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Freddy Jones Band - One World
An old favorite from my Lawrence days.
If you lost all of your obsessions
Could you part or would you cling to your possesions
I believe in a sweet imagination
An open road paved by inspiration
McCoy Tyner - Good Morning Heartache
This one usually leaves me weeping from the sheer beauty of it.
Sometimes...
Here’s a nice feel good groove.
The Brand New Heavies — Sometimes, from Shelter. This one is with Siedah Garrett on vocals replacing N’Dea Davenport.
How to Strike a Latin Percussion Instrument Correctly
Anyone (Mark Searcy) remember this from 1981?
Percussion break at 1:55 would’ve wrecked your Walkman.
Santana — American Gypsy from Zebop!
Thou Shalt Shake Thine Ass
Way back when in New Jersey I bought Funky Kinsgston by Toots & The Maytals. I was 13 years old, 1973. Rocked. My. World. Before Kansas. Before drum corps taught me there was a name for “rim shot.”
The Way I Discover Music
Way it works is all the cool kids know about it before it’s even released. Then everybody else finds out about it. Then there is the cool kid backlash because it’s old news. Then seven years later I trip over it because I’m looking for some geeky code snippet or something.
Here’s “Blue Diamonds” by The Long Winters.
Check Mr. Popeye
A Popeye sort of day today. Here’s a favorite that all you old Jersey rockers might know. Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes…
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