Mr. Oscar Toney, Jr. Listen/Download -Oscar Toney, Jr. – Everything I Own Greetings all. I hope the dawning a new week finds you well. You’d never knowing by looking at (or reading) me, but I spent Friday night and most of Saturday in the hospital by virtue of another chapter in my ongoing kidney stone saga. Despite [...]
At this blog, I pride myself on offering not merely entertainment, but anything else you, the esteemed blog reader, might need. I have limits, however. Here’s a short list of six things I’ll do, and four things I won’t. “I’ll Make Love to You Anytime”/Eric Clapton. From Backless, an album that many critics consider lifeless to [...]
I thought today I'd go back to a classic; something that I believe I've posted before. But it's worth the repeat. The Blues Brothers cover of the Peter Gunn Theme : Bonus track: and speaking of the Blues Brothers, here are Sam and Dave with Hold On, I'm Comin' .
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Exclusive As part of next week's massive Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary shows at New York City's Madison Square Garden, there are going to be a lot of special pairings -- Metallica with Ozzy Osbourne , Stevie Wonder and B.B. King , and Aretha Franklin joined by Lenny Kravitz and Annie Lennox . When Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band hit the...
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Last week we were a bit startled to see the front of St John's House in Lichfield adorned with pop art takes on Samuel Johnson (above right) and David Garrick (above left), with a dictionary definition in the middle. It's a bold look for a grade II* listed Georgian building. The three works are part of Lichfield's 52 Weeks of Art project and will be displayed on the front of the new boutique bed and...
I was just listening to a Best of Sam and Dave album. In the intro to I Thank You, someone says: I want everybody to get up off your seat And get your arms together, and your hands together And give me some of that o-o-old soul clapping with the last three words practically sung. An even better intro, though not a better song, is on their You Don't Know What You Mean to Me, which has an almost preached...
Mitt Romney, Sumitomo Mitsui’s Zen Man and the Preacher-in-Chief By Bernie Quigley - for The Hill on 10/16/09 Ted Sorensen, the great speech writer and advisor to Jack Kennedy, had some advice for President Obama at a recent forum at Harvard: “Stop campaigning.” But they’ve been saying that for months now. It was great at first; the nice and easy Sam and Dave tunes at the campaign...
My reader (maybe the only one!) Private Beech suggested that I add a Great Duos to the recent blogs listing Great Female Singers and Great Girl Groups. Sounds like a good idea to me, so here is a list of the great duos of the 1950s and 1960s. I've included some duet pairings by established singers, but only where they made a real impact via one or two albums, not just one offs. To kick off, here are...