Cory Wells of Three Dog Night died in October of last year of myeloma. He was the second member of the band to die, following keyboardist Jimmy Greenspoon, who died of melanoma in 2014. I always liked Three Dog Night. There was something joyous about their performances. They could sing serious songs and then follow …
Go out on top after tonight’s win. You’ve tied your brother for most Super Bowl wins in the family, you’ve tied your boss Mr. Elway for most wins by a QB in the organization, and I don’t think you could throw a football thirty yards downfield again if you had to. Congratulations on a great …
Got all the laundry done and (mostly) folded and put away. Got the makings for the crab dip and made it without scorching the saucepan too badly. Declined to get Panthers or Broncos jerseys to wear while watching. If the 49ers were in it, now… I guess I’m ready. Vegas has the late money tilting …
Incident in a CVS drugstore this afternoon: Three people in line at the cash register, two of them in their early 20s, one newly 65-year-old guy. The first guy in line has earbuds but is paying attention to what’s happening in line. The old guy notices the second dude has four 24-oz cans of Bud …
Earth, Wind and Fire’s longtime bandleader died today at 74 of complications from Parkinson’s Disease, which he battled for twenty years. Here’s the band’s first big hit: February is starting out as January ended, with artists from my most intense music-listening years dying nearly once a week. I hate it.
and Poco never got the credit it deserved. They were playing country rock two years before The Eagles formed and made all the money. Poco had seven solid albums which never sold anywhere near as much as their record company or they themselves hoped. After multiple changes in personnel they finally started to sell with …
From the “On Stage” album, this is the long cut of Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina’s “Angry Eyes.”
As Jefferson Airplane was breaking up and reforming into Jefferson Starship and then Starship alone, Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady began playing side shows as Hot Tuna. Here’s one of their earliest tracks.