Take a Look Around
Paul Simon wrote many great songs and the recorded version of “Take a look Around, The Leaves are Brown.” with Art Garfunkle is still a classic. A portrait and a wake up call of New York by a top artist at their prime. Its a slice of life in winter time. These songs define us even when we don’t want them to. Urgent yet loving. It holds up over time. It is philosophy of the street. I disregarded this song when it came up in my Juke Box Brain because it had been ubiquitous when it was originally released. But it stubbornly played over and over in my frontal lobes for days until I acquiesced and gave it print time here. “Time see what you’ve done to me.”

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Careless Whisper
Careless WhisperGeorge Michael “I’m never gonna dance again. Guilty feet got no rhythm.” He was puzzled why this song became so popular. He penned it when he was 17 and admittedly had little experience with relationships let alone infidelity and breaking up. But such is the nature of…
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One More For the Road
One More For the RoadFrank Sinatra will always be the voice of America. It is a voice that pops up in my JukeBox Brain when I least expect it. As a jazz drummer it is expedient to be able to play the Sinatra book of tunes, usually with…
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Me and My Arrow
Russell Buddy Helm 1.4K followers • 159 following Intro Featured Section Featured Photos Friends 1,255 friends Cathy Burchett Will Cameron Wheeler Drew Hennessey Peaceful Waters Isgro Alan Berger Sandra Melvoin Kenneth Davidoff Joyce Evans Aris Wiwid Life events Posts Facebook Facebook Facebook Facebook Facebook Facebook Facebook Facebook Facebook…
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For What It’s Worth
For what it’s WorthSteven Stills was one more extremely talented musician composer from the Tampa Bay area of Florida. Genius or maybe the water. This song was recorded by Buffalo Springfield back in the mid Sixties. “Stop, Hey what’s that sound, everybody look what’s going round.” An anthem…
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Light My Fire
Light My Fire Enough has been written about The Doors already. But the history of Jim Morrison is always fodder for rock scribes. We both got our starts in a dinky mildewed coffee house in Pinellas Park Florida; a suburb of St. Petersburg on the gulf coast of…
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In Memory of Elizabeth Reed
In Memory of Elizabeth Reed The Allman Brothers will always have a place of honor in my JukeBox Brain. My band Bethlehem Asylum was fortunate enough to open for the original Allmans on numerous occasions in the South when we were all getting started. The cemetary in Macon,…





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