The 2011 Detroit International Jazz Festival Is Here!

So Come Downtown And Enjoy It!

Heads Up East Coast !!! Like A Hurricane ~ Neil Young

And Be Safe.

Will be thinking about the masses trying to get out of Irene’s path.

Saturday at Sundown ~ “Feelin’ The Blues ” ~ Ry Cooder

Self Explanatory

Cooder’s guitar says it all without a word spoken.

When you can get an instrument to play what you’re feeling inside and others hear it, you have more than accomplished yourself a true musician.

Monday Madness Stock Market Crash ~ Are You Happy Tea Party?

Saturday ” Sundown ” ~ Son House

Written by Eddie James “Son” House, Jr.
Released 1965

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Sunday Sadness ~ Clarence Clemons of the E-Street Band Dies

Thursday’s ” Rainmaker ” ~ Traffic

Written by Steve Winwood and Jim Capaldi.
Released in 1971 off the ” Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys ” album.

Steve Winwood – vocals, guitar, piano, organ
Chris Wood – saxophone, flute
Jim Capaldi – vocals, percussion
Ric Grech – bass, violin
Jim Gordon – drums
Rebop Kwaku Baah – percussion

Hopefully this will ease this forecast of more rain and flooding in Metro/Detroit again today, tommorow……………..

Friday At The Fillmore ~ Chicago Transit Authority ~ South California Purples

Written by Robert Lamm.

Performed & Recorded Aug. 17, 1969 at the Fillmore West.

Peter Cetera – bass, vocals
Terry Kath – guitar, vocals
Robert Lamm – keyboard, vocals
Lee Loughnane – trumpet, vocals
James Pankow – trombone
Walter Parazaider – woodwinds, vocals
Danny Seraphine – drums

Sunday Smooth ~ Oliver Nelson ~ Stolen Moments

This is my all time favorite Jazz Composition by Oliver Nelson.

Released in 1961 off the album, The Blues and the Abstract Truth

Strange Dreams, invade my sleep at night

into the morning too…………..

Light My Fire ~ Song of this Winter ~ The Doors

Released in 1967…  Lyrics Written mainly by Robby Krieger with some input by Jim Morrison.

Muse: The Band. Off the Elektra Label.

Jim Morrison -vocals
Ray Manzarek – organ, piano
John Densmore – drums
Robby Krieger – guitar

Longshot’s Blog 2010 in review by WordPress

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health:

The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow.

Crunchy numbers

The average container ship can carry about 4,500 containers. This blog was viewed about 15,000 times in 2010. If each view were a shipping container, your blog would have filled about 3 fully loaded ships.

It’s not FREEZING outside. It’s All in Your Mind ~ It is HOT!

Saturday ” Soul ” Check ~ James Brown

“It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World”

DREAMS ~ The Allman Brothers Band ~ Song through the Night

Released in 1969 off their self entitled Album, The Allman Brothers Band.

John Coltrane & Duke Ellington ~ A Masterpiece of Jazz ~ In a Sentimental Mood ~ Song into the night

Composed, Recorded and Released in 1935 by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra. Lyrics were later written for the song by Irving Mills and Manny Kurtz.

Duke Ellington & John Coltrane Jazz Album was Recorded in 1962 and Released in 1963.

Midnight Rambler ~ Stones

Released on the Decca Label in 1970 off the Album Get Yer Ya-Yas Out! The Rolling Stones in Concert.

Recorded in New York City at Madison Square Garden in November 1969.

” Ain’t Gone ‘n’ Give Up on Love” ~ SRV and Double Trouble ~ Blues in the Night

Released in 1985 on the Epic label. Off the Soul to Soul Album.

This live version is from Live Alive released in 1986.

Let your Imagination take you anywhere it wants to go on this one. ~ Song of the Night ~Traffic

Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys

The End ~ The Doors ~ Perfection ~ Song into the Night

Released in 1967.

Woodstock 40TH Anniversary

BY THE TIME WE GOT TO WOODSTOCK, WE WERE HALF A MILLION STRONG~!

 

It took place Aug. 15-18. It was the Concert of ALL Concerts. And it only seemed like yesterday. There was no Violence nor Chaos at the venue in the 4 days. The only disruption there was, was trying to get there. For the conditions that took place with lack of water, food, & personal necessities. Woodstock remained Peaceful throughout the four days without incident. In this Blog, I will take you through the concert with pictures, stories, & THE MUSIC.

It was billed as “Three Days of Peace and Music”. And they lied. It was ” Four Days of Peace and Music “.

SONG LIST DAY BY DAY, BAND BY BAND.

http://www.woodstockstory.com/bandsperformerssetsplaylists1969.html

So sit back and ENJOY. No doubt some pictures I post will disappear and because of You Tube many songs I originally posted have already been removed, so I won’t find all the footage of all the actual Woodstock appearances. But I’ll do my best to show 100% of it as I can.

First Version and video of Woodstock is my favorite. And is playing