Category: Music
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Jeff’s Playlist: Lynyrd Skynyrd (Pronounced ‘Leh-‘Nérd ‘Skin-‘Nérd)
I watched the Lynyrd Skynyrd documentary the other night on Netflix. This morning I had to pull up their first album, Pronounced ‘Leh-‘Nérd ‘Skin-‘Nérd, and listen. While I’m not a true Skynyrd fan, I was there when this album came out in 1973 and loved it like all my buddies. It was rock/country at its…
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Happy Hollerdays highlights busy season at Leeds
A December holiday show featuring world-renowned Kentucky cellist Ben Sollee highlights a busy month at Leeds Center for the Arts. Actually, to call Sollee a cellist is to sell the talented musician short. Besides his unconventional and mesmerizing style of play on the cello, he is also a noted singer-songwriter and has composed scores for movies…
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Jeff’s Playlist: 30 days of the Dead
Every November since 2015, and maybe before, the dead.net site has a contest that features 30 Grateful Dead downloads (one per day) with an option to guess the date and venue of the live recording. With the next day’s download, the previous day’s answer is posted. Daily prizes are awarded and at the end of…
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Jeff’s Playlist: Blind Faith
I’ve decided to kick off my first attempt at music blogging by listening to Blind Faith’s only release. I’ve been listening to this album (thanks to my older brother) for close to 50 years and have loved it ever since the first time. Eric Clapton has remained a favorite of mine through all those years, although…