Music Monday: Does Cincinnati still love Jimmy Buffett in 2022?


July 25, 2022

An especially “cool” Jimmy Buffett concert in Cincinnati, Ohio was enjoyed by Taylor’s Megan and her Parrothead father Dave. As usual (except thru COVID), they were at the annual Riverbend concert and enjoyed the up close and personal and more intimate side of the concert. Dave Schnieder, a Cincinnati teacher and football coach all of […]

Music Monday: “Movin’ On Up” – Ja’net DuBois


July 18, 2022

Don’t ask me what triggered the 1975 television show The Jeffersons theme song, but caught myself bopping to the tune in my head this past weekend (and I’m not really a “bopper”). The All in the Family spinoff wasn’t a series that I watched as a teenager, but the catchy theme song written by Ja’net […]

Music Monday: Radio Margaritaville and Jimmy Buffett singing “Slack Tide” from “Life on the Flip Side” while mowing


June 27, 2022

It is officially summer … and what’s better in warm weather and sunshine than songs from Jimmy Buffett on Music Monday? So here’s “Slack Tide” off Life on the Flip Side album (as heard on Radio Margaritaville). I just happened to be listening to it streaming on the SiriusXM app on my new noise-cancelling Wyze […]

Music Monday: “So Many Paths” by Little River Band


June 20, 2022

Just another Music Monday song from the 1970s, as heard on the relatively new SiriusXM Yacht Rock, Deep Cuts, Xtra “app-only” channel (from what I can tell?)  Today song is from Australia’s Little River Band  called “So Many Paths” … from side-B of their 1978 album, “Sleeper Catcher.”      Little River Band – “So […]

Music Monday: “South City Midnight Lady” – Doobie Brothers


June 13, 2022

My “go to” Sirius XM channel for easy listening 1970s music has been The Bridge for the past decade now and it never fails to sooth my soul. The Music Monday pick for this week is another Doobie Brother song, this one from 1973 call “South City Midnight Lady” from their 2006 remastered album titled […]

Music Monday: The Leonard Skinner and Lynyrd Skynyrd story


June 6, 2022

I was tuned into a television morning news show a few weeks ago and was shocked that two of the three hosts didn’t know “the band” Lynyrd Skynyrd … in fact one commented, “but I’ve heard of ‘him.’”  Shocked, but maybe it’s an age thing? The conversation quickly shifted into the band’s eponym … Forby Leonard […]

Music Monday oriented Memorial Day: Vietnam vets likely remember singing “We’ve Gotta Get Out Of This Place”


May 30, 2022

This Memorial Day reflection is a bit different than previous posts. Instead of an overall encompassing remembrance on all those who died in armed service to our country, it is a combined Music Monday twist that is a little more narrowly focused on those who fought and died in the Vietnam War (1955-1975). At the […]

Music Monday: “Where Do The Children Play?” – Cat Stevens


May 23, 2022

While reading in the evenings I’m often sitting with my headphones on listening to music while Brenda is watching one of her streaming series … I think she is watching the Bridgerton TV series on Netflix before we cancel our streaming service. Anyway, while listening to SiriusXM’s The Bridge channel on my iPhone, I found myself […]

Music Monday: Slipping in an automotive-triggered 1990s country music song with “Backroads” by Ricky Van Shelton


May 16, 2022

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Music Monday: Zac Brown – “Let It Go” from YGWYG album


May 9, 2022

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Music Monday: Dion – “Runaround Sue” #video


May 2, 2022

Today’s Music Monday is a little bit before my time, but when hearing Dion DiMucci singing “Runaround Sue” on Varney & Co. FoxBusiness show’s segment bumper music last month, it caught my ear. For me, it triggered memories of my parent’s music … as it would have been their era. I would not be surprised […]

Music Monday: My one and only John Denver concert at Miami University was still the best


April 18, 2022

The years have passed, but my memory of a John Denver concert “in the round” was still the best and most memorable concert I’ve ever attended. I suspect a lot has to do with John Denver being a true entertainer. He knew exactly how to connect with an audience and was especially effective on a […]

Music Monday: Starland Vocal Band – “Afternoon Delight” 1976


April 11, 2022

This week almost didn’t have a Music Monday song, but after hearing “Afternoon Delight” over the weekend, I thought that since this was the only song I could remember from the group called Starland Vocal Band, that it would be worth adding? “Lo and behold,” I’m not alone in remembering it, as my wife started […]

Music Monday: “Early Morning Rain” – Gordon Lightfoot (image) … Can you see it?


April 4, 2022

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Music Monday: “Hold On” from 1990 by Wilson Phillips


March 28, 2022

Once again, in looking to get out of the 1970’s Music Monday rut, I pulled out a music memory from my trusty Apple iPod and Shuffle … mine is filled with Jack Johnson tunes (right – see Wikipedia list of iPods). The one I used most often was clipped to the back of a cap […]

Music Monday: The 1943 classic movie “Watch on the Rhine” and 1982 song “Bette Davis Eyes” by Kim Carnes


March 21, 2022

Old black and while films have never been top picks for Brenda and me when selecting a movie for the weekend, but as the Coronavirus pandemic shutdowns started, we decided to add a few classic movies as a way to broaden our life experience. Like reading classic literature as part of a higher education, watching a […]

Music Monday: KC and The Sunshine Band – “Please Don’t Go”


March 14, 2022

Did you like disco? Me … not so much … but didn’t mind a few songs from the 1970s. For Music Monday here’s a YouTube video  with KC and the Sunshine Band from 1979 performing “Please Don’t Go.”   If you were like me and didn’t follow disco music closely, you probably didn’t know much […]

Music Monday: “Too Late to Turn Back Now” from 1972 by the Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose


March 7, 2022

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Music Monday: @itsMrCross – “I Really Don’t Know Anymore”


February 28, 2022

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Music Monday: Boston – “Rock and Road Band” released in 1976


February 21, 2022

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Music Monday: Carly Simon – “You’re So Vain” recorded live in Marthas Vineyard in 1987


February 14, 2022

Considering I grew up listening to Carly Simon and James Taylor, it is surprising not to have included “You’re So Vain” from 1972 Music Monday before now … but as is say since 1386 (Chaucer) … “better late than never” (previous post: “Anticipation”). In hearing the studio version played on SiriusXM’s “The Bridge” channel the […]

Music Monday: Beach Boys “Surfin’ USA” – Huarache Sandals


February 7, 2022

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Music Monday: Michael Winslow – “Whole Lotta Love” and more


January 24, 2022

This is not the usual kind of Music Monday. Michael Winslow and folk pop-musician Odd Nordstoga performed “Whole Lotta Love” on the Norwegian talk show back in 2011 (mp4)… although just recently saw it! A crazy talented “voice and microphone” artist.

Music Monday: Men at Work – “Down Under” from 1981


January 17, 2022

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Music Monday: Supertramp – It’s Raining again


January 10, 2022

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Music Monday: Claire Dunn singing “Salt and Lime”


January 3, 2022

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Something a bit more amateur for this week’s Music Monday


December 27, 2021

Social media is filled with nastiness and ugly news … but it is also a place for upbeat positive news, scripture, prayer requests and a shared love of song and some heartwarming father-daughter bonding.  I’m not sure who these “smiling” amateur singers are that appeared on my Twitter feed, but it made my day and […]

Music Monday: One big 1970’s hit for Chairmen of the Board


December 13, 2021

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Music Monday: “Have You Ever Seen the Rain” – CCR


November 29, 2021

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Music Monday: An Ohio State Football win and the Sloopy Girl


November 22, 2021

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Music Monday: Bruce Hornsby and “The Way It Is” #video


November 15, 2021

I’m recycling a Music Monday song from a few years back (2017) with Bruce Hornsby performing “The Way It Is” from the 1986 album by the same name  … but this time not just audio, but the official video on YouTube/Vevo (so indicates the mp4 file). Although he is best known performing with his group […]

Music Monday: “We’re having a Miles Davis Rally”


November 8, 2021

Although I usually don’t purposely listen to jazz, I do appreciate hearing it when it is played and discussed. Last week when Fox Business host Charles Payne mentioned “We’re having a Miles Davis rally” in reference to the stock market – and the “be there or be square” 1950’s slogan. I tweeted about it and […]

Music Monday: Boston Dynamics’ Robots emulate Mick Jagger


November 1, 2021

Last week the “Spot, robot dog” people at Boston Dynamics released a YouTube video of their robots dancing and moving like Mick Jagger to their 40-year old 1981 “Start Me Up” from the Rolling Stones  Tattoo You album (previous Music Monday post).  

Music Monday: “We’re An American Band” LIVE in 1974


October 25, 2021

It is hard not to remember Grand Funk Railroad when you think about rock concerts from the 1970s (never attended though) and in particular their hit “We’re An American Band.” Here’s a LIVE version from 1974 posted to YouTube. Grand Funk Railroad, sometimes shortened as Grand Funk, is an American rock band who achieved their […]

Music Monday: 1970s Orchestra music and “Nadia’s Theme”


October 18, 2021

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Music Monday: Redbone – “Come And Get Your Love” (LIVE)


October 11, 2021

In keeping with a inclusive music from the 1970s for Music Monday, you can’t get much more American melting-pot inclusive than the band Redbone. The Mexican-American / Native American rock band even gets their band name from a Cajun term for “mixed-race” person … and who doesn’t love their stage show and music? Here’s their […]

Music Monday: Tavares – Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel


October 4, 2021

When it comes to listening to the music, it is appropriate to be a bit more inclusive when it comes to songs that we listened to (and some danced to) in the 1970s. That included R & B, funk, disco and soul music from bell-bottomed dancing vocal groups like The Taveres Brothers or just Tavares.  […]

Music Monday: Michael W. Smith — Worship Forever


September 20, 2021

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Music Monday: Trying to keep faith in America by listening to Where the Starts and Stripes and Eagles Fly by Aaron Tippin


September 13, 2021

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Music Monday: Carly Simon singing “Anticipation” #video


September 6, 2021

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Music Monday: The songwriting gift that is Brian Wilson


August 30, 2021

Who doesn’t know who Brian Wilson is or love his many decades of music … especially with The Beach Boys (even my kids played them on our amplified Echo and dance around a week or so ago)? 😊 I stumbled across his timeline on the BrianWilson.com which highlights each decade with photos and highlights. A […]

Music Monday: Replacing our Driveway Blues, or close to it


August 23, 2021

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Music Monday: The Coasters, “Yakety Yak” and an aviation tweet


August 16, 2021

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Music Monday: Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?


August 9, 2021

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Music Monday: The Guess Who and “No Time” #video


August 2, 2021

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Music Monday: “Then Came You” recorded by Dionne Warwick and The Spinners in 1974


July 26, 2021

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Music Monday: Neil Diamond and “Crackin’ Rosie” from 1970


July 19, 2021

It has hard for me to imagine that there is anyone who doesn’t appreciate the music of Neil Diamond? He may not have been at the top of my 1970s music listening list, but when it comes to soft rock, there are few men who can match his vocal talent. A Twitter snippet of a […]

Music Monday: Summer music listening with Yacht Rock Radio


July 12, 2021

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Music Monday: Don McLean performing “Crossroads” live


July 5, 2021

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Music Monday: Supertramp – Breakfast in America LIVE (1979)


June 28, 2021

Last week a friend of mine include an album cover photo and said “strike this pose.” I laughed to myself wondering just how many people seeing it would know and remember “Breakfast in America“ and the Engilsh rock band Supertramp? Interestingly, even though I clearly remembered the band and the album, I did not realized […]

Another Music Monday TV theme song from an in-my-opinion effective Applebee’s commercial with “Cheers” intro


June 21, 2021

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Music Monday: B.T.O. – Roll On Down The Highway


June 14, 2021

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Music Monday: a commercial for Applebees, John Sebastian, Television themes songs and Welcome Back Kotter (1975-1979)


June 7, 2021

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Music Monday: Hard to believe Bob Dylan turned 80 last week?


May 31, 2021

This should have been a post for last week’s Music Monday, but here’s a belated 80th Happy Birthday to the legendary singer-songwriter-poet Bob Dylan. What a unique and talented musician. So now they your 80 years old … Mr. Rolling Stone 🙂 … “how does it feel?” Bob Dylan with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band […]

Music Monday: “Signs” by Five Man Electric Band (1971)


May 24, 2021

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Music Monday: Mercy Me and their “Say I Won’t” music video


May 17, 2021

My Desultory Blog‘s Music Monday does not include enough music from the Christian music genre and after hearing the story of Gary Miracle last weekend, I had to include Mercy Me‘s “Say I Won’t.”  

Music Monday: The Who – “I Can See For Miles” triggered by an astronaut Alan Shepard memory


May 10, 2021

The Who was never at the top of my music listening list, but like all who grew up in the 1960-70’s era, we all knew the music. This past Wednesday was the 60th anniversary of Alan Shepard‘s flight into space and as a boy who grew up mesmerized by our NASA space program (still am) […]

Music Monday: The Beach Boys, “Fun, Fun, Fun” and some R & R


May 3, 2021

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Music Monday: The Foundations – “Build Me Up Buttercup”


April 26, 2021

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Music Monday: Not my taste, but definitely Bluegrass talent


April 19, 2021

This past weekend I saw what looked like an amateur musician in a college dorm or apartment video roll across my Twitter feed and thought, “this young man has talent.” It reminded me of a post from 2014 when Jacob Tolliver sat down at a piano in a Portsmouth, Ohio hardware store. This kind of […]

Music Monday: Sheryl Crow and NPR Music Tiny Desk Concerts


April 12, 2021

Stumbled across a pre-COVID19 lockdown NPRMusic Tiny Desk Concert on YouTube when watching another video from an automotive friend of mine … and since I like Sheryl Crow “music” … I figured it would be an easy fill for Music Monday. Her “Soak Up The Sun” hit from 2002 was included a couple years ago, […]

Music Monday: Paul Simon (and Art Garfunkel) – Kodachrome


April 5, 2021

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Music Monday: The Band and Kodachrome photography


March 29, 2021

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Music Monday: More Than a Feeling – Boston 1976


March 22, 2021

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Music Monday: North of the U.S. border with The Guess Who


March 15, 2021

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Music Monday: Johnny Nash recorded “I Can See Clearly Now”


March 8, 2021

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Music Monday: Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show video. Yikes!


March 1, 2021

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Music Monday: The Marshall Tucker Band – “Can’t You See”


February 22, 2021

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Music Monday: Steely Dan – “Peg” from their 1977 album Aja


February 15, 2021

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Music Monday: Gilligan’s Island theme mashed with Led Zeppelin


February 8, 2021

For those who grew up on one of my favorite TV shows, Gilligan’s Island … and in later years listened to the music of Led Zeppelin … here’s an interesting YouTube video for this week’s Music Monday. On a more depressing note, I was sad to hear America’s favorite “girl next door” actress Dawn Wells […]

Music Monday: The Cranberries – “Linger” (Irish Alt Rock)


February 1, 2021

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Music Monday: Lexington Lab Band does 1971 Chicago song


January 25, 2021

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Music Monday: Early Pure Prairie League and Vince Gill


January 18, 2021

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New for me on Music Monday: Call It Dreaming by Iron & Wine


January 11, 2021

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Music Monday: Like Kenny Chesney, I have a yearning to be free


January 4, 2021

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Music Monday: The Coconut song always makes my wife smile


December 28, 2020

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Music Monday: Holiday memories from the Carpenters


December 21, 2020

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Music Monday: A snippet from a 1970 CSNY Jam Session


December 14, 2020

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Music Monday: Led Zeppelin and “Stairway to Heaven”


November 30, 2020

Today’s Music Monday song is due to the minor chastising from my friend Mark Jones last week. He’s been picking up a few old albums for his record collection and to play on his Crosley record player mentioned before … and because I wanted to wish him a Happy Birthday today. Happy Birthday, Mark!  One […]

Music Monday: A record 2020 Hurricane Season is almost over


November 16, 2020

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