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Musical entertainment

Just for the heck of it

June 30, 2009

Another great old Jackson Five tune:

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For your Saturday entertainment …

June 27, 2009

He sure could make music … check out the early Bill Cosby too …

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For your Saturday entertainment …

June 20, 2009

A trip down memory lane … (or perhaps we should say Penny Lane?)

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For your Saturday entertainment …

June 13, 2009

A man who could play guitar like no other …

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For your Saturday entertainment …

June 6, 2009

In honor of summer … the second one is off a video screen and last one is a bit cheesy, but it's still a good song.

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For your Sunday entertainment …

May 24, 2009

Going to Orlando, right? Here's Disney's finest character, from back in the days when animation was real …

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For your Saturday entertainment …

May 16, 2009

We celebrate one of the great blues-rock guitar players.

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For your Saturday entertainment …

May 9, 2009

I've always believed that the best thing about Atlanta is that you never have to change planes when traveling. That being said, one of my favorite bands does remind me of Atlanta …

 

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For your Saturday entertainment

May 2, 2009

Anyone know him?

Amos lee – Arms of a woman(Jay Leno Show 23.03.05)
by choupinet75

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For your Saturday entertainment …

April 25, 2009

Presented in honor of being in Detroit. The first two clips are from the old Hollywood Palace TV show, which was on every Saturday night at 9:30. My parents watched it religiously, which meant I did too. One of those shows that you remember in black and white as well as color. The music alone [...]

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For your Saturday entertainment …

April 18, 2009

Presented in honor of the Cavs opening up the playoffs …

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Check it out

April 17, 2009

Call me corny, but this link is well worth a few minutes of your time. Stick with it.

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For your Saturday entertainment …

April 11, 2009

We're going to break it down a little today … and present a guy named Eric Bibb. He's good with a band, but there's a lot to be said for a guy who can make it work with just his voice and his acoustic guitar.

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A visit to memory lane … do you remember?

April 10, 2009

Anyone else remember this tune? Just a classic piece of work, and so typical of the times.

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In honor of the NCAA national champions …

April 6, 2009

… comes a special edition of the weekly entertainment … two versions of a classic song for the NCAA's best.

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For your Saturday entertainment …

April 4, 2009

Sorry TBomb … still making you wait on Van Morrison.
This week we go to New Orleans, for one of the finest families in American music: The Neville Brothers. Those who have never seen them live must take the time to do so.

Finally, this one would not embed, but it's worth a visit to YouTube to [...]

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For your Saturday entertainment … with a nod to St. Patrick's Day

March 14, 2009

With St. Patrick's Day approaching, it seems right to feature this touching rendition of one of my favorite songs …

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For your weekend entertainment …

March 7, 2009

We briefly interrupt the dizzying spells of vertigo – if you’ve ever had it, you know how disconcerting it is – to bring the Saturday entertainment. Since it’s a little late, we’ll call it the weekend entertainment. Soon enough there will be time to comment on the Cavs downer in Boston (disappointing), the return of [...]

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For your Saturday entertainment …

February 28, 2009

A personal favorite … and a classic song … probably would be in the list of 10 best ever. They just don't make music like this very often. The lyrics, the passion, the piano. Fabulous.
And I include two versions …. the first is Don Henley solo, which given the nature of the song is about [...]

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For your Saturday entertainment …

February 21, 2009

An old favorite of a band called Crash Test Dummies … featuring a lead singer with a most interesting voice — and some very quirky lyrics:

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For your Saturday entertainment …

February 14, 2009

An Akron original …

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For your Saturday entertainment …

January 31, 2009

First a note to Terje: U2 was the best halftime ever. For quality of play and for the message.
Prince was good, but U2 was better.
Second a note to Alan: You may insult Bruce on some blogs, but not this one. That being said, the fake crowd that they throw out there is pretty ridiculous. In [...]

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For your Saturday entertainment …

January 17, 2009

The Mavericks …

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For your Saturday entertainment …

January 10, 2009

A couple from one of my favorite ladies … in some interesting pairings:

For this one, ignore the cause and abrupt start. Could hear this song over and over and over:

Finally, she goes back to her blues roots:

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Reality stares at the Browns, and this week's entertainment

January 3, 2009

Here's an example of what the Browns face, based on a very unscientific study of one group of people at the Q, conducted by me and endorsed by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (little joke there … ).
I took my daughters to Trans Siberian Orchestra Tuesday night – the last show of their four-show stint [...]

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