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DARK RAPTURE (AT THE EAR INN)
My title comes from a 1939 Count Basie Decca record featuring sweet Helen Humes, wondrous Lester Young, odd lyrics, and a difficult arrangement that Jo Jones said that gave the band trouble. But this… more →
JAZZ LIVES
"Success" | Loretta Lynn
wrote 2 weeks ago: Click to listen Dec. 16: Once again we go back to the early ’60s, this time for a groundbreaki … more →
. . . . . . . 14 listening days until Christmas . . . . . . . "Christmas Time's A-Coming" | Bill Monroe
wrote 3 weeks ago: Dec. 11: Three Christmas songs a year is 3 Chords a Day’s policy. So, exactly two weeks before … more →
"Fraulein" | Bobby Helms
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wrote 1 month ago: Click to listen Nov. 15: Here’s a record that entered the market with a thud in early 1957, ca … more →
"The Lord Knows I'm Drinking" | Cal Smith
wrote 1 month ago: Click to listen Nov. 13: Mrs. Johnson, a self-righteous biddy, is out slumming at the neighborhood b … more →
DARK RAPTURE (AT THE EAR INN)
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wrote 1 month ago: My title comes from a 1939 Count Basie Decca record featuring sweet Helen Humes, wondrous Lester You … more →
"Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" | Red Foley
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wrote 1 month ago: Click to listen Nov. 7: It’s not often that a musician comes home with bruises after a recordi … more →
"Daylight Saving Time" and "Falling Leaves" | Grandpa Jones
wrote 2 months ago: Click to hear "Daylight Saving Time" Click to hear "Falling Leaves" Oct. 31: Mos … more →
"One By One" | Red Foley and Kitty Wells
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wrote 2 months ago: To listen, click here then click "play" Oct. 28: Back in the day, country labels would pai … more →
"Which One Is To Blame" | The Wilburn Brothers
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wrote 2 months ago: To listen, click player below left. Oct. 26: What a record this is, the first solo Top 5 hit for The … more →
Vintage Video: The Tremeloes (1967)
wrote 2 months ago: The Tremeloes (click here for today’s Vintage Video) had what it took to give The Beatles a run for … more →
"The Image Of Me" | Conway Twitty
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wrote 2 months ago: Click to listen Oct. 16: Former rock ‘n’ roller Conway Twitty laid down a song on this d … more →
Friday Night Music, October 9: Little Jimmy Scott, "Someone To Watch Over Me," 1955
wrote 2 months ago: Some of you probably have never heard of Little Jimmy Scott. If you ever saw The Cosby Show, Cliff a … more →
Goodbye, Great Aunt Millie. You Are Missed.
wrote 2 months ago: Tomas’s Great Aunt Millie Novac, died September 29th. It has taken me this long to write abou … more →
"Coal Miner's Daughter" | Loretta Lynn
wrote 3 months ago: Click to listen Oct. 1: It’s a long way from “Fist City” to Butcher Holler, as Lor … more →
"Half A Mind" | Ernest Tubb
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wrote 3 months ago: Click to listen Sept. 18: This record helped establish Roger Miller as a hot new songwriter in late … more →
NOW, WE'RE GETTING WARM!
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wrote 4 months ago: I hope readers have not wearied of my chronicles of jazz-shopping . . . but another chapter took me … more →
HOT AND BLUE AT WHITLEY BAY (July 10, 2009)
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wrote 4 months ago: For your listening, viewing, and dancing pleasure – Spats Langham and his Rhythm Persons! This … more →
Spirit Of The Glen 3
wrote 5 months ago: I’m back to Heartbeat Studios this week for the recording of the third Spirit Of The Glen albu … more →
BENT PERSSON PLAYS LOUIS, Part One
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wrote 5 months ago: One of the highlights of the 2009 Whitley Bay International Jazz Festival (July 12, 2009) was the tw … more →
