a major label but were dropped when our manager and the label couldn't agree on money (it was a bad deal, but I still wish we would have taken it sometimes). It was quite a trip, but I don't think a 5-piece band today could get enough work. Bars now have open mic nights, DJs, karaoke, sports TV land, and there isn't the big demand for musicians that there used to be. I'm lucky, I'm gigging 15 times this month, and it's dead-slow season. Notes ♫

Teenage Lobotomy - Ramones

The missing 'link'?

When we toured Michigan, the Cereal Bowl, in Battle Creek was the only bowling alley we played. It was in the lounge, and it was huge. I tried googling it, but it's no longer there. It was the "in" spot for singles back then. That was long ago. ♪ Michigan seems like a dream to me now ♪ Notes ♫

The Work Song – Cannonball Adderly

Did you play in "The Cereal Bowl"?

How did I not know about this subtle and captivating piece of music? I must be living under a rock or something.

Is his name Richard? Willie?

^^ I'll answer that ^^ It Ain't Me Babe – Bob Dylan But I'll tell you who to blame it on... Blame It On The Bossa Nova - Eydie Gorme

OK, I looked it up. I guess my idea wasn't so original. But mine has a drum beat at the end. And does his have the exact same distribution of various rests? I don't think so. Just a slacker IMO. I was never into John Cage, when introduced to some of his 'legit' works it didn't turn me on, so I never looked for anything else by him. Gig got rained out tonight. I kept the deposit, and they will reschedule. I'll apply it to the new date. It's summer so it pays to be flexible. The rainy season usually starts mid-May and runs to the end of October, but it started early this year. We're doing more outdoor gigs this year than we did before COVID, so I suspect there will be more of it. Back on topic. On tomorrow's gig, I'm going to do my best to quote other songs during my imrov solos. Send lawyers, guns and money. Notes ♫

I think I'll copyright a song that consists of 32 bars of rests for every instrument in a full orchestra, followed by one sixteenth note on a snare drum. The rests will consist of whole rests, down to 64th notes, plain and dotted, and also include various triplet rests. Then when anyone records a song with a bit of silence in it. I'll sue. I don't care how long, I'll cry infringement. Notes ♫