Christmas music, day four. Originally posted by linkmeister on 4 December 2014, 8:54 pm. Added to in 2023. This is a pretty plaintive request: “Please Come Home for Christmas.” It was written in 1960 by Charles Brown, who sings it here, and Gene Redd. It’s a seasonal favorite and has been covered by a whole …
I remember buying every one of Bonnie Raitt’s albums in the 1970s and wondering when the rest of the music-listening world would catch on to her brilliance. It took until 1989 when she put out “Nick of Time” for that to happen. I’ve kept buying her records, too. My iTunes Library says I have 21 …
Here’s a jam session I’d like to have observed: Bonnie Raitt with Freebo, John Hammond and Lowell George and several lesser-known lights. They’re playing Stevie Winwood’s “Can’t Find My Way Home,” which has been covered by a bunch of folks. It first appeared on Blind Faith’s one and only album in 1969.
I’m tired of the back and forth whining between the Clinton and Sanders campaigns. To hear the Sanders people tell it Hillary is Boss Tweed and Mayor Richard J. Daley (the old man, not the more recent Daley) rolled into one, stealing votes right and left and blocking the Berners from their rightful victories. To …
No debate for me tonight. From what I’ve read all four of them really want to exert American military power throughout the world; that will solve every global problem there is. Nope. They’re all insane. Here. Have a cut from Bonnie Raitt’s new album to calm you down.