Modern Vespa

If you only know the Verve from "Bittersweet Symphony", this was from their first album.

Peace to everyone missing someone who isn't around.

I lied again, and I don't care. The Modern Lovers started with a kid from Boston who at one time slept on Lou Reed's couch for some time. Or that's the story. Jonathan was in love with Velvet Underground's music, but Jonathan was never that serious. The Modern Lovers broke up and Jonathan went solo, releasing loads of good, often funny songs. Like this, enjoy:

A good bass line to wake people up. I play this and get my drummer to dig along. It's a fun jaunt.

Easy cool breeze on a Sunday morning. Good things happen when we send good things out in the world.

Well, Monica Bellucci.

Fun song. Don't ever give up on those that you love, and more importantly don't give up on yourself. You just may have another chapter.

Wolf Alice

Colin Hay is a favorite of mine because we both have lazy eyes. His studio is called "Lazy Eye Productions". The fellow on horns and back up vocals is Greg Ham. An amazingly talented musician that was lost way too young.

George Harrison with a song that is all about just letting it go. Fantastic song.

One for Vader... RIP

What's really nuts is being in the mood to hear this on iTunes and getting Motörhead by mistake but not caring and playing them both back to back…

Possibly the greatest rock song ever, IMO.

No argument from me. I'd lean toward Waka Jawaka, but that's just me.

In 200 years Zappa will be regarded as the Mozart of his day. Just wait and see!<GGG>

In 2013, the BBC Proms showcased Frank Zappa. So already regarded as 'classic' by the 'cognoscenti'.

Getting Lemmy is never a mistake.

I think Bitza would like this.

When listening to Zappa's interviews, I resigned myself to being the 2nd smartest person in the room. Otherworldly? An indescribable calm and coolness.

I saw James McMurtry in a dive bar some years back, in my home town. As he tuned and talked before playing, he complained about a buzz in his monitor. James and the band played a song and he complained again. After the second song, he put his foot through said monitor, cussed, and played for a couple more hours. Best songwriter out there, now, in my mind.

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Anyone know Ryan Bingham"s music? He has created music for a couple modern Westerns, and has an incredible voice. Listen, this video is even Holiday related.

Right on, Syd. Two fine contributions! As far as the monitor......it's just a monitor. Destroying one to stop a buzz is understandable.

Used to run into Lemmy now and again at the Rainbow on Sunset in L.A. He'd spend the afternoon dressed in cutoffs, denim shirt, leather vest, and the ever-present hat, inhaling bourbon and Coke and switching between "guarding" the bar's poker machine and playing it. He was a stone groove -- always seemed to enjoy chatting up folks (even me), so long as the folks weren't A-holes. AND he played a (modified) Rickenbacker 4001 bass. Not a darn thing wrong with any of that!

My friend, that is exactly how I would picture Lemmy in a bar. And I am relieved that his persona that we all see was the same as IRL. I've never played a Rick, but they have a very unique sound. I play an Ibanez prestige 4 with really thumpy Barts and an older Tech21 SansAmp. I don't care what cabinet I play through it will either sound great or blow up, lol.

Happy New Year all! I'm going to Graceland, baby!

Satchel- Not Too Late
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Follow up from the same festival. Seattle was teaming with great musicians.
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I woke up to this song at 5 am on a morning several years ago. Some songs just snatch you. The perfect time for a perfect song. I listened to it that morning and charged into the world like a black rhino. This is a "take care of business" song, no doubt.
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I'll end my night with this gem. Thom said the "lollipops and crisps" line came from a story in the UK about a small boy that got left for several days. He survived on lollipops and crisps.

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Wonderful stuff. I love Lemmy for the fact that he didn't put on airs. That is an amazing trait. Those Ricks are a bit stiff for me. Big, bulky basses. I'm an Ibanez guy. Real fast silky smooth necks.

Enjoy.

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Always a good time for Zevon.
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An odd fellow, Daniel Johnston.

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My wife and I were in Clarksdale, Mississippi in early January to meet up with Ken Wilson's family to spread some of his ashes in two of his favorite places.

On the last night, we decided at the last minute to catch some Blues in one of the few remaining clubs in town.

We tried one, but it didn't have a performance that night.

The owner suggested we try Red's, where Anthony "Big A" Sherrod was playing at a tribute to Red, the owner who had died that week.

We went into the tiny club where Anthony was playing with a drummer and base player.

There were not more than thirty people inside and his performance was incredible.

We stayed until he closed.

I found him on Spotify and listen to his one album more than anything else these days.

Bill

For years, I blamed my tinnitus on this song which I played repeatedly while on a self-imposed sabbatical from college. The long, lean note always gets me.

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Nobody liked that one, sure I get it. How about Blue-eyed Soul?

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At the 1998 Grammy Awards, Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti - who was set to perform the aria Nessun Dorma - suddenly fell ill, so his good friend Aretha Franklin was asked to step in with only 2 days notice. The result is still amazing.

Mississippi blues. It's a long clip. Two legends.
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Wishing you all well. Keep the rubber side down. Kawasaki has a 400cc 4-cylinder ZX-4 out in the U.S. Badass. The states don't usually get cool mid-displacement bikes.

This song was written about a girl that was kidnapped and later found dead. It's also a metaphor for an obsessive relationship according to a co-author. Enjoy.

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A few years later when lead singer Scott Weiland was in the throes of addiction. Still put on a good show, but his physical appearance was strange.

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Yip.

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nope