#musicofmastodon

The evening’s “live” selection on deck: I may be a goober but as a classic rocker, it sends chills to see Randy Bachman of Guess Who and Bachman Turner Overdrive fame perform this 90s tune with his son, Tal. #MusicOfMastodon#90sPop#TalBachmanhttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CAhBTV_l21M&ra=m

I could be at the moment partaking in the biggest event this town has each year and has since 1964. I could be but there’s a shit ton of people and I’m quite content here on deck with a cup of hot tea, a little bourbon and ELP. #MusicOfMastodon#70sProgressiveRock#EmersonLakeAndPalmerhttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Qs8F1a04rHY&ra=m

The evening’s “live” selection on deck actually occurred in the past several hours and I would’ve loved to have been there. #MusicOfMastodon#60sR&B #WilsonPicketthttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WkQK2EvYbAk&list=RDWkQK2EvYbAk&start_radio=1&pp=oAcB&ra=m

Some how, some way, you’ve got to. Even with the FOTUS’s manure and the rest of it. #MusicOfMastodon#80sAlbumRock#Reconciled I've been in a cave for forty days Only a spark to light my way I wanna give out, I wanna give in This is our crime This is our sin But I Still Believe I Still Believe Through the pain and through the grief Through the lives Through the storms Through the cries and through the wars https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=s9EdEfjH4_Y&ra=m

One of those tunes the Stones did that summarized some of the evil men do (like Hitler’s blitzkrieg in September, 1939, that essentially began WW2) that could be updated just a bit because there’s a shit ton of material from just the past decade thanks to assholes like the FOTUS, Putin and Netanyahu. #MusicOfMastodon#60sAlbumRock#BeggarsBanquethttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uWepTCBBnLo&ra=m

The evening’s “live” selection on deck: my son-in-law who, like me, is a Tom Petty fan, made me aware of this little performance from a couple nights ago. I’ve always liked the song and it took on a special meaning when it was played as he and my daughter, who had just gotten married, left the alter in the church. Chris Stapleton does a nice job in the late Tom Petty’s place. #MusicOfMastodon#90sAlbumRock#Wildflowers https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=a8V7zzRSiSU&ra=m

THE definitive version of this tune. Sorry not sorry but the Guns And Roses rendition just wasn’t. #MusicOfMastodon#70sPop#PatGarrett&BillyTheKid https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rM8YH3pU798&ra=m

It’s Friday and raining but I’m good out on deck as the umbrella is up and the bourbon glass contains some Four Roses Small Batch Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey. 😉 #MusicOfMastodon#2000sPop#Breakawayhttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3553TFmkb4A&ra=m

As far as I’m concerned, one of the better rock bands of the past 40 years and this tune is another that made it on the playlist of the pirate radio station I programmed in Mosul during 2004. #MusicOfMastodon#SevenYearItchhttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=11mX603zv1A&ra=m

From the 60s “one hit wonder” file; for Christmas, 1980, I received from Santa a two-album set titled “The History Of British Rock” and this one blew my mind. #MusicOfMastodon#60sPop#PicturesqueMatchstickablMessagesfromtheStatus Quo https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KhoDUHLjW8M&ra=m

One on deck from one of those 60s “super groups” that I loved playing on the radio. #MusicOfMastodon#60sAlbumRock#FreshCreamhttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=prnbF8Eagdg&ra=m

R.E.M. did a great rendition of this tune for their “Life’s Rich Pageant” album from 1986. #MusicOfMastodon#60sAlbumRock#TheCliquehttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IyfDH0HKLjs&ra=m

Current scenery on I-65 in Indiana headed back to Wisconsin nowhere near as alluded to in the tune but it IS fine highway song. #MusicOfMastodon#70sRock#ThunderIsland

One of the things I’ll always love about my upbringing is my folks provided exposure to different types of music; while they didn’t always particularly care for the rock and roll I’d end up listening to, I wasn’t prevented by them to do so. That said, the evening’s “live” selection on deck, one of those classic album cuts from Christie Hynde and the Pretenders, here with Dave Grohl from a couple years ago at Glastonbury. #MusicOfMastodon#70sAlbumRock#ThePretendershttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3IMwmTLkq1g&ra=m

In 1994, WW2 veteran Alvin Straight, who lived in Laurens, Iowa, drove a 1966 John Deere 110 lawn tractor the 240 miles from Laurens to Mt. Zion, Wisconsin, to see his brother who he hadn’t had any contact with for years. In 1999, David Lynch made a movie about Alvin’s trip that starred Sissy Spacek and Richard Farnsworth. The soundtrack by Angelo Badalamenti is a work of art. This has always been my favorite track. #MusicOfMastodon#LaurensWalking #TheStraightStoryhttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PARW4yRqWuQ&ra=m

Bruce’s piano, though. It fits nicely at the moment on deck. #MusicOfMastodon#80sPop#TheWayItIshttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BVdw6vneYh8&ra=m

I’m occupying a different deck this evening, that of my daughter’s in Minnesota about four hours from my place. Spent part of the afternoon bowling with her and three of the six grandkids. It’s been awhile since I bowled but I succeeded in defeating the competition that included my nearly four-year old granddaughter, her seven year-old sister and their 12 year-old brother. Think I’ll just … kick back now. #MusicOfMastodon#80sRandB#InStephttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KfGBQHM1EzI&ra=m

I can see die-hard MAGAts freakin out on this one because it has to with a border. 😁 #MusicOfMastodon#70sPop#YearOfTheCathttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y9VxTRgP__w&ra=m

There was so much more to this album than the classic “The Boys Are Back In Town.” Which anyone who listened to my album rock airshift years ago would have discovered. Because I had no playlist - it was free form album oriented rock. I’d do it again in a fuckin heartbeat. #MusicOfMastodon#70sAlbumRock#Jailbreakhttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fMdmjoAB-5Q&ra=m

A little more Woodford Reserve Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey on deck - check. Fuck it - some more Tull - check. My sanity - questionable. 😁 #MusicOfMastodon#70sAlbumRock#Benefithttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NyLPX-YhpLo&ra=m