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ROCKOLLECTIONS: IT’S BLOOMING TIME PT.5

Although this was broadcast on the regular Tuesday, I recorded the show on a very rainy Friday.
Once a year we all get together for a breakfast, lunch or dinner- in this case it was a breakfast.
Where it was announced that our little Rock Lives/Rockollections had won an award for Best Entertainment Show.
I don’t know how or why, and hell, frankly I think there are too many awards given out nowadays, lol!
But I am grateful, and it is always nice to have your efforts recognized. It means I must be doing something right. And the award was even framed, lol.
Since I was at the radio station, after the breakfast and festivities, wired on coffee, I thought I’d try to find a studio and record another show so I wouldn’t have to come back on Tuesday.
As I say, it was pouring outside that Friday, giving me the perfect opportunity to open up with an old song about Flowers and Rain by the Move. Followed by Simon & Garfunkel, and then one with some sunshine by Janis Joplin.
Then a couple concerning another type of Flower we couldn’t leave out. I particularly liked the segue of this short set.
After that, a song even I am surprised I played, lol!
Followed by a very very early, pre-hiccup, almost unrecognizable tune by Buddy Holly & Crickets.
Closing things out with a country tearjerker, but a damn good song, about a drunk driver who finally finds a reason to bring his lady flowers.
All things considered, probably a good representation of what we do musically that won us that award!

Mike

Tags: Best Entertainment Show, Buddy Holly & Crickets, Flowers, Janis Joplin, Rain, Simon & Garfunkel, The Move

ROCKOLLECTIONS: IT’S BLOOMING TIME PT.3

I didn’t realize it or plan it, but this is the all 60’s chapter of our little musical look at Flowers & Gardens and things that grow out of the ground.
And back in the 60’s, as the times they were a-changin, flowers were a large part of it.
At least as a symbol of where your head was at- even as a political statement!
We will take a look and listen at those days in our opening set. Including a father/daughter generation gap that gets a little smaller.
Then it is on to some different TYPES of flowers- even those that are not real!
There will be many surprises in this one, I would think…unless of course you are getting to know me!

Mike

Tags: Father Daughter Generation Gap, Flowers, Gardens, Political Statement, The 60's

ROCKOLLECTIONS: IT’S BLOOMING TIME PT.2

As we will throughout this series, I will flip Gardens and Flowers, so a couple of rockers about Flowers open this installment.
First one, Picking Wild Flowers- and anything wild is good!
The next one by the Talking Heads contained the Crossed F incident.
Although I am one of the most disorganized people I know, I can also be very picayune about certain things.
This I have always regarded as just a minor facet of my insanity, not a problem.
So upon realizing on my handwritten list of songs that I had not crossed the F in Flowers, thereby making it Tlowers, I rushed out to tell Engineer Ken.
Ken, the poor soul, thought something had gone terribly wrong, lol!
But that was enough to throw me into an embarrassed lather.
Taking a quick sedative, I was able to continue, lol!
Got a song for Mothers Day that fits our flora requirement- from a couple of tough dudes, Johnny Cash & Waylon Jennings.
Returning to the subject of Gardens, there are lots of different kinds of Gardens.
I will open a set with a song that is NOT one of them (HUH?)!
But I later erroneously identified the singer as Loretta Lynn, and I should have said Lynn Anderson.
I always confuse the two…wonder why, lol?
Finally, we end this chapter with something we have known we have to do for decades- get back there to that Garden.
A very Happy Mothers Day to all those still with us, and loving remembrances to those who are not.
If you still have Mom, realize you are lucky, treasure the moments and tell her you love her!

Mike

Tags: Engineer Ken, Flowers, Gardens, Johnny Cash, Lynn Anderson, Mothers Day, Picking Wild Flowers, Talking Heads, The Crossed F Incident, Waylon Jennings

ROCKOLLECTIONS: IT’S BLOOMING TIME PT.1

April Showers Bring May Flowers…as we all know!
We are in the middle of Spring, the weather has gotten very hot here in the Northeast, and I will begin a new Theme series with Gardens, Flowers, Grass and some other things that grow out of the ground.
And this from a CITY GUY!
I may not know much about gardens, flowers, etc. But I do know music.
And I can promise you a truly enjoyable time, as I pick from Rock & Roll, Folk, Soul, Country and anything else to produce a free-form musical bouquet.
I will begin with the 45 RPM SINGLE version of a very long song from the 60’s- it’s so long I didn’t want to scare anyone away. But I’ll play it in full here someday.
Then something live from the old Fillmore East from early 1971, followed by a song from a 1993 CD dedicated to our planet.
When I do these Theme shows, I often take time to look at the topic from a different angle.
In this case, I had a choice of two songs, wanted to play both, but time restraints made me settle for one…well, what was the FIRST Garden?
Closing out this opening seed, we’ll hear Arlo Guthrie doing what he does best- getting into a song and having fun with the audience, and the audience with him.
Using the OLD way of teaching that still works!
And check out the false start- the shows were always either live, or live in the sense that once Engineer Ken and I started, we never stopped for anything short of a very large problem.
In this case, just as I was starting the show, somebody opened the door to my studio totally unexpectedly!
While it surprised me, it also struck me funny because over the years just about everything strange that can happen in radio, eventually will, lol!

Mike

Tags: 45 RPM SINGLE, April Showers Bring May Flowers, CITY GUY, country, Engineer Ken, Fillmore East, Flowers, Folk Music, Gardens, Grass, Rock & Roll, Soul, The 60's, The Audience, The First Garden, The Old Way Of Teaching

Amblin with Uncleshag 3

Uncleshag takes you on a tour of his secret garden with flowers, trees, dirt, manure, air, sky , goldfish, cats and luscious, delicious, ripe, red, strawberries picked on camera… ahhhhh!! The garden!
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Amblin’ with Uncleshag 3

Tags: cats, coolwhip, Entertainment, Flowers, garden, goldfish, music, strawberries, trees, Uncleshag, Video Blogging