Little Richard

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/little-richard-incendiary-spirit-of-early-rock-and-roll-dies-at-87/2020/05/09/4c0b038a-9201-11ea-a0bc-4e9ad4866d21_story.html

 

A-wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a-wop-bam-boom!

 

Interesting trivia item from the Post’s obituary: In 1992, he recorded a children’s album, “Shake It All About,” which included a freewheeling version of “The Hokey Pokey” and other kindergarten classics.

 

Favorite songs:

Rip It Up 

Tutti Frutti

Good Golly Miss Molly

Long Tall Sally

Lucille

Keep A Knockin’

Jenny, Jenny

Slippin’ And Slidin’

Great Gosh A’Mighty

The Girl Can’t Help It

LP #32 Linda Ronstadt – Hasten Down The Wind (1976)

The two familiar tracks here are “That’ll Be The Day” and “Crazy”, but even better are Ronstadt’s outstanding versions of lesser-known songs, most notably including three by Karla Bonoff and one by Warren Zevon.

 

Favorite tracks:

 

Someone To Lay Down Beside Me 

Hasten Down The Wind

The Tattler

Lose Again

Give One Heart

Try Me Again

Notable Quotes #9

Headline in this morning’s Washington Post (print edition only, unfortunately): “Norwegian Cruise Line warns it may not be able to stay afloat”

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/05/05/norwegian-cruise-going-concern-coronavirus/

Lyric Of The Day #12 (May 6, 2020)

Spent all afternoon sanitizing my hand sanitizer

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH6wxVujq0w

 

And it’s for a good cause, too!

Shuffle #132 (May 3, 2020)

Step Off – Kacey Musgraves

Galileo – Indigo Girls

Credit – Meghan Trainor

Living For The City – Stevie Wonder

Manic Monday – The Bangles

Smackwater Jack – Carole King

I Wish It Would Rain – The Temptations

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes – Patti Austin

Fall On Me – R.E.M.

If I Were Smart – Shelby Lynne

Play ball!

https://www.gocomics.com/frank-and-ernest/2020/04/30

Shuffle #131 (April 29, 2020)

It’s All In The Game – Tommy Edwards

Boot-Leg – Booker T. & The MG’s

That Same Mistake – Clive Gregson & Christine Collister

If I Ever Lose My Faith In You – Sting

I’m A Man – The Spencer Davis Group

Home Is Where The Hatred Is – Gil Scott-Heron

Understand – Swing Out Sister

Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes – Paul Simon

Bring Back The Time – B.J. Thomas

Lyric Of The Day #11 (April 28, 2020)

Slip slidin' away

Slip slidin' away

You know the nearer your destination

The more you're slip slidin' away

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUODdPpnxcA

 

Great suggestion from a friend of mine, and another song that’s taken on a new meaning recently.

Shuffle #130 (April 27, 2020)

Slim Jenkin’s Place – Booker T. & The MG’s

ABC – The Jackson 5

Anna – Iain Matthews

Jailhouse Rock – Elvis Presley

Why Can’t We Be Friends – Smash Mouth

I Wanna Be With You – The Raspberries

Only A Fool Would Say That – Steely Dan

Trust In Me – Etta James

The Perfect Crime #2 – The Decemberists

My Hero – Foo Fighters

Lyric Of The Day #10 (April 26, 2020)

If they don't give me no consolation

I'm gonna take it to the United Nations

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRT8HlmptQI

 

One of my favorite Chuck Berry couplets.