DOG ASIDE: Clyde Jackson Browne (born October 9, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and musician who has sold over 18 million albums in the United States….coming into prominence in the 1970’s….writing and recording songs such as “These Days”, “The Pretender”, “Running on Empty”, “Lawyers in Love”, “Doctor My Eyes”, “Take It Easy”, “For a Rocker”,…
DOG ASIDE: Randall Stuart “Randy” Newman is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is known for his distinctive voice….mordant (and often satirical) pop songs….and for film scores. Since the 1980’s, Newman has worked mostly as a film composer. His film scores include “Ragtime, Awakenings, The Natural, Leatherheads, Cats Don’t Dance, Meet the Parents, Cold Turkey…
DOG ASIDE: The Marx Brothers were were a family comedy act that was successful in vaudeville, on Broadway and in motion pictures from 1905 to 1949. Five of the Marx Brothers’ thirteen feature films were selected by the American Film Institute (AFI) as among the top 100 comedy films of all time…..with two of them “Duck Soup” and…
DOG ASIDE: The Blues Brothers were an American rhythm and blues revivalist band founded in 1976 by comedy actors Dan Akroyd and John Belushi….as part of a musical sketch on Saturday Night Live. Belushi and Akroyd, in character as lead vocalist “Joliet” Jake Blues (named after Joliet Prison) and harmonica player/backing vocalist Elwood Blues (named after the Elwood…
DOG ASIDE: Bone Daddy tells me that when he was a freshman at The University of Texas in 1965…..his dorm mate Mac Woodfin from Paris, Texas….was a serious “Dylanist”…..a person who kinda worshiped Bob Dylan…..as every Sunday Mac would play his Dylan albums and sit back in his reclining chair to worship Bob Dylan…..as he…
DOG ASIDE: Linda Ronstadt sang and entertained audiences for 44 years from 1967 to 2011….recording albums throughout her entire career. In total, she has released over 30 studio albums and 15 compilation or greatest hits albums. Ronstadt charted 38 Billboard Hot 100 singles…..with 21 reaching the top 40…10 in the top 10…three at number 2, and “You’re No Good…
DOG ASIDE: I have no earthly idea who this jazz trio is…..I’ve finally come to my wits end trying to identify this group of musicians…..but I like their work so well….that I am still publishing this post….cuz I think you’ll like them too….that is, if you like jazz. Anyway, if anyone can tell me who…
DOG ASIDE: This lil ole Chiweenie dog just loves the music and entertainment of Ray Charles….and two of my favorite pieces he ever did were “America The Beautiful”….which he sang often in many different places….but when he played and sang it at the introduction ceremony prior to the NO MAS Sugar Ray Leonard vs Roberto…