In addition to the Quiet Car, Amtrak trains should have one ‘Callers’ Car’ where they can listen to 40 one-sided conversations while conducting their own #amtrak #thiscantwait #ringtones #ETA #canyouhearme #sorryservicewentout #badconnection #canicallyouback #traintravel

Bobby Vee born this day. If you only know the hits - Suzie Baby is one of the greatest indie records ever. Teens in a living room. Best Buddy Holly song not by Holly. Teenage Dylan saw Vee & band sub for the Crickets that Feb and loves and performs this #bobbyvee #bobdylan #rocknroll #indie

RIP Roy Thomas Baker. What an amazing body of work. His was the (very British) name on the Queen LPs. Sonic masterpieces. This is one of the most bizarre hit singles ever. And sure, Bohemian Rhapsody. But Cars’ Best Friends Girl may be his greatest. #roythomasbaker #producer #queen #thecars

Pete Shelley of Buzzcocks born this day. One of greatest songwriters ever. This one he does something I’ve never heard anyone else do. Verse and chorus use same lyric. And what lyrics. ‘In your dreams does your lover have my face?’ Also genius guitar solo #peteshelley #buzzcocks #songwriter

“A verging on transplendent remake of The Kinks' 1970 album track ‘This Time Tomorrow.’” Read the entire review by Steve Simels at Power Pop Blog: powerpop.blogspot.com/2024/04/that...

A chosen few took a ten minute ride on an odious billionaire’s rocket. During this pointless stunt, one of them sang ‘What a Wonderful World’ Satchmo rolled over; I wrote this #songwriter #independentmusic #blueorigin #jeffbazos #weightless #pointless #onepercent #spacetourism #rocketfuel

Rest in Peace Max Romeo, legendary reggae genius ‘I’m gonna put on an iron shirt and chase the devil out of earth’ I’m sure St. Michael has now given you a golden breastplate for fght against evil here May be Lee Perry’s best production #maxromeo #chasethedevil #reggae #warinababylon #dubreggae

Nate Nelson, tenor of the Flamingos, born this day. Lead vox on the sublime ‘I Only Have Eyes for You’ ‘Doo Wop’ is a retroactive label that has no definition - but we’re stuck with it. Like all others now in this ‘category’, Flamingos were a vocal group. What vocals! #doowop #theflamingos

Carl Perkins born this day! Paul McCartney: "if there were no Carl Perkins, there would be no Beatles." Beatles did more Perkins covers (on record) than any other artist. Wrote songs. Fantastic singer. I’ll go ahead and say he’s the best rockabilly guitarist. #carlperkins #sunrecords #rockabilly

Must see - a GREAT music doc. LOTS of film and video from the 80s and great interviews with so many Boston scene characters. As expected with these goofballs and those who love ‘em, it is frequently hilarious - but also poignant and triumphant. #thedogmatics #boston #garagerock #rockandroll

RIP Clem Burke What an incredible drummer. What a showman. Just listen to this perfect madness. It’s hard to explain what a breath of fresh air his rock AND roll drumming that was everything great about 60s drumming was. Keith Moon with a lot less cymbals. And just so cool #clemburke #blondie

RIP Al Barile. Anyone who was there knows what he meant to Boston hardcore and just punk and oddball kids. All Ages in Boston was ‘Lethal’. Jesus he was a tough looking guy but he was always super friendly and helpful to my band Mighty COs for those great 8 months before there were hardcore rules

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Rest in Peace Dave Allen of Gang of Four What an incredible bassist for a truly unique band Incredibly influential to everyone who heard those records - hard to pick which classic but this one can’t be beat #daveallen #ripdaveallen #gangoffour #bassist #postpunk #funkbass #damagedgoods

Fresh one after reading the news today oh boy #independentmusic #singer #songwriter #homerecording #yamahaguitars #spanishguitar #logicpro #focusrite #fenderbass #doubletracking #shaker #yorkshiretea #costofliving #collateraldamage #gameofchance #playtowin #liberationday

Jan Berry born this day. Got a 3 window coupe that’s short on looks, but she looks real good in the record books. Class A hot rod song. Objectively J&D had 4 good records - 95% Wrecking Crew and whoever did the falsettos (wasn’t them). Everybody digs my three window coupe. #jandanddean #hotrod

Ronnie Lane born this day. Singer, songwriter, bassist, founding member of The Small Faces and The Faces #ronnielane #thesmallfaces #thefaces #gladandsorry #oohlala #bassist

Bo Winberg born this day. Lead guitarist of the Spotnicks, Sweden’s Shadows or Ventures if you will. Bo built his own amp - seen here - gigantic for 1962. Also built his own tape delay. Strat man. Great live version of the standard ‘Amapola’ #thespotnicks #instros #guitar #stratocaster #instro

Terry Hall born this day Gone too soon. RIP #terryhall #thespecials #twotone

Now Irishmen forget the past And think of the day that’s coming fast When we shall all be civilized Neat and clean and well-advised Now won’t Mother England be surprised? #stpatricksday #stpaddysday #theclancybrothers #clancybrothers #tommymakem #ireland #eire

Happy St Patrick’s Day I’d say on par with The Rising of the Moon and Whiskey in the Jar #theundertones #traditionalirishmusic #stpatricksdays #stpaddysday #paddynotpatty #irish #ireland #erin #eire

D.J. Fontana born this day. Elvis’ drummer for 14 years - all of the early RCA hits. Ipso facto one of the most influential drummers ever He could swing but when he hit for power - WHAM! The intro to this should be played as loud as possible. #djfontana #elvispresley #rocknroll #drumming

Another classic from the Pride of Derry, The Undertones You know what’s coming 3/17 - but this a fantastic track from 2nd LP As always, great vox, riffs, chords and guitar sounds #theundertones #feargalsharkey #johnoneill #damianoneill #billydoherty #michaelbradley #derryireland #stpatricksday

He’s his family’s pride and joy His mother’s little golden boy The Undertones’ other best song I got this record when it came out. It took 20 years and a chat with a fellow Undertones fan - a barman from Belfast - to finally learn what the mysterious Subbuteo was #theundertones #stpatricksday

Another classic Undertones song. Class A songwriting and blend of lead and backing vox and guitars. Note the fantastic drumming by Billy Doherty, who appears to be 14. It’s 90% floor tom. He stays on it the whole outro. I think he hits the crash no more than 10x. #theundertones #jimmyjimmy

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More songs about chocolate and girls If you wanna wanna wanna wanna wanna wanna have someone to talk to,,, The Undertones! Pride of Derry Story goes that when signed they had cheap crummy gear - so they asked what the Buzzcocks used and bought HH amps. What a guitar sound. #theundertones

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Big day for sons and daughters of Erin coming up. In anticipation, some of my favorites from the pride of Derry, the greatest 2 guitar band from Ireland not named Thin Lizzy, The Undertones! Never got a chance to say ‘I’ll take those!’ MODEL! #theundertones #malemodel #paddynotpatty #tradirish

Happy Birthday to Gaz Coombes of Supergrass CLASS A singer, songwriter and guitarist. Saw ‘em in Brooklyn last round - 90 minutes PURE GOLD. Seeing them do I Should CoCo tour this fall. This song is better than the entire output of a certain other britpop band. #gazcoombes #supergrass #britpop

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Arthur Lee born this day Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, founder of Love. Of course the first 3 LPs are classics but this later lineup song is one their very best. #arthurlee #love #dacapo #foreverchanges #folkrock #psychedelicrock #garagerock #baroquepop #eclectictosaytheleast

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Rest in Peace Brian James Guitarist, songwriter, founding member of The Damned Great songs. Great playing. I can’t stop to mess around I got a brand new rose in town #brianjames #thedamned #damneddamneddamned #neatneatneat #punkrock #lordsofthenewchurch #gibsonsg

Doomed, I tell you, doomed. The hand basket is at maximum speed. My Man Godfrey in Color! At last! Hand-tinted frame by frame by a team of experts in 30s dress and decor no doubt. Couldn’t be AI; they wouldn’t stoop that low. The kids’ll love it. #mymangodfrey #williampowell #carolelombard #cinema

Happy Birthday Hugh Grundy! Founding member, drummer - The Zombies. Inventive, distinctive beats and perfectly placed fills. ‘Time of the Season’ is magic in large part because of his drumming. But had to share this. What a pattern on the verse! That drum sound! #thezombies #hughgrundy

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Jeff Lynne and some fab girl group singers do a magnificent version of his idol Del Shannon’s ‘Little Town Flirt’. A mystery from the Discovery period. Love him or hate him, to each his own. Anyone who loves Lennon, Orbison and Shannon as much as he does is ok in my book. Falsetto! #elo #delshannon

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@yogurttowne.bsky.social great list! Not gonna ‘um actually’ any choices - your briefs show your true love and reasoned arguments. But any list is going to start a discussion, so I must suggest #101 - Beach Boys’ peerless doowop vox in a ridiculous song about a jet powered car #doowop #beachboys

For Fat Tuesday - New Orleans legends. Antoine - incomparable. Earl Palmer’s drums making millions dance. Lee Allen’s sax solo. Walter Nelson’ percolating guitar. Co-written by Dave Bartholomew. Recorded at Cosimo Studios, which was the size of a modest walk-in closet. #mardigras #fatsdomino

Eric Allandale born this day. Bandleader, songwriter, trombonist. Founding member of The Foundations, who released the best Four Tops record not recorded by the Four Tops. Band has quite a colorful history. A perfect single deservedly a worldwide smash. #thefoundations #motownadjacent

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Happy Birthday Robyn Hitchcock! Quite a tunesmith and surrealist lyricist second to none Chairman Emeritus Syd Barrett Appreciation Society #robynhitchcock #softboys

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Been a month since I quit the loathesome Meta platforms. TikTok was about to be banned. I wrote this song about the whole sad idiocy of it all, including the data capture. Foolishly I didn’t figure it could get worse. #instagram #facebook #tiktok #datamining #doomscroll

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Lou Reed born this day Founder Velvet Underground, peerless lyricist, inimitable vocalist, master rhythm guitarist, unexpected chord change magician, Bo Diddley enthusiast, Doo Wop connoisseur. If you want to be me Turn around I’m by the window where the light is #loureed #velvetunderground

Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. • One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. • No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 31/20 #MusicSky #MusicChallenge #Music #IsaacHayes

Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. • One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. • No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 30/20 #MusicSky #MusicChallenge #Music #TheInkSpots #honeychile