Rock 'N' Roll's Most Revolutionary Year-- Part 1

From the August 14, 2016, Chicago Tribune by Randy Lewis.

Answering this question brings lots of responses.

Some might say 1954, the year Bill Haley & His Comets recorded "Rock Around the Clock" and when Elvis Presley first stepped into Sam Phillips' Sun Studio.

Others might say it was 1964 when Beatlemania exploded onto the world and launched the British Invasion.

Some might say 1967 with the Summer of Love, the blossoming of Flower Power and psychedelic music.  Not to mention the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album.

Still, others would say 1977 with the arrival of that "young, loud, snotty" music called punk rock.

Then there is the case of 1982 with Grand master Flash & the Furious Five's "The Message," putting rap music on the national map.

More recently, the year 2001 saw the birth of iTunes and redefined -- as well as broadened -- how we listen to music.

Of the ones listed here, I would have to say 1964.

What Say You?  --RoadDog

MORE SUTHEN-ISMS:  And, for those of you who are not from the South but have lived here for a long time, all y'all need to hang a sign to hang on y'all's front porch that reads, "I'm not from the South, but I got here as fast as I could."

Goin' Back to 1970-- Part 3

Some more of WXRT's songs from that great (for me, college) year:

LOLA-- Kinks "But I know I'm a man"
BOX OF RAIN-- Grateful Dead (How can a band that can make such a great 3 minute song become one of those twenty minute jam bands?)
FREEDOM-- Jimi Hendrix

RUN THROUGH THE JUNGLE-- CCR (never gets old)
BALL OF CONFUSION-- Temptations (and many of the problems are still here)
VASOLINE MACHINE GUN-- Leo Kottke

WORKING CLASS HERO-- John Lennon
ROCK AND ROLL, HOOTCHY COO-- Johnny Winter
TELL THE TRUTH-- Derek & the Dominos (but we all know it's REALLY Eric)

Was I Ever Singing Along. --RoadDog

My Experience with the "Derecho"-- Part 2

This was a storm, that for me, didn't appear to be too bad of a one. After two hours, our electricity was back on. I just caught up with my sleep by taking a nap during it. I didn't get enough sleep last night.

Once up, Liz said she was hearing that almost a million people had lost power and most still didn't have it. Later, we hear that it was expected that a lot of the people weren't going to have electricity for a day or so and then, that was extended until later in the week.

Much worse of a storm than I thought.

We then heard that the Fox Lake area was particularly hard hit, so decided to drive over and take a look and see how the boat fared, since we dock it in that village.

While waiting for Liz to get ready, I took a walk out to the arboretum tp pick up branches that always come down in a wind storm. Entered it at the east end and started picking up the branches. When I got over to the west end, I saw that the sumac tree was broken off at its base.

That is too bad because it always reminded me so much of a tropical plant and was about 15 feet tall. Unfortunately, my electric chain saw is broken (well, the chain is hanging down). I'll have to see if I can figure out how to fix it. Probably not. One thing I'm not good at is fixing broken machines.

That Was One Strong Wind. --RoadDog


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