Living with Lewy Body Dementia
Counting down my 678 vinyl records before I die of brain disease
ALBUM: Thanks I’ll Eat it Here MVC Rating: 4.5/$$$$ Here’s another bargain bin find. One takeaway I am having doing this blog and going one-by-one through my 678 albums is that I was not a bad ‘picker’ of records. I could find some good ones for a couple of bucks. Lowell George, the lead singer …
ALBUMS: Sailin’ Shoes (1972); Hoy Hoy (1986) MVC Rating: Sailin’: 4.0/$$$; Hoy: 4.0/$$$ Little Feat and its leader Lowell George started with a foundation of Southern blues rock a la the Brothers Allman, added a touch of the Brothers Neville and topped it off with some funky Brothers Isley. When I think of Little Feat …
Big Chief Ellis, a blues piano player of the highest talent, died in Birmingham on this date — Dec. 20, 1977. He was 63. Not many folks know today his the anniversary of his death. He was a self-taught piano player, professional gambler and ‘rolling stone.’ As he sings in the attached recording: “I do …
ALBUM: Terrapin Station (1977) MVC Rating: 4.0/$$$$ 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. …