All posts tagged “music”

February 3, 2010
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Remember Records?

I loved records! Here’s Rufus Thomas, Sun Records #188, from 1953, spinning at 78 rpm’s. The picture above is from later on, when we were spinning 33 1/3 rpms. Remember Walking the Dog?

January 13, 2010
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Waltz with me one time…

That was the Reno Waltz, performed by the Whippoorwills Big Band. Here’s the Little Black Eyes Waltz, performed by the Hackney Ramblers. And here’s the Pardon Waltz, performed by Low Maintenance. Enjoy the day.

January 10, 2010
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Polka, Rumba y Polka Mexicana

I stumbled across this excellent performance on YouTube. I’ve never seen an accordion quite like this one. It looks like it’s a Club System accordion. See on the melody side there are two rows plus 5 additional “helper” buttons to enable the player to get… Read More

December 18, 2009
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Cowboy songs

With all this talk about films in that genre we call The Western, I have a hankering to hear some cowboy tunes. Here’s Dan Reeder’s Cowboy Song. This one’s not for the kiddies. Here’s Tom Russell, one of my faves, performing Tonight we Ride. (I… Read More

December 12, 2009
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My Blue Heaven

I mentioned the song My Blue Heaven in my review of the Leon Redbone show, and it occurred to me that there might be a reader or two out there who do not know this chestnut. It was popularized by Gene Austin and later Fats… Read More

November 10, 2009
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Justin Townes Earle

Who says Mister Anchovy doesn’t listen to “emerging artists”? Eh? Just forget for a second that Justin Townes Earle is the son of a really fantastic songwriter and performer, and a personal fave of mine, Steve Earle, and forget for a second that he was… Read More

November 9, 2009
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Got you covered

The recent posts I made on Songs about Cars were a lot of fun, so I thought I’d follow them up by checking out some cover tunes. I did a series of posts back on the old blog called Got you Covered. I’m going to… Read More