Was going to save this 'till the numbers came around again, but I'll put it here: Listening-- 9/8 song 1968. The guitar player went into a tailspin but climbed back out in time to play a role in the rise of Norah Jones, and the keyboard guy had something of a career as somebody's sideman, somebody sort of unlikely; Buffet maybe? Don't know what happened to the other two.
Johnny Mac with Ray Wylie Hubbard Johnny Mac is the guitarist to the left of Hubbard; the guitarist to the far left is actually Hubbard's son, Lucas. This was an encore; Mac had opened for Hubbard. He was reeeaaally good.
Oh... I didn't get a chance to honor Leon Russell- died during my absence. I hadn't heard this song since I was in HS, and never knew who it was. Actually thought Chaka Khan and a random male sideman until I paid attention to her pronunciation. Googled "Listen to your heart beat" this morning for some reason and eventually ended up at Youtube with the answer. This is the only Leon Russell song I know for a fact I've heard. RIP.
Peter, Paul & Mary - If I Had a Hammer (1963) And since there are two Ps... Puff, the Magic Dragon (1963) I think the rumors of veiled references to marijuana finally subsided.
Quill - Waiting' For You. Woodstock, August 16, 1969. Admittedly, I'd never heard of Quill; I was just looking for something different, so on a whim, I checked out the Woodstock lineup and vuala! However, looking through the lineup.......wow! You sometimes forget just how great the music was. Among others... Richie Havens Arlo Guthrie Joan Baez Country Joe McDonald Santana John B. Sebastian Canned Heat Mountain The Grateful Dead Creedence Clearwater Revival The Who Jefferson Airplane Joe Cocker Country Joe & The Fish Janis Joplin Ten Years After The Band Johnny Winter Sly & The Family Stone Blood, Sweat & Tears Crosby, Stills & Nash (and Young) Sha Na Na Jimi Hendrix
Nah, I just have an S ready next. About two months ago I heard an interview on the CBC radio show Q with Sarah Slean, who I had never heard of before. I have since enjoyed exploring her catalog; this is off of her latest album:
OK. I gave everybody a week.... Will Tucker - Too Rolling Stoned (2015) He's been playing at BB Kings on Beale since he was 14. (I probably walked by during that time frame, looked in, saw him, and thought "Eh, just some kid playing right now; we'll come back later.") He also played Elvis's guitarist, Scotty Moore, in one or two of the episodes of the short-lived series Sun Records (CMT). Apparently, one of the reasons it didn't last is they chose to "take liberties" with the story lines; because chronicling the story of Sam Phillips and the rise of Elvis, Cash, Lewis, etc wasn't nearly interesting enough on it's on.....dickweeds.
It was so obvious, I nearly missed it. US Military: Army, Navy, Coast Guard, Air Force, and Marine Corps Hymns
Update-- the bassist was in a version of the Velvet Underground for a couple of years around 1980, then took up library science and has played for some time in a hobby band at his library called-- I'm not making this up-- "Dewey and the Decimals."
X The Who-- "Miracle Cure" live at the Isle of Wight Another short subject to get us past the X. What X you say? Try it and see...
Zoot Money and the Big Roll Band-- Big Time Operator Still grinding it out 50 years on. Here he is when young, away from the Hammond, and somewhat restrained...
Time for numbers or symbols before re-starting the alphabet. To this end, I give you "American Skin (41 Shots)" from Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. This song . . . it would be nice if it was anachronistic after almost 20 years. However, inspired as it was by the shooting of Amadou Diallo, it remains relevant.
Well, let's get this one out of the way: Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4 In case you're curious, according to Wiki: The song is about trying to write a song in the middle of the night. The song's title is the time at which the song is set: 25 or 26 minutes before 4 AM.[9][10] Because of the unique phrasing of the song's title, "25 or 6 to 4" has been incorrectly speculated to be a veiled reference to drug quantities, or a mystical allusion. It is amazing how many songs fell under this suspicion during this time.
The songs were about what they were about. It's probably a bunch of others who were trying in vain to sanitize the topic to ease their fears of listening to a song with recreational substance references. Despite his major character flaw, Clapton was at least man enough to write it straight.
Did he? "Cocaine" isn't Clapton, it's a JJ Cale song; and off the top of my head the only other intoxicant song I can remember attached to him is "Sweet Wine." Now, Lou Reed...
Jimmy WeBB's song performed by Linda Ronstadt Listed because I really want to do a bass/vox/muted trumpet version of this. Sparse, in somebody's living room with a mic or two, no tech.
Don Mount is the name of the guy who posted this vid. I don't know him- just needed the letter. This is the first lengthy "Free-ish" I've been able to dig, probably because it isn't as "free" as some of the stuff I couldn't (pianist is holding things together for me early on). Ever have this feeling that someone out there is getting this, making complete sense (instead of finding bits and parts that make sense) of it and you can't figure out why you're not? That's where I am right now. But I'm giving it my best shot. Mark Helias (b), Marilyn Crispell (p), Tyshawn Sorey (d) Live at The Stone, NYC, 7/29/14