OH MY MY-- RINGO STARR-- ex-Beatles all over the radio.
I'VE BEEN SEARCHING SO LONG-- CHICAGO-- featuring a nice guitar solo by Jerry Kapp.
STAR BABY-- GUESS WHO-- Big hit in Chicago. (Another Great White North band.)
THE SHOW MUST GO ON-- THREE DOG NIGHT-- They racked up a lot of numbers in sales from'69 to '76. (I love the circus feel to this one.)
BENNY AND THE JETS-- ELTON JOHN-- From Goodbye Yellow brick Road. (Old Elton sure ruled the waves back then.)
MIDNIGHT AT THE OASIS-- MARIA MULDAUR-- One of the great guitar solos of the decade by Amos Garrett. (And, then, Maria kicked in with all those octaves.)
I'LL HAVE TO SAY I LOVE YOU IN A SONG-- JIM CROCE-- a posthumous release. (What could he have done had he been around longer. Jim, we hardly knew ye.)
TUBULAR BELLS-- MICHAEL OLDFIELD-- From the beautifully peaceful (Croce) to the frightful. From the movie "Exorcist."
OH VERY YOUNG-- CAT STEVENS-- From the Top Ten album Buddha and the Chocolate Factory. (You always have to wonder how he came up with that album title.)
RAISED ON ROBBERY-- JONI MITCHELL-- These last two were a couple tracks from the two biggest albums in town, both in the Top Ten in sales. This one from Court and Spark. (One of my all-time favorite albums.)
LOCO-MOTION-- GRAND FUNK-- the #1 song here in Chicago. (What happened to Railroad?)
What Was the Name of Benny's Band? --RoadDog
Being an account of some things I'm interested in, what I'm doing, and reflections on my past, especially music.
Listen to this man. Seven years of college, you know. Trying to reason with 2020 and, now, 2022.
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