It's currently 10pm here on the west coast. About 90° out still, after a 105° day. Too darn hot to sit in my basement reloading or tinkering with a gun. Too hot to cook. Sandwiches for dinner works for me.
In an effort to NOT get all bummed out over politics and other "news" it's a perfect evening to sit down with a cold drink and just listen to music. Even though this amp runs crazy hot being pure class A, its still better than being outside right now.
Just remember to take a break every once in a while!
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Howdy
Hot "wax", on a hot night !
Recently listened to Teegarden & VanWinkle's " God, Love, Rock and Roll " for the first time in years.
Also listened to bro' Ray and Willie Nelson's live performance of " Seven Spansih Angels ".
Great back-up singing on Melanie's " ( Lay Down ) Candles in the Rain " .
Joe Cocker doin' his version of " The Letter " @ Woodstock. Edgar Winter looks pretty stoned on the keyboard. Cocker is likewise terrific on his rendition of " With a little help from my Friends ".
The WHO 's "Can't Explain ". Hey.... they have a girl singing with them on that one.
The Monkees " Vallerie ", w/ Glen Campbell playing the fast guitar work
Roger Miller " Chug A Lug Chug A Lug "
April Stevens and Nino Tempo's sensational duet on " Deep Purple "
Diane Renay's " Navy Blue ", with a drum beat the reminds me some of....
Lesley Gore's " It's my party "
Connie Francis absolutely soars on " Where the Boys are "
Petula Clark hits notes a dog couldn't hear on " Color my World " and " I know a place "
Take in the video of Sir Tom Jones on his TV show, doing Roy Head's " Treat her Right ".
Roy's own original version and his physical performances on the same song are cool beans.
Tom Jones also slays it, doin' Joe Tex' song " Show Me "
Englebert Humperdink's " Les Bicyclettes De Belsize " is the personification of " easy listening ".
Englebert goes country on " There goes my everything ". Not to be missed are his " A man without love " and of course " Release me ".
Wilson Pickett's " In the midnight hour " tells you why Tom Jones wanted to emulate him.
Aretha blazes right out of the gate on " House that Jack Built "
Momma Cass goes solo on " New World Comin ", " Make Your own kind of music ", and lullabies you on " Dream a little Dream of me ". See if you can always say for sure WHO is singing lead, when Cass sings as part of The Mamas and the Papas " 12:30 ".
Status Quo hits you w/ the magic mushrooms on " Pictures of Matchstick men ".
* Listen to the doppler shifts in the MONO recording version of this song.
Ravi Shankar shows you what can be accomplished if you have a Sitar and enough curry, when he plays on B.J. Thomas' " Hooked on a feeling ".
Tom Petty rocks out on " You wreck me ".
Z.Z. Top takes you to school on " Balinese " and " Chevrolet "
Harmonies are the name of the game on The Doobie Brothers " Rockin down the Highway "
Mellow out to Van Morrison's " Crazy Love " and " Tupelo Honey "
Talk about crazy.... Patsy Cline's voice heard in her song " Crazy ". Sex with speakers.
The Turtles " You showed me " keeps the vibe going. Flo and Eddie know ehat their doin' on
" Eleanor ". Break out the bubble gum for their " Happy Together ", " She'd rather be with me "; and
" You Baby " .
Bread lets you know their " It don't matter to me " does matter
You CAN understand what Stevie Nicks is singing on Fleetwood Mac's " I don't want to know "
Stevie Wonder is pre-reggae on " Signed, sealed, delivered "
Lobo takes you places on " Me and you and a dog named Boo "
Scott McKenzie brings the flower power on his original hit " San Francisco "
J.C. Foggerty isn't from the bayou, but that doesn't prevent Creedance Clearwater Revival giving us their amazing " Born on the Bayou " performance
We think we do know what Lee Michaels means on his " Do you know what I mean ? ". Check out the keyboad work in the background.
Another interesting keyboard background is on Seals and Crafts " Summer Breeze "
How many lead singers does it take for The Association to present their " Everything that touches you ".
LuLu gives you ear' fore play on " To Sir with Love "
The lead singer doesn't always sing " lead " on The Hollies " Look through any window "
Toss back some Tequila to Jay and the American's " Come a little bit closer "
The sax player needs to hit the spit drain valve, after his work on The Champs' " Tequila "
Glen Campbell needs a lonf vacation after his " Wichita Lineman "
With regards,
357Mag
