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Okolona River Bottom Band - Bobbie Gentry

chblack wrote 2 weeks ago: Chart Position: NR Written by Bobbie Gentry Produced by Kelly Gordon … more →

Tags: 1967 December singles

Died On This Date (November 18, 2007) Jim Ford / Country Soul Singer1 comment

themusicsover.com wrote 1 month ago: Jim Ford August 23, 1941 – November 18, 2007 Jim Ford was an American singer songwriter who so … more →

Tags: ~Musician~, Aretha Franklin, Ronnie Wood, Nick Lowe, Dave Edmunds, Bobby Womack, Jim Dickinson, Graham Parker, jim ford

High fives all around4 comments

evandad wrote 1 month ago: Our friend Larry over at Funky 16 Corners is celebrating five years of F16C with more cool Beatles c … more →

Tags: November 2009, sounds, 1968, 1975, ike and tina turner, 1969, 1971, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Four Tops

"Ode to Billie Joe" | Bobbie Gentry

3chordsaday wrote 2 months ago: Click to listen Oct. 9: Mississippi-born Bobbie Gentry was awarded her first gold album on this date … more →

Tags: 3 Chords a Day, Classic Country, Kevin Paulk, Country Music, capitol records, Ode to Billy Joe, Tallahatchie Bridge

Casket Vignette3 comments

thg wrote 4 months ago: Casket Vignette–Bobbie Gentry Bobbie Gentry, best known for the haunting and beguiling “ … more →

Tags: Music, 1968, casket vignette, country before country was cool, WTF

Record Rummage - 16: Bobbie Gentry

everetttrue wrote 5 months ago: This album really is as good as we paint it. BOBBY GENTRY Way Down South (Music For Pleasure, 1968) … more →

Tags: Music criticism, Jamie Sellers, lee hazelwood, Record rummage, Leo Sayer, The Bee Gees, Supertramp, kris kristofferson

It was the third of June. Two weeks ago.1 comment

cindygee wrote 6 months ago: I’ve always had this thing about the Mississippi River.  It  all started with Mark Twain and t … more →

Tags: Life, Music, writing, Guitar, Mark Twain, Mississippi, Elvis Presley, allanah myles, Learning to Read

It's The Third Of June: Ode To Billy Joe3 comments

girl du jour wrote 6 months ago: It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day I was out choppin’ cotton and my bro … more →

Tags: song of the day, Song Du Jour, Ode to Billy Joe, unwanted pregnancy, Suicide

The Originals Vol. 248 comments

halfhearteddude wrote 7 months ago: We have a bit of a bumper edition here, with ten quite distinct and all lovely versions of Let It Be … more →

Tags: The Originals, Roberta Flack, Rosie Thomas, Johnny Cash, Everly Brothers, peaches and herb, Nina Simone, Glen Campbell, kenny rogers

Songs of love and death9 comments

halfhearteddude wrote 9 months ago: Let’s bring everybody down a bit with love songs about death (though the final song should resurrect … more →

Tags: songs about love, Anna Ternheim, Ari Hest, death, death cab for cutie, iron and wine, Loudon Wainwright III, Missy Higgins, Richard Thompson

ILB's week in Spotify playlists #21 comment

Dom Passantino wrote 10 months ago: From the blog you all know and love as being written by “yet another clueless wannabe music cr … more →

Tags: ILB's Week In Spotify, The Bee Gees, Billie the Vision and the Dancers, Blue Lagoon, hank snow, Trae, Ghostface, mc lyte, Little Tony

SNL's Ode to Tracking Number (the lyrics), and more on this American (parody) classic

Wiberg wrote 11 months ago: Ode to a Tracking Number, by Ton and Tanya Peeples. I can’t get that song out of my head, perh … more →

Tags: CAJUN, Kristen Wiig, Niki Hoeky, Ode To Billie Joe, Parody, Paul Rudd, SNL, Tracking Number

Venezuelan Music Tip: 'Las 4 Monedas'

VenWorld wrote 11 months ago: Las 4 Monedas (The Four Coins) are pioneers of Venezuelan ska and reggae. The band, originally known … more →

Tags: Arts & Culture, venezuelan music, venezuelan pop, venezuelan reggae, Music, Ska, reggae, Entertainment, Latin Music

The Christmas mystery, Part II

evandad wrote 12 months ago: Over at our other blog, we recalled on Christmas night that it was 30 years ago — Christmas night 19 … more →

Tags: December 2008, 1970

The Christmas mystery1 comment

evandad wrote 1 year ago: It was 30 years ago tonight — Christmas night 1978 — that Bobbie Gentry performed on … more →

Tags: sounds, December 2008, 1970, 1967, 1968

Great Music Writing Found Here1 comment

dixiedining wrote 1 year ago: I recently received a copy of this book and ripped through it in just a couple of days. What an amaz … more →

Tags: music writing, bob dorough, Schoolhouse Rock, Blind Tom Wiggins, Ode To Billie Joe, Big Star, Emmitt Miller, American Music, van dyke parks

03:10:08 ::: radioShirley presents "DRAG"!16 comments

radioshirley wrote 1 year ago: Greetings Shirleyphiles and welcome to another 40 minutes or so of low-fi lovliness! Regular Shirley … more →

Tags: Frank Sinatra, Blondie, Marc Almond, Taboo, herman's hermits, miss piggy, David Rose, New York Dolls, Lorrae Desmond

But I Kinda Like The Music...1 comment

eareviewranch wrote 1 year ago: 7! Wait, 1,2,3,4,5,6, yep 7! I got 7 CD’s from Sista Smiff! For those of you that don’t … more →

Tags: Hurricane Dolly

top 5 my character inspirations

lolololori wrote 1 year ago: in order of importance to me (at least the first 2) 1. Lumberjack 2.Mick Jagger 3.Portia De Rossi 4. … more →

Tags: Top 5, Fancy, inspirations, Johnny Depp, June Carter Cash, lumberjack, Mick Jagger, portia de rossi


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