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Friends - The Beach Boys

Been great for me. Got to meet folks and have made lasting friendships with those I'd known only through this forum. Always enjoy the Prog Beer Snob tastings at ProgDay - a community within a...

The Stroke - Billy Squire

Looking forward to hearing some of this on July 6 in Medford.

Hit the Road, Jack - Ray Charles

Yes, indeed, welcome to senior citizenship, Rick and Renate.

The Clown Died in Marvin Gardens - The Beacon Street Union

Earth Angel - The Penguins

Yesterday:

Wishbone Ash - Argus

I had my knee replacement 4 weeks ago today. I stopped drinking beer 3 weeks before that in preparation for the operation. Haven't had a beer since. Can't wait to start up again. It always tastes so...

Everyday - Buddy Holley

Take a Message to Mary - The Everly Brothers

Doug Sahm - Live from Austin, TX (11/14/75)
Brian Jones presents the Pipes of Pan at Joujouka

Music to Eat - The Hampton Grease Band

Never Let Her Go - David Gates

Modern Music - Be Bop Deluxe

Mind Flowers - Ultimate Spinach

I Found That Essence Rare - Gang of Four

Oh, no! He was the sound of the band.

Jeffrey, I Hear You - The Girls (single from late 70s Boston band; no girls in that band)

Since I Met You, Baby - Ivory Joe Hunter

The stop in Medford, MA, on July 6 is less than a mile walk from my house. I just may go. Regular (non-VIP, etc.) ticket prices ($95 and down) at the box office aren't that bad for the number of...

Psycho - The Beasts of Bourbon

Still convalescing and PTing from my knee replacement, so only have time for one or two albums a day and mostly off of YouTube. Today's was

Jan & Dean - Carnival of Sound (Took Jan three years to...

To Our Children's Children's Children - The Moody Blues

What's the Ugliest Part of Your Body? - The Mothers of Invention

Yay!

First time I heard the MC5 was on an AM radio station, WICE, in Providence in 1969. The 8pm to 12pm DJ would occasionally play current album cuts. One night he played "Kick Out the Jams." Of...

Young Man's Blues - The Who

Wild Blue Yonder - The Screaming Blue Messiahs

Spirit of the Age - Hawkwind

Whisper in the Night - Electric Light Orchestra

Thank you. If you ever have the hip(s) replaced, I hear the recovery is easier than with a knee. My knee was arthritic, so arthritis can be pretty damaging. Do what the doctor says is necessary.

Sky Pilot - Eric Burden and the Animals

Thank you, Mark. I'm getting there.

I'm trying. Thank you for the encouragement.

Smoke! Smoke! Smoke That Cigarette - Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen

Yesterday:

Fleetwood Mac - Live at the Boston Tea Party, Volume 1
John Cipollina and Raven - John Cipollina and Raven

I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive - Hank Williams

Thank you to all for the nice wishes.

Ian, how's retirement going? Great, I hope. Took about two or three years before I decided I was happy (except for all the doctor appointments) with it.

Ramblin' Rose - The MC5

Point well taken, Steve. I hope I keep your episode always in mind.

While rehabbing from knee replacement:

Roy Wood's Wizzard - Eddie and the Falcons
Donovan - Donovan in Concert
Missus Beastly - Missus Beastly

Just finished You Thought It Was More by Louie "the Coin" Colavecchio. It's his account of growing up a mob wannabe and associate in Providence. There's a History Channel episode about him as the...

It's been a couple weeks since I last posted. I had my left knee replaced at the beginning of the month. Still hurts like a sumbitch; staples came out today. When I first mentioned several months...

Merry-Go-Round - Wild Man Fischer

Wake Me, Shake Me - The Blues Project

Diary of an Empty Day - The Nice

I'll watch this soon. Recently I saw on a YouTube series called Rat Tales about the local Boston scene from early Rockin' Ramrods days up through the band Boston and the local punk scene, a long...

The Fool - Quicksilver Messenger Service

Aragorn - The Suite
The Zombies - Into the Afterlife

and just listened to

The Groundhogs - Split Shadows (a live boot, I think)
Roger McGuinn - Back from Rio

Now I'm influenced to listen to Rush.

The Sun Is Shining - Giles, Giles & Fripp

Hawaiian War Chant - King Uszniewicz & His Uszniewicztones

Wicked Lady - The Axeman Cometh (A couple of mighty revealing photos of Theda Bara's front and back on the front and back covers.)
Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Boogie-Woogie String Along for Real

From All Over the World - Jan & Dean

Hey, Paula - Paul and Paula

Jennifer Juniper - Donovan

Love Me - The Phantom

House of Four Doors - The Moody Blues

Yesterday:

Fairport Convention - Leige and Leif
Giles, Giles and Fripp - The Cheerful Insanity of
Pearls Before Swine - The Use of Ashes
Westfauster - In a King's Dream