I don’t usually go for the Lilith Fair type stuff, but this song is very sweet.
Early Morning Open Thread: Keshagesh
A somewhat less… enervating examination of today’s theme, “Greedheads, Sociopaths, and the Rest of Us”:
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Open Thread: Early in the Morning
Purists may grumble, but I still love Cyndi Lauper. Hey, at least y’all have to admit that she’s giving some of Tha Tru Bluesmen some much-needed dollars, right?
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Emergency Measures
So, in a stroke of genius, knowing I would be gone all day, I turned my AC off to “save money.” Bad idea on one of the hottest days of the year. The AC is now groaning in the back yard attempting to cool the house below 80 degrees, and I am sitting in my chair with two fans aimed at my junk. I’ve had to temporarily institute a dog on lap moratorium, and the bitches ladies are pissed.
That big band stuff this morning really hit a sweet spot for me, so I downloaded the whole Duff’s Blues album and am rocking it. Any good recommendations for Big Band you all want to share?
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And I stepped all over Anne Laurie’s open thread. Sorry.
RIP, Gene Ludwig
Was driving this morning and listening to WDUQ, and heard something that just blew my doors off:
Sadly, Gene Ludwig died last night. I just love some organ.
Check out this version with the Bill Warfield Big Band. It’ like Nelson Riddle meets the Hammond B3. It’s just awesome.
Early Morning Open Thread
Two final patriotic musical videos, because it’s still the holiday weekend for some of us:
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(Thanks to commentor Brad Hanon for the Etheridge link!)
America the Beautiful
A bunch of people in the Star Spangled Banner thread mentioned that they thought the national anthem should be America the Beautiful (I mostly agree). I’m not so crazy about the Ray Charles version everyone loves, but I found this bizarre celebrity singalong version of it, led by Willie Nelson, part of a 9/11 fundraiser to be touching. I remember watching it at the time.
Two other American songs I like that have, to me, a national anthem feel are “Amazing Grace” and “Lift Every Voice” (sometimes called “the black national anthem), but I don’t know of a version of either that I like better than the others. Is there a version of either that any of you especially like?