Cybergrass (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
/CMA/ Nashville, TN -- By Randy RudderWith his youthful exuberance and passion for his industry and craft, it's hard to believe that Paul Williams isn't a newcomer to the songwriting world. He has been a pillar in that community for decades, stretching back to the hits he wrote for artists including the Carpenters ("Rainy Days and Mondays," "We've Only Just Begun"), Three Dog Night...
VDARE.com: Blog Articles (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
F. Roger Devlin writes: After mentioning Three Dog Night in my last piece, I got to thinking about whether there were ever any rock-n-roll records about immigration. I believe Led Zeppelin once did an “Immigrant Song,” but it’s not quite what I have in mind. I guess it isn’t the sort of thing that makes people [...]
MSNBC.com: Music (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
"Nothing has really changed between two days ago and today," says Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry, who believes that singer Steve Tyler's intention to take two years off still stands. Joe Perry - Steven Tyler - Guitarist - Singer - Musical ensemble
Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Mark Speese of Plano, chairman and CEO of Rent-A-Center Inc., will receive the Murphy Award on Friday at the BDO Seidman LLP Leadership Luncheon benefiting the University of North Texas Murphy Center for Entrepreneurship.The award is given to an individual who has demonstrated a lifetime commitment to entrepreneurship.The award is given to an individual who has demonstrated a lifetime commitment to...
3:AM Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Don’t loaf about, get a slice of underground lit, it’ll bake your day, the upper crust of outsider writing, the toast of post-beat prose and poetry - and it won’t cost you any dough - sandwiched in November’s Beat the Dust spread you will find Jack Henry, John Dorsey, Steve Finbow, Ford Dagenham, David Blaine, [...]
PowerPop (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Well, it's Friday and you know what that means. Yes, my Oriental Fah Lo Suee and I will be.... In any case, posting by moi will more than likely be sporadic for a little while. But in the meantime, here's another little fun project for us all: Most Memorable Post-Elvis Pop or Rock Song About Getting Away From It All Songs about travel, in other words, or more specifically the specific faraway places...
Vital Signs Blog (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
The first selection for your midweek tea break is one of the very best from the One-Hit Wonder Department, The Left Banke's lovely "Walk Away, Renee." It's a terrific song. And check out the little guy belting out that deep bass voice. Man. The second comes from Three Dog Night. Sure, it's a lip-sync performance but they usually were in the TV performances of that day. The song is "Eli's...
Israelity (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Israel is back on the rock concert map. We’ve seen some truly big names of late: Madonna, Leonard Cohen, Paul McCartney. But there have also been some visits by musicians slightly lower down on the food chain. A few months ago, it was Gilbert O’Sullivan, best known for the saccharine pop ditty Alone Again Naturally. [...]
The Hits Just Keep On Comin' (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
The standard length of a pop song has long been considered three minutes, even though pop songs haven’t consistently been three minutes long for a generation or more. The creep began in the 70s—American Top 40 went from a three-hour show to a four-hour show in October 1978 because the records were getting so long—and [...]
CBC Radio 3 (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
When I hear this tune I feel like I'm suddenly a kid in polyester shorts and a cotton blouse with rick-rack stitched on. My Dad's got one of his records on the stereo and he's blaring it with the windows open. That way he can hear it out where he's painting the fence in cutoffs and a beat-up Co-operators mesh-back hat . This song begins with the kind of rambling guitar part-think C.C.R. -that fits...
The Ghost Town (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
This track is from Danny Hutton who was in charge of Hanna-Barbera Records before joining Three Dog Night. It's a very weird song given the time it came out. You sounds like a lot of records from the British Invasion and has some tight horns and great guitar lick. The vocals on the track really stand out. Hutton releases a soulful croon and then hits some deep notes as he exclaims "Monster Shinnnn...
jimvoorhies.com (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Just to illustrate the awesome power of blogging (It’s my world, and I can do this if I want…) Here’s a few of the tracks of the day from my shuffle: Never Been To Spain (Three Dog Night) Circus (Eric Clapton) Son of a Son of a Sailor (Jimmy Buffett) Crash Into Me (Dave Matthews Band) Save Me (Aretha Franklin) Why [...]
Deep Dish (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
I was a Laura Nyro fan without even knowing it. When I was a kid, I loved listening to "Wedding Bell Blues" by The 5th Dimension, and later as a young man, I discovered more of their groovy music like "Stoned Soul Picnic" and "Sweet Blindness" as well as Three Dog Night's "Eli's Coming" and Barbra Streisand's "Stoney End". It wasn't until I heard Nyro's...
Junta42 blog (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
The following is a guest post courtesy of Russell Sparkman from Fusionspark Media, a new media communications company based in Washington state. I've had the pleasure of working with Russell on a number of projects, most recently their amazingly successful...
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