John Mayall on volume in playing the Blues | Don's Tunes

John Mayall: Volume isn’t really necessary, for a true appreciation of blues. It should be the music you listen to, not a lot of volume. That’s what the blues is supposed to be; like conversation, its a form of communicating.

I don’t want to get my ears blasted. I want to hear my musicians; I want to hear what they play. If you can’t hear who you want to listen to onstage, you don’t ask him to turn up; you ask everyone else to turn down. That way you get a listenable level. Just say that I didn’t want to join in. I took the risk and went the other way.

I wish I could play musical instruments with a bit of technical ability sometimes. But I don’t think it’s really important. I can’t change it; I couldn’t learn music, you know. It’s the best that I can do, and the spirit is there.

Photo: Tony Frank

The earliest of heroes . . .how I found most of the blues after turning 14 . . . . . 

 

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The Night Before by The Beatles, performed by the Young Analogues

THE ANALOGUES - The Night Before

The Analogues

"A Thousand Years" Christina Perri ft, PS22 Chorus

 and yes another that we have had before but . . . . . . .you know what my answer to that is! In need of a cheery start like me?

Here ya go!

Ten years or a THOUSAND years, this performance truly transcends time itself....

SONG: "A Thousand Years" by Christina Perri

FILMED BY: Mrs. Johnson

For my family and mostly my children and grandchildren; Grandad and Grandma feel like this

for you

Singer Sound System : Dr Who theme

 Oh you wanted more from Planet Weird?

Apparently he does requests . . . . . .shut it!

Singer Sound System [it’s pun . . . geddit?]

Dr. Who 🌌⏳ ! Legendary OST! Many of you have been asking me for this song !

From The Weird: POWERSOLO “Rip It!” 30 years of DONKEY PUNK

 

New album “Rip It!” October 23rd Please preorder https://orcd.co/ripit 30 years of Donkey Punk POWERSOLO est. 1996

Those Wilbury scamps . . . . . .

 

Nelson Wilbury, Charlie T. Wilbury, Otis Wilbury looning about

Pesky kids!

TOM PETTY WROTE THIS SONG JUST TO MAKE GEORGE HARRISON LAUGH. 😂

George Harrison, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne were discussing one of the most ridiculous songs in the Traveling Wilburys’ catalogue: “Wilbury Twist.”

And according to Tom, the whole thing began as a joke.

He had written the first verse simply to make George and Jeff laugh.

Then George got involved, and the idea became increasingly absurd.

They even came up with an illustrated dance chart explaining how to perform the imaginary “Wilbury Twist.”

The song appeared on Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3, released on October 29, 1990.

And in March 1991, it became a single, complete with a wonderfully ridiculous music video featuring celebrity guests.

Perhaps the funniest detail?

Vol. 3 was actually their second album. George apparently thought it would be funny to skip Volume 2 entirely.

Five legendary musicians started the Traveling Wilburys. And one of the things they enjoyed most was simply making each other laugh.

Tom Hiddleston - The Life of Chuck!? [Netflix] . . .a different drum?

 Let Tom Hiddleston set the mood for the Week eh?

I think we should

“Come on, Little Sister! Let’s Dance!

Netflix

The Life of Chuck

My Hospital . . . .

Opposite my bus stop getting off . . . . 

Waiting for the bus to take me home

the surrounds are nice tho’ mind

What are the architects thinking that this appeals to people visiting a Specialist Hospital; what’s the message, what are the feelings it tries to convey, restful, relaxing, calming and contemplative

Jack Kerouac from The Dharma Bums

 

Gregory Corso and Jack Kerouac 📷 Walter Lehman

“See the whole thing is a world full of rucksack wanderers, Dharma Bums refusing to subscribe to the general demand that they consume production and therefore have to work for the privilege of consuming, all that crap they didn't really want anyway such as refrigerators, TV sets, cars, and general junk you finally always see a week later in the garbage anyway, all of them imprisoned in a system of work, produce, consume, work, produce, consume, I see a vision of a great rucksack revolution thousands or even millions of young Americans wandering around with rucksacks, going up to mountains to pray, making children laugh and old men glad, making young girls happy and old girls happier, all of 'em Zen Lunatics who go about writing poems that happen to appear in their heads for no reason and also by being kind and also by strange unexpected acts keep giving visions of eternal freedom to everybody and to all living creatures”.

~ Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums

Searching for a place where things make sense . . . . music is the answer