The Great Lloyd Price

Just want to mention the fact that the excellent rhythm and blues singer Lloyd Price, is still around and performing now and then at various venues...Lloyd has been active in his own food business, as well as performing on oldies shows and is even involved in putting out a play on his storied life. This October, the 22nd 23rd(2010), he will be performing in New Orleans at Harrah's Im sure he will touch on some of his old hits such as the classic Lawdy Miss Clawdy, JustBecause, Personaity, and many others...so, if you get a chance, check out Lloyd next month at Harrah's - 2 great shows!

The hottest day in los angeles

yesterday, Spet, 27 10
The hottest day in los angeles so far, (since records have been kept from 1877..113
in
downtown L.A.and I wanna tell you it was very very strange, I
said goodbye to a friend at 5 am, and stepped outside... it
was already 80 degrees...later on that day
it was a dry heat, bit intense.. I turned my air conditiong on
in the car, but it wasnt really cooling the car off.....now
today about 10 degrees cooler and humidity now present, the
car ac seems to be working again...i turned it on this morning and it smelled very strange...
like maybe a burnt rubber small(the belt?)I dont know what it was..
very strange day it was.....I fell asleep with a fan on me,
and woke up a few hours later the darn thing was still going...
I wonder if thats the last hurrah until the next hot weather
the coming year?
glory halleluiah!

Steveo

Thoughts

Thoughts
I Was driving to my music lesson today, and I saw a familiar face walking along side of the road as cars were whizzing past.It is a 30 something homeless guy, who I see around town from time to time...AND NOW....he is getting animated, flailing his hands and talking to himself, so he is getting worse...I wonder if there is, or will be any help for him? Will he ever become mentally stable, or will he always be like this...I don't know...But I pray for him..

ANd THEn...I was on facebook and thinking, I wonder if anyone has started another site based on other parts of the body?..Yup, they did..it's called Assbook...its a real website, but its pretty new, and of course...not quite as appealing as facebook..and the membership is pretty low...I didn't see anyone by name I recognized on there, but most use aliases..some use profile pics of their face, while other use(you guessed it)

The recession has finally ended according to government statistics..but I do know a couple of things..it doesn't feel that way..
The first thing is - I suppose you could measure the economic barometer based
on certian signs..one would be the drop of sales of SPAM or PEanut Butter.

The second thing I know is if the media will start putting out more positive reports, I think things will improve...but as long as we hear things are bad, we tend to go that way...and mirror what is said...so we need to be positive and think and act positive..I know its a hard thing to do in wake of the jobless and homeless....

And now they have a new website for dating, based on the not so good looking..its a dating site for the ugly! They call it uglybugball.com dating for the aesthetically challenged.
Well, of course, I had to go on the site to see what they were calling ugly...and well, really so many of the folks on there arent that bad...
of course theres the flip side of the coin, a site for people who think
they are beautiful and yes, many of them have illusions of grandeur.....

Well, Ill sign off, and as I have said(not often, but sometimes)
"keep singin and keep swingin!"

Steveo

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Songs About Time.....

Songs About Time.....
WEll, thought Id blog on some song titles that you all may be
familiar with if you know pop tune history from way back....
Here are some of them:

As Time Goes By sung by Dooley Wilson in Casablanca.
Good Timin) sung by Jimmy Jones
You need good Timin' sung by The Beach Boys
Time is on MY Side sung by the Rolling Stones
Time(Where Did It Go?) Pozo Seco Singers
Good Times as heard on the TV Show Good Times
Good Times sung by the Addrissi Brothers
All of The Time sung by The Dave Clark five
Our Time Theme (from the motion Picture Our Time Michael Legrand
SummerTIme performed by Billy Stewart
I Didnt Know What Time it Was sung by Frank Sinatra
This Time(Didnt We) sung by Richard Harris
Finger Poppin' Time sung by Chubby checker
Twine Time Performed by Junior Walker and the all Stars
Twilight Time by the 3 Suns; Platters
Time of The Season by the Zombies
Does Anybody Really Know What Time it Is? by the group "Chicago"
Time After Time sung by Chris Montez
Time After Time sung by Cindi Lauper
No Time by sung by The Guess Who
No Time For Sergeants Theme from the WB Film
By the TIME I get to Phoenix sung by Glen Campbell
If I Could Turn Back Time-sung by Cher
The Happy Time sung by John Davidson
The Second Time Around performed by Henry Mancini
Time sung by Pink FLoyd
Time Enough At Last subg by Fall
No Time sung by the Monkees
No Time This Time sung by the Police
time Its Time sung by Talk Talk
Time for Rita sung by fischer-Z
Give It Time-Patty Symth
Time to React done by Allegiance
Time With You done by mMc
One More Time done by the Lemonheads
Time(Clock Of The Heart done by Culture Club
Dead on Time sung by Queen
Give Mt time by the Hollies
Night Time Girl performed by the Fairport Convention
Let The GoodTime(s) in- Dean Martin
Right On Time by the Red Hot Chili Peppers
What Time Do the Trains Come In by Rod McKuen
There is No Tiome done by Lou Reed
Its Christmas Time sung by christine Aguilera
It Time TO cry sung By Paul Anka
Shes on Time by Barenaked Ladies
Timebomb by the Ramones
Time to Get ALone sung by The Beach Boys
This is War done by Vandenberg
Funny How time Flies done by Janet Jackson
Christmastime sung by the Beatles.
River of Time dones by Van Morrison
Smoochin' Time sung By The Ames Brothers
Next Time i Fall by Peter Cetera
Sleepy Time time done by the cream
When it's sleepy Time down South performed by Louis Armstrong
The Night Time is The Right Time by Creedence Clearwater
The Last Time by The Rolling Stones
The Last Time by Bette Midler
Time Backstreet Boys
Time Is On My Side sung by The Rolling Stones
The Next Time im In Town done by Chet Atkins
Soul Time by Joe Cocker
Time To Move On
Cherry Pink And Apple Blosson Time done by Perez Prado(Instrumental)
In Apple Blossom Time done by the 4 Freshmen; Andrews Sisters
Ive had The Time Of My Life-done by Bill Medley
Sign Of The Time(s) sung By Petula Clark
Time Has Come Today performed by The Chambers Brothers

In The Good Old SummerTime sung by the Dapper Dans
In The Summertime by Mungo Jerry
Hot time In The Old Town Tonight
The Time(S) They Are A Changin' -recorded by Bob Dylan;Beach Boys
Mashed Potato Time- Chubby Checker
Pony Time-Chubby Checker
Time tunnel TV Theme compoased and Arranged By John Williams
Let The Good Time(s) Roll sung by Shirley and Lee
Let The Good Time(s) Roll Sung By Bill Medley
There Is Always One More Time sung by B.B. king
Id Rather Be An Old Time Christian(Kingsmen(Gospel Group)
Give Me That old Time Religion- The Caravans
It's Just A Matter Of Time- sung by Brook Benton
Sometime(s) Im Happy-sung by Connie stevens and hundreds of others
All the Time-Lavern Baker
My Time Will Come-La Vern Baker
One More Time-Britney Spears
One More Time-Daft Punk
One Time sung by Justin Beiber
Time in A Bottle- sung by Jim Croce
Time WOnt let Me -sung by the Outsiders
Just in Time-Tony Bennett;Dean Martin
Sleepy Time Gal-Dean Martin
Crying time- done by Ray Charles
For The Good Time(s) -Ray Price



just to name a few! lol

Steveo

Songs from the 50's and 60's I VAmp on at the Piano

Songs from the 50's and 60's I VAmp on at the Piano...

Hi,
Thought I d mention a few vintage songs Ive been vamping
(improvising) on the piano...
I dig Eddie Heywood's Canadian Sunset, and it's a groove to
play..
Lets see, what else?...a trio of songs IVe been messing with
lately by the great composer Henry MAncini..Pink Panther Theme,
Peter Gunn, and Dream OF a Lifetime(Ballad) One of the old
standards I like mess with is "Pretty Baby" written by genius pianist TOny Jackson from the
ragtime era(this one admittedly not from the 60s-lol...)
I dont know if Ray Charles ever did this one, but I can
picture him doing it...I fool around with some early Beatle
tunes..In particular I like All My Lovin'
and play a version of it similar to how Stu Phillips
conceptualized in on his Vol 2 Hollyridge Strings PLay the
Beatles..also
along the same lines from Stu Phillips P.S. I Love You, also by Lennon and Mc
Cartney...
What else do I like to do...well, I like to explore the
opening chord of A Hard Days Night by the Beatles...probably
the greatest opening of any record ever made..just one big
bang chord..on the piano.
the original recording does have a piano, but it also has,
well I hear a Harpsichord, an electric 12 string guitar, and an
electric Bass....So my version has a lot of notes in it...but its all
in the form of basically a sustained chord, a derivitive of the
d minor chord....or maybe a g7sus 4 chord
What else? Maybe vamp on Wives and Lovers By Burt Bacharach,
or trying to figure out the Beatle tune Yes It is!
Just a bunch of old songs for an old guy, but Im having fun!


Steveo

P.S.
ON the original front, been trying to further my composition
entitled Strawberry Hill..
It languished for quite a while with a sub standard bridge, but
this morning i thought of a new part..
and its much better..so I will try and integrate that into the
"body" of the song.



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Money, Mississippi

Money, Mississippi
(was the 3rd of June, another sleepy dusty delta day...)

Today I am blogging about a couple o things...first of all
the small town of Money, Mississippi...located in Le FLore county.
It started with me searching for current photos of singer Bobbie Gentry
who left show business during her prime sometime in the 70's...well, no photos of
Bobbie today seem to exist, although Ive heard through the grapevine she is still
with us.. more or less retired and living in California...
Ode To Billie Joe(1967) is one of my favorite songs, especially the way it was
"done up" with the arrangement by Jimmie Haskell....orchestration or no orchestration,
it is a brilliant piece of work.
After having no luck with any current Bobbie photos, I decided to research the bridge,
and there is some stuff on the web about it...
The Tallahatchie bridge was in disrepair, and was "closed down" in 1987. I say closed
down because although there is some controversy whether it still stands..some who
have been there say yes, it does...
but it is not in use, and has been supplanted by a new bridge down the way...
The bridge is located near a small town called "Money"...
What a name for a town eh....
Well, aside from the fame from the Tallahatchie Bridge being nearby, it is alo the
site of a notorious event in history , the incident at a store that led to the murder
of Emmett Till....
On this one site I ran accross, the bridge is discussed, and there are vintage photos
of Bobbie Gentry posing on the bridge..as well as a color shot of the old bridge in it's heydey....
I will give you the link:

http://bridgehunter.com/ms/leflore/bh37512/

Further:
after doing more research on the bridge, it appears it is standing, but not in use, and the new bridge, which is much simpler, runs right along side of it,,the locale given is Sidon, Ms.(which is right in thee area of Money...The road is called Roebuck Rd.
Here is a link to a pic of it via Neal Ann 's Pic gallery:
http://picasaweb.google.com/naparke3/SSTPhotoEssay#5314208641902189682

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Space Junk

Space Junk

We eat, sleep work and play under the big tent of the earth's
atmosphere, but while we do that, we are unaware that
floating above us for the last 50 years are tons and tons of "space junk"...
This started accumulating in the late 50's when we and the
Russians first started to launch satellites into outer space.
After these electronic wonders played out thier usefulness:
specially go dead or out of orbit, they continue to float around..
What's even worse, once in awhile they fall back to earth.
Fortunately, since the earth is 3/4 water..the stuff falls harmlessly into the ocean.
But watch out for the stuff that may land on your head!(rare, but hey its a scarey thought.)

By now, in the year 2010, there is SO MUCH "space junk"...that our
scientists at NASA are worried about launching space shuttles
and probes into space, because the possibility of this stuff striking
is quite real...
NOw, from the beginning, The United States maintained a "log"
of all the things they shot up into space, and at this date, it is available on the
web as the U.S. Space Objects Registry...
IT shows when an object was launched, what type it was, and if it is still in oribt, or when it left orbit..
Whether it is functioning or not..
It turns out to be fascinating reading.
So with that said, here is the web address for the site:
http://www.usspaceobjectsregistry.state.gov/
Included are the famous Apollo, Gemini, and Mercury paraphanelia


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