Category: Live Music
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The 7:40 Songbook – March 11, 2015
Where in the H E Double Hockey Sticks did all that traffic come from. Glad it wasn’t yesterday or I would have never made it without pin-balling off someone. But made it I did, and just in time for the 7:40 tune. Today’s song needs little commentary, Bob Dylan and “Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues”. …
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The 7:40 Songbook – March 10, 2015
Nothing interesting on the way in to work this morning, unless you can emphasize with driving for 25 minutes and not remembering a thing interesting. Definite homing pigeon zombie mode on that drive, hope I didn’t run over anything or anyone. Music time. Today’s song is another Canadian group that is beginning to get noticed..well..pretty…
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Canada’s Number One Song And Album – March 8, 2015
This weeks number 1 song (Via CBC Radio 2) and album (As per CKUA) are Death Cab For Cuties song “Black Sun” as single and Jayme Stone’s Lomax Project as the top album Two very different bands with 2 very good sounds. Death Cab For Cutie is a well established American Alternative band out of…
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Remembering Brian Carman
Remember that great instrumental “Pipeline”, the one with the great opening riff that basically created a whole new form of guitar playing? Brian Carman of “The Chantays” played that way back in 1962. Brian passed away on March 1st, but will always be remembered for this path-finding sound.One of the true pioneers.
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The 7:40 Songbook – March 5th, 2014
A pleasant drive today. The sun is up, but that will change again next week with daylight savings coming in. Traffic on Glenmore was very light and the music on CKUA was great. Pulled into the lot a bit early and caught up on some news while waiting for 7:40 to roll over on the…