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Tune of the Day

"Blue Rondo a la Turk"  on the Two Generations of Brubeck album.  Wow.

There are many fine versions of this tune, but this one gets me dancing, clapping, fist-pounding, whatever, every time....and it's not easy to dance in, what, 9/8?  I love tunes that grow, build, develop, and move through changes.  This one just picks me up and takes me right along with it.  Great melding of jazz and rock idioms, too.  It's fun to imagine Dave Brubeck setting the groove and then sitting back to hear where his kids and their friends take it. 

You can continue exploring Dave and the kids on Two Generations of Brubeck, "The Great Spirit Made Us All".  And Chris Brubeck's rock/jazz band Sky King on "Secret Sauce".

For extra credit, give a "spin" to Chase, "Bochawa" from their last album, Pure Music.

Anyway, that's my two cents today.




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Bil Lloyd - Back to Even

Great power pop.  Clever word play.  The opening track:

Back to Even

Thanks to Pokey77 for turning me on to Bill and Lyric Genius for the words....

"My life hit the curb knocked my wheels out of whack
But I made it back to even
It all re-alligned as a matter of fact
It took me straight back to even

From a Dom Perignon to a brown paper sack
It’s good to be back to even

Chorus...
How I got from there to here
Isn’t exactly clear
But that’s all behind me
And now you can find me
Dancing on air...

Wth only LOVE to hold me up there."

 

(Back to even and truly thanking God for that.)

 


 

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@slaw 

That Tom Rush is his version of a phenomenal song by Joni Mitchell.

I probably heard his version before hers. 

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^ That makes two of us @ghosthouse 

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"Shattered" "Far Away Eyes"

The Rolling Stones 

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"Pilgrimage" "Talk About The Passion" R E.M.

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