Providing Musical Distractions for our Sick, Sad World
Song of the Day: Fleetwood Mac – Tell Me All The Things You Do There has been a band called Fleetwood Mac for a long time – it’s just not always the same band. This groovy guitar rocker off 1970’s Kiln House is from the Mac Mk II, say – from just after founder Peter Green …
Song of the Day: Drive-By Truckers – Let There Be Rock Let’s start the week off right with a Killer Cut from one of the greatest Rock Albums of the last 25 years! Patterson Hood‘s Let There Be Rock is not just a sterling tribute to Classic Rock and growing up as a hard core Classic …
Song of the Day: Van Morrison – Tupelo Honey Van Morrison’s Tupelo Honey from the 1971 album of the same name is surely one of the most beautiful songs ever and really needs no further comment. Enjoy.
Song of the Day: Captain Beefheart – Low Yo Yo Stuff Strangely enough, Captain Beefheart has been coming up a lot recently at the Infinite Jones compound, so we thought we would feature another of our favorites of his as today’s Song of the Day! This is from the Cap’s 1972, Ted Templeman produced Clear …
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Song of the Day: The James Gang – Must Be Love For today’s Song of the Day we offer this strange, stuttering, rockabilly-ish riff rocker. It is from the James Gang‘s 3rd and most successful post Joe Walsh album, the tastefully named James Gang Bang. Tommy Bolin does a pretty fair job of replacing Walsh and the …
Song of the Day: The Gil Evans Orchestra – Where Flamingos Fly One of the most beautiful songs ever recorded, Where Flamingos Fly is a real showcase for Trombonist Jimmy Knepper. It is from the fabulous and innovative 1961 album, Out of the Cool by composer, arranger Gil Evans (AKA the only white guy Miles …
Song of the Day: I Love You, You Big Dummy This tender, sweet love song was originally written by Don Van Vliet, better known as Captain Beefheart. It’s heartwarming message of affection must have deeply effected Howard Devoto, who was moved to record it with two of his bands, first with an early version of …
Song of the Day: David Johansen – Funky But Chic From Ex-New York Dolls leader David Johansen‘s fantastic 1978 solo debut comes today’s Song of the Day, Funky But, Chic! It’s more than a song, It’s a Rockin’ Anthem, a FUNKY lifestyle choice, a fabulous Way of Being, baby! So, yeah we really like this one …
Song of the Day: Buffalo Springfield – Bluebird (long version) A lovely song about a Bluebird seems appropriate for a fine spring day (we hope). This rare longer version found only on the Buffalo Springfield double album collection has extra added guitars for your spring listening pleasure. Enjoy.
Song of the Day: Holly Beth Vincent – Samurai and Courtesan Holly Beth Vincent was the eponymous singer of the band Holly and the Italians. That group had a minor hit with a song called Tell that Girl to Shut Up, later a bigger hit for Transvision Vamp. The album our Song of the Day …
