Tag: music
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Clay Pigeons
Sadie often signs this song to the kids and I just want the lyrics here. Originally, this is Blaze Foley. We’ve played his The Dawg Years vinyl many times at the house and John Prine also has a good cover it. Today, Sadie sent me a video of her playing it on the guitar to…
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Music, man, music.
There’s some word for feeling nostalgia for a period of time or experience you’ve never had and when I listen to the music I like the most, I feel this. Particularly the music of the 1960s and 1970s: I especially get this when I watch live stuff on YouTube. Like just now, I’ve been stuck…
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Music and Protest
The 1960s obviously produced some of the best music during very turbulent times. You have Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, the Grateful Dead, Joan Baez (Oh, Freedom!), Simon and Garfunkel, and Peter, Paul and Mary just to name a few. They were very political, but in retrospect we enjoy their harmonies and nascent methods (Jimi Hendrix!). We…