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Cracking The Memory Vault
on Oct 27, 2009 in Boomers Country MP3 Music Nostalgia Retirement Seniors country music Pictures — like music — have a powerful ability to coax memories out of hiding, even for those of us who might have misplaced the combination to our mental vault. That would certainly be the case for a picture I ran into recently, a decep...
REVIEW: Count Basie Orchestra – Swinging, Singing, Playing
on Oct 14, 2009 in Big Band Boomers Jazz Music Retirement Review Seniors Count Basie Instrumental Jazz Vocal Jazz One of the best of the many “ghost” bands that have operated through the years would have to be that of Count Basie. Although he died over twenty years ago, the Count Basie Orchestra — or the CBO, as it calls itself (complete with a...
Franck Pourcel And His French Fiddlers
on Sep 30, 2009 in Boomers Classical Easy Listening Jazz MP3 Music Nostalgia Retirement Seniors Video Music History Paul Mauriat Paul Pourcel French Fiddlers The French have had their share of musical stars through the years, and seem to have been especially strong in instrumental pop and light classics, a genre sometimes called Easy Listening. A while back I wrote about Paul Mauriat, and another good exa...
Country Songbird Connie Smith
on Sep 28, 2009 in Boomers Country MP3 Music Nostalgia Retirement Seniors Video Connie Smith country music Music History When I write about the music of the past I try to balance my efforts among several different genres, including jazz, oldies, country music, and a few others. But it occurred to me that even within a particular genre I can be neglectful. Case in point...
Jersey’s Answer To The Beatles
on Sep 24, 2009 in Boomers MP3 Music Nostalgia Oldies Retirement Seniors Video Beatles Knickerbockers Music History In a recent piece about the Buckinghams I wrote about the British musical invasion of the Sixties and how it caused many American bands to change, but some groups didn’t just emulate the haircuts and quaint English-style suits. They also made a...
Carl Smith – Anything But Ordinary
on Sep 22, 2009 in Boomers Country MP3 Music Nostalgia Retirement Seniors Video Carl Smith country music Johnny Cash June Carter Cash Music History Even though his career stretches back for over half a century, Carl Smith is probably not one of the most remembered singing stars from country music’s honky-tonk era — but his ordinary-sounding name might be part of the problem. After al...