tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58708188370508145452024-03-18T06:21:29.882-07:00Monday Monday Music™A Weekly Blog About Rock 'n' Roll and Americana Genres Of MusicDoug McIntoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05087324962301422474noreply@blogger.comBlogger395125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870818837050814545.post-14017816691378556442024-03-18T06:20:00.000-07:002024-03-18T06:20:57.730-07:00#BestSongIHeardToday • Volume 29 • Suffering WTF (With Trump Fatigue)<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9iJ0C7S_mVmfngBStvdqXXE7on568YmO2rgHfR0bSBnLXk-Cic0c5WZVZNrgmzyYwf6_JnMwBLlUejB2C1RKi-t67TgE33YbkqwI6EQu9gU2vBnGl2XBrFVMVkTRQufyKZ7tCcip9fSYfu_jDzd11x9VcqJsnjwXBaQs7wYZjraOICaRiFdwjfQqPkXQy/s800/trumpincourt.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9iJ0C7S_mVmfngBStvdqXXE7on568YmO2rgHfR0bSBnLXk-Cic0c5WZVZNrgmzyYwf6_JnMwBLlUejB2C1RKi-t67TgE33YbkqwI6EQu9gU2vBnGl2XBrFVMVkTRQufyKZ7tCcip9fSYfu_jDzd11x9VcqJsnjwXBaQs7wYZjraOICaRiFdwjfQqPkXQy/w540-h404/trumpincourt.jpg" width="540" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption"><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Portrait by court sketch artist, Isabelle Brourman</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I got tension. How many nights can you watch the news and see Trump somehow slither through the United States of America's legal justice system year in and year out. I don't know if there has been anyone who has had so many trial dates (91 Federal counts) kicked down the road more than slippery Donald. It has to be the ultimate example of "elitist" treatment ever given to anyone in American history. I've had it, I'm now taking a 30 day vacation from cable news. I'm worn out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I got tension. I put my news watching on hold and switched to sports, specifically basketball. Trouble is I'm a San Diego State Aztec and Golden State Warrior fan. These two teams currently make me talk at the TV! I thought I was going to have a relaxing time here watching some basketball over Trump. Believe it or not, these two teams are driving me just as crazy with their ups and downs, hot and cold... the inconsistency is so hard to watch. I need a vacation from these two teams. I'm worn out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I got tension. I recently finished watching, <a href="https://www.hbo.com/true-detective" target="_blank"><i>True Detective: Night Country</i> (HBO)</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Mr-Mrs-Smith-Season-1/dp/B0CLRQ7M7Z" target="_blank">m<i>r.&mrs.smith</i></a> (Amazon Prime), and <i><a href="https://tv.apple.com/us/show/masters-of-the-air/umc.cmc.7bxcni0vwgll9kmicq738k5q2?mttn3pid=Google%20AdWords&mttnagencyid=a5e&mttncc=US&mttnsiteid=143238&mttnsubad=OUS20191102_1-691706490628-c&mttnsubkw=155956555915__H5CKrWrv_&mttnsubplmnt=_adext_" target="_blank">Masters of the Air</a></i> (Apple +). All these shows (great by the way) have got me so stressed out. I somehow get sucked in, care way too much for all the leading characters, it's just too much. I'm worn out. What's next, something stress-free: a rock 'n' roll documentary, PBS's <i>Nature</i>, maybe <i>Pee Wee's Playhouse</i>?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>I've got a feeling, a feeling deep inside, oh yeah. </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then, I go to my happy place of looking and listening to music. Nothing like listening to old and new tunes, some just audio, some with video and then, making a playlist over time. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The playlist this week has actually gone through several iterations of change that probably is only interesting to me. Now its' time to bring it out. Who's going to listen to it? Maybe find one song that makes them smile, maybe remember a moment in time. I got no tension, I'm energized. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>New Blog Feature - Notes</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Starting this week, below the playlist, I'm going to have three sections that you may be interested in beyond, or a little deeper dive past my 30 second to 3 minute reads.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>🖇 <b>Blog References </b></li><li><b>🖊 Blog Notes</b></li><li><b>♬ Playlist Notes</b></li></ol></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Enjoy the playlist my friends.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?si=oYg-YeFhh8erPMvp&list=PLE7OYmYUxGQfkVo42Je0B-8eRC608_Csb" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">🖇 <b>Blog References</b></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Cohen, Luc. "<a href="https://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/trump-court-sketch-artist-gotta-202937718.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAAQMZ_2RyJ_ACL9Kl22zeRFb75B7vIpuP0nZ3GO9OqmWtbnyoYhKDqU2swmYfvSn2l2ESfZS9pxh_QEYbut0qebj2mZt7fNbFFctrQmjwdM5xt3cC2I4cTmOcS0SYg2xDJ7SwLNH1QfRVbLf6_pTHMwJNlNa8hmM8qv0QMZdiZsK" target="_blank"><i>Trump to Court Sketch Artist: ‘I Gotta Lose Some Weight</i></a>." Yahoo News, 7 Dec. 2023, malaysia.news.yahoo.com</li></ul><b>🖊 Blog Notes</b><br /><div><ol><li>My wife, Mary Kit walks into the kitchen this past week with the TV droning about another Trump court case delayed and says to me, "I got Trump fatigue." We started our vacation from cable news together that day. Don't tell her, but I did sneak a news peak after she went to bed, instantly regretted it, and flipped the channel.</li><li>This past Saturday, the San Diego State Aztecs basketball team lost in the Mountain West Tournament Finals to New Mexico 68-61. Expect more madness when they enter the NCAA Tournament. Last year, they had a spectacular over-achieving run all the way to a loss in the NCAA Finals. This year, nah (<i>he's just so pessimistic</i>).</li><li>This past Saturday, the Warriors beat the Lakers 128-121. The Lakers center, Anthony Davis caught an elbow to the eye in the first quarter and had to leave the game. Lucky break for the Warriors as Davis would have blocked the paint, prevented all the easy scores, and the Lakers probably would have beat the Warriors easily (<i>he's just so so pessimistic</i>). </li><li>The paragraph about the TV shows is an embellishment. Nothing like watching great a series or movie in the Lazy Boy with the gas fireplace on. Last night I watched <i><a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/81447231" target="_blank">Nyad</a></i> (Netflix). Tense, but wonderful! I highly recommend all the shows I've shared this week.</li></ol><b>♬ Playlist Notes</b><div></div></div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>I'm doing a run and <i>Tension</i> by Todd Snider comes on, and another blog post is born.</li><li>I wake up Saturday singing, <i>I've Got a Feeling</i> in my head and it's suddenly song two.</li><li><i>Seven Bridges Road</i> was the natural lead-in song for the playlist and stayed there for a month until Todd's song came along and bumped it to number 3. Now <i>Seven Bridges Road </i>is probably saying to itself, "WTF man, I'm always the first song in any Eagles concert."</li></ol></div><p></p>Doug McIntoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05087324962301422474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870818837050814545.post-49315519746390173032024-03-11T07:01:00.000-07:002024-03-11T07:05:20.165-07:0060 Years of Music • February-March, 1964 • The Times They Are A-Changin'<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpegzcT21Dlby1J7gz7RksYUJYqagYp37IXr7IJkkaFZrZ-EIj7mrZ2lCkf5pgzBdHhosNOYC06jO5JSm1vyhqXvSmWLFzXieNGtW6dTG_oFLYP1YZmhxbzCt_fwv6U4HcgETz-Iwk_2z7AMOp43ShFk1SYo0uATReHLpFblRR8prC9YVAiZPPQk5eW6xs/s800/febmarch1964-800.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="401" data-original-width="800" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpegzcT21Dlby1J7gz7RksYUJYqagYp37IXr7IJkkaFZrZ-EIj7mrZ2lCkf5pgzBdHhosNOYC06jO5JSm1vyhqXvSmWLFzXieNGtW6dTG_oFLYP1YZmhxbzCt_fwv6U4HcgETz-Iwk_2z7AMOp43ShFk1SYo0uATReHLpFblRR8prC9YVAiZPPQk5eW6xs/w548-h274/febmarch1964-800.png" width="548" /></a></div><br /><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i>Come senators, congressmen</i></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i>Please heed the call</i></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i>Don't stand in the doorway</i></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i>Don't block up the hall</i></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i>For he that gets hurt</i></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i>Will be he who has stalled</i></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i>The battle outside ragin'</i></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i>Will soon shake your windows</i></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i>And rattle your walls</i></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i>For the times they are a-changin'</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">3rd Verse, <i>The Times They Are A-Changin'</i> –Bob Dylan</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">•••<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>It's been too hard living</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>But I'm afraid to die</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>'Cause I don't know what's up there</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Beyond the sky</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>It's been a long</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>A long time coming, but I know</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>A change gon' come</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Oh yes, it will</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">3rd verse, <i>A Change is Gonna Come</i> –Sam Cooke</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">•••</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Rock Salt;">H</span>istory has a way of circling back. Just when we think we have left behind-</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>fascism back in the 1930 and 40's;</li><li>disability and death by viruses back in the 50's;</li><li>racial hate back in the 60's;</li><li>Roe vs Wade back in the 70's;</li><li>evangelicals working to destroy the separation of church and state back in the 80's;</li><li>a cad, running again for President without a moral center, like another cad President back in the 90's;</li><li>and, authoritarians bombing and invading their neighbors land, like well... forever.</li></ul><div>I can go on, but you get the point. America probably has always been two-steps forward, and one-step back. Now the one-steppers back, want to take it all the way back to the mythical 1950's, where power and control would be restored to a white majority culture.</div><div><br /></div><div>Bob Dylan's <i style="text-align: center;">The Times They Are A-Changin'</i><span style="text-align: center;"> has always been one of my favorite Bob Dylan albums. The lead song is one of the greatest songs of all-time. The entire album is a somber protest as the artist's lyrics are pure poetry raising social consciousness through the medium of folk music. In recent years, I have been enraptured by Dylan's early years, especially concert footage and audio capturing the passion of his voice delivering the song to a hushed audience taking in every word and verse.</span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">Two other songs are to me even more outstanding. First, <i>With God on Our Side</i>, an anti-war song written by such a young man about America having the Christian moral high ground over other countries. It smacks directly at millions of Americans upbringing, and surely mine, brought down to the level that the Little League's team prayer was somehow going to translate into a winning score.</span><span style="text-align: center;"><br /><br />The next is, <i>Only a Pawn in their Game.</i> Dylan sings truth to power about America in his pure clarity of racism and political manipulation of the powerful to the isolated, poor, and uneducated. The song is as relevant today, maybe substitute a George Floyd-like killing mixed with our current political divide, and we surely can dust off this song for a fresh listen.</span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">Sam Cooke recorded his last album, <i>Ain't That Good News</i> released in February 1964, as he would be tragically shot dead in December by a hotel clerk in a bizarre set of circumstances involving a woman who he had taken to a hotel in Los Angeles.</span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><i style="text-align: center;">Ain't That Good News </i><span style="text-align: center;">is a wonderful mix of fun songs with the very serious, <i>A Change is gonna Come</i> which would come to be the enduring anthem of the 1960's civil rights movement. The song's first verse-</span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">I was born by the river</div><div style="text-align: center;">In a little tent</div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh, and just like the river, I've been running</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ever since</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">simply opens you up to his experience, an experience where hate and hard times were some day going to be better, because the alternative could not be tolerated any longer. The theme of "we're not ever going back to that again," is a people's determination and history lesson all in a song. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">I never realized that </span><i style="text-align: center;">The Times They Are A-Changin'</i><span style="text-align: center;"> and </span><i style="text-align: center;">A Change is gonna Come, </i><span style="text-align: center;">would be released only eight days from each other in February, 1964. Sixty years later, they came together for me and this little blog. In fact, this past week of listening to music in this time period helped shape for me three themes about popular music of that time.</span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">Think of the first six songs here as two-set themes of the early 1960's in music.</span></div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><i style="text-align: center;">The Times They Are A-Changin'</i><span style="text-align: center;"> and </span><i style="text-align: center;">A Change is gonna Come, </i><span style="text-align: center;">represent social change and the emergence of the "protest song" or statement songs with a clear message about our society.<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="text-align: center;"><i>Glad All Over</i> (The Dave Clark Five), and <i>Fun, Fun, Fun</i> (The Beach Boys), represent fun simple rock 'n' roll love songs. (The Beach Boys also needed to start putting teens in cars because only so many people could geographically get to the beach.)<br /><br /></span></li><li><i>Anyone Who Had a Heart</i> (matching Burt Bacharach and Dionne Warwick), and <i>The Girl From Ipanema</i> (matching American saxophonist Stan Getz and Brazilian guitarist João Gilberto, featuring the vocals of Astrud Gilberto.) These two songs represent the transition from 50's popular standards songs mostly sung by males, to 60's pop songs influenced by R&B, soul, jazz, rock 'n' roll, women singers, and even world culture like the bossa nova.</li></ol><div>Like last week's blog, musically the culture is saying, "goodbye" to the previous decade, and "hello" to a new order. Enjoy the playlist my friends!</div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?si=Zjv7yACUqs1Joumd&list=PLE7OYmYUxGQei_KyWzv_uKvqQclntlu5m" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">References and Resources</h3><i><br />1964 in music</i> - Wikipedia. Available at: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_in_music#February">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_in_music#February</a>, Last accessed 11th March 2024<i><div><i><br /></i></div>Ain't That Good News (album)</i> - Wikipedia. Available at: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ain%27t_That_Good_News_(album)">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ain%27t_That_Good_News_(album)</a>, Last accessed 11th March 2024<div><br /></div><i>Sam Cooke</i> - Wikipedia. Available at: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Cooke">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Cooke</a>, Last accessed 11th March 2024<div><br /><i>The Times They Are a-Changin' (Bob Dylan album)</i> - Wikipedia. Available at: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Times_They_Are_a-Changin%27_(Bob_Dylan_album)">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Times_They_Are_a-Changin%27_(Bob_Dylan_album)</a>, Last accessed 11th March 2024<div><br /></div>Tolsen,.<i> Billboard Hot 100™</i>. Available at: <a href="https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1964-03-14/">https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1964-03-14/</a>, Last accessed 11th March 2024</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@jarichards99utube">https://www.youtube.com/@jarichards99utube</a></div>Doug McIntoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05087324962301422474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870818837050814545.post-3530183361440859722024-03-04T05:51:00.000-08:002024-03-04T06:17:55.828-08:00Fifty Years of Music • February-March 1974 • Goodbye the 60's, hello the 70's<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQm-Ofgy4vuDtoOYIZnZCkIk31wcuTmSi4X_xmmjHA10K5khk8nWIzIcIDHDLIx1YU0Q1NfhDu5W9M6auoNxYzXx6X1-nNMPAxKs7f7ihOlhyZdsY61e5CQnj_CavS5jmSww6aY5Kl3a_tIP7yQnKzoGfTyhioxIqrsrN476kcWPLzixaptvgDm8AWAgMf/s800/2-3-1974%20-%20800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="404" data-original-width="800" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQm-Ofgy4vuDtoOYIZnZCkIk31wcuTmSi4X_xmmjHA10K5khk8nWIzIcIDHDLIx1YU0Q1NfhDu5W9M6auoNxYzXx6X1-nNMPAxKs7f7ihOlhyZdsY61e5CQnj_CavS5jmSww6aY5Kl3a_tIP7yQnKzoGfTyhioxIqrsrN476kcWPLzixaptvgDm8AWAgMf/w494-h250/2-3-1974%20-%20800.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: Rock Salt;">M</span>usically, the 1960's died in 1971, okay let's stretch it to 1972. In 1969 I entered high school, and by 1973 when I graduated from high school, a new iteration of rock 'n' roll was well underway. In 1974 as I started college, many of the bands that I call, "Tier 1 bands" were either gone (e.g. The Beatles, Cream, Jimi Hendrix), or bands still going like The Rolling Stones and The Who, were sharing radio time with a whole slew of new bands that I call "Tier 2 and 3 bands."</p><p>Music is such a personal preference, even akin to a religious experience. Like religion or faith, I would never get into anybody's grill about their "taste" in music. The popular music of one's time in middle school and high school will often be the defining years that shapes one's taste in music for a lifetime.</p><p>For example, my brother and sister are twins and just 2-1/2 years younger than me, and my other sister is 10 years younger than me. My whole musical experience of being a 6th-12th grader in the 60's-early 70's I feel was much different than my siblings.</p><p>I'm certainly not going to knock them if they like Aerosmith, Kansas or Rush, it was simply the music more in their grade school years, than mine.</p><p>Believe me, there were tons of crappy bands and artists in the 1960's, but I found my groove with folk and "jingle-jangle" bands like The Byrds and Buffalo Springfield that really shaped my musical tastes.</p><p>By 1974, there's slicker and smoother versions of rock 'n' roll being produced in my opinion, and in looking through Wikipedia's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974_in_music#February" target="_blank"><i>1974 in Music</i></a> for February and March, you may see the transition too. (Note- I have pasted these Wikipedia lists at the bottom of this post.)</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNFThG57X-b_WjWSBr0i7nJNQvNHoIlBTZj6HBK9afSeZzlQvrGPLqCS1t_LpTPrxuJx5faIAiwMC7_hUrTylgqy2hREulsyAJ6grAf-b5GhenvDtALi6bF_0ICwxr0ujj_I5jxC84tt2ADWcJ23f8xq0q_ReOPm32o3EYONqWtzs2y0t2b1jSwOsHa5m3/s200/UnbornChild200.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNFThG57X-b_WjWSBr0i7nJNQvNHoIlBTZj6HBK9afSeZzlQvrGPLqCS1t_LpTPrxuJx5faIAiwMC7_hUrTylgqy2hREulsyAJ6grAf-b5GhenvDtALi6bF_0ICwxr0ujj_I5jxC84tt2ADWcJ23f8xq0q_ReOPm32o3EYONqWtzs2y0t2b1jSwOsHa5m3/w257-h257/UnbornChild200.jpg" width="257" /></a></div>I want to also mention a couple of other events that shaped how I looked at artist's as once heroes, to now-not so much, or not at all. The first example actually happens in February, 1974 with the release of Seals and Crofts, <i>Unborn Child</i>. This is where Seals and Crofts crosses that line between their religious beliefs and telling others how to live their lives as they think you should. <i>Unborn Child </i>is a song told from the perspective of an aborted fetus, really? Here's the 1974 album cover of I guess, a sad embryo? Well they not only lost me as a fan, but I guess a whole generation of Roe v. Wade young people. The duo never recovered from this song and this album, and their future albums would never put them back in the limelight. <div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>For this record, Seals and Crofts won the "Keep Her in Her Place" award from the National Organization for Women (tying with Paul Anka for his recording of "(You're) Having My Baby") during "its annual putdown of male chauvinism" in the media on Women's Equality Day. </i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unborn_Child" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a><div><br /></div><div>The second event that rocked me with a musical hero was in 1989. Here is a clip from the New York Times. <i>LONDON, May 22 -- The musician known as Cat Stevens said in a British television program to be broadcast next week that rather than go to a demonstration to burn an effigy of the author Salman Rushdie, ''I would have hoped that it'd be the real thing.''<br /><br />The singer, who adopted the name Yusuf Islam when he converted to Islam, made the remark during a panel discussion of British reactions to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's call for Mr. Rushdie to be killed for allegedly blaspheming Islam in his best-selling novel ''The Satanic Verses.'' He also said that if Mr. Rushdie turned up at his doorstep looking for help, ''I might ring somebody who might do more damage to him than he would like.''<br /><br />''I'd try to phone the Ayatollah Khomeini and tell him exactly where this man is,'' said Mr. Islam, who watched a preview of the program today and said in an interview that he stood by his comments. </i><a href="https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/99/04/18/specials/rushdie-cat.html?_r=1" target="_blank">Craig R. Whitney, May 23, 1989, New York Times.</a></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-nf_BEu2YCa51hLy1ndxoggQXMhCp1DWPPleC3_yFaIj4c28NaTREb-TPf3HVj7sd74BfCaiAzUXDz0bfoAqCkeif4yiAoDXUwdME_o5eTOmBYUfo9CqCIFFRcIgxBUx5yb5ftT1UhjPcvcVL3l6aIkoPGzKxqruaYRRli-7uvUPGehqFs49CzX8RQVrX/s300/Buddha_and_the_Chocolate_Box_(Front_Cover).jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-nf_BEu2YCa51hLy1ndxoggQXMhCp1DWPPleC3_yFaIj4c28NaTREb-TPf3HVj7sd74BfCaiAzUXDz0bfoAqCkeif4yiAoDXUwdME_o5eTOmBYUfo9CqCIFFRcIgxBUx5yb5ftT1UhjPcvcVL3l6aIkoPGzKxqruaYRRli-7uvUPGehqFs49CzX8RQVrX/w255-h255/Buddha_and_the_Chocolate_Box_(Front_Cover).jpg" width="255" /></a></div>In the playlist this week, I include Cat Steven's, <i>Budda and the Chocolate Box</i>, an album I simply loved and played all the time in 1974. When this news came out, I was incensed, and I guess both Seals and Crofts and Cat Stevens were the first artists I could say that I "cancelled" in the 20th century. </div><div><br /></div><div>But please, enjoy the many spiritually influenced 1974 songs from <i>Budda and the Chocolate Box</i>, as I guess Steven's <i>Peace Train</i> vibe was all a ruse, and his message of love and peace had left the station.</div><div></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM1aZkE2GFDvH97DDMhC0QNlPNyOLW_xggW0dLBMHzLV91s_T39rKgpA2rNkOCFHELgoHKve4lRmKSlgobVl8A20CQtOV3NAcM5MvcQdhCj9_5zcENm6Uvmp6qsdVqfeKk7ENkPN0KCmRmIN-fuJL78vxZyQxgOkAth2Akj_i8T6Xe7U39xX7ZuW8Skbhj/s300/Radio_city_cover.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="299" data-original-width="300" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM1aZkE2GFDvH97DDMhC0QNlPNyOLW_xggW0dLBMHzLV91s_T39rKgpA2rNkOCFHELgoHKve4lRmKSlgobVl8A20CQtOV3NAcM5MvcQdhCj9_5zcENm6Uvmp6qsdVqfeKk7ENkPN0KCmRmIN-fuJL78vxZyQxgOkAth2Akj_i8T6Xe7U39xX7ZuW8Skbhj/w251-h250/Radio_city_cover.jpg" width="251" /></a></div>Let's move on to something more positive, and a band that like so many other people, we didn't discover when we needed to in 1974, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Star" target="_blank">Big Star</a>. I personally found Big Star a couple of years ago through the 2012 documentary, <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Big-Star-Nothing-Can-Hurt/dp/B00DUF1QVO" target="_blank">Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me</a> </i>(Here is the link on Amazon Prime.)</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Radio City</i> is their second album. Rolling Stone has included their first three albums in their <i>Top 500 Albums of All-Time</i>. I'm not going to get into their backstory here but I highly recommend you watch the documentary and check out these three albums - </div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_1_Record"></a><ul style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_1_Record"></a><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_1_Record"></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_1_Record" target="_blank">#1 Record</a> (Ardent/Stax, 1972)</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_City_(album)" target="_blank">Radio City</a> (Ardent/Stax, 1974)</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third/Sister_Lovers" target="_blank">Third/Sister Lovers</a> (PVC, 1978)</li></ul><div><p>Enjoy the playlist my friends, and I didn't even mention the Eagles and Steely Dan, touring together 50 years later on the Eagles, The Long Goodbye Final Tour.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ldCT3eJp4kNK4F14KxQ-JTJ7pkrwJCGM_fCPHSjQfusvm4ZOhf9tTlJrUkGiPaNaIEFjnpRbcnVwY2Rrzch7M1uMxKdoTMNE32VR4SFXKnRFp3ryXFpY4Mwinzp21BL6Ou060-ozlXsAzzfCJMgCMiY2VMp-pLpvf4S80fu3NXpcttTJbXzI2ao-Yr_u/s1080/Static_Social-Instagram_1080x1080_Eagles_2023_Regional_KiaForum_0105_11.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="363" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ldCT3eJp4kNK4F14KxQ-JTJ7pkrwJCGM_fCPHSjQfusvm4ZOhf9tTlJrUkGiPaNaIEFjnpRbcnVwY2Rrzch7M1uMxKdoTMNE32VR4SFXKnRFp3ryXFpY4Mwinzp21BL6Ou060-ozlXsAzzfCJMgCMiY2VMp-pLpvf4S80fu3NXpcttTJbXzI2ao-Yr_u/w363-h363/Static_Social-Instagram_1080x1080_Eagles_2023_Regional_KiaForum_0105_11.jpeg" width="363" /></a></div><br /><p></p></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?si=ahmhrzcZ-eK1BE1D&list=PLE7OYmYUxGQerN2Df7EeghnHICLtnBUv5" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Wikipedia's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974_in_music#February" target="_blank"><i>1974 in Music</i></a>, February and March album release listings</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpib9IINDIaNHjjZcLL8faYAADy586w32cYJwwgSBw03yOAPwSpm9Gtrz5hnpqQdAsdYTmeYew5LbLjh9BM_fbSlMpWGlZ2IOBFsGrIop2BsqQDokI7qG5SaDwIYqC4hOIQXpP2NW8deDtmGwi1WkLxe2nCiUeFKS2YWIaPvRWK-NTJbB_gvM4dS6EvtaV/s1890/Screenshot%202024-03-03%20at%2010.24.05%E2%80%AFAM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1890" data-original-width="1648" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpib9IINDIaNHjjZcLL8faYAADy586w32cYJwwgSBw03yOAPwSpm9Gtrz5hnpqQdAsdYTmeYew5LbLjh9BM_fbSlMpWGlZ2IOBFsGrIop2BsqQDokI7qG5SaDwIYqC4hOIQXpP2NW8deDtmGwi1WkLxe2nCiUeFKS2YWIaPvRWK-NTJbB_gvM4dS6EvtaV/w448-h514/Screenshot%202024-03-03%20at%2010.24.05%E2%80%AFAM.jpg" width="448" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR_K0gZ0Rpy6IUlieGoTtZPZ8_5EDPhG2NnclCZxArg8QslkOQ0GmKmItV4t6TaGygR_kNb0QCARrJR6e595j7AAxOu65EiuwqeEUcpjYLjylbbYpsKHEZHPuhZItVELaBxrEK5zetqAYm3q7A4KP_dNl-5hJgufJ3JWqPNF_H2JYcFAFgk9TPK0MloObs/s1900/Screenshot%202024-03-03%20at%2010.38.07%E2%80%AFAM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1900" data-original-width="1250" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR_K0gZ0Rpy6IUlieGoTtZPZ8_5EDPhG2NnclCZxArg8QslkOQ0GmKmItV4t6TaGygR_kNb0QCARrJR6e595j7AAxOu65EiuwqeEUcpjYLjylbbYpsKHEZHPuhZItVELaBxrEK5zetqAYm3q7A4KP_dNl-5hJgufJ3JWqPNF_H2JYcFAFgk9TPK0MloObs/w354-h536/Screenshot%202024-03-03%20at%2010.38.07%E2%80%AFAM.jpg" width="354" /></a></div></div>Doug McIntoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05087324962301422474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870818837050814545.post-45425082494943383762024-02-26T04:33:00.000-08:002024-02-26T04:33:47.910-08:00#NewMusicMonday • February, 2024 • John Leventhal <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuJjVPl82xDbc7rvtRJKYH13Y_nFEtz7wLRSxLOBpLgEE2steT3sp1Rr50DW-IhzwCQnzUGTqfwhv3b3-2lO7saYDZZl3yhIFV9iKTfZVF2cjRg5dO-UNx0wTaGh8_iElk1HRDMHXkncm3OaLzwbJQOaNAxzRAbZPPAbKzjT3eJFu5gw0VNDa5XI_A5_LF/s1702/JohnLeventhal.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1684" data-original-width="1702" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuJjVPl82xDbc7rvtRJKYH13Y_nFEtz7wLRSxLOBpLgEE2steT3sp1Rr50DW-IhzwCQnzUGTqfwhv3b3-2lO7saYDZZl3yhIFV9iKTfZVF2cjRg5dO-UNx0wTaGh8_iElk1HRDMHXkncm3OaLzwbJQOaNAxzRAbZPPAbKzjT3eJFu5gw0VNDa5XI_A5_LF/w440-h436/JohnLeventhal.jpg" width="440" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Leventhal" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Rock Salt;">J</span>ohn Leventhal</a> is one of those great musicians that you probably have never heard of before. Like most people, I learned about Mr. Leventhal through his famous wife, Rosanne Cash. In 2018, I got to see both perform at the wonderful 700+ seat Edmonds Performing Arts Center in Edmonds, Washington. I wrote a blog about it, <i><a href="https://www.mondaymondaymusic.net/2018/01/rosanne-cash-duo-edmonds-center-for.html" target="_blank">Rosanne Cash Duo - Edmonds Center for the Arts, 1/25/18</a>. </i>Recently, I have seen them billed as Rosanne Cash & John Leventhal. Today, I'll just focus on John and his new album, <i>Rumble Strip</i>, that is also the same name of Cash's and Leventhal's new record label. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.rumblestriprecords.net/" target="_blank"><i>Rumble Strip</i></a> is Leventhal's first solo album, but with 6 Grammy's under his belt has made a career being a very successful record producer. (Click on the link to go into several good articles about Leventhal, Rumble Strip, and his 30 year relationship with Cash.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My interest in Leventhal (who is 71) is basically my interest in people continuing to create, and maybe getting a little attention after a lifetime of already excellent work. It is so inspiring to see older people continuing to work their craft and just keep doing it year in and year out. John Leventhal, you're a new hero of mine!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The playlist this week has a smattering of new songs from new albums that are coming out soon. I have saved the end of the playlist for all of the remaining songs on <i>Rumble Strip</i> not featured at the top of the playlist. <i>Rumble Strip</i> is the perfect listening album for my taste in music in 2024, writing and arranging with acoustic guitars that just soothes the soul.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Enjoy my friends!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?si=1ItQfJMJqUZXHhRQ&list=PLE7OYmYUxGQdHPinhW_PNY4UId1D50MmP" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>Doug McIntoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05087324962301422474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870818837050814545.post-25901943452076306442024-02-19T06:57:00.000-08:002024-02-19T07:00:31.421-08:00Fifty Years of Running • The Ramble<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3siIyQKMHQvpkc4-njR8fKgX8EJ45S5eZ7dk6IU4cGMIIKV6IuCuCIFY75CZLyafwNosYNB-ZAS_JPDBRhVpbl0K2h234D-QO3ek_Copd05Ck0XRC6IRg-s-m1NQymvpmj1SNqJpcc1SQ9WWdsdW1_fYZoLD21dIi13YM2NtENo4DWRIroF-4KW9J4pkK/s1916/Paul%20and%20Doug%20HCsign.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1544" data-original-width="1916" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3siIyQKMHQvpkc4-njR8fKgX8EJ45S5eZ7dk6IU4cGMIIKV6IuCuCIFY75CZLyafwNosYNB-ZAS_JPDBRhVpbl0K2h234D-QO3ek_Copd05Ck0XRC6IRg-s-m1NQymvpmj1SNqJpcc1SQ9WWdsdW1_fYZoLD21dIi13YM2NtENo4DWRIroF-4KW9J4pkK/w536-h432/Paul%20and%20Doug%20HCsign.jpeg" width="536" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">50 years later, with a lot of miles down the road. January 31, 2024</td></tr></tbody></table><p>This post takes me back to the spring semester of 1974 with my buddy and long-time part-time running mate, Paul Hobbs. Actually, I'll let Paul kick this thing off with several thoughts I asked him to jot down.</p><p><i>Doug and I first crossed paths at the Santa Maria Recreation and Parks Department Junior Olympics. We were pitted against one another in the standing broad jump event. Though I was a 4th grader and Doug was a year behind, he kicked my ass and I’ve never forgiven him, end of story.<br /><br />No, just kidding. Doug’s family, as mine had done, moved from the west side of town to the east side, and wound up living next door to my friend Ron Zieman. We became dear friends and spent a lot of time together.<br /><br />We ended up, eventually, attending Hancock College and signing up for a jogging class. It was very loose. We met in the morning and ran for an hour or so, showered up and moved on to our next class. Our only responsibility was to map out a course, measure the distance, and submit it for a book of courses to be provided to future classes, as ours was the maiden voyage of Jogging 101. Great idea.<br /><br />The class instilled a running discipline in Doug and I that we’ve somehow maintained for about 50 years. We were running buddies for that brief time but over the years rarely ran together. We have remained friends and running enthusiasts and have shared information regarding treatment of injuries, running shoes, events, and love of the sport. Now, we get together a few times a year for a glorious run on the beach, lunch, and a couple of beers. What a grand way for a pair of old friends to spend some time. </i>–Paul Hobbs</p>Up until that point in 1974, I would do what many people do in having that start-stop inconsistency with running. Running is not pleasurable for a large part of the population, so I imagine even reading about it here might be annoying at best. If so, just skip to the playlist below as I've been tweaking it for several years now into a nice upbeat rock 'n' roll listen. However, I am going to press on, even start sprinkling in a few running quotes.<br /><p style="text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: left;">“Most of us have enough areas of our lives where we have to meet others’ expectations. Let your running be about your own hopes and dreams.”</i><span style="text-align: left;"> <br />– Meb Keflezighi</span></p><p>My first running partner was my early childhood friend, Bill DeVoe. In high school, Bill would put his German Shepherd, Leroy on a leash, and we would all run together from his house to the very same Allan Hancock Jr. College. We'd would run around the exterior of the school and then head back to his house without Leroy missing a beat.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8mrbHiLdnOSGjITZ38Lq3gwzGeIB64b1hDCvy7ROr6SKjetqGZLCgyjNHRXC3G35fR0lKbTQ6FNxxSQ-hJb3DEWiVOrUHFSxlzCDagYEMvxQcIEQPCTd3XZvMhPffgbLVFRpru6v5M0OZR4s6xu2-aDuylSG4HkJ1t1U8kWXyLm7S8Eio2kU5NCr_4JTm/s600/Bill%20Doug%20Vashon%202021.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="451" data-original-width="600" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8mrbHiLdnOSGjITZ38Lq3gwzGeIB64b1hDCvy7ROr6SKjetqGZLCgyjNHRXC3G35fR0lKbTQ6FNxxSQ-hJb3DEWiVOrUHFSxlzCDagYEMvxQcIEQPCTd3XZvMhPffgbLVFRpru6v5M0OZR4s6xu2-aDuylSG4HkJ1t1U8kWXyLm7S8Eio2kU5NCr_4JTm/w418-h315/Bill%20Doug%20Vashon%202021.jpg" width="418" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beach walk on Vashon Island, 2021</td></tr></tbody></table><p>50 Years later, Bill is still running, and runs with a small group of guys on Vashon Island in Washington. Recently, Bill told me that the group of 60+ year old guys had to insert a new rule into their run routine overlooking the beautiful Puget Sound. New Rule - If anyone brings up their current aches and pains, they have to 1), quickly explain their ailment, and then 2), cannot talk about it the rest of the run. Sounds like a plan. Like Paul, Bill has been a long-time part-time running and walking partner based on our distance from one another.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>“I always loved running… it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs.”</i> – Jesse Owens</p><p>For most runners who are consistent with it over the years, it's a solitary event, where your mind goes inward while your body gets expressive.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: left;">“Running is alone time that lets my brain unspool the tangles <br />that build up over days.”</i><span style="text-align: left;"> – Rob Hanisen</span></p><div>After two years of Hancock, I moved into the dorms at San Diego State in 1975. There, I met another dear friend, Mark Hunter. Mark and I would move out a year later and become roommates for a couple years after that. Mark being a Health Science major was into running and we would often hook-up for a run in the streets of San Diego. We would also run the trails together at Palomar Mountain as camp counselors for a couple of summers. I don't think I was ever in better shape in my life running those dusty trails in our shorts and hiking boots.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi71IhKO0iPg2xPhmZyNGQ2di-2QhgYVBCsimidlX_26GT4duI28vB7Rm2wUawl2UZ74PqozufJ3yPSzvTeF4dgg8zVKiXbXCdLliEbrt7HBqQlLuHARmHxXi_8HOICmGk2vixoVdi_NyW0sfKv2PnLpA08pvTWX1TzeHshMa07KE-u6YgIdasfWcFxxIk_/s800/Mark%20and%20Doug%20Palomar%20Backpacking800.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="800" height="367" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi71IhKO0iPg2xPhmZyNGQ2di-2QhgYVBCsimidlX_26GT4duI28vB7Rm2wUawl2UZ74PqozufJ3yPSzvTeF4dgg8zVKiXbXCdLliEbrt7HBqQlLuHARmHxXi_8HOICmGk2vixoVdi_NyW0sfKv2PnLpA08pvTWX1TzeHshMa07KE-u6YgIdasfWcFxxIk_/w466-h367/Mark%20and%20Doug%20Palomar%20Backpacking800.jpg" width="466" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A tired Mark and Doug after leading campers with disabilities <br />on a two day hike and camp @ Camp-A-Lot, Palomar Mountain 1977<br />(a shout out to my trusty Wolverine boots)</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>“There is something magical about running; after a certain distance, it transcends the body. Then a bit further, it transcends the mind. A bit further yet, and what you have before you, laid bare, is the soul.”</i> – Kristin Armstrong</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">After college, I started teaching in 1980 and after several years in the special education program in San Diego Unified School District, I met a wonderful guy named Bob Morris. Both of us were married with two kids each, and one day, we just started running together after work. We'd solve all of our work problems mostly running the San Diego Bay. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Eventually we started running half-marathons together and then ran the San Diego Marathon sometime in the early 90's. Bob was also a street bicyclist where a 50 mile ride was nothing to him. I called him, "The Mountain Goat' because he came from Montana and told me about riding the freezing roads with the wind and prairie in his face. Bob and I would go up a steep hill and he'd just leave me in the dust. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Although, I do remember running our first half-marathon together from the Del Mar Fair to La Jolla Cove. On the way, there is a very long stretch climb from the coast up to the UCSD campus. We're in our late 30's, and this grey-haired woman in her 60's just comes up gliding next to the two of us, and then just passes moving at her pace. We both look at each other as she's already 20 yards ahead of us. Yes the sport is humbling, but as one learns, always at your own pace. Thank you Bob for your friendship and all those running years together!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>“Running allows me to set my mind free. Nothing seems impossible. <br />Nothing unattainable.” </i>– Kara Goucher</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In the list of running partners in my life, I must include - </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">My daughter Katie. </div><div style="text-align: left;">We ran together after her high school years while she was in college and mostly before she had children. Katie is the closest running partner I've ever had. It's like running with myself next to me- same gait, same pace. I miss our runs, maybe one day after her boys grow older we will run again.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibBMgkOIxO6OMeqfpELGDZOPnVPllfeZJHg0pkNS_z6ReaJ2JHhqqqSwxLamK5FVLyLrzEYdtz8pF8wPtu-843AMQuozr6B3XwLL3tb_ebutEjwd0SyjcQ913VcrsNghvm4HVfqW3rAgxJkRYECr7pTm0bHJfkreqy22QiDFRaobwWwpTgE9pkjpSOfYru/s800/pismo%20Turkey%20trot%202019.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibBMgkOIxO6OMeqfpELGDZOPnVPllfeZJHg0pkNS_z6ReaJ2JHhqqqSwxLamK5FVLyLrzEYdtz8pF8wPtu-843AMQuozr6B3XwLL3tb_ebutEjwd0SyjcQ913VcrsNghvm4HVfqW3rAgxJkRYECr7pTm0bHJfkreqy22QiDFRaobwWwpTgE9pkjpSOfYru/w262-h350/pismo%20Turkey%20trot%202019.jpg" width="262" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pictured left to right - <br />Susan's husband Rick, Susan, Stephanie and me.</td></tr></tbody></table>My sisters Stephanie and Susan. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Stephanie and I started running together sometime in the early 2000's. At some point, we invited our sister Susan to a couple of half-marathons and a couple of Thanksgiving Turkey Trots that we all really enjoyed together. I started this idea of calling my running and anybody who ran with me, "Team Tortoise." I created a logo, and Susan printed up some t-shirts. Here we are on a very blustery Thanksgiving day at Pismo Beach in 2019, at the annual Turkey Trot walk or run. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>“We run to undo the damage we’ve done to body and spirit. We run to find some part of ourselves yet undiscovered.” – </i>John Bingham</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">At some point in my 40's, I began to really enjoy running by myself again. Maybe at heart, runners are loners. Speaking for myself, it's free therapy where my mind and body stays connected. Young people don't even think of this, but as you get older you physically have to be moving, or else...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><i>“Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; <br />just never give up.”</i> – Dean Karnazes</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;">This past Saturday (February 17), I celebrated 22 years of life after my heart attack. In retrospect, it was probably one of the best things that ever happened to me. In my mid-40's, I still hadn't learned to let things go. My heart attack although mostly rooted in heredity was more than a family trait, it was about me owning my place at the table. I could create, contribute, and care with confidence, without the baggage of what anybody or everybody thought. I didn't have to metaphorically run from my life, rather I could choose to mentally and physically run to my life. My heart attack experience helped me actualize my self value.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">“I breathe in strength and breathe out weakness.” – Amy Hastings Cragg</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div>You may have noticed (other than the group poses above), there's not a single picture of running here. In fifty years, I don't think I have an actual picture of me running, because I don't think I have any pictures of me brushing my teeth either. Good habits are practiced on a weekly basis without any fanfare. In whatever form of exercise you choose, your habits of mind will determine how you move your body. Perseverance is characteristic of the practice one puts into one area, that can transcend into the wholeness of a person. Running has provided me an organizational foundation to be confident and task-oriented in both my personal and professional life.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I guess it's time so show some running. If someone were to ask me, What is the most inspirational clip you've ever seen on running? It would be Dave Wottle's 800 meter gold metal run in the 1972 Olympics. I think it's the single most reason I dedicated myself to running. Here's also the excellent sports commentary by Jim McKay and Marty Liquori that may have also simultaneously inspired thousands of young people's journalism careers.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5LHid-nC45k?si=ZlYDCSnrrpNT5znz" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"Taking a walk, most everyday is one of the foundational cornerstones of an engaged life."</i> – Doug McIntosh </div><div><br /></div><div>In the 1970's running and tennis were big sports and thus began popular exercise with the average person. Today, the everyday exercise is walking and pickleball. Let's stick to walking here.</div><div><br /></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMc4m3W9PxclttlEGWdqdw5aUqOjYQ3dUajH0y-4Au9WAPGo0l1EkAVfRq-_GzZRj_-AcAgF3nkQhtsxI0DWizEYDGBgZ9MGOqGJCOENJLaHAgBbmw1OOWhCQrSc38-QO3PGvxtpCPJL7C3w6fo1SgSpFLN5XM5J0vTYIYv-nhHYVl0Nerc_XyWOJuVIHN/s4032/Ken,%20Paul%20and%20Ron.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMc4m3W9PxclttlEGWdqdw5aUqOjYQ3dUajH0y-4Au9WAPGo0l1EkAVfRq-_GzZRj_-AcAgF3nkQhtsxI0DWizEYDGBgZ9MGOqGJCOENJLaHAgBbmw1OOWhCQrSc38-QO3PGvxtpCPJL7C3w6fo1SgSpFLN5XM5J0vTYIYv-nhHYVl0Nerc_XyWOJuVIHN/s320/Ken,%20Paul%20and%20Ron.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Solving the world's problems<br />on a walk in Santa Monica with <br />Ken Forman, Paul Hobbs, & Ron Zieman</td></tr></tbody></table>Taking a walk is liberation from buildings. Back in the 20th century, it just used to be the old lady out for<br /> a walk around the neighborhood, while her soon to be dead husband was home on the couch. Today, millions of people have reserved that walk as that "me time" to stay healthy. Doesn't matter if you're solo or with a friend, or dog or two, walking will save your life. Taking a walk is the most accessible aerobic activity that is going to keep a person young in spirit, because if you give up on your body, that spirit will follow. </div><div><br /></div><div>I'm most inspired by friend Ron Zieman's semi-retirement 7 and 10 mile walks, or what he calls "The trail of tears" up and down the steps leading to his local Santa Monica Beach, and then some more steps in and around the beautiful coast and canyons. You rock Ron!</div><div><br /></div><div>For runners, most of us have the simple rule that we are going to run... until we can't. And when we can't, we're already walking... until we can't. The thing is, if you take a walk everyday, the time that you have on this earth will probably be a lot longer than the short time you can't walk at all. </div><div><br /></div><div>Walking is problem-solving. You can be walking with someone, or by yourself, as forward movement stimulates the brain, and a stimulated brain is an active agent for change. </div></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>“I run because it’s so symbolic of life. You have to drive yourself to overcome the obstacles. You might feel that you can’t. But then you find your inner strength, and realize you’re capable of so much more than you thought.”</i> <br />– Arthur Blank</div><div><br /></div><div>This past year, I made the choice to transition from running on my favorite hilly and sometimes rocky trail to the flat back of a middle's school baseball fields and large dirt field, about .6 of a mile round. Over the course of time on my trail runs, I had begun to trip and fall every couple of months on the little rocks jutting up from the ground (snipers), and decided that was enough of that. Besides, I had become so slow on the trail for fear of falling, that I was missing the joy of running.</div><div><br /></div><div>Over Christmas break, I pulled a groin muscle playing tennis with my twin grandsons. I waited a month or so, and then finally ran with Paul on the same day the Hancock picture was taken. Later that same morning we ran at Grover Beach, and I pulled that same muscle, again.</div><div><br /></div><div>The past two weeks, I've been sick with a pretty strong cough and chest cold and have not been able to run. It's been almost two months. I'm not really a patient person like when I was younger, but what running has helped me understand is the process of adaptation. Life throws stuff at you, and it's how we adapt to situations and events that allows us to cope and problem-solve our way through. So, right now I'm just walking everyday with my beautiful wife, just like we always do.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>They are moments in time when running allows you to see</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>how wonderful your life is.”</i> – Kara Goucher</div><div><br /></div><div>It's a morning last November, about 8am at the baseball fields and the back 40 dirt lot behind De Portola Middle School. I'm about half way through my 5 mile run. As I recall, I'm on a good clip running 4.7 mph and the sun just coming up over the east side line of trees. Several people are walking their dogs and chatting in the right field grass at the largest ball field. Got my phone strapped on my arm with my music library of 30,000 or so songs, set to "Random." Tom Petty's <i>Running Down a Dream</i> comes on, I pick up the pace, just looking at my feet hit and return, hit and return. I'm movin' I'm alive, and another day on this earth to feel it, love it and later, get some stuff done.</div></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzTTpwoXe8TIdYh934wXe11aBW5X1FoVTmC1Km2153aGD0-pa0LkveAmyltGcsmrGHE-JmqgXH0IDy5I5kZtLlOu9O32dq7327EvkibCVBii4lIBnGfGsyhQHNOvEjE_7Qjj_vInQRNsubEQT9kJ_zOQstBirb7lF1SCS0M-CvLbLFw19HcFToG5TONsLl/s557/new-tortoise-badge_500.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="557" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzTTpwoXe8TIdYh934wXe11aBW5X1FoVTmC1Km2153aGD0-pa0LkveAmyltGcsmrGHE-JmqgXH0IDy5I5kZtLlOu9O32dq7327EvkibCVBii4lIBnGfGsyhQHNOvEjE_7Qjj_vInQRNsubEQT9kJ_zOQstBirb7lF1SCS0M-CvLbLFw19HcFToG5TONsLl/s320/new-tortoise-badge_500.png" width="287" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://TeamTortoise.org" target="_blank">TeamTortoise.org</a><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsovltkfrhqWd6RPTPyy_vsKIX22HEjWQI-Nmss28WEisGQU_fvk44pqnb8u9KZCjrgYmveBI82Un8804-V-X9TCsdi2Q56WwpBdqYW5bdBYI7jUQxMOHFzhEo2B77dWGn0NduHsyxy7lyI1ad4ZOT_-SWjC6ihA9X6TojYgVxbhg0IQvJlSTk4rq8M8OQ/s4032/crystal%20pier.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsovltkfrhqWd6RPTPyy_vsKIX22HEjWQI-Nmss28WEisGQU_fvk44pqnb8u9KZCjrgYmveBI82Un8804-V-X9TCsdi2Q56WwpBdqYW5bdBYI7jUQxMOHFzhEo2B77dWGn0NduHsyxy7lyI1ad4ZOT_-SWjC6ihA9X6TojYgVxbhg0IQvJlSTk4rq8M8OQ/s320/crystal%20pier.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hey my editor did find one of me running!<br />Crystal Pier Pacific Beach, California<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">Enjoy the playlist my friends, </div><div style="text-align: center;">it's enough to keep picking them up and putting them down!</div></span></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-c6792db5-7fff-f0bb-6d12-459a46932115"><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?si=mRH-_1EsfDcMumpl&list=PLE7OYmYUxGQfRHgnMycGc0cXAG5lsie7I" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>Doug McIntoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05087324962301422474noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870818837050814545.post-6133524789872981652024-02-12T06:53:00.000-08:002024-02-12T06:53:51.221-08:00Beatles Tribute Bands • The Analogues • Rain • The Fab Four<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs2PEqNWAF1y7pcygOIi8NNOWXRlfGB2RQ0ZBgQCjqIEPf8WmFWnkAaGgBDsq0wT-WO3eHPzFzCEJEhR2lTnKn2WVbhtitfzcXLA8KB7uy81gzbEporGLZTlZuwzqZbpxMxoMFBw2fZNZcpkL-Qm2yEeuBfOEMDfMf6hJYrCZQDccVMadmDWTUuVYdzuUi/s800/Beatles%20Tribute%20Bands-800.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="156" data-original-width="800" height="109" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs2PEqNWAF1y7pcygOIi8NNOWXRlfGB2RQ0ZBgQCjqIEPf8WmFWnkAaGgBDsq0wT-WO3eHPzFzCEJEhR2lTnKn2WVbhtitfzcXLA8KB7uy81gzbEporGLZTlZuwzqZbpxMxoMFBw2fZNZcpkL-Qm2yEeuBfOEMDfMf6hJYrCZQDccVMadmDWTUuVYdzuUi/w566-h109/Beatles%20Tribute%20Bands-800.png" width="566" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>“He’d say, ‘Where are we goin’, fellas?’ And we’d go, ‘To the top, Johnny!’</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>And he’d say, ‘Where’s that, fellas?!’</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>And we'd say, ‘To the toppermost of the poppermost, Johnny!’</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>And he’d say, ‘Riiiiight!’ And we'd all sort of cheer up."</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">–Ringo Starr</div><div><p style="text-align: left;">In my tribute to 60 years of The Beatles in recent posts including last weeks, <i><a href="https://www.mondaymondaymusic.net/2024/02/sixty-years-of-music-beatles-on-ed.html" target="_blank">Sixty Years of Music • The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show • February 9, 16, and 23, 1964</a></i>, I thought I'd focus on three Beatles tribute bands that I think are the toppermost of Beatles tribute bands.</p><p style="text-align: left;">But first, let's talk about the cultural phenomenon The Beatles created after their first visit to the United States as a band in February, 1964. What follows for millions of young people across the globe is talking mom and dad into buying them, an acoustic or electric guitar, bass, or drum set. </p><p style="text-align: left;">Suddenly, the family piano became a friend and if your piano teacher was cool enough, they were starting to buy pop band sheet music and introducing it their students. My only experience in this area was convincing my 80 year old piano teacher to let me learn how to play, <i>Windy</i> by The Association a #1 hit in 1967.</p><p style="text-align: left;">In the months and years following Beatlemania and the British Invasion, kids started forming garage bands and started learning rock 'n' roll songs, together. Any musician and band that was ever born, started in someone's garage, basement, or bedroom, playing cover songs of their favorites. From 1964, Beatles songs were the bread and butter go to songs for such bands and their dreams.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Today, it's still so amazing that a band basically known to most Americans from 1964-1970 could still have such a hold on us today, from that 6 years and the body of work created by the best band of all time. </p><p style="text-align: left;">The Beatles not only launched thousands of bands world wide, but in the decades following 1970, launched hundreds of professional Beatles tribute bands. Most of us never saw The Beatles live. But, you can recapture that live magic again by going to a Beatles tribute bands concert worthy of their namesake heroes. Here are three tribute bands worth talking about, even though I've only seen two of them live.</p><p style="text-align: left;">My top Beatles tribute band, and one I have never seen live other than through the wonders of YouTube, are <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Analogues" target="_blank">The Analogues</a>. I might even postulate that they are the "ultimate" Beatles tribute band. And, for what it's worth, I cried while listening to their live performance of the entire <i>The Beatles (White Album)</i>.</p><i>The Analogues are a Dutch tribute act to The Beatles. Founded in 2014, the Analogues' ambition has been to perform live the Beatles' music from their later studio years, using analogue and period-accurate instrumentation. The Analogues distinguished themselves by performing songs and whole albums live, which the Beatles never played live. While the band does not attempt to look like the Beatles, they have been noted for accurately recreating and reproducing their music and sound. </i>Wikipedia</div><div><br /></div><div>Note- From what I can tell, The Analogues from The Netherlands mostly stay in Europe 😞. </div><div><br /></div><div>The next two are California bands, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain:_A_Tribute_to_the_Beatles" target="_blank">Rain</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fab_Four_(tribute)" target="_blank">The Fab Four</a>. I've seen Rain twice, and The Fab Four once, all in either San Diego or Los Angeles. I actually don't have an opinion if one is better than the other, with both building a brand name even as band members come and go. I can tell you how I have felt after all three shows as audiences will concur; we were all one in the pure joy and happiness of having an "in the moment" experience of excellent live Beatles music in the 21st century. Note- Please bear in mind the sound quality from many of these two bands video clips were mostly shot in the audience with smartphones. Watching Rain, and The Fab Four live is really what's it all about.</div><div><br /></div><div>Now I've also seen Paul live and Ringo's All Starr band live, and both of course were fabulous shows. Nothing like the real thing. But, be on the look out for these two California tribute bands, when yearning for that Beatles fix and its poppermost high.</div><div><br /></div><div>Maybe Paul said it best a few years ago on Stephen Colbert...<i>"These songs get into people's heads and they have this meaning."</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vdGlGwlgxTk?si=EMJDbt2f5WP5J77C" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Tribute bands are like horseshoes where close really counts to a paying audience. Enjoy this Beatles mix from The Analogues, Rain, and The Fab Four my friends!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?si=Cs67BeBIAncHiAli&list=PLE7OYmYUxGQd7c7McUYnd6gt0ZNsZIkzm" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>Doug McIntoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05087324962301422474noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870818837050814545.post-6658911118961587362024-02-05T07:08:00.000-08:002024-02-05T07:38:19.642-08:00Sixty Years of Music • The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show • February 9, 16, and 23, 1964<div style="text-align: left;">In past blog posts I have written about my personal experience of February 9, 1964 viewing The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show for the first time. Here, I thought I'd put together a series of quotes and videos that amplify an astonishing moment in American cultural history that changed our lives forever. For the generation who knew where they were on the sorrow of November, 22 1963, and then the pure joy of February, 1964, we never seem to tire of these images and sounds, placed at the beginning of the mix tape of our lives.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ1NOzUJSgw6bYMWmSXO0PKZbnprx1cbXXqM4iY80rMat2CZ6sqRfFgwPoEON8zBFNe-0_UJ8qneEH3FFEKrABZixm72gcDw5fIodpJEvnoOeaJn_gRXNm9l71VCKHXSDYYvS-1JSXz2qAA7513Ej4cgibgP4SJWYQFA0DbuhL6P3QMG4sX90YW1TaLQyO/s665/beatles.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="507" data-original-width="665" height="367" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ1NOzUJSgw6bYMWmSXO0PKZbnprx1cbXXqM4iY80rMat2CZ6sqRfFgwPoEON8zBFNe-0_UJ8qneEH3FFEKrABZixm72gcDw5fIodpJEvnoOeaJn_gRXNm9l71VCKHXSDYYvS-1JSXz2qAA7513Ej4cgibgP4SJWYQFA0DbuhL6P3QMG4sX90YW1TaLQyO/w482-h367/beatles.jpg" width="482" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ed with the lads February 8, 1964 <br />Note- George would be confined to his hotel room most of that day with a sore throat.</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yRhF4HbpUHk?si=uhOOtCxVa5XoeZQj" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><b>The February 9th Performances in New York<br /></b><i>Sullivan began the show by telling the audience that Elvis Presley and his manager, Colonel Tom Parker, had sent the Beatles a telegram wishing them success in America (though it was reported later that Parker sent the telegram without Presley's knowledge). Sullivan then introduced the Beatles, who opened by performing "All My Loving"; "Till There Was You", which featured the names of the group members superimposed on closeup shots, including the famous "SORRY GIRLS, HE'S MARRIED" caption on John Lennon; and "She Loves You" The act that followed the Beatles in the broadcast, magician Fred Kaps, was pre-recorded in order to allow time for an elaborate set change. The group returned later in the program to perform "I Saw Her Standing There" and "I Want to Hold Your Hand". <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles_on_The_Ed_Sullivan_Show" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a></i><i style="text-align: center;"> </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>
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</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>"The minute I saw The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show -- and it's true of thousands of guys -- there was the way out. There was the way to do it. You get your friends and you're a self-contained unit. And you make the music. And it looked like so much fun. It was something I identified with. I had never been hugely into sports. ... I had been a big fan of Elvis. But I really saw in The Beatles that here's something I could do. I knew I could do it. It wasn't long before there were groups springing up in garages all over the place. "</i><br />–Tom Petty<br /><br /><i>"This was different, shifted the lay of the land. Four guys, playing and singing, writing their own material ... Rock 'n' roll came to my house where there seemed to be no way out ... and opened up a whole world of possibilities."</i><br />–Bruce Springsteen<br /><br /><i>"I remember exactly where I was sitting. It was amazing. It was like the axis shifted ... It was kind of like an alien invasion."</i><br />–Chrissie Hynde<br /><br /><i>"That one performance changed my life ... Up to that moment I'd never considered playing rock as a career. And when I saw four guys who didn't look like they'd come out of the Hollywood star mill, who played their own songs and instruments, and especially because you could see this look in John Lennon's face -- and he looked like he was always saying: 'F--- you!' -- I said: 'I know these guys, I can relate to these guys, I am these guys.' This is what I'm going to do -- play in a rock band'."</i><br />–Billy Joel<br /><br /><i>"The lightning bolt came out of the heavens and struck Ann and me the first time we saw the Beatles on 'The Ed Sullivan Show.' ... There'd been so much anticipation and hype about the Beatles that it was a huge event, like the lunar landing: that was the moment Ann and I heard the call to become rock musicians. I was seven or eight at the time. ... Right away, we started doing air guitar shows in the living room, faking English accents, and studying all the fanzines."</i><br />–Nancy Wilson</div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>The February 16th Performances in Miami Beach</b></div><i>After a February 11 concert in Washington, D.C.'s Washington Coliseum and two February 12 shows in New York's Carnegie Hall, the Beatles flew to Miami Beach on February 13, where Cassius Clay (later known as Muhammad Ali) was in training for his first title bout with Sonny Liston (on February 18, the Beatles would eventually pose for publicity photographs with Clay in a boxing gym). The Beatles held rehearsals on February 14 and 15. The band stayed in the Hotel Deauville, which was also the broadcast location for the show. The Beatles rehearsed in the hotel's basement.<br /><br />On the evening of the television show, a crush of people nearly prevented the band from making it onstage. A wedge of policemen were needed and the band began playing "She Loves You" only seconds after reaching their instruments. They continued with "This Boy" and "All My Loving", then returned later to close the show with "I Saw Her Standing There", "From Me to You", and "I Want to Hold Your Hand". The audience for this show was about 70 million, nearly equaling the prior week's performance.</i> <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles_on_The_Ed_Sullivan_Show" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a></i></div><div><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KkznaMv7hQo?si=vUVAxKFI1LQ2jAM1" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>The February 23rd Performances Taped in New York</b></div><div><i>The Beatles' third appearance aired on February 23, though it had actually been taped on February 9, before their first live performance. They followed Ed's intro with "Twist and Shout" and "Please Please Me" and closed the show once again with "I Want to Hold Your Hand". </i><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles_on_The_Ed_Sullivan_Show" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/b-VAxGJdJeQ?si=eoQiq25Ose-8-C1G" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div>Doug McIntoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05087324962301422474noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870818837050814545.post-73002459547742395322024-01-29T04:42:00.000-08:002024-01-29T04:42:53.418-08:00#NewMusicMonday • January, 2024 • Women Rule 'n' Roll<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPOiSqqyQqQtBaeSvCzDBodtY5UfxGagzDXweFFDcRN4UANHOGVwk9CkfuqNmpLej5LfDlPt42kNp8NgwtYL9-_bKevrYRQ3HfA2nKYvfQ8wixdvrYTL_T_LvIufQzedynl4DiHlyrfohGPvdac4NESd6wAFj-WdU7ZK0ElVjXkAys4WYtuZhC9Emq5q1g/s800/Jan.2024-800.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="479" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPOiSqqyQqQtBaeSvCzDBodtY5UfxGagzDXweFFDcRN4UANHOGVwk9CkfuqNmpLej5LfDlPt42kNp8NgwtYL9-_bKevrYRQ3HfA2nKYvfQ8wixdvrYTL_T_LvIufQzedynl4DiHlyrfohGPvdac4NESd6wAFj-WdU7ZK0ElVjXkAys4WYtuZhC9Emq5q1g/w479-h479/Jan.2024-800.png" width="479" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: Rock Salt;">O</span>ver the course of the last several years I have noticed a trend in my #NewMusicMonday posts, women are ruling the Americana genre of music. Even as I explore Indie or Alternative genres, they are now either led by a woman or one or more members of a band now consist of women. </p><p>You don't have to look deep in any field and realize that women are qualitatively front and center. One stat that I recently read was that <a href="https://hechingerreport.org/an-unnoticed-result-of-the-decline-of-men-in-college-its-harder-for-women-to-get-in/" target="_blank">nearly 60% of women attend a college or university, whereas men are at just over 40%</a>. But, as usual, the flip side of that statistic is that it's also harder for women to get accepted into these same colleges, as admissions offices are aggressively looking for more men. </p><p>I'm not here to make this about bashing men. I've always had a large musical preference towards women musical artists that all started with Joni Mitchell, Linda Ronstadt, and Emmy Lou Harris in the 1970's. And, even though I'm not a big Beyoncé and Taylor Swift fan, They are currently at the very top of the music business.</p><p>All my big male rock 'n' roll heroes, like most of my friends, are over 70, or "almost 70" as my buddy Paul has been told. </p><p>For me, popular music in the 20th century was about making hits. As the young artists of the 70's, 80's and 90's grew older, their hits started dropping off at some point, but I didn't stop listening to them. As a maturing music listener, my music tastes have expanded to other genres, but more importantly, it's discovering the deep cuts, the one's that never get played on the radio, or late night television shows.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPONgm9NsgHv6tIPwCbPHGDzlaoRF1OMxDzuxmtG_gIvUefVVavbDXT4HXlZzJ4EVVSo8JMrmFkxZQQ4R_dw6-V-WEfGIE957BjSjUPh0NN2lSqD6holcjJmjCF83NRlXGSvDXAh91rFsnHRqSX6Wvc7JtDfEb3vS52dDFDsj_NG7v0Z2XZAdrMyRM1057/s640/Rosanne-Cash-The-Wheel-Vinyl_f7a7af88-2280-4a4c-b3f9-4d527110f88e.59c1c01c950b0ad68c395115afd0dd59.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPONgm9NsgHv6tIPwCbPHGDzlaoRF1OMxDzuxmtG_gIvUefVVavbDXT4HXlZzJ4EVVSo8JMrmFkxZQQ4R_dw6-V-WEfGIE957BjSjUPh0NN2lSqD6holcjJmjCF83NRlXGSvDXAh91rFsnHRqSX6Wvc7JtDfEb3vS52dDFDsj_NG7v0Z2XZAdrMyRM1057/s320/Rosanne-Cash-The-Wheel-Vinyl_f7a7af88-2280-4a4c-b3f9-4d527110f88e.59c1c01c950b0ad68c395115afd0dd59.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>Several years ago, I found Sarah Jarosz and Madison Cunningham on YouTube. These two young women for me represent the best of 21st century music, women of heart and mind. <p></p><p>Recently, Rosanne Cash celebrated her 30th anniversary of the album, <i>The Wheel</i> as she and husband and collaborator John Leventhal remastered and released the album on their own new label, Rumble Strip. I think of Rosanne Cash as sort of a new pioneer who took her daddy's music with elements of folk and rock 'n' roll back to its roots, and moved it forward to the future. </p><p>I hear those roots and future in Sarah Jarosz and Madison Cunningham, and in new music by Brandy Clark and Dori Freeman this month. Not to fear, I have a new Mark Knopfler song, a couple of Real Estate and Bleachers songs, and new song from The Black Keys to create a little 80/20 women to men ratio here in the playlist this week. But whose counting?</p><p>Enjoy the playlist my friends.</p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?si=23SWu7So6CFJAh2y&list=PLE7OYmYUxGQdlrsngbKLO2GIf02kQ_Kag" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>Doug McIntoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05087324962301422474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870818837050814545.post-65413450392628535132024-01-22T06:53:00.000-08:002024-01-22T06:53:17.913-08:00Back in the PNW<div style="text-align: center;"><i>Flew in from Miami Beach B.O.A.C</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Didn't get to bed last night</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>On the way the paper bag was on my knee</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Man, I had a dreadful flight</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Back in the U.S.S.R.</i>, Lennon and McCartney</div><p>On January 5th, shortly after takeoff from Portland Oregon, an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 blew out its sealed "Door Plug" causing an uncontrolled decompression of the plane. The plane managed to land safely with all the passengers and crew still all seated and buckled in. On January 6th, Alaska Airlines grounded all its 737 Max 9's which make up 20% of their fleet, causing a cascading effect of cancellations and rescheduling for many flights.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxx9QNlgOhMvogrth4WCw8q8xxRgJxYEFJcdNqDRXhullxefo2Qa3HhQcwKfVTBad4JLxkgrS5-VrcaA2mHcNQLrQrNGGtT0ErkC2-kfk2Uymbt1WWwidE983qBRTXt8u7f26yjfUzSdpUHdb063jTQzZDuuw7JYEmxDoQpltVl274glkBdnfixlRsXDst/s1199/DoorPlug.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="1199" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxx9QNlgOhMvogrth4WCw8q8xxRgJxYEFJcdNqDRXhullxefo2Qa3HhQcwKfVTBad4JLxkgrS5-VrcaA2mHcNQLrQrNGGtT0ErkC2-kfk2Uymbt1WWwidE983qBRTXt8u7f26yjfUzSdpUHdb063jTQzZDuuw7JYEmxDoQpltVl274glkBdnfixlRsXDst/w507-h285/DoorPlug.jpg" width="507" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Portland Physics Teacher, Bob Sauer with the Boeing 737 Max 9<br />"Door Plug" found in his backyard.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Meanwhile...</p><p>In a much needed change of scenery, my wife Mary Kit and I had planned several months ago a Thursday, January 11th flight from San Diego to Seattle and the great Pacific Northwest. We were going back to see our PNW families, including a three-day trip to Cannon Beach in Oregon. I was also back to see my life-long buddy Bill and continue our tradition of meeting and spending a couple of office days together in downtown Seattle.</p><p>On January 10th, we got an email from Alaska Airlines telling us our flight had been cancelled and they would write us back. They did write back about an hour later and said they had rescheduled our flight to the next day at 2:20pm. So, we Lyft to the airport, get checked-in and wait for two hours to catch our flight. About 30 minutes before we board, an agent announces that the inbound flight that came from Mexico "had some maintenance issues" and there was going to be a 15 minute delay before boarding. Then the next bulletin, a one hour delay. At the two hour mark, Mike the mechanic rolls out from under the plane and says, "She ain't goin' nowhere today pilgrims." We're then told, "Please proceed back down to Baggage Claim and pick up your luggage, and thank you for flying Alaska Airlines."</p><p>We go down get our luggage, and everyone's on their phones calling Alaska Airlines reservations and getting the same message, "Please hold, there is currently a four-hour wait time before an agent can assist you." Mary Kit says to me, "You sit with the luggage and I'll go back to the Alaska Airlines ticket counter and see when we can get another flight." Actually, that's not exactly what she said, but just go with it. Anyway, she goes to the counter, and sees about 150 people in line. Then she notices, only two people in line for First Class/Priority Customers. She goes to that line.</p><p>She approaches the ticket agent, and in her sweetest Grandma voice tells the agent she has to get to Seattle ASAP, the agent tells her to "go to other line" when she fails to produce the Priority Customer number. "But sir, I have to get to Seattle before my family leaves for Oregon on Saturday." The agent looks at the other line, now growing to 200, and says, "Let's see what we can do." He spends about an hour with her trying to find multiple connecting flights scenarios, etc. when a coworker tells him, "Try John Wayne" (in Orange County). He then miraculously finds the last two seats on a 7am Friday flight out of John Wayne to Seattle. She takes it, and works out a free voucher (hour and a half) Lyft ride and hotel stay near the airport. The next morning, we actually take off, seated in separate middle seats a row back from each other. She's Chatty Cathy with her seat mate having a good conversation. My row mates are already fast asleep and sprawled out while I'm in a zen-like state, body straight with my arms tucked in for 2 hours and fifty minutes. I'm delusional, sitting in the middle seat with strangers and thinking this must be just as difficult as the yoga "crane pose."</p><p>We land, it's f!!!ing 23 degrees and this San Diego wuss is grumpy. However once in the elements, the change of environment is spectacular and worth all the time spent on various planes, buses, ferries, and automobiles! My mind needs and welcomes this change in the days ahead.</p><p>I'm back to my see my three step-children, their spouses and six grandchildren. I'm back to see my childhood friend, Bill who I have known since we've been five years old. Yeah, we go way back. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl9xzhkW-u8KhZ1TwoRFcGgwggS4-SLfXmqqL4aPFARjP8H5OQ8qRUbAuNJIlDn-vQjpLoMCGxl3b_GQsCrfWbD03vSNlmLT4eK4HW5-AsglnSmkUiFKiZwJlnQNaxiAd5Wek79Z1wfQwhk6gCQB5KATGJ8ftayqNPzedPARC1Eq0_tvYW8u9-Pm458ekQ/s2000/CannonBeachKids.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="2000" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl9xzhkW-u8KhZ1TwoRFcGgwggS4-SLfXmqqL4aPFARjP8H5OQ8qRUbAuNJIlDn-vQjpLoMCGxl3b_GQsCrfWbD03vSNlmLT4eK4HW5-AsglnSmkUiFKiZwJlnQNaxiAd5Wek79Z1wfQwhk6gCQB5KATGJ8ftayqNPzedPARC1Eq0_tvYW8u9-Pm458ekQ/w526-h263/CannonBeachKids.jpg" width="526" /></a></div><p>I'm back in Tacoma, and back in Cannon Beach Oregon on a sunny day with frozen sand at <a href="https://www.cannonbeach.org/things-to-do/beaches-and-parks/haystack-rock/" target="_blank">Haystack Rock</a>. I'm back in West Seattle, and back in downtown Seattle, eating at <a href="https://www.mattsinthemarket.com/menu/menus.htm" target="_blank">Matt's in the Market</a> and then <a href="https://www.seriouspieseattle.com/" target="_blank">Serious Pie</a> the next day. I'm back in Edmonds, and back in the beautiful PNW were I have been welcomed and loved by the wonderful people we keep coming back to.</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0jDuCj7uwMUuTPWNPUntf8lKR_R-pGfQaNK5OrMeaOrGkezxV3H6lfBvCjsicue7bm8dhYM7syZk9QfyiRQU9uxAAvE76ElRKAQPMWU1nU1Y2ihEJGMisDhfeOY5dI39b5ois11a0tGiQwSgfwsD1INUoIiHnIylS9G7W69G_6v9-1S6jEDBTHA-VqA2w/s3750/SeriousPie.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2152" data-original-width="3750" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0jDuCj7uwMUuTPWNPUntf8lKR_R-pGfQaNK5OrMeaOrGkezxV3H6lfBvCjsicue7bm8dhYM7syZk9QfyiRQU9uxAAvE76ElRKAQPMWU1nU1Y2ihEJGMisDhfeOY5dI39b5ois11a0tGiQwSgfwsD1INUoIiHnIylS9G7W69G_6v9-1S6jEDBTHA-VqA2w/w457-h263/SeriousPie.jpeg" width="457" /></a> </div><p></p><p>Now, I'm writing this on the following Friday night before I wake up at 3:00am to catch a 6:45am flight back to San Diego... on Alaska Airlines. Okay Mike, your mechanics better make this my last sentence here talking about dreadful flights... We land safely and on time. That afternoon it actually rains in San Diego and the Pickleball players at the tennis courts next to my house scatter. Serenity now!</p><p>Enjoy the Playlist my friends, with all the videos from artists and bands from yes, the Pacific Northwest!</p><p style="text-align: center;">Happy Birthday Shawna and Abby!</p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?si=eYCKjR3DzY3dVTxf&list=PLE7OYmYUxGQepN5n3OOxba1UctrTCf89v" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>Doug McIntoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05087324962301422474noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870818837050814545.post-88502881414138548342024-01-15T06:13:00.000-08:002024-01-15T06:24:25.078-08:00Fifty Years of Music • January, 1974 • Forever Young<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQQScv4pux3OQgpZofcrOI4TDs7f1G4rqL1Ibpy_8g5SFoXvBcrBKjBL6tYssO9nRWep7Qx6EIchc888FgyIouq-ijnqgr9I3Nfp2RTdEmFBl6qpsTdCBfc2vXEBSFaUO3F1vkmzFUBBeToos7hWGgTevSPeA2uO_RRHrBRkTniCPE5RYQ7Z9rKJHB1VGp/s1814/January.%201974.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1220" data-original-width="1814" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQQScv4pux3OQgpZofcrOI4TDs7f1G4rqL1Ibpy_8g5SFoXvBcrBKjBL6tYssO9nRWep7Qx6EIchc888FgyIouq-ijnqgr9I3Nfp2RTdEmFBl6qpsTdCBfc2vXEBSFaUO3F1vkmzFUBBeToos7hWGgTevSPeA2uO_RRHrBRkTniCPE5RYQ7Z9rKJHB1VGp/w491-h330/January.%201974.jpg" width="491" /></a></div><p>I rarely include every song from every album I feature, but I believe the January, 1974 releases were that good. </p><h2 style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Alegreya SC;"><i>Court and Spark</i>, Joni Mitchell</span></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Joni Mitchell's most popular album of her career and is the album that cements her as one of the greatest singer-songwriters of all time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><h2 style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Alegreya SC;"><i>Wild Tales</i>, Graham Nash</span></h2><div>Graham Nash puts out a good solid album, nothing that compares to his old girlfriend, but he's in a very large group when being compared to Joni. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div><h2 style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Alegreya SC;"><i>The Phosphorescent Rat</i>, Hot Tuna</span></h2></div><div>Hot Tuna is a band I never listened to as a young person. As an older person I can now appreciate Jorma Kaukonen (guitars) and Jack Casady (bass) talent as musicians not only as former members of Jefferson Airplane, but also their ability to write very catchy songs that should have gained them more popular attention back in the day as Hot Tuna.</div><div><br /><div><h2 style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Alegreya SC;"><i>Grievous Angel</i>, Gram Parsons</span></h2></div><div>Gram Parsons makes the best album of his far too short career, cut short by a combination of a alcohol and morphine overdose. Parsons died at the tender age of 26 on September 19, 1973. I believe if Parsons had lived to see many more years, we would be talking about him in Willie Nelson terms. From my perspective, I see Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris as the modern birth parents of the Americana genre.</div><div><br /></div><div><h2 style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Alegreya SC;"><i>Planet Waves</i>, Bob Dylan</span></h2></div><div>Bob Dylan can still sing in 1974 and <i>Planet Waves </i>is one of his most passed over albums. Anybody who has The Band as their backup band is going to make an album people are going to listen to. I love that he includes both the fast and slow version of <i>Forever Young </i>on the same album. Bob's average work would be other artists greatest albums. </div><div><br /></div><div><h2 style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Alegreya SC;"><i>Hot Cakes</i>, Carly Simon</span></h2></div><div>She and James are making babies and great albums together and I'm going to be shattered in a few years when they break up. It would be just another chapter in my personal end of the innocence moments of my early twenties. </div><div><br /></div><div><h2 style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Alegreya SC;">Billboard Top 100, January, 1974</span></h2></div><div>Here are a few picks scattered about from the January, 1974 Billboard 100 as most of these songs were released in 1973 but hey, you don't mind.</div><div><br /><div>Enjoy the playlist my friends.<span style="text-align: center;"> May you stay forever young.</span></div><p></p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?si=3mZgypZ8UoIZz0dj&list=PLE7OYmYUxGQe4OqMk4-DIUaa8VxlzXVwq" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div></div></div>Doug McIntoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05087324962301422474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870818837050814545.post-6239005362161862362024-01-08T05:58:00.000-08:002024-01-08T06:59:46.374-08:0060 Years of Music • January, 1964 • How Many Album Versions?<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhouIXXCCgtXpF8pAwyxjKhIrHXl3GiLQwrBgtWjth0-gsyM5G9_pa5ZoWJ3vhGDvNnnE5NiUd6OIWw2d_dfmUQLDZpcQ8RYOtuFVmcgkW76l60ed1h6rm-KqR6_rcOouxspiFwLEvgUrumVSVPhy0nIAsG_nGmNsdY_1DJUNXDh9IvO2dn9OCtcSYgFNFA/s800/Jan.%201964.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="499" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhouIXXCCgtXpF8pAwyxjKhIrHXl3GiLQwrBgtWjth0-gsyM5G9_pa5ZoWJ3vhGDvNnnE5NiUd6OIWw2d_dfmUQLDZpcQ8RYOtuFVmcgkW76l60ed1h6rm-KqR6_rcOouxspiFwLEvgUrumVSVPhy0nIAsG_nGmNsdY_1DJUNXDh9IvO2dn9OCtcSYgFNFA/w499-h499/Jan.%201964.jpg" width="499" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Alegreya SC;">Meet The Beatles</span></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Meet The Beatles</i> was released on January 20, 1964. It was actually their second album released in the United States and their first album on Capitol Records. From there, it gets a bit more complicated as Capitol Records (originally an American company) was sold to British owned EMI in 1955. Capitol as a subsidiary to the very powerful EMI, would often not follow the parent company as American copyright laws and procedures would allow Capitol's leadership to often deviate from EMI's rule. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsKT9l7HoapzX52gNFO3SlsOz-oZHtIy3b9bcdKE4VaMHMzoVBnW9Mm5z3Xep-3jj1jNm5tFZKZu7X0YtFGYQYSCSSElLEhc1Yrtzyq7be5GhjKNglYONFxZ7Ya1NQNFruW5QKwmU5HKupyyvQz0cLspuyhB_rJ1OFgAwV7eu_Q9LmBVPn3fMJ7_mnhH8f/s316/Withthebeatlescover.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="316" data-original-width="316" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsKT9l7HoapzX52gNFO3SlsOz-oZHtIy3b9bcdKE4VaMHMzoVBnW9Mm5z3Xep-3jj1jNm5tFZKZu7X0YtFGYQYSCSSElLEhc1Yrtzyq7be5GhjKNglYONFxZ7Ya1NQNFruW5QKwmU5HKupyyvQz0cLspuyhB_rJ1OFgAwV7eu_Q9LmBVPn3fMJ7_mnhH8f/w154-h154/Withthebeatlescover.jpg" width="154" /></a></div>For example, why does <i>With The Beatles</i> (the original second release in England) have 14 songs and the American <i>Meet The Beatles</i> only have 12? Why does the American <i>Meet The Beatles</i> have their smash single hits, <i>I Want to Hold Your Hand,</i> and <i>I Saw Her Standing There</i> while England's <i>With The Beatles</i> does not? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If you were ever confused why <i>Meet The Beatles</i> says right on the front cover, "The First Album by England's Phenomenal Pop Combo" you are in a very large worldwide group of fans who often received different album covers, titles and song selections from the early releases of Beatle albums, compared to the original Beatle releases from England. Maybe, all these different versions of songs on essentially the same albums are the genesis of "The Mix Tape." </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I recently found a great YouTube video from "Adam from Parlogram" who does a 15:40 deep dive that explains all these little mysteries, and highly recommend you circle back here to this video if you're doing a quick skim and scan of this post now. </div><p></p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/snyePv2wO-s?si=eS90iJBBto2V_45E" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><h2 style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Alegreya SC;">The Rolling Stones (EP)</span></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>The Rolling Stones (EP) </i>was released January 10, 1964. Decca Records was not quite ready to fully commit a full album by The Rolling Stones and this four song EP was a testing of the waters to see if the band was going to be worth the risk.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI6tXRnSWxI8J0sXQ2evxYT2eNHaZuKIOsiWBw7UZHkdNr29RD6kmu33r09tl2CxIGqKY2McEv1g9MvY_KVwRLxHtty3spfaHWv6ARNJhJxfC8YAOg1NSMgBr9r05YY_yVSYHX1YE-azMOIOfI8fFz1RYYrnrQ90yO2vuDkr5fgnAszm4ZJ3ralSHRSKnm/s316/Iwannabeyourmanstones.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="316" data-original-width="316" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI6tXRnSWxI8J0sXQ2evxYT2eNHaZuKIOsiWBw7UZHkdNr29RD6kmu33r09tl2CxIGqKY2McEv1g9MvY_KVwRLxHtty3spfaHWv6ARNJhJxfC8YAOg1NSMgBr9r05YY_yVSYHX1YE-azMOIOfI8fFz1RYYrnrQ90yO2vuDkr5fgnAszm4ZJ3ralSHRSKnm/w164-h164/Iwannabeyourmanstones.jpg" width="164" /></a></div>The EP follows their first hit, <i>I Wanna Be Your Man</i> a song written by Lennon and McCartney and given to The Rolling Stones by the eager song writing duo. <i>I Wanna Be Your Man</i> is also a track sung by Ringo on both <i>With The Beatles </i>and <i>Meet The Beatles</i>. Both Beatle and Stones live versions are included here in the playlist, and exhibit A to all the stupid naysayers doing The Beatles vs The Rolling Stones nonsense. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><h2 style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Alegreya SC;">Muddy Waters folk singer</span></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>Muddy Waters folk singer </i>was released January 30, 1964. Chess Records wanted to bring in new fans to Muddy following the early 60's Folk Music movement, and convinced him to do an all acoustic guitar album with his protege Buddy Guy, and Willie Dixon on string bass and producing the album. This album would not generate any hits but later would be critically acclaimed and voted in 2003 as the 280th of Rolling Stone Magazine's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This album is indicative of Muddy's influence on the impending British Invasion of artists who revered Waters and would shortly pass him in fame and fortune. The Rolling Stones name actually comes from the 1950 Muddy Waters song, <i>Rollin' Stone</i>. The man is simply the OG of rock 'n' roll.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><h2 style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Alegreya SC;">Stay With The Hollies</span></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>Stay with The Hollies </i>was released January, 1964 in England, and in the United States with the title, <i>Here I Go Again</i>. This debut album was released under The Beatles label, Parlophone as EMI was quick to jump on new groups that could replicate The Beatles harmony magic. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The Hollies are also named after rock 'n' roll treasure Buddy Holly as the influence of American artists propel post World War II babies like Allan Clarke, Graham Nash, and Tony Hicks. (I mention Tony Hicks here because I really liked his guitar playing in The Hollies, and he rarely gets a shout-out). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">1964 is really the year that rock 'n' roll changes the world and I hope you can make the time to listen to some of these songs from these four albums. It's a fascinating time to see the upstarts take over from their heroes- Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and Buddy Holly who collectively made 1964 happen in the first place.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Enjoy the playlist my friends.</div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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</div>Doug McIntoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05087324962301422474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870818837050814545.post-85209274264163747432024-01-01T07:25:00.000-08:002024-01-01T07:46:59.814-08:00#BestSongIHeardToday • Volume 28 • Tom Smothers and 49 Bye-Byes<p> Happy New Year my friends! </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFKBfnxhOEeop729AHvLK-w12uo_zNqrI9FpGhJZjs4gK2nC6kf4Bv8RJNReE2XyT07N91R85_JRBQyX2JpeswdwGFCdpf3MXr9Z6KiR7bny1bPvG8ETVpBvtkPG3RM4O71GrmoBVlAMBrKFclMaotwCAyXL-xcvKCp5GAwx9_n1F9FUorPXK7rU3FI0yN/s1090/52%20weeks.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="474" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFKBfnxhOEeop729AHvLK-w12uo_zNqrI9FpGhJZjs4gK2nC6kf4Bv8RJNReE2XyT07N91R85_JRBQyX2JpeswdwGFCdpf3MXr9Z6KiR7bny1bPvG8ETVpBvtkPG3RM4O71GrmoBVlAMBrKFclMaotwCAyXL-xcvKCp5GAwx9_n1F9FUorPXK7rU3FI0yN/s320/52%20weeks.jpg" width="139" /></a></div>This is the beginning of another 52 week musical adventure where I post a Monday morning music blog with an embedded playlist. Sometimes, I wander from music in the writing, but the playlist itself is mostly music unless a scene from a movie or a TV show grabs me, or I include a comedy bit or two, as I will do today.<p></p><p>So here we go, let's keep the streak alive and thanks for your click and read!</p><p>This past week, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Smothers" target="_blank">Tom Smothers</a> pasted away at age 86. I loved the Smothers Brothers growing up in the 1960's as <i>The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour</i> played an important role in bringing the counter-culture or the 60's into our mainstream living rooms. The Smothers Brothers had this fantastic musical/comedy act duo that was highly entertaining and totally disarming. Tommy's genius as the leader of the <i>Comedy Hour</i> was to bring the whole family together and embed topics of the day like the Vietnam War, religion, politics, and even drug references.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtMohidws3lSRdLLx_QAbidZvD8XSHG3ehU16WIkWGY25oNX5WWOsI1i7bhg1N2sKp_mYBBB3x0DwlOYSreygg29oR5NH9ZqDcLBG9iskfGdA8SjVt_fNIakY7NoSvI703MhYZtjhaujf-0NUDSTivmTWrX_0IadsyIztvjRrrooMxFYE4TcX-JSIC_R0f/s780/smothersbrothers.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="438" data-original-width="780" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtMohidws3lSRdLLx_QAbidZvD8XSHG3ehU16WIkWGY25oNX5WWOsI1i7bhg1N2sKp_mYBBB3x0DwlOYSreygg29oR5NH9ZqDcLBG9iskfGdA8SjVt_fNIakY7NoSvI703MhYZtjhaujf-0NUDSTivmTWrX_0IadsyIztvjRrrooMxFYE4TcX-JSIC_R0f/w464-h261/smothersbrothers.jpg" width="464" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tom and Dick Smothers</td></tr></tbody></table><p>The Smothers Brothers also introduced many up and coming pop and rock 'n' roll bands in their short run from 1967 - 1969 before CBS cancelled one of it's highest rated shows as being too controversial. </p><p style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;"><i>The series showcased new musical artists that other comedy-variety shows rarely gave airtime to, due to the nature of their music or their political affiliations.George Harrison, Joan Baez, Buffalo Springfield, Cass Elliot, Harry Belafonte, Cream, the Who, Donovan, the Doors, Janis Ian, Yank Barry, Jefferson Airplane, Peter, Paul and Mary, Spanky and Our Gang, Steppenwolf, Simon and Garfunkel, Ray Charles, Hello People, Pete Seeger and Ike and Tina Turner were showcased during the latter years of the show despite the advertiser-sensitive nature of their music.<br /><br />Seeger's appearance on the season two premiere which aired on September 10, 1967, was his first on network commercial television in 17 years since being blacklisted in 1950. His performance of "Waist Deep in the Big Muddy" was dropped from the broadcast after his refusal to comply with CBS's request to remove the sixth verse. The song, its story related to the present by the controversial stanza, was a metaphor for President Lyndon B. Johnson and his Vietnam War policy. Seeger was eventually allowed to reappear on the show to perform the song again on Episode 24 later that season.<br /><br />In 1968, the show broadcast several promotional films (later known as "music videos") for the Beatles' songs "Hey Jude" and "Revolution" and several songs of the Bee Gees. Before a rowdy crowd at the Los Angeles Forum, Jimi Hendrix dedicated "I Don't Live Today" to the Smothers Brothers, as heard on The Jimi Hendrix Box Set. </i>from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smothers_Brothers_Comedy_Hour" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a><br /><br />In 1969, Tommy was invited by John Lennon to play acoustic guitar on <i>Give Peace a Chance</i>, and I have included that song here in the playlist this week. (In the video, look for Tommy to the left of John). Thank you Tom Smothers for all the joy you brought to Americans of all stripes. </p><p style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">I wish you all peace and sanity in 2024 because we're all going to need it! </p><p style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">Enjoy this crazy eclectic playlist my friends as the Smothers Brothers just kind of took it over by the final omits and inserts on Sunday night. The late 60's win again! (<i>Now is he talking about the era or his age?</i>) The only cohesive bit here is 49 videos that end with <i>49 Bye-Byes</i>. </p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?si=oVsbXFoy-C2NP8jy&list=PLE7OYmYUxGQcE_Q0rlrY1zM69SqE3M_8n" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>Doug McIntoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05087324962301422474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870818837050814545.post-7337914770667380242023-12-25T07:17:00.000-08:002023-12-25T07:28:11.128-08:00My Favorite Songs of 2023<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Gi7cyIdg8nxy4S-92r5Sy6mSqQ2y0m6zhpVG4p7qXbdgbUG9SYsau1PhIMDHk67whKfHLag0SM9DI8ju0XDJYgO37VuzLwA5DXjesRYqFt86QrkW8Vf8zNLPr3Mvuw-iadF4VTBAlq-MBNkFV0aIygnJe6G7rTQb8OxNPccrxgUeLdx3wyex8Y7yLAWZ/s800/2023%20songs.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="524" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Gi7cyIdg8nxy4S-92r5Sy6mSqQ2y0m6zhpVG4p7qXbdgbUG9SYsau1PhIMDHk67whKfHLag0SM9DI8ju0XDJYgO37VuzLwA5DXjesRYqFt86QrkW8Vf8zNLPr3Mvuw-iadF4VTBAlq-MBNkFV0aIygnJe6G7rTQb8OxNPccrxgUeLdx3wyex8Y7yLAWZ/w524-h524/2023%20songs.jpg" width="524" /></a></div><p>Merry Christmas everyone! As this is the last Monday Monday Music™ blog of the year, I want to thank all my loyal readers for tuning in every week to read and listen to a brand new playlist of music every week!</p><p>2023 marks the third straight year that I have published a blog every Monday for a 52 week calendar year. This year may have been a little skimpy on the word count for a typical week as I have taken on more duties with D&D Learning Spaces™ as their Learning Environment Designer. </p><p>I just want to give a quick shout out to my boss Dean Smith and his wonderful staff for making this a very rewarding year from a work perspective. After all these years, I still have the drive to design K-12 learning spaces with schools and Dean has given me the opportunity to express my creativity with educators while working with an exceptional group of furniture and technology collaborators. I am so blessed and thankful for this opportunity! </p><p>This year with the full-time work gig kicking in, I started writing many a blog post on a Saturday or Sunday morning (like this one), but stayed true to the music playlists as they typically take several weeks to put together. <i>My Favorite Songs of 2023</i> is a compilation of my favs taken from 11 months of my <i>#NewMusicMondays</i> playlists. I'm so thankful for the Monday Monday Music listeners who have taken the time to actually go through or even skip through a playlist that I have created. This year, I feature mostly songs from 16 new albums worth listening to.</p><p>This year, I added <i>60 Years of Music</i> to cover the 1960's and the best decade of music ever produced in my opinion. Then, I continue <i>50 Years of Music</i> to cover the 1970's, and <i>#NewMusicMondays </i>to keep you exploring new songs from young and older artists. A special hats off to The Rolling Stones for making an album in 2023 (<i>Hackney Diamonds</i>) of all new songs. </p><p>Music is art and like all art we each have our own tastes. I don't expect everyone to like my typical mix of rock 'n' roll and Americana (or what we used to call Folk music). I do think that in every playlist I create, there is at least one or a couple of songs that make it to your heart. It may be an old tune from the last century, or it may be a new tune you discover today in the playlist. In any event, music is powerful. It's something that we take with us whether you are listening to a digital device or playing a song in our head. </p><p>I also want to take a moment to thank my wife, Mary Kit and our blended-family for just being the wonderful people they are. All of us are busy, but I appreciate that we all work together to keep it all together for the combined five children, their spouses and our nine grandchildren. I think that the grandkids think that <i>Yellow Submarine</i> is my favorite song of all-time, and I'll will keep that going as long as they believe in Santa Claus. Someday, we'll have the talk about <i>Penny Lane</i>. </p><p>This past week, Mary Kit and I took our three grandsons, Cole, Brendan and Drew to the Corvette Diner that has all the walls filled with paintings of the rock 'n' roll stars from the 50's and 60's. We had a great discussion of band members now dead or still alive. The conversation centered on two large paintings near us of The Rolling Stones and The Who. Now this got a bit tricky with Brian Jones and Keith Moon and our nine-year twins, as I kept it general. But, the boys just couldn't understand how adult Brian Jones could have drowned alone in his own swimming pool? I moved on to the painting of The Supremes. Anyway, there was a live DJ there and he played upon my request, <i>Jumping Jack Flash</i> and <i>I Can See For Miles</i>. He said, "These songs go out to the Wagner boys who are coming for my job!" <i>I was born in a crossfire hurricane</i>... </p><p>As I say at the end of most of my posts, "Enjoy the playlist my friends." And... if I don't know you personally, but you've found your way here and listened to a song or two here, you're certainly a friend of mine!</p><p>Merry Christmas and let's all just practice a little more kindness in 2024, it can change everything.</p><p>Now here's a great little mix of album-oriented favs from 2023. Enjoy the playlist my friends!</p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?si=QJG2HsMog87JP84E&list=PLE7OYmYUxGQelyE93s-X4_OW6SHsRqWf2" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And hey, let's not let the dust settle quite yet on my Christmas Mix 2023. </div><div style="text-align: center;">It will make for great background music throughout this merry day!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?si=eGGBpvEB63hsWPCI&list=PLE7OYmYUxGQcbZguEZ0CaPgd2FP96hK3l" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>Doug McIntoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05087324962301422474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870818837050814545.post-84945222578024633272023-12-18T05:32:00.000-08:002023-12-18T06:07:28.092-08:00My Favorite Songs of 1973<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPgcXFie19q0FIuDS_iPDtLPsayiH_rwcnubI0RaAPSqFIb0psOLzKP7QPZRqAmIFbHu1khYyez8YOt_wDOihzhU6qO2s13vSx8iQqvj6pXi0TvuP4QfIEdj7E017sFx5QkLJiuX4Z2TnrCHjAr1Iha88tjUkZjN9gEgctj5aPKRJ8yFzluQSR-w2nVAbf/s600/1973.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPgcXFie19q0FIuDS_iPDtLPsayiH_rwcnubI0RaAPSqFIb0psOLzKP7QPZRqAmIFbHu1khYyez8YOt_wDOihzhU6qO2s13vSx8iQqvj6pXi0TvuP4QfIEdj7E017sFx5QkLJiuX4Z2TnrCHjAr1Iha88tjUkZjN9gEgctj5aPKRJ8yFzluQSR-w2nVAbf/w538-h538/1973.png" width="538" /></a></div> <br />Fifty Years of Music. 1973 was a great year musically and personally. Fifty years ago, I was spending the first Christmas with my new girlfriend, Mary Kit and so the songs of that year have that special place in time in my heart.<div><br /></div><div>Here's a few personal opinions from the featured albums above.<div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>No sophomore slump with the Eagles, as their second album is their best.</li><li>Stevie Wonder takes it to a whole other level. Stevie opens my ears to R&B and I start to expand my musical tastes. </li><li>Paul Simon makes an album for the ages. My personal favorite from his great body of work.</li><li>With this album, The Who cement the bronze metal just behind The Rolling Stones silver, and then there is The Beatles, at the top of the platform.</li><li>Two albums by Elton John and Fleetwood Mac with song after song included here. I miss Christine.</li><li>Jackson Browne is becoming a legend, but just wait for the one next year.</li><li>Neil Young is drifting here, but I still want to believe.</li><li>Dave Mason finally gets a little solo attention, and I'm including almost every song from the album.</li><li>The Faces make a better album than The Stones in 1973. </li><li>Seals and Crofts make their last great album, and I played that thing to death in my bedroom.</li><li>Pink Floyd actually made some good songs that I listened to in 1973. Then, classic rock stations killed the song, <i>Money</i> as it goes into the category of "songs ruined by radio."</li><li>Harry Nilsson can do it all. I miss Harry, I wonder if only...</li><li>Bonnie Raitt is quietly picking up steam.</li><li>Mary Kit gets me listening to David Bowie, but years later I realize his early sound is the rock 'n' roll greatness of Mick Ronson. How could Bowie let him go?</li><li>Bob Dylan makes a wonderful soundtrack and song that is one of my favorites of all-time.</li><li>Two albums by Paul McCarthy and one by John Lennon without much mention here. </li><li>Tom Waits, what an incredible debut album. The songwriting and simple performance knocks me out 50 years down the road. I was so out to lunch and completely missed this one as an 18 year old. </li><li>Love the acoustic arrangements as Led Zeppelin builds even a wider spectrum of fans.</li><li>Joe Walsh. Always a great song or two on every album he made. Enough to fill arenas for years and years, and that's just the solo part of his career.</li><li>Loggins and Messina sing <i>Lahaina</i>, and I cry listening to it 50 years later watching the town burn down in 2023.</li><li>Steely Dan is just killing it by 1973, with more to come. Anybody remember Skunk Baxter? He's still alive by the way. Steely Dan always had great songs performed by some of the best players in the world.</li><li>George Harrison makes a solid album. I know it's not necessary to root for George Harrison, but I always wanted him to do well after the Beatles. I missed George this week listening to the Traveling Wilburys CD in the car.</li><li>Mark Twain and John Prine, now that's a couple centuries of Americana all spun in the wonderful writing of these two giants. I miss John Prine. <i>Dear Abby, Dear Abby...</i></li></ul></div><div><p>Enjoy my 1973 playlist compiled from all my #FiftyYearsInMusic blogs this year. There are lots of deep cuts here my friends.</p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?si=d0Tyh0Aoh8f4qPgt&list=PLE7OYmYUxGQcWMsn5OlJzCdpzbmQudPp_" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">p.s. Don't forget my <a href="https://www.mondaymondaymusic.net/2023/12/christmas-mix-2023.html" target="_blank">Christmas Mix 2023</a>, I've added a few more videos!</div>Doug McIntoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05087324962301422474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870818837050814545.post-78305317092925265742023-12-11T03:51:00.000-08:002023-12-11T03:53:35.673-08:00My Favorite Songs of 1963<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIjT0WGP7PDdaVEOQqRvme41svAdKNiNvJQiMX6PQuvQRqWxe7akQVltosoQTSitGK3HAJwPYwSDV4-Rj7KtXmUBG-dBqZvbnJLnqrsMaiH5YLvzQtdR0eUT2YHOn6QKvDL4ZvB9Pakjrva9IvxHYnaaowR1EHCQdZoEhF_Fz74GHPaNulPs066owLKoFS/s800/1963.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="495" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIjT0WGP7PDdaVEOQqRvme41svAdKNiNvJQiMX6PQuvQRqWxe7akQVltosoQTSitGK3HAJwPYwSDV4-Rj7KtXmUBG-dBqZvbnJLnqrsMaiH5YLvzQtdR0eUT2YHOn6QKvDL4ZvB9Pakjrva9IvxHYnaaowR1EHCQdZoEhF_Fz74GHPaNulPs066owLKoFS/w495-h495/1963.jpg" width="495" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>60 Years of Music. 1963 is the year before the rock 'n' roll "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Invasion" target="_blank">British Invasion</a>" and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatlemania" target="_blank">Beatlemania</a>" coming to America. However, The Beach Boys have already established their own Los Angeles beachhead and Bob Dylan emerges on the folk scene in New York City as both take the country by storm. We're at the dawn of the monster years of rock 'n' roll and my generation is ready for the ride, even if many of us are not quite old enough to know it yet. <p></p><p>These are the years where artists and bands were often required by their record companies to put out two albums a year plus be on a regular schedule to produce hit singles for the Billboard charts. In 1963, The Beatles and Beach Boys each put out two albums and a series of singles that will influence a whole new generation of kids playing musical instruments. The musical output will be astonishing, enough so that for me making <i>60 years of music</i> playlists in the months and years ahead will be child's play. </p><p>So, strap on those metal roller skates and turn on the transistor radios as the boomer generation will take on the establishment and put the suits, haters, and bible thumpers on notice, let's get the counter-culture party started!</p><p>1963 in Music and World Events (from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963_in_music" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>)</p><ul style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-image: url("/w/skins/Vector/resources/skins.vector.styles/images/bullet-icon.svg?d4515"); margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;"><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">January 2 - The 7th birthday for budding ambassador of The Wonderful World of Disney, Mary Kit Smith.</li><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">January 3 – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="The Beatles">The Beatles</a> begin their first tour of 1963 with a five-day tour in Scotland to support the release of their new single, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Me_Do" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Love Me Do">Love Me Do</a>", beginning with a performance in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elgin,_Moray" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Elgin, Moray">Elgin</a>.</li><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">January 7 – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_U.S._Bonds" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Gary U.S. Bonds">Gary U.S. Bonds</a> files a $100,000 lawsuit against <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chubby_Checker" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Chubby Checker">Chubby Checker</a>, claiming that Checker stole "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarter_to_Three" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Quarter to Three">Quarter to Three</a>" and turned it into "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancin%27_Party" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Dancin' Party">Dancin' Party</a>." The lawsuit is later settled out of court.</li><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">January 11 – "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Please_Please_Me_(song)" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Please Please Me (song)">Please Please Me</a>" is released in the United Kingdom by the Beatles, with "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ask_Me_Why" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Ask Me Why">Ask Me Why</a>" as the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-side" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="B-side">B-side</a>.</li><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">January 12 – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dylan" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Bob Dylan">Bob Dylan</a> portrays a folk singer in <i style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">The Madhouse of Castle Street</i>, a radio play for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="BBC">BBC</a> in London.</li><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">February 16<ul style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; list-style-image: url("/w/skins/Vector/resources/skins.vector.styles/images/bullet-icon.svg?d4515"); margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;"><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">The Beatles achieve their first No. 1 hit single, when "Please Please Me" tops the charts in the UK.</li></ul></li><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">February 22 – The Beatles form <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Songs" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Northern Songs">Northern Songs</a> Publishing Company.</li><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;"><span style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">February 24 - The 10th birthday for budding genius, Steve Jobs</span> an American businessman, inventor, and investor best known as the co-founder of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc." style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Apple Inc.">Apple</a>. Jobs was also chairman and majority shareholder of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixar" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Pixar">Pixar</a>, and the founder of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeXT" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="NeXT">NeXT</a>. He was a pioneer of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_computer_revolution" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Personal computer revolution">personal computer revolution</a> of the 1970s and 1980s, along with his early business partner and fellow Apple co-founder <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Wozniak" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Steve Wozniak">Steve Wozniak</a>. In the early 2000's, Jobs sparked the digital music revolution with the iPod and iMusic online store.</li><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">March 5 – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963_Camden_PA-24_crash" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="1963 Camden PA-24 crash">1963 Camden PA-24 crash</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patsy_Cline" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Patsy Cline">Patsy Cline</a> is killed in small plane crash near Camden, Tennessee, while on her way to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville, Tennessee</a>, from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Kansas City, Missouri">Kansas City, Missouri</a>, at the height of her career, together with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy_Copas" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Cowboy Copas">Cowboy Copas</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawkshaw_Hawkins" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Hawkshaw Hawkins">Hawkshaw Hawkins</a>.</li><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;"><span style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">March 10 - The 8th birthday for budding musician, Gary Louris, </span>an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter of alternative country and pop music. He was a founding member of the Minneapolis-based band the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jayhawks" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="The Jayhawks">Jayhawks</a> and their principal songwriter and vocalist after the departure of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Olson_(musician)" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Mark Olson (musician)">Mark Olson</a>. Louris is often credited with the band's subsequent move from folk-country toward a more progressive, pop sound.</li><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">March 22 – The Beatles release their first album, <i style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Please_Please_Me" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Please Please Me">Please Please Me</a></i>, in the UK.</li><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">April 8 – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/35th_Academy_Awards" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="35th Academy Awards">35th Academy Awards</a> ceremony is held. <i style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_of_Arabia_(film)" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Lawrence of Arabia (film)">Lawrence of Arabia</a></i> wins <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Academy Award for Best Picture">Best Picture</a>.</li><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">April 29 – 19-year-old <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Loog_Oldham" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Andrew Loog Oldham">Andrew Loog Oldham</a> signs a contract with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="The Rolling Stones">the Rolling Stones</a>, becoming their manager. Oldham had seen the band in concert the previous day at the Crawdaddy Club in London.</li><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">May 1 – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Coca-Cola_Company" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="The Coca-Cola Company">The Coca-Cola Company</a> introduces its first diet drink, <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tab_(soft_drink)" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Tab (soft drink)">Tab</a> cola.</li><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">May 2 – The Beatles reach number one in the UK singles chart for the second time with "<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Me_To_You" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="From Me To You">From Me To You</a>".</li><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">May 6 - The 9th birthday for budding musician, Mark Hunter.</li><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">May 11 – The Beatles album <i style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Please_Please_Me" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Please Please Me">Please Please Me</a></i> goes to the top of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Albums_Chart" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="UK Albums Chart">UK Albums Chart</a>.</li><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">May 15<ul style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; list-style-image: url("/w/skins/Vector/resources/skins.vector.styles/images/bullet-icon.svg?d4515"); margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;"><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5th_Annual_Grammy_Awards" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="5th Annual Grammy Awards">5th Annual Grammy Awards</a> are held in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="New York City">New York</a>, hosted by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Sinatra" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Frank Sinatra">Frank Sinatra</a>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Bennett" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Tony Bennett">Tony Bennett</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Stravinsky" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Igor Stravinsky">Igor Stravinsky</a> each win the most awards with three, with the former winning <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Record_of_the_Year" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Grammy Award for Record of the Year">Record of the Year</a> for his song "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Left_My_Heart_in_San_Francisco" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="I Left My Heart in San Francisco">I Left My Heart in San Francisco</a>". <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaughn_Meader" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Vaughn Meader">Vaughn Meader</a>'s <i style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_First_Family_(album)" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="The First Family (album)">The First Family</a></i> wins <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Album_of_the_Year" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Grammy Award for Album of the Year">Album of the Year</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Newley" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Anthony Newley">Anthony Newley</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Bricusse" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Leslie Bricusse">Leslie Bricusse</a>'s "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Kind_of_Fool_Am_I%3F" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="What Kind of Fool Am I?">What Kind of Fool Am I?</a>" wins <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Song_of_the_Year" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Grammy Award for Song of the Year">Song of the Year</a>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Goulet" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Robert Goulet">Robert Goulet</a> wins <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_New_Artist" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Grammy Award for Best New Artist">Best New Artist</a>.</li></ul></li><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">May 27 – <i style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Freewheelin%27_Bob_Dylan" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan">The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan</a></i>, singer-songwriter <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dylan" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Bob Dylan">Bob Dylan</a>'s second and most influential <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_album" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Studio album">studio album</a>, is released by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Records" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Columbia Records">Columbia Records</a>. The lead song, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blowin%27_in_the_Wind" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Blowin' in the Wind">Blowin' in the Wind</a>", is released as a single by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter,_Paul_and_Mary" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Peter, Paul and Mary">Peter, Paul and Mary</a> in June and by Dylan himself in August.</li><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">May 29 – On the 50th anniversary of its stormy première,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; scroll-behavior: auto; text-wrap: nowrap; transition-duration: 0ms; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963_in_music#cite_note-3" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;">[3]</a></sup> 88-year-old <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Monteux" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Pierre Monteux">Pierre Monteux</a> conducts the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Symphony_Orchestra" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="London Symphony Orchestra">London Symphony Orchestra</a> in <i style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rite_of_Spring" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="The Rite of Spring">The Rite of Spring</a></i> at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Albert_Hall" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Royal Albert Hall">Royal Albert Hall</a>, with the composer <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stravinsky" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Stravinsky">Stravinsky</a> (81) in the audience.</li><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">June 7 – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="The Rolling Stones">The Rolling Stones</a>' first single, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cover_version" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Cover version">cover version</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Berry" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Chuck Berry">Chuck Berry</a> song "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_On_(Chuck_Berry_song)" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Come On (Chuck Berry song)">Come On</a>", is released in the UK and reaches No. 21.</li><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;"><span style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">June 12 - Medgar Wiley Evers, </span>July 2, 1925 – June 12, 1963) was an American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_rights_movement" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Civil rights movement">civil rights</a> activist and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAACP" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="NAACP">NAACP</a>'s first field secretary in Mississippi, who was assassinated by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byron_De_La_Beckwith" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Byron De La Beckwith">Byron De La Beckwith</a>. Evers, a decorated <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="United States Army">U.S. Army</a> combat veteran who had served in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="World War II">World War II</a>, was engaged in efforts to overturn <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_segregation_in_the_United_States" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Racial segregation in the United States">segregation</a> at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Mississippi" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="University of Mississippi">University of Mississippi</a>, end the segregation of public facilities, and expand opportunities for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Americans" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="African Americans">African Americans</a> including the enforcement of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffrage" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Suffrage">voting rights</a>.</li><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">June 20 - Establishment of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow%E2%80%93Washington_hotline" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Moscow–Washington hotline">Moscow–Washington hotline</a> (officially, the Direct Communications Link or DCL; unofficially, the "red telephone"; and in fact a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teleprinter" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Teleprinter">teleprinter</a> link) is authorized by signing of a Memorandum of Understanding in Geneva by representatives of the Soviet Union and the United States.</li><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">June 27 - The 8th birthday for a budding ambassador of peace, Bill DeVoe.</li><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">July 1 – <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZIP_code" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="ZIP code">ZIP codes</a> are introduced by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="United States Postal Service">United States Postal Service</a>.</li><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">July 15 - The 17th birthday for a budding singer who would take many of the hits from 1963 and make them even bigger hits in the 1970's, Linda Ronstadt.</li><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">July 20 - The 12th birthday for the simply amazing Gary "Crazy Legs" Hill. Rest in Peace brother.</li><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">August 3 – The Beatles perform at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cavern_Club" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="The Cavern Club">The Cavern Club</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Liverpool">Liverpool</a> for the final time.</li><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">August 5 – The United States, United Kingdom and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> sign the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partial_Nuclear_Test_Ban_Treaty" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty">Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty</a>.</li><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">August 14 - The 9th birthday for budding musician, Paul Hobbs</li><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">August 21 - The 10th birthday for budding builder, Ken Forman.</li><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">August 28 – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_on_Washington_for_Jobs_and_Freedom" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom">March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom</a>. Musical performers include <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahalia_Jackson" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Mahalia Jackson">Mahalia Jackson</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dylan" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Bob Dylan">Bob Dylan</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Baez" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Joan Baez">Joan Baez</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter,_Paul_and_Mary" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Peter, Paul and Mary">Peter, Paul and Mary</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_Anderson" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Marian Anderson">Marian Anderson</a>.</li><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">August 30 – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philips" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Philips">Philips</a> introduces the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musicassette" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Musicassette">Musicassette</a> at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IFA_Berlin" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="IFA Berlin">Berlin Funkaustellung</a>.</li><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">September 6 – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nippon_Crown" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Nippon Crown">Nippon Crown</a> record label is established as Crown Records, a subsidiary of Columbia Music Entertainment.</li><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">September 12 – The Beatles reach the UK number one for the third time with the single "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She_Loves_You" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="She Loves You">She Loves You</a>" (released on 23 August).</li><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">September 15 – <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_civil_rights_movement" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="American civil rights movement">American civil rights movement</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Street_Baptist_Church_bombing" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="16th Street Baptist Church bombing">16th Street Baptist Church bombing</a>, in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham,_Alabama" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Birmingham, Alabama">Birmingham, Alabama</a>, kills 4 and injures 22.</li><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">October 13 – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesley_Gore" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Lesley Gore">Lesley Gore</a> performs on <i style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">The Ed Sullivan Show</i> for the first time. She performs a medley of her smash hits "<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_My_Party_(Lesley_Gore_song)" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="It's My Party (Lesley Gore song)">It's My Party</a>" and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She%27s_a_Fool" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="She's a Fool">She's a Fool</a>," which charted at #1 and #5, respectively.</li><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">October 15</li><ul style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; list-style-image: url("/w/skins/Vector/resources/skins.vector.styles/images/bullet-icon.svg?d4515"); margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;"><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">British newspaper <i style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;"><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Mirror" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="The Daily Mirror">The Daily Mirror</a></i> uses the term "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatlemania" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Beatlemania">Beatlemania</a>" in a news story about the group's concert the previous day in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheltenham" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Cheltenham">Cheltenham</a>; a Scottish music promoter later claims to have originated the term a week earlier.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-RadioTayInterview_4-0" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; scroll-behavior: auto; text-wrap: nowrap; transition-duration: 0ms; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963_in_music#cite_note-RadioTayInterview-4" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;">[4]</a></sup></li><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berliner_Philharmonie" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Berliner Philharmonie">Berliner Philharmonie</a> concert hall opens.</li></ul><li>October 16 - The 9th birthday for budding actor, Jeff McCarthy.</li><li>October 20 - Tom Petty's 13th birthday</li><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">November 2 – <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963_South_Vietnamese_coup" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="1963 South Vietnamese coup">1963 South Vietnamese coup</a>: <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrest_and_assassination_of_Ngo_Dinh_Diem" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Arrest and assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem">Arrest and assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Vietnam" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="South Vietnam">South Vietnamese</a> President.</li><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">November 6 – <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963_South_Vietnamese_coup" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="1963 South Vietnamese coup">1963 South Vietnamese coup</a>: Coup leader General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C6%B0%C6%A1ng_V%C4%83n_Minh" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Dương Văn Minh">Dương Văn Minh</a> takes over as leader of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Vietnam" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="South Vietnam">South Vietnam</a>.</li><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">November 22</li><ul style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; list-style-image: url("/w/skins/Vector/resources/skins.vector.styles/images/bullet-icon.svg?d4515"); margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;"><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_John_F._Kennedy" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Assassination of John F. Kennedy">Assassination of John F. Kennedy</a>: In a motorcade in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Dallas">Dallas</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Texas">Texas</a>, U.S. President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a> is fatally shot by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Harvey_Oswald" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Lee Harvey Oswald">Lee Harvey Oswald</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_Texas" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Governor of Texas">Governor of Texas</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Connally" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="John Connally">John Connally</a> is seriously wounded at 12:30 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Central Time Zone">CST</a>. Upon Kennedy's death, Vice President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Lyndon B. Johnson">Lyndon B. Johnson</a> becomes the 36th President of the United States. A few hours later, President Johnson is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_inauguration_of_Lyndon_B._Johnson" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="First inauguration of Lyndon B. Johnson">sworn in</a> aboard <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Force_One" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Air Force One">Air Force One</a>, as Kennedy's body is flown back to Washington, D.C. Stores and businesses shut down for the next four days, in tribute. The beginning of the end of the innocence. </li></ul><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">November 24<ul style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; list-style-image: url("/w/skins/Vector/resources/skins.vector.styles/images/bullet-icon.svg?d4515"); margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;"><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Harvey_Oswald" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Lee Harvey Oswald">Lee Harvey Oswald</a>, alleged assassin of John F. Kennedy, is shot dead by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Ruby" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Jack Ruby">Jack Ruby</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Dallas">Dallas</a>, an event seen on live national television.</li><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>: New U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson confirms that the United States intends to continue supporting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Vietnam" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="South Vietnam">South Vietnam</a> militarily and economically.</li></ul></li><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">November 25 – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_funeral_of_John_F._Kennedy" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="State funeral of John F. Kennedy">State funeral of John F. Kennedy</a>: President Kennedy is buried at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlington_National_Cemetery" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Arlington National Cemetery">Arlington National Cemetery</a>. Schools around the nation cancel classes that day; millions watch the funeral on live international television. Lee Harvey Oswald's funeral takes place on the same day.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-20" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; scroll-behavior: auto; text-wrap: nowrap; transition-duration: 0ms; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963#cite_note-20" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;">[20]</a></sup></li><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">November 29<ul style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; list-style-image: url("/w/skins/Vector/resources/skins.vector.styles/images/bullet-icon.svg?d4515"); margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;"><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">U.S. President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Lyndon B. Johnson">Lyndon B. Johnson</a> establishes the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Commission" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Warren Commission">Warren Commission</a> to investigate the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_John_F._Kennedy" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Assassination of John F. Kennedy">assassination of John F. Kennedy</a>.</li></ul></li><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">November 30 – After an unbroken 30-week spell at the top of the UK Albums Chart, The Beatles album <i style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">Please Please Me</i> is knocked off the top of the charts by the group's latest album <i style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/With_the_Beatles" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="With the Beatles">With the Beatles</a></i> (released on 22 November).</li><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">December 7 – The first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_replay" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Instant replay">instant replay</a> system to use <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videotape" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Videotape">videotape</a> instead of film is used by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Verna" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Tony Verna">Tony Verna</a>, a CBS-TV director, during a live televised sporting event, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army%E2%80%93Navy_Game" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Army–Navy Game">Army–Navy Game</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_football" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="College football">college football</a> played in Philadelphia, United States.</li><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">December 12 – The Beatles reach number one in the UK for the fourth time with "<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Want_To_Hold_Your_Hand" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="I Want To Hold Your Hand">I Want To Hold Your Hand</a>" (released on 29 November).</li><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;">December 24 - The 10th birthday for budding bohemian and leader of the pack, Ron Zieman.</li><li style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; margin-bottom: 0.1em; scroll-behavior: auto; transition-duration: 0ms;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Ball" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Harvey Ball">Harvey Ball</a> invents the ubiquitous <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smiley" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Smiley">smiley</a> face symbol.</li></ul><div><br /></div><div>Notable Bands Formed in 1963</div><ul style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-image: url("/w/skins/Vector/resources/skins.vector.styles/images/bullet-icon.svg?d4515"); margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; scroll-behavior: auto; text-align: left; transition-duration: 0ms;"><li>The Kinks</li><li>Manfred Mann</li><li>Bob Marley and the Wailers</li><li>The Spencer Davis Group</li><li>Neil Young & The Squires</li><li>The Yardbirds</li></ul><div><br /></div><div>Enjoy the 1963 Playlist my friends!</div><div><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?si=9AJxWh5UiLx02zNJ&list=PLE7OYmYUxGQczqP-Tu_q8dWCLobisoIS7" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>Doug McIntoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05087324962301422474noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870818837050814545.post-77173832335721123922023-12-04T06:46:00.000-08:002023-12-04T07:11:15.400-08:00Christmas Mix 2023<p style="text-align: center;"> <b style="background-color: white; font-family: "Mountains of Christmas"; font-size: xx-large;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Christmas</span> <span style="color: red;">Mix</span></b></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #2288bb; font-family: "Mountains of Christmas"; font-size: 19.8px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><a href="https://www.mondaymondaymusic.net/2015/12/a-christmas-time-mix.html" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">2015</a> • <a href="https://www.mondaymondaymusic.net/2016/12/christmas-time-mix-2016.html" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">2016</a> • <a href="https://www.mondaymondaymusic.net/2017/12/merry-christmas-mix-2017.html" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">2017</a> • <a href="https://www.mondaymondaymusic.net/2018/12/christmas-mix-2018.html" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">2018</a> • <a href="https://www.mondaymondaymusic.net/2019/12/christmas-mix-2019-going-home.html" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">2019</a> • <a href="https://www.mondaymondaymusic.net/2020/12/christmas-mix-2020.html" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">2020</a> • <a href="https://www.mondaymondaymusic.net/2021/12/christmas-mix-2021.html" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">2021</a> • <a href="https://www.mondaymondaymusic.net/2022/12/christmas-mix-2022.html" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">2022</a> • <a href="https://www.mondaymondaymusic.net/2023/12/christmas-mix-2023.html" target="_blank">2023</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZstrSFqMuTItIxlVlOqe4xhRpsBghviD0j-PvGW4Qb5SsXL751BDAtjlGnEBGMZgbv6vF1fK0CPbkGapZhQVTyvTWhfeqZeTKumx7msaLjCh7_hHCNggK919gxSGX1Xd2EA8TnF6F7pvrFrTWvHYFC0Ti-okML5Mhk0K6Tw1qPRfqM_aQpf9npW5EkdjR/s1092/kindness%20changes%20everything.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="1092" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZstrSFqMuTItIxlVlOqe4xhRpsBghviD0j-PvGW4Qb5SsXL751BDAtjlGnEBGMZgbv6vF1fK0CPbkGapZhQVTyvTWhfeqZeTKumx7msaLjCh7_hHCNggK919gxSGX1Xd2EA8TnF6F7pvrFrTWvHYFC0Ti-okML5Mhk0K6Tw1qPRfqM_aQpf9npW5EkdjR/w387-h301/kindness%20changes%20everything.png" width="387" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>My kind of people are kind people</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>My kind of people are kind<span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #131313; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></i></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>If you got a good heart</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>That’s a good start</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>If you want to be a friend of mine</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Rich or broke, drink or smoke, to me it’s all Pepsi/Coke</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Whatever floats your boat is fine </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>My kind of people are kind people</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>My kind of people are kind</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>–</i>Maia Sharp, <i>Kind</i></div></div><div><br /></div><div>We live in complicated times in 2023. Lots of hatred going around this country and world to make us look in the rear view mirror and see authoritarians wanting to pull up next to us at the crossroads, again.</div><div><br /></div><div>This Christmas season I suggest Americans watch World War II movies. Maybe we need the constant reminder that democracy is not to be taken for granted. </div><div><br /></div><div>I guess as a white male, I've never really used the term, "my people" in any context that I can remember. When I first heard Maia Sharp's song, <i>Kind</i> it really spoke to me. We can pick sides on all kinds of issues and events, but maybe for those people who pick kindness as their only rule, well then peace and democracy will follow. Just maybe, complex problems require simple actions.</div><div><br /></div><div>This holiday season and going into next year, I'm thinking I need to feel, think and demonstrate kindness to others. And, if you want to hang with me, I guess we can say together, "Our kind of people are kind."</div><div><br /></div><div>Happy Christmas my friends and enjoy this new alternative mix of December songs over the next several weeks!</div><div><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?si=fj428hjUwsjyk6QP&list=PLE7OYmYUxGQcbZguEZ0CaPgd2FP96hK3l" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>Doug McIntoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05087324962301422474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870818837050814545.post-65224948576681005462023-11-27T06:00:00.000-08:002023-11-27T06:03:45.664-08:00 New Music and Documentary Monday • September - November, 2023<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx5-0ny9HoquLDuJLZsZ-yvvDlv9SMz3MpXtGlpNWo6W2JhxbKkzfTfuSdtJF_1duLiURA43XZ3trLLI25WtfjneZrA_ZAae_ylqvjozE2F3D2FRdszl0Pcu41Hasq8eZjS8bdcmpuNk9IoG2otvI5FiPeCjWuSaIk9N8cJnMqxiR-UksVoCMFeeTQvUu2/s600/NewMusicMondayNov600.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="243" data-original-width="600" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx5-0ny9HoquLDuJLZsZ-yvvDlv9SMz3MpXtGlpNWo6W2JhxbKkzfTfuSdtJF_1duLiURA43XZ3trLLI25WtfjneZrA_ZAae_ylqvjozE2F3D2FRdszl0Pcu41Hasq8eZjS8bdcmpuNk9IoG2otvI5FiPeCjWuSaIk9N8cJnMqxiR-UksVoCMFeeTQvUu2/w564-h230/NewMusicMondayNov600.jpg" width="564" /></a></div><p></p><p>Boy, a day late and a dollar short here. I might be slippin' in my diligence to bring you the latest Americana and rock 'n' roll but what's a couple of months when my grandchildren look at this someday and think... we'll he'd been slippin' for years.</p><p>As usual, I don't have much to say about all the good new music here other than letting the shifting and sorting of putting together a respectable playlist represent the heavy-lifting in the last quarter of 2023. The Americana genre dominates my new music selections as that's were the talent lies these day. Yep, you're still waiting for the ghost of _____________ (fill in the blank) to turn up in a youthful form and spark the great rock 'n' roll revival of 2025. </p><p>Now before you get to the playlist, here's a list of recent documentaries that I have watched and highly recommend as you plant yourself into some soft seating during the holidays. Speaking of which, don't miss my annual Christmas Mix 2023 next week, followed in the weeks ahead by <i>My Favorite Songs of</i> 1963, 1973, and 2023 to take us to the end of the year.</p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0CH78V4NV/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r" target="_blank">The Stones and Brian Jones </a> </i>(Just released in theaters and rent on Amazon Prime $7.99) - Featuring candid interviews with the Rolling Stones and never-before-seen footage, this captivating documentary explores how Brian Jones, the genius founder of the greatest rock band in the world, was left behind in the shadows of history.<br /><br /></li><li><i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0B8558N2F/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r" target="_blank">Born In Chicago</a></i> (Amazon Prime) - In 1960, a group of white teenage Chicago musicians traveled to the city's southside music clubs to learn the blues from the original masters. This is their story.<br /><br /></li><li><i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Tom-Petty-Somewhere-Making-Wildflowers/dp/B0CJXYVC3N" target="_blank">Tom Petty: Somewhere You Feel Free - The Making of Wildflowers</a></i> (Amazon Prime) - In 2020, a collection of 16mm film was discovered of Tom Petty, capturing a prolific songwriting streak from 1993-95 making the album <i>Wildflowers</i> with producer Rick Rubin. Known for being reclusive about his personal life & creative process. The award winning & critically acclaimed, <i>Somewhere You Feel Free</i> is a candid & musically rich look into the legendary artist's creative genius.<br /><br /></li><li><i><a href="https://www.hbo.com/movies/david-holmes-the-boy-who-lived" target="_blank">David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived</a></i> (HBO) - Gymnast David Holmes played Daniel Radcliffe’s stunt double in the Harry Potter films until a tragic on-set accident left him paralyzed. With his life turned upside down, David's extraordinary spirit of resilience becomes a source of strength and inspiration to everyone around him. Featuring intimate interviews with David, Daniel Radcliffe, friends, family, and colleagues, David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived reflects on living with adversity, forging a new identity, and the bonds that bind us together and lift us up.<br /><br /></li><li><i><a href="https://www.hbo.com/movies/albert-brooks-defending-my-life" target="_blank">Albert Brooks: Defending My Life</a></i> (HBO) - From stand-up to acting to writing and directing, Albert Brooks has been a major force in American comedy since the late 1960s. With testimonials from comedians, friends, family, and Brooks himself, Albert Brooks: Defending My Life explores the origins and evolution of Brooks’ career, the impetus for his creativity, and his enduring impact on comedy.<br /><br /></li><li><i><a href="https://www.hbo.com/movies/stand-up-and-shout-songs-from-a-philly-high-school" target="_blank">Stand Up & Shout: Songs From a Philly High School</a></i> (HBO) - This heartfelt documentary follows a unique music program at Hill-Freedman World Academy that teaches students to write, compose, produce, and perform original songs. Together with local musicians, they create an album that captures the challenging times they’re living in and the joy that music brings. <i>Stand Up & Shout: Songs From a Philly High School</i> explores the transformative power of music and how arts education can be a source of hope and healing.<br /><br /></li><li>and coming in December - <a href="https://www.immediatefamilyfilm.com/index.html" target="_blank">The Immediate Family</a> - The Immediate Family is a unique group of iconic musicians who have played together for decades but never as their own band. Known for their long, illustrious careers backing up such Hall-of-Fame artists such as James Taylor, Keith Richards, Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, Carole King, Stevie Nicks and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, guitarists Danny Kortchmar and Waddy Wachtel, drummer Russ Kunkel, and bassist Leland Sklar have come together, along with guitarist Steve Postell, to perform their own songs as The Immediate Family, a band that can legitimately be called a supergroup.</li></ul><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTNHPzRwnl7AhvfvUXsEdSCNw3O4IzQoXHcurpMB-3hg_QkRpaZpvD3whnL13wMjrxEbi9I2fvxQw1EYyFpVbMAaB8IYdTFF6nmHTmazheYbyEnSb5cpr8tAdr29bxK6Ouo8WGItS14MxlBMlSoEMH6jbjPtATwgjPTUGf-sbJvEYdMep27dHfcD9YQwR5/s1200/available.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="457" data-original-width="1200" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTNHPzRwnl7AhvfvUXsEdSCNw3O4IzQoXHcurpMB-3hg_QkRpaZpvD3whnL13wMjrxEbi9I2fvxQw1EYyFpVbMAaB8IYdTFF6nmHTmazheYbyEnSb5cpr8tAdr29bxK6Ouo8WGItS14MxlBMlSoEMH6jbjPtATwgjPTUGf-sbJvEYdMep27dHfcD9YQwR5/w576-h220/available.jpg" width="576" /></a></div><p>Enjoy the Playlist my friends!<span style="text-align: center;"> </span></p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?si=ktwtVDi5z2VS6Uvx&list=PLE7OYmYUxGQeQf0JJrzEiNLZij-lclAie" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>Doug McIntoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05087324962301422474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870818837050814545.post-72726280872463305272023-11-20T05:51:00.000-08:002023-11-20T06:58:51.339-08:00With the Beatles and JFK • November 22, 1963<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8kV5pRTxgxCg_v9LKI-HyeLtpgtmNpElYp56GFwkXdqEW3IFdD2klrDL3j5QN82cUu-yZk9IsneSqThzgVH0B8B4LoAodU6joOlSs-Z3STbYId6bCSIPEsjw9cihokkfhTzQd7-Ak1WB3AHfnW8-LrAfMxrF6jRtk8E7i7Jw8HSjsyaghAmUZLDy_tU8j/s600/with%20the%20beatles%20and%20jfk.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="600" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8kV5pRTxgxCg_v9LKI-HyeLtpgtmNpElYp56GFwkXdqEW3IFdD2klrDL3j5QN82cUu-yZk9IsneSqThzgVH0B8B4LoAodU6joOlSs-Z3STbYId6bCSIPEsjw9cihokkfhTzQd7-Ak1WB3AHfnW8-LrAfMxrF6jRtk8E7i7Jw8HSjsyaghAmUZLDy_tU8j/w565-h283/with%20the%20beatles%20and%20jfk.jpg" width="565" /></a></div><p></p><p>Friday, November 22, 1963. I was an 8 year-old in third grade at Robert Bruce Elementary when our teacher told the class that our President, John F. Kennedy had been shot and killed. </p><p>My searing memory of that day is that I had not cried like our teacher and many of my classmates. I remember getting home and immediately heading towards the bathroom. I closed and locked the door, put the toilet seat lid down and sat on it, bent over and put my hands to my face, and cried. </p><p>I'm shedding a tear now as I write this, 60 years later as if it were yesterday. It is my first historical day as an American citizen and the anguish never goes away. Anyone who was old enough knows this day, in their heart and soul. We all share a similar story of where we were on the day Camelot died.</p><p>This past week, I watched National Geographic's three-part documentary, <a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/tv/shows/jfk-one-day-in-america" target="_blank"><i>JFK: One Day in America</i></a>. It's also streaming on Disney+ and Hulu, so you can plan for this sobering sit down. I highly recommend this documentary on the 60th anniversary of that day that has been a yearly reminder to me since it happens to always be just before Thanksgiving. I don't remember Thanksgiving in 1963, but it was just six days later after the President had been killed. I'm sure the Thanksgiving prayer around the dinner table that year was a tearful hand-holding extended affair for most families.</p><p>Now as an 8 year-old I had no idea that another event happened on that same day, the release of The Beatles second album, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/With_the_Beatles" target="_blank">W<i>ith the Beatles</i></a>. That in itself is not significant compared to the assassination of JFK, but just three months later, The Beatles would come to America on February 7, 1964. On February 9th, The Beatles played on the Ed Sullivan Show for the first time and gave a reeling nation a release of pure joy, and a spark to the healing process. </p><p>The timing of these two juxtaposed events kicks off my experience of the 1960's. It makes me think of Pete Seeger's song taken from the <i>Book of Ecclesiastes</i> and made famous by The Byrds in 1965, <i>Turn, Turn, Turn</i>.</p><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i>A time to be born, a time to die</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>A time to plant, a time to reap</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>A time to kill, a time to heal</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>A time to laugh, a time to weep</i></div></i><p><i>A time to kill, a time to heal.</i> Assassination and Vietnam, baseball and rock 'n' roll. The Beatles had come to America and love was going to win over hate.</p><p>Enjoy the lad's second album, and their hit single, <i>I Want to Hold Your Hand</i>, released November 29, 1963, with the B-Side, <i>I Saw Her Standing There</i>.</p><p>Happy Thanksgiving my friends.</p>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mwBdWVTR-o8?si=yMJc7XGNDceO3yI4" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>Doug McIntoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05087324962301422474noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870818837050814545.post-72084667591354824362023-11-13T04:06:00.000-08:002023-11-13T04:06:13.602-08:00#BestSongIHeardToday • Volume 27 • I'm Free<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVKuBWe0iGY1VLYaai3UC5PhLwNr6ku7N0XJV_B71vivZ8bbiU-76cZKHQnzF057O_ytwQ5ksofg6e94CbZOejIqeC_PsgyijhP4Q0hteBgrBAqym5bkGLz7Nkv1cv3NE5om-UIrM0suqLjMeRFLdEeH16cFgbrcqdu3MIJQLIpQhdBNU_F4TP3CiduQsn/s918/Running%20Through%20the%20field.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="672" data-original-width="918" height="385" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVKuBWe0iGY1VLYaai3UC5PhLwNr6ku7N0XJV_B71vivZ8bbiU-76cZKHQnzF057O_ytwQ5ksofg6e94CbZOejIqeC_PsgyijhP4Q0hteBgrBAqym5bkGLz7Nkv1cv3NE5om-UIrM0suqLjMeRFLdEeH16cFgbrcqdu3MIJQLIpQhdBNU_F4TP3CiduQsn/w526-h385/Running%20Through%20the%20field.jpg" width="526" /></a></div><p>There's the scene in the 1975 movie, <i>Tommy</i> where Roger Daltrey is running through a field of flowers in The Who song,<i> I'm Free</i>. This was the image I got immediately after breaking through a roadblock that had been holding me back for several months. So in celebration of all breakthroughs, I made this little eclectic playlist to be used in one's own imagination to create the inspiration to keep moving forward.</p><p>Enjoy the playlist my friends!</p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?si=lOpdLi7T3ry0phOH&list=PLE7OYmYUxGQfkrZH_OtQZ944BmVFpSvnu" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>Doug McIntoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05087324962301422474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870818837050814545.post-47009065695951749192023-11-06T06:46:00.000-08:002023-11-06T06:46:18.708-08:00The Beatles • Now And Then • The Last Beatles Song<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiRv4HLsJq0Fc9nOsqqchmCXDJ1-OamOiH93qQX0iD_50mbk8gFyaaAz4Jnoatta09x-jb8ETR9uc1l4ZiG5LqNS7BEK9L1Dmo0c1OEJlhNMkg6USb77kTLotPydQhXuJPFkFYbsi4df4UFUIQKzeZKqwy2okhgSM3v-jgcVd2isfO5fHLbRvS09Qwnhuo/s600/NowandThen600.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="428" data-original-width="600" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiRv4HLsJq0Fc9nOsqqchmCXDJ1-OamOiH93qQX0iD_50mbk8gFyaaAz4Jnoatta09x-jb8ETR9uc1l4ZiG5LqNS7BEK9L1Dmo0c1OEJlhNMkg6USb77kTLotPydQhXuJPFkFYbsi4df4UFUIQKzeZKqwy2okhgSM3v-jgcVd2isfO5fHLbRvS09Qwnhuo/w452-h322/NowandThen600.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><p>I watched the short film about the making of <i>Now and Then</i> when it came out last Wednesday, and I began to cry. Sad and happy tears all at once. Then, I cried when the song was released on Amazon Music this past Thursday, and then Friday morning at the Peter Jackson premier of his music video of the song.</p><i>"I realised we needed the imagination of every viewer to create their own personal moment of farewell to The Beatles."</i> –Peter Jackson<p>If you're a Beatle fan, my God all the emotions, still now and all those years ago. </p><p>If you haven't watched the short film yet, watch it first, then the video song. On Saturday, I created a playlist that you might like. </p><p>Also, avoid reading any reviews of the song. This song was re-constructed from a homemade cassette tape recording of John's while living at the Dakota in New York City. Nobody's pretending it's <i>Strawberry Fields Forever</i>. It's the last little scrap of Beatles music with all four of the lads on a track together. Give it a little quiet respect.</p><p>What an unbelievable gift. </p><p>Enjoy the playlist my friends.</p><ul><li><i>The Beatles - Now And Then - The Last Beatles Song (Short Film)</i><span> - </span>Released on YouTube, 11/01/23</li></ul><ul><li>The Beatles - <i>Now And Then (Music Video)</i> - Released on YouTube, 11/03/23 that includes a B-Side with the 2023 remix of The Beatles 1962 first single, <i>Love Me Do </i>(but...with a music video substitution).</li></ul><p>Not to mention a couple of other Johnny come lately tracks...</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rock Salt;">Thank you forever John, Paul, George, and Ringo!</span></p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?si=rUypMzcUJ7AMNg-1&list=PLE7OYmYUxGQd0xV7o-RwH8Ep902YtAWOE" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>Doug McIntoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05087324962301422474noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870818837050814545.post-84357320823955765132023-10-30T06:30:00.000-07:002023-10-30T06:30:13.884-07:00Halloween Playlist • 2023<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgco0s9JWYgFwO9OvKA6_iuEVb-wLKzzn1wBD73k3pza9953ZKh0jNHO85F3IF-c1SUG0KydAddCxL_yVaLlIqZiDD3VRVsrnWkM2Ohec1jt93ErFywVMz1Rka-LO4xROTf6W3qQWHkwEhOVuYed5J31H8LVTJ6NeNbxSEtsSG6irjqb_qFx1AYjUDikEmb/s600/Halloween600.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="600" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgco0s9JWYgFwO9OvKA6_iuEVb-wLKzzn1wBD73k3pza9953ZKh0jNHO85F3IF-c1SUG0KydAddCxL_yVaLlIqZiDD3VRVsrnWkM2Ohec1jt93ErFywVMz1Rka-LO4xROTf6W3qQWHkwEhOVuYed5J31H8LVTJ6NeNbxSEtsSG6irjqb_qFx1AYjUDikEmb/w472-h252/Halloween600.jpg" width="472" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Creepster;">Every year, I add a few songs to this playlist and I think every year it gets a little more separated from the standard Halloween playlists. but yes I have ghostbusters just like everyone else.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Creepster;">Tis the season for pumpkin! Here are two great pumpkin treats. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Creepster;">First, if you haven't tried the pumpkin bread loaf at Starbucks, well it's available all year long, and delicious!!!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjATgpz77zBBeVfu-RBnh_-wKr_tU8Kun2SJl5CRDra6SPoOVAW_AEoJXLXpvSo_ZajxJzeGr6SXgEWFd2PCsI8qENfHjpjNC7NYNGf3OKG8NoUew1IhNhyS4aMERF4anmTB_JXyQBcBIs2Dm1coVzHhDtfwsnbDJWSRpbCPqi6xlBhAMFG1nvEZoNzLguY/s1182/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-28%20at%208.47.53%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="267" data-original-width="1182" height="111" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjATgpz77zBBeVfu-RBnh_-wKr_tU8Kun2SJl5CRDra6SPoOVAW_AEoJXLXpvSo_ZajxJzeGr6SXgEWFd2PCsI8qENfHjpjNC7NYNGf3OKG8NoUew1IhNhyS4aMERF4anmTB_JXyQBcBIs2Dm1coVzHhDtfwsnbDJWSRpbCPqi6xlBhAMFG1nvEZoNzLguY/w495-h111/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-28%20at%208.47.53%20AM.png" width="495" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Creepster;">Next up, is Trader Joe's seasonal </span><span style="font-family: Creepster;">Gluten Free Pumpkin Streusel Muffins. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Creepster;">Cut one muffin in half</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Creepster;">Butter each half up</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Creepster;">Place in the microwave for... whenever butter melts in your microwave!</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Creepster;">eat with a folk like its cake, because it's cake!</span></li></ol><span style="font-family: Creepster;">wonder why I'm already packing on the pounds and it's just Halloween?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Creepster;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiwxFlP2sDaQ9LIqypWb79-6mYMg-POL_XiViL0JvquzPPZ_qG57Yp-brONxltF57S5rdEHQjqUm-E62_4D40aIb2Un0ArUtbuPgRiHW4l7c91LskDNoVWIsknN19nCVEJpK72FwTJ-Nt2oBq12bLYh8H5MXGZcWejbzqpKmw-t0YjZF5eiY4SA4tx82bo/s741/muffins.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="503" data-original-width="741" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiwxFlP2sDaQ9LIqypWb79-6mYMg-POL_XiViL0JvquzPPZ_qG57Yp-brONxltF57S5rdEHQjqUm-E62_4D40aIb2Un0ArUtbuPgRiHW4l7c91LskDNoVWIsknN19nCVEJpK72FwTJ-Nt2oBq12bLYh8H5MXGZcWejbzqpKmw-t0YjZF5eiY4SA4tx82bo/w413-h280/muffins.png" width="413" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Creepster;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Creepster;">Tis the season, Enjoy my Friends!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?si=MKN6i0nUjr7Q0hp8&list=PLE7OYmYUxGQfVL9AdMsDP9N8yPL_Hvvby" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>Doug McIntoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05087324962301422474noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870818837050814545.post-79241845578563744652023-10-23T05:53:00.005-07:002023-10-23T06:00:51.132-07:00#NewMusicMonday • October, 2023 • Hackney Diamonds • The Rolling Stones<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB8eLwFqyhCB-MJsLn3YCRmyI0JRbt6sX6LsE_rN3lAcukBc_SKpIvmRz7bJKP2gn2jLmn5eMrIhKBkTS0krfG5flp_VxP6EL_eqc6e_8jjgRSrpM_8_sFvZdY1tRHVZd2tgfKucIPe0XjQ2iZKpv3Zx4B5OUEf9BZY1H8WgWq_t1M9Dq9tgtsqtGgecwf/s600/hackney-diamonds.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB8eLwFqyhCB-MJsLn3YCRmyI0JRbt6sX6LsE_rN3lAcukBc_SKpIvmRz7bJKP2gn2jLmn5eMrIhKBkTS0krfG5flp_VxP6EL_eqc6e_8jjgRSrpM_8_sFvZdY1tRHVZd2tgfKucIPe0XjQ2iZKpv3Zx4B5OUEf9BZY1H8WgWq_t1M9Dq9tgtsqtGgecwf/w496-h330/hackney-diamonds.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">60 Years of Music. Wait a minute. This is not a Monday Monday Music blog going back to 1963, this is The Rolling Stones releasing a new album of original material this month! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>The album's name is London slang for the shattered glass left behind after burglars have smashed a window to break in, Hackney being an inner-city area of London associated with a high crime rate.</i> Wikipedia</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackney_Diamonds" target="_blank">Hackney Diamonds</a> is a gem. It's just so wonderful to hear new rock 'n' roll period, much less from the band known as the "world's greatest rock 'n' roll band" from the 20 century. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I mean for god's sake Mick Jagger is 80 and can still belt it out. Keith Richards will be 80 in December and has adapted his guitar playing around the arthritis in his hands. Ronnie Wood is the young one at 76. Who would have ever imagined that this band would still be going in 2023- they must be on lithium batteries. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I wish Charlie could have made this one, but wait a minute, he's on a couple of tracks, not to mention original bass player Bill Wyman on a Stones track for the first time in 30 years. Then, there's Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder, Elton John, and Lady Gaga who are featured in songs throughout the album. This one's a bag of jewels ready for the taking.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Enjoy my friends, and never die young because we all still have a lot to do! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?si=XyW38DMcQY-P5_c-&list=PLE7OYmYUxGQc_L8jgJHpHAeDcZcuUyope" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div></div>Doug McIntoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05087324962301422474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870818837050814545.post-37194112532820294892023-10-16T04:24:00.002-07:002023-10-16T04:30:13.429-07:00Fifty Years of Music • October, 1973<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEmXq_im-pXlFl4Z8-cOgc8Lh54ncCdE7DaGrNdlCrHtcjFTQq_90nnNBlsFs02ylloZYye-1RI6ErGWXrZGChv-J_7ZZjn8iLIayxiX2bJUUG5t6cLAYTyfHSmB_oDMyCpK6LlkO6ORPI2p32hxoglTZvXA30Y47MWfhyphenhyphenjxdUGrDmYU6LZunU4eIcjw7I/s600/50%20year%20of%20musci%20Oct73.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="451" data-original-width="600" height="417" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEmXq_im-pXlFl4Z8-cOgc8Lh54ncCdE7DaGrNdlCrHtcjFTQq_90nnNBlsFs02ylloZYye-1RI6ErGWXrZGChv-J_7ZZjn8iLIayxiX2bJUUG5t6cLAYTyfHSmB_oDMyCpK6LlkO6ORPI2p32hxoglTZvXA30Y47MWfhyphenhyphenjxdUGrDmYU6LZunU4eIcjw7I/w554-h417/50%20year%20of%20musci%20Oct73.png" width="554" /></a></div>October, 1973 is a monster month in rock 'n' roll. I've already featured three albums from this list of twelve shown above recently and decided to mix them all together and make a big ol' playlist this week. <div><br /></div><div>I always seem to surprise myself 50 years down the road, and this past week it was listening to Neil Young's <i>Time Fades Away</i>. This was the album that followed <i>Harvest</i> and it just became part of Young's succession of albums where he seemed not to care as much in making great records. Neil has a lot of personal history within this time period, so much so that this live album is not officially listed in his catalogue, and wasn't pressed as a CD until 2017. In my journey through the past this last week, I found <i>Time Fades Away</i> very satisfying. In a year, I'll give Neil's 1974 <i>On The Beach</i>, another try.</div><div><br /></div><div>Two other gems, are Fleetwood Mac's <i>Mystery to Me</i>, and Dave Mason's <i>It's Like You Never Left</i>. I think I included every song from both albums here as the Brits just kept making great music.</div><div><br /></div><div>Enjoy my friends, you've got a full week of listening enjoyment as I was personally having the time of my life with my girlfriend and into my first semester of college in October, 1973. <div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?si=3MDC5602bNn8alU4&list=PLE7OYmYUxGQfOVlrMggY14yiAGwSmhBtc" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div></div></div>Doug McIntoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05087324962301422474noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870818837050814545.post-55512554403849767462023-10-09T05:28:00.002-07:002023-10-09T05:34:38.422-07:00Fifty Years of Music • October, 1973 • Quadrophenia • The Who<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXDIYQfzcE4xH-El4Rtk-leSsW91KZij828TVDVBprfWqzCOauoaDU7CONRNB1eSjcgTOpnSI0TL0isdauD-j3dNWnv9NkRjt7MEX4kNNR0vfOPQqLDzkdXvCfmEm0O9tGuO_aq6ozlnkD2sw1-EEhY_0RiA3woP5vQrUPJijZIQdKNbbTW8lrS1CnzLRS/s887/Quadrophenia.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="887" data-original-width="887" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXDIYQfzcE4xH-El4Rtk-leSsW91KZij828TVDVBprfWqzCOauoaDU7CONRNB1eSjcgTOpnSI0TL0isdauD-j3dNWnv9NkRjt7MEX4kNNR0vfOPQqLDzkdXvCfmEm0O9tGuO_aq6ozlnkD2sw1-EEhY_0RiA3woP5vQrUPJijZIQdKNbbTW8lrS1CnzLRS/w448-h448/Quadrophenia.jpg" width="448" /></a></div><br /><div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrophenia" target="_blank">Quadrophenia</a> is The Who's sixth studio album. Pete Townshend has called it, their last great album. As a double-album and rock opera, it follows <i>Tommy </i>and <i>Who's Next, </i>two back-to-back rock 'n' roll classics filled with hit songs. </div><div><br /></div><div>Like many great albums of the 1960's and early 70's, I didn't fully appreciate <i>Quadrophenia</i> until later. It tells the story of a young <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mod_(subculture)" target="_blank">Mod</a>, Jimmy confused about his identity, worth, and purpose.</div><div><br /></div><div>With regard to British culture, most Americans were focused on how the "British Invasion" bands of the 1960's affected American music and culture. The Who give us a story of early/mid-1960's culture in England where class, fashion, and music collide to become a culture war between two young unsatisfied working class groups, the "Rockers" and the more progressive, "Mods."</div><div><br /></div><i>Mod, from the word modernist, is a subculture that began in London and spread throughout Great Britain and elsewhere, eventually influencing fashions and trends in other countries, and continues today on a smaller scale. Focused on music and fashion, the subculture has its roots in a small group of stylish London-based young men and women in the late 1950s who were termed modernists because they listened to modern jazz. Elements of the mod subculture include fashion (often tailor-made suits); music (including soul, rhythm and blues, ska and mainly jazz) and motor scooters (usually Lambretta or Vespa). In the mid-1960s, the subculture listened to rock groups with mod following, such as The Who and Small Faces, after the peak Mod era. The original mod scene was associated with amphetamine-fuelled all-night jazz dancing at clubs. One notably instrumental figure in the movement's origins was British fashion designer Mary Quant. </i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mod_(subculture)" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a><div><i><br /></i></div><div>In 1979, <i>Quadrophenia</i> became a movie that until this past Saturday I had never seen from start to finish. I think <i>Quadrophenia</i> does a good job in depicting post-World War II conditions in Britain where England's war-babies have grown into a stalled economy with little opportunity and options other than to be a day labourer. Ray Davies of The Kinks and Pete Townshend of The Who are two such post-war children who turned that angst into pop-culture hits. </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji_QMmW3hfAUvxtSVV76vRdFPtzFUeb7TytPOHPVf1I-4yw0GVXb86sZs_Owe-dZ-e5ohte7A3cKaHSkAIoesHbyjuNaWF-2JAqYusQA23125VAf7eKaq8MIDHlY-2SLUsbWi_9-hTVmwsULi4bwiRcEOHP031-8W6vo7lurQYp52wYcdDkRKxUE-Bb5EW/s720/muisc-studio-album-11.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji_QMmW3hfAUvxtSVV76vRdFPtzFUeb7TytPOHPVf1I-4yw0GVXb86sZs_Owe-dZ-e5ohte7A3cKaHSkAIoesHbyjuNaWF-2JAqYusQA23125VAf7eKaq8MIDHlY-2SLUsbWi_9-hTVmwsULi4bwiRcEOHP031-8W6vo7lurQYp52wYcdDkRKxUE-Bb5EW/s320/muisc-studio-album-11.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Townshend's duality of the Rockers representing the 1950's youth rebellion of James Dean's <i>Rebel Without a Cause </i>and Marion Brando's brash-biker in <i>The Wild Ones</i> is dated and out of touch for the upcoming Mods. These kids want more from their society as communicated in The Who's 1965 song, <i>My Generation</i>. </div><div><br /></div><div>It's all a motor scooter preamble for what's coming as London becomes the center of change with "Swinging London" and the dawn of modern drugs, sex, fashion, music, and all things psychedelic in the swinging sixties. </div><div><br /></div><div>So, with the 50th anniversary of the October, 1973 release of <i>Quadrophenia</i>, I present you with a couple of shiny little pill options.</div><div><br /></div><div>First, here is the Super-Deluxe double-album of <i>Quadrophenia</i> for your listening pleasure this week. If you haven't given it a listen to in a while, well it's certainly worth the revisit, and a rock 'n' roll classic right up there with <i>Tommy</i> and <i>Who's Next</i>. Who could have imagined such a trilogy of greatness!<div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?si=D116QhLDSJTl1F8b&list=PLvFOTOUy3zGdvJLoRtBhtY4RxeJgN45gH" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">And second, here is the original 1979 movie trailer, followed by a link to Amazon Prime where you can rent the movie for $3.99. I enjoyed this movie as my recent Saturday night feature, and highly recommend it if you're like me and kind of obsessed with this time period in history.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Enjoy my friends!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mY155Eh3684?si=2bFdT1gWbTIFMqx7" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Quadrophenia-Phil-Daniels/dp/B00A5IXB0S" target="_blank">Quadrophenia on Amazon Prime</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfU6inH8nHJlqkLofRhfgjlU-_rHW6C1e2eTzGGmbso1RcYvcBv2fcNBSwb5aljpPKrB4lLa3cWyS88m0iwxWFtH-WH2l5TaWcCbrVDuKgGk9rg6MdwDH7pKrydNbjmg-Qyu94aJIwT-0z5DYobhSpjwiiyw3kGOjY7tGOlP1DRMqR97lax4t3SDPFyz0m/s500/Quadrophenia%20Movie%20Poster.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="328" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfU6inH8nHJlqkLofRhfgjlU-_rHW6C1e2eTzGGmbso1RcYvcBv2fcNBSwb5aljpPKrB4lLa3cWyS88m0iwxWFtH-WH2l5TaWcCbrVDuKgGk9rg6MdwDH7pKrydNbjmg-Qyu94aJIwT-0z5DYobhSpjwiiyw3kGOjY7tGOlP1DRMqR97lax4t3SDPFyz0m/w289-h440/Quadrophenia%20Movie%20Poster.jpg" width="289" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Doug McIntoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05087324962301422474noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870818837050814545.post-18172297461855094182023-10-02T05:23:00.009-07:002023-10-02T11:08:26.320-07:00Fifty Years of Music • October, 1973 • For Everyman • Jackson Browne<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvNqPJVPuXXA3VE12eiI6KlCoMaR07RBXkIekQ3DVWn_5OCw1yIrS0OdYDuaEzQ6tgR5tzTuKQ2vJ6fvR7_ngUAuEEqRXN7se4PfSFfFht1efQakuJbNfknvryux1JqO-q6VwBCQi8GSQfS0i6xs0Uy3Uc2XFi3fBbjVEeiWJJfD0KWlzl8d4qIVLirmo2/s600/ForEveryman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="431" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvNqPJVPuXXA3VE12eiI6KlCoMaR07RBXkIekQ3DVWn_5OCw1yIrS0OdYDuaEzQ6tgR5tzTuKQ2vJ6fvR7_ngUAuEEqRXN7se4PfSFfFht1efQakuJbNfknvryux1JqO-q6VwBCQi8GSQfS0i6xs0Uy3Uc2XFi3fBbjVEeiWJJfD0KWlzl8d4qIVLirmo2/w431-h431/ForEveryman.jpg" width="431" /></a></div><p></p><p><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Everyman" target="_blank"><b>For Everyman</b></a></i> is Jackson Browne's second album and there is no sophomore slump here. I remember going over to listen to it for the first time with my friend Paul Hobbs in his bedroom, the teenager's sanctuary. </p><p><b>Everyone </b>realizes that Jackson Browne is an exceptional talent with the release of this album. For me, he quickly ascends to the same songwriting status that I had for James Taylor, Neil Young, Paul Simon, and Cat Stevens in the early 70's folk-rock era. This album also begins Browne's long collaboration with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lindley_(musician)" target="_blank">David Lindley</a> whose lap steel guitar playing was a huge part of the Jackson Browne sound. </p><p><b>Everything</b> about Jackson Browne's albums are intricate and intimate, including his album covers. Didn't everyone want to live in a spanish-style house in the 1970's? I sure did. When I saw this album cover for the first time, I immediately thought of my grandparents little spanish-style house on Park Street in Santa Maria, CA and their little brick enclosed backyard with its outdoor arched fireplace. I loved that house.</p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px;"><i>The album cover photograph is a depiction of Browne's childhood home in Highland Park, California, "The Abbey San Encino” which was hand-built by his grandfather Clyde Browne and owned to this day by his brother Edward. The photograph was taken by Alan F. Blumenthal. The cover of the original release was a cutout with the inner sleeve showing Browne sitting in a rocking chair. When removed the picture on the inside had the same background but Browne and the rocking chair were omitted.</i><i style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Everyman" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a></i></p><div> Jackson Browne is <b>Evermore</b>. In the fifty-one years since his debut album in 1972, nothing has diminished. Buy his latest album, go see him in concert, and watch his current YouTube videos as I continue to be in simple awe of his everlasting talent and humanity. </div><div><br /></div><div>Enjoy this wonderful album my friends, again.</div><div><br /></div>
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