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  • Blue Titles {Episode 5}

    Top 25 -> 13-15 Today has been a beautiful and productive day for me. I have been busting butt to get things done and this is the last on my list for today. After this is a hot shower and later on it will be garlic shrimp with filet mignon for supper. The three picks… Continue reading

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  • Another Saturday Morning

    The World’s Still Spinning? Maybe or maybe not, I haven’t decided yet as this is another Saturday morning and coffee isn’t even brewing yet. So first things first, to get the Starbucks cooking! Let’s Roll With It Looked out to see the sun trying to peek on the eastern horizon and thought “Won’t be long… Continue reading

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  • Blue Titles {Episode 4}

    Top 25 – > 10-12 A cold rainy day and no desire to wander outside so I decided I might as well get to the point on this post. Today finds us looking at ten thru twelve on my list of 25 so… #10 – Bob Dylan – Tangled Up in Blue This is why… Continue reading

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  • Blue Titles {Episode 3}

    Top 25 -> 7-9 Another chance for ol’ man winter to come knocking. A cold and rainy day tis is and so I sit here thinking, “Every-time I get up to change the vinyl I get sidetracked on the music I’m posting about.” let me try and get back to the meat and potatoes of… Continue reading

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  • Blue Titles {Episode 2}

    Top 25 – > 4-6 Listening to B.B. Kings Bluesville as we visit my picks 4 thru 6. Something about the blues sits well with me as we discuss blue titles. I don’t associate the blues with just feeling bad, and as I see when doing this I’m not alone. #4 – Mel McDaniel –… Continue reading

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  • Blue Titles {a mini series}

    My Top 25 Favorites As I sit here looking through my albums and listening to Styx, I thought why not incorporate this into a post. Ok, this will not fit into one post so I am going to break it down into a series on “Songs with Blue in the Title”. #1 – Styx –… Continue reading

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  • Smooth Sounds

    A journey into Jazz Spyro Gyra was a band from Buffalo New York who showed their presence in 1974 showcasing the R&B, jazz, pop and funk blend of the talent being unleashed. In 1977 they released Spyro Gyra as their first album independently before signing on with Amherst Records. Amherst re-released the album with a… Continue reading

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  • Honor Roll

    A post to honor my neice’s To all the beautiful ladies in this mixed up world that I am honored to call my “niece”. This is for you! Time & Distance Although we may not talk as often as would be liked, I truly enjoy the time we do get to spend together, along with… Continue reading

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  • Monday Musings

    Good Morning Self Coffee brews silently filling the air with hope and direction. It is supposed to be a beautiful warm spring day @ 61 degrees by 5 p.m. So I come into another day wondering what is next. Ok, coffee is tasting drinkable {Maxwell House} but not exactly flavorful as I am used to… Continue reading

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  • “The Grateful Dead meets Jazz”

    Response Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush My personal favorite band from Canada was formed in 1969 in Montreal Quebec. Front man and founder Frank Marino never got the recognition he deserved but ask anyone who listened to this band in the 1970’s and you will probably hear multiple comparisons to Jimi Hendrix. All I can… Continue reading

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  • Baby It’s Cold Outside

    Tunes for a warmer evening A blast from the past to start this hot list out! This single off of “Double Vision” the bands second album reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in September 1978 after being released in June of that same year. More Fuel on the Fire Loverboy’s third album brought us… Continue reading

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  • The Big Night

    1970 – Lift Off Jeff Lynne, Roy Wood and Bev Bevan lifted Birmingham England up and the rest of the world would soon be on board. Continue reading

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  • Simply Saturday

    Coffee First Woke up early this morning and I am just letting thoughts run through my head on this post. Today’s coffee is good but not quite what I’m used to. Maxwell House just isn’t as strong as I prefer so until I get my lazy butt up and out the door to get my… Continue reading

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  • “WTF?”

    Roll With It Monday morning start up in Southern Michigan and coffee is made. Took all the pills Doc says to so now is the time to kick start the day and get ready to… Continue reading

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  • Motown Memories

    The Rise In 1958 Barry Gordy Jr. had the fortune of meeting a local group called The Miracles and provided songwriting lessons to the leader William “Smokey” Robinson. The ensuing partnership formed the foundation of Motown Records. Motown launched with the Tamla label and Marv Johnson’s “Come to Me”, but “Money (That’s What I Want”)… Continue reading

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