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January 2, 2020 1970s / 1980s / country music / documentaries / music / TV shows / YouTube

The sound of her voice: My 5 favorite Linda Ronstadt songs

About 25 minutes into the Sugar Bowl between Georgia and Baylor, I realized the Linda Ronstadt documentary was on CNN

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October 22, 2019 1970s / 1980s / Johnny Carson / SiriusXM / television / TV shows

SiriusXM’s Johnny Carson channel is the best thing they’ve created in years

I’m a devotee of all-things SiriusXM, and even if I were considering dropping the subscription ($44.99 for two vehicles), my

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FM by Steely Dan
January 20, 2019 1970s / cover song / facebook / music / Steely Dan / Yacht Rock / YouTube

“FM” by Steely Dan | Cover Song of the Week

When I decided to do a cover version of Steely Dan’s “FM,” also known as “No Static At All,” I

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October 22, 2017 1970s / cover song / music / music lesson

Cover + Chords: Learn how to play Gino Vannelli’s “I Just Wanna Stop”

Listening to my favorite Yacht Rock radio station yesterday, SiriusXM’s 311, on the SiriusXM app, I heard Gino Vannelli’s “I

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October 21, 2017 1970s / 1980s / music / original music / Yacht Rock

Yacht Rock Original: “Everybody’s Girl”

I’ve loved all-things yacht rock before the genre even had a name. Christopher Cross, Toto, Boz Scaggs, Michael McDonald, Kenny

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October 17, 2017 1970s / 1980s / cover song / jazz / music / music lesson / piano jazz / smooth jazz / Steely Dan

Cover & Lyrics: The secret to playing Steely Dan’s “Kid Charlemagne”

Last week, I got to see the legendary Steely Dan although I certainly, remorsefully didn’t ever get to see Walter

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October 14, 2017 1970s / 1980s / concerts / michael mcdonald / music / Steely Dan

Review: Steely Dan’s Tulsa show a party for Walter, total fan delight

On a night when country star Jason Aldean got all the headlines for playing in Tulsa, his first gig since

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June 23, 2017 1960s / 1970s / 1980s / alejandro sanz / country music / jerry jeff walker / lists / music / Tracey Ullman

These 12 songs would be on my all-time best, definitive, ultimate CD

I haven’t been able to run this week because of some heel pain, so I decided to revisit a blog

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January 28, 2017 1970s / cover song / television / Uncategorized

Mary Tyler Moore statue nowhere to be found in Minneapolis

That’s right. I’m talking about the famed Mary Tyler Moore statue somewhere in downtown Minneapolis. It’s the one where she’s tossing her hat into the air, just as she did in the opening credits to her iconic 1970s television series, “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.”

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