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Forum: General Talk
03-17-2024, 12:29 PM
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Si Bheag, Si Mhor, Dave Swarbrick & Simon Nicol, 1984
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My very favorite version of this tune composed by blind Irish harpist Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738).
Chris
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Forum: General Talk
02-25-2024, 10:11 AM
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Weather The Storm - Ralph McTell, 1976
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Chris
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Forum: General Talk
02-11-2024, 01:58 PM
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Forum: General Talk
01-25-2024, 05:42 AM
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Beautiful People - Melanie, 1969
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Rest in peace Melanie Safka 1947-2024
Chris
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Forum: General Talk
01-15-2024, 08:59 AM
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My daughter prefers vinyl LPs, so I bought her three recent Richard & Linda Thompson reissues,
I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight, Hokey Pokey, and Pour Down Like Silver.
My original LP copies were destroyed in the flood from Superstorm Sandy but I own them on CD.
Chris
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Forum: General Talk
01-13-2024, 11:19 AM
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Heron Song - Ralph McTell, 1975
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Chris
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Forum: General Talk
01-08-2024, 05:14 PM
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Genesee River Rock - Greg Townson, 2017
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Retro rock 'n' roll guitarist from Rochester NY
Plays solo, with The Hi-Risers and Los Straitjackets.
Chris
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Forum: General Talk
01-01-2024, 04:42 PM
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Forum: General Talk
12-22-2023, 06:08 PM
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Forum: General Talk
10-16-2023, 03:44 AM
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Spunky - Johnny Jenkins, 1964
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Great instrumental single, a deep cut from the Stax/Volt archive.
Johnny Jenkins (1939-2006) was a left-handed blues guitarist from Georgia.
His playing style influenced Jimi Hendrix. Otis Redding got his start as his roadie.
Chris
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Forum: General Talk
09-23-2023, 02:37 PM
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Tally Ho - P.J. and The Galaxies, 1964
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Paul Johnson's band after Eddie Bertrand left The Belairs.
Five years ago Paul Johnson was diagnosed with leukemia.
His website pjmoto.com is no longer active;
his Facebook page hasn't been updated since July 2022.
Chris
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Forum: General Talk
09-15-2023, 06:02 PM
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Outside of a Small Circle of Friends - Phil Ochs, 1967
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This song is a reference to the famous murder of Kitty Genovese. Many neighbors heard heard her screams but didn't intervene.
Phil Ochs committed suicide at 35 in 1976 about one mile from where I now live.
Pianist Lincoln Mayorga, the pianist featured here and on many recordings died in July 2023 at 86.
Final Note: Lincoln Mayorga | 47 Blog | AFM Local 47
Chris
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Forum: General Talk
09-03-2023, 10:11 AM
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One of my favorite Richard Thompson albums is Hand of Kindness from 1983.
It features the original studio version of Tear-Stained Letter with John Kirkpatrick on accordion.
The entire album is available on YouTube.
Chris
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Forum: General Talk
09-02-2023, 06:05 PM
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Hanks for the Memory - Fairport Convention, 1986
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Medley of early 1960's instrumentals featuring guests former band members
Richard Thompson and Jerry Donahue on twin lead guitars.
"Hank" is of course Hank Marvin, lead guitarist of The Shadows
a band that influenced and inspired countless future musicians.
Shazam (Eddy/Hazlewood)
Pipeline (Spickard/Carmen)
Apache (Lordan)
Peter Gunn (Mancini)
Chris
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Forum: General Talk
08-28-2023, 09:02 AM
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Gale Winds - Egyptian Combo, 1964
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Instrumental from still-active Midwestern USA band.
Chris
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Forum: General Talk
07-16-2023, 07:25 AM
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Forum: General Talk
06-11-2023, 03:17 AM
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Love and Fury, The Tornados (Joe Meek) 1962
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"Prequel" to their worldwide hit Telstar...
Chris
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Forum: General Talk
06-04-2023, 06:31 PM
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Blue, Blue, Blue Beat - The Tornados (Joe Meek), 1964
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A tribute to "Blue beat", a Jamaican R&B music style popular in the early 1960's.
This record is sometimes played behind the AI deejay on WFMU's Rock 'N' Soul Radio stream.
FWIW I identified it from memory. You can keep your smartphone and Shazam, thank you...
Chris
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Forum: General Talk
05-27-2023, 12:29 PM
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The T.A.M.I. Show, 1964
Recent colorized version
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Live performances by:
The Barbarians
The Beach Boys
Chuck Berry
James Brown and the Famous Flames
Marvin Gaye
Gerry and the Pacemakers
Lesley Gore
Jan and Dean
Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas
The Miracles
The Rolling Stones
The Supremes
House band includes Tommy Tedesco, Hal Blaine, Jack Nitzsche, Glen Campbell, Leon Russell and Phil Spector.
Choreography by Toni Basil. A young Teri Garr is one of the dancers...
Chris
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Forum: General Talk
05-23-2023, 05:47 PM
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The Tielman Brothers - Rollin' Rock, 1960
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Amazing early Indonesian/Dutch rock 'n' roll!
Chris
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Forum: General Talk
05-12-2023, 06:41 PM
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Still in Dreams - Ralph McTell, 1995
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From Ralph's 1995 album Sand in Your Shoes.
Chris
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Forum: General Talk
05-07-2023, 04:15 AM
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Still in Dreams - Ralph McTell, 2012
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Instrumental version of song on Ralph's 1995 album Sand in Your Shoes
Chris
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Forum: General Talk
05-04-2023, 05:02 PM
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Chris
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Forum: General Talk
04-09-2023, 04:18 AM
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No matter how much time passes and our musical tastes change those old songs will always be a memory jogger.
I enjoy discovering older music I was not aware of or was dismissive of in the past.
Chris
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Forum: General Talk
03-29-2023, 06:09 PM
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Ralph McTell was named after Vaughan Williams.
His father was the for many years the composer's gardener.
Chris
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