I looked over some of these songs beloved by some of the presidential candidates, and thought: How different my choices would be?
Published: Sunday, September 10th, 2023 @ 11:14 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Leader of the iconic group The Band and cinematic composer Robbie Robertson died after a long illness on Wednesday in Los Angeles, California, his management company said.
Published: Friday, August 11th, 2023 @ 8:47 pm
By: Daily Wire
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It's Friday night, I'm out of energy, the funds are tight, and I just want to kick back, and 'keep the home fire burning' with 'The Missus'.
Published: Thursday, January 6th, 2022 @ 9:37 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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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
By: Bobby Tony
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Apparently, one of the best ways to start an argument over music is to discuss the inter-personal relationships of the various members of The Band.
Published: Wednesday, January 5th, 2022 @ 10:07 am
By: Bobby Tony
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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
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Last Waltz is arguably Oscar Winner Martin Scorsese's best film as it documents The Band as they bid fairwell to an eclectic collection of their most adoring fans.
Published: Tuesday, December 28th, 2021 @ 9:34 am
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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I just finished reading a truly wonderful book - AND THE BAND PLAYED ON, by Randy Shilts. The book chronicles the AIDS epidemic of the 1980's, focusing on the cases, the symptoms, the mystery, the epidemiology, the panic, the politics.
Published: Saturday, May 18th, 2019 @ 4:07 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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One of the tricks of the mind is that we remember things like a snapshot. After a few years our image of the past is cast in indelible concrete like an old picture in the shoe box up in the attic or a statue in the town square
Published: Thursday, June 29th, 2017 @ 9:45 am
By: Bobby Tony
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I have my fingerprints on file with the federal, state and local authorities mainly due to a disagreement with the draft board in 1967
Published: Thursday, September 3rd, 2015 @ 2:19 am
By: Bobby Tony
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I, like many others, mourned the passing of John Lennon in December, 1980. Not unlike those sad times, Levon Helm of the The Band, passed today, and like the musical promise of John Lennon, unfulfilled, he will be missed for all he accomplished.
Published: Thursday, April 19th, 2012 @ 11:58 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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