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My Vinyl Countdown’s Top 12 posts

So,  I’ve learned how to see how many clicks each of my posts are getting. The results are somewhat surprising.  See my Top 12 lists below.

I’ve been doing this blog now since September but I’ve never really done a lot of exploration of its capabilities. I specifically got the WordPress dot org version with a Blue Host, er, hosting thingy. It was supposed to be much more versatile the way I set it up but I haven’t really been one, yet, to explore its many hidden powers.

Meanwhile, as regular readers know, this is a stealthy, healthy way to raise awareness of a not -so rare brain disease I have.

I have Lewy body dementia, which  is the second leading cause of dementia after Alzheimer.

And my deal here is that I’ve vowed to count down, reviewing sort of (or reminiscing about), the 678 vinyl record albums I’ve been lugging around since the 1970s and 1980s.

Somewhat surprisingly my essays, meanderings and stories are consistently more popular than my music posts — part of that is the sheer number of music posts, it sort  of thins out the flock. But also, maybe you like what I write and not so much what I listen to. No worries fans of the music posts, they are what I call the backbone of this blog. Keeps me and it going.

Okay, here are my Top 12 posts of all time (since September). I  am taking out my top 2 which are my Home Page and About Me page.

  1.  Another hugging, this has got to stop
  2.  Some People are Mean
  3. How the heck am I doing
  4. Porter and Me
  5. Me and My Old Boss
  6. I Have to Laugh (To Keep from Crying)
  7. Yellow Bird sighting. Is it a sign?
  8. My Rx for Dementia
  9. Are You Random Orientation or Straight Playlist
  10. Is there time?
  11. The Best Worst Song Ever (Winner)
  12. Rules of ‘street’ ball

 

Alphabetically speaking, I’m still in the C’s but I’ll be in the D’s soon.  (BTW, I’m adding numbers from 678 to 1 in the headlines so you’ll know where I stand in the countdown, but it is going to take a while for me to catch up on that right now.)

Steadily I’ve been rolling my albums out from the very first one King Sunne Ade’ to my latest posted Wednesday morning on the band Crack the Sky.

Here are my Top 12 music posts/ vinyl countdown. Like the above Top 12, you can click on the title and it will take you there.

  1. The Allman Brothers Band
  2. When Particles Collide
  3. Dickey Betts
  4. T Bone Burnett
  5. Athens, Ga. –Inside/Out Various artists
  6. Peter Case
  7. Joe Cocker
  8. Eric Clapton (Do I have too much?
  9. Paul Anka
  10. Van Cliburn
  11. The B-52’s
  12. Jackson Browne

A few observations. Interesting that the Allman Brothers and  Dickey Betts are among my most popular record posts. Guess, we’re back in the South(where I grew up.) So in that vein, here’s a video that captures Greg Allman and DIckey Betts playing acoustic. That’s Betts in cowboy hat who has a nice interchange with Warren Haynes near the end.