In 19976, the R&B group Blackstreet recorded a song with Dr. Dre and Queen Pen that Wikipedia tells me ended the reign of the Macarena on the music charts. "No Diggity" hit the number one spot on several US Billboard charts including the Hot 100...
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In 1990, Chris Isaak recorded a music video with supermodel Helena Christensen where the two mostly rolled around shirtless on a beach in Hawaii. The video's director Herb Ritts was.
In what I hope to make a regular trend for myself on LGM I present to you a.
This is the memorial stone of Glenn Miller. Born in Clarinda, Iowa in 1904, Glenn Miller moved around the Great Plains in his early years, eventually settling in Fort Morgan, Colorado where he became a prominent high school football player. He picked up the trombone...
Another Saturday evening, another discussion of the glories of music. On Sunday, I had the tremendous honor of seeing Wadada Leo Smith at Firehouse 12 in New Haven. Smith, the.
Time for some music notes. The only story I have about Chuck Berry is that he was the opening act for the only Grateful Dead show I ever saw. This.
On a recent trip to New Mexico, I saw a band called Lone Piñon play at the Historic San Ysidro Church in Corrales. This is a very interesting musical project. As you may know, over the past 20 years or so, there have been several...
We need to talk about the amazing awesomeness of Drive-By Truckers live shows. I saw my 11th show in New York last weekend. It was supposed to be my 12th,.
A brief music notes, just to get our mind off politics. Fleetwood Mac's Rumours just turned 40. Here's a ranking of the songs on the album. Putting "Don't Stop" last.
A few music notes for these horrible days of fascism. If you haven't read the Rolling Stone profile of John Prine, do so. It's really great. Remember that the first person Donald Trump killed due to his presidency was Sharon Jones. The Nigerian musician William...
Repealing the ACA would decimate the lives of musicians who rely on it to stay healthy. This is of course part of the point for Republican "governance" that is launching.
As I have done for at least the last couple of years, here is my best albums of 2016 list. Of course, I can't listen to everything so take it.