What are you listening to at the moment?

the other Dylan song that covered by Clapton that i'm crazy about is 'Love Minus Zero/ No Limit', this track

can Only be found in the VHS Hi-fi version in 'Bob Dylan's 30th Years Anniversary Concert',

that's right, Not even in the 2014 Blue ray special edition!

here is the 'Born in Time' by Eric Clapton, beautiful melody, Nobel Laureate level lyrics...great song...
 
I just read in the news that legendary Brazilian musician Sergio Mendes has passed away at the age of 83.

I saw him perform at the Blue Note in Tokyo in 2004. The Blue Note is a nice cozy setting for a show, our table was almost front and center in front of the stage. He and his band and the female vocalists put on a hell of a show. They got everyone in the club on their feet and dancing.

So, in his honor I'm listening to his 1966 hit "Mas Que Nada". RIP Sergio.

Mike
 
As one who is old and, I admit it, more attuned to yesterday's music than what passes for such today, I often delve into internet sites to look for interesting bits from the '50s and '60s, excluding rock n' roll which I grew up with and greatly enjoyed but now find I've outgrown it - no offense meant to all you dedicated R&R'ers who read this, it's entirely my personal bias!!).

Spotify seems to use its AI system to come up with new ideas. Recently my partner was surfing thru YouTube and came across a dozen video clips of the old Guy Lombardo TV series from 1954. I was a child at the time and we had the second TV set in our town (my grandparents next door had the first set), so I avidly watched everything I was allowed to, and the Lombardo series was a great favorite of my step mom's so I got to enjoy it too.

So yes, now I've admitted it - I'm a closet Guy Lombardo/Royal Canadians fan. Ha!!

Anyway, in some of his programs GL interviewed popular chanteuses of the day. Which caught my interest and I wrote down the names of those long-gone gals for following up. Spotify came to the rescue and located a fair few luscious dames who had their time in the lights before R&R came along and kibosh'd their singing careers. A few made it to the '60s but most faded from the limelight. All seem to have passed on, with one exception - more about her later.

For anyone who is interested, see - Toni Arden (one of my great favorites) - Eugenie Baird (nice and jazzy) - Sue Raney - Ernestine Anderson (not exactly a faded flower as her career went on for many years, but she did pop up in my Spotify search) - Sunny Gale (another favorite) - Beverly Kenney (a truly lovely voice but such a sad end) - Karen Chandler - Ellie Russell - June Hutton - Martha Wright.

Thanks to Spotify and AI, every time I log in I get another 'suggestion' to listen to. Well done, Spotify!!

YouTube is also a treasure-trove of long-ago singers, but their incessant ads, especially here in Indonesia where the sound levels applify by 690,000,000 decibels when an ad pops up, really annoy me. So I avoid it for all except late night old movies when I'm in the mood for more nostalgia. Still, a good second choice, I reckon.

Of the lot of these beauties, the one and only who is still around is the charming and diversely talented Betty Madigan, born in 1928, now living in Florida and apparently still out and about and socially active. Good on you, Betty!!

Spotify gave me an extra past-blast by bringing up Dakota Staton, who I had the pleasure of hearing live in one of her concerts in Montreal in the late '60s, I had forgotten (shame on me) about her but up she popped up and I'm listening to her dulcet tones as I type this.

All this may be the only positive thing I will ever say about AI, but it has worked for my benefit, and brought me much listening pleasure.
 
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I just discovered this guy a few days ago. He is one hell of a guitar player and that is one beautiful guitar ... the tone of that thing is from another world!


 


Absolutely amazing to have in the background when rebuilding your Lightroom library, and some cleaning and care for your cameras.
befitting a cup of coffee, a cup of tea, or a good stout. Bonus point is my cats seem to like falling asleep to it.
 
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