SHEL - 'Moonshine Hill' ::: Second Story Garage

I ran across this Colorado (Ft. Collins) band comprised of four young, talented women. They will have a concert in town on April 30th at Stargazers Theater. I will probably contribute to their Pledge Music album. Great voices, and this particular tune is really rockin'. Enjoy, and TGIF!

Squinted eyes

Mom to daughter: OH SWEETIE... DID I PULL YOUR PIG TAILS BACK TO TIGHT?

Daughter to mom: NO.... I'M ENJOYING MYSELF

Wait what?....  You're turning Japanese ??!!!

Sing Along Thursday

I had other plans for today after an amazing Jazz Ensemble concert last night... but this is trending, and I couldn't help myself but sing along.
Enjoy.

Wynton Marsalis Plays Blue Note Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra 2015

The Discovery High School Jazz Ensemble is playing tonight at the HS Theater at 7pm. I think we are going to check it out. Should be good considering what we have heard and seen in elsewhere. Come join us!



To get you in the mood, I pulled up this swingin' concert with Wynton Marsalis.

Happy Birthday, Pops! And Good Luck Emma!

My dad is 70 today and Emma is taking her drivers permit test this morning. So, I dedicate two road songs for them both.

First, Emma...

And for Pops...

Yello - another good one...

Shot eye no why.. I'm in love with you - whatever the heck he says...

and gotta love the fart sound...

For John Hughes' Birthday Yesterday

Yello - Oh Yeah (Official Video) HD Original



How better to open the door into the weekend than sharing this oddball song introduced in John Hughes' "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"... the cherry Corvette introduction. You know the one.

The Temperance Movement - Only Friend (Rehearsal Session)

These guys are going to be at the Ride Festival in July in Telluride with Pearl Jam and my boys, Cage the Elephant!!

PEN** SONG

The only way to follow that last post is with this...

No Music But Current Event: New Zealand PM Struck by UFO

A turkey trot for a lonely heart....

WTF? ....

Maybe better at Thanksgiving.. but here'S one from the past FLYING TURKEY TROT....  I HAD to learn how to play this one when I was in high school... Gary Richrath from REO Speedwagon... another one of those we lost in 2015....

and... what I think is one of the best produced.. best sounding records..... YES 90125 and owner of a lonely heart..... and yes.... Chris Squire bassist... the only guy to play on all of the Yes studio albums also gone this year....

Son of a bitch , what a song !!

Know this one?... not sure how long he can sing like this... but it'll make you get up and dance..

Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats

no where's my friggin drink !!! ??

Eagles - Hotel California Live. At The Capital Centre, 1977.

I was looking for something way different and saw your dog locked up.

Why would this product choose a Beagle?

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Happy Saturday!

KISS RULEZ!



And lastly, my most favorite song to come out of our week's time period:

Hotel California by The Eagles

The Knights !!

The Knights... as they were called when rumors said their band name meant KNIGHTS IN SATIN'S SERVICE

Written in Detroit.... band from New York.. KISS and Rock and Roll all nite.. 1978

on Strings Radio-o-o-o-o    enter Wolfman Jack howl...

Bob Marley-Waiting in Vain - 1977

Vaiting in Weien from the Exodus Album by Bob Marley and the Wailers in 1977.



I like this time period themes... lets do my high school years, 1987-1991 next week.

Bay City Rollers - Saturday Night ('76)

I have this on vinyl.

Think of "So I Married an Axe Murderer" every time I hear it now.

1979 - Pink Floyd - The Wall

To installments for hump day...

"laddie fancies himself a poet"

Gotta play this one...

Life's been good... Joe Walsh..... when this album came out I couldn't believe he was in the Eagles.... loved this album.... lots of cool songs..

THE CARS ― Good Times Roll

With the traffic coming home from the World Champions Denver Bronco Celebration Parade yesterday, I couldn't help but think of this 1978 full album... The Cars, The Cars (so nice, they named it twice).

Get The Load Out

Jackson Brown Load Out/ Stay....  from 1979

the was one of the best slow dance songs.... because it's looooong... oh... I think we are touching...
SCHAAAA - WIIIING !!

Foxy - Get Off (Original Video) 1978

So many things about this song and this "original video"... but most pressing is:

Is this where the "wooh wooh" came from?

So we can GET OFF!?!



I'm taking my girls and my nephew to Denver

So we can GET OFF!

with the World Champion Denver Broncos

Ode to Indianapolis Colts to Peyton: Player - Baby Come Back

1978

They have a real knack for rock n roll

These guys have a real KNACK for rock n roll... the Knack.. with the #1 song of 1979

and yep.... I was in high school...

gotta love this guitar solo...

Primus - Tommy The Cat

DOH! How could I have forgotten that big bass on Les Claypool? This reminds me of California in the early 90s. This was on the Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey Soundtrack, and sadly, my first introduction to Primus.

RIP MAURICE

Maurice White the founding member and lead singer of E.W.F has passed...

in tribute.. one of my favorite E.W.F songs...

How about if we use this to start a theme for next week... theme being 1976-1979

that a way to take charge Strings..... tell them what to do.

John Paul....

He's often forgotten about.... but had some cool bass lines...  JPJ with John Bonham was a crazy good rhythm section.... Here's ROYAL ORLEANS

Actually was looking at guys like.. Bootsy Collins, Cliff Burton, Robert Trujillo from Metalica... Billy Shean.....there's a lot of great players...

As I write this my youtube went on to the next song... Ten Years Gone by Zeppelin... AWESOME !

Comaneci

Soulive George Porter Jr, Warren Haynes - Aint No Use - 3/14/14 - Bklyn ...

I have been thinking of an artist worthy of this week's bassist challenge. Once I came up with George Porter, Jr as my first choice (Killer Meters, Meters, etc), then the next challenge was finding the best video of him... his a magnificent in all of his live videos. This was a cool collection of talented artists.

Stuart Hamm

Stuart Hamm is a sessions bassist... played with Joe Satriani, Yngwie and a ton of others....  this is kinda cool.... get yer foot a stompin'

YYZ

Here's one of my favorite rock bassists.... Getty Lee from RUSH....  This is the song YYZ played in Rio

Wonder why they call the song YYZ?  YYZ is the identifier for the Toronto airport... when flying in to Toronto  the airport broadcast its identifier.. and in Morse code it sounds like the rhythm of the introduction of this song...

now you know the REST of the story.....

IT'S AMAZING..... Grace...

Can't do bass solos without including Victor Wooten ... you know him from Bella Fleck and the Flecktones...

WOW !! notice how he tunes his string up to finish the tune...