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BANG BANG BOOM BOOM After listening to Beth Hart’s newest CD “Bang Bang Boom Boom”, I'm positive you'll have the same reaction as me. Scratch your head and ask, “Why is this woman not a household name?”
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"Take Me Under" was debuted exclusively in a new arrangement at the Iron Horse Music Hall on
Friday, June 21, 2013.
Listen!
This already successful, normally techno heavy song, has been in the GH recording and tour circut for several years now. From the album, When We All Disappear, it is a fan favorite. The ever innovative, Gentlemen Hall showed creativity, intelligence, and a commitment to exploring authentic new sounds, when they rearranged the song using only bells, a cappella and percussion. Watch how precise they each have to be in bringing this all together and the patience of the drummer, Phil Boucher, as he follows the group with his mind, like a metronome.
Read more: Gentlemen Hall Rock "Take Me Under" in New Productions!
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Looking out at the summer moon tonight, two days after the solstice, I can't help but think of this song.
From the iconic, 1973 album, Closing Time. Tom Waits carries his voice, clear and gritty, with piano accompaniment. The Grapefruit Moon and its impact on the changing tide is the symbol of the little control that we actually have over so many things in life.
The one star shining, is the hope, the light, the focus, of this ballad. Waits remains Waits, smoking his cigarette, while he strives for purity. He can only be himself, pure Waits. And for this, the listener gains great comfort. You are never alone listening to this blues great. Just look out your window.
Grapefruit moon, one star shining, shining down on me.
Heard that tune, and now I'm pining, honey, can't you see?
Cause every time I hear that melody, well, something breaks inside,
And the grapefruit moon, one star shining, can't turn back the tide.
Never had no destination, could not get across.
You became my inspiration, oh but what a cost.
Cause every time I hear that melody, well, something breaks inside,
And the grapefruit moon, one star shining, is more than I can hide.
Now I'm smoking cigarettes and I strive for purity,
And I slip just like the stars into obscurity.
Cause every time I hear that melody, well, puts me up a tree,
And the grapefruit moon, one star shining, is all that I can see.
Closing Time is the debut studio album by the American singer-songwriter Tom Waits, released in March 1973 on Asylum Records. Produced and arranged by former Lovin' Spoonful member Jerry Yester, Closing Time was the first of seven of Waits' major releases through Asylum, the final being Heartattack and Vine (1980).
Closing Time Album Credits:
MusiciansTom Waits – vocals, piano, celeste, guitar
Delbert Bennett – trumpet
Shep Cooke – guitar; backing vocals on "I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love with You" and "Old Shoes (& Picture Postcards)"
Peter Klimes – guitar
Bill Plummer – bass guitar
John Seiter – drums, backing vocals
Guest musicians
Arni Egilsson – bass guitar on "Closing Time" (Instrumental)
Jesse Ehrlich – cello
Tony Terran – trumpet on "Closing Time" (Instrumental)
Interesting Facts:
The album is noted for being predominantly folk influenced although Waits intended for Closing Time to be "a jazz, piano-led album." Upon release, the album was mildly successful in the United States, although it did not chart and received little attention from music press in the United Kingdom and elsewhere internationally. The album's only single—"Ol' '55"—attracted attention due to a cover version by Waits' better-known label mates The Eagles. Other songs from the album were covered by artists ranging from Tim Buckley to Bette Midler. The album has been certified Gold in the United Kingdom[9] and has gained a contemporary cult following among rock fans. The album has been reissued four times since its initial release; on LP in 1976, on CD in 1992 and 1999, and 180 gram LP in 2010.
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Deb has the same love for Joe, but is now covering a wider range of bands.
Let's hear it for Deb's Music Stop!
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SPIN Magazine made the report earlier today that Har Mar Superstar would join The Replacements on their reunion shows, indicating that he will stand in for Slim Dunlap, with Tommy Stinson and Paul Westerberg, the drummer still to be announced.
The whole situation was a HOAX and the guitarist/drummer line-up is yet to be determined. Even Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers was in on the joke, sending the facts through the roof on Twitter.
Read the update here: http://www.twincities.com/entertainment/ci_23504034/har-mar-superstar-hoax-sends-mats-fans-into
How smart are YOU?? How dumb am I??
Here is the post on SPIN.
Bluebirdreviews will head to Toronto to cover The Replacements reunion show at
Riotfest this summer.
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