musicenthusiast.net | Sat, 20 Oct 2018 04:45:42 +0000
I was thinking of doing an Elton John six-pack and started going through his earlier albums looking for good stuff. I got as far as Tumbleweed Connection and said, Oh I like that tune, and oh yeah, I forgot that one. Remembered all the words … Continue reading Featured Album – Tumbleweed Connection – Elton John
musicenthusiast.net | Wed, 17 Oct 2018 21:39:59 +0000
I don’t know if the people who made these tunes really thought of them as novelty songs. (Well, one of them definitely is.) Maybe they were dead serious. In any event, each of them was some level of hit, exactly zero of them are “Witch … Continue reading One-hit Wonders (Novelty songs)
musicenthusiast.net | Sun, 14 Oct 2018 10:40:29 +0000
For the uninitiated, my six-packs are not intended to say “These are the six best” of a given artist. It’s more like, here are six I dig. Could be a different batch next week. I’ve always thought of Bob Seger as the poor man’s Bruce … Continue reading Six by Seger
musicenthusiast.net | Wed, 10 Oct 2018 13:52:23 +0000
For the earlier part of his career, Jeff Beck always had a lead singer in a band he was in (Yardbirds) or his own bands. Ever since, at least, Blow by Blow he’s been more jazz and instrumental focused. But I’ve always dug the various … Continue reading Featured Album – Beck, Bogert & Appice
musicenthusiast.net | Sun, 07 Oct 2018 22:23:56 +0000
Here’s a bunch of new tunes for ya that I think you might enjoy. This New Music Revue is a little bluesier than most of the recent ones I’ve done but, well, that’s what I’m hearing that I like currently. Brandi and the Alexanders list … Continue reading New Music Revue – 10.7.18
musicenthusiast.net | Fri, 05 Oct 2018 09:51:39 +0000
“News from up the street, she’s people I’d like to meet.” – Dan Hicks Wherein I mention a few random things that have been floating around in my head or of which I’ve become aware, of greater or lesser import. The first two are of … Continue reading News from Up the Street
musicenthusiast.net | Wed, 03 Oct 2018 06:00:08 +0000
Otis Rush was one of the last of a generation of bluesmen who were not only great craftsmen but also heavily influential on another generation of (especially) British bluesmen and women. He died on September 29, 2018, at the age of 83. This is his … Continue reading A Tribute to Otis Rush
musicenthusiast.net | Mon, 01 Oct 2018 01:31:24 +0000
Random notes – I had tickets to see Dickey Betts but A) he had a mild stroke and then B) he fell down playing with his dog and needed brain surgery. He’s ok but needless to say the tour was canceled. Hoping for a speedy … Continue reading A Chicago Six-Pack
In 2011 the (failing) New York Times claimed, “The 40-year career of the English singer-songwriter Nick Lowe constitutes a paradox: the songs he has written are better known than he is.” Nick Lowe is from Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, part of that seemingly endless generation of Brits … Continue reading Nick Lowe – The Jesus of Cool
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