DOG ASIDE: Long before Phil Collins became famous as a solo artist…..I loved the music of Genesis for years…..as Bone Daddy would play their albums often. Genesis are an English rock band formed at Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey in 1967…..becoming the most commercially successful line-up with keyboardist Tony Banks, guitarist Mike Rutherford and drummer/singer Phil Collins.…
DOG ASIDE: Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004), professionally known as Ray Charles, was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and composer. He was sometimes referred to as “The Genius”….was also nicknamed “The High Priest of Soul”. He pioneered the genre of soul music during the 1950s by combining rhythm and blues, gospel,…
DOG ASIDE: Roberta Cleopatra Flack is an American singer and musician. She is best known for her classic #1 singles “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face”, “Killing Me Softly with His Song” and “Feel Like Makin’ Love”, and for “Where Is the Love” and “The Closer I Get to You”, two of her many…
DOG ASIDE: Henry Saint Clair Fredericks (born May 17, 1942), who uses the stage name Taj Mahal, is an American blues musician. He often incorporates elements of world music into his works….as a self-taught singer-songwriter and film composer who plays the guitar, piano, banjo and harmonica (among many other instruments). Mahal has done much to reshape…
DOG ASIDE: Jerry Jeff Walker (born Ronald Clyde Crosby on March 16, 1942 in Oneonta, New York) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Best known for writing the song “Mr. Bojangles”….Walker’s prolific music career and widespread musical influence have made him an iconic fixture of the Texas country music scene. He settled in Austin,…
DOG ASIDE: This video is part of The Best of Austin City Limits series featuring Marty Robbins singing his all time hit El Paso….followed by singer / songwriter Floyd Tillman singing the first cheating song Slippin Round….with the video ending with the country music anthem Orange Blossom Special being performed various groups to have blessed…
There is a very dangerous and damaging attitude amongst a lot of our young people that the world owes them something. …
Is it ignorance or apathy? Hey man, I don’t know and I don’t care. …
DOG ASIDE: The Doobie Brothers are an American rock band. The group has sold more than 40 million albums worldwide throughout their career. The band has been active in five decades….with their biggest success occurring in the 1970s. The group was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2004. This lil ole Chiweenie just…