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Here are the first 3 songs for this week:


245. SOMEDAY SOMEWAY-MARSHALL CRENSHAW (1982)
Album: Marshall Crenshaw

His debut album combined the very best parts of The early Beatles and Buddy Holly,
which made sense considering he played John Lennon in various productions of
Beatlemania and later Buddy in the Richie Valens biopic La Bamba. Lots of great
tunes on the album, but this is my favorite. If you like early rock 'roll, I can't
see how you could not like this.




244. LONG AS I CAN SEE THE LIGHT-CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL (1970)
Album: Cosmo's Factory

Another great CCR single, this one with a distinct Gospel/Soul influence. Tremendous
John Fogerty vocal.



243. IN THE COUNTRY-CHICAGO (1970)
Album: Chicago (aka Chicago II)

Another killer track from my favorite Chicago album. This one has Terry Kath and
Peter Cetera trading lead vocals, and oustanding drumming from Danny Seraphine,
guitar work from Kath, and of course, those horns. The ending is cool, too. Songs like
THIS are what made them Rock Hall of Fame worthy, not the wimpy ballads they hit the
top of the charts with later on. My opinion, anyway.

Nice CCR track - I assume you've heard Joe Cocker's remake from "Hymn 4 My Soul" - it captures a lot of the same qualities.

That is indeed excellent hornage on the Chicago track.

These daily doses, plus some recent radio moments, have me thinking that in my next profession I would like to work with music somehow, likely as a writer or editor but we'll see.

T_Bone0806 wrote:244. LONG AS I CAN SEE THE LIGHT-CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL (1970)
Album: Cosmo's Factory

Another great CCR single, this one with a distinct Gospel/Soul influence. Tremendous
John Fogerty vocal.

Also includes one of the most distinctive saxophone solos of the 1970s. Absolutely beautiful and dramatic.

T_Bone0806 wrote:Here are the first 3 songs for this week:


243. IN THE COUNTRY-CHICAGO (1970)
Album: Chicago (aka Chicago II)

Another killer track from my favorite Chicago album. This one has Terry Kath and
Peter Cetera trading lead vocals, and oustanding drumming from Danny Seraphine,
guitar work from Kath, and of course, those horns. The ending is cool, too. Songs like
THIS are what made them Rock Hall of Fame worthy, not the wimpy ballads they hit the
top of the charts with later on. My opinion, anyway.

I can't remember who it was, if it was in a written article or if I heard a DJ say it, but this is from "Back when Chicago still had a spine"

Three more excellent songs. I had heard Someday Someway before in commercials and never knew who sang it originally.

I'm going to have to check out more early Chicago. Superb hornsmanship!

As often happens, I get a chance to show my ignorance. I thought Some Day, Some Way was early rock and roll. Even though I didn't have a memory of it along with Hound Dog, Needles and Pins, etc. etc., hey, I didn't have any memory of Karen Young and Hot Shot until I found the album at a yard sale and bought it for a co-worker with the same name.

When I saw In the Country, I thought it was gonna be Three Dog Night.

No surprises with the CCR tune.