More about cars....

Keeping with today's theme.... two classics about cars. first Commander Cody...

and now .... THE MAN !!!

My First Car - 1966 Nash Rambler Convertible

Going way back.

Not just mad....

Not just mad... but pissed of about it...  the Texas Hippie Coalition with Bid Dad Ritch on vocals...

check these guys out....

The Rooster - Alice in Chains

Brick HOUSE! - Commodores and Our HOUSE encore by Madness

The last of my House posts this week... of course, I failed to post yesterday, so here is one from the 80's: Madness - Our House

They got a lotta cute girls down there...

Billy Gibbons at Daryls House...

 love his Texas blues riffs...

say it in a low voice........    Har Har Hmm Har...

Which is the best House of the Rising Sun?

The Animals is classic, but which do you like best out of these three?

Heavy Young Heathens

Leslie West

Bachman Turner Overdrive

Burning Down the House - Talking Heads

Paint it and then Burn it!

A great playlist of many of their songs.

Watched a good movie called "CBGB" about the notorious location that supposedly sparked the punk movement in which included these cats. It is available on Netflix.

Paint the White House Black - President (George) Washington

Happy BD, George... Washington that is. Here is George Clinton (no relation to any US prez).

Tribute to the late George Martin

Here's a tribute to the late George Martin, music producer for this concert at Todaiji Temple in Nara Japan... This song is INXS with Japanese guitarist Hotei, Ray Cooper on percussion, Leonard Ito on taiko drums and the Tokyo Phil Harmonic orchestra conducted by Michael Kamen... 

Look close at the very end of this video and see a younger Strings take a guitar from INXS.... LOL... nice pony tail dude !!

40 Oz of Freedom for our 40th Post of 2017

I couldn't decide between Smoke Two Joints and Rivers of Babylon, so I give you the entire album. Reggae, Ska, and Rap combined to make something Sublime. Enjoy. TGIF

Aloha......

Listening to this song today... it takes me back as I had a chance to work with Israel while I was in Hawaii...

Most famous for his What a Wonderful World cover...   but I like this one

and HAPA.... which mean s whitey or foreigner in Hawaii

in the beginning he is saying   "the smell of the pikake flower is picked up by a gentle breeze and carried to my nose... and that reminds me of you"

Guess where I wish I was today.... 

Oscar Nominated - Sting - Empty Chair

Well, of course, the Sting concert was freakin' amazing. It was like he was in my living room, we were so close. We both said how much we just would like to hang out with him, so personable, so cool.

He ended his encore as he started it, alone on a chair with a guitar. He ended with this song from a documentary movie up for an Oscar, (along with this song). It is about the reporter that was beheaded by ISIS, James Foley.

It has been on my mind as I have been researching so many aspects of our nation's military history, but is fitting for anyone.

Enjoy.

The Perfect Stalker Song for Valentines Day!

Ab and I will say hello to Mr. Sting tonight in Denver!! WOOT!!

RIP Billy Paul

Didn't know this guy passed on until last nite..

Here's the original video.. just because he sings it with a big "J" or whatever in his mouth...

Hats Off to Al Jarreau - Boogie Down (Official Video) - R.I.P.

to good to pass up

sorry... just saw this version.... and the clothes... to good to pass up.... had to post it.

The Devil's Gun.... BABY !!

want to know how twisted my brain is?...

This song just popped in to it...   I know  WTF??!!

Gotta go get my high rise pants and white leather platform shoes...

do you know this song?... come on....  lucky I played the short version.. this song is ten minutes long

TGIF: Beastie Boys - Sabotage

Here is my last vintage tv and film tribute video of the week. Thank God its Beastie Boys, Sabotage! - And Friday!

Greg Kihn Band - Jeopardy (1983)

The Graduate meets Night of the Living Dead in 80's fashion. Enjoy. For some reason I always thought that The Police did this one. Same time period, I guess. And I was only eleven.

Happy Days was recorded before a live studio audience

Keeping with the Retro References, I bring you, WEEZER! "Buddy Holly"!

"Yep, yep, yep, yep"

wanna dance?...

The dancing in the  previous Ghengis Kahn video brought this one to mind...

Dude has some moves...

Ghengis Kahn - Miike Snow

Guess I'm into videos that reference old movies this week. Here is a nod to the ambiguously gay James Bond flicks. You have probably heard it. Enjoy.

Hand springs..

This is a cool song...

We Must Fight For Our Right!

First time I encountered this one was on Guitar Hero. Killer solo section that was a bear to pass. Never saw the video until now. KICK ASS! Spaghetti Western, Buck Rogers, Battlestar Galactica, and Kung Fu all rolled into one bad ass rock song video. Watching again, I see references to Planet of the Apes and Lone Ranger too. Anyone see anything else?

Kaz with Chuck Rainey

Here is a very close friend Kaz playing with Chuck Rainey in Japan... you've heard Chuck on albums from Steely Dan to Aretha, Joe Walsh, Herbie Hancock... and a billion others...

Kaz passed away 18 months ago... he was a very good friend for a long time... and one of the most soulful players I've seen...  He did a great version of Joe Cocker You are so beautiful for our first dance at our wedding.. then went right in to Why don't we all go get stoned...

Kaz, your missed !!

Those Shoes

This just hits the spot this morning. Love that beat.

"If you ever go to Houston, boy, you better walk right"

Huddie William "Lead Belly" Ledbetter's Angola Prison tune derived from an American slave folklore song pays the typical correctional facility and crime-twisted tribute to the host of this year's Stooper Bowl, Houston, Texas.

May the Atlanta Falcons be that "Midnight Special" come Sunday.

Check this....

OK.. maybe not the best song to have in the blog.... Michaal Phillips playing the National Anthem on the sax... but listen to what he does at about 1:15 in to it.... he holds this monster note for over 20 seconds... its called circular breathing... watch the video.. he keeps air going out of his mouth while he breathes in through his nose...  very difficult...

The Prophet Song

One of my most favorite Queen songs of all time. I could not find a Freddie Mercury concert with this song that I felt did the recorded version justice, but I did find this tribute band, The Queen Extravaganza that NAILS IT! So here we go, from Zombies to Prophets:

And in my search, I found this great little documentary on the story behind the song, which I have always wondered about listening to the harmonies blaring in my ear drums in stereo, imagining a choir standing all around me.

OK you Zombies....

last from the past.... the Hooters.... and ALL YOU ZOMBIES...

HOLY MOSES !!

Johnny Cash - The one on the right is on the left with lyrics

just seemed fitting for today's headlines.

God's Gonna Cut You Down - Johnny Cash

I dedicate this to Bill Belichek.