Last night I watched the best thing I've seen on CBS since Walter Cronkite used to do the news.

It was a Garth Brooks Special filmed (live?) at a Steve Wynn Casino in Vegas. He spent most of the show paying homage to his influences, both personal and musical. It Was Great. Even with the Chris Gaines cameo during a Walmart ad.

He ended the show with a (second) encore of my favorite Garth Brooks song, "I've Got Friends In Low Places."
The perfect icing on the perfect cake.

Today, I accidentally tuned-in to the studio version of this song on a local Public Radio Station:
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Prior to that, above, there was the studio version of this, below, (on another local NPR program).
I liked it too. It made me feel good. Not that the song is "happy happy happy" . . .
rather, because no matter how sad the lyrics, good roots music is still out there.

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(Note: The studio version added pedal steel and cut the intro and the coughing.)

This may help explain why I like John "The Flash in the Pan" Fullbright's musical poetry so much. =)

Metacognition: There needs to be more of it. At least I think so.

As excellent a repository of "Good Tunes Worth Listening To" Feel Good Music 1 may be, it was getting huge and difficult to load.
No contribution to the culture in here will be rejected (except perhaps by Pete or Martin "The Mod With The Heart o' Gold" Formerly Known as MMM).

This is an oddball fan made video but it has Clint Eastwood and go-go girls. Can't lose.
I put this on tons of comps back when people still made comps.
Los Saicos...mid 60s Peruvian rock.


http://youtu.be/PIrw6v68zQs

Just picked this one up on KOSU during PM Drivetime ("American Roots") . . .
Sorta cool, fusion folk . . . somewhat reminiscent of Saxondale . . . yet it is what it is.

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I find it interesting that my most recent CD purchase was by the ex-wife of Richard Thompson who was the guitar player in this group.
Some quality is timeless.

Just one more reason to support Public Broadcasting/NPR (and Google =) . . .

Caught this one at the end of some radio program on The Spy on KOSU last night . . .
something about combining Fine Wine and Music or whatever . . .
It's all good.

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Had an opportunity to see this genius, on stage, live, in person, at a Minnesota State Fair kiosk.
Thought he was great. Didn't ask for an autograph in the moment.

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tom t. hall devoted an entire album to his, that is, billy joe's songwriting greatness

If I didn't have a dislike for "idolatry" this guy would be my alter-ego . . . =)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5tWYmIOWGk

In Honor of The Day The Music Continued to Live
(thank you, Buddy Holly):

The dude on the right used to have hair half-way down his back.
The dude on the left has always been the same size.
(the dude on the right or left,
depending on your perspective,
can also play violin and cello)
=)
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Re: Post #7 ^^

That was so excellent (really, no kidding, no joke) that it reminded me of Men At Work.
(from Australia . . . remember them? =)
Thank You, Sir.

(the picture of the kid, on the trike, with a tinfoil helmet, was worth at least a thousand lyrics and a few musical notes. =)

Re: Post #7 ^^

That was so excellent (really, no kidding, no joke) that it reminded me of Men At Work.
(from Australia . . . remember them? =)
Thank You, Sir.

(the picture of the kid, on the trike, with a tinfoil helmet, was worth at least a thousand lyrics and a few musical notes. =)

Did you catch the nod to the Beatles "Abbey Road" album cover at about 1 minute?

Did you catch the nod to the Beatles "Abbey Road" album cover at about 1 minute?

Yup. I did. Classic. =)
Thanks, again.

As they used to say on American Bandstand when rating songs "It has a good beat and you can dance to it".


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUQsqBqxoR4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_1138151479&feature=iv&src_vid=kup9l8wm0R8&v=GoP5B9ozUIE

I'll bet a dollar that that band won't be appearing soon at Gary James' Gary Chicaros "Restaurant" in Enid. =)

Good stuff people. Different vein...here's an hour and twenty of whole lotta love I'm getting my Saturday started with.

Led Zeppelin meets Zack Darling

https://soundcloud.com/zack-darling/led-zeppelin-meets-zack

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y66j_BUCBMY

This group has a new album coming out...here's an oldie.


http://youtu.be/hMrAMAm6RxE

This gets me in a good mood.
It's a little repetitive, but makes me tap my feet. :)
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That one really reminds me of some artist or group from the '60s or '70s.
I didn't realize anyone was still making music like that. It makes me happy.
(and feel good, too =)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7v90on4MRc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFEmTsfFL5A

Sunday morning coffee music...

http://youtu.be/5K9ay9c4jWY

Despite the coffee it's a pretty lazy Sunday.

http://youtu.be/bcnIhzaDTd0

I remember the Glen Campbell version of this tune.
Today I heard the REAL version on some PBS interview/music show.
It's amazing to me that I only had a very vague notion of what this gentleman is capable of.

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In the interview he said he wrote it in F-Sharp ("an 'un-sing-able' key)
Yet one that let him mostly play on the black keys.
The man is a friggin' musical genius.

I'm surprised that I like this but I really do.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IB3lcPjvWLA

The Staple Singers - I'll Take You There [Full Length Version] - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY3vgBzgYn4&list=RDuY3vgBzgYn4)

And for all of those Iceland fans out there. (My brother is going there on vacation this summer for some reason. :))


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L4ZyZMZbnA

http://youtu.be/KFexkkhnDaQ

http://youtu.be/MZp72RaTk58

http://youtu.be/YZEy_kJ8nJU

That was a good "blast from the past", t ^ . . .
Somehow, it brought to mind this tune from about the same era . . .
(proving, once again, that the mind works in mysterious ways =):

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Which . . . after a bit of consideration . . . lead inexorably to this Beatles Tribute Band =)

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I like Ravel's string quartet in F Major (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDOpPQ2rkfw). It lifts my spirits.

Crank it up!

Debussy's string quartet (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4XjijkqrAY)is another amazing piece of uplifting music.

Beethoven's Grosse Fuge (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s0Mp7LFI-k) is another piece of musical genius that lifts the spirits.
I prefer the Julliard String Quartet's recordings but this is very good.

Then there's this. Cream Trio in A. (http://youtu.be/h_aw0Mu0Wus)

blah blah blah
The bassist is playing a rather new, late 60's EB3. Mine is a 1963 and worth
a ridiculous amount of $$$. About $10,000 and it sounds like crap. I can't
imagine that bass being worth that much but it is. You'd think my Fender
P Bass would be worth more. After all my students use it in the studio
quite often because the engineers simply need to run the bass flat, natural
tone, and go on to the other instruments. They've all offered a ridiculous
amount of $$$ for my P Bass.

The rhythm guitarist is playing a late 60's Gibson Explorer. The vocalist and
guitarist is playing a Gibson SG 3. A used SG in 1971 was about $150 to
$175. Now they are priceless. The Gibson Explorer? Since it sounds
so bad it's probably worth $20,000.

There was a Mozart/Chopin Music Clip (in some sort of Virtual Encyclopedia) on the very first Windows 98 (?) Disc that really sold me on the Virtual Horizons of Music of the Future. I can't figure out which one it was. =)

God Blessed Me with a Martin D-18 back in the '70s that Bluegrass Musicians seem to respect. =)

It's not for sale: Therefore it is priceless.

[As are all of your thoughtful contributions to the cause]

For Real and you know that this is True.

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And, in honor of Saint Patrick's Day . . .
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc2y9X08tN8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wn9E01KhIg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETbGpGJNVLM&feature=kp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDN08Ia7CNI

One of my favorites . . .
Regardless of--or more appropriately, in regard to-- Space, Time or Circumstance(s) . . . =)
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(dang good guitar player . . . holds no grudge against folks from "el de border del sur" =)

To balance the "downer" that may have been subliminally implied by the vid clip, above ...
Here is a tune that, at the risk of redundancy . . . always makes me feel good =)
And it was featured in the background of the NPR story regarding the [moron]
who wants to "climb to the top of Mt. Everest and jump off of it." =)

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(can you believe that Eddie van Halen
switched from strings to keyboards? =)

While some may not like the premise of this, I find it very infectious and moving.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyn9kmuIwqA

One of my favorites . . .
Regardless of--or more appropriately, in regard to-- Space, Time or Circumstance(s) . . . =)
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(dang good guitar player . . . holds no grudge against folks from "el de border del sur" =)

To balance the "downer" that may have been subliminally implied by the vid clip, above ...
Here is a tune that, at the risk of redundancy . . . always makes me feel good =)
And it was featured in the background of the NPR story regarding the [moron]
who wants to "climb to the top of Mt. Everest and jump off of it." =)

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(can you believe that Eddie van Halen
switched from strings to keyboards? =)

Did you know that as a child Edward Van Halen was first trained as a classical pianist before he even touched a guitar?

Jared Leto is having a very successful career in music as well as on the screen.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC63HGcsfEg

I was prepared to hate that Vid Clip. I LOVED it instead! Thanks for a good start to the day.

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9sXoUhXobE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6gEkfwozhE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-t3n9EJvcU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ_WG3d3GL8

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Did you know that as a child Edward Van Halen was first trained as a classical pianist before he even touched a guitar?

Nope. I did not know that. Yet I'm not surprised.
I do seem to recall that Eddie Van Halen, switching from Guitar to Keyboards, was as shocking, for some, as Bob Dylan and The Band hauling a bunch of Electrified Musical Instruments to The Newport Folk Festival of yesteryear . . . . =)

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

Here's how popular Simon and Garfunkel still are, today: There is a female comedy duo that goes by the name Garfunkel and Oates. I just heard them on that cheap AM Comedy Station. They are fairly good. In a "borrowing sort of way".... =)

The "upside" of all that is that "Bizarre Groovy" provides indisputable proof that Lawrence "Larry and the Coconuts" Welk still lives. =)

Speaking of "borrowing" from Simon and Garfunkel . . .
Paul Simon was an Originator and an example of excellence in the craft.
His sidekick was the singer:

This one makes me feel good every time I hear it.
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And so does this one. Some lyrics and melodies stand outside of time. =)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ_WG3d3GL8

"If you go to OKCity . . . Be sure to wear no flowers in your hair . . ." =)
(simply check out the downtown park. lot's of flowers. there. =)
Thanks for the reminder.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9sXoUhXobE

If there was ever an Al Yankovic Trophy, worthy of awarding, I think that reminder would be worthy of receiving it.
Thank you.

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I once heard, on a PBS/APM/ETC radio show that James Brown was a harsh taskmaster in the studio.
The horn section had to be exactly on the beat or he, personally, would beat them into submission.
(i'm not sure i believed that account exactly . . . yet the vidclip rings true. in terms of lending credence to the story of attempting to approach perfection. =)