Rants and Ravings of a Misguided Dreamer and Observer
Salutations™!! Today is the 40th anniversary of Eric Clapton’s Another Ticket album. It was his last on the RSO label as it was absorbed into Polydor soon after. It is no mystery that I am not a Clapton fan. However, I think that goes more to his blues stuff and early 70s stuff. I like…
Salutations™!! Today is the 43rd anniversary of Eric Clapton’s Slowhand album. I’m not one to usually promote Eric Clapton because I think he’s overrated and I don’t particularly care for his playing nor his songs. But, there are times when you just gotta highlight the man. That, and there’s really nothing else to talk about…
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Salutations™!! Today was a big day in releases. A lot of things came out. Let’s run through some… Love To Love You Baby from Donna Summer (with the title track, her first big hit) turns 45. The Roaring Silence from Manfred Mann’s Earth Band (with “Blinded By The Light”) and No Reason To Cry from Eric Clapton…
Salutations™!! We had a brief encounter with warmer, sunnier weather yesterday. That was nice and it made it harder for us to stay indoors and listen to records, but hey, we were listening to records and that’s one of our favorite pastimes. So, it worked out. But, we pulled a lot of stuff home yesterday…
Salutations™!! As I had stated on social media in places, our trip to Asheville was canceled because of the impending Snowpocalypse, so we did get to Underdog Records after all. We started the morning at our favorite creperie and shared a meal with our The Beer Dads cohorts. It was a great morning. We did…