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Remembering Lost Music!

Today's Lost Music is a fantastic single circa 1966 by the Talon Brothers, I Think There Is Something Sleeping In My Refrigerator!  I first came across this gem of a song on my

Remembering Forgotten Songs!

This morning I woke up humming Walkin' On The Sun, a popular song by a combo called Smash Mouth.  Back in 1997, when the tune was a big hit single, my daughter Molly

REMEMBERING FORGOTTEN SONGS!

Plastic Bertrand

Zoot Alors!  Today's Lost Music is a kick ass dance tune credited to a fella named Plastic Bertrand that became wildly popular around the world in 1977.  Plastic Bertrand is

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THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS

Today's Lost Music is a quirky and happy-go-lucky song called Birdhouse In Your Soul as parlayed by a combo called They Might Be Giants.  The lyrics are

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John Simon - The Song of The Elves

John Simon is an American music producer, composer, writer and performer. Recognized as one of the top record producers in the United States during the late

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Leon Russell - Spanish Harlem

Today's Lost Music post is all about a swinging instrumental track  called Spanish Harlem which was recorded by Leon Russell and The Gap Band back in…

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Love - 7 and 7 Is 

The band Love recorded this genuine rock classic in June of 1966 at Sunset Sound Recorders in Hollywood.  At that time, Sunset Sound Recorders was one…

Remembering Forgotten Songs!

Today's Lost Music post is It's The End of the World As We Know It (and I Feel Fine), a wild apocalyptic rock anthem by R.E.M.  At first listen, this track simply knocked…

It's Valentine's Day!

Today's song that celebrates Valentine's Day is a great tune called I Need Your Loving...y'know, there aren't that many love songs that can top Don Garner & Dee Dee Ford's I Need Your Loving…

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Family - Second Generation Woman

Today's Lost Music is about a great British band called Family.  The English band Family emerged in the 1960s rock scene and soon became a household name…

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Ed "Kookie" Byrnes - Kookie's Mad Pad

"Edward Byrne Breitenberger (July 30, 1932 – January 8, 2020), known professionally as Edd Byrnes, was an American actor, best known for his…

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Spanish Harlem Incident - Chris Whitley

Today's Lost Song is a cover version of a Bob Dylan song called Spanish Harlem Incident.  I'm always a big supporter of artists…

Remembering Lost Songs

The Imposter - Elvis Costello

I've always liked Elvis Costello's work and today's Lost Song is my favorite Elvis Costello song; it's a tune called The Imposter which was a track on his…

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Los Lobos - Life Is Good

Here's a wonderful song that's filled with positivity.  The lyrics are simplistic yet effective.  The first time I came across this great Los Lobos track I…

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JB Lenoir - Feelin' Good

Today's Lost Music post features on of my favorite blues songs, Feelin' Good by JB Lenoir.  The song has a relaxed atmosphere that brings the listener…

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Geoff Muldaur

Chevrolet / Big Alice

Geoff Muldaur's Chevrolet / Big Alice has always been a favorite track of mine most probably because it channels a definite New…

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The Butterfield Blues Band

East-West

Today's forgotten song is the title song of the masterpiece known as East-West by the Butterfield Blues Band circa 1966.  This song alone was a definite game…

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Turn That Chicken Down: Geraint Watkins

Turn That Chicken Down

I've always felt that Geraint Watkins is an undiscovered treasure.  I love his unique approach to his original songs and…

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David Lindley & El Rayo-X

Tiki Torches At Twilight

Tiki torches at twilight  
Hula girls at the bar  
All the guys from the office  
Are throwing up their cars  
Get to cooking

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John Prine

Jesus, The Missing Years

Today's Lost Music post is a great forgotten John Prine song called Jesus, The Missing Years.  The song speculates upon the unrecorded middle 18 years of…

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Mink DeVille - Slow Drain

Little Miss Tragedy is so misunderstood 
She can hear you sniff a whip of a bad drugs a hundred yards away 
And if she gets, you cornered she…

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Garland Jeffreys

Wild in the Streets

In the heat of the summer 
Better call up the plumber 
And turn on the street pump 
To cool me off 
With your newspaper…

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Lindsey Buckingham

Don't Look Down

Diamonds in the sunset, now your time has come 
Pretty yellow bird fly away into the sun 

Don't look down 
Do not look down