26 Monday Jun 2017
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dance, Emma Rubinowitz, Esteban Hernandez, George Harrison, music, performance, song, songwriting, What is Life
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Monday Morning asks, George Harrison and friends answer.
What is Life?
Thanks to YouTuber GeorgeHarrisonVEVO
22 Thursday Jun 2017
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Even if you well remember the Judy Collins version of this Joni Mitchell penned classic, stay until the end of this live 1987 performance by Collins and be prepared to be blown away.
Thanks to YouTuber Beta Hi-Fi Archive
19 Monday Jun 2017
Posted in Music, Performance
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What’s making you jump out of bed this Monday morning? Not the bedbugs, the jitters.
Jumpin’ at the Woodside, The Count Basie Orchestra, tenor sax, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis.
08 Thursday Jun 2017
Posted in Life, Music, Performance, Writing
05 Monday Jun 2017
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Eric Andersen, folk, music, performance, song, Thirsty Boots
29 Monday May 2017
Posted in Comedy, Life, Music, Performance, Writing
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music, Paul Simon, performance, song, songwriting, The Boxer, toy store, writing
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Monday Morning, Brother Paul still La-La-Li-ing, even after fifty years since first writing and recording “The Boxer.”
I really enjoyed this live version documented in the clip above, filmed just two months ago, where Simon stops the song for a minute to tell a wonderful anecdote about an unlikely fan.
Thanks to YouTuber Rosie Tobin
22 Monday May 2017
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American Pie, Don McLean, music, performance, song, songwriting, writing
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Monday morning, re-listening to and wondering at just how great a song this still is.
Don McLean in his prime, singing every word of “American Pie,” knowing that it’s killer.
Thanks to YouTuber BBC Newsnight
08 Monday May 2017
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Bob Dylan, folk, Mr. Tambourine Man, music, Newport Folk Festival, performance, Pete Seeger, song, songwriting
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Monday morning, Bob Dylan and Mr.Tambourine Man, both still impossibly young.
27 Thursday Apr 2017
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country music, country western, El Paso, Melanie Harby, music, performance, Roy Zimmerman, song, songwriting
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A very worthy cover by Roy Zimmerman of the Marty Robbins standard with some great guitar playing by partner Melanie Harby. Felicitously, they’re singing on location in the hills overlooking El Paso.
You can see more of Roy Zimmerman’s videos at RoyZimmerman
13 Thursday Apr 2017
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Roy Zimmerman’s most bitter song, a POV message from a war veteran who just isn’t feeling as thankful as everyone thinks he should be. It’s a lyric and performance worthy of Phil Ochs at his best.
