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Blood, Sweat & Tears

Wolfe, Please accept my late pass on Al Kooper...
over 2 years ago

I just didn't know..Funny thing is, years ago, Wolfe played trombone in the same band as myself and "Crash" Pryor and kept telling me if I ever wanted to really check out a great album I should check out the first one from Blood, Sweat & Tears. Of course, being the young knucklehead that I was at the time, I just filed it in the back of my brain. It was only a little while ago that I stumbled...

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God Bless The Child (under the cover)
about 1 year ago
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[Blood, Sweat & Tears - God Bless The Child / 5:54] Domenico Ghirlandaio, Old Man and Child, Musée du Louvre (1490-1493)"God Bless The Child" is arguably one of the most poignant and personal songs in Billie Holiday's repertoire. Written in 1941 with Arthur Herzog following a row with her mother, this song tells not only the story of despondency which was Billie's early life but also her hope i..

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I was raised on this stuff..
over 3 years ago

Some of my very first memories are hearing "Spinning Wheel." My father was a huge BS&T fan. David Clayton Thomas has such a distinct voice that's impossible to forget. Hearing his voice now still takes me back to when I was a toddler. It puts me into the whole late 60's rock vibe, The Beatles, Beach Boys, Ventures, etc.

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Wolfe, Please accept my late pass on Al Kooper...
over 2 years ago

I just didn't know..Funny thing is, years ago, Wolfe played trombone in the same band as myself and "Crash" Pryor and kept telling me if I ever wanted to really check out a great album I should check out the first one from Blood, Sweat & Tears. Of course, being the young knucklehead that I was at the time, I just filed it in the back of my brain. It was only a little while ago that I stumbled...

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ITunes Sales: Who gives?
over 2 years ago

Last week, Apple news sites were full of Doomsday Prophecies because some analysts reported that the sales from the iTunes store were declining.Apple Stock took a dive, and commentators went wild.The Register, or "El Reg" as friends call it, has an excellent piece of the stupidity of this:"It's a testament to the ignorance of Wall Street's gamblers, and the collective herd mentality of the busi...

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The Three Best Songs By Blood, Sweat & Tears
5 months ago

You’ve Made Me So Very Happy was one of the first singles I remember owning. Like all the singles Columbia made through the 60’s and 70’s, the vinyl was pretty darn soft so the song turned scratchy within a few spins. (I remember doing radio in the late 70’s and early 80’s, when we still [...]

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