Living with Lewy Body Dementia
Counting down my 678 vinyl records before I die of brain disease
ALBUM: Best of New RIders of the Purple Sage ( 1976) MVC Rating: 4.0/$$ With my Southern roots I grew up with country, country rock, folk rock and blues rock. On the west coast there was an equally dedicated group of musicians who played roots music before they called it roots music. That means a …
ME: (To man on the street. Waiting for the light to change.) You know I’ve never done this before. MAN: Done what? (Looks me up and down with a mixture of confusion and hostility). ME: Oh, I can’t tell you yet, I’m not sure if I’ve been authorized. But, (I lean a little closer) it …
https://myvinylcountdown.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=2713&action=edit ALBUMS: Deep Purple ‘Stormbringer’ (1974); Detective, ‘Detective’ (1977); John Denver’s; Poems Prayers and Promises (1971). MVC Rating: Stormbringer, 3.5/$$$; Detective 3.5/$$; Denver 3.5/$$ ADDITIONAL ADDS (SEE NOTE BELOW) Deep Purple Made in Japan Live:45/$$$$; Machine Head 4.5/$$$$; Who do we think we are — 3.5/$$$ I more or less have been untethered from the …
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I started this blog in September of 2017 on the premise that I would review all of my 678 vinyl records. I set myself a fairly simple deadline — my death. Diagnosed a year earlier with Lewy body dementia, I didn’t know if it was possible for me to live long enough to fulfill that …
ALBUM: Favorites (1977 comp.) MVC Rating: 4.5 Here is the group that has led to all those noisy guitar licks in heavy metal and hard rock. It was early 1960s and a handful of white British kids became immersed in American blues, singers and guitar pickers. They learned the songs, for which they applied amplification …
ALBUM: Vanilla Fudge (1967) MVC Rating: 2.5/$$$$ Wow, this one is so bad it’s good. Almost. Their cover of the Temptations’ ‘You Keep Me Hanging On’ was a high charting single and is a successful use of turning an original song inside-out, making it something new and good. With it’s heavy organ sound and over-the-top …
ALBUM: Uriah Heep MVC Rating (3.0/$$$$) Named after the despicable Dicken’s character, Uriah Heep can be viewed in two ways. The worst way is that they are clunky slog rockers that sound no better than the worst songs by Jethro Tull (minus flute) and Deep Purple. Another, more upbeat way would be to describe them …
ALBUM: Joe South’s Greatest Vol 1 (1969); Joe South (self-titled). MVC Rating: Greatest, 4.5/ $$$; self-titled 3.0/$$$. Now this is what I’m here for. Dusting off old music I grew up on – music probably unknown to most under 40. Joe South, Georgia singer-songwriter is one of those somewhat forgotten artists whose songs you know …
ALBUM: John Prine 1971 MVC Rating: 4.5/$$$$ (First pressings and promo albums can be expensive.) John Prine wrote some classic songs. Socially conscious, witty and biting, he upon further review should go down as one of America’s finest songwriters. ‘Angel from Montgomery,’ ‘Sam Stone,’ ‘Illegal Smile,’ ‘Hello in there,’ and ‘Donald and Lydia’ are major …
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 …