R.I.P Jack Ingram

 Last month Hall of Fame race car driver Jack Ingram passed away at the age of 84. He won his Busch Series races on the backside of his 40s. He was the Busch Series Champion in 1982 and 1985. In 1972, 73 and 74 he won the Late Model Sportsman Division Championships.

                                                  Induction in the NASCAR Hall of Fame:

He will be missed by his fans, friends and family.

Battle of the Bands: Blackbird

 Welcome to the Battle of the Bands. The Beatles created some great songs which lead to some great covers. The song I selected is one of my favorites "Blackbird."

Here is the original...

How this thing works. I play a version by the original band. Then I have two contenders featured. In the comments you let me know who won. In a week or so I count up the votes and announce the winner in a separate post.

Contender One: Crosby, Stills and Nash

Contender Two: Sarah McLachlan

Tell me which one you liked best in the comments CSN or Sarah? Thanks for visiting and I will see you soon!

Battle of the Bands Results: Little Walter Takes the Key to the Highway

 Little Walter beat out Luther Allison in my latest Battle of the Bands by a score of 3 to 1. The Battle used the blues song "Key to the Highway." Votes were light this round. My next battle will be July 1. 

In the men time we celebrate with some Little Walter.  

                                                                "My Babe"

"Juke"

Thanks for visiting and I will see you soon!

Battle of the Bands: Key to the Highway

 Today on my Battle of the Bands I am going with the blues standard "Key to the Highway" first recorded by Charles Segar and often accredited to William Broonzy. 

                                          Here is Segar's version from 1940....

                                              

Here is how the Battle works I pick two covers and you my awesome visitors tell me which one you liked the best in the comments. I count up the winner and in a new post 8 days or later I announce the winner. Today's conttestants are Luther Allison and Little Walter.

Luther Allison

Little Walter

Luther or Little? Tell me who you are voting for in the comments. I will announce the winner on 6/23 or later. I will have a new battle on July 1!

Thannks for visiting come back soon!

R.I.P Ned Beatty

The first movie I think about when I hear Ned Beatty is "Deliverance." A movie I discovered in college and his first movie.

A clip from "Deliverance"

He was nominated for some awards, but only won a Drama Desk Award for his role in the play "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."

He had roles in some great movies "All the President's Men,"  "Superman," "The Big Easy,"  "Rudy," "Just Cause," and more. On television he appeared on "The Waltons," "Kojak," "M*A*S*H," "Gunsmoke," "Hawaii Five-O," "Murder, She Wrote," "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," "Highway to Heaven," "Roseanne," "Homicide: Life on the Streets," "CSI" and "Law & Order."

Clip from "The Rockford Files"

Ned Beatty had a long career in acting his work will live on in archives and reruns. Ned will be missed by his family, friends and family.

Battle of the Bands Results: Lute versus Guitar

The Battle between the guitar and lute was much closer than the blues guitar slingers playing nursery rhymes battle I had last time. Ieva Baltmiskyte and her lute bested Christoph Denoth and his guitar. Dowland's Frog Galliard set the playground for one instrument to shine. 

Here she performs Dowland's Fantasia No. 7

Please join me for another Battle of the Bands on the 15th. 

Battle of the Bands: A Day late, Frog Galliard

                                                    

Well I am a day late on my Battle of the Band and probably a few dollars short. Any way today I am switching genres to classical music. John Dowland's Frog Galliard is the piece. I have it performed on classical guitar and lute. Performed by a Gent and a Lady.  Below are the contenders.

Christoph Denoth

Ieva Baltmiskyte

Who do you like best Christoph or Ieva? Let me know in the comments. I will have the results in a week or so in another post. In the mean time I will see you soon!