Kitchen Concerts

INCORPORATION!

2008-06-05T12:59:00.002-04:00

As you know if you visit here even marginally often, I have not been keeping up with this blog :-( Sorry.

I have decided to incorporate this blog with my main Blog Thoughts and Meanderings

I have a new entry there today 6/05/08.

Thanks for checking me out here..and I hope youhave enjoyed this musical place.

HUGS!

The Band - Music From Big Pink

2008-03-05T12:27:00.002-05:00

I know it's been forever and I apologize...but this ought to soothe your rock and roll soul..check out Chest Fever from one of the best albums ever!!

Pretenders - Don't Get Me Wrong

2008-02-12T17:07:00.000-05:00

Dont get me wrong
If Im looking kind of dazzled
I see neon lights
Whenever you walk by

Dont get me wrong
If you say hello and I take a ride
Upon a sea where the mystic moon
Is playing havoc with the tide
Dont get me wrong

Dont get me wrong
If Im acting so distracted
Im thinking about the fireworks
That go off when you smile

Dont get me wrong
If I split like light refracted
Im only off to wander
Across a moonlit mile

Once in awhile
Two people meet
Seemingly for no reason
They just pass on the street
Suddenly thunder, showers everywhere
Who can explain the thunder and rain
But theres something in the air

Dont get me wrong
If I come and go like fashion
I might be great tomorrow
But hopeless yesterday

Dont get me wrong
If I fall in the mode of passion
It might be unbelievable
But lets not say so long
It might just be fantastic
Dont get me wrong

Creedance Clearwater Revival - Feelin' Blue

2008-01-24T14:29:00.000-05:00

Heard this on XM 40 this morning..I was diggin' it.

Lou Reed - Take A Walk On The Wild Side

2008-01-13T17:37:00.000-05:00

If you call my cell phone, this song is my ring back...all my friends get a kick out of it. When I pick up mostly they are singing...do ddo do do dodo do doodooooooo This is one of those tunes, that...well just brings back a flood of memories...One of my top 10 fav songs of all time I think..this vid was taped at The Bottom Line in NYC in 1983..another one of those magical mystical places of my youth. I like the studio version better but..it's cool to see Lou.

Bruce Springsteen - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

2007-12-10T15:32:00.000-05:00

Ok, this version is apparently from 1978 at the Capital Theater in Passaic NJ, which was about 10 minutes from my house when I was growing up. (saw a lot of great concerts there in the 70's). It's the closest version I can find, to the actual concert I saw Bruce perform this timeless classic in Decemeber of 1975. Enjoy!!

Badfinger - Baby Blue

2007-11-14T13:50:00.001-05:00

Remember this ??

Mick Jagger - Use Me

2007-11-09T16:09:00.001-05:00

I heard this on XM recently and immediately ordered the cd from Amazon. The entire 1993 - Wandering Spirit album is great, but this particular Bill Wither's staple..just blows me away. Listen for Lenny Kravitz accompanying Mick...damn this just funks me up!! mmmmmmmmmm mmmmmm mmmmmmmmm Turn it up baby!!

Todd Rundgren - A Dream Goes On Forever

2007-10-17T09:35:00.001-04:00

Heard this on my walk this morning. It had me thinking about how it's ok to hold on to your dreams. I don't think I can ever let mine go.

I don't think I want to.

A million old soldiers will fade away

But a dream goes on forever

Im left standing here, Ive got nothing to say

All is silent within my dream

A thousand true loves will live and die

But a dream lives on forever

The days and the years will go streaking by

But the time has stopped in my dream

We all have our everyday hopes and fears

And youll find no exception in me

But that doesnt get me through a sea of tears

Over lifes biggest tragedy

Youre so long ago and so far away

But my dream lives on forever

I guess I believe that Ill see you one day

For without it there is no dream

Youre so far away and so long ago

But my dream goes on forever

And how much I loved you youll never know

til you join me within my dream

busy busy leelee

2007-10-08T09:19:00.000-04:00

sorry listeners, I've been hectic lately. Many songs rattling around in my head and no time to post.

thanks for checking on me..I'll get something on here soon..

HUGS!!

Bill Haley and The Comets - Shake, Rattle and Roll

2007-09-21T12:16:00.001-04:00

It's Friday and seems to me, tonight would be a great night for a sock-hop. Now of course we know that I am too young to have actually attended a 1950's sock-hop..but I think it would have been a blast.

Put on your poodle skirt or your madras shirt and have a go at this oldie but goodie!

David Bowie - Heroes - From The Concert For New York

2007-09-11T15:41:00.000-04:00

The Band - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

2007-09-05T15:31:00.001-04:00

In honor of my recent trip through Dixie...this is from The Last Waltz..easily one of the best concert films ever made..I mean Scorsese..c'mon...

click on the picture above to see some stills....simply wonderful!!

Warren Zevon - Werewolves Of London

2007-08-26T16:35:00.001-04:00

Ahhhhhhhooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

For Phos and Puerileuwaite

Van Morrison - Moondance

2007-08-20T20:58:00.001-04:00

There's not too much I can say about this song..except that I love it. And this album....perfection!

Enjoy Into The Mystic!!

And a request for Phos, another favorite..turn it up loud:

Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe, from Monterey Pop Festival 1967

2007-08-15T09:48:00.000-04:00

I recently ordered the CD of the Monerey Pop Festival from the summer of 1967..it's an excellent show. How great is Jimi...really...I only wish I could have seen him myself, in person. At least we have this FANTASTIC video..ROCK ON!

David Bowie - Starman

2007-08-07T15:26:00.001-04:00

Argent - God Gave Rock And Roll To You

2007-08-03T13:55:00.001-04:00

Saw the Zombie's last night and didn't realize that Argent morphed out of them. I love to learn new stuff about Rock & Roll.

It's Summertime, Summertime, sum..sum.. Summertime...Summertiiiiiiiiiiiime

2007-07-21T10:49:00.000-04:00

I thought I'd play some of my favorite summer songs..I have a hunch they are your favs too.

Sly and the Family Stone - Hot Fun In The Summertime

Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime

The Lovin' Spoonful - Summer In The City

The Beach Boys - All Summer Long

Have fun and don't forget your sunscreen!

ELP - Emerson, Lake & Palmer

2007-06-26T15:27:00.001-04:00

I got into progressive electronic rock music early in the 70's, I always dug the big sounds that were orchestrated. Headphone music for sure. I'm still a big fan.

I had the wonderful opportunity to see ELP in concert down at Princeton college in like 1979. I went with a really tall, cute guy whose name now escapes me. I remember though, he was an airplane mechanic at Teterborough Airport in NJ and he had a lava lamp in his apartment in Lodi..gee, you would think I'd remember his name....but alas, I don't. Funny how I remember the lava lamp though..lol what can I say??

Friday Sing-a-long - Don McLean - American Pie

2007-06-01T13:35:00.001-04:00

Do you NEED the lyrics...oh I think not.

Lee Michaels - Do You Know What I Mean

2007-05-30T18:18:00.001-04:00

I heard THIS one on the way home from work....try to tell me you don't love it...cause I won't believe you.

YUM!!

Otis Redding & Carla Thomas - Knock On Wood

2007-05-30T15:22:00.001-04:00

I Love soul music, I especially love it from the late 60's -early 70's. This is a great rendition of a great song recorded in 1967.. I just can't NOT dance when I hear this...c'mon,get up, get out of that chair..and dance

Enjoy!!

Friday Sing-a-long - Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

2007-05-25T11:08:00.001-04:00

Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

Is this the real life-

Is this just fantasy-
Caught in a landslide-
No escape from reality-
Open your eyes
Look up to the skies and see-
Im just a poor boy,i need no sympathy-
Because Im easy come,easy go,
A little high,little low,
Anyway the wind blows,doesnt really matter to me,
To me

Mama,just killed a man,
Put a gun against his head,
Pulled my trigger,now hes dead,
Mama,life had just begun,
But now Ive gone and thrown it all away-
Mama ooo,
Didnt mean to make you cry-
If Im not back again this time tomorrow-
Carry on,carry on,as if nothing really matters-

Too late,my time has come,
Sends shivers down my spine-
Bodys aching all the time,
Goodbye everybody-Ive got to go-
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth-
Mama ooo- (any way the wind blows)
I dont want to die,
I sometimes wish Id never been born at all-

I see a little silhouetto of a man,
Scaramouche,scaramouche will you do the fandango-
Thunderbolt and lightning-very very frightening me-
Galileo,galileo,
Galileo galileo
Galileo figaro-magnifico-
But Im just a poor boy and nobody loves me-
Hes just a poor boy from a poor family-
Spare him his life from this monstrosity-
Easy come easy go-,will you let me go-
Bismillah! no-,we will not let you go-let him go-
Bismillah! we will not let you go-let him go
Bismillah! we will not let you go-let me go
Will not let you go-let me go
Will not let you go let me go
No,no,no,no,no,no,no-
Mama mia,mama mia,mama mia let me go-
Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me,for me,for me-

So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye-
So you think you can love me and leave me to die-
Oh baby-cant do this to me baby-
Just gotta get out-just gotta get right outta here-

Nothing really matters,
Anyone can see,
Nothing really matters-,nothing really matters to me,

Any way the wind blows....

Peter Tosh w/ Mick Jagger - Don't Look Back

2007-05-22T08:27:00.001-04:00

For my sister Carla...I miss you.

Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard

2007-05-17T20:08:00.001-04:00

This address is literally minutes from my house. I always look at the house as I drive by. Slow Hand stayed at that house on the beach while he recorded this great classic. Read Here for more interesting facts.

There are so many great songs on this album...that I have dubbed it an old new favorite. I've been listening to it over and over again. I haven't done that in a long time. Check out the song list..then check out Mainline Florida..

1. Motherless Children
2. Give Me Strength
3. Willie And The Hand Jive
4. Get Ready
5. I Shot The Sheriff
6. I Can't Hold Out
7. Please Be With Me
8. Let It Grow
9. Steady Rollin' Man
10. Mainline Florida

ENJOY!!!

Golden Earring - Radar Love

2007-05-16T16:00:00.001-04:00

I don't care if you drive a 1999 VW Cabrio (like me) or a Chevy Impala or a PT Cruiser or a Station Wagon. When this song comes on..you definitely feel cool and you NEED to drive fast...

Lou Reed - Take A Walk On The Wild Side

2007-05-13T14:00:00.001-04:00

For Scary Monster

Vanilla Fudge - You Keep Me Hangin' On

2007-05-04T07:58:00.001-04:00

Probably one of the best covers of all time....and undoubtedly the anthem for many a lost relationship (me included)

OK...carve out 7 minutes of your time for this and lets go back to 1967...Peace.

Faces - A Nod Is as Good as a Wink...to a Blind Horse

2007-04-24T20:12:00.000-04:00

Well it looks like we have another great album from 1971...I don't know...but this year was pretty darn awesome...

Enjoy..Stay With Me..I know, I am

Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run

2007-04-19T09:15:00.001-04:00

I suppose I would have to say that this album was my anthem of sorts. I graduated from High School in Northern New Jersey, waaaaaay back in 1976..and no JL4 it wasn't a one room school house. Friends had this album on vinyl, on cassette and some even had it on 8 track. It was always played at a party and I heard the album in it's entirity every Friday night as I was getting ready to go out.

We searched in vain, the Asbury Park boardwalk on warm balmy summer nights in hopes of a glimpse of Bruce, just strolling down the boards.

We went to the Stone Pony later..hoping for one of his walk in performances...never caught one..

I saw Bruce for the first time in December of 1975 at Seton Hall University in South Orange, NJ. He hadn't made it super big yet..he was right on the verge. We sat in folding chairs in the gym in the 3rd row!!!..when he played his guitar...when he got on his piano...when Clarence Clemons blew that Sax...I thought I had reached nirvana. He even sang "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" that night...and I found out later that although the Seton Hall show was not where they recorded that song for airplay... it was recorded on that same college tour, that December

I remember what I wore that night (patched jeans and one of those gauze Indian Blouses)..I remember how I had my hair (long parted in the middle with a tiny mini braids on each side pulled back and clipped with a barrette)..long silver earrings and Frye Boots.

I've seen Bruce numerous times since that night, but no stadium performance, no matter how good...even in the Meadowlands or The Garden, can compare to that magical night...In a college gym, watching one of the greatest rockers emerging into Hall Of Fame status.

I am, was and always will be a Jersey Girl...and Bruce will always be my Special Jersey Guy.

Enjoy...Born To Run!!

I thought you might also enjoy this live acoustic version of Thunder Road....excellent!!

Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride

2007-04-07T12:39:00.001-04:00

Oldie but goodie....like me! lol

Jefferson Starship - Red Octopus

2007-04-06T08:18:00.001-04:00

1975.
Some may feel that Jefferson Airplane sold out when they became Jefferson Starship..but I think that occurred when they simply became Starship. I recall this album from the summer between my junior and senior years in high school. Hanging out in Brookdale Park with friends. Cruising through town..laughing like we never laughed before. Good Times, good times.

I love this song..it's special to me.

ELO - SHOWDOWN

2007-04-02T13:53:00.001-04:00

I LOVE THIS SONG

Yes - The Yes Album

2007-03-24T19:12:00.001-04:00

I think 1971 might have been the best year for music..I'm not sure, but so many of my all time favs are from '71. I might have to research that.

Enjoy......... Perpetual Change:

Allison Moorer - Light Of A Clear Blue Morning

2007-03-24T18:43:00.001-04:00

Bad Company - Bad Company

2007-03-13T13:22:00.001-04:00

We heard the buzz about this band coming out under Led Zeppelin's Swan Song label..so we were intrigued...what could it be like?? They MUST be great if they are on Zeps label.

Summer of '74...the album debuts and to this day remains one of my favorites..I'm sure I wore down the vinyl's grooves, I played it so often.

I still sing along with every tune and air guitar every riff. I'm serious. My daughter (18) just thinks I am weird (but cool). I've been jammin in front of her since she was born.

You wouldn't know it to look at me would you....lol

Rock Steady

Nickelback - All the Right Reasons

2007-03-11T11:07:00.001-04:00

And here you thought I was just a classic rock girl..au contrair mon ami...I really dig Nickelback, Creed, Staind, Incubus, just to name a few of the more contemporary rockers.

Yes I said I "dig" them!

Here are 2 from Nickelback's 2005 album All the Right Reasons.

Far Away

Savin' Me

Commercial Interruption

2007-03-07T15:53:00.000-05:00

Hey fellow musicphiles...check out WOLFGANG'S VAULT for lots of cool music and stuff.

Thanks E_R for turning me onto this a long time ago.

Cheech and Chong - Sister Mary Elephant

2007-03-04T09:34:00.001-05:00

Disclaimer: I do not advocate drug use of any kind ;-0

I'd like to thank Scary Monster for unearthing THIS jewel over at Gruntstock. I'm having too much fun now.

Traffic - Empty Pages

2007-02-28T20:21:00.001-05:00

Great Compilation album...great song

Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy

2007-02-23T11:21:00.001-05:00

I'm telling you...If I wasn't me, I'd want to know me because my musical tastes are so good... :-)

Chicago - Beginnings

2007-02-21T09:34:00.001-05:00

I'm just a romantic. No excuses! I LOVE this song!!

ZZ TOP- Waitin' For The Bus/Jesus Just Left Chicago

2007-02-19T19:22:00.001-05:00

OH MY GOD..HOW FLIPPIN GOOD IS THIS????

Makes me want to sit in a smokey Texas Blues Bar, with a beer, a pack of cigarettes and a shot of JD..in my jeans and boots...oh Yeah!!

Just ran right over to Amazon to order the remastered album Tres Hombres...which includes live versions of these 2 songs PLUS La Grange...

I CAN'T WAIT TO GET IT!!!!!!!

The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers

2007-02-13T15:15:00.001-05:00

This record was considered so risque when it hit MY music stores in 1971 that the owner of the store (Gaslight Records) had to keep it behind the counter and partially covered. The working fly was just too much for our suburban town. We bought it anyway...the owner's raised eyebrows not withstanding...although we didn't run right home to show it to Mom and Dad.. and for sure we didn't show them the Andy Warhol inside...

The music though...so great, so early Stones...so..hot n' rockin'

The Beatles - Hey Bulldog

2007-02-06T10:00:00.001-05:00

I always enjoy hearing "obscure" Beatles songs...This is on Yellow Submarine.

War - Low Rider

2007-02-03T08:47:00.001-05:00

No commentary needed

Dave Edmunds - I hear You Knockin'

2007-02-01T08:08:00.001-05:00

I've had the pleasure of driving home from work lately with the top down on my convertible..for some reason when I hit the beach road..a great song comes on...and I turn up the car stereo. This is one of them.

Eminence Front - The Who - The song

2007-01-30T16:18:00.001-05:00

Here you go E_R

Eminence Front - The Who - The Video

2007-01-30T14:08:00.000-05:00

I finally found a downloadable mp3 of this great song...and while searching came across this video...great song.

2007-01-29T21:13:00.000-05:00

Arlo Guthrie - Alice's Restaurant

2007-01-28T20:08:00.001-05:00

When I was a teenager and was an avid listener of WNEW in NY, one of the all time greatest progressive rock stations in the world bar none...I would hear Alice's Restaurant on Thanksgiving morning at 11:00 am.. It was a tradition and I guess it is now played on rock stations nationwide as well on Thanksgiving. In any case...tonight's Kitchen Concert was this song in it's entirety, all 18 minutes, just enough time to get me through the dinner dishes.

Have a listen: and PEACE!

The Guess Who Greatest Hits - The Guess Who

2007-01-19T08:39:00.000-05:00

I've been listening to a lot of pop music from the 60's lately. XM has a terrific station that's been keeping me singing along and smiling.

The Guess Who is one of those bands that I always loved, but never bought a 45 when I was a kid, but they were played so often (WABC IN New York) that of course, I like everyone else knew all the words and there was almost no need to buy the record.

This is a good compilation of their hits. Check out some of these samples..then download them into your MP3 player, I guarantee you'll sing along and remember where/who you were when these came out...

1. These Eyes Listen

2. Laughing Listen

3. Undun Listen

4. No Time Listen

5. American Woman Listen

6. No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature Listen

7. Hand Me Down World Listen

Christmas With The Rat Pack - Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin & Sammy Davis Jr.

2006-12-10T16:52:00.000-05:00

This is what it's all about folks..nothing quite as good as The Rat pack singing all our Christmas Favorites....you can tell just by listening, what good time these guys had...I would have given anything to catch these guys in Vegas in the early 60's...

Honestly...this is a quintessential album for the holidays...have at it!

Listen

The Youngbloods - Elephant Mountain

2006-10-29T11:06:00.000-05:00

Can't you just picture yourself in your tie dyed tshirt and patched jeans..wandering through a field of wildflowers with the one you love and hearing this song...well....I can... :-)

This song is Called Sunlight

Ahhh the sweet voice of Jesse Colin Young...ahhhhhhhhhhh

Also song of note: Darkenss, Darkness

The Beatles - White Album

2006-10-22T15:37:00.000-04:00

I'm not sure there are adequate words for my true love for this record..If you can believe this little factoid though..it's original release ddate was Nov 22, 1968. Sounds just as fresh and innovative today as it did ALMOST 40 YEARS AGO.. I was 10 when this came out...how funny is that!!!!!!!!!!

If you read some of the reviews..it is not known as one of their best projects..the beginnings of the band breaking up..Yoko hanging around...blah blah, blah.....doesn't mean anything to me...I drove my best friend to college in Conneticut in the late summer of 1976 and we listened to the entire album (8 track...hahahahahaha)on the ride..it's too great in the memory department to be objective about it's content..plus I think the songs are just wonderful!!..all of them except Revolution#9 (purple microdot incident...nuff said)

I still love it!!!

ipod

2006-10-09T19:08:00.000-04:00

I got an ipod for my birthday...and have been spending what little free time I have ...trying to figure it out...sorry I haven't had any kitchen concerts lately..

some of the songs I've uploaded though:

Joe Cocker - Delta Lady
ELP - Trilogy
The Clash - Magnificent Seven
Aerosmith - Walk This Way
Simon & Garfunkel - America, The Boxer, Scarborough Fair
Limp Bizkit - Behind Blue Eyes
Fiona Apple - Criminal
CSNY - Immigration Man

and many many more (72 so far)...give me suggestions for more...off the wall stuff...stuff we don't hear every day..I want your input!

Derek & The Dominos - Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs

2006-09-30T14:47:00.000-04:00

OK, yes I was only 12 when this album hit the airwaves in 1970, but I was a cool kid and this is definitely one of my favorites of all times. How can you go wrong with Eric Clapton and Duane Allman, not to mention the other great musicians of Derek & The Dominos. I also have a soft spot for this as it was recorded here in South Florida at Atlantic South-Criteria Studios, Miami.

There are so many great songs on this record, I've chosen Bell Bottom Blues as my representative audio, but they are all good. I mean Layla...yes we've heard it a million times, but it's so great.

My dream was to own a denim jacket with this cover embroidered on the back...wonder if I can find one...hmmmmmmmm...

leelee concert note: Saw Eric Clapton in Miami at the Miami Arena in May of 1992. We had terrible seats (nose bleed), but the music was wonderful!
Enjoy!

Neil Young - Decade

2006-09-26T13:57:00.000-04:00

Ok, in keeping with my compilations theme..yet another set titled Decade. This is a great sampling of some of Neil's most timeless and rockin' hits.

I've managed to put a playlist together of 3 long jammin' tunes. Set aside approx 24 minutes for this one...

Like A Hurricane
Down By The River
and
Cortez The killer, which has recently been covered by an Australian band called The Drones...they definitely do the song justice.

leelee concert note: Saw Neil Young at Madison Square Garden in Sept 1978..great show. The last performance of his I caught live was here in SoFla when he toured with CSN..he busted out with Rockin' In The Free World and jammed for like 20 minutes, it was by far the best part of the show. If you ever get the opportunity to see Neil live...do not hesitate....even if he is 85 years old...or even if YOU are 85!

Allman Brothers Band - A Decade of Hits 1969-1979

2006-09-25T13:41:00.000-04:00

A quintessential compilation for sure. Saw the Allmans at the Capitol Theater in Passaic, NJ in January 1981. We had great seats, although every seat there was wonderful because it was such a small venue (3200 seats) If you were on the floor...you were going to enjoy a great show. Other artists I saw there were:

The Kinks
Peter Gabriel
Todd Rundgren

Anyway...the rendition of the song I've included here..is actually from Live From The Fillmore, but thought you might enjoy a live version of this song..

In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed

2006-09-24T18:37:00.000-04:00

Court and Spark

2006-09-24T18:27:00.000-04:00

Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark

2006-09-24T14:02:00.000-04:00

This is by far my favorite Joni album. I love to sing along with it. Perfect for a Sunday morning of puttering. Some of my favorite lines:

"Laughing and crying you know it's the same release" - People's Parties

"His eyes were the color of the sand and the sea and the more he talked to me, the more he reached me" - Court and Spark

Great album!

2006-09-18T09:54:00.000-04:00

Working on my uploads..but isn't this a great tune? I heard it on the radio the other day and never really noticed the guitar riffs 1/2 way through..

ELO - Showdown

2006-09-17T09:59:00.000-04:00

WOW....I will now have full audio on my blogs, thanks to HIPCAST. Now YOU too can listen to the songs I am writng about in the comfort of your home or office.

ENJOY!!

Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks

2006-09-09T20:18:00.000-04:00

This is absolutely my favorite Dylan album. I finished up my eclectic day of music with this while I made a banana bread....yum

1.Tangled Up In Blue
Listen

2. Simple Twist Of Fate
Listen

3. You're A Big Girl Now
Listen

4. Idiot Wind
Listen

5. You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
Listen

6. Meet Me In The Morning
Listen

7. Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts
Listen

8. If You See Her, Say Hello
Listen

9. Shelter From The Storm
Listen

10. Buckets Of Rain
Listen

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

2006-09-09T20:15:00.000-04:00

I love the machine age music on this Floyd classic. I saw this concert at Madison Square Garden and it was amazing.

Heart - Little Queen

2006-09-09T20:07:00.000-04:00

These girls are the essence of rock and roll. I didn't buy this album until the late 90's, didn't own it when it came out. Let me say I'm glad I own it now. From the rockin' hard Barracuda to soft acoustics like Love Alive. This album is such a classic.

Ladies Of The Canyon - Joni Mitchell

2006-09-03T09:49:00.000-04:00

Perfect for a lazy Sunday morning. I even made pancakes!

This is an early work by Joni - 1970..very ethereal. Lilting piano, fine guitar playing, amazing vocals, and lyrics that speak to me. How can you go wrong with one album that contains:

Woodstock
The Circle Game
Rainy Night House
Big Yellow Taxi
For Free

I just feel peaceful when I listent to this album ~sigh~

XM RADIO

2006-08-25T21:31:00.000-04:00

ok...this doesn't constitute a Kitchen Concert however it was a day of great music..seemingly endless. I was fortunate to spend extra time in my car today, running here and there and every time I got in..there was awesome music on XM Radio Deep Tracks channel 40:

(I can't remember each song because the music they play is definitely NOT top 40..it's tracks you never or rarely heard even when these bands were popular..it's album stuff friends)

Johnny Winter - Raised on Rock
David Bowie (something I never heard before and now I can't remember the name)
Wishbone Ash (My god, I totally missed this group in the 70's, I'm downloading this weekend..duel guitar harmonies, wow)
Pink Floyd - Dogs from Animals
Captain Beefheart - Cucamonga (made me smile)
Canned Heat - Old hippie stuff
Buffalo Springfield """"
Edgar Winter - jammin' stuff
James Gang (Man they rock, hey who wants to go see them with me in Boca tomorrow night????)
Rolling Stones - Monkey Man, probably one of my favorite songs ever

God it was like I was in Rock and Roll heaven!!

I know, I know...you've been looking...

2006-08-24T19:04:00.000-04:00

but my daughter has been doing the dishes lately (This btw is a GOOD thing)..hopefully this weekend, I'll rummage through the collection.

Paul McCartney - RAM

2006-08-19T18:54:00.000-04:00

Ahhhh, RAM...the very first album I ever bought. I listened to it, till I wore the grooves off the vinyl. I FINALLY got the CD about 3-4 years ago and fell in love with it all over again.

"Heart of the country where the homely people grow...heart of the country smell the grass in the meadow...wowowowoooooooooo"

LOVE THIS ALBUM!! YAY!!! MAKES ME SMILE!!!

Grateful Dead - Terrapin Station

2006-08-07T19:18:00.000-04:00

Well after the comments here by Eccentric Recluse, I was reminded of a Dead concert that I attended Septemeber 03, 1977. I actually googled it and found some cool photos of that experience. I also found a review and by golly, I'd swear the author was sitting on the blanket next to mine, his experience and mine were identical..I absolutely couldn't tell the story as well as he did. It was a great concert...absolutely!

I guess I'm back in the 70's again..

Various Artists - Original leelee Compilation CD

2006-08-05T19:45:00.000-04:00

No Cover Art with this one as I made the cd from scratch and I haven't gotten to the point of creating jewel cases YET.

I decided to make some homemade Gazpacho this afternoon using my new Vidalia Chop Wizard my hubby saw on TV and suggested we order.

Well it works great and it was way fun working with it while listening to these songs:

The Verve Pipe - Colorful

Puddle Of Mud - She Fucking Hates Me

Alice In Chains - No Excuses

Black Crowes - Remedy

Sublime - Santeria

Cake - I will Survive

Counting Crows - Sullivan Street

Everlast - What It's Like

Nicklelback - Savin' Me

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication

Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight

Soundgarden - Burden In My Head

Stone Temple Pilots - Big Empty

Counting Crows - Anna Begins

Sublime - What I Got

See, this proves I am NOT stuck in the 70's ( I just spend a lot of time there..)

Talking Heads - Talking Heads 77

2006-08-04T09:13:00.000-04:00

FUN, FUN, FUN

George Harrison - All Things Must Pass

2006-07-30T19:06:00.000-04:00

George "got it" years ago when talking about love and it being all you need. This album is pure and I love it. This particular set was released in 2001, 30 years after it's original release. Phil Spector's "wall of sound" brings it all out front and center and Ringo, Phil Collins, Billy Preston were guest artists. WOW!!

So many great lyrics, so many great tunes. I lit my incense and rocked on tonight.

You had it right then George, I'll do my best to keep sreading the word..love is all we need...we miss you!

Faces - Ooh La La

2006-07-18T21:57:00.000-04:00

This afternoon I heard If I'm On The Late Side from this album on my XM radio. My goodness I hadn't heard it in years and I love it. SOOOOOOOOOO tonight I downloaded the album and burned it. 1973 was the original release date, I was a sophomore in high school. I just finished listening to the album and I remember every word to every song. Funny how I can't remember what I had for lunch today...go figure.

Well Rod The Mod is a favorite, that goes without saying, but I always had a "thing" for Ron Wood, even today, despite his addictions...I still love the guy.

Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue

2006-07-18T19:27:00.000-04:00

Easily among my top 10 albums of all time. I've been in a musical slump lately...not interested in looking into the depths of my extensive collection. Call it Summertime Blues if you will..then as I was doing my dinner dishes...I had a light bulb moment. AHHHHHHHHH YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Miles will lift me up and redeem me.

I am transformed back in time to NY 1959...sitting in a smokey coffee house in Greenwich Village, wearing a black sweater and a dark slim A-Line skirt. Sipping espresso with a studious looking fella, who's wearing horn rimmed glasses and wearing a worn sports coat..perhaps with leather patches on the elbows. Although he is studious looking he is quite handsome and of course extremely intelligent. We tap our feet to the heavenly strains of Messrs. Davis, Coltrane, Adderly, Kelly, Evans, Cobb and Chambers, sip our joe and smoke..no cares, we are young, carefree and no one has decided that smoking will kill you yet..or if they have, we don't care. The whole scene has a fim noir look, gritty New York, papers blowing down the quiet street late at night.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium

2006-07-06T19:10:00.000-04:00

Wow!!!!! Excellent!!!! FUNK ROCK Chili Peppers style...
check out Hump de Bump

leelee likes it!

Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys

2006-07-01T12:13:00.000-04:00

Wouldn't it be nice, God Only Knows, Caroline No, Sloop John B

no need to preface this record with anything...we all know how good it is... better than good actually.

Cleaning is easy today...thanks boys..

Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris - All The Roadrunning

2006-05-29T19:56:00.000-04:00

Gosh, I can't seem to get enough of this record. Yes, of course I am a huge Mark Knopfler fan and Emmylou?? well what can I say. Folk music mixed with terrific guitar..'nuff said. Give it a try..it's nice.

Sting - Nothing Like The Sun

2006-05-10T19:37:00.000-04:00

We bought this CD in 1987 when we bought a brand new stereo system, yes..I said stereo system. I have no idea what they call them these days. Everyone seems to walk around with wires in their ears. In any case..it was played many many times during the year before our daughter was born.

Our daughter was born in August of 1988 and when I finally came home from the hospital 5 days later (they don't seem to do that any longer either) I came into my home filled with pink and white helium balloons throughout the house, There must have been 100 balloons floating around with white ribbons hanging down. As I entered the house with our new bundle of joy, my husband had qued up one of my favorite songs from this album on our new stereo:

"We'll Be Together"

I see me with you and all the things you do

Keep turning round and round in my mind

Forget the weather we should always be together

And any other thought is unkind

To have you with me I would swim the sevens seas

To have you as my guide and my light

My love is a flame that burns in your name

We'll be together We'll be together tonight

We'll be together, yeah

I see you with me and all I want to be

Is dancing here with you in my arms

Forget the weather we should always be together

I'll always be a slave to your charms

To have you with me I would swim the seven seas

To have you as my guide and my light

My love is a flame that burns in your name

We'll be together We'll be together

Call me baby. You can call me anything you want

Call me baby Call me Just call me

We'll be together, yeah

I see you with me and baby makes three

I see me with you and all the things we do

Forget the weather we should always be together

I need you as my guide and my light

My love is a flame that burns in your name

We'll be together We'll be together tonight

That was almost 18 years ago and our bundle of joy is about to graduate high school and embark on a new chapter in her life. I have a pretty good feeling that we too are about to embark on a new chapter in OUR lives as well. My only question is...WHERE DID THE TIME GO?? I hear the song and it feels like only yesterday..

Young Americans David Bowie

2006-04-24T19:29:00.000-04:00

JC I LOVE this record (yes to me they will always be records and albums)

1975..I was a senior in High School...listened to this album 1000 times...I mean what can be better.. David Bowie, David Sanborn on sax..John Lennon is even on it..

It totally rocks, it totally grooves and of course we all knew every word of The title track..

Good God it doesn't get much better..I'm diggin' it.

Check THIS out......it's so sexy sexy sexy!

The Beatles Rubber Soul

2006-04-20T19:32:00.000-04:00

The Beatles Rubber Soul 1965. Let's see I was 7 when this album was released. I suppose I learned most of these songs when I got older.. In My Life is one of the songs I would include in the soundtrack of my life (If I were ever to put one together) Of course Michele is beautiful and I do remember when that was on the radio as a child.

I appreciate the folk-rock songs like Think For Yourself and The Word definitely has unmistakable LOVE theme of the 60's. I think perhaps we should bring that back. What the world DOES need now is love.

Peace

The Legend Of Johnny Cash

2006-04-10T19:51:00.000-04:00

The Legend of Johnny Cash

Tonight I shared KP with my daughter. She enjoyed Johnny and June. However she rolled her eyes pretty good whan A Boy Named Sue came on...cuz..I knew all the words! Explained to her that his last song HURT is a Nine Inch Nails song. Yes I constantly impress her with my vast knowledge of pop culture....NOT. :-)

C'mon sing along:

Well, I grew up quick and I grew up mean,
My fist got hard and my wits got keen,
I'd roam from town to town to hide my shame.
But I made a vow to the moon and stars
That I'd search the honky-tonks and bars
And kill that man who gave me that awful name.

Well, it was Gatlinburg in mid-July
And I just hit town and my throat was dry,
I thought I'd stop and have myself a brew........

One of these days I go ahead and put an entire song on here..

Al Green - Greatest Hits

2006-04-09T19:05:00.000-04:00

Sunday 4/09/06
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh the soulful sounds of Mr Al Green. Love this GREATEST HITS CD.
My kitchen sparkles when I an groovin' to this. MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

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