Barrett Strong He sang Motown's first major hit, Money (That's What I Want), in 1959, and went on to co-write songs like I Heard It Through the Grapevine, War and Papa Was a Rollin' Stone.
A Facebook friend said yesterday something like "post you favourite Bacharach song" and the thing is there are so many I felt sure I'd miss out something important. R.I.P. Burt
As I've said elsewhere my last batch of physical cds that I bought around Christmas included a 5 album Blue Note set from Mr Shorter. Why they were missing from my "collection" I'll never know. Just as important as a writer than as a player.
The great Carlos Garnett died on Friday, but I can't seem to find the official obit. Sad, because he was someone I loved to listen to on some of my favorite albums.
I have someone on Fakebook schooling me on Brand X. Never had anything against them, just a bit too slick for my taste. I started out by defending Phil Collins as a drummer - off topic I know. Brand X reminds me of the first year that I was buying albums and Moroccan Roll seemed to be all over the shops.
Back when there was a decent online place where you could get together with people and spin tunes, there was a guy on there who was almost a year older than me who raved about Brand X all the time, but really, to me, it's kinda like a lot of other people who are heavily into some kind of progressive band: I think we all have our faves that we lean towards. There are some that get all kinds of high praise that I never listened to when I was young and as I got older I still found those same bands still kinda dull, so, you know, to each his own.
Another terrible week. I guess this means I'll be having another crack at getting into Gentle Giant who have always been a pair of dungerees and a rugby shirt too prog for me previously.
In the late 80s he was operating out of the New Cross / Deptford area very close to where I lived. I had some records but for some reason never saw his sound system.
I really don't like coincidences like my finding a collection of his albums in one of my moving house boxes just yesterday and thinking "Oh I must queue that up for a play."
April 5, I dedicated a part of the radio show to the Windrush generation and mentioned Belafonte while playing both the first recording of it by Edric Connor and this funny take-off of it:
April 5, I dedicated a part of the radio show to the Windrush generation and mentioned Belafonte while playing both the first recording of it by Edric Connor and this funny take-off of it:
RIP Mr Belafonte - just been reading the obit. I didn't realise that there was a Dylan connection.
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Burt Bacharach
He gave us sooooo much.He did live a very full 94 years.
Huey "Piano" Smith
Never heard that much by him but Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu is a classic. Oh and there's Sea Cruise of course.
Wayne Shorter
As I've said elsewhere my last batch of physical cds that I bought around Christmas included a 5 album Blue Note set from Mr Shorter. Why they were missing from my "collection" I'll never know. Just as important as a writer than as a player.
David Lindley
but I can't seem to find the official obit.
Sad, because he was someone I loved to
listen to on some of my favorite albums.
Napoleon XIV
Robin Lumley
there was a guy on there who was almost a year older than me who raved about Brand X all the time,
but really, to me, it's kinda like a lot of other people who are heavily into some kind of progressive band: I think we all have our faves that we lean towards. There are some that get all kinds of high praise that I never listened to when I was young and as I got older I still found those same bands still kinda dull, so, you know, to each his own.
If you've never read the story behind "They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-haaa",
it's a fun read - especially about the "clapping" part:
https://www.songfacts.com/facts/napoleon-xiv/theyre-coming-to-take-me-away-ha-haaa
Keith Reid of Procol Harum
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Gentle Giant's Ray Shulman dead at 73
In the late 80s he was operating out of the New Cross / Deptford area very close to where I lived. I had some records but for some reason never saw his sound system.
Ahmad Jamal
I really don't like coincidences like my finding a collection of his albums in one of my moving house boxes just yesterday and thinking "Oh I must queue that up for a play."
Mark Stewart
Harry Belafonte
April 5, I dedicated a part of the radio show to the Windrush generationand mentioned Belafonte while playing both the first recording of it by
Edric Connor and this funny take-off of it:
RIP Mr Belafonte - just been reading the obit. I didn't realise that there was a Dylan connection.
Gordon Lightfoot
Real Name: Gordon Meredith Lightfoot, Jr.He was a big part of my Canadian experience and will be sadly missed.
Probably his best known song was “Boogie (Part One)” from the Carson album "Blown", which is well worth a listen.
As is his live version of the song "Ocean Deep" taken from the Andrew Durant Memorial Concert. Absolutely spine tingling and full of emotion.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/may/11/ray-shulman-obituary