A to Z: J. Geils may you R.I.P

John Warren Geils better known as J. Geils  the guitarist/songwriter for the J. Geils Band has passed away at the age of 71.

The song was probably no the most appropriate song for a 11-year old to like, however "Centerfold" became one of my earliest favorite rock songs.

Another favorite from them is "Love Stinks"

"Most of Got Lost" was one of their early big hits..

Here issome blues from his band Bluestime...

A talented musicians who leaves behind a string of hits and passionate covers. May he rest in peace.

A to Z Challenge: Welcome

Welcome to the last week of the A to Z: Challenge



To all the participants in the A to Z: Challenge who might be stopping bye to visit. Welcome to the last week of the A to Z: Challenge. Congratulations! The end is near! If you are thinking of giving up don't just a few more posts to go!

Welcome to my blog

If you are new to my blog welcome and thanks for dropping in!I hope you enjoy your visit and come back soon! If your one of my regular readers welcome back! You are always welcome at my blog! Thanks for the feedback, You all make the blog better. The comments add to the content. You let me know when links aren't there or don't work! You let me know when you have trouble reading my blog. Which gives me a chance to make the blog better. So, I thank you!

Welcome to the workweek!

To those of you who have a day job (who are we fooling, day, night, and all hours in between job,) Welcome back to another workweek. Trust me I don't want the workweek to start today! I was having too much fun yesterday which was my only day off of the weekend. I was at Jazzfest in New Orleans and my friend wanted me to go to an after party. Which I knew would be blast! However, reality is I had a long car drive back home and work today.

A lot of welcomes today! I hope you enjoyed your visit and I look forward to your return! I'll leave the blog open!

Battle of the Bands and A to Z Challenge: Mr. Big versus Maxi Priest

It is a Blog Hopping double helping at my blog today. Today marks the halfway point of April. In addition to my Battle of the Bands entry this post will also be my post in the A to Z Challenge. Today's letter is M.



I am doing the Battle of the Bands because this is what I would do on any first of the month. I like the blog hop. My blog isn't changing for the A to Z challenge. What you see during the challenge is just how my blog goes.




Since more readers may be popping in it is probably even more important for me to explain what is going on and who else has battles!

Regular rules, listen to the song clips in the blog post. In the comment section vote for the one you like the best. Feel free to explain why you voted the way you did. The battles take place on the first and 15th and winners will be announced on the 7th and 21st. I will normally post the winner in the comments. Of course have fun and enjoy!

The below list is edited to welcome some new battles and unfortunately some battles have taken a break. If you are still looking for more musical fun after you vote, you can check out these sites for more battles:

Tossing it Out

‘FAR AWAY SERIES’ 

 StMcC Presents Battle of the Bands

 ‘YOUR DAILY DOSE’ 

 'Curious as a Cathy'

Sound of One Hand Typing

Book Lover

This Belle Rocks

DC Relief Battle of the Bands

A to Z visitors please check out my friends above, they post some pretty neat stuff! 

Since today's letter is M so I picked a song by the artist formally known as Cat Stevens and now going under the name of Yusuf Islam. The simple reason the song is a masterpiece. I am going to mix it up with my contestants.

Here is the original, which is not eligible to win.

Let the fun begin! 

Contestant One Mr. Big

In my younger days I really enjoyed this band. Of course their is an M in Mr. so the band fits today's theme as well.

Contestant Two Maxi Priest

I stated I was going to mix it up. Going from a rock groups ballad version to a reggae version by Maxi Priest is certainly mixing it up. M in Maxi makes this choice fit the A to Z: Challenge. 

Testament to a great song that it can be  performed by different artists and still come out sounding great!

So which version did you like the best? Please vote for Mr. Big or Maxi Priest in the comments! Winner will be announced soon! Please feel free to share your thoughts! Thanks for visiting and I will be back soon with another A to Z post.

A to Z: ZZ Top

ZZ Top was a band I enjoyed in my pre-teen and teen years and beyond. There was a lot of good music in the early to mid-80s. Some cheese too. Music changes overtime, yesteryear hits sometimes turn to cheese, guilty pleasures, or worse. But they were all talented in their way, they did it and that deserves credit. Tastes change.

 ZZ Top could have been my door way band but someone introduced me to Led Zeppelin which I already blogged about. I saw them in the late 80's early 90's and a couple of times in between. Blues rocked boogie, hey I like all that. Good guitar sound is a plus for me. I liked them, never on their bandwagon, but hey I did go see them.

ZZ Top covering Elvis...

Summer is almost here and I love Cheap Sunglasses...

Here is an 80's song you might not have heard in a while...

They have a lot of hits and more well known songs..but I wanted to add some treats.

Thanks for joining me for the A to Z: Challenge..Stick around I might even have a  good post from time to time.