Jason
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Blogging my CD collection as I listen to it one last time.
Robert Randolph & The Family Band opened for Eric Clapton in 2004, and they were the first opening act I ever heard that blew my socks off.
Run for Your Life
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February 24, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Robert Randolph & The Family Band opened for Eric Clapton in 2004, and they were the first opening act I ever heard that blew my socks off.
What a musician! I can't wait for the next time I get to see Keller Williams perform. The last time was at the Arc in Ann Arbor, and there couldn't have been more than 100 people there. What a show!
Gallivanting
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February 17, 2025 at 1:23 PM
What a musician! I can't wait for the next time I get to see Keller Williams perform. The last time was at the Arc in Ann Arbor, and there couldn't have been more than 100 people there. What a show!
As a young person, I used to say you could sum up most of my musical interests into one artist: Ben Folds. He's a rocker, but he's melodic and musical--and occasionally funny. Here's one of my favorite tracks from high school.
Fired
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February 16, 2025 at 6:17 PM
As a young person, I used to say you could sum up most of my musical interests into one artist: Ben Folds. He's a rocker, but he's melodic and musical--and occasionally funny. Here's one of my favorite tracks from high school.
When I came out to my friends, I listened to GD's Skeletons From The Closet album each time. Studio Dead is not the Grateful Dead, but there was something about the title that seemed fitting: obviously the closet, but I'd been in there so long I might as well have been a skeleton.
Grateful Dead - Casey Jones (2020 Remaster) [Official Audio]
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February 14, 2025 at 10:41 PM
When I came out to my friends, I listened to GD's Skeletons From The Closet album each time. Studio Dead is not the Grateful Dead, but there was something about the title that seemed fitting: obviously the closet, but I'd been in there so long I might as well have been a skeleton.
Today's workout included ol' Neil. I wanted to give you Cinnamon Girl, but it's the opening track, and Down by the River and Cowgirl in the Sand are too long, so here's the title track.
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (2009 Remaster)
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February 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Today's workout included ol' Neil. I wanted to give you Cinnamon Girl, but it's the opening track, and Down by the River and Cowgirl in the Sand are too long, so here's the title track.
I can't even remember buying this album, but here is a great track from it. In case you forgot, the blues got soul.
Muddy Waters - I Want To Be Loved (Hard Again)
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February 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I can't even remember buying this album, but here is a great track from it. In case you forgot, the blues got soul.
Truth me told, I was pretty miserable when I lived in North Carolina, but I was able to make the best of the situation with some good friends. This song will always remind me of the good times I had down there.
The Band Perry - If I Die Young (Official Music Video)
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February 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Truth me told, I was pretty miserable when I lived in North Carolina, but I was able to make the best of the situation with some good friends. This song will always remind me of the good times I had down there.
I don't even know who I was at 17 when I picked up this album. I only spun it a handful of times back then, but it was a fun find today. While I exercised earlier, I rediscovered this gem buried as track 8 in an 11 track collection.
Parliament - Testify
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February 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I don't even know who I was at 17 when I picked up this album. I only spun it a handful of times back then, but it was a fun find today. While I exercised earlier, I rediscovered this gem buried as track 8 in an 11 track collection.
On the treadmill the other day, I listened to Ben Harper's Diamonds On The Inside, and it reminded me of high school--for better or worse. I remember watching Ben on Austin City Limits, and his bassist Juan Nelson just killed it. This may very well be the last time I spin this record.
Ben Harper - When It's Good (STUDIO VERSION)
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February 6, 2025 at 10:33 PM
On the treadmill the other day, I listened to Ben Harper's Diamonds On The Inside, and it reminded me of high school--for better or worse. I remember watching Ben on Austin City Limits, and his bassist Juan Nelson just killed it. This may very well be the last time I spin this record.
Listening to this album at age 19 with @eliisaguirre.bsky.social in my '89 Buick Le Sabre was one of my all-time top listening experiences ever. What a great time we had that afternoon. Times were simpler then. We definitely could not have foreseen a future the likes of which we are living today.
Thelonius
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February 2, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Listening to this album at age 19 with @eliisaguirre.bsky.social in my '89 Buick Le Sabre was one of my all-time top listening experiences ever. What a great time we had that afternoon. Times were simpler then. We definitely could not have foreseen a future the likes of which we are living today.
I regret turning down the chance to go to the tour for the 40th anniversary of this album. But Benson was sharing the bill with Kenny G, and I just wasn't looking for a night of that much smooth jazz. This is fusion at its best.
George Benson - Affirmation 1976 (Original Studio Version)
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February 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I regret turning down the chance to go to the tour for the 40th anniversary of this album. But Benson was sharing the bill with Kenny G, and I just wasn't looking for a night of that much smooth jazz. This is fusion at its best.
Today's tune comes from a mix tape I got from a music instructor named Jon at a summer music camp when I was 16 or so. And boy, was that mix tape hot! If not for Jon, I would have never been turned on to Frank Zappa. Anyway, here's the Boss!
The E Street Shuffle
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January 31, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Today's tune comes from a mix tape I got from a music instructor named Jon at a summer music camp when I was 16 or so. And boy, was that mix tape hot! If not for Jon, I would have never been turned on to Frank Zappa. Anyway, here's the Boss!
This was a fun one to listen to on the treadmill today. A year or two before the pandemic, I played this song at open mic night at Tenacity Brewing Co. in Flint, MI. I love John Anderson's voice, especially when he turns on the gravel maker.
John Anderson Swingin'
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January 29, 2025 at 10:50 PM
This was a fun one to listen to on the treadmill today. A year or two before the pandemic, I played this song at open mic night at Tenacity Brewing Co. in Flint, MI. I love John Anderson's voice, especially when he turns on the gravel maker.
For today's post, I wanted to pull out a deeper cut than this, but "Jessica" is probably my favorite tune by the Allman Brothers. It just has the sound. Enjoy!
Jessica
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January 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM
For today's post, I wanted to pull out a deeper cut than this, but "Jessica" is probably my favorite tune by the Allman Brothers. It just has the sound. Enjoy!
Peter Frampton's take on "She Caught The Katy" is a great break-up song that cannot be written today: she caught the Katy (Kansas-Texas Railroad) and left me a mule to ride. Imagine trying to write that today: she caught an Uber and left me a skateboard to ride. Cant be done.
She Caught The Katy
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January 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Peter Frampton's take on "She Caught The Katy" is a great break-up song that cannot be written today: she caught the Katy (Kansas-Texas Railroad) and left me a mule to ride. Imagine trying to write that today: she caught an Uber and left me a skateboard to ride. Cant be done.
Tomorrow night I'm going to see the rock orchestra Classic Albums Live perform Zeppelin IV in its entirety. There's nothing like live music, especially when it's the classic music that defines eras. So here's one track from the album that doesn't need to be played through 100-watt Marshalls.
Led Zeppelin - Misty Mountain Hop (Official Audio)
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January 24, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Tomorrow night I'm going to see the rock orchestra Classic Albums Live perform Zeppelin IV in its entirety. There's nothing like live music, especially when it's the classic music that defines eras. So here's one track from the album that doesn't need to be played through 100-watt Marshalls.
Here is picture of Bob Minner and me with a well loved Gibson J-45 before the Faster Horses Festival in Brooklyn, Michigan, July 24, 2022.
January 23, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Here is picture of Bob Minner and me with a well loved Gibson J-45 before the Faster Horses Festival in Brooklyn, Michigan, July 24, 2022.
Today's selection is "Dark Across The Pond," by Bob Minner, an flat picker best known as the acoustic player for Tim McGraw. Bob's a great player and a heck of a nice guy I get to call a friend.
Dark Across The Pond
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January 23, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Today's selection is "Dark Across The Pond," by Bob Minner, an flat picker best known as the acoustic player for Tim McGraw. Bob's a great player and a heck of a nice guy I get to call a friend.
I'm going to blog my album collection here, sharing single tracks as I listen to albums each day. I hope to share at least a track a week and to share something about my life as it relates to the music. I'm currently in my bluegrass era.
January 22, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I'm going to blog my album collection here, sharing single tracks as I listen to albums each day. I hope to share at least a track a week and to share something about my life as it relates to the music. I'm currently in my bluegrass era.
For your listening pleasure: "Salty Dog Blues" by The Bluegrass Band and Butch Robins.
Salty Dog Blues
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January 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
For your listening pleasure: "Salty Dog Blues" by The Bluegrass Band and Butch Robins.