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Friday Night Music-Take Five

Back in the long ago, at least before Bitches Brew came along, if there was one jazz album in what was otherwise a collection of 60s rock, it was likely to be Time Out by Dave Brubeck. The album has certainly passed the test of time. It’s still great. The signature track was Take Five.

Friday Night Music

A few weeks ago, on my Labor Day Special, I posted an audio of Paul Robeson, but reserved the right to revisit him, since there was no video with the song I posted. So, that’s what I’m doing tonight. According to the liner notes of my set of Show Boat CDs (the John McGlinn reconstruction): […]

Friday Night Music-Is this a repeat?

Have I done this one before? I’m too lazy to check it out. Of all the one hit wonders from the sixties, Iron Butterfly may have been the wonderest of them all. You had to be there, I guess, but who can forget In a Gadda da Vida? Amazingly, it appears, via youtube, that those […]

Friday Night Music-Labor Day

This post was partly inspired by Paul Krugman’s use of a youtube video of Al Jolson singing Buddy, Can You Spare a Dime, to which I made reference in a previous post. I decided to put together some labor themed songs. I find that I must break a number of my self imposed rules. I […]

Friday Night Music-Judy Garland

This one was suggested by the Krugman post I referenced in my previous post. I know that we’re all supposed to believe that Citizen Kane is the best movie ever made, and it was a great movie, but for my money, the prize should go to the Wizard of Oz. How many times have you […]

Friday Night video-desperation

I am in the Ludlow Vermont public library on one of the ten most beautiful days of the year. I must be crazy. I have discovered that, for reasons I can’t fathom, you cannot copy embed code at youtube when using an Ipad. I think I may have worked around it, but if this doesn’t […]

Friday Night Music-Early Edition

Since I probably won’t have internet access again today, this is going up early. Originally I intended to find a good version of Moonlight in Vermont, but the only actual video I could find (as opposed to music with a picture of the artist) was by Frank Sinatra. I realize he was immensely talented, but […]

Friday Night Music-A Summer Song

I am somewhat embarrassed to admit that Chad and Jeremy were among my very favorite acts at the start of the British Invasion. I well remember being greatly disappointed when they backed out of headlining a “Big D Big Show” at the Bushnell in 1965 or thereabouts. I bought all their albums. What can I […]

Friday Night Music

I try not to repeat myself on this feature, which is getting harder and harder. I checked, and, surprisingly, I haven’t put up Jefferson Airplane/Starship before, at least not since I moved from .Mac to WordPress lo those many years ago. A couple of decent clips of some of their best songs, White Rabbit: And […]

Friday Night Music

Have I already done Linda Ronstadt? I should keep a list. Well, she deserves an encore if I have, since she’s one of the few rock stars who could also actually, really, sing. Here’s a couple of songs from 1977 performances, Desperado and Blue Bayou: And one more for good measure, since I’m a big […]