Visit With Liz, Donovan's, Trivia, Saylor Mick's, Kent State, Star Wars and a Movie

WEDNESDAY, MAY 3

Visited Liz at Cole Cemetery and then went to Donovan's Reef in Twin Lakes,Wisconsin, as we so often did.  Played live trivia with Uncle Jeffie.  Stopped at Saylor Mick's in Spring Grove for the wing special and those great retro $1 Hamm's pints.

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THURSDAY, MAY 4

Today was the 53rd anniversary of the killings at Kent State in Ohio.  That set off rioting and troubles in college campuses across the United States, including at NIU where I was a freshman.  I thought I was seeing the end of the United States.

On a lighter note, today, being May the 4th, has a play on words "May the Force Be With You" so it is an "Star Wars" day.  All of Bob Stroud's Ten at Ten had to do with space.  I wrote them down earlier in this blog.

Went to the Fox Lake Theatre and saw "Renfield."  That Nicholas Cage makes a fine Dracula.

--RoadDrac

Music Deaths in 2022: Eihard, Anderson, Gracie and Jett

SHIRLEY EIHARD, 67

**  Died 15 December 2022

Singer / songwriter

RICK ANDERSON, 75

**  Died 16 December 2022

Bass player with the Tubes.  "She's a Beauty"  (#10-1983)

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CHARLIE GRACIE, 86

**  Died 17 December 2022

Singer / guitar player (rock and roll)  "Butterfly"  (#1-1957).  If you're old enough, you will remember this song.

HARVEY JETT, 73

**  Died 21 December 2022

Guitarist and founding member of Black Oak Arkansas.  "Jim Dandy"  (#25-1974)

--RoadDog

WLS Top Ten for Week of May 7, 1973: 'You Are the Sunshine of My Life'

The top songs in Chicago fifty years ago.  Right!!

1.  TIE A YELLOW RIBBON 'ROUND THE OLD OAK TREE--  Dawn

2.  THE CISCO KID--  War

3. THE NIGHTS THE LIGHTS WENT OUT IN GEORGIA--  Vickie Lawrence

4.  SING--  Carpenters

5.  STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU--  Steeler's Wheel

6.  YOU ARE THE SUNSHINE  OF MY LIFE--  Stevie Wonder

7.  THE TWELFTH OF NEVER--  Donny Osmond

8.  FRANKENSTEIN--  Edgar Winter Group

9.  DRIFT AWAY--  Dobie Gray

10.  LITTLE WILLIE--  Sweet

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DEBUTS

17.  HOCUS POCUS--  Focus

22.  IT SURE TOOK A LONG, LONG TIME--  Lobo

26.  I'M GONNA LOVE YOU--  Barry White

27.  I'M DOIN' FINE NOW--  New York City

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "He Drink Whiskey, Poncho Drink The Wine."  Answer elow.  --RoadDog

"The Cisco Kid"

This Blog Passed Its 8000th Post

This post is # 8,020.  I started it on May 9, 2007, one year after I retired.

This was the second blog that I started and actually, the reason I started it was that I was unable to get onto my RoadDog's RoadLog Blog.  Shortly after I started this,I was able to get on my first blog, but kept this one to write about what I was doing and especially music.

Lots and lots of music posts.

Every week, I do the WLS top songs from 50 years ago.

Way Too Many Blogs.  --RoadDog

Music Deaths in 2022: Christie McVie of Fleetwood Mac

CHRISTIE McVIE, 79

Died 30 November 2022

Keyboard player / vocalist with Fleetwood Mac.

Wrote and sang lead on "Say You Love Me"  (#11-1976), "Go Your Own Way"  (#10-1977), "Don't Stop"  (#3-1977)  and "You Make Loving Fun"  (#9-1977).

In the 1970s it was hard to turn on the radio and not hear a Fleetwood Mac song and she was the cement that kept the group together.

May the 4th Be With You: 'Space Oddity' A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far Away...

Bob Stroud played songs with this theme today on his Ten at Ten show on Chicago's WDRV, 97.1 FM, the Drive, Chicago's Classic Rock.

The reason, of course, was a play on words for a signatiure line from the Star Wars movies, "May the Force be with you."

Pretty good song selection and you can still listen to it tonight at 10 PM, CDST as it sure does stream.

SPACE ODDITY--  David Bowie

MAN ON THE MOON--  REM

SPACE TRUCKING--  Deep Purple

FULL MOON TURN MY HEAD AROUND--  Off Broadway

ROCKET MAN--  Elton John

2,000 LIGHT YEARS FROM HOME--  Rolling Stones

SPACE COWBOY--  Steve Miller Band

ACROSS THE UNIVERSE--  Beatles

WALKING ON THE MOON--  Police

MAJOR TOM--  Peter Schilling

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "I Told You About Living In The US  Of  A, Don't You Know That I'm The Gangster Of Love?"  Answer below.  --RoadForce

"Space Cowboy"

Music Deaths in 2022: Cipriano, Cara, Barnes, Simmonds

** GENE CIPRIANO, 94

Died 12 November 2022

Saxophone player, prolific session musician with the Wrecking Crew.

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**  IRENE CARA, 63

Died 25 November 2022

Singer / actress, known for hit songs "Flashdance, What a Feeling" and "Fame."

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**  J. J. BARNES, 89

Died 10 December 2022

Singer (rhythm & blues / soul).

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**  KIM SIMMONDS, 75

Died 13 December 2022

Vocalist / guitar player with blues rock band Savoy Brown