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February 5th – Al Kooper’s Birthday

Happy Birthday Al Kooper！ let’s listen to  “Green Onions” Yeah!

Today is Al Kooper’s birthday. Al was born in 1944 and while none of his solo records or the first Blood, Sweat and Tears albums can’t be found in my collection. Super Session with Mike Bloomfield  (Side 1)and Stephen Stills (side 2), The Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper are there. Also there are the album he recorded with Shuggie Otis and Rekooperation.Here’s some background on Al Kooper from Wiipedia…. Read More

Classic Rock Favorites Provide a Morning Soundtrack!

A Playlist Featuring Six Great Classic Rock Guitarists….

So a couple of weeks ago I created a quick playlist of some of my favorite Classic Rocks songs. Then I  never listened to it until yesterday when it became the soundtrack of my morning drive to babysit Oliver. Basically, I wanted to listen to some music that would put me in a good mood for what I knew would be a long day of continuous motion!! Read More

John Fogerty – Creedence Clearwater Revival

John Fogerty – Creedence Clearwater Revival and Solo – Born May 28, 1945.

2015 Update: Back in 2013 I wrote a quick post about John Fogerty on his birthday May 28th at that time Fogerty had just released the album John Fogerty Wrote a Song for Everyone. So in honor of John’s birthday, I listened to that album again today!! The majority of the album is covers of Creedence Clearwater Revival songs that topped the charts in the 60s! The great part of the album is the variety of artists that joined John on the album. The musicians include: Foo Fighters, Keith Urban, Miranda Lambert, Zac Brown Band, My Morning Jacket, Kid Rock, Bob Seger,Jennifer Hudson and others! John Fogerty truly did write a song for everyone!! Read More

Steve Winwood – (May 12 1948)

steve winwood Steve Winwood : Spencer Davis, Traffic Blind Faith, Solo.

Instruments: keyboards, bass guitar, drums, guitar, mandolin, violin, and other strings.

On this date May 12th in 1948 Steve Winwood was born (wait-Steve Winwood is only 3 years older than me!) When he was performing “I’m a Man” with Spencer Davis in the early 60s he was only three years older than me? And when he was making hits with Traffic and then Blind Faith he was only three years my senior damn! He was just a little more mature than that naïve kid from NJ must be that English water! Anyway Winwood’s work with both Traffic and Blind Faith is in my music library -not his more popular solo work -big surprise! Here’s the background info from Wikipedia: Read More

David LaFLamme It’s a Beautiful Day and his Birthday!!

David LaFLamme – It’s a Beautiful Day – Born May 9, 1941

So I’ve spent the last 30 minutes or so thinking and trying to find videos in celebration of Richie Furay‘s birthday. Then I go to Wikipedia and see that Richie was born of May 9th, so I guess those thoughts will have to wait a few days! Today is, however, the birthday of David LaFlamme of It”s a Beautiful Day. Here’s some background for those of you who may have never heard of David from Wikipedia: Read More

Mel Carter – “Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me”

Mel Carter (born April 22, 1943, Cincinnati, Ohio)

There was one thing I knew for certain when I was growing up in the early Sixties, when It came time for a yearly countdown of the greatest songs of all time there among the top would be Mel Carter’s “Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me“. Every year it would take a year to get that song out of your head and, then, it get put right back into it for another year, but what a great song it was!! Well, today Mel Carter celebrates his 72nd birthday. From Wikipedia: Read More

This Date in Music – November 22, 1941-Happy Birthday, Jesse Colin Young

Jesse Colin Young

Jesse Colin Young – November 22, 1941

Today we celebrate the birthday of the leader of The Youngbloods and solo artist Jesse Colin Young!  Who was born Perry Miller on November 22, 1941 in New York City. His mother was a violinist and his father an accountant.  From 1969 to 1972 Young recorded four albums with band mates: Jerry Corbitt (guitar), Lowell “Banana” Levinger (keyboard/guitar) ,and Joe Bauer(drums). Obviously, “Get Together ” was their biggest hit! One of my favorite songs of the Youngbloods comes from the album Rock Concert. “It’s a Lovely Day” Read More

This Day in Music – Birthdays for Bill Medley, and “Mama” Cass Elliot -two of the best voices ever!

Mama Cass Elliot

Included in today’s birthdays are:

Bill Medley (The Righteous Brothers) 1940
Cass Elliot 1941 (died July 29, 1974 – 32 years old)
David Bromberg 1945

There are voices and then there are VOICES and for me Bill Medley is the later. From the early days with The Righteous Brothers to Dirty Dancing and “I Had the Time of My Life” with Jennifer Warnes, he had it and he certainly influenced his generation! Read More