This morning, as I often do on mornings when I have time, I leisurely perused a number of music blogs that are favorites as I drank my coffee. One of those blogs was Any Major Dude With Half A Heart who, on this particular morning, had posted a regular feature called In Memoriam , paying tribute to those involved in music that had recently passed away. The last thing I expected to find in a music blog by a fellow who had grown up in Germany and is living in South Africa - [...]
The two most notable deaths in August happened on the same day: the 22nd. I've already paid tribute to Nick Ashford (HERE) ; on the same day that great songwriter passed away, Jerry Leiber died. I don't think it's necessary to go into detail about the Leiber & Stoller story other than to say that they had a crucial impact on the development of rock & roll. Leiber was the lyricist, and as such got Elvis Presley to sing the great line in Jailhouse Rock: "Number 47 said to number 3,'You're the cutest [...]
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For most of my life, I rarely remembered my dreams. But over the past several years that has changed, so I get treated to nocturnal shows like last night. The details are hazy, but it involved cereal icon Cap'n Crunch and a talking pig wearing a sweater. The two were in the mariner's apartment discussing his missing dog when the place went up in flames. I think everyone got out safely, but there was something suspicious about that pig and I wouldn't rule out arson. The dream also made me think of an [...]
I think that I had to be sixteen or seventeen before I ever held an electric guitar. It must have been a BC Rich as it belonged to the younger brother of my buddy Beej and younger brother was a metalhead who aspired to join Dave Murray and Adrian Smith in Iron Maiden. The next time I ever held a guitar was a good five years later. A housemate in college, Billy, owned a white '64 Gibson SG. Many nights we'd be hanging out in the living room watching some bad movie on [...]
I had the pleasure - and I sincerely mean, pleasure - of meeting Johnny Cougar Mellencamp back in 1983 (or thereabouts) when he was touring behind American Fool . He was just starting to be huge at the time, touring as an opener for Heart . (I got to meet Nancy Wilson, too, which was a darn fine pleasure, as well. Such a nice lady). JCM was a nice guy in his own right. Still young, with the ruffian-on-video good looks that won him so many lady fans, confident but not cocky, self-effacing but not at [...]
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Running Time : 6:07 I've been looking for an official extended version for this one but I don't think there had been one. I got hold of the multitracks and played around with it. Voila! An Evo-XR treatment for this classic rock track. The part I loved putting together was from 1:10-1:24, then the first verse wherein I took out the snare drum and it just sounded right... well, for me, at least. Hope you enjoy this as much [...]
There are two things you need to know about Carpenter . One: to them, John Cougar Mellencamp is God. And, two: the members of the band are dedicated to promoting issues of sustainable farming and ethical/organic food issues. The band has formed from the ashes of popular punk bands like Daggermouth and All State Champions and are pioneering their own genre dubbed " Farmcore ." This all sounds very serious and [...]
I had the pleasure - and I sincerely mean, pleasure - of meeting Johnny Cougar Mellencamp back in 1983 (or thereabouts) when he was touring behind American Fool . He was just starting to be huge at the time, touring as an opener for Heart . (I got to meet Nancy Wilson, too, which was a darn fine pleasure, as well. Such a nice lady). JCM was a nice guy in his own right. Still young, with the ruffian-on-video good looks that won him so many lady fans, confident but not cocky, self-effacing but not at [...]
Bob Dylan and Friends, which friends include Willie Nelson and, umm, John Mellencamp, will play QuikTrip Field, home of the Grand Prairie Airhogs, August 7, according to the tour schedule on Bob Dylan... Continue reading "Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson And Johnny Cougar Coming To Grand Prairie" >
Long before he reclaimed his name as John Mellencamp, there was an artist named John Cougar, a heartland rocker from Indiana in the vein of Bob Seger who had released a handful of albums in the late '70s to relative indifference from the public. Cougar had managed to hit the Top 40 in 1979 with an ode to frustration called I Need A Lover , but even that success was overshadowed by a version of the song by Pat Benatar. Undaunted, backed by his long-time band and produced by guitarist Steve Cropper (of Booker T. & The [...]
Sometimes, CD reviews seem trite. Also, sometimes, I simply find myself getting pretty bored with the act of writing them. Therefore, I have decided just for fun to curb the rules and write an open letter to the album's creator rather than simply state what I would have done differently and which songs tickled my fancy. That pen pal style prose can be found here: Welcome back Reel Big Fish . It's been a while. I've missed you! What has it been, like four years now? Oh yeah, that's right, you did release an [...]
The Lonesome Jubilee is the ninth album by John Mellencamp, released in 1987. A true classic album and still very contemporary. Check it out! (tmi) Coming up: A Bob Dylan post! 01. Paper and Fire 02. Down and Out in Paradise 03. Check It Out 04. The Real Life 05. Cherry Bomb 06. We Are the People 07. Empty Hands 08. Hard Times for an Honest Man 09. Hotdogs and Hamburgers 10. Rooty Toot Toot
Some Days It's Tough To Remember All The Things We Have To Be Thankful For I Guess i'll Be Thankful You stopped By... I Know I Haven't In A While... Been Busy , But I am definitely too blessed to stay stressed... My favorite crap activity last... visit for more mp3's & random revelations
First things first. Thanks to the 80 billion people who let me know that Boymerang is the name of a producer and not the name of the remix. Still doesn't change the fact that it's a fucking awful name. Anyways, I have so much stuff to get through that I completely abandoned the idea of themed posts and will just be throwing stuff up randomly for the next month or so. I have so much acid house right now that if I dedicated myself solely to that genre I'd be on it for weeks - and I don't [...]
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PopWreck(oning)
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