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BEST ALBUMS OF 2013!!!!!
Awards season has started, and it’s time for me to share my picks, beginning with the Best Albums of 2013. I’ve sifted through the piles, the files and the vinyl to find the very best I’ve heard in the last … Continue reading
Posted in George Bedard, George Harrison, Hall of Fame, John Lennon, Music "Q"sings, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, The Beatles
Tagged Are You Conspirienced?, Bandwagon, Beatles at The Beeb Volume 2, Best Album, Best Albums of 2013, Best Almost Everly Brothers Album, Best Americana Folk Album, Best Beatles Album of the Year, Best Blues Album, Best Blues Instrumental Album, Best Canadian World Album, Best Celtic World Album, Best Indie Album, Best Instrumental Album, Best Kindie Album, Best Local Blues Album, Best Local Indie Album, Best Local Instrumental Album, Best Major Label Album, Best New Age Album, Best Punk Album, Best Rock Album, Best Surf Album, Bevel Emboss, Billie Jo and Norah, Carnival, Celluloid, Cornell Kinderknecht, Devil Fruit, Dreamtime, Dylan McDonald & The Avians, Foreverly, Forge & Flagon, Friendly Unit Creation Kit, Further On, George Bedard, Get It, Joanie Leeds & The Nightlights, Letters from Starfield, Lyn Saga, Martin McCall, Mick Clarke, Modified, music qsings, New, Nora Jane Struthers & The Party Line, Out from the Door, Paul McCartney, Phil Maq, Radkey, Ramdango, Roy Scoutz, Saddle Up the Whales, Skinny Lister, Sonic Graffiti, Sultans of String, Symphony, the beatles, The Dan Sheehan Consipracy, The Dynotones, The White Ravens, Tinsley Ellis, Venice
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James Grant and “Urban Rock Radio” Remembered
It’s almost been a year since WHFR DJ James Grant suddenly passed away. He is in the “Theme Attic” Hall of Fame because of the vision that he had for music that he broadcast as “Urban Rock Radio.” It centered … Continue reading
Savage Grace: “Turn Your Head”– One of the Best Songs Ever Recorded!
“Turn Your Head”—I will not be able to write enough about this song…but here goes nothin.’ Savage Grace was an incredibly gifted Detroit area band from the early 70’s. Their self-titled first album was an instant classic. It put together … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Jacquez, All Along the Watchtower, Bach, Beethoven, Detroit, John Seanor, Larry Zack, Mozart, Phil Maq, progressive rock, Rajah Khan, Renaissance, Ron Koss, Savage Grace, Turn Your Head
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“Q”sings: 2012 Grammys: Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Adele, Foo Fighters, The Civil Wars
The 2012 Grammys, with enough of a stockpile of anticipation to make a music hoarder go insane—How will they handle Whitney Houston’s untimely death? What will Bruce Springsteen sound like post-Clarence Clemons? Will Adele still have an incredible voice after … Continue reading
Posted in Music "Q"sings, Paul McCartney, The Beatles, The Grammys
Tagged 1998 Grammy Awards, 2012 Grammy Awards, Abbey Road, Abe Laboriel Jr., Adele, Aretha Franklin, Bruce Springsteen, Carry That Weight, Chaka Khan, Clarence Clemons, Dave Grohl, Glen Campbell, Golden Slumbers, I Will Always Love You, Jennifer Hudson, Joe Walsh, LL Cool J, Nessun Dorma, ODWITS, Phil Maq, Ringo Starr, Rolling in the Deep, Taylor Swift, The Beach Boys, the beatles, The Civil Wars, The End, The Foo Fighters, The Grammys, We Take Care of Our Own, Whitney Houston, Wrecking Ball
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“Q”sings: Foster the People, George Bedard, John Lennon, The Beatles
“Pumped Up Kicks”—Foster the People: ODWITS! I watched their unimpressive performances on last night’s Saturday Night Live. The viewers were treated to some very bad dancing by their lead singer (I don’t even want to waste time looking up his … Continue reading
Posted in Music "Q"sings, The Beatles
Tagged "Q"sings, Ann Arbor, B. Bumble and The Stingers, Bill Kirchen, Bob Dylan, Boys, Dennis Mitchells' Breakfast with The Beatles, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Foster The People, George Bedard, George Bedard and the Kingpins, Hip Deep, I'm a Loser, John Lennon, Kansas City, Moves Like Jagger, Nut Rocker, Nutcracker, ODWITS, Paul McCartney, Phil Maq's Hall of Fame, Pickin' Apart the Past, Pictures at an Exhibition, Randy Tessier, Ready Steady Go, Rich Dishman, Ringo Starr, Rossini, Rossini's William Tell Overture, Saturday Night Live, Shindig, Tchaikovsky, The Ark, the beatles, The Kingpins, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, TSO, William Tell '97, William Tell Overture, youtube.com
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“Q”sings: Foster the People’s Pumped Up Kicks= “Deflated Tricks”
“Pumped Up Kicks”—Foster the People: How does a song go from being a favorite at one time to, several months later, change and almost top the trash heap? Well, I have my teenage daughter to thank for this one. Apparently, … Continue reading
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Tagged "Q"sings, Bob Geldof, Foster The People, I Don't Like Mondays, Pumped Up Kicks, The Boomtown Rats
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1968: A Year in Which Two Long Forgotten Groundbreaking Musical Events Occurred, pt. 1: Blood, Sweat, & Tears
Today I’m going to take a trip back in time to the late 60’s. In fact, let’s set “the wayback machine” to the magical year of 1968. This is the year after the magical year of 1967 and “the summer … Continue reading
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Tagged 1967, 1968, Al Kooper, Blood Sweat & Tears, Chicago, Child Is Father to the Man, Eleanor Rigby, flugelhorn, Herb Alpert, House in the Country, I Can't Quit Her, I Love You'll More Than You'll Ever Know, Johann Sebastian Bach, Just One Smile, LA Woman, Meagan's Gypsy Eyes, Morning Glory, My Days Are Numbered, Overture, Randy Brecker, Ray Manzarek, Sgt Pepper, She's Leaving Home, So Much Love, Somethin' Goin' On, The Arbors, the beatles, The Doors, The Modern Adventures of Plato Diogenes and Freud, the summer of love, Tim Buckley, Underture, Without Her
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Random “Q”sings: George Bedard and the Kingpins, Jamie Galimberti, Wendy Smith, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr
What a difference a month makes. The last time I saw George Bedard and the Kingpins it was cool and gray. But this time, it was a beautiful sunny Sunday evening in July at the Ann Arbor Summer Festival’s Top … Continue reading
Posted in Music "Q"sings, Random Thoughts, The Beatles
Tagged Al Hill, Ann Arbor Summer Festival's Top of the Park Series, Back in the USSR, Beatle Brunch, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Breakfast with the Beatles, Brian Delaney, Carl Hildebrandt, Cheap Thrills, Choba B CCCP, Chuck Berry, Dennis Mitchell, Flip Flop and Fly, George Bedard, George Bedard and the Kingpins, George Bedard and the Kingpins Go To College, Jamie Galimberti, Janis Joplin, Jim King, Joe Johnson, La Day Oh, Long Distance Call, Okie Dokie Stomp, Pickin' Apart the Past, Randy Tessier, Rich Dishman, Ringo Starr, Sir Paul McCartney, Steve Nardella, Summertime, Time Takes Time, Upside, Wendy Smith
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Random “Q”sings: George Bedard, Wendy Smith, Shania Twain
Well, the day is finally here! July 10 is the official release date of George Bedard’s new CD “Pickin’ Apart the Past! The opportunity for you to get your hands on the brand new disc occurs when George and The … Continue reading