Living with Lewy Body Dementia
Counting down my 678 vinyl records before I die of brain disease
ALBUM: “The Cowsills in Concert (1969): MVC Rating: 3.5/$ I’m serious here. The Cowsills deserve to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, alongside other family acts like Sly and the Family Stone, the Allman Brothers, the Staple Sisters, the Jackson 5 and others. They could be in the family band …
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ALBUMS: Jungle (1984); Twilley (1979) SIncerely (1976) MVC Rating: Jungle 3.5/$$$$; Twilley 4.5/$$$$$; Sincerely 4.0/$$$$$ One of the great lost bands in the 70’s and 80’s. Their career stalled from almost the beginning. The early single ‘I’m On Fire’ charted at No. 15 with virtually no promotion and it sort of went downhill from there. …
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I couldn’t figure out how to scrunch the list. I will follow this post soon with a rundown of my Top 24 essays covering everything that is not a record review. Top 20 MVC reviews Views Joe Cocker 23,834 Willie Nelson 9,621 David Gilmour 8,367 Bobby Goldsboro 7,520 Lyle Lovett 4,093 David Lindley 3,262 Charley …
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ALBUM: Up to Date (1971) MVC Rating: 2.5//$ This album has two fun bubblegum singles: I’ll Meet you Halfway and Doesn’t Somebody Want to be Wanted. Besides these two hits for the TV teeny bop band of the 1970s, the album contains innocuous filler, many from the professional songwriting team of Wes Ferrell and Gerry …
These are those meddlesome songs that won’t leave your brain, even after you ask. I think in general that ear worm songs are good songs that — sometimes are just that, good songs. Maybe they are TOO good at burying themselves in your head for a long time. Heard’em called ‘ear Weevils’ as well. Again …
ALBUM: I Only Wanted You (1986) MVC Rating: 2.5 This one is interesting. But I pulled another Nostalgia buy and bought this for a few bucks after reading how there’s resurgent interest in old rock and roll teeny bop music. Marie’s path has been country. Music from groups such as the Partridge Family, the Cowsills, …
ALBUM: The History of the Left Banke (1985) MVC Rating: 3.5/$$ Rhino Records knows how to make something from not much. This decidedly minor group gets a cover with lots of photos, a plastic cover sleeve with Rhino’s catalog: Best of Troggs, the Nazz, the Standells, the Box Tops, and so on. Then there is …
ALBUM: Terrapin Station (1977) MVC Rating: 4.0/$$$$ Those who saw my Allman Brothers post know I’m less than a Grateful Dead fan. I used to live in Marin County where the band members lived, but it was years after Garcia had died. Jerry could play guitar, but I never felt, I mean felt, their music. …
NOTE: This is my blog version of that which appeared on AL.com today. It has some bonus sayings. (No I didn’t say boneheaded sayings, but they are there too). Y’all seemed to have enjoyed the last round of things Mark Twain didn’t say so I fetched another batch. (Hope I didn’t misquote myself.) Mark Twain said nothing …
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