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Tighten Up – (Live At Dallas Memorial Auditorium, August 26th, 1968) – The James Brown Orchestra In yesterday’s post, I mentioned how James Brown really helped me understand and appreciate a killer band. I decided to feature one of my favorite instrumentals today, “Tighten Up,” performed by James’ band, not yet officially known as the… Read more
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It’s Man’s Man’s Man’s World (Live from Augusta, Georgia, 1969) – James Brown It’s pretty surprising to me that I haven’t featured any James Brown yet on the blog. I was introduced to him fairly early on by my dad and have always really liked him, but in more recent years, I have really come… Read more
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Dance In the Desert – Daniel Donato Happy New Year! I decided to start off 2025 with a really fun one. Daniel Donato is a hell of a guitar player, and I would recommend listening to more than just the song I chose to feature to get a real sense of his style. This one… Read more
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I’m sure most everyone is aware of Spotify Wrapped and Apple Music Replay, and I thought it would be fun to share my listening year in review. I will update this post when December stats are released. There’s, of course, some familiar ones in here from the blog, but hopefully some surprises as well! Top… Read more
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I hope everyone has had a great holiday season! Regular posting will resume on January 1st, and I have something that I think is kind of cool planned for tomorrow. Happy New Year! Read more
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Down Under (Acoustic) – Colin Hay Colin Hay of ’80s staple Men at Work has released some really cool acoustic versions of their songs over the years, with a lot coming from his solo album Man @ Work. His take on the group’s most popular song, “Down Under,” is really unique in style but still… Read more
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Buena – Morphine I only know two songs by Morphine, but as soon as I’m done writing this post, that will change. I had totally forgotten about this song until a recent trip through shuffle on my entire library. “Buena” is a super bluesy and grimy track that features a great bass line and absolute… Read more
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Atlantic City (Live) – Randy Brown Atlantic City is far and away my favorite song by The Band, which is of course a Bruce Springsteen cover from his critically acclaimed album Nebraska. The Band added some country twang to Springsteen’s somber anthem about New Jersey gangsters and the sentiment of memento mori. Honestly, the Boss’s… Read more
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Bold as Love – Jimi Hendrix Writing about Jimi Hendrix is like trying to take a single photograph that fully captures the scale and awesomeness of the Grand Canyon. Damn near impossible to truly do it justice. One of my favorite Hendrix tracks, “Bold as Love,” is one of the songs I think I would… Read more
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An appreciation of Action Bronson It took me a while to really “understand” Action Bronson, but once it hit me, he became one of my favorite rappers of recent times. His whole “thing,” for the most part, is just saying random lines, oftentimes completely unrelated to each other, that just sound really damn cool. Lyrically,… Read more
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