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Blue Sky – The Allman Brothers Band Continuing the theme of Dickey Betts this week, a classic Allman tune that is almost guaranteed to put you in a good mood or a smile on your face. Also keeping with the theme of Dickey writing songs for the women in his life. Dickey’s debut as a… Read more
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25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001 My favorite Beatle. Thanks for everything George! Read more
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In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed – The Allman Brothers Band “In Memory of Elizabeth Reed“, the first instrumental by the Allmans, composed by none other than Dickey Betts. This Friday, I am attending the Dickey Betts tribute concert in Macon and couldn’t be more excited. I’m thinking this week may just be dedicated to Dickey’s… Read more
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Play It All Night Long – Warren Zevon Warren Zevon, one of my all time favorites, discussed before briefly during my live music week a while back on the blog. “Play It All Night Long‘s” satirical nature is probably what is so attractive about the song, opening with the bold statement – Grandpa pissed his… Read more
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Panties In Your Purse – Drive By Truckers A couple of months ago, I had the awesome experience of seeing Mike Cooley of the Drive-By Truckers play a solo acoustic show at Eddie’s Attic in Decatur, one of the coolest shows I’ve ever been to. If you’ve followed the blog for a while, you know… Read more
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Any Day Now – Cop Shoot Cop Another one that just randomly reappeared in my library when I hit shuffle, I actually have two songs saved by the noise rock band Cop Shoot Cop. A quick Google search shows that these guys had a pretty cool 9-year run, touring with the likes of Iggy Pop,… Read more
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Virtual Insanity – Jamiroquai Let me preface this: this is the only Jamiroquai song I know, and tomorrow, I’m going to do a bit of a dive into their music. I’ve known this one for a long time but didn’t really appreciate it until more recently, a common theme for songs I post on this… Read more
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Is This Love – Bob Marley and The Wailers Happy Valentines Day! I can’t believe I haven’t featured Bob Marley yet. Or any reggae for that matter. Bob is probably a top ten artist for me, and his greatest hits album is one of my most frequently spun records in my vinyl collection. Bob has… Read more
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Me and The Devil – Gil Scott-Heron Gil Scott-Heron, the legendary poet and singer who first proclaimed that “The revolution will not be televised” and whose influence on rap music and the culture of today cannot be understated. After a 16-year hiatus, he returned with his album I’m New Here, featuring one of the most… Read more
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What Is and What Should Never Be – Led Zeppelin I recently picked up a copy of Led Zep II for my dad to replace his lost one, and gave it a complete re-listen for the first time in a long time. It’s funny, Zeppelin is one of my favorite bands and has been forever.… Read more
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