Just to provide a little balance for those of you who might not be moved by the vocalizations in the previous post-
Here are six musical gifts, golden moments of voice and arrangement:
Johnny Hartman...
...SummertimeJoan...
Chavela Vargas...
Nancy Wilson (with Quincy Jones)...
¡Sit down for this one!:
Sarah Vaughn...
...I'll Be Seeing You (live- Sassy Swings The Tivoli)
And an optional- I know the guy might not be everyone's cuppa
(Bryan Ferry) Roxy Music...
There are people in some circles of our lives who know not Mrs. Miller. For these colleauges and loved ones, a little introduction. For you old hat-sayers, there are a few snips from the above record further down
Kicking off with the top 40 hit (yes- we really did hear it regularly on the transistor radio during those WKNR Think Summer days)...
...Downtown (from Mrs. Miller's Greatest Hits)
The "Will Success Spoil Mrs. Miller?" LP brings us...
From "The Country Soul of Mrs. Miller...
"Mrs. Miller Does Her Thing" singing about the...
The 7 inch pictured above is a radio promo record. It has an open-end interview so that you, the DJ, could interview Mrs. Miller in your own studio. I wish this record was in better shape, it's one of those vexing bits o' vinyl that looks clean, but doesn't play as such. I've tried a number of things, if anyone out there has some expert (as in beyond the basics) technique to share with me, I'll clean it up and upload the rest. For now here's a few "play-the-record-now" snips...
...1, 2, 3, 4, and, an interview snip
Here's a fave LP of that clean-cut folksy sound of '66-'67. A couple of tracks:
...Behind The Green Door (mp3)
...I Met Him On A Sunday (mp3)
and you can get the whole album...
...here (r.share link)
One very important baby song I forgot last post: Dusty's very effusive rendition of...
(mp3)Oh Baby
This infant Horned toad demonstrates that, yes, generally most babies are cute
Baby songs today, becaue I made a mix (well, 2- because there's always 2-much good music). So here's a few tracks:No, it's not an accidental multi-track blend- just some wacky production on...
...Cher- Dream Baby
Four Jacks and A Jill...
An excerpt is all that's needed of this worst songs of all time candidate. Maybe I never made it through the whole song before- a serious listen brings us to this deeply moving final verse...
I suppose "Daddy" in our next excerpt would be horrified that they'd even think it...
...a bit of christian sex ed (thanks to Dinosaur Gardens
Rufus and Chaka do justice to a brilliant Stevie Wonder track...
But the most amazing for last- Frances Faye...
The brilliant Nicole and subsequently (yet simutaneously) brilliant Sidney are responsible for sharing our way this amazing reality video. You can find...
...the answer here to a true life mystery water leakage story.
Kids! Visit Mr. Leaky (above) and his friends Phil Dumpster and Bert The Salmon here, and then ferry your rotten water-wasting parents over to play...
...Mr Leaky's Water Saving Adventure Game Be warned! Connect The Leaky Pipes is TOO challenging!
The song of the day must be Irma Glenn...
......Everyday is Earth Day (from now on) (mp3)
I believe my pal Marcel has a birthday around now, so a few tracks for the man. And don't despair over the birthdays, after all you know the alternative. Approaching that other door is Mr. Lee Hazelwood. Lee, with great foresightedness has given us the oppportunity to listen to and honor him pre-humusly on the release Cake Or Death I love this track. If you no shpeaka any of the shtart part- wait for the English- and picture me hearing this for the first time on my Ipod while drowning out the "urban contemporary" alleged music at the gym ...
...First Song of The DayAnd just cuz it's by The MARCELs...
...Blue MoonSince Marcel loves hanging out in the year 2525...
...Zager and EvansWhile we're there, may as well groove to Ted Heath's NOW sound now...
A few songs tunes for S.P.D. The Rufftones...
Lupus in Fabula...
...Whiskey In The JarIn the outside chance you hadn't heard it somewhere today, The Irish Rovers...
...The Unicorn SongSure beats watching another rerun of Celtic Woman, huh?
Almost forgot- your best, most tragically sad Irish drinking song- Joan Baez' version of...
A little laugh with Russ Giguere after The Association show here in Antioch last Saturday. You know what? These guys could still play, sing, move (especially Russ), and look the picture of health. This living testament to clean living put on a nice show, though I could have done without the large cover-hits-of-the-60s section of the show. If only they could trust their fans, and lay a little of those...
...Pandora's Golden Heebie Jeebies on us
Did you know these guys opened The Monterey Pop Festival with this song...
...Enter The YoungA track from Russ Giguere's 1971 solo release Hexagram 16...
...Pegasus...Rose Petals, Incense and a Kitten
and a little very bad fan video...
...Never My Love(on Youtube)
Contemplate this while listening to The Mutants, great San Francisco punk band back from when it all began......InsectLounge
