Nazareth - Guilty
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Alter Bridge Blackbird
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Foo Fighters Walk
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Happy Birthday to Dave Gilmour of Pink Floyd, who’s turning 80 today 
Pink Floyd - Echoes (edit. from live at Pompeii, 1972)
Meddle was the first Pink Floyd album I heard…many years ago. If I have to choose, it is still my favourite of their albums. I watched the whole concert on a black and white telly when it was aired in Norway in…many years ago.
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On Arte TV starts now: ‘Carlos: Santanas Reise’ 
Oye Como Va ft. Carlos Santana & Cindy Blackman Santana
Playing For Change, Song Around The World
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I don’t have a TV connection, so I guess I’ll have to settle for this 
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Ahhh…I see…i replied to your post 
Of course the info is for everybody
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You can also receive it via the internet.
If that doesn’t work, then use a VPN…
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I’m a little to far down in 
to think too much about it now. Thanks for the info anyway 
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Alter Bridge - Metalingus
Edge (Entrance) - Metalingus
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Fantastic always loved that song great band
You’ll have to forgive me for yet another long and personal post here, because the American singer and songwriter Townes van Zandt was born 82 years ago today. This man is well placed in the inner sanctum of my personal favourites in music. So any chance to give him a mention, I will take.
To me Townes van Zandt is one of the greatest singer/songwriters ever, up there with Dylan, Neil Young, Paul Simon or anyone you’d care to mention. Still he spent his whole career playng in bars and small concert venues. He could go for years without a record contract, and when he had one, his records didn’t sell particualry well. Yet he is a highly regarded singer and songwriter among his fans and also among other artists. His songs have been covered by numerous artists, including big names like Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Allison Krauss and Emmylou Harris.
So why isn’t Townes van Zandt a household name like the artists mentioned above? The answer is short, simple and sad. It is alco-hol, drugs and mental illness. Townes van Zandt was diagnosed with bipolar disorder early on, and a lifelong abuse of the bottle and various substances didn’t help his mental state. He enjoyed a few years of sobriety in the early 1990’s. Luckily enough I got to see him live a few times during those years. Some of those were magic moments in my concert history.
Unfortunately Townes van Zandt fell back on the bottle. The last time I saw him live was on the 31. of October 1996. This time it was a sad experience. He was obviously not doing well. Two months later, on New Year’s Day 1997, his lifestyle caught up with him, and he passed away at the age of 52.
So here’s to this exceptionally gifted songwriter, poet, singer and guitar player (he was known for doing some pretty fine fingerpicking on the guitar). To the memory Townes van Zandt 
Townes van Zandt - Big Country Blues (1966)
Townes van Zandt - Tecumseh Valley (1969)
It strikes me now that another reason why Townes van Zandt is not a household name is that his songs tend to be rather gloomy. And that’s not what most people want to listen to. Still, his music has helped people through difficult times, including me.
And some of the jokes he told at the concerts were hillariously funny. Remember…
To live is to fly
Low and high,
So shake the dust off of your wings
And the sleep out of your eyes
Townes van Zandt - To Live’s To Fly (1972)
I’ll say again, to anyone who gets through all my ramblings here, you are my friend
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I suppose it’s time to cheer up after the above melancholy. Although I’ll stick to some good and cold brew, and not White Lightning, aka Moonshine 
George Jones - White Lightning (1959)
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Justice - D.A.N.C.E. - † (Official Audio)
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Happy Birthday to Micky Dolenz, who is turning 81 today. He’s the only surviving member of The Monkees, a legendary pop group from the 1960’s.
Micky Dolenz was the drummer and one of the singers in this band
The Monkees - Pleasant Valley Sunday (1967)
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Alli Neumann - Nie wieder verlieren (2025) (transl. “never lose again”)
(“never lose again” in the context of “I will never lose myself again”)
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John Lennon - Child of Nature
John Lennon’s song “Jealous Guy” was originally based on the song “Child of Nature,” which was written in 1968 during the Beatles’ stay in India. The lyrics dealt with impressions from Rishikesh, in contrast to the later theme of regret in the well-known song.
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I’d like to pay tribute to the American singer and songwriter Joseph Allen McDonald, better known as Country Joe McDonald, who passed away two days ago at the age of 84. Best known as the singer in Country Joe & The Fish from 1965. They were a pretty big band on the American counter culture scene back then, topping their career with an iconic performance at the Woodstock festival in 1969, just months before they broke up.
When Country Joe & The Fish split, Country Joe pursued a solo career, releasing over 20 studio albums, the last one in 2017. He also kept on touring. His farewell concert was in 2017, although there has been a handful of gigs after that, the last one being to celebrate his 80th birthday in 2022.
With their psychedelic country/folk and political lyrics, Country Joe & The Fish may have been a band of their time. And Country Joe’s solo career has been rather low-key. Most of this is forgotten today. Still there was some fine songs along the way. So I think he deserves a mention here in our topic. So thank you for the music Country Joe, may you be remembered 
Country Joe & The Fish - Flying High (1967)
It’s been posted before, but I can’t end this post without this clip from the Woodstock festival. By the way, Country Joe appeared on all the later festivals in Woodstock too. He was even scheduled for the one in 2019, which ended up being cancelled.
Country Joe & The Fish - The Fish Cheer/I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die-Rag (live 1969)
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One of my old favourites is turning 84 today, so it’s Happy Birthday to John Cale
This Welsh multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and singer is known for his time in The Velvet Underground and a long solo career, which is still going more or less up until today. Both his last album and concert was last year.
Here’s a couple of songs to celebrate the birthday of this under appreciated artist.
John Cale - Strange Times In Casblanca (1981)
John Cale - Mr. Wilson (1975)
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