My Desultory Blog

RichC | July 1, 2019

It doesn’t seem that long ago, but I posted a favorite from The Carpenters back in January of 2017 … and for some reason the soothing music of Karen and Richard Carpenter came to mind this past week. Perhaps it was the few days we spent on Put-In-Bay contemplating the quieter lifestyle that “much of […]

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Tags: 1970s, carpenters, karen carpenter, mellow, mp3, music monday, musicmonday, richard carpenter, songs

RichC | May 27, 2019

When I mention 1970’s music to younger generations, I sense they assume electric guitar oriented rock and roll (which it often is) … but a large percentage of what we listened to was actually “mellow” soft rock (an overused term).  The group America is an excellent example of this “mellow” sound for Music Monday … and […]

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Tags: 1972, america, mellow, Music, music monday, musicmonday, soft rock, ventura highway, youtube

RichC | August 27, 2018

With a bit of rain this past week, it was appropriate to listen to some "mellow music" on The Bridge channel on the SiriusXM iPhone app. Rain you say? Last Thursday was the wettest August day ever and the second wettest day ever for Cincinnati. A whopping 5.02 inches of rain was recorded at the […]

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Tags: cat stevens, cincinnati, dan fogelberg, mellow, mp3, Music, music monday, musicmonday, rain, twofer

RichC | April 24, 2017

Here’s a MusicMonday tune from a studio recording by Jerry Jeff Walker in 2009 called "Down in Belize" 6th cut of his Moon Child album. He’s an artist from years ago when my listening taste was more country, folk and tropical rock … well perhaps I haven’t really changed? If you don’t recall the long […]

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Tags: belize, jerry jeff walker, mellow, mp3, music monday, musicmonday, relax, youtube