The holidays have never been a favorite time of year for me. I don't mind them much, anymore. I just barrel through the season, tip my hat as a holiday passes, and generally, no one gets hurt. If anything, it means at least one day of sleeping in. Hallelujah and Hail Mary to that!You know, aside from all of the average holiday pressure to be relentlessly happy--to be part of that family on the ...
I noticed the boards were rather quiet today, and I can only imagine it was because the Chicago Bears were playing this afternoon. While it seems most of you picked the Saints to win, team of destiny my butt, the Bears have shown how to win the big game. That being said, enjoy the song.
Today is the birthday of one of my favorite bluesmen (I say that about everyone of them), but the thing that makes me like Freddie King so much is that he did not get the kind of recogniction that I feel he deserved. So I guess that I try to compensate for that by enjoying his music all the more today.Wikipedia says;King was born Frederick Christian in Gilmer, Texas on September 3, 1934. His m...
I noticed the boards were rather quiet today, and I can only imagine it was because the Chicago Bears were playing this afternoon. While it seems most of you picked the Saints to win, team of destiny my butt, the Bears have shown how to win the big game. That being said, enjoy the song.
The holidays have never been a favorite time of year for me. I don't mind them much, anymore. I just barrel through the season, tip my hat as a holiday passes, and generally, no one gets hurt. If anything, it means at least one day of sleeping in. Hallelujah and Hail Mary to that!You know, aside from all of the average holiday pressure to be relentlessly happy--to be part of that family on the ...
OK, so picking a blues singer for a Sunday Under the Covers post is almost cheating. In the blues, the song is a means to an end. It's the vehicle, not the cargo. So blues performers cover each other's songs on a regular basis.But, I think this one qualifies, because the Bill Withers original was more in the Mowtown vernacular than the blues standards that blues artists tend to swap. Rather...