A buck here, a buck there – it adds up: Become a Patron! Keeping the Americana theme going tonight with a portion of a concert given in Amsterdam by the sadly neglected, maligned and overlooked Moby Grape. Recorded by VPRO (the Pop Music wing of Radio Nederland), on February 12,
Click on the link here for Audio Player: LeonRussell1971-02-05CastleGroeneveldBaarnHolland Some enduring Americana tonight by way of Leon Russell (and The Shelter People), recorded on February 5, 1971 by VPRO in Holland. This was around the time (1970) Leon Russell exploded on the scene as part of the Mad Dogs &
Click on the link here for Audio Player: LBJ – State of The Union – 1965 This is the second State of The Union Address by President Lyndon Johnson, delivered on January 4, 1965. His address for 1964 laid the groundwork for the sweeping changes he was proposing by declaring
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Count Basie – Live At Sardis – 1956 Over to the fabled Sardi’s Restaurant on Hollywood Boulevard from May 1956 for a set by the fabled Count Basie and his Orchestra with guest vocals by Joe Williams and Sarah Vaughan. Captured during
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Cannonball Adderley – Hollywood Bowl – 1967 I ran this concert some time ago on my old website. But the player at the time was not that good and the sound wasn’t all that good either as the result. But things have
Click on the link here for Audio Player: CBS – Correspondents Report – 1966 Since we’re coming up on the end of our first week of the new year, I thought I would get one last “Thousand Yard Stare” at previous years before we packed it up until next December.
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Part 1: Opening Day of Congress – 1937 – Part 1 Click on the link here for Audio Player – Part 2: Opening Day of Congress -1937 – Part 2 As a reminder of how much things change, and how much they remain
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Year End Observations – 1955-1958 The only thing more fascinating than hearing how a year in history wound up, is hearing that year in history interpreted by a pundit – those elements we overlooked, those seemingly benign events that became earth-shattering, or the
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Years of Crisis – 1958 In 1958 we were knee-deep in the Cold War with grumblings from Europe about a Common Market, or European Union. But on this edition of the year-end Reporters Roundup from CBS Radio; Years Of Crisis, the emphasis was
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Timbuk 3 – All I Want For Christmas – 1987 Continuing our romp through non-traditional Christmas tunes, here is Timbuk 3’s contribution; All I Want For Christmas. Less domestic mayhem-oriented than last nights entry, it still carries that message of anti-conspicuous consumerism,
