Birds With Broken Wings

Six Feet Under...

2012-01-27T00:00:00.010-05:00

This will be the 3rd time that I've published this particular post, a testament to my fondness and admiration for blues pianist, Omar Shariff (f.k.a. Dave Alexander). 'The Dirt On The Ground' was originally published as a living tribute to Alexander way back in September of 2007. With the 2nd publication in 2010, it was intended as a reminder of his greatness. Sadly with this current publication, it is in memoriam to his legacy. Having returned to Texas as a result of lingering health problems,...

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The BIG Music

2012-01-20T00:00:00.008-05:00

Mike Scott And The Waterboys Friday, January 20, 2012 An edited version of an article written by Wyndham Wallace in 2011 for The Quietus "I have heard the BIG music and I'll never be the same Something so pure, just called my name I've climbed the big tree and I've touched the big sky I just stuck my hand up in the air, and everything came into color Like jazz manna from sweet, sweet chariots" - From 'The Big Music' You only had to take one look at Mike Scott in the early 1980s to know...

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I Will Forever (Sing The Blues)

2012-01-06T00:00:00.046-05:00

Boz Scaggs' Full-Lock Power Slide Friday, January 06, 2012 Just so you know, when I put this mix together it was intended solely for my own listening pleasure. I never harbored any intention of sharing it here in these pages. But what the hell. If you're a fan of Boz Scaggs, you'll no doubt like it. If you're not a fan, or perhaps you're just ambiguous about his music, maybe this'll change your mind. It's not actually my goal to persuade you in any way. The two volumes of 'I Will Forever...

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Reason For Living

2011-12-23T00:00:00.024-05:00

The Exquisite Music Of Roddy Frame Friday, December 23, 2011 For Margaret Ann, who always got it It's a cruel irony how the Christmas season can be an especially difficult time of year for those who are neurologically predisposed to clinical depression. It's roughly a six week window of time that's intended to be filled with joy, peace, warmth and glad tidings, yet invariably it falls short on the spiritual fulfillment that is promised. I should know. I happen to be one of those people,...

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Creeps Like Me

2011-12-09T00:00:00.018-05:00

Lyle Lovett Exposed Friday, December 09, 2011 Much like the direction of his music, this post too comes from somewhere out of left field. You see, it's taken me a long time to come to terms with Lyle Lovett and I alone am to blame for that. My ambivalence had nothing to do with anything he'd actually done, or hadn't done for that matter. In fact, I really kind of liked the tall Texan. After all, Lovett made it pretty clear from the outset that he wasn't going to play by the rules of what was...

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The Purple Principles, No.#6

2011-11-25T00:00:00.002-05:00

The Power Experience No. #6 in a series Friday, November 25, 2011 For Ruby, W, and Nickolas Ashford (R.I.P.) Before too much more time goes by, I'd like to extend my sincere thanks to all of you who extended your condolences over the passing of my mother this past September. Although I've been negligent in acknowledging the many comments left behind, I do appreciate your kind words, and I'm touched that so many readers took the time to wish me well. It's strangely odd yet satisfying to...

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Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man

2011-11-11T00:00:00.025-05:00

The Primordial Soul Of Van Morrison November 11, 2011 It's difficult to consider Van Morrison strictly as a singer. That is to say a singer in the same way that Sinatra was a singer, or that Nat King Cole was a singer, or that Johnny Hartman was a singer, or even the way that Joe Williams or Eddie Jefferson were singers. But Morrison was, Ray Charles aside, the first vocalist that my ears ever heard who simply emoted. In his early days, he snarled, spit, stomped, and sneered more than he...

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Three Steaming Cups Of Joe

2011-10-28T00:00:00.017-04:00

The Tones Of Joe Henderson (1937-2001) Friday, October 28, 2011 While his peers in the jazz community enjoyed relative popularity and respectable record sales throughout their decades spanning careers, Joe Henderson's brush with stardom didn't arrive until very late in life, and the recognition he finally received couldn't have come to a more talented and deserving human being than Joe. While he had always been widely respected by critics and his fellow musicians, the 30 some odd recordings...

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More Guilty Pleasures

2011-10-21T00:00:00.033-04:00

The Brothers Gibb 1970-1974 The Overlooked Years Friday, October 21, 2011 Funny thing. I seem to have been getting a lot of attitude recently from various anonymous readers for allowing the links on my previous Bee Gee posts to expire without offering to re-up them. My reason for allowing the files to remain unavailable is simply because the same material is so widely available in the exact form that I presented them, and additionally can be easily found elsewhere. Therefore I see no...

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WPLJ Radio

2011-10-07T00:00:00.032-04:00

Real Boss Sounds! Frank Zappa Project/Object No.#11 Friday, October 07, 2011 Young Ruben Sano This is Ruben Sano. He once led a teenage do-wop combo called Ruben and the Jets. They sang greasy love songs and wore their hair in a Jellyroll. Mostly they played at high school sock hops and Pachuco parties. When Ruben was 19, he quit the group to go work on his car. He had just saved up enough money to buy a '53 Nash and four gallons of gray primer. His girl friend, Delores Consuelo Rodriguez...

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