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Category: Music

  • “Maggie’s Song”

    The other day my sister-in-law sent me the lyrics to this song by Chris Stapleton. After reading and listening to the song I was in tears. Not only did he describe my Maggie, but the picture of his dog, looked just like my Maggie and his Maggie is from Tennessee and so was mine. Chris’s…

  • iPods, CD’s, Cassettes, 8-tracks, albums and 45’s

    My first record was a 45, “Hello Goodbye” on one side and “I am the Walrus” by the Beatles on side 2. My first album, (33 1/3) was “Sgt. Pepper”. No surprise there. During my high school years I never bought any albums except by The Beatles and never played any record in my room…

  • “Living in the Material World”

    I was listening to the Beatles channel on Sirius XM and they were doing a segment called Dark Horse, which showcases George. The above song came on and I remembered how much I loved this album. Probably the most played album I had, (besides Sgt. Pepper) during my high school years. We all know that…

  • John Lennon 1940 – 1980

    It was 40 years ago today that John Lennon was murdered. I can clearly remember the events of that day. I was 22 years old, married, with a 3 year old daughter and a 4 month old son, living in a one bedroom apartment in New York, (Westchester County) I woke up to the phone…

  • Muzak

    “The sound you make is muzak to my ears,” a lyric from John Lennon’s “How Do You Sleep.” This was an attempt by John to put down Paul’s music as silly and not important, no depth. This was after they broke up and there was a back and forth between them. Of course John’s retaliations…

  • Eddie Van Halen, John Lennon, “Beatles”

    October 6, 2020, Eddie Van Halen died. Unbeknownst to me he had been battling throat cancer for some time. To me, Van Halen was a supergroup! I was in my 20’s, early 30’s when they came on the scene. What stood out from the onset was Eddie Van Halen’s talent as a guitar player. As…

  • Rock ‘n Roll Memorabilia

    I don’t think I mentioned this in my Music Background but I collect rock ‘n roll memorabilia, specifically The Beatles. I have a few Led Zeppelin pieces and a couple of photos of Robert Plant and a great photo of Slash that I took, (you really can’t call that a collection) so I’ll change it…

  • Gary Clark Jr.

    They say its my birthday, Happy Birthday to me! Speaking of birthday’s, Ringo had a fabulous 80th party with awesome guests and performances like he always does! All proceeds were donated Black Lives Matter Global Network, Musicares, David Lynch Foundation, and WaterAid. As always his message is PEACE and LOVE. The performance that made the…

  • Peace and Love

    12:00 noon, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO RINGO STARR, spread message of PEACE AND LOVE!

  • Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame

    I have not been there yet and I’m dying to go.  One thing I have to say is that I don’t believe “Gangsta Rap, or Rap”, should be in it!  It is not called the Rap Hall of Fame.  I think they’re trying to be politically correct, but they needn’t be.  There are a ton…