Johnny’s Empty Garden
March 30, 2009
Here are some John Lennon moments we were fortunate enough to share:
Gimme Some Truth – September 1971
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Stand By Me – For The Old Grey Whistle Test - 1975
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Monday Night Football – John Lennon Announced dead by Howard Cosell 1980
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Empty Garden – Elton John from Jump Up – 1982
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Music by Elton John
Lyrics by Bernie Taupin
What happened here
As the New York sunset disappeared
I found an empty garden among the flagstones there
Who lived here
He must have been a gardener that cared a lot
Who weeded out the tares and grew a good crop
And now it all looks strange
It’s funny how one insect can damage so much grain
And what’s it for
This little empty garden by the brownstone door
And in the cracks along the sidewalk nothing grows no more
Who lived here
He must have been a gardener that cared a lot
Who weeded out the tares and grew a good crop
And we are so amazed we’re crippled and we’re dazed
A gardener like that one no one can replace
And I’ve been knocking but no one answers
And I’ve been knocking most all the day
Oh and I’ve been calling oh hey hey Johnny
Can’t you come out to play
And through their tears
Some say he farmed his best in younger years
But he’d have said that roots grow stronger if only he could hear
Who lived there
He must have been a gardener that cared a lot
Who weeded out the tares and grew a good crop
Now we pray for rain, and with every drop that falls
We hear, we hear your name
Johnny can’t you come out to play in your empty garden
Calvin and Townes
March 23, 2009
What an excellent song from this great pairing:
Townes Van Zandt and Calvin Russel – Waiting Around To Die
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When Hate was “In”
March 21, 2009
“The Groovy Guru” was a 1968 Get Smart episode that featured psychedelic rock band The Sacred Cows and their big hit “Kill Kill Kill”. I know….you told me not to tell you that…..
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Ledbetter to Lead Belly to Led Zeppelin
March 18, 2009
Led Zepplin ’stole many licks, songs and ideas from old bluesmen from the American south (like Lead Belly). Well, at least “Gallows Pole” likely came from a 1939 recording called “Gallis Pole” by Huddie Ledbetter (better known as Lead Belly). But Huddie’s version was inspired by a folksong that was several centuries old called “The Maid Freed From the Gallows“. As they say the blues had a baby and they called it rock n roll.
Lead Belly – Three Songs by Lead Belly
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Gallis Pole – Lead sometimes Led Belly (yes – Gallis Pole – 1939
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Salut Marianne
March 16, 2009
A different version of So Long Marianne. One of my faves with the Munich audience and the pretentious and excellent violinst and superb backing vocals and wonderful sax and Leonard Cohen directing the whole thing with his eyes.. YT keeps taking it down though. Pity.
Apparently, the woman above, sitting at LC’s typewriter, from the back cover of “Songs From a Room” , is THE Marianne. Marianne Jensen (Ihlen).
So Long Marianne – Leonard Cohen – origially released 1968
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The Eagles Have Landed
March 14, 2009
The Eagles are on tour and playing in my town as we type (tonight). They do a great cover of Seven Bridges.
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When I was a young man child (17) or so we would all crowd into my girlfriend’s basement to have a few brews, smoke a little, listen to music and generally stay out of trouble by doing things we weren’t supposed to at that age. Good times! We were definitely taking it easy and didn’t know how good we had it.
One of the records that got played over and over was Take it Easy by The Eagles. There was something about the way it was recorded that made it sound good even on cheaper ’stereos’.
click here to view Take it Easy last year Live.
And click here to listen to the studio version that I thought sounded so good. My brain always expects ‘Witchy Woman’ to come on next.
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Saxcess
March 11, 2009
Sax sessions always catch my attention. It is a very cool instrument.
Most sax players wallow in saxual obscurity but some come out of the shadows to make a name for themselves. Bobby Keys, Jay Easton and Bleeding Gums Murphy come to mind of course.
The sax was invented by Adolphe Sax (honest) in the 1840s.
What follows are 4 sax songs – 1 very famous, 2 a little bit, 1 French sax. Superb!
D’abord : (the song starts at about 4 minutes if you wanna skip the bantor) – the sax is at the end and is well worth the wait (and don’t forget the 2nd sax encore).
France: Francis Cabrel – Encore et Encore – 1990s? (Sax by Michel Gaucher)
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Second – Canadian 80s band Martha and their Muffins (both women were Marthas)…my job is very boring I’m an office clerk….
Canada: Martha and the Muffins – Echo Beach – 1980 – Andy Haas on tenor sax
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Newcastle: Dire Straits – Your Latest Trick- Nimes 1992 Chris White on sax
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I have this next song burned in my memory because I taped it off AM radio back in ‘71 and played it over and over. (That was our version of downloading).
I can even hear the into: From the City by the Shore. All hit music. All Summer long. WLS Chi ca go. 9:33 in the windy city on the J.J. Jeffery show to the opening riff of Brown Sugar. When I forget that I ‘ll talk to the Doc ’bout memory loss – but for now I guess I still got it.
BTW – A classic great sax song (Bobby Keys from Sticky Fingers). The best part about Sticky Fingers (besides the debate about who’s crotch was in the photo – not mine) is the story about the zipper. They used a real zipper on the first album releases but the metal latch caused problems denting the grooves of the vinyl so some smart shipper realized that if the fly was open, the latch would be on top of the label – not a problem. So that’s how they continued shipping them. I still have the “zipper sleeve” but someone stole the vinyl.
England: Brown Sugar – Rolling Stones - 1971
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Old Man Newman
March 10, 2009
Nice song – great venue – beautifully arranged. By the guy who thought short people had no reason to live: Randolph Newman.
Louisianna – 1927 – Randy Newman 2008
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UnE-Z Ridin Blues
March 9, 2009
Wanted Needed Thanked
March 7, 2009
Where would we be without original singer/songwriters?
Silent and Still – Samantha Murphy
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Sam’s home
