Monday's Music Moves Me: Hurricane Songs

 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. 

Neil Young "Like a Hurricane"

Bob Dylan "Hurricane"

Jimmy Buffett and Kenny Chesney  "Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season"

Anyway it is nice to have power and to be blogging again!

A to Z Challenge: Y is for Neil Young

Neil Young  has grown into the "Old Man"

Today is Y and Young fits.

He is the Y in CSNY "Southern Man"

"Heart of Gold"

"Powderfinger"

What is your favorite Neil Young song!

A to Z Challenge: O Songs

Neil Young performing "Ohio" to start are musical journey of O songs.

O as in Orbison. Roy Orbison "Oh Pretty Woman"

Performed live from 1965..

Gladys Knight and the Pips "On and On"

The Band "Ophelia"

Hope you enjoyed see you soon!

Monday's Music Moves Me: Harvest Songs

Today's Monday Music Moves Me topic is a freebie. Since Thanksgiving is coming up, it is Fall and the harvest time I thought I would use harvest as my theme. Sit back and enjoy.

                                             Neil Young "Harvest Moon"

The Band "King Harvest"

A bit of classical Bartok's "Harvest Song"

The Isley Brothers "Harvest for the World"

Anthony Brown "The Harvest Song"

Hope you enjoyed this selection of songs!

Happy Birthday Neil Young

Neil Young's birthday is today! Choosing songs to celebrate should be due to the 74 year old's variety of music!

                                          Well he is the "Old Man" now...

Buffalo Springfield 

"Mr. Soul"

Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young "Southern Man"

Neil Young "Cinnamon Girl"

I think a nice four song is a good way to celebrate. He has a ton of great songs so just a taste from here and there.

                                            

Monday's Music Moves Me: Farm Aid

Today's theme for Monday's Music Moves Me is artists/bands that have performed at Farm Aid. The festival started in September of 1985 and this year's festival is on September 21, 2019. If you want more information on the charity, festival and how you can help visit their site.

                                                  Neil Young and Waylon Jennings perform "Get Back to the Country" at the original Farm Aid

Willie Nelson performs "Always on my Mind" at last year's Farm Aid

John Mellencamp performs "Small Town" in 1987

Dave Matthews Band "Crash Into Me" from Farm Aid 1997

Neil Young "Heart of Gold" from the first one

Bonnie Raitt and John Prine from Farm Aid 1986

Hope you enjoy and I will see you soon!

Battle of the Bands Result: Counting votes like 1, 2, 3

One

It looked like I was going to have a tie and a shutout for a while. The shutout ended with the last vote so Aaron Neville finally had a vote.

Two

The Soweto Gospel Choir sounded great and they took an early two nothing lead. However, that was the only votes they received.

Three

Nicolette Larson was victorious capturing three votes.

The Celebration

"Lotta Love" was Larson's hit. This duet was her biggest Country hit..

I'll leave you with "Let Me Go, Love"

I'll be back later today with my newest battle!

Battle of the Bands: From shutouts to nailbiters

Well my streak of shutouts ended on this last round of Battle of the Bands. Every vote counted and this battle was decided by the last vote. Elton John edged out Neil Young 4 to 3. The song was John Lennon's "Imagine."

Celebrating Elton's big win with "I'm Still Standing"

                                       

                                            Continuing the party with "Rocket Man"

   
                                                 "Tiny Dancer"

I wonder what my battle will be tomorrow?

                                               
                                                              

Battle of the Bands: Imagine there is no shutouts!

Well I am starting the quest to end the shutout streak or extended by picking a classic song. "Imagine" by John Lennon I am surprised I haven't used this one yet.

Contender One: Neil Young

   Contender Two: Elton John

Two emotional live covers. Two great artists. You know the drill vote in the comments!

R.I.P Rob Wasserman

Rob Wasserman passed away on Jun 29, 2016. The bassist was 64. The Grammy Award winning worked with a bunch of musicians including Bob Weir, Lou Reed and David Grisman to highlight a few.

Here is his Grammy Award winning song with Bobby McFerrin...

"Easy Answers" Bob Weir, Neil Young, and Rob Wasserman..

Here is an all bass version of "Satisfaction"..

Ratdog with "Lucky Enough"...

Rob Wasserman was an incredible talent on the bass, his music will be missed. May he rest in peace.

Happy Birthday Neil Young!

This is the third year in a row I have celebrated Neil Young's birthday. Though the thought is the same I try to mix up the songs. An artist like Neil Young makes it easy since he has done so many songs in diverse styles. If you want more music I recommend visiting my old posts from last year and 2013.

I wouldn't be celebrating his birthday if I didn't share music. So let's start the celebration.

"Like A Hurricane"..

"Harvest Moon" is always nice for Fall...

"Everybody Knows this is Nowhere"..

What is your favorite Neil Young album? Song? Memory? Feel free to share in the comments.

"This Notes For You"

Battle of the Bands 13: Winterlong

Welcome to my Battle of the Bands number 13! I know this is running late but I am feeling a bit under the weather, battling naps and the struggle of children doing homework. Continuing my winter theme  this month so I wonder what I will come up with.T

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:

DC Relief

Your Daily Dose

Tossing It Out

STMcC Presents "Battle of the Bands"

A Writer's Life in Progress

Curious as a Cathy

The Sound of One Hand Typing

Alex J. Cavanaugh

 

Original Song: Neil Young "Winterlong"

Challenger One: Whitehorse

Challenger Two: The Pixies

Enjoy! Vote in the comments and I will see you soon!

Happy Birthday Neil Young!

Busy times for Neil Young personally and musically. I don't judge to much on this blog. His former band mates same to judge a bit more. It is safe to say Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young aren't getting together anytime soon to jam.

Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young..."Ohio"

Today is Neil Young's birthday is today and we celebrate it with music! Here is his latest song "Who is Gonna Stand Up"...

From now to way back with Buffalo Springfield performing with "Mr. Soul"..

Here he performs a vintage version of "Old Man"

To contrast here is something plugged in with Crazy Horse called "Like a Hurricane"

                                         
With Neil Young we could go on with songs heavy and light. Happy Birthday and thanks for the songs!

A to Z Challenge: Neil Young

Neil Young can twist into country, tell a comfortable tale in a folk song or just simply rock the house down. Let's wander through his musical career in songs.

Let's start off with this iconic song from Buffalo Springfield...

Here is Neil Young with Crosby, Stills and Nash performing "Down By the River"

Here is a classic tune "Old Man" performed by Neil alone...

I can;t forget Crazy Horse, here Neil Young and Crazy Horse blow through "Like A Hurricane"

A more recent version of "Cinnamon Girl"..

This is what today's post was all about..."A Journey through the Past"..

Stay tuned and "Keep on Rocking"..

Happy Birthday Neil Young

Today Neil Young turns another year older. He is still an "old man"

However, he has had a long career and provided lots of music.

In lots of styles..

 

Well I wish him many more birthdays and hope he keeps on rocking...

Happy Birthday Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan turns 72 today. How do you honor a man who has been covered, written many classic songs, has his own satalite radio show? 

Reunite Guns and Roses to play this..

Well that's not going to happen. Make him cringe with Miley Cyrus covering him...

Here is John Mayer covering "Don't Think Twice"

Yes, I am having fun selecting some covers but I want to make sure they are different from other Bob covers I have included in past posts. Plus with artists like John and Miley is shows he is still touching younger generations of musicians and his legacy grows.Below is the man himself singing Happy Brthday and performing "Like A Rolling Stone" with Tom Petty's Heartbreakers...

Here Neil Young covers Blowin in the Wind...

and here is Norah Jones

Happy Birthday Bob Dylan! I hope everyone enjoys the music and I will be back soon with a new post

R.I.P Bert Jansch

I discovered Bert Jansch much the same way I discovered the blues. Through continued exploration of music where Led Zeppelin had left off. Through that band and others opening the doors I was able to discover and explore and develop my own taste. Bert wasn't blues but then again Zeppelin was not just blues based rocked. Jimmy Page "pinched" some of Bert's arrangements and made them his own. Bert Jansch was one of the acoustic, folk influences that was present in the band.Here is a prime example of that influence with Zeppelin:

Bert influenced many more than just Jimmy Page. The list includes Neil Young and Oasis to name a couple.
Rolling Stone Magazine named him one of 100 influential guitarists of all time. In a Washington Post obituary Neil young called him "as much of a great guitar player as Jimi Hendrix was."Below is a song that Neil confessed he copped a lot and was a lot of Bert in this song.

The song it was influenced by:

For more I would recommend the Washington Post obituary here.


I will add some more Bert down on my blog where I have something from you tube.
In the meantime here is some more Bert:
Moonshine:

R.I.P. Bert Jansch

Can Music Change The World?

Neil Young said somewhere lately that music can't change the world and that time has passed. I disagree with Neil Young. However, I think it is harder now for musicians to speak out. You speak out now and the public might not hear from you for a while. Dixie Chicks come to mind.
One day they are on top of the Country world and the next day their careers are in a nose dive.

I think music can and does change the world. The save our planet concert same to have an impact. Music festivals have often raised money for charities. Special albums have been made to support special causes.

Changes aren't always made though. The Tibetan Freedom Festivals, they raised awareness and money. Still today China occupies Tibet. Eric Clapton has had some successful Crossroads Festivals. Funding his tropical rehab center. Which is fine. It's just a charity I'm not going to jump on the bandwagon for, since I'm not a wealthy, drug addict. If it was supporting a rehab center for folks who might not be able to afford it, well then why not support it. But who knows, maybe it will help some rising star to turn their life around and change the world. I'm for it, if it can do that.

The thing is musicians can draw in the crowds and raise money and awareness. They can still change the world. It's just one small step at a time.