Blast IT

[caseyjo]

Whats the last song, Tv Vid, or on-line tune you listened to?..If you cant remember, what do you feel like listening to & if you dont feel like listening to anything, what is one of your all time favorite tunes?..Take your pic.....It's Blast it  time in the old TBd music room tonight.... So hit it peeps This is what I just listened to......It's actually on my profile right now.

[Snagg]

Today, in Musical History, January 31st, 1967: In Kent, England, while filming "Magical Mystery Tour", John Lennon buys an 1843 circus poster from an antiques shop; The poster inspires Lennon to write the lyrics for "Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite"

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[Snagg]

Cover Of The Day:



"Whole Lotta Love", #4 Pop, 1/31/1970 (Led Zep)

The BellRays rev it up, from their 2017 EP of covers

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Today, in Musical History, February 1st, 1951: Bottleneck guitar wizard Clyde, Vernon "Sonny" Landreth, b. Canton, MS

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[Snagg]

Cover Of The Day:



"Big Bird" never charted; released 2/1/1968 (Eddie Floyd)

The Woggles, from Atlanta, GA, brought their brand of revved-up garage stomp to it, on their 2016 covers EP "Souled Out !"

(Singer Manfred Jones hosts his own 60's R&B / bar band show on Sirius XM, as "The Mighty Manfred")

[Snagg]

Today, in Musical History, February 2nd, 1926: Three men, either desperate or with nothing better to do, dance the Charleston, non-stop, for 22 hours.

At least they did it as part of a dance competition, and not because they just wuvved the song so much; maybe I should start a new category, "Today in STUPID History", instead of Musical History....

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[Snagg]

Cover Of The Day:

"First We Take Manhattan", released 2/2/1988. by Leonard Cohen, on "I'm Your Man"

Covered by Warren Zevon, probably sometime in 1992