Saturday, December 26, 2020
Laura Nyro "Wedding Bell Blues"
being a 1/2 talented sax.violinist(barely a pianist), & unable to sing(at all-references to be made available if necessary) I "write"(songs, literature,poems), components of age, arthritis,sight & hearing r obstacles to deal with daily. so. ii go with the flw,like riding out a " rip current" on the surface, or planning & adjusting an wreck scuba dive to use the bottom current to advantage rather then oppose it, wasting air & energy.LAURA NYRO & MANY OTHER ARTISTS THRU TIME UP LIFT ME< MOTIVATE & INSPIRE MY ORIGINAL CREATIVITY(IN NO SPECIAL ORDER).LAURA & "THE BELLS "(W/PATTI) ALWAYS TAKE ME UP HIGH< WAY PAST " UP ON THE ROOF"< WHERE I TRY TO LAND WHEN DESCENDING FROM "THE BELLS">SHE SHARES MY STAGE W/ THE ALLMAN B>B>( FILLMORE EAST< ALSO JOHN MAYALL @ FILLMORE)< "STONES & DOORS @MADISON SQUARE GARDEN & MORE>NEVER HEAR?PLAY ENOUGH OF LAURA & ALL THESE OTHER ARTISTS(DIDN'T FORGET F/MAC, C S N & Y< JACKSON BROWNE< HENDRIX<TAYLOR DAYNE< TEENA MARIE< FAYETTE PINKTON( 3 DEGREES), DONNA SUMMER , JANIS & MORE.
Hall & Oates- She's Gone (Live, 2003)
SOPRANO SAX MAN ROCKS TONS OF SWEET KOOLNESS. THE GUYS (HALL AND OATS) TOGETHER OR APART) ALWAYS ROCK & ARE KOOL.(TAKES ME BACK TO 1ST TIME I WROTE A " GREAT LOVE SONG" THAT NOBODY HEARD & STILL PLAY TODAY..LOOKING FOR THAT " VOICE" TO RECORD IT( NUMBER ONE POTENTIAL ON " HOT 100 CHART", FOR SURE))
Thursday, December 24, 2020
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young ~ Wooden Ships (Woodstock 1969)
@Happy Fox ALFRED HUXLEY " OPENED THE DOORS OF PERCEPTION" , FROM HIS FAMOUS LITERARY WORK, AND " JIM MORRISON/THE DOORS BORROWED " THE DOORS" AS THEIR MONIKER -THAT IS " HISTORICAL MUSICAL /LITERARY FACT( NO NEED TO FACT CHECK, BUT DO IT IF U MUST).
Sunday, December 20, 2020
Long Time Gone
THE PROPHECY IS COMING TRUE!! NO ONE SIDE WINS , ALL OF HUMANITY DIES, EXCEPT THOSE EATING PURPLE BERRIES,SAILING AWAY QUICKLY ON WOODEN SHIPS, WITH SAILS, AS THERE IS NO FUEL TO POWER ENGINES.
Bob Seger Roll Me Away Live
MY MOTHER EXPOSED ME TO GREAT BROADWAY CLASSIC SHOW TUNES PLAYING HER UP RIGHT PIANO< GOING TO OUTSTANDING BROADWAY SHOWS IN MANHATTAN< PUTTING ME IN THE ORCHESTRA ON VIOLIN< AT 4TH GRADE. THEN ENABLING MY PURCHASE OF A BASE TENOR SAX IN 7TH GRADE(DAD GAVE HIS C/CARD FOR THE " SAM ASH" DEPOSIT(HEMPSTEAD, LONG ISLAND STORE(AND STARTING LESSONS AT HOME)< & PURCHASE OF MY CLASSIC TREASURED HORN)<PUTTING UP WITH LONG PRACTICE/JAMMING SESSIONS UPSTAIRS) MOM WAS AN OPERA AFFECIANADO TOO> ALL IN ALL< I WAS ENDOWED WITH AN ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND< & ACCUMULATE A COLLECTION OF FINE ARTISTS OVER THE YEARS< IN MOST FORMATS(NOT 8 TRACK)> THEREFORE< ALWAYS SEARCHING FOR THAT CERTAIN SOUND TO MOVE< STIMULATE< CAPTIVATE MY IMAGINATION< THEN THE JAMMING BEGINS>ARTHRITIS LIMITS MY POOR PIANO SESSDIOBS< & CREATES PROBLEMS ON THE VIOLIN> JAW SURGERY HAS ONLY LIMITED THE LONG 4-% HOUR SEESIONS OF OLD, THE MAGICAL< SWEET & RACOUS SOUNDS STILL RING LOUD & CLEAR< "LIKE A ROCK" & " ROLL ME AWAY" & " TURN THE PAGE" & "STILL THE SAME" DOMINATEMY PLAYING TIME MANY DAYS< ALONG W?" THE ALLMAN BROS> BAND" & " JOHN MAYALL & THE BLUES BREAKERS"< STILL CATCH JAZZ= " DAVE BRUBECK'S " TAKE FIVE"& " BLUE RHONDO" & STAN GETZ< + "PHANTOM OF THE OPERA"< "DON"T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA" & " CATS"> THANK YOU TO MY LATE MOTHER & PIANO MASTER GRANDMA(WE CALLED HER MADEAR= ALMOST BLIND< SHE PLAYED ALL HER FAVORITES(ON HER " BABY GRAND" & MOM'S UP RIGHT) IMPECABLY , WELL INTO HER 89"S.))
Bob Seger - Turn The Page (1973 Radio Version)
LOL> MY LITTLE GIRL TRIED THIS APPROACH: " DAD< I WILL TAKE SAX (TENOR) LESSONS IN JUNIOR HIGH< AS LONG AS I CAN TAKE THEM ON YOUR HORN(HARDY HAR HAR(FROM " JACKIE GLEASON'S HONEY MOONERS SHOW)< CAUSE MY BALANCED ACTION STAYS CLOSE BY< WITHIN GRABBING DISTANCE< NEVER TO LEAVE THE HOUSE- USED TO TRIPLE CHAIN THIS SWEET HORN IN MY TOYOTA CORONA MARK 11 TRUNK AFTER PLAYING ANY WHERE>NEVER LEFT IT UNATTENDED & HAD FLOATER INSURANCE TOO>.STILL THE SWEETEST< & BOLDEST SOUND I EVER PLAYED ON OR HEARD(YES<THERE R LESS EXPENSIVE JAPANESE/CHINESE HORNS THAT R DECENT> COUPLED WITH MY BERG LARSEN METAL & EBONITE(110/1 & 120/1) W/RICCO ROYAL= UNBEATABLE SOUL PIERCING , HEART POUNDING SOUNDS OF ALL RANGES & CLASSES OF MUSIC>
Monday, December 14, 2020
Spanky & Our Gang - Sunday Will Never Be The Same (1967)
SUNDAYS CAME ALIVE WITH EILEEN> JOGGING?BIKING IN "EISENHOWER PARK"(EAST MEADOW< LONG ISLAND): BEACH VISITS?JOGGING FOR ME) AT HEMPSTEAD TOWN BEACH<SHE PERFORMING AN OIL?FILTER CHANGE & MYSELF UPSTAIRS PRACTICING MY HORN<EVEN ASSISTS WASHING THE SALT OFF MY SCUBA GEAR FROM AN OFFSHORE DEEP WRECK DIVE(EVEN THOUGH SHE DESPISED THIS SPORT(WITH GOOD REASON: SHARKS< DROWNING & MORE)>YES< WE MARRIED>ONE HECK OF AN AMATEUR MECHANIC<HANDY WOMAN>LAWN SERVICER> YES< GREAT LOVER TOO> & WONDERFUL MOTHER">HARD< INTELLIGENT BUSINESS LADY WORKER>LOYAL>YEARS HAVE GONE BY< OUR SUNDAY ACTIVITIES HAVE MORPHED GREATLY FOR MYSELF< NOT SP MUCH FOR HER> SURELY< " SUNDAY WILL NEVER BE THE SAME" AGAIN< NEITHER WILL WE<
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