E2TG 5/20/2020 - Mid-Week Quarantine Blues - Hello Mix (Lyrical Therapy Remix)

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The week's press on, and even though I support the need for continued precautions and shutdowns and social distancing, that doesn't mean that all of this isn't weighing on me. 

I miss seeing live music, and I am not sure when it will be possible or reasonable to see it again. I miss hanging with my friends. I really want to visit my Mom.

We are approaching a three-day weekend, and I don't really have any plans - which in and off itself isn't that unusual. But, I won't be going to The 5 Spot on Friday night, and I won't be driving to Georgia to visit my Mom and we won't be going out to eat. This is not a rant or even a complaint - just an acknowledgment of the reality. 

I will be doing a live Greeting from Nashville tomorrow and a live Double Shot on Saturday. Plus, I will be recording next week's Double Shot on Sunday. Precautions and protocols will be followed for all of those. And it is a pain, but it is necessary.

One final thought, I sometimes hear people who are pushing for reopening or resisting taking any precautions at all, say that it is only dangerous to the elderly or those with preexisting health conditions. First of all, that is not 100% true (some people have died who were not elderly and who did not have any known preexisting health conditions), but even it were true, I still don't understand that argument. Are they saying that the lives of the elderly or those with certain health conditions are worth less than their inconvenience? Or that otherwise healthy and asymptomatic people can transmit the virus to those who may be at risk. 

Finally, when you see numbers of deaths or hospitalizations, even though the numbers may look "not bad, considering..." (as some people have said), each number represents a husband or parent or child or sibling or friend to someone. I know people who contracted the virus and were very sick, and I know people who have lost love ones. My inconvenience is not more important than those lives.

Okay, really finally, if you decide to share information on social media, make sure it is accurate and up-to-date.  There are reliable sources out there - better than an out-of-context YouTube clip or a clickbait headline article from a questionable outlet. In Nashville, asafenashville.org is a good way to track what is going on here and what the current recommendations are for members of this society.

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Monday Morning Music Shuffle - Indonesian Fog and the Rain Mix

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Friday, another fun night at Tim Carroll Rock and Roll Happy Hour.  Just about the best hang, I know with some kick ass rock and roll music to boot.

Saturday,  David Olney killed it at Bobby's Idle Hour, and Patrick Kinsley and a Fistful of Dollars, Cataline Crime, and Zach Schmidt put on a hell of a show at The 5 Spot.

Tonight, one of the finest songwriters of our time is making his debut on Colbert. America, prepare to be blown away by John Moreland - as I have every time I have seen him perform.

I cannot believe it is February already...  To start off the week and the month, we have a random shuffle that makes no sense whatsoever, but which was a whole ton of fun to hear during my commute.

Monday Morning Music Shuffle - Grand Company Mix

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Introducing:  The E2TG Hall of Fame ----- Ta Da!

You may be asking, "WTF?" Basically, it comes down to this: My blogging consultant told me I need to start being more controversial to attract more readers to my site. Whenever, I see posts about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, they always seem to attract highly opinionated comments. So, I thought if I came up with my own Hall of Fame, it might create controversy and angry comment wars which might "go viral" as the kids say.*

*All of the proceeding is true except for the following: I don't have a blogging consultant. I rarely read comment wars about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the only thing likely to "go viral" over here is an actual virus.

Really, I got to thinking about the artists I consider E2TG featured artist. When I began writing E2TG way back in the spring of 2011, I began naming a Band of the Week just about every week.  I did this for a about year, before switching to a featured artist designation - wherein I would name ten or so "featured artists" every month and put them in "heavy rotation" for the remainder of that month.  That carried on for just over six months. Since, then I keep featuring new music, but I haven't really been very organized about recognizing those bands.  So... I decided to take stock - at this random point in E2TG history and go back and formally recognize all of the bands that I consider part of the E2TG family.  To do so, I decided to use the TAG "cloud" on the sidebar and begin with the most tagged bands and work my way down.  So, for the near future, I am going to name three, two or one band every day to join the E2TG HofF.  It's a purely honorary title - as currently it does not come with a cash prize nor is there an actual Hall.

I am going to create and maintain a Sidebar linked Page for the Hall of Fame artists - with videos, songs, links, an on-going web-store and more.  It's still under construction, so will update when I have a Page set up. 

So without much more ado, E2TG is pleased to announce our inaugural class of Hall of Fame inductees:

 

 

 

 



1. THE END MEN from Brooklyn, NY

2.TACO LAND - from San Antonio, TX

3. SKELETONS IN THE PIANO from Saratoga Springs, NY

Stay tuned!  More to come.

Shuffle is up next

Monday Morning Music Shuffle - Brilliant, Shining, and Nasty Mix

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ridinghome by JWM - 7/28/2013

(My First Soundcloud sound... a spoken word bit from a novel-in-progress)

 i can't stand people who bitch and whine

 lets drink a beer from a paper bag while we got time 

bang bang let the music go bang! 

brilliant shining & nasty 

bang make the music go bang! 

let me hear a guitar sound like a train 

bang bang make the music go bang!

bang bang make the music go bang!

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Wednesday Morning Music Shuffle - Random Bits of Floating Dust Mix

Much to cover - The line-up for Bonnaroo 2012 and is always impressive.  Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beach Boys, The Civil Wars, The Avett Brothers, Bon Iver, The Roots, Foster the People, Delta Spirit, Alice Cooper, Dawes, Bad Brains, St. Vincent, Laura Marling, Ben Fold Five, Mogwai, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Kurt Vile and many many more. You can see all the goodies here.   I should start a fund to solicit funds for me to attend.


A new Johnny Cash museum was announced yesterday to open in Downtown Nashville this summer. 

To the list:  Today we have an especially sweet mix of music - including a Minneapolis based Stompin' Blues band, an obscure British singer-songwriter, a Nashville based Beats master, and a legendary singer covering a classic song.  Let's get to it.

First - The band is called The 4ontheFloor. The song is called Workin' Man Zombie and man oh man it rocks big time. It's from the album 4x4 which has 16 tracks - get it?

 
(click on the album cover above to visit the Amazon.com page for 4x4)  (h/t to the fantastic Popa's Tunes who included the song on his Popakazooza 2012 Vol. 2 compilation)

Next - In a just world this next artist would be really famous and win lots of awards and stuff.  She is a singer-songwriter who comes from the U.K. The song today is called Set Fire to the Rain from the album 21 by Adele.  Remember that name, I predict big things from her.


(click on the album cover above to go to the Amazon page for 21 and support this struggling artist)

Next up in a song from the From '07: The Beat Tape by Nashville-based artist/producer/beats man Hayden Coleman and a song called Vans (Down by the River)

Chris Farley would be pleased, I'm sure. And finally, in 2005 or 2006 - Etta James did a cover of Prince's iconic song Purple Rain and just plain tore it up.
 
(click on the album cover above to visit Amazon to check out Etta James and her album All the Way.)

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Purple Rain [Blu-ray] Purple Rain, the first starring film for Prince, is the story of an arrogant, young black singer, born and raised in Minneapolis, who reaches the pinnacle of stardom. The dramatic complications include "The Kid's" (Prince) miserable home life, where he su

The Chris Farley Show: A Biography in Three Acts "The New York Times" bestselling biography of an American comedy legend After three years of sobriety, Chris Farley's life was at its creative peak until a string of professional disappointments chased him back to drugs and alcohol. He fought hard against them, but it was a fight he would lose in December 1997. Farley's fans immediately drew parallels between his death and that of his idol, John Belushi. Without looking deeper, however, many failed to see that Farley was much more than just another Hollywood drug overdose. In this officially authorized oral history, Farley's friends and family remember his work and life. Along the way, they tell a remarkable story of boundless energy, determination, and laughter that could only keep the demons at bay for so long.

Monday Morning Music Shuffle - Rebel Child in a Gilded Cage Mix

Here go again - promise of change (for the better) on the horizon. Refreshed and revitalized (at least for the moment). And, I'm ready to get into the music shuffle for another week...




Chronic Town - the first EP from Athens, Georgia own R.E.M. - is going to be 30 years old this year. We start out with the song featured in the live performance video above called 1,000,000. You can grab the whole Chronic Town EP plus a slew of early rarities from the Dead Lead Letter Office album - by clicking on the album cover below.  It'll cost you less than $10 from Amazon.

 

Beat Rodeo were a massively underrated band from the 80s.  They released a couple of albums on I.R.S. Records.  I first caught up with them on an episode of the classic show I.R.S. Records Presents The Cutting Edge hosted by Peter Zaremba of the Fleshtones. 

Our song today comes from the  band's Home in the Heart of the Beat LP.  Song for an Angry Young Man. Purchase and download the album by clicking the album cover below (Amazon.com):

 

Richard Thompson has been making great music for over 40 years now.  Today's song comes from his 2007 release, Sweet Warrior.

It's a track called Dad's Gonna Kill Me.  Purchase and download Sweet Warrior by clicking the album cover below (Amazon.com)

Finally, we jump into the near present with a track from the wildly popular and critically acclaimed album 21 by Adele.

The track is called I'll Be Waiting.  You can get 21 by clicking the album cover below and purchasing and downloading the album.(via Amazon.com)

   

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Adele: 19 British songstress Adele stormed onto the music scene in 2008, and was named Best New Artist at the Grammy Awards in 2009. All the songs from her debut album - titled 19 to reflect her age at the time the album was released - are included in our folio. Includes her hit "Chasing Pavements" plus 11 others: Best for Last * Crazy for You * Daydreamer * Hometown Glory * Melt My Heart to Stone * Right As Rain * Tired * and more. Includes black-and-white photos.

Richard Thompson Albums (Music Guide): Richard Thompson Compilation Albums, Richard Thompson Live Albums, Richard Thompson Soundtr Chapters: Rt: the Life and Music of Richard Thompson, (Guitar, Vocal), Sweet Warrior, 1000 Years of Popular Music, Mirror Blue, Mock Tudor, the Old Kit Bag, You? Me? Us?, Watching the Dark, the Bones of All Men, Rumor and Sigh, Amnesia, Live From Austin, Tx, Grizzly Man, Sweet Talker, Across a Crowded Room, Celtschmerz, Live at Crawley, Hand of Kindness, Semi-Detached Mock Tudor, Daring Adventures, More Guitar, Two Letter Words, Small Town Romance, Walking on a Wire, Industry, Front Parlour Ballads, Strict Tempo , Ducknapped , Henry the Human Fly, the Chrono Show, Faithless, Live Warrior, Live , Action Packed. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 113. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: RT: The Life and Music of Richard Thompson is a box set by Richard Thompson, released in February 2006. This box set gives an extensive overview of Thompson's long career without including content from any of his mainstream albums. While many of the songs included will be familiar to Thompson fans, the actual tracks are mostly live and nearly all previously unreleased, and the arrangements are often different from those of the original recording. Thompson himself granted the compilers access to his personal archives of recordings and photos, and other collectors of Thompsonia (most notably American record producer Edward Haber) also contributed to the set. Thompson retained (and exercised) the right of veto over any aspect of the set. Of particular interest are live tracks by Richard and Linda Thompson (including a few from the 1982 "tour from hell"), songs demoed for his first solo album Henry The Human Fly as well as several of Thompson's comic songs ("Madonna's Wedding" and his lampooning of Janet Jackson's infamous breast baring moment at the Super Bowl) and several songs that Thompson himself has nev...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=402567