Born to Be Wild
John Kay and his band Steppenwolf growling out lyrics about motorcycles. This song was an anthem in its time. It played on the sound track for Easy Rider, and functioned as a wet dream for every kid who could not afford a Harley Davidson pan head hog with an extended front end. Damn hard to steer those things. The outlaw hero as outlaw was the character in the movie made by Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper. It had a big impact in Europe and redefined motor car laws everywhere. Police and Highway Patrol finally had a simple profile they could arrest, if they dared. My band, Bethlehem Asylum, in Miami had Papa John as our Road Manager and former President of San Berdoo’s Comancheros, a One Percenter, which was third down MC club from the Hell’s Angels. This signifying what these guys really were; Combat Veterans. They were the guys who were in the shit in Nam and Korea, and survived. I don’t begrudge them too much but they were terrifying, Terry the Tramp, towering over me, knocking on my front door asking for his partner Papa John was enough to loosen my bowels. This song definitely has a parking space in my Jukebox brain.
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Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter This is proof I have no control over playback. All night long and into this morning, my JukeBox Brain looped through the tune written by Fred Ahlert/Joe Young, Immortalized by Fats Waller and included in the Broadway musical, Ain’t Misbehavin’,…
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Mustang Sally
Mustang Sally Bright and early this morning on the day after Christmas Day my juke box brain kicked in with ”Mustang Sally” by Wilson Pickett. I have no control over this mental function and I can not turn it off. So I must endure it. Whatever song is…
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Addicted To Love
ReminiscencesRussell Buddy HelmNow that I am seventy six years old my mind is taking inventory all on its own initiative, so I wake up about 8:20 in the morning with a song going through my head like some AI sub routine; faithfully reproducing a song from my past…
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Wanna Take You Higher
Wanna Take You Higher Sly and the Family Stone was without a doubt the most thrilling band alive. My band Bethlehem Asylum opened for them on numerous occasions in Miami. When this song kicks in the whole world gets up to dance. This morning it is pulsing through…
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You better Find Somebody to Love
You Better find somebody to LoveJefferson Airplane Yesterday I woke up with Grace Slick wailing in my head, in front of an on-fire band. Jorma, Jack, Paul, Marty and Spencer on drums. This song is relentlessly confrontational and personally addresses the condition of emotional dishonesty. A beginning time…
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Won’t you let me Take you on a Sea Cruise
Russell Buddy HelmNow that I am seventy six years old my mind is taking inventory all on its own initiative, so I wake up about 8:20 in the morning with a song going through my head like some AI sub routine; faithfully reproducing a song from my past…
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