#1 The Islander - Chris Blackwell with Paul Morley
In the vein of Sound Man and The Soundtrack of My Life, a lyrical, warmhearted, and inspirational memoir from the founder of Island Records about his astonishing life and career helping to bring reggae music to the world stage and working with Bob Marley, U2, Grace Jones, Cat Stevens, and many other icons.
Chris Blackwell, like the paradigm-shifting artists he came to support over his sixty-plus years in the music business, never took the conventional route. He grew up between Jamaica and London, crossing paths with Ian Fleming, Noel Coward, and Errol Flynn. After being expelled from an elite British school for rebellious behavior in 1954 at age seventeen, he moved back to Jamaica, and within five years, founded Island Records—the company that would make an indelible mark on music, shifting with the times, but always keeping its core identity intact.
The Islander is the story of Blackwell and his cohorts at Island Records, who time and again, identified, nurtured, and broke out musicians who had been overlooked by bigger record labels, including Steve Winwood, Nick Drake, John Martyn, and Cat Stevens. After an impromptu meeting with Bob Marley and his bandmates in 1972, Blackwell decided to fund and produce their groundbreaking album Catch a Fire. He’d go on to work with Marley over the rest of his career, remain his close friend, and continually champion Jamaican culture and reggae music.
In the ensuing years, Blackwell worked with U2, Grace Jones, the B-52s, Tom Waits, Robert Palmer, Tom Tom Club, and many other groundbreaking artists. He also opened the first Jamaican boutique hotel, on the property of Ian Fleming’s former home, Goldeneye, where all the James Bond books were written.
2)ROBIN LANE
- Robin Lane "All I'll Ever Need":
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3)Eric Andersen
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Song By”
John Batdorf and Michael McLean 2022
BATMAC MUSIC BMI / Shining Star Music ASCAP
Acoustic Guitars/Vocals/Bass/Keys/Percussion By:John Batdorf
Electric Guitars and Mandolin By: Michael Dowdle
BGVs By: Bill Batstone
Fiddle By: Scott Foxx
Produced and Arranged By John Batdorf/John Batdorf Music
Lyrics
I’m not a wannabe cowboy
And I’m not at home on the range
I like to fish, but that’s about it
And Cowboy hats make me feel strange
But the road took a turn that surprised me
And I’m more than just down on my luck
If I was a drinkin’ man, I’d probably take my van
Down to the bar that’s surrounded by trucks
Though I never liked country songs much
So I can’t soothe my soul in a bottle
My woman I’d never forsake
I’m not church goin’ and God isn’t showin’ me
Where guys like me catch a break
So I’m here on the highway just drivin’
But I’m feelin’ Roy Rogers nearby
He’s smilin’ at me and singing a melody
And I’ll be damned if I know why
It kind of makes me wanna cry
Special notes on Blue Largo's music video.
“A World Without Soul.”
6)Richard X Heyman 67,.000 Miles An Album
8)GYPSY EYES, BOB WOLFMAN HENDRIX TRIBUTE
Wolfman and the friend he came with left the shop with Hendrix, who invited them to join him at a restaurant for a steak dinner. Afterward, on the sidewalk, Wolfman bade Hendrix adieu as the guitarist was about to get into a cab. Hendrix had other ideas, and invited them back to his small flat in Greenwich Village to hang out. They stayed until dawn.
“We talked, we jammed, we drank wine and talked about music, what he wanted to do with it, and hot-wiring pickups,” Wolfman recalls. “The main focus was we were hoping music would really raise the consciousness of people worldwide, that it would really change humanity for the better, the philosophical, spiritual bent, if you will.”
They met up several times over the next couple years — Wolfman was in bands playing venues in the Catskills and Hendrix had a place in Monticello — and there were further jams. A 16-year-old Wolfman was onstage at Woodstock near the Marshall amps — “It was intense and immense and really life-changing. ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ was so emotional because I felt what Jimi was conveying was his hatred and disgust with the Vietnam War.”
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11)The Look of Love Eydie Gorme'
Easy Come Easy Go (1st version)
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20) Terry Lee "Nasty But Nice"
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The Thought of Loving You
The Thought of Loving You
Remastered by Kurt Reil at The
House of Vibes, Highland Park, NJ
$11.99 includes shipping to U.S. only.
Release Date: June 18, 2021.
"Hyacinth House" includes many lyrics surrounding Morrison's upheaval about his personal life and relationships. The line "someone who doesn’t need me", refers to his troubles with girlfriend Pamela Courson.[9] According to Krieger, the line heard in the song's bridge: "I see the bathroom is clear" is a reference to an occurrence when Morrison's friend Babe Hill left the studio's bathroom so Morrison could use it to record his vocals.[6] Krieger has also said that the line "To please the lions" was inspired after Morrison was in Krieger's house and saw a baby bobcat that he had owned.[9][11] Doors' drummer John Densmore said about Morrison's interpretation and lyrics, "He was re-examining, but not with regret. Toward the end, Jim said, 'Probably next time, I'd be a little solitary, Zen gardener working in his garden.' I don't interpret that as a regret, but he had a hunch."[11][12] LINK: https://joevigtop40.blogspot.com/2022/10/october-2020-robin-lane-chris-blackwell.html
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42)The Look of Love Joe Viglione
Fast Version
