Archive: A couple of Corn-Mazing granddaughters
RichC | October 25, 2023
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The ablity to memorize passes to the next generation #TBT
RichC | September 28, 2023
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Music Monday: Al Stewart and “The Year Of The Cat” (1976)
RichC | July 17, 2023
It is summer, and a Monday, so why wouldn’t I post another great song from my youth, and the greatest music decade, the 1970s (IMHO). This week it is Al Stewart and “The Year Of The Cat.” If you enjoy Al Stewart, check out a previous Music Monday post from the summer of 2020: Time […]
Music Monday: “Kung Fu Fighting” (1974) and Carl Douglas
RichC | June 19, 2023
Who doesn’t like a one-hit-wonder like “Kung Fu Fighting,” a hit by Carl Douglas in 1974. It triggered memories of the television show with David Carradine, “Kung Fu” when I was a boy. I thought I mentioned it in a blog post some years ago … and after hearing the song on SiriusXM, I just had […]
Books: “Decades of Decadence” by Marco Rubio (2023)
RichC | June 14, 2023
I needed another book to read like a hole in my head as the idiom goes, but since the newly released book by Marco Rubio called “Decades of Decadence” hit the bookstore today, I figured that I would “get on the list” at my local library. Lo and behold it was available on Hoopla as an […]
Music Monday: Pushing a Jimmy Buffett memory forward
RichC | May 15, 2023
The post for today was already scheduled, but after a back-and-forth with an automotive friend, our subject matter turned to me “needing a haircut” (photo left) … which was thankfully better than our last conversation on his major dental work; so I’m changing today’s Music Monday “tune.” JR is a retired DJ and the “needing […]
Music Monday: “Jackie Blue” – Ozark Mountain Daredevils
RichC | March 20, 2023
Just seeing the above black and white photo of the 1975 band members of the Ozark Mountain Daredevils brings me back to my photography hobby and music tastes, but really it was the playing of their song “Jackie Blue” on SiriusXM over the weekend that triggered this Music Monday post. A distracted me had to […]
Music Monday: “All Right Now” by the English band Free
RichC | March 13, 2023
A quick Music Monday post after remembering the song “All Right Now” but forgetting the English band Free. It was bumper music segment while watching a news program and it triggered me to digging a little more band history: Free disbanded in 1973; lead singer Paul Rodgers went on to help found and front the […]
Music Monday: Semi-Forgotten Mary MacGregor 1976 song
RichC | March 6, 2023
While driving up to Perrysburg to celebrate our granddaughters combined birthdays this past weekend with a SiriusXM Casey Kasem’s American Top 40 countdown playing, Brenda and I both commented on several songs we had semi-forgotten. I’ll mention one of them for Music Monday this week; it was the 1976 release and following year’s #9 song […]
Archive: Saving a couple family update items to the blog
RichC | February 1, 2023
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Music Monday: “Georgia” – Boz Scaggs (Silk Degrees 1976)
RichC | December 5, 2022
While heading home from Florida after our Thanksgiving trip, I opted to doze off to the free iHeart radio 1970s channel on my “ears” (Aftershokz – not the best for noisy environments). The song “Georgia” by Boz Scaggs streamed and I realized that I have not heard the 1976 song for a while. Hm … […]
Music Monday: More from England Dan and John Ford Coley
RichC | November 7, 2022
Although Music Monday has included a song or two by England Dan and John Ford Coley before, a YouTuber posted “The Very Best Of” full album (well, 6 of the songs). I enjoyed it enough to include it as a larger audio file (it is only 19 MB that is 20 minutes long as a […]
Music Monday: “I’m No Angel” – Gregg Allman in 1987
RichC | September 26, 2022
Since the 2016 Gregg Allman post was not for Music Monday, I’m including it today since it was played on my new favorite, but old tunes favorite, SiriusXM station – Classic Rewind channel 25. The feed emanates from Cleveland’s Rock and Roll museum and plays “Cassette Era Classic Rock” as listed by Cleveland native DJ […]
Music Monday: Olivia Newton-John succumbs to cancer
RichC | August 15, 2022
Depressingly, Olivia Newton-John died this month on August 8, 2022 at age 73… after a long and painful struggle with cancer. Years ago her illness was initially diagnosed as sciatica, but what turned out to be breast cancer spread to her bones in 2017 and then to stage IV cancer. She was a definite “rock […]
Music Monday: Nights Are Forever by Dan Seals and John Coley
RichC | August 8, 2022
If you were a fan of “romantic” or “mellow, smooth music” back in the 1970s, you probably enjoyed music by Dan Seals and John Coley … better known as the pop rock duo England Dan and John Ford Coley. “Nights Are Forever” (without you) was “their breakthrough album” in 1976 and charted on Billboard at […]
Music Monday: Danny’s Song – Loggins and Messina 1971
RichC | August 1, 2022
Back in 1966, Kenny Loggins wrote a song for his brother Danny, who become a father to his first son Colin. It was titled Danny’s Song. The song was recorded by Loggins and Messina (Jim Messina) and was included on their first album titled Sittin’ In (1971) … as well as by Canadian country-pop singer […]
Music Monday: Slipping in an automotive-triggered 1990s country music song with “Backroads” by Ricky Van Shelton
RichC | May 16, 2022
One of the automotive related lines from a Charlie Major country music song, “Backroads” recorded by Ricky Van Shelton in 1991 triggered a Music Monday post this week. In a back and forth on a “Happy Forenza Friday” post and Suzuki/Daewoo conversation, I couldn’t help but think about “feeling the wind a-blowin’ and hearing the […]
Music Monday: Zac Brown – “Let It Go” from YGWYG album
RichC | May 9, 2022
Although this is not officially from my 1970s music era, there is something about the Zac Brown Band that I enjoy (as mentioned before). I really doesn’t matter which songs or albums, but the country music southern rock always catches my ear. So for Music Monday this week, here’s “Let It Go” from the 2010 […]
Music Monday: “Early Morning Rain” – Gordon Lightfoot (image) … Can you see it?
RichC | April 4, 2022
Saw this on Twitter last week and initially I was not able to “see” anything (click HERE if you still don’t) … now I cannot UN-SEE it and commented that it reminded me of a singer/songwriter for Music Monday – see headshot. Today’s song is “Early Morning Rain” by Gordon Lightfoot from 1966 … and […]
Music Monday: “Too Late to Turn Back Now” from 1972 by the Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose
RichC | March 7, 2022
"Too Late to Turn Back Now” is a song that older listeners remember well, but often gets lost in the the 1970’s regular play music line-up. It was written by lead singer Eddie Cornelius and performed as a follow up to their debut hit “Treat Her Like a Lady” in 1971. The song rose to […]
Music Monday: @itsMrCross – “I Really Don’t Know Anymore”
RichC | February 28, 2022
Christopher Cross (@itsMrCross) music has a very “yacht rock” sound and it has always attracted my ear. As a college kid, I remember spinning the 1979 Christopher Cross vinyl album (or maybe cassette tape or 8-track) and dreaming whenever I listened to “Sailing.” Three years after that post in the same dreary winter month of […]
Music Monday: Boston – “Rock and Road Band” released in 1976
RichC | February 21, 2022
The song “Rock and Rock Band” by the band Boston was mentioned the other day on a social network exchange between a few automotive friends … and I couldn’t help but comment to them that Boston by Boston was “debatably the best rock album ever made” (although that could have been my age speaking)? Anyway […]
Music Monday: Beach Boys “Surfin’ USA” – Huarache Sandals
RichC | February 7, 2022
The song “Surfin’ USA” and the group “The Beach Boys” may be a bit before my time, but the California beach-loving sound and escapism definitely are not. And who doesn’t love Beach Boys music and remembering (ok, ‘imagining’) a simpler life when music, surfing, beaches, cars and girls were the only things on your mind? […]
Music Monday: Men at Work – “Down Under” from 1981
RichC | January 17, 2022
With Australia in the news these last few months due to strict COVID19 protocols on vaccinations, it reminded me that although we in the United States see Australia, New Zealand and Canada as sibling countries, like our US states, they have different thoughts on state control and individual liberty. Travelers beware. BUT … this isn’t […]
Music Monday: Supertramp – It’s Raining again
RichC | January 10, 2022
Once again, it is surprising that with all the 1970s Music Monday songs and groups highlighted over the years on MDB, the English rock band Supertramp has only been included once for “Breakfast in America” .. hm? So here’s a link to co-founder Roger Hodgson, formally of Supertramp, and their well known 1982 song (with […]
Music Monday: Claire Dunn singing “Salt and Lime”
RichC | January 3, 2022
Since it is a brand New Year, I wanted to break out of my nostalgic 1970’s Music Mondays habit and at least mention one song from the current decade that I enjoy. That means going with a recent listen from Clare Dunn — “Salt and Lime” from 2020. Claire Dunn – “Salt and […]
Not the Christ you want, but the Christ you need
RichC | December 24, 2021
It is not easy to follow Christ, but His teachings, AND gift of salvation, are what we sinners need. Then He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.” – Matthew 4:19 While mailing out our Christmas cards, decorating our Christmas tree and reflecting on this past year, I listened […]
Messages on the Echo and crazy-faced granddaughter photos
RichC | December 19, 2021
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Music Monday: One big 1970’s hit for Chairmen of the Board
RichC | December 13, 2021
Music in the late 1960s and early 1970s ran the gambut when it came to what sound and song might become a hit. The soul group Chairmen of the Board had a number 3 hit in 1970 titled “Give Me Just a Little More Time” and it featured the “quirky hiccup-ladden style” of lead singer […]
Rickie Lee Jones: Her book “Chronicles of an American Troubadour” plus “Chuck E’s in Love” music from 1979
RichC | December 6, 2021
It is not that I’m rushing out to the bookstore or to Amazon to pick up the book“Last Chance Texaco,” by singer/songwriter Rickie Lee Jones, but seeing marketing for the book the other day reminded me of yet another vinyl album lost to the flooded basement a few years ago. In the late 1970s in […]
Music Monday: “Have You Ever Seen the Rain” – CCR
RichC | November 29, 2021
My lunchtime of late has become somewhat predictable and routine. About 11:45 I open the SiriusXM app on my iPhone, tune into Ch 113 the final minutes of the Varney & Co program on Fox Business. That timing usually catches Stu Varney’s Q & A with contributors and/or the always desultory trivia segment. I’ll fix […]
Music Monday: An Ohio State Football win and the Sloopy Girl
RichC | November 22, 2021
Katelyn, Drew, Megan and Taylor (and a few more Oostras!) enjoyed last Saturday afternoon in Columbus watching Ohio State demolish the “then” #7-ranked Michigan State Spartans. It was shocking to see how dominate the Buckeyes were as they scored practically every time they took possession of the football, but then again it was at the […]
Music Monday: 1970s Orchestra music and “Nadia’s Theme”
RichC | October 18, 2021
Last week I heard Nadia’s Theme playing on SiriusXM 70s on 7 while driving and it brought back memories of listening to Henry Mancini’s orchestra as well as the 1976 recording by Perry Botkin Jr and Barry DeVorzon. Hearing the music isn’t exactly the same as the quoted comment below the break … or of […]
Music Monday: Michael W. Smith — Worship Forever
RichC | September 20, 2021
Timed with a new album release, Fox News – Fox and Friends had a promo segment with Michael W. Smith. He discussed his ministry and music and highlighted a video of him singing live, back by a full symphony orchestra (always impressive). It triggered me to purchase his new Worship Forever album (released 9/10/2021). For […]
Books: Katherine Johnson – My Remarkable Journey: A Memoir
RichC | September 19, 2021
One of the more inspiring movies in the last decade or so was that based on the career of Katherine Johnson called “Hidden Figures” in 2016. It was compelling enough and about NASA and the Apollo space program that when I spotted the book “My Remarkable Journey: A Memoir” by Katherine Johnson, Joylette Hylick and […]
Music Monday: Trying to keep faith in America by listening to Where the Starts and Stripes and Eagles Fly by Aaron Tippin
RichC | September 13, 2021
It is no secret that President Biden was never going to be a politician I could support, but it is shocking to watch him move our country in such a wrong direction and continue to make terrible decisions. The botched exit from Afghanistan on the 20th anniversary of 9/11 was just another poor decision from […]
Music Monday: Carly Simon singing “Anticipation” #video
RichC | September 6, 2021
Since making my own rules is one of the advantages of posting to my own blog, this week’s Music Monday tune is a redux from early in 2017 … but this time with live video and included lyrics (below). There was something more than just enjoying Carly Simon singing Anticipation (or the 1979 Heinz Tomato […]
Music Monday: Replacing our Driveway Blues, or close to it
RichC | August 23, 2021
Removing old concrete before prepping for gravel, forms and new pour Disturbing … that is about all I can say when including “The Driveway Song” by Matt Farley for Music Monday. Shockingly the guy whose number of bands and “acts” have “exceeded 70” according to Wikipedia, is not one of my normal 1970s bands or […]
Music Monday: The Coasters, “Yakety Yak” and an aviation tweet
RichC | August 16, 2021
Every once in a while something I read or see will trigger a music related memory or Music Monday thought … or in today’s case … a social media tweet triggered a song. One of the aviation oriented people I follow on Twitter (Skies-of-Glory) regularly share airplane photos and post “yak” … and I immediately […]
Music Monday: Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
RichC | August 9, 2021
Who doesn’t appreciate the music from the band Chicago (or should I say originally Chicago Transit Authority)? Unless you grew up with the vinyl album versions of hits, I doubt this 1969 version of “Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?” will sound familiar. That’s because there is a minute and a half piano […]
Dennis Gartman and his thoughts on Cryptocurrency Investing
RichC | August 8, 2021
Dennis Gartman comments on cryptocurrency (August 3, 2021) and whether or not he is investing in a “Tinker Bell effect” asset. The 3-minute segment with Dagen McDowell was on the Fox Business program “Mornings with Maria.” Dennis Gartman on Crypto – 3-min | 8/3/2021 Dennis Gartman has been directly involved in the Capital […]
Will this pair of Sperry boat shoes last for the rest of my life?
RichC | August 7, 2021
Besides making one of those “senior moment” gaffes by switching my mini split HVAC unit accidentally from AC to “HEAT” (I was roasting in my office), I bought a new pair of shoes after being disappointed in the cheaply made pair that I bought last year. Those that read this blog know that I’ve been […]
Music Monday: The Guess Who and “No Time” #video
RichC | August 2, 2021
The old Canadian bands keep coming up on MyDesultoryBlog and The Guess Who is on tap for today’s Music Monday. The 1970 hit “No Time” was the collaboration of the bands founder and guitarist Randy Bachman and lead vocalist Burton Cummings … who by the way will be touring “Together Again” this year (2021). It […]
Music Monday: “Then Came You” recorded by Dionne Warwick and The Spinners in 1974
RichC | July 26, 2021
It is difficult not to include R&B music when thinking about music from the 1970s (or 60s for that matter). While listening to JJ Walker on SiriusXM’s 70s on 7 this past week, I found myself tapping my toe while listening to a Dionne Warwick and The Spinners song “Then Came You” from 1974 for […]
Music Monday: Summer music listening with Yacht Rock Radio
RichC | July 12, 2021
Warm breezy summer weather (ok, HOT at the moment) and SiriusXM’s Yacht Rock Radio go together well. I find myself tuning in channel 70 for those quick jaunts to the store, etc. This past week the Paul Davis song "I Go Crazy” triggered fond memories as do most songs from the 1970s. After taking a […]
Music Monday: Don McLean performing “Crossroads” live
RichC | July 5, 2021
The lifelong troubadour Don McLean has been mentioned once or twice before, although more for his iconic song American Pie than his music career. Don McLean – “American Pie” But … by chance, heard a recent live recording of Don McLean performing his song “Crossroads” on YouTube just accompanied by piano (Tony Migliore) […]
Another Music Monday TV theme song from an in-my-opinion effective Applebee’s commercial with “Cheers” intro
RichC | June 21, 2021
Earlier this month for Music Monday, The sitcom “Welcome Back Kotter” theme song was mentioned as an Applee’s Grill and Bar post-pandemic reopening commercial. There was a second commercial, equally effective in-my-opinion using the “Cheers” TV sitcom intro song “Where Everybody Knows Your Name.” Another catchy ad that has me thinking about going out to […]
Music Monday: B.T.O. – Roll On Down The Highway
RichC | June 14, 2021
Once again, Music Monday highlights another 1970s Canadian rock and roll band and a song from the greatest music decade (IMHO). HA! If you’re not turning up the volume or moving in some way when listening to this song, you’re probably not alive. Anyway the bumper music on a business news show triggered the Bachman-Turner-Overdrive […]
Music Monday: a commercial for Applebees, John Sebastian, Television themes songs and Welcome Back Kotter (1975-1979)
RichC | June 7, 2021
As the COVID19 pandemic has dissipated in most of the US … I’ve been seeing restaurants running television advertising that coaxes people back to “in-person” dining. An effective one (although haven’t gone yet) is one for Applebee’s Grill and Bar using the John Sebastian theme for a 1975-1979 TV sitcom called “Welcome Back Kotter.” The […]
Jimmy Buffett in Delray Beach & automotive pandemic insanity
RichC | June 3, 2021
While Brenda enjoys binge-watching a favorite TV series or whatever in the evenings after work, I escape with some reading or by streaming news to my Aftershokz Aeropex or flipping through a favorite SiriusXM music channel, or all three! . Tuesday night was a special treat in finding Jimmy Buffett’s 2021 post-pandemic first concert in […]
Music Monday: “Signs” by Five Man Electric Band (1971)
RichC | May 24, 2021
A photo posted last week on Twitter by Trey Joens had me remembering a 1971 song by the Five Man Electric Band: “Signs.” I didn’t remember the Canadian rock group or their previous early 1960s name The Staccatos … or knew they were still actively performing, but I definitely remembered the song when I saw […]
Music Monday: The Beach Boys, “Fun, Fun, Fun” and some R & R
RichC | May 3, 2021
It was a week of R and R for us with some sun and fun, so for Music Monday what better music than The Beach Boys and Fun, Fun, Fun from 1964. Brian Wilson and Mike Love wrote the song based on a party inspired by the events of Dennis Wilson. It was originally song […]
Music Monday: The Foundations – “Build Me Up Buttercup”
RichC | April 26, 2021
A British soul band that was popular with a few late 1960s hits was popular before most of my music listening. The group was The Foundations and one of their hits was “Build Me Up Buttercup” released in 1968. It came across my radar in a Geico insurance television commercial a week or so ago […]
Music Monday: Paul Simon (and Art Garfunkel) – Kodachrome
RichC | April 5, 2021
Last week on Music Monday the subject was Kodachrome and how an automotive social networking site that archives slides and one of Cripple Creek, Colorado that triggered a musical memory for me. After mentioning it to Brenda, she asked, “What is Kodachrome?” It never occurred to me those unfamiliar with film photography would not know […]
Music Monday: The Band and Kodachrome photography
RichC | March 29, 2021
Last week while talking with a couple car enthusiasts about old cars, old photos and photography, one of the guys mentioned an online social feed that posts Kodachrome images of old vintage car scenes. While sifting through a couple slides, I saw one of small town Cripple Creek, Colorado which trigged a music memory. Since […]
Music Monday: More Than a Feeling – Boston 1976
RichC | March 22, 2021
For this week’s Music Monday, mentioning the band Boston and their debut album of the same name triggers memories. Fond thoughts aside, the title song “More Than a Feeling,” is long overdue music for MyDesultoryBlog. It is definitely on the top-ten list for both Brenda and me and triggers memories of our youth … particularly […]
Music Monday: North of the U.S. border with The Guess Who
RichC | March 15, 2021
You might be forgiven not to know that the 1970 song “American Woman” (and album) was by a Canadian rock band … The Guess Who. According to Wikipedia, the Winnipeg, Manitoba garage band “originated as Chad Allan and the Reflections in 1962, and adopted the name The Guess Who in 1965.” Since they performed “before […]
Music Monday: Johnny Nash recorded “I Can See Clearly Now”
RichC | March 8, 2021
Who doesn’t enjoy the smooth reggae influenced 1972 song “I Can See Clearly Now” recorded by the late Johnny Nash (1940-2020). It was enjoyed by my parents as well as my generation … and likely is still appreciated by today’s current generation? Personally I never gave much thought to the many recording artists over the years […]
Music Monday: Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show video. Yikes!
RichC | March 1, 2021
There are some 1970s songs that I’ve listened to and heard again and again over the years, but never really given much thought to what the band might have looked like performing on stage? Dr. Hook (& the Medicine Show) happens to be one of them … and I didn’t follow the group or know […]
Music Monday: The Marshall Tucker Band – “Can’t You See”
RichC | February 22, 2021
The Marshall Tucker Band was one of my favorite groups in the 1970s and I mentioned them before. I was a big fan of modern country music as it inched towards what we know as southern rock. It really made inroads into popular music in the 1970s and had staying power unlike the trendy stuff […]
Desultory - des-uhl-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee
- lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation.
- digressing from or unconnected with the main subject; random: a desultory remark.