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Pat Blythe – Symphonic Jazz (Part V)….an anniversary…..and music

Posted in music, Opinion, Review with tags "Rhapsody In Blue", Aeolian Hall New York, An Experiment in Modern Music, Anton Dvořák, big band jazz, DBAWIS, Don Redman, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Duke Ellington, Fletcher Henderson, George Gershwin, Henry Mancini, Jazz, luvthemusic, National Conservatory of Music, orchestral jazz, Pat Blythe A Girl With A Camera, Pat Metheny, Paul Whiteman, Snarky Puppy, Stan Getz, Stan Kenton, symphonic jazz, Symphonic Jazz Orchestra, The Pink Panther on February 26, 2020 by segarini

I will be taking a small hiatus for the next two weeks while my eye heals. Cataract surgery is scheduled for Thursday and then time to heal and give my eye(s) a rest. First the left eye…..then the right. At this point I don’t know how far apart (or close together) the surgeries will be. Once this is over with, well…..look out summer, here I come!!!

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Pat Blythe: Women of Rock – Part 1

Posted in Opinion with tags a cappella, Acid Queen, acid rock, Aerosmith, Alice in Wonderland, Anthem, Arloohie Records, Autumn Records, Ball 'n' Chain, Ball and Chain, Barbra Streisand, Bard Dupont, bass, Bay-Tone Records, Believe, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Big Mama Thornton, Billboard, Billboard Hot 100, blues, Bob Segarini, Bolero, Buffy Sainte Marie, Buzzsaw, Cher, Chicago, Child in Time, Chrissie Hynde, Christopher Blythe, classical, Cod'ine, Codeine, Courtney Love, Darby Slick, Darkly Smiling, David Dalton, David Minor, DBAWIS, Death on Two Legs (dedicated to....), Deep Purple, Dick Cavett, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Don't You Want Somebody To Love, Donovan, Dreams, drums, Eric Clapton, Frank Soda and the Imps, Full Tilt Boogie Band, George Gershwin, Glenn Miller, Goddo, Grace Slick, Gram Parsons, Grammy, Grateful Dead, Greg Simpson, GTA, guitar, Harry Belafonte, Hellfield, Ian Gillan, Is that fin on your back part of the deal......shark, Janis Joplin, Jazz, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, Jerry Slick, Jimi Hendrix, Joan Jett, London, Longines Symphonette Collections, Lyndon B. Johnson, Maggie Bell, Maple Blues Awards, Maurice Ravel, Mercedes Benz, Monterey Pop Festival, New York, No Protection, NYC, Ontario, opera, Pat Benatar, Pat Blythe, Patti Smith, Pearl, Peter van Gelder, Piece of My Heart, Plateau, president, Queen, Queen of Psychedelic Soul, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Records on Wheels, Richard Goldstein, Robin Hood, rock 'n roll, rock 'n roll baby, Rolling Stone Magazine, San Franscisco, saxophone, Signe Anderson, Sly Stone, Snow White, Somebody To Love, Someone To Love, Starship, Steve Tyler, Stevie Nicks, Sucide Sal, Summertime, Surrealistic Pillow, Sylvester Stewart, Texan, Texas, The Charlatans, The Great Society, The Kozmic Blues Band, the Longines Symphony Orchestra, The PictureTaker, The Queen of Psychedelic Soul, Vanity Fair, vocals, Vogue, voodoo, We Built This City, White Rabbit, Woodstock on March 25, 2015 by segarini

The impetus, for what has now become a series, was my discovery of an old vinyl record by Maggie Bell. I came across it going through one of my many purge cycles. Suicide Sal, released in 1975, was my introduction to the blues….I just didn’t know it then. I wasn’t in the habit of labeling types of music in my younger years, I just knew what I liked. Greg Simpson, who happened to be managing the now defunct Records on Wheels in London, Ontario, recommended the album, thinking I might like it. I loved it and still do. Thank you Greg!

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