Tag: music
member name: Ron Hall
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December 15, 2006 05:46 PM EST --
As I sit here and type, it's near pure improvisation. These may be words I have typed before, but certainly not in this order. I might pause every now and . . .
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March 20, 2007 08:11 PM EDT --
There's a somewhat valid tendency to dismiss groups that have had wild success. Fleetwood Mac is no exception. In order to sell millions of records you need to tap into a lot of different people's . . .
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March 01, 2006 06:15 PM EST --
When I was 19, my family was on a road trip going from Colorado to Florida. My dad really liked pawn shops so when we found ourselves in Memphis, we couldn't resist.
It was hanging so you couldn't . . .
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December 23, 2007 05:46 PM EST --
With a full-on raging blizzard outside, we can't go to any yard sales this weekend, so we're going to take a look at some things we've bought over the years, most of them at yard sales.
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June 27, 2007 08:44 AM EDT --
What with the 4th of July coming up, I'm drawn to thinking about those things that are quintessentially American. I'm headed home for the holidays, back to a town founded in 1876, in a state . . .
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June 23, 2006 01:49 PM EDT --
In 1975, R&B/country-rock band Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show released Bankrupt, their 4th album containing songs written by Shel Silverstein. Like the previous three, it had a number of songs you . . .
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January 28, 2007 01:44 PM EST --
When I was a teen rocker, I took an interest in jazz and asked several aficionados to explain it to me so I could better appreciate it. I got the same unhelpful answer four times in a row from . . .
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March 31, 2006 11:35 PM EST --
This is really my top 20 human singers, and to be equitable I'm splitting it between men and women. Another reason for splitting it is men alone, or women alone, just wouldn't warrant a whole . . .
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May 29, 2007 04:01 PM EDT --
Tonight, for those of you within driving distance of Minneapolis, I will be playing one short set at a fundraiser for Coffee House Press. This is a big deal, because the last time I played outside . . .
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January 29, 2008 08:39 AM EST --
In response to a challenge by the Tuesday Gather Writing Essentials editor, I will provide a playlist of my life. Just off the top of my head - not too much thinking involved - here is one song . . .
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December 23, 2007 09:17 PM EST --
Janie and I haunt yard sales in South Minneapolis and the Highland/Mac-Groveland neighborhoods of St Paul. Every outing's loot includes on average one or two 1950s cha cha or mambo records. You can't . . .
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August 22, 2006 06:10 PM EDT --
These go round and round in my head, and I'd dearly like to make any one of them happen. I'm also pretty sure there's no way I'll get the opportunity, so I'm just putting them out there . . .
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April 14, 2009 08:35 AM EDT --
A while back I was attracted
To the guitar shack
A gym where nerds they
Flex their words
Prune tunes
Steeped in groovy.
"Ooo", I said
Lapsing into language . . .
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November 12, 2006 03:01 PM EST --
I agreed to do a review of Amos Lee's newest CD, largely because the description given to me began with the word "jazz". I like jazz. Good jazz has all the mystery and passion . . .
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April 20, 2008 01:32 PM EDT --
Each time I've put a new song up on Gather, I've laboriously sent single emails to every person who has ever commented on one of my earlier songs - some 100 persons. Unfortunately, I . . .
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March 04, 2006 01:48 PM EST --
Throughout the 50s, 60s and 70s Hal and Liane Hall ran the Red Mountain Lodge in Ouray, Colorado. My parents had thousands of guests, hundreds of them return customers. Find one and they'll tell . . .
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July 28, 2006 08:46 PM EDT --
Here in alphabetical order are my favorite songwriters (or songwriting teams) and why. I'm hoping the rest of you will chime in to challenge or offer votes for your faves.
This is in alphabetical . . .
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September 12, 2006 10:32 PM EDT --
If you are easily offended, or you dislike any sound that isn't soothing, or you believe in spooks, you will want to steer clear of Oingo Boingo. If however, you are on the lookout for a cultural experience . . .
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February 05, 2007 06:23 PM EST --
So, what did you think of Prince's half-time show?
I respect Prince as a musician and showman, but don't really count him among my favorite artists. Nonetheless, I can't say I've . . .
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March 16, 2007 08:44 AM EDT --
Marlene Ragsdele – I think it was Marlene – was watching my mom’s gift shop, and I was on a shift at the gas station next door. It was early afternoon and everything was slow. . . .
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