Jeff Beck – Blanket (Imogen Heap)
January 2nd, 2011 by drs
I really like this tune, so when I saw this offer for the free MP3, I thought I would share it. Free Amazon MP3 download of Blanket available at the time of this post.
Zachary Richard – Snake Bite Love
September 12th, 2009 by drs
One of my absolute favorites albums.
I totally agree with this review from Amazon:
I first heard “One Kiss/coda: My French Blues (un Autre Baiser)” on SIRIUS. The next day, I went to iTunes, listened to the 30-second samples of each song, and could not download the whole thing fast enough. This recording is, simply, wonderful — it will, variously, make you want to get up and dance, and cry. A “must-have” for anyone who appreciates virtuosity on display with every cut.
Enjoy. You won’t be able to stay seated!
This review from AMAZON says it all for this album.
“Snakebite Love” graps you, and by “Burning” your on fire. Your feet will not stop moving for “Dancing at Double D’s”, and you will shed a tear for the lost purity of the bayou as you listen to “Sunset on Louisianne.” Smell the “Crawfish” in the gumbo, your feel clothes cling to you in the humidity “Down in Congo Square”, and as the album ends, you will want some one to share “One Kiss”, and if you don’t speak French Creole you will wish you did. This is a powerful album which tells a story about a a corner of the U.S. about which most people know little. I have been listening to this CD for years, and if it is possible to wear one out, this one that I will. This album is a treat, it doesn’t get much better than this.
If you enjoyed any of these cuts, you can purchase and download them from Amazon
Tags: Brian Stolz, Daryl Johnson, Doctor John, Louisiana, Snake Bite Love, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Zachary RichardPosted in
“Classic” Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks
June 12th, 2009 by drs
This is the Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks I’ve been listening to since I was a kid. The music ALWAYS boosts my mood and I can never stop my toes from tapping!
Anyway, I just ran across this video on YouTube and I thought I’d share some of my favorite music.
From the YouTube notes:
Dan Hicks and the “classic” lineup of his Hot Licks – Sid Page (violin), John Girton (guitar), Jaime Leopold (bass) and Lickettes Maryann Price and Naomi Eisenberg! – performing “By Hook or by Crook” and “Shorty Falls in Love” – identified here as “Another Night”. I would venture that this is perhaps a rehearsal for the Flip Wilson show of 9/28/1972 – of which there is a video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWZ8wj… – because the backdrop is the same. There is also “strange”, misplaced laughter and applause, which might indicate that something else was going on at the same time.
It Ain’t Your Money to Spend
March 7th, 2009 by drs
I found this on Thoughts Enroute
Words by Steve Jones, Music by Kathleen Stewart
Don’t spend my grandson’s paycheck.
He’s only two years old.
With Obama in the White House,
His future’s bought and sold.
Stop this immoral spending spree.
Stop assaulting our liberty.
Let me help you comprehend:
It ain’t your money to spend.
Tags: acorn, constitution, harry reid, income redistribution, kathleen stewart, nancy pelosi, obama, spending spree, steve jonesPosted in
MY OLD TIMEY BABY
February 25th, 2009 by drs
This is one of my favorite songs. Could it be the way the Lickettes say “Thanks Dan” in the intro? That does get my attention I must admit.
MY OLD TIMEY BABY
Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks
(spoken:)
Dan: My, you girls are sure lookin’ nice tonight.
Girls: Thanks, Dan
Dan: Yeah, you remind me of a girl who lives in my apartment
complex.
Girl: Oh, Yeah?
Dan: Really. I Don’t know where she does her shoppin’, but man
what style!
She’s a bit old timey, but that’s alright with me,
She wears a dress of velvet that hangs below her knees, her knees
She’s a bit old-fashioned, as all the world can see,
The cameo she wears upon her bosom, puts me in ecstasy, ecstasy,
Yes she’s her own grandmother, that’s what they’re telling me,
But my old timey baby is swell enough for me, you see…
She plays her old Victrola
The lamp is low, kerosene you know,
We lie upon her bed,
The patchwork quilt beneath her head,
Or while her wheel is spinning,
She sews some lace or we embrace
Or when we go out strolling, the world can plainly see,
That my old timey baby is swell enough, she’s young enough,
She’s hip enough for me…
America The Beautiful – Ray Charles
December 27th, 2008 by drs
America the Beautiful
O beautiful, for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America! God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood, from sea to shining sea.
O beautiful, for pilgrim feet
Whose stern, impassioned stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America! God mend thine ev’ry flaw;
Confirm thy soul in self control, thy liberty in law!
O beautiful, for heroes proved
In liberating strife,
Who more than self their country loved
And mercy more than life!
America! America! May God thy gold refine,
‘Til all success be nobleness, and ev’ry gain divine!
O beautiful, for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years,
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America! God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood, from sea to shining sea!
“Don’t Worry Baby”
November 7th, 2008 by drs
This song from way back in my childhood, always seems to make me feel good. Maybe you’ve never heard it or maybe you just haven’t heard it lately. Hope you enjoy.
“Don’t Worry Baby” – The Beach Boys
Lyrics:
Well its been building up inside of me
For oh I don’t know how long
I don’t know why
But I keep thinking
Something’s bound to go wrong
But she looks in my eyes
And makes me realize
And she says “Don’t worry baby”
Don’t worry baby
Don’t worry baby
Everything will turn out alright
Don’t worry baby
Don’t worry baby
Don’t worry baby
I guess I should’ve kept my mouth shut
When I started to brag about my car
But I can’t back down now because
I pushed the other guys too far
She makes me come alive
And makes me wanna drive
When she says “Don’t worry baby”
Don’t worry baby
Don’t worry baby
Everything will turn out alright
Don’t worry baby
Don’t worry baby
Don’t worry baby
She told me “Baby, when you race today
Just take along my love with you
And if you knew how much I loved you
Baby nothing could go wrong with you”
Oh what she does to me
When she makes love to me
And she says “Don’t worry baby”
Don’t worry baby
Don’t worry baby
Everything will turn out alright
Don’t worry baby
Don’t worry baby
Don’t worry baby
