Sunday, January 10, 2021
Atlantic Starr - Secret Lovers (Official Video)
browsing thru oh so many comments( some r hilarious, others sad or even " giving a warning"; therefore, i must be " cheating" each time i pick up my sax, & remember my 1st secret love: "MARILYN MONROE". "SOME LIKE IT HOT"(M.M>, TONY CURTIS & JACK LEMON< in black & white film, introduced me to her. her passion for tenor sax players(as told to TONY CURTIS )led me to a paper route thru rain, sleet, snow & boiling heat waves, to purchase, learn to play, audition for the h.s. band & jazz band, & quit the orchestra( violin). there r many kinds of " secret loves" in this crazy world. i say " KEEP ON TRUCKIN"( JERRY GARCIA /GREATFUL DEAD mega hit).now my secret love is my precious horn.
Thursday, January 7, 2021
Saturday, January 2, 2021
Harry Chapin - All 14 minutes of Taxi & Sequel
WHILE SOME OF YOU GUYS MAY STILL PINE OVER LOVE'S LAMENT( FORGETTABOUT A 20YEAR + CALL OR CHANCE ENCOUNTER(ABOUT 11 YEARS FOR ME, WITH MY WIFE & BABY GIRL AT NUNLEY'S AMUSEMENT PARK IN FREEPORT, LONG ISLAND),SHE,& HER BABY BOY & MOM(WHO DISLIKED ME & CAUSED THE BREAK UP( HER DAUGHTER HAD TO MArry into a wealthy family); A BRIEF "HI, HOW IS IT GOING ? & A WAVE OVER MY SHOULDER TO POINT OUT MY "FAMILY", THEN SPINNING ON MY HEELS, I "WALKED AWAY &NEVER LOOKED BACK). YES, SHE WAS A NATURAL BEAUTIFUL GIRL, INSIDE & OUT, WITH AN AWESOME SMILE. YES, AFTER BEING KICKED TO THE CURB ONE FATEFUL EVENING, A FEW DAYS/NITES LATER, SITTING ON MY PARENTS 3RD STEP/STAIRWAY, WAS THE SUN SETTING IN FRONT OF MY EYES, A STRANGE FORCE DWELLING DORMANT SPRUNG TO LIFE, GRABBING PAPER/PEN, I WROTE MY 1ST, IN MY HUMBLE OPINION, " BEST" SONG; UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF MY MUSIC TEACHER, MAESTRO PIANIST, CHORAL DIRECTOR, GUITARIST, WROTE DOWN NOTE FOR WORD THIS BRAND NEW CREATION. MY POINT: YES, A FEW "MARVELOUS SONGS WERE./STILL ARE INSPIRED & DEDICATED TO ( lady diane), my 1st love, & some to present lady,afew to some along the road OF LOVE & LIFE;, NO REASON TO REACH OUT( SHE BLOCKED ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA ANYWAY)AS " HARRY LAMENTS" WHAT WE ONCE HAD WAS GONE".YES, AT TIMES I FEEL LIKE I'M TIED TO THE WHIPPIN' POST": THEN I TURN AROUND, LOOKING TO PLAY A CERTAIN SOUND, TO BRING ME BACK TO THE GROUND. LOVE IS FAR FROM PERFECTION, SOMETIMES YOUR HEART IS PULLED IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. THE TEST OF TIME & LOVE FOR ME IS SIMPLY : " LOVE & LOYALTY". THIS IS TO BE ASPIRED TO, CHERISHED UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES, & LOOKED BACK UPON WITH RELISH & JOY AS YEARS GO BY"
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.
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