"We just wrote this song about two weeks ago. Would you like to hear something brand new?", Steve Perry asks the crowd. That "something brand new" - Separate Ways - had not yet been recorded and would go on to become a classic among classics. In the area of critical commentary, it's fascinating to hear the different vocal... Continue Reading →
While it’s normal for normal people to have a favorite Christmas song, it’s likely only a deranged but otherwise friendly, neighborhood Muser who has a favorite Fathers Day song. That song is One for Daddy-O on the album Somethin’ Else by Cannonball Adderley. Recorded and released in 1958, this excellent album is widely regarded as being... Continue Reading →
One consistent feature of this season is that Rachel is not here for the petty. She is the most crucial conversational contestant I’ve ever seen on any of these shows. In one of those conversations, she denied Double Dealin’ Demario’s appeal and upheld her prior ruling, banishing him to Bachelor Nation purgatory. Likewise, she forthrightly... Continue Reading →
So it turns out that DeMario is doin’ some double dealin’. Did any of you (honestly) have that? My daughter Cassandra totally called that during the opening teasers.[1] I’m torn on this. On the one hand, Rachel - have I mentioned how much I like her? – seemed genuinely upset about the whole deal. And... Continue Reading →
The bell has tolled. [Gregg Allman] caught that train 'n' gone. Thank you, Gregg Allman. While I can’t say that I was a big Allman Brothers fan (this Eurocentric, urban Yankee always found southern rock too southern for his tastes) you and the band did open the door for me to become a lifelong fan of the blues.... Continue Reading →
Rachel. I really like Rachel. And that dress. Seriously. That said, I don’t like her enough that I’d be that guy who’s crying that he didn’t get a rose from a girl who he barely met for like five minutes. He bought a great suit for his “troubles” so how bad can it be, really?... Continue Reading →
Motown Mondays is a regular feature of this blog. By “regular” I mean whenever I feel like it but at least always on a Monday; and always about Motown, duh. A good friend JT (no, not that JT), apparently inspired by hearing Stevie Wonder’s Sir Duke, asked me what my three favorite Stevie songs were.... Continue Reading →
Ray's Musings 