70s music
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Miles at 100
Today would have been Miles Davis's one-hundredth birthday had he lived to see it, and I have some thoughts... I am a fan, and I think that he may be the one jazz musician who does not make too many fans out there feel uncomfortable admitting that they love jazz. Yes, I love John Coltrane and his blistering style and influence over modern music, but Miles is the one whose albums and attitude I always return to...
By Kendall Defoe 5 months ago in Beat
Strangely Groovy
Introduction In the story below Caroline Jane did an Oliver Twist and asked for more. This is it. I wasn't to sure how to write something new and interesting about music. Caroline and I are fans of Nigel Blackwell and Half Man Half Biscuit, so I will try to include something from them in here but I hope that everyone discovers at least one thing they didn't know when they read this piece.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 5 months ago in Beat
'Carl and the Passions. (So Tough)'
With the departure of Bruce Johnston, South African guitarist Blondie Chaplin formerly of "The Flame" was brought into the Beach Boys to fill the sixth member slot as well as give the band more of an edgy guitar sound. In addition, the drummer for The Flame, Ricky Fataar was also brought onboard after Dennis Wilson severely injured his hand in the summer of 1971 forcing him to abandon the drum throne and move to the piano bench for the live shows.
By Sean Callaghan5 months ago in Beat
Route 666
Introduction I don't know what popped this into my head. I was reading an old blog post about the 101ers and the band name coming from George Orwell's 1984 then I thought of Girlschool covering Gun's "Race With The Devil" and thought what road would they be on, then thought of the song "Route 66" and the road Route 66 which runs from Chicago to Los Angeles nearly two and a half thousand miles:
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 5 months ago in Beat
Recording The Myth
Introduction Yesterday I bought a vinyl album I had not seen for decades, "Heavy Cream", and one of the songs was "Tales Of Brave Ulysses" penned by Eric Clapton, which got me thinking, "How many songs reference old mythology, and immediately several came to mind.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 5 months ago in Beat
Back On The Road
Introduction In the playlist above, my friend Harper Lewis asked why I hadn't included "Road To Nowhere" by The Talking Heads. The main reason was that the song is so well-known, but it is a brilliant song. Then I looked at the CDs on my desk and remembered I had missed an absolutely brilliant Tom Waits song.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 5 months ago in Beat
On The Road
Introduction There are thousands of songs that mention the word "Road" in the title, and I will try and stay away from the obvious such as Canned Heat's iconic "On The Road Again" but when I did my "Runaway Train" playlist I found ten songs with that title. These wont't all have the same same title.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 5 months ago in Beat
Top of the World
American vocal and instrumental duo The Carpenters were a brother and sister duo, Richard and Karen Carpenter. Their musical career lasted 14 years, and they recorded 10 albums. With over 100 million records sold worldwide, they were the best-selling music artists of all time. Their career ended when Karen began suffering from anorexia nervosa, and in 1983, at the age of 32, she passed away from heart failure brought on by complications of this disease.
By Rasma Raisters5 months ago in Beat
