Stray Cats

Bring It Back Again, Stray Cats


Instruction, Slim Jim Phantom, Drummer for the Stray Cats


Summertime Blues, Stray Cats

The End of Understanding -- Willie Nelson

I find it interesting just how many great songs Willie Nelson had; he really was incredible.

The End of Understanding, Willie Nelson

I have never been "hurt" by the loves of my life. They have all been wonderful. If anything, I have hurt them.

France Gall

France Gall

France Gall

Dido and Aeneas

Dido and Aeneas, Henry Purcell

Dido and Aeneas, Henry Purcell

Dido and Aeneas, Henry Purcell

Dido and Aeneas, Henry Purcell

Dido and Aeneas, Henry Purcell

Another Example: 1969 Best Year Ever For Music

I've opined that 1969 was the best year ever for music. I keep finding clips to justify my opinion.

Then this one.

One night in January, 1969, the following folks were at Johnny Cash's home while Bob Dylan was there working on an album (National Skyline): Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Graham Nash, Kris, Kristofferson, Shel Silverstein)

That night, Johnny Cash says, the following songs were sung for the first time:

• Lay Lady Lay
• Both Sides Now
• Me and Bobby McGee
• A Boy Named Sue
• Marrakesh Express

For those interested:

Johnny Cash, David Letterman Show

The song:

Here Comes That Rainbow Again, Johnny Cash

Highway 61 Revisited

How I got from Marie Leforet's "Viens, Viens" to Bob Dylan's "Highway 61 Revisited" covered by Karen O and the Million Dollar Bashers is anybody's guess. But here it is:

Highway 61 Revisited, Million Dollar BasherCritics have written that Dylan's ability to combine driving, complex, blues-based rock music with the power of poetry made Highway 61 Revisited one of the most influential albums ever recorded. -- Wiki

Viens, Viens, Marie Leforte

I can't recall the language requirements any more, but suffice it to say I took one or two years (I forget) of Latin in middle school and two years of German in high school. In college I took two years of German. I signed up for and started first year French after the second year of German. Both Latin and German "made sense." Latin was a "dead language" so we didn't have to learn to speak it; that knocked off about half the challenge, for me. German was easy in that one pronounced words pretty much like they appeared. But, wow, French. It seemed like half the letters weren't pronounced. I never got it. On top of that my instructor was a mousy little Frenchman with a speech impediment. French was his native language but teaching was not his forte. I dropped out before three weeks was up to prevent from getting an incomplete (or worse) if I dropped out later.

And that is what led me to post this little note and embed this video. Had Marie Laforet been my French instructor I might be fluent in French today. Or not. Her enthusiasm would have been contagious. And no speech impediment.


Viens, Viens, Marie Laforet

Walker: Texas Ranger Redux?

My Love For Evermore, The Hillbilly Moon Explosion


Walker: Texas Ranger, TV Intro

And then somehow, we ended up here:
Finders, Keepers,Bombariado, Tom Stormy Trio

Coen Bros "Fargo" -- Let's Find Each Other Tonight

Let's Find Each Other Tonight, Jose Feliciano

Home -- OK Sweetheart

The interesting things one finds by surfing the net. This is awesome.


Home, OK Sweetheart

Does she remind you of Lily?

F*ck You, Lily Allen