This year’s class going into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame includes-pop star Madonna, folk singer Leonard Cohen, rocker John Mellencamp, British pop band The Dave Clark Five and instrumental group The Ventures. Madonna and John ‘Cougar’ Mellencamp share the same bit of my memory-I even went to a Madonna concert in Texas Stadium where she bitched and moaned about how hot it was in Texas in the summer. Leonard Cohen is not a name that is ringing any bells-but maybe if I heard a couple of songs I’d know who he is. But the big shocks on the…
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The Beatles Rarities U.S. 1980
This is one of a handful of LPs that I bought new in a record store. Most or my music library at the time consisted of hand-me-downs and thrift store finds. I bought most of my Beatles LPs second hand and had a pretty nice collection at one time. I really loved the bootlegs albums and the off the wall stuff that would pop up once in a while. Nothing really exciting most of the time, just an album you already owned with a never before seen cover. Or maybe a song or two that shouldn’t be there. These still…
God Bless Tiny Tim
Never hit your grandma with a shovel,It makes a bad impression on her mind. -Tiny Tim It’s hard to image a stranger person than Tiny Tim hitting the big time, but he did. He became an icon of the sixties when he got married on Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show and he was a one hit wonder with Tip Toe Through the Tulips. I found this LP when I was in high school and a huge fan of The Beatles. There was a story that Tiny Tim was mad at Capitol records for signing the Beatles and not signing him. He…