RichC | September 21, 2020
There are a handful of songs that bring tears of pride to my eyes and goosebumps to my arms in reflecting just how blessed we are to be living in the United States of America. Aaron Tippin, Kenny Beard and Casey Beathard’s country song “Where the Stars and Stripes and the Eagle Fly” is one […]
RichC | September 14, 2020
In keeping up with archiving the Jimmy Buffett COVID19 “stay-at-home” series of recording during the summer of 2020, here’s another old one … although to me, I remember it like yesterday. “The Wino and I Know“ was the first song on side B of his 1974 Living and Dying in 3/4 Time album.
RichC | September 7, 2020
Everybody knows it and everybody has “[I]Heard It Through The Grapevine” (at least the 1968 single version by Marvin Gaye)… but not everybody has listened to the full 11 minutes of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s interpretation from their 1970 album, Cosmo’s Factory. Of course neither were the the first to record the Motown Records song … […]
RichC | August 31, 2020
Brenda started to sing along to a song that was on in the intro or background of a movie or TV show were were watching a couple weeks ago (don’t recall the show). I looked over and asked, “How do you remember this song … it was before our time?” She replied that she thought […]
RichC | August 24, 2020
Oh how the simplest humor can trigger a music flashback, at least for me! I’m not sure everyone’s brain operates like this, but the song Under Pressure from 1981/82 by Queen, and the late great David Bowie, is the first thing that came to mind when seeing the above image. Feeling Under Pressure? Perhaps you […]
RichC | August 18, 2020
We are really enjoying the time we have to stay around home this summer amidst Coronavirus concerns … although Brenda has never stopped going to work … she works in an “essential business” — pharmacy. We certainly enjoyed having Katelyn, Drew, Annalyn and Ellerie to our house for a mini-vacation for several days earlier this […]
RichC | August 17, 2020
This week’s Music Monday was a bit before my listening time, but since my buddy Mark Jones has been hunting down “vinyl” albums from back in the day to play on his new Crosley record player and sent me a couple of his latest finds. The Righteous Brothers were probably listened to more my my […]
RichC | August 10, 2020
The song Walk With You is being included today to highlight Ringo Starr, but who can really separate him (or Paul McCartney for that matter) from The Beatles? Walk With You is a collaboration song released as a single from Ringo Starr’s 2010 studio album. According to Songfacts, it was also used as Starr’s entry […]
RichC | August 3, 2020
It is not like I haven’t included Jimmy Buffett on a Music Monday before, but this video is unique in that it was recorded last month as part of a Facebook interview (as part whole #StayAtHome but still keeping busy during the Coronavirus shutdowns). No matter your COVID19 thoughts, listening to Jimmy Buffett singing his […]
RichC | July 27, 2020
Once again, I can’t help but to revisit some music of my youth … although it helps when regularly reminded by listening to the SiriusXM station The Bridge which plays regularly from the patio Echo connected patio speakers. The top ten hit Time Passages recorded by Al Stewart in 1978 played while I was sitting […]
RichC | July 20, 2020
Glen Campbell was one of the few entertainers in my lifetime that has made a huge impact on peers and is deserving of the accolades for making the most of his talent. I stumbled on a Jimmy Webb (songwriter/composer) Wichita Lineman link <—worth a listen – this past week that reminded me of many late Glen […]
RichC | July 13, 2020
Last weekend, while on Facebook catching up on family goings-on, Mary Chapin Carpenter had a live chat as quite a few musicians have been doing. The video conversation she had with fans from her front porch reminded me of the 1980s when listening to a bit more Country and Folk music as that genre gained […]
RichC | July 6, 2020
When picking a song to highlight for Music Monday, it is often the “what I didn’t know” that seems the most interesting. For anyone who grew up with music from the 1970s, songs by the Carpenters was on almost every radio station you could tune. When it came to music that was accepted by nearly […]
RichC | June 29, 2020
After mentioning and listening to my friend’s “vinyl” version of Bread’s album Baby I’m-a Want You last week when visiting, I thought why not a sampling for Music Monday? So here’s the cover song from the 1972 album and a sampling of just how mellow SOME music in the 1970s could be. Brenda and I […]
RichC | June 22, 2020
While backing up and updating one of my servers last week, I noticed an hour long recording saved on another data server, but I never used it or mentioned in a Music Monday post. Live Studio Mic .. “Hey David” Some of this Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young recording was obviously live […]
RichC | June 15, 2020
There’s no stopping now … I’m stuck in a rut and listening to Van Morrison about as much as I’ve listened to Jackson Browne. Here are two classics from the mp3 archive without the normal bloviating from me. Van Morrison Tupelo Honey Van Morrison Into the […]
RichC | June 8, 2020
If you are like me, or a friend who commented on my including a bit more from Van Morrison for Music Monday a couple weeks ago, hearing even a little more music from him is not a problem. Below is a great 10 minute set Ballerina/Move On Up in a live appearance from the Hollywood […]
RichC | June 1, 2020
The older I get, the more I gravitate to the music of Sir George Ivan “Van” Morrison. I’ve posted his songs a few times before on Music Monday before and often think about the comment that surgeons listen to “Into the Mystic” while in the operating room – kind of interesting, eh? But perhaps its […]
RichC | May 18, 2020
If you’ve followed MyDesultoryBlog for any time now, you’ve noticed Music Monday often includes songs from Jackson Browne. If there is one “go-to” Pandora channel I call-up and listen to, it is Jackson Browne Radio. I say “call-up” because even before this “no-touch” Coronavirus time, I’ve been using Alexa to play music. Recently I updated […]
RichC | May 11, 2020
One of posts that once received a lot of traffic on my blog was Jacob Tolliver playing a piano in an Ohio hardware store several years ago. The Facebook embed was taken down, but I reposted the video from YouTube last year. I must not have been the only one who appreciates watching those with […]
RichC | April 27, 2020
After hearing Tiny Dancer by Elton John a couple weeks ago and thinking about my granddaughter Annalyn “prancing and dancing” for us on a recent FaceTime video chat, I noted it as an appropriate Music Monday post. I think the songs of a person’s youth are the ones that form the strongest memory impact for […]
RichC | April 20, 2020
Zac Brown Band – “Free” | 2008 It is hard not to eventually include the 2008 song “Free” by the American country music group Zac Brown Band on Music Monday (previous post). I love the bit on the Inspiration for this song: Zac and his band decided to climb Mount Warning during a trip […]
RichC | April 13, 2020
My friend Jeff, who is working from home due to COVID19, asked if Pandora was now free? (I hinted at that yesterday) I wasn’t sure, even though I often tune in a Pandora stream on our Alexa Echo devices. I couldn’t recall if there had been ads recently, but thought, “if they are still adding […]
RichC | April 6, 2020
Normally this post would be titled “Music Monday,” but since Henry Mancini’s Pink Panther Theme is often played as “elevator music,” I’m changing the subject line to Muzak Monday. The Pink Panther Theme is also a favorite for those who enjoyed Inspector Jacques Clouseau films or just enjoyed listening to fun music played by a […]
RichC | March 30, 2020
Neil Diamond sings “Sweet Caroline” with updated lyric for safety during Covid-19 pandemic. Stay safe out there!
RichC | March 23, 2020
Our current Ohio “stay-at-home” order due to the Coronavirus has me thinking that a few lines from the Band On The Run lyrics are fitting for our current #socialdistancing situation. I for one have found myself wanting to “go someplace” or to get in the car just to get out of the house. Brenda suggested […]
RichC | March 16, 2020
Back to the 70s for this week’s music pick… 1977 the year of my high school graduation to be more precise. While trying to sooth my soul last week after the coronavirus news and stock market crash I tried to relax by listening to SiriusXm “The Bridge” and felt my blood pressure drop a little […]
RichC | March 9, 2020
There has always been a part of me that enjoyed looking at the night sky … perhaps it is the “want-to-be” sailor in me or just growing up with space exploration? Studying the night sky really was never a passion until Katelyn took an interest in space (Space Camp, NASA Sharp, Astronomy as a hobby) […]
RichC | March 2, 2020
Simply said – repeatedly – Get Together or Let’s Get Together for Music Monday. After watching the shenanigans in Washington DC these past few years with everything from the resistance to the election of President Donald Trump, to the constant stream of investigations that ending in an impeachment trial … failure of our elected representatives […]
RichC | February 24, 2020
After last week’s outstanding Daytona500 pre-race festivities and the fitting musical performance by Darius Rucker, the “Years Ago On This Day” post from “The Greatest Auto Race – NOT the Daytona 500” from 2006’s appeared. Attached to it was one of my earlier video streaming attempts of the Bonjovi pre-race performance. What a great Music […]
RichC | February 17, 2020
Although this may have been included this Music Monday song on MyDesultoryBlog before, seeing it in a recent commercial has me pondering living life in a balanced way. I’ve always been a planner and an advocate of the Boy Scouts “Be Prepared” motto… but sometimes that can get in the way. The older I get, […]
RichC | February 10, 2020
It is impossible to resist eventually including a Music Monday oldie called … wait for it, “Monday Monday” by The Mamas and The Papas from 1966. Likely I heard this on my mom’s AM radio station the first time, but obviously it is a classic so it is often played on every oldies station around. […]
RichC | January 27, 2020
Last week I was exchanging jabs back and forth with my best friend Jeff (in photo on right) and realized it has been nearly 40 years since I took this photo. He was sitting in the kitchen of our Ada, Ohio apartment playing chess with one of my roommates, Jerry Moody (on left). The photo […]
RichC | January 20, 2020
More than a few of us have contemplated just what it would take to see as many U.S. National Parks in our lifetime (and Canadian National Parks for me). Likely, very few of us will accomplish the lofty ambition, but then as I recently mentioned to my daughter who enjoys tying visits and hikes in […]
RichC | January 13, 2020
While Freddy Fender was not on my music palate back in the 1970s, it is hard not to recognize his timeless music … so for today’s Music Monday AND semi-painful iMac macOS postponed update to Apple’s Catalina here’s the 1975 song, Wasted Days And Wasted Nights. For those who maintain computers and struggle to know […]
RichC | January 6, 2020
Likely most who grew up listening to music in the 1970s remember the late Warren Zevon and his Excitable Boy album. The first song that comes to my mind is Werewolves of London (sharing on this decades first Music Monday post below) … but some may remember Lawyers, Guns and Money as well? I was […]
RichC | December 30, 2019
Here’s a #7 hit in 1977 (which has me thinking of American Top 40 and Casey Kasem) way back in the year I graduated high school. The song was “I Go Crazy” song by Paul Davis, who “looks like one of the Allman Brothers” as the late Ricky Nelson comments at the beginning of the […]
RichC | December 23, 2019
Pre-posting this Music Monday post a bit early since Brenda’s sister and her family will be visiting on their way to Cleveland from Atlanta. We always look forward to seeing Ann and Gary with their two girls Jessica and Sarah; it give us a chance to catch up on their life (Brenda grills the girls […]
RichC | December 16, 2019
While struggling to get into the Christmas spirit and still grumbling about my cracked windshield … and ridiculously high prices on a scarce few Christmas trees this year (I’m late in finding one) … I did turn on some holiday music. Whew … I’m feeling a little better. James Taylor – Winter Wonderland […]
RichC | December 9, 2019
The perfect Music Monday song for early December is one that moves me mentally to a warm tropical island … Bertie Higgins and Just Another Day in Paradise is that song for today (his website: BertieHiggins.com). Ah … memories of sailing Brenich with Brenda in the 1980s … or just staying warm nowadays! 😉 […]
RichC | November 25, 2019
This is going to be a quirky Music Monday post in that I had no idea that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and UK Music Hall of Fame pop singer Dusty Springfield recorded the original theme song for a 1970’s favorite show The Six Million Dollar Man. Hm? After listening to the original […]
RichC | November 18, 2019
In keeping with my steady diet of 1970s music for Music Monday, last week Little River Band’s Cool Change from 1979 triggered a “wish I were sailing” thought just as it did when I was in college. I recall listening to their albums on the turntable regularly in our dorm room and off campus apartment, […]
RichC | November 11, 2019
Although Veterans Day was originally known as Armistice Day and Remembrance Day (Poppy Day – I still remember wearing them) marking the end of World War I on the 11th hour of the 11th month on the 11th day, we in the US observe and honor all who have served in the United States Armed […]
RichC | November 4, 2019
It is hard to believe that Seals and Crofts has not been mentioned on Music Monday? They were one of my favorites harmony groups back on the 1970s … but yes I did include their 1973 Summer Breeze Live version and 1972 Summer Breeze recorded version pre-Music Monday though. After hearing Get Closer from 1976 […]
RichC | October 28, 2019
In keeping with the vacation post of the last few days, here’s one more leftover that stuck with me: The movie and theme song for, An Officer and a Gentleman (1982). The song is Up Where We Belong written by Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sanite-Marie and Will Jennings and was recorded by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes […]
RichC | October 7, 2019
While listening to SiriusXM last week, I heard Aerosmith and Sweet Emotion that triggered high school memories for me (and another 1970 song from Music Monday). I was never an Aerosmith fan or listener of hard rock and roll music, but it was the music of many of my peers and like most transplanted high […]
RichC | September 30, 2019
One has to appreciate just how easy it is to get a wide selection of music nowadays, whether it is Pandora, Spotify, SiriusXM, Apple, Amazon or Google Music. All stream great content and wide selections … not to mention the 1000s of streaming radio services. It it a huge change from the era of bootleg […]
RichC | September 9, 2019
Couldn’t help but to remember Dionne Warwick singing the Burt Bacharach song “Do You Know the Way to San Jose” when sharing the Tax Foundation map highlighting the most expensive (and least expensive) places in America. No surprise, San Jose, California was the most expensive. Of course the music stayed with me and I just […]
RichC | September 2, 2019
All too often lately I’m reminded that the memories I have as a boy growing up are seen as being from “the olden days.” An article in this past month’s WSJ highlighted the beloved Gordon Lightfoot, a Canadian folk singer and songwriter who’s work spans many decades. His music was enjoyed and listened to by […]
RichC | July 29, 2019
There are few female actress/singers as internationally admired by young and old, male or female than Olivia Newton-John in the 1970s. I don’t think there was anyone on the planet that did not enjoy her acting and music … or if you were a young boy in those day, have a crush on her. She […]
RichC | July 22, 2019
What would summer be without Jimmy Buffett music and cheeseburgers? How about remembering summer fun with Jimmy Buffett‘s Cheeseburger in Paradise song from back in 1978 with a relatively new personal connection twist? Besides me being a nearly life long listener, this past year or so I have another connection to Buffett as mentioned before. […]
RichC | July 15, 2019
Heard this one-hit-wonder this past week and thought it would make a great addition for Music Monday. The once Bay City Roller members, David Paton and Billy Lyall, formed the group Pilot in 1973 and in 1975 “Magic” hit the charts.
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 […]
RichC | June 24, 2019
From an elementary school music teacher to international fame and success … Sheryl Crow lives the life most aspiring actors and musicians ambitiously dream to see. Like most Americans who enjoy the “small town girl making it big” story, I love seeing people in this country achieve the American Dream; there is something special about […]
RichC | June 17, 2019
This past weekend was rainy and stormy, but I was still able to squeeze in a few yard chores – even got the front lawn mowed before the BIG storms hit. We even had tornado sirens wailing on Saturday night as tornados hit in Indiana before making an appearance (so says radar) just south of […]
RichC | June 3, 2019
Happy Anniversary Brenda, a couple of days early. Generally, I associate the band Journey with “my” 1970’s music that is often included for a Music Monday post, but in the case of the recording “Faithfully,” it was released the year Brenda and I were married in 1982, not officially 70s (this is off their 8th […]
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 […]
RichC | May 20, 2019
Whenever I hear the Doobie Brothers, I can’t help but think about being back in high school and listening to my high school pep band at basketball games (while I was behind the basket shooting photos for the paper). Several songs were regularly played as I recall … China Grove, Listen to the Music and […]
RichC | May 13, 2019
Having posted songs from the Allman Brothers Band and Gregg Allman a few times before, it was surprising not to have included a Music Monday “Ramblin’ Man” post? So instead of a vinyl single to mp3 (recorded 1972 – release 1973), how about a live YouTube live video from November of 1972 at Hofstra University […]
RichC | May 6, 2019
Although I haven’t listed to NPR’s Morning Edition for a long time, I am sad to see their old theme give way to a new supposedly fresher version. You be the judge. New Theme: Here’s the old theme: Old NPR Morning Edition Theme (mp3) | recording from 2006
