Tuesday:  Thank you, Tuesday.  All I am trying to do is bring the subject closer by exposing personal experiences with a lot of artists in our younger years.  You and I differ in that those 65 year old guys you lusted for in your teen years are almost (thank goodness) my contemporaries.  Hahaha!  So, I knew  lot of them when.  I went to North Texas State University in 1964 to study piano, and discovered Michael Murphy (who is now known as Michael Martin Murphy) and I hung out at the same coffee house.  Rather than studying piano, I started a self-study program of guitar, and harmonica.  Voice did fit in with my lesson plans at school.  Oh, and I had a second major - bridge.  Hahahaha!  But, there were other people there, Trini Lopez' little brother, Jesse.  He blew my mind one day by showing up at my dorm one snowy day to take me to class across campus in his car.  You coulda knocked me over with a feather.  Hahaha!  I was going to cut class and sleep in, but who could resist Jesse Lopez?  (Seventh photo down, third from the right.)  He was cuter in the winter of 1964.  Hahaha!  North Texas (now The University of North Texas) is known for it's music school. Don Henley went there, for one.  B.W. Stevenson, deceased, but famous went there.  And me.  Too bad, huh?  If you know much about jazz, you will probably have run into the NTSU or UNT lab bands.  They are an excellent example of what the school turns out.

Jim Dandy:  Very good, excellent as a matter of fact, assessment.  I never thought of it that way, other than I knew I had to get the audience fast, and keep them busy.  Same thing, only simple southern girl kind of thinking - not so eloquent as yours.    If it's ok, I'll use yours in the future. 

Jim Dandy:  Thank goodness for the drummer.  Only you would have caught the fallacy.

What a show!!  The pyrotechnics are fantastic.  I wonder how they get by with that.  Outdoors doesn't hurt, but  I'm betting on fire trucks on premises.

Here's a group I miss, but it's hard on an old woman.....Synchronicity

Yes, I love that line too.  It is part of the discussion in this world at the present time.

I like this.  KD Lang was in this show, Tom Petty and Bruce Sprijngsteen.  Well, and of course, this guy.

Jim Dandy:  Yeah, and I have loved T-Bone Burnett long and hard for about 30 years.  My vinyl collection includes some of his stuff.  That song (how do you do this, do you read my mind?) is one of my faves of his stuff since his quietus.  I hang in Palestine, Texas a lot since my step-brother and his wife live close to there, and my mom and my step-brother's father had a place there.  It's not that the song is about Palestine, Texas, it's just a wonder that anyone would think to make a song about it.  But, it has a ring, and Burnett is a Texas boy too.  Thanks for that.  Beefhart does predate Burnet about 8- year, Beefhart is 66, and Burnet is about 61. 

Sorry, I get on these rants.  I will shut up now and go back under my.....

Tuesday:  Oh, sorry.  I'm having to apologize all over the place.  Think I'll go back under my chair. 

Jim Dandy:  Sorry, I misunderstoond.  Isn't this Ditzday?  

Jim Dandy:  Yes, I remember the big power outtage on the eastern seaboard a few years ago.  But, what are we supposed to remember in connection with it?:

Jim Dandy:  That's quite an endorsement having come from Jimmy Page.

Tuesday:  It's the truth!  They'd all drown drying to get out as the place burned to the ground.

Jim Dandy:  Ah, but would you wear a bone in your nose ho-ho?  Besides, he's a fire hazzard.  They couldn't have him in a Louisiana swamp jupe joint.

Haha!  Thanks, Tuesday.  You're very kind.

Jim Dandy:  I love that one too, just crazy about Cheap Trick, maybe?  Re:  Wikipedia this guy Jay Hawkins - I have no choice.  I will Wiki that guy.  He belongs in opera.  What a voice, but beeeeezarre.

Tuesday:  The politically correct thing to say is, "I can't believe he's 65, he really doesn't look it or act it."  I'm not telling my age anymore.  I used to, but I quit.  Haha!  I think I'll take it off my profile real quick.     Could you please put a link to the site you got that blurb from, Tuesday, and insert the reference in your post?  I don't want any copyright enfringement issues.  Hawkins had 55 kids?  He never heard of self control, evidently.

Tuesday:  Don't think a thing about it - you remembered it just in time.  I missed Stevie Ray's DOD.  By the time I thought of it, it was too late. 

Jim Dandy:  I'll tell you, that sounds really familiar, but I don't know why.  I know I've never seen them - crowds and I don't match.  But, that was excellent, thanks.

Here's a little all time favorite of mine.  Cheap Trick always flips my skirt!  

Jim Dandy:  Well, I shouldn't have said anything, and I apologize.  I just went out to YouTube, and again watched the post you did of Shine On again.  Something must have happened on my first viewing, because it cut off in the middle of one chorus.  But, I see now that video was actually complete.  We're having "weather' down here, maybe that was it. 

However, thanks for digging a little deeper, and catching that older video.  There is always a thrill in seeing a work early in it's metamorphosis.

Jim Dandy:  Pink Floyd is always a gift.  I just wish Shine On hadn't been cut.  It made me have to go out and listen to it in its entirety.  Thank goodness I had it.

But, thank you for the "fleeting glimpse".

Eriisa:  Even Lynard Skynard is considered "Southern Rock".  Yeah, they did/do other things, but you can't take the country out of the boy(s), and they were from Texas, Georgia, and Florida.  I had a very good friend who is a Canadian rocker say after listening to a guitar player from Corpus, who was playing blues and rock sessions, that he could definitely hear the country influence.  "WHAT?" I thought.  But, when I got to listening to it closer with new ears, it was true, there was a strong country flavor to what he was playing.

Their website lists band members as:

Gary Rossington - guitar
Rickey Medlocke - guitar
Ean Evans - bass
Billy Powell - keyboards
Johnny Van Zant - vocals
Michael
Cartellone - drums

Dale Krantz Rossington and Carol Chase - background vocals.

Jim Dandy:  You're a prince, Dandy-pie.  Funny, Lynard Skynard is on the concert agenda here.  Wanna go?

Jim Dandy:  Yes, I believe you are right.  I took a films class as an elective in school, and he showed movies that haven't been available for 30 years, and that was 20 years ago.  *groans* twenty years?????  I think I'll cry.

OK.  I can see you doing that.    Maybe someday I'll show up in your town, and maybe you'll let me watch it.  

especially after seeing the video you posted.  I missed that movie, maybe I should try to find it?

Jim Dandy:  I never thought of Burl Ives as rageful.  But, Hetfield at least has an outlet for his.  He can beat his guitar to death, and he yells a lot.  I like him though, but () his dad's name is Virgil (not that I'm so smart, I just read it in Wikipedia).  You figure Burl is a stage name then? 

Jim Dandy:  I never thought of that.  Interesting observation.  He did kind of get down and walk with us commoners more than most opera performers, and classical musicians. 

You surprised me, because I'd never seen a young Burl Ives.  I kept asking, "Is that Burl Ives?" 

~Patty~: Thank you for announcing that. I have been in total denial since I heard that news yesterday. In my opinion more than the Opera world will miss him, as he was a treasure who will never die. Thank the Powers that be for the magnificent gift of video to preserve such a talented, and passionate man. Was there anything he could not do? When he met James Brown:

"

Pavarotti trivia: Did you know he referred to his voice as "she?"

Tuesday:  You're right.  I'd never thought of it that way.  But, I do the same thing, depending on what is in my head on a certain day.  I might be listening to more classical since today, for the first time in years, I opened the cover to the keys of my piano, and ran a couple arpeggios before driving to work.

Nirvana:  That was really cute!  It reminded me a little of Finding Nemo.

Tigger:  Thank you so much for sharing that with us.  Such a beautiful to wake up. this morning.  In three words, MORE! MORE! MORE!

This being close to the end of Watermelon season, I thought a little Watermelon Man might cool us off.  I wish I could nave a keyboard like that one.  I used to hate that I played piano, because I couldn't pack it into a case, throw it in the car and go.  That's why I took up the Uke, and eventually guitars - portability.  Well, here's the solution.

Jim Dandy:  Let me just swallow this lump in my throat, and would you happen to have a tissue?  Really well-done.  But, now I have to watch the rest of them.

I heard this woman on Pandora this evening, and went on an all-out search for her music.  Of course, YouTube didn't let me down.  The bonus in this piece is the kaleidoscope that is the video.  Carthy is the daughter of Martin Carthy, and Norma Waterson, both musicians.  Eliza Carthy's contribution is her work with traditional English folk music.  You might enjoy this, so it is here for your consideration.  Eliza Carthy  If you know about her, please tell me more.

Jim Dandy:  He has a good voice, given some training, he might be excellent.  The lyrics are ... well ... limited.  But, what LUNGS!!!!!  I liked some of the take-offs of it, though.  They were pretty funny.

Ooooops, I messed up.  I didn't mean to do Seger twice, I meant to do this

what better way to start a holiday than this?

Surprise, surprise, surprise.....

Jim Dandy:  You have all the breaks you want/need.  You have quite a few years to catch up at the turn of the millenium.  Just don't fall behind while you are catching up.  But then, what can be more fun than discovery?  Captain Beefheart is a national treasure.  I'm happy you found him.

Tuesday:  Maybe Elvis didn't play the tamborine, but we can have anything we want to use to make music.  Triangle would be nice.  A triangle interlude might be a spiritual thing. Diversity is part of the nature of creativity.

Mousetrap:  Hahaha!  When I first read your post, I thought you said you find "gospel" on YouTube.  Was I ever surprised!!!  Strong band, though.  The singer seems quite dynamic.  Do you have to do a certain kind of dance to their music?

Jim Dandy:  I think Japan skipped Texas....who's surprised?  But, they haven't done anything since 1982, or so I read.  Before that, they were pretty actively engaged in promoting themselves.  It's always a shame when bands like that quit before they really hit.

Jim Dandy:  Wow!  What an opener!!  You must have really had a great time.  Tell me, where were you standing there in the audience?  I didn't see you.  Well, I wouldn't have recognized you anyway.  You're bushed?  I thought the only place people were Bushed was the U.S.  - please 'scuse me.  The Tom Robinson vid was upbeat.  It's nice when people can be themselves, and be proud of who they are.  In this country, especially down here in redneck land, a lot of people feel like they have to hide.  Heck, I hide, and I'm not anything but a boring professional.

Tuesday:  OK!  Maybe we should buy the tent?  Oh, and some tamborines?

Mousetrap:  Welcome back!!  You'll have to tell us more about the entertainment at this event.

Tuesday:  Well, come on, sister.  Let's get this thing started!  I have
some friends that could fill out a choir.  Excellent singers. 



Jim Dandy:  I wish I'd known Brighton Rock.  I like them too.  Like you, I really didn't get off on the "hair bands" as you call them.  Maybe that was when I was beginning to grow up.  Hope you had fun at the concert last night. 

Jim Dandy:  I'd never heard them.  Surely they'll be around here sometime, maybe I can get a chance to see them.  The combination of accoustic and electric guitars together makes a really full sound.  Pink Floyd used that combination really well.  Dogs comes to mind.


Past my bedtime here.  I think I'd better hang my clothes to dry, and slumber.  Have fun y'all.  Hope to see you in the morrow.

Jim Dandy:  That was a great piece with Elvis.  But, I think J.D. Sumner was singing bass.  And, did he ever sing it!

I do love gospel music.  There isn't enough of it these days.  Maybe we should organize a troop and start traveling around the country doing tent revivals that are only music.  Now, that would be  FUN , singing gospel with a bunch of friends.

I've never listened much to Kd Rock, guess he just never made my
radar....except for one thing.  He did a song with Willie Nelson on the
Great Divide album called "Last Stand In Open Country".  It is
excellent.  That was my exposure.  He's a little arrogant, but what a
band!!!!



It was my pleasure to do the Hendrix piece.  I've also been wanting to
expose everybody to Back Door Slam for a couple weeks.  Glad you
enjoyed it.  Guess I'll trade ya one Jimi Hendrix for one  Kid Rock. 

Hey, you can't miss with Townshend.  He was surely dressed up for that show.  I like that song too.  Thanks for the link, Jim Dandy.  I added it to my favorites.

August 26: Jimi Hendrix' Are You Experienced was released 40 years ago today.

The date appears to be uncertain in some minds. Most sources I saw online said it was released in 1967 with nary a word about a date. But, Wikipedia makes reference to this date as the original release date of a single with "Purple Haze" on side A, and "The Wind Cries Mary" on side B. Further down the page under albums, they give the release date of August 26, 1967 for the album, Are You Experienced. Since this date has been corroborated by Jon Dillon on 92.5 FM. Lone Star Radio, I'm going with it. Note that Are You Experienced was on the charts for 106 months, that's over TWO YEARS folks!!

For your information, Lone Star Radio streams over the net. I love this station, because the DJs are a bunch of people who have been in radio, mostly in Dallas, since the 60s. They are knowledgeable, and durned good folks. Their morning show with Bo, Jim and Kelly is outrageous. I drive down the freeway to work in the mornings laughing unashamedly at their antics.

They have a studio they call Full Throttle Garage where they record artists who float through this town - kind of an ad hoc thing. I heard JD (not our Jim Dandy §: ), but Jon Dillon) interview the band I'm leading up to on the radio the other day. The Seattle Times wrote of the band, "I heard the spirit of Jimi Hendrix, It was Back Door Slam from the Isle of Man". Their recording is the second play list on the Full Throttle Garage page. Before you discount it, they are NOT country. They deserve a listen. I would recommend starting with "Outside Woman Blues".

Have fun, and ask yourself today if you are experienced. "Not necessarily stoned, but....beautiful."

Jim Dandy:  And.....thanks for the Kiss.  Do you ever wonder what people who put up that kind of show do in their personal lives?  Would you ever suspect any of the members of Kiss would be Marvin Milktoast?  

The Bolin stuff has been great, guys!!  Didn't he play with the James Gang?

Jim Dandy:  Why thank you!!  I haven't been called young in a long time.  Funny, they give me the senior discount without asking.  Should I be insulted?  Hahaha!

Hey, I have a fav Canadian band, and as a matter of fact, I'm working on this one now.  I have the lyrics down, the tune is in my heart.  If I can't feel it, I can't do it.   Bad Timing Blue Rodeo.

Jim Dandy:  I just hate that a song like Goodbye Saigon had to be written.  I always jerks my heart strings, and wells up those tears behind my eyes....the ones that almost escape.

You guys were busy while I was gone.  Too bad I'm too wasted to stay up and enjoy some of it.  But, tomorrow is another day.  Glad y'all had fun.

awesome:  No, never!  Every now and then something like this comes along that I just flat missed.  If I knew dates, I would know what was taking my attention....mid-70s...my ex (he wasn't my ex then) had a nephrectomy, and had to have a bunch of stuff re-plumbed.  I was pretty taken with taking care of him during the year between 1974 and 1975.  I missed a lot of things.

You stretched me, I'd never heard the Scorpions, or that song.  Didn't you love the music of that time?  It had a metal sound, but not as hard-core as  today's metal style.  That was excellent.

I heard a really odd tune this morning, and YouTube doesn't have it, as far as I can tell.  It was David Allen Coe, and he was doing a RAP!  I just drove along with my mouth wide open.  Good thing I have tinted windows.  Hahaha! 

awesome:  Thank you for the Geils.  That's some great harp playing, isn't it?  I'd love to play like that, but the technique, while I know WHAT they are doing, I've never had anyone explain HOW they do it.  We used to call it cross-blowing, but I don't know what they call it today.  

Jim Dandy:  Intense is right!  I might call it terrifying.

Tuesday:  I like horses AND Harleys.  Haha!  I don't usually like crowd scenes, but the swap meets are fun, especially if they're a couple days.  And, I remember Thunder Island, and still love it to this day.  It's a priceless classic in my book.  Thank you, Jim the Dandiest.  But, why are we surprised you found that one.  We know how you feel about cow bells.  

Tuesday:  You going?  I love to go to those things.  I went to one in Pahuska OK once, and never laughed so much in my life.  It rained, and we were all camping in a field where there was NO grass.  Here are all these guys in their leathers trying to ride through these muddy bogs to get to town to buy more beer.  They were falling like logs off a truck...it was hilarious.  But, we had a lot of fun.

I was thinking about the Ozark Mountain Daredevils just a couple weeks ago, wondering what in the world happened to them.  I got on to them in the 70s from a friend who used to hang with them in Missouri and Kansas when they were just little hometown boys.  I love that guy's harp.  It haunts me. 

Interesting, you're reading that book.  Isn't there a song?  Yeah, Merle Haggard wrote it, White Line Fever.  What a difference in disciplines, huh?  How is the book?

Jim Dandy: I know it's Lemmy.  Lil Lemmy Lemmy Kilmister.  Motorhead ring a bell?