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 […]
RichC | 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 […]
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 […]
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) […]
RichC | 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
RichC | 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 […]
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 […]
RichC | 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.”
RichC | 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) […]
RichC | May 3, 2021
PLACEHOLDER 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 […]
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 […]
RichC | 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 […]
RichC | 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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
RichC | February 15, 2021
Well I’m still stuck in the 1970s for today’s Music Monday, but this time it is some jazz rock from the group Steely Dan … and band leaders Donald Fagan and Walter Becker. I can still see myself (a bit younger and uncertain of the future) hanging out with my college roommates in the dorm […]
RichC | 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 […]
RichC | February 1, 2021
No, I’m not purposefully moving out of my 1970s Music Monday comfort zone (rut) in selecting today’s 1993 Irish alternative rock song “Linger,” but enjoyed the music by The Cranberries enough while painting in the basement a couple weekends ago. I was playing Pandora on the Home Theater screen and sound system while working and […]
RichC | January 25, 2021
A few years ago (2013 and 2014), I mentioned that a talented classmate of mine from high school in Sidney performs regularly with the Lexington Lab Band. They play music that I enjoy and so will include a new video for Music Monday this week, but if you like their music be sure to check […]
RichC | January 18, 2021
I’ve always enjoyed the Ohio-founded group called Pure Prairie League and most of their albums, as well as the other groups from their era who blended popular rock with the country music sound (including NGDB). For Music Monday this week, I’ll included a couple song with the great Vince Gill just as he was getting […]
RichC | January 11, 2021
Every year, in trying to get out of my 1970’s Music Monday rut, I say that I’m going to try something new. So to keep January 2021 going with that same resolution for Music Monday, I’m listening to Iron & Wine thanks to No Shoes Radio on SiriusXM. This weekend I’ve been listening to Sam […]
RichC | January 4, 2021
Maybe it is because it is winter … or maybe I’m just in the mood to be a pirate … but Kenny Chesney and his “Pirate Song” has me thinking about warmer weather, being unplugged, sailboats, beaches and being free. Perhaps that’s what Music Monday thinking is all about? Kenny Chesney – Pirate Song “Anyone […]
RichC | December 28, 2020
The novelty song Coconut (1971) my Harry Nilsson from the early 1970s never fails to make my wife Brenda smile … as she sings along having memorized the lyrics when she was a young girl (shocked at how much “coconut” comes up? ). I’m actually grinning now visualizing her singing … “Doctor …” 😀 So […]
RichC | December 21, 2020
For the baby boomer generation, the mellow voices of Karen and Richard Carpenter were a perfect match for classic Christmas holiday music. I recall watching several television specials over the years with them (although suspect my parents were the ones who selected the shows?). No doubt, MomC and DadC would have preferred Bing Crosby or […]
RichC | December 14, 2020
I should be playing Christmas music or doing something more productive with my evening rather than sitting back writing this and listening to 1970’s music (although we did finish our abbreviated and “break” from writing our tradition letter). Those shortcomings aside, I couldn’t help editing down a 4 minute 36 second segment of a “Jam Session” […]
RichC | 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 […]
RichC | November 16, 2020
There’s not a more fitting song to wind down the record-breaking hurricane season … and 2020 in general for that matter … than listening to a live recording of Jimmy Buffett’s “Trying to Reason with the Hurricane Season.” This Music Monday song was written back in early 1970s and has been played time and time […]
RichC | November 9, 2020
The music of the late Gerry Rafferty hasn’t appeared on Music Monday and I’m disappointed not to have yet included him in my heavily 70’s mix of musicians. Having to pick one song out for today’s listening is a challenge, but “Days Gone Down” (Night Owl) is a good one since it triggers a memory […]
RichC | November 2, 2020
Music Monday has highlighted the recently passed Jerry Jeff Walker before who is an old favorite of mine … especially when I had a bit more twang in my music taste. His Texas style and somewhat tropical folk sound assisted many a listener to quiet their weary souls. I favored his recordings with other artists […]
RichC | October 26, 2020
If the Edgar Winter Group performing “Free Ride” doesn’t make you at minimum tap your toe or move some part of your body a little bit … then I suspect your life is near its end. The song and group are just another in the long Music Monday list from the 1970s. That’s not to […]
RichC | October 19, 2020
While I was only going to mention the album recording of “Upside Down,” I happend to see the official .mp4 video online and figured it was even better than just listening, so here it is for Music Monday! 😊 Whenever I’m in Florida, I always enjoy listening to Radio Margaritaville. Some Jack Johnson music was […]
RichC | October 12, 2020
Some of the best songs of a generation or music decade are the ones that make you feel good … or “groovy.” The 59th Street Bridge Song by folk music duo Simon and Garfunkel from the 1960s was one of those. To be sure, it was a tumultuous decade to be growing up, but it […]
RichC | October 5, 2020
While reminiscing this past weekend while cleaning and reorganizing (more Thursday for #TBT) … our old wooden ladder made me think of Jimmy Buffett’s 1974 album A1A and the John Sebastian song “Stories We Could Tell.” Stories We Could Tell Jimmy Buffett | 1974 In my early days of music […]
RichC | September 28, 2020
It’s likely the politics and social unrest from a decade of racial tension, the Vietnam quagmire and the impeachment, then resignation, of disgraced President over his involvement and cover-up in Watergate was as upsetting to Americans in the early 1970s as events are today. As as young student the politics of the day should have […]
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 […]
