This blog spot is the home to my ramblings. I am a free lance writer. Most of my work goes on Associated Content. Sometimes I write what is on my mind, sometimes I plug some of my writing, and sometimes a combination of the two. So, sit back read, enjoy, and we will see where it goes.
The song Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain is best known due to Willie Nelson. Willie just celebrated a birthday so it is fitting to pick a song associated with him. Fred Rose wrote the classic song.
Roy Accuff first recorded the gem way back in 1945..
I'm going to pit two musical legends together.
Contender One: Hank Williams Sr
Contender Two: Elvis Presley
Who are you voting for Hank or Elvis? Let me know in the comments
Keith Richards probably knows a thing or two about the high cost of being a wino. His solo band was called The Xpensive Winos and they are on tap for X.
"As Wicked As It Seems"
"Take it So Hard"
"Trouble"
"Hate it When You Leave"
Here they perform a Rolling Stones classic "Happy"
Warning this post features Warren Zevon the first song may include an S bomb. It is possible other songs may have a curse word. I will try to exclude obvious ones like "My (expletive)(expletive) up" which is a really good song.
Warren Zevon starting us off with "Lawyers, Guns and Money" which are helpful things when the Sh** has hit the fan.
If there is a song more popular than the first for Mr. Zevon it is "Werewolves of London"
Somesongs go on to be a success for others like "Poor, Poor Pitiful Me"
A song for our times "Splendid Isolation"
A touching one to end with "Keep Me in Your Heart"
Are you familiar with his work? Do you have a favorite Warren Zevon song? Feel free to share.
I can't believe I haven't used Van Halen for an A to Z Challenge. Well I will today.
"Jump"was the Van Halen song that really introduced me to the band. A few years later "Runnin' with the Devil" was a song we used to come out to during my wrestling years.
Now I live near these fly boys "Dreams"
"Everybody Wants Some"
"Right Now"
I mixed in some Sammy Hagar era tunes as well. What are your favorite Van Halen tunes?
Dateline 4.20.20 and the letter of the day is Q. The topic for this month sounds like music. Something about the date kind of hints maybe I should move towards something on the pyschedelic side.
Quicksilver Messenger Service "What About Me"
Well you do start with Q.
"Fresh Air" sounds nice with all this quarantine...
"Gold and Silver"
Might have something to do with the "Pride of Man"
It's time foe a Battle of the Bands and it's late and manic. It's also time for the letter M. My theme has come out as Music. Put it in my scrambled brain blender and a really talented guitarist friend shared "Manic Depression" and that's how this thing kind of works.
One of my favorite Jimi Hendrix songs is "Manic Depression"..
Here is Jimi doing his song live...
Time for some contestants.
Contestant One: Kings X
Contestant Two: Jeff Beck and Seal
King's X or Jeff Beck and Seal? Vote in the comments and let me know!
Every vote counts on my Battle of the Bands! My last one pitted Christina Aguilera against Beth Hart covering the Free classic "Allright Now." The last vote decided the contest. Christina won the Battle 4 votes to 3. Like always we celebrate winners...
Let's be real what a Girl musician wants is to win one of my Battle of the Bands. Five Grammy Awards I imagine is nice too.
I just ordered Tom Principato's new book about his life, the Washington (DC) area music scene, and plating guitar with legends Danny Gatton and others. I am really looking forward to reading it.
Danny Gatton was a DC area guitar legend. He was Grammy Award nominated and Fenderr even builds a signature guitar in his honor.
Here Danny does his thing on a cover of "Heartaches by the Number"...
His own tune "Funky Momma"
Nicknamed "The Humbler" because he would humble other guitarists.
Here he covers "Tequila" with guitar legend Arlen Roth...
Covid-19 took another musician. This time it was the legendary John Prine an influential and two time Grammy Award winning singer songwriter. If you like Bonnie Raitt he wrote this song..
Bonnie and John "Angel from Montgomery"
Who knows maybe I will run into him in heaven and join him for a vodka and ginger ale at the Tree of Forgiveness. "When I Get to Heaven"
"Hello in There"
Here he is with Iris DeMent "In Spite of Ourselves"
So many songs. Please feel free to leave your favorites in the comments.
I was going to go Mardi Gras this year but I was a slacker on booking my hotel room. When I finally got around to it hotel room prices were sky high in the Big Easy. I new the prices were gonna be jacked up. They are for Jazz Fest too. I was expecting Jazz Fest style pricing and I still had price shock. I missed a parade or two, a show at Tipitina's and apparently a good opportunity to catch Covid-19. I went another direction, literally. New Orleans is three hours West, I went four hours East and South. Spent a night in "a storied hotel" for $50. It was a small, Southern town, that was nothing like Carnival in New Orleans. I never figured out what was so storied about the hotel. I think I fell asleep before I even cracked the cover. As the picture above shows I had things to catch.
Tab Benoit "Sac Au Lait Fishing"
I combine music and fishing. Tab Benoit the last musician I saw in New Orleans when I was there for New Years!
The past year a lot of the lyrics kinda fits my life...
"Don't Ask Me No Questions" Lynyrd Skynryd
"If you want to talk fishin'
I guess that would be okay."
Brad Paisley "I'm Gonna Miss Her"
By the time it was all said and done my face was redder than that redfish!
I welcomed in 2020 in what you could call Downtown New Orleans. Okay technically it was a music hall in uptown. 2020 I saw a couple of musicians in downtown Mobile. I was going to go see the same musician I saw on New Year's again in downtown Mobile last month but my plans got cancellled. I've done my share of travelling through downtown Jacksonville as I have driven from exit 5 to the coast of the Atlantic. 9In my life I have spent plenty of time in Downtowns both big and small. A lot of Downtown fun has been put on hold these days so I thought I would do a musical tribute to downtown.
Rod Stewart with "Downtown Train" ….
Petula Clark "Downtown"
Thin Lizzy "Downtown Sundown"
What are some of your favorite Downtown songs? See you Monday with a new post.
Once Corona was a beer. Open a cold bottle slide a wedge a lime inside. Used to be Jimmy Buffett's beer till he bought Landshark.
Of all the things it could be it turned into a virus, all that pent up anger I guess.
It could have been "Corinna" and Taj Mahal would sing about it...
Are you sure it's not Corvid 19, the Black Crowes did just get back together..
Maybe they are the "Remedy."
Yes Covid 19 is serious. It has spread the world faster than a "Love Trrain"
People have died. People have gotten very sick. Pretty much everything has been closed down. Hope is what we got. Hope for a vaccine. Hope that it will pass.
Just rolling into this A to Z thing. I kicked things off with Free's "All Right Now" so following up with Bad Company is chronologically correct. At least in Paul Rodgers musical career.
Starting things off with Bad Company by Bad Company.
The next one is "Shooting Star" is one of my favorites...
It's day one of the April A to Z Challenge! It's time for a Battle of the Bands. It's April Fool's Day.
A is for "All Right Now"
Digging deep for this Free classic anthem.
The original..
All right A to Z folks, newbies and those with refresher needs the rules.
I will pull up two contestants you vote for the one you like in the comments. I count them up ad post the winner in about a week.
Contestant One: Christina Aquilera
Contestant Two: Beth Hart
I like this battle. Take the song made famous by one of the greatest guy singers in rock and roll and let the girls take it. Christina and Beth couldn't be more different on their takes. Enjoy, vote I will be back with a B tomorrow!
