His voice was so powerful — like a foghorn on the Queen Mary… It jumped out of the speakers and ravished my soul..
~Rod StewartOne of the greatest lead singers the Motown stable ever had
~John Lowe (allmusic.com)
One of the greatest “Motown voices”.. and thus one of the greatest voices in recorded american music history.
Continue reading Jan 18: The late David Ruffin was born in 1941
“If I can get me out of the way, I can do anything”
– Steve Earle“I don’t really think in terms of obstacles. My biggest obstacle is always myself.”
~Steve EarleAll we do as songwriters is rewrite the songs that have impressed us till we find our own voice. It’s part of learning the craft.
~Steve Earle
One of Alldylan’s Greatest heroes
Fort Worth Blues:
Music is not just my passion, it’s my companion.
~Ronnie MilsapSee With Your Heart
~Ronnie MilsapRonnie Milsap was one of the major figures of country music in the 1970s, developing a hybrid of country and pop that brought him a large audience.
~Sandra Brennan (allmusic.com)
Here’s a great video – Ray Charles & Ronnie Milsap – Don Gibson medley Oh Lonesome Me A Legend In My Time I Can’t Stop Loving:
(some hickups in the sound quality.. but still….)
Plans are of little importance, but planning is essential.
~Winston ChurchillIn preparing for battle, I have always found that plans are useless but planning is indispensable.
~Dwight Eisenhower
I’ve visited Memphis once before (October 2009), and I loved it. Sun, Stax, Graceland, Beale Street, The Peabody, Dyer’s, A. Schwab, etc..
I’m finally going back & will also drive from Memphis to Orlando visiting Muscle Shoals & Montgomery. Being given such an opportunity, I feel obligated to produce some material. It is also deep embedded in my nature to always plan well before important ventures – planning is indeed essential.
In this post I’ve collected info on the different places I plan to visit & created relevant playlists for the different sites.
Continue reading A Road Trip in The Deep South – Part 1: Planning
You must leave now, take what you need, you think will last
But whatever you wish to keep, you better grab it fast
Yonder stands your orphan with his gun
Crying like a fire in the sun
Look out the saints are comin’ through
And it’s all over now, Baby Blue
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CM: It’s not the same Blue as in It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue?
BD: No, no. That’s a different Blue. That’s a character right off the haywagon. That Baby
Blue is from right upstairs at the barbers shop, y’know, off the street… a different Baby
Blue, I haven’t run into her in a long time, long time.
CM: You’re being serious?
BD: Yeah, I’ve never looked at Joan Baez as being Baby Blue.
~Craig McGregor Interview (March 1978)I had carried that song around in my head for a long time and I remember that when I was writing it, I’d remembered a Gene Vincent song. It had always been one of my favorites, Baby Blue… ‘ It was one of the songs I used to sing back in high school. Of course, I was singing about a different Baby Blue.”
~Bob Dylan (Biograph)
Continue reading Bob Dylan’s best songs: It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue