"Lord of the Rings" filmmaker Peter Jackson said he believes it's possible to create more Beatles music in the future with the use of AI (artificial intelligence) technology.
( Published Tuesday, November 21st, 2023 @ 1:34 pm )]]> As I grow older, I am reverting back to my years of listening to music.
( Published Monday, November 14th, 2022 @ 9:45 pm )]]> Creedence Clearwater Revival released their Cosmo's Factory album in 1970. With all the hard rock and drug culture music on the scene it was nice to get back to some good old rock and roll driving guitar and down home lyrics.
( Published Tuesday, January 11th, 2022 @ 4:22 pm )]]> "Mona Lisas and Madhatters", from Elton John's Honky Château, was that special ballad of heart wrenching sincerity, forever etched on the collective soul of generation, which saved a lyrical moment in time, and became a gift to so many.
( Published Friday, January 7th, 2022 @ 9:35 am )]]> Some songs are performance songs and some songs are just there for you to cry in you beer songs. Bob Dylan wrote both types during his pre-mailing it in days.
( Published Wednesday, January 5th, 2022 @ 8:12 pm )]]> Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits holds a special place in my musical heart for many reasons; not least of which, Dire Straits, led by the Knopfler brothers, came onto the musical scene with their first album, Dire Straits, 1978, at the height of the dreaded Disco craze.
( Published Wednesday, January 5th, 2022 @ 3:20 pm )]]> "Why Does Love Got to be so Sad?" will always be among my favorite rock 'n' roll songs, but only one version of it - the version that appears of "Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs".
( Published Wednesday, January 5th, 2022 @ 12:39 pm )]]> Most of us pay no attention to those Warning Signs until it is a bit too late. Then inevitably, we adapt the song as if it was written about us.
( Published Tuesday, January 4th, 2022 @ 10:37 am )]]> Carl Sigman, the lyricist of many of America's most famous love songs, passed from this temporal plane in September of 2000; however, his music lives on, embodied in his beautiful songs of hope and heartbreak.
( Published Sunday, January 2nd, 2022 @ 7:38 pm )]]> Mark Knopfler, and Dire Straits helped steer my love of good music through the stinky stuff that was Disco in the late 1970's and for that I will always be thankful.
( Published Sunday, January 2nd, 2022 @ 3:32 pm )]]> There are many love songs written over the ages littered along the American musical landscape, but few were ever written with the impact of Brian Wilson's and the Beach Boy's classic, "God Only Knows".
( Published Friday, December 31st, 2021 @ 10:58 am )]]> Van Morrison covered this Tommy Edwards's classic, "All in the Game", on his classic album, Into the Music, released in 1979.
( Published Friday, December 31st, 2021 @ 8:52 am )]]> "Your mission, Stan, should you decide to accept it, is... As usual, should you or any member of your BCN Force be captured or killed, the secretary will disavow any knowledge of your existence. This tape will self-destruct in five seconds. Good luck, Stan."
( Published Thursday, December 30th, 2021 @ 5:06 pm )]]> Canadian Balladeer Gordon Lightfoot was never a fixture among my favorites, as I consumed volumes of the uniquely eclectic music from the most enlightened periods of any within the realm of the classical creation of music; however, Balladeer Lightfoot did create one song that has stuck with me.
( Published Wednesday, December 29th, 2021 @ 10:08 pm )]]> I happened upon an early recording of Iris Dement's "Our Town" from the early 1990's, a song that played a large part in classic TV series Northern Exposure's swan song. That memorable last TV show signing off this beautiful classic really stuck with me.
( Published Wednesday, December 29th, 2021 @ 1:51 pm )]]> One of my favorite bands from my era, which produced the best music of the 20th century, is The Band.
( Published Wednesday, December 29th, 2021 @ 6:06 am )]]> I'll start my contribution to this series with one of the most beautiful spiritual songs . A musical version of the Catholic Rosary.
( Published Tuesday, December 15th, 2020 @ 6:47 pm )]]> Jeff Walker has died October 23, 2020 @ 78 years old
( Published Friday, November 6th, 2020 @ 6:08 pm )]]> John Prine passed from complications of COVID19, He was 73 Years old.
( Published Saturday, April 25th, 2020 @ 4:15 pm )]]> I woke up early this morning at 3:00 AM as usual. I normally have a news show TV on for background to catch up on recent events. One news story after the other was bad news.
( Published Tuesday, December 5th, 2017 @ 8:10 pm )]]> Wayne Cochran was one of those performers that I was aware of as a teen in Georgia. He was born in Thomaston, Georgia. 
( Published Wednesday, November 29th, 2017 @ 9:58 am )]]> As part of The Partridge Family (TV Series 1970-1974) he made a great impact on the TV and Musical landscape for many of the teens of that era.
( Published Thursday, November 23rd, 2017 @ 10:13 pm )]]> Both Stan and I missed the opportunity to post on the passing of Tom Petty. We each thought the other would offer a better commentary.
( Published Friday, November 3rd, 2017 @ 10:34 am )]]> When I orignially posted the article on the passing of Fats Domino, I had hopes that it would generate some comments from Alex J. Ortolano who was raised in New Orleans. I doubt that anyone not born and raised in New Orleans could capture the musical magic that was that city.
( Published Wednesday, November 1st, 2017 @ 11:17 am )]]> I can't remember far enough back when Fats Domino's music was not part of my musical landscape. Granted I was only 10 years old when Fats released his first album in 1955.
( Published Tuesday, October 31st, 2017 @ 2:17 am )]]>