It has been a while since I last posted a Battle of the Bands, heck up until late Summer it had been a while since I posted anything. Hopefully some folks will visit and leave a vote in the comments. I will back in a week or so and do a post on the winner just like the Battle of the Bands of old.
Well, it is Labor Day the ceremonial farewell to summer. Don't worry the Calander still says we have a few more weeks of official summer. I live in the Sunshine so I will have Summer like weather until October. Today's pick was easy to go with Jimmy Buffett and his song "Come Monday."
Mac McAnally might call himself Mr. Nobody but folks like Jimmy Buffett and Kenny Chesney have taken his songs to the world. This month Battle of the Bands featured Mac's song "Back Where I Come From." Kenny defeated Jimmy Buffett 6 to 1,
We celebrate winners! So, today's post is all about Kenny Chesney!
"No Shirts, No Shoes, No Problems"
Last Saturday night I saw Mac McAnnally perfom a special show in Gulfport, Mississippi. Tonight I see him again with The Coral Reefer Band which starts a three city tour in Orange Beach, Alabama. Anyway it is summer rime and the first one without Jimmy Buffett in a long dang time. We will pit Kenny Chesney who had a hit with this one and Mac's late boss and friend Jimmy Buffett.
Contender One...Kenny
Contender Two: Jimmy Buffett
Tell me who gets your vote I will post the results in a week or two. In the maintime enjoy your summer and fins up!
In my first Battle of the Bands for 2022 Jimmy Buffett defeated David Jacob-Strains 4 votes to 2.
Jimmy Buffett is also a pilot so I thought I would share a clip of him flying...
I missed last month's Battle of the Bands I was travelling. January was a busy month so not much going on with the blog. However, it is a new month and once again a new battle.
The song "Treetop Flyer" by Stephen Stills
It's summer time. Today's song is featured in Jimmy Buffett's set quite a bit because the songwriter has a side gig playing in Jimmy's band. Anyway today will be songwriter versus country star. Let me know which one you like the best in the comments and I will announce a winner in a week or so.
Mac McAnally
Jerry Jeff Walker a songwriter, Country Music performer, and an artist who has appeared on my Battle of Bands posts a few times has passed away.
Most recently I used his song "Trashy Woman" and he lost a battle with Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett on a Guy Clark cover.
He is best known for writing this classic tune..."Mr. Bojangles"
It's another Monday's Music Moves Me and today's theme is songs about Neighbors and Sons. Let's go ahead and get straight to the music!
We'll start with a neat video of Mister Rogers aging as he sings "Won't you be my Neighbor"
Well I rode out Sally! Was a long night when the category two hurricane hit. I was fortunate the flooding at my house only flooded the yard. The house and truck were spared. Plenty of limbs and branches covered my yard and clean up was quite a task, however I was blessed that none damaged the house or my truck. Just one big limb from one of the tall Live Oak trees could have really ruined my day. The biggest issue was loss of power. 95% of my county lost power including me. We just got power back late Sunday afternoon, so five days of cold showers, no air condition, no reliable internet (cell phone was still spotty for internet). However, I spent about 5 hours helping cleanup at the church and I did check on somebody's elderly parents. I will probably help a few more folks with their cleanup this week. So if I didn't make it to your Battle I apologize, Sally came to visit and she was rather rowdy company!
Anyway my Battle of the Bands for the 15th featured Kenny Chesney versus Mishka covering Jimmy Buffet's "Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season."
Kenny took an early lead. It looked like a shutout early. Mishka did get a couple of votes late to make the final score 5 to 2.
Here is Kenny Chesney performing the song with Jimmy Buffett at a concert I was at a few years back.
Today's theme on Monday's Music Moves Me is a freebie and I am going to go with a Hurricane Theme. Just to fill everyone my area was hit by a category two hurricane. I rode the storm out. The flooding was quick to recede at my house and the storm left plenty to clean up in the yard. I am blessed the house wasn't damaged or my truck. I just got power back yesterday after five days.
Sally is churning just offshore. I hear the pouring rains and gusting winds outside. As I write this sustained winds are about 33 mph. As I left work this alert popped on my phone...
I guess I am just "Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season"....
