Am I the only one that thinks the Madden Bros are completely manufactured? Like they sat down with an agent and some label A&R guys and planned out a "look" and a "sound"?

I was at an older friends apartment the other day cleaning his windows. When I came inside, he popped in an old "cassette tape" of one of his favorites, and he asked me..."Have you ever heard of this guy?"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NBmET5uvfI

I would love to see today's young people take just 5 minutes out of their day and dance to this. Great memories! Thank you, Floyd!

Am I the only one that thinks the Madden Bros are completely manufactured? Like they sat down with an agent and some label A&R guys and planned out a "look" and a "sound"?

Whether that's true or not has little relevance. The Monkees were exactly like that with a very planned "look and sound" and they produced some very memorable music.

Whether that's true or not has little relevance. The Monkees were exactly like that with a very planned "look and sound" and they produced some very memorable music.

Plus Michael Nesmith and The First National Band did some even better stuff after The Monkees broke up.

Speaking of Michael Nesmith reminded me of THIS "underrated" artist.
I think I like his version of this tune better that the cover version by the Eagles . . .
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(no. that song was NOT written by The Eagles.)

Saw the Monkee's on their original reunion tour back in the late 80's after a Texas Rangers game at the old Arlington Stadium, was a good show....they had long congo lines going up and down the aisles :)

Did you know that Peter Tork did time at El Reno Penitentiary?

Whether that's true or not has little relevance. The Monkees were exactly like that with a very planned "look and sound" and they produced some very memorable music.

Well it's relevant to some of us lol.

There is something about this that I just love. It's so much fun.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OWj0CiM8WU

http://youtu.be/XBAUQaj6EJo

Mmm...Neko...

In response to a couple of requests for clarification . . .

Take yer pick . . . .

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPRjCeoBqrI

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PCkvCPvDXk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqqqV50zaAc

So I took one of those stupid Facebook Quizzes. The theme was "What is Your Old Person Name?" I got Earl. It reminded me of one of the first "Rock and Roll" songs by which I was mesmerized. It was so long ago that they actually had "Dukedoms." Dukedoms that were apparently pedestrian-friendly on account of you could walk through them.

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The girl at #134 needs to hook up with Al Yankovic. =)
(the only thing missing from that vid is a little accordion in the background mix.)

Thanks, ljbab.
(does she like Braum's as much as I do? nah. no way. =)

In the interest of being Fair and Balanced . . . a response . . .
Note the name of the group. Probably should have been The Cultured Pearlettes.
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An apology: I watched Aretha Franklin--in sort of a high-tone sweatsuit--on the Today Show this morning.
That, too, made me feel good. (not as good as her Restaurant Scene in The Blues Brothers, yet still good. =)

For the uninitiated . . , here's a sample of what I was referring and deferring to . . .
Sorry . . . I actually meant, "to that to which I am deferring . . . =)
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There are probably some lessons to be learned here . . . =)
(and that's why I feel good about it. the music. )

Still smiling out loud at #133 ^^^^

Given, in appreciation and for consideration . . .
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I think the photo of the artist inspired the cover art of Frank Zappa's "Reuben and the Jets" album art.

Just caught this dude live on The Today Show. Singing this song. Not lip synching. Actually singing it.
It was mesmerizing. (somehow I knew he was a Brit.)
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They did a long interview with this guy, on NPR, the other day.
Sure hope he makes it to The Blue Door in the not too distant future.
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Check out the new album by You+Me called Rose Ave. that released yesterday. it is a great album.
You+me is Dallas Green and Alecia moore (pink) Collaborating on a folk album. it is really good stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXCb6_x74ZU

Love It! ^ Thanks.

A little "Green Onion" would be fine too...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bpS-cOBK6Q&list=RDomG-hZfN6zk&index=2

That, Sir, is akin to The Zen of AM Radio.
Prior to the Advent of The Internet and whatever.
Thanks, again.

Oh! Here's the Yang part of the Yin and Yang deal regarding The Zen of AM Radio.
(back in the day)
It's called . . . "Take Five" . . .
Dude on the sax was raised on a cattle farm in Montana.
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The guy "tickling the ivories" was an impressionist. =)

Caught this on Juke Joint Revival last night.
I think it's the best version of the song ever.
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(Of course, I also think that the saxophone player was the best part of Bruce Sprinsteen's early work, so . . .)

(Oh! I caught that song--and about another ten minutes of the show--on a break at wor last night. I couldn't figure out what version had been played. When I got home, a couple/three hours later, I tried to find it but couldn't. I Facebooked the shows page and asked what it was. Less than twenty minutes later, I had a reply along with a link to where it could be found on Youtube. Is that Listener Service or what?) =)

I had been wondering what had happened to this very talented group. This is by far the best thing they've done since "Anna Sun".


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JCLY0Rlx6Q

Where does "cover band" end and "authenticity" begin?
I think it's pretty close to here:
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Even the lousy quality of the video is authentically 50's. except in color.

btw: these guys are coming to The Blue Door in the very near future.
(unfortunately, I exhausted my "concert budget" on Trout Fishing in America the other night =)

I caught the very end of this one, last night, on the radio.
It made me feel so good that I had to look it up.
It's a little long . . . but so it goes . . .
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not a huge country fan.. but this song is cute

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ8xqyoZXCc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtF6Jej8yb4

This is a lot of fun and I like the performance on SNL better than the official video.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbGX1Sx0gvo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0rxydSolwU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdoym9KNbl0

http://youtu.be/DLDSHbumd4k

http://youtu.be/d_XI4FZ3wHw

The 90's hasn't forgotten you.

I'm so out of the loop that I thought this was Fleetwood Mac.
I never even heard of Train.
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I caught the very end of this one, last night, on the radio.
It made me feel so good that I had to look it up.
It's a little long . . . but so it goes . . .]
It's one of my all time favorites. I've got to play it while I was a symphony player
for some 30+ years.

La Valse is another one of Ravel's masterpieces.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ht80uzIhNs

This is from my all time favorite "Cruisin" LP. I had this on 4 Track. That's right,
4 track and NOT 8 Track. I'd terrorize OKC in my 1959 Peugeot 403 and this
recording.

I asked Al Kooper (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Kooper)who the horns were and all he knew is that they were NYC
session players. Al wrote the horn parts. The bassist is Harvey Brooks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Brooks) (Miles
Davis Bitches Brew). Mike Bloomfield (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Bloomfield) is playing guitar on a 1959 Cherry top
Les Paul. His sound is to die for.

Albert's Shuffle
http://youtu.be/UHFPVOEKEfA

Whole LP
Al Kooper & Mike Bloomfield "Albert's Shuffle" - YouTube (http://youtu.be/RbpGMF4bcbU?list=PL94gOvpr5yt3ufNXvLmcYQbm94VrXVBZ A)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09R8_2nJtjg

http://youtu.be/6gBV-Nzq7Pg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de1aPKXBdAE&feature=player_detailpage

I may have posted this. I don't remember.
Al Kooper was one of my super heros in the 60's. I had this recording on 4 track
NOT 8 track.

I talked to Al Kooper a few months ago and asked him who the horn players were.
Al said they were New York City session players and didn't know their names.

Al Kooper and Mike Bloomfield SUPER SESSION (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cyQIpzAkHI&list=PLRjmVRRcKeP2xO0Sf3FOwT0U0vHiBNIAR).

This is major league Fell Good Music.

This isn't in line with the genre that has been posted, so I apologize in advance if this causes someone to submit an application without form regarding a symmetrically placed Croatan carcass as a result of a simple mind jump into the native species of humans. I'll make sure the commissionaire gets any complaints but all proposals or submitting must contain at least 3 and a half Anglo Saxon four letter words or they will be discredited for being too professional.

There was a guy... about yay tall with a white shirt that said f#ck the police who was dumped out of a car a little north of 23rd and Hudson. He tried to ask me a question only to find...................... a new question was born. I hope that never happens again in the way it did.

This song makes me happy and feel good.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7-XLL3nbYU

Recorded in a Grotto in Arkansas. Should have been Heavener Runestone Park.
(Or Red Rocks Amphitheater. In the vicinity of Denver. =)
(That's Keith and Ezra, of Trout Fishing in America fame, over there on the left.)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssVvkfcL9HI

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