The big reveal for the week of Aug.3/09

Good morning music fans and welcome to Friday, what a beautiful week it was this week. Wow, so much sunshine, very little rain, summer is here and the livin' is easy, fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high. Man that Gershwin dude could write. C'mon, can't ya hear Janis singing that one? Another wasted talent gone to the stupid club. OK I didn't start out to write about that now did I?
This is not from Woodstock, but it is Janis!

No one guessed this week, either you are all on holidays, I stumped you, the hints were awful or all of the above. I don't know, didn't anyone get the "fortunate son" hint? yikes! Oh well there's always next weeks trivia.

OK here are your answers:

The name of the song: Born on the Bayou
What was on the A side: Proud Mary
The original name of the band: technically the original name was Blue Velvet, but I was looking for Creedence Clearwater Revival, who are now known as Creedence Clearwater Revisited
What time did they get on stage: 3:00 a.m.
Who wrote the sing: John Fogerty
Which "Wilbury" was at Woodstock: none of them were at Woodstock (I think)

Here is a great clip of "Born on the Bayou" that is not from Woodstock, apparently John Fogerty didn't like the sound from the Woodstock sound and it didn't make it to the movie . This one sounds pretty good to me.



Have an awesome weekend. The weather man says that there's a mixed bag for the weekend, rain etc. oh well ya gotta take what comes to you right? Whatever you are doing, enjoy it with family, friends or whatever other forms of loved ones you are with along with something nice for sipping.

Believe nothing against another but on good authority; and never report what may hurt another, unless it be a greater hurt to some other to conceal it.

Tuesday musing # 47

Happy Tuesday everyone

Man it feels like a Monday. I've been off since Friday and feel like I've been away for a while, that's a good thing. Certainly didn't miss the grind for many reasons.

Harry Chapin, in Cats in the Cradle, says: "I want to be like you Dad". It's a song that haunts me because being a Dad is not the easiest thing in the world. It is an amazing opportunity to be a Dad and to watch your kids grow, but it's not easy because kids take on the good and bad qualities that we have and I know more than most of you that I am not perfect and never will be.

My kids are pretty well grown up now and the eldest is pretty much on his own and my youngest is just about to leave the nest and fly on her own. In Chapin's song, he bemoans the fact that he didn't make time for his son when he needed to and now his son has no time for his Dad.

I made the time for my kids, saw almost all their games in every sport that they participated in, went with them on grade 8 trips, got involved in their activities as much as I could and yet I am scared that maybe I missed something. I lead them to the paths and then they must choose which one to follow. Both my (I should say our) kids have decided that they will be of service to others in some way and I guess that's my answer. They want to serve God as best as they can given the gifts and skills that they have.

If that's being like me, I guess I did alright and that's a pretty good deal. I am not perfect, I did what I have always expected from them in everything they did: I did my best.

Happy Tuesday everyone

obscure lyric for the week of Aug.3/09

August is here. August as an adjective means inspiring reverence or admiration of supreme dignity or grandeur or majestic. Now that has nothing to do with this weeks song, I just wanted to throw it in.

This weeks song was sung by a band at Woodstock on day 2. They were the 7th of 10 performers that day and were surrounded by such luminaries as Sly and the family Stone, Janis, some guy named Carlos Santana and Keef Hartley Band. The band (not The band, they did not play on day 2) has broken up members have left and then reunited with a slightly different name and have been known to play at Casino Rama. There may have been some brothers involved at some time and I do recall (this is a giveaway) that one of my first purchased albums has something to do with a factory. What I do recall about that was the traveling involved (and it's not the Wilburys, cause most of them didn't attend). This song was on the B side of a 45. There are lots of questions to answer this week so get your thinking hats on and a few fortunate ones will get some of them right.

Here are some of the lyrics:

I can remember the 4th of July

runnin through the backwood bare

and I can still hear my hound dog barkin

chasin down a hoodoo there

Here is what I would like to know:

The name of the song:

What was on the A side of the 45:

The original name of the band (and the current name):

What time did they get on stage at Woodstock:

Who wrote the song:

Which of the Wilbury's was at Woodstock:

Have a great week. It's a short one. Yes, I know that short weeks mean doing 5 days work in 4 days, but as the Eagles say (not a hint) "get over it". Looks like summer finally arrived, we just had an awesome weekend. I am now humming this song so much it's driving me crazy.

The big reveal for the week of July 27/09

Good morning music fans and welcome to a long weekend. For me it's an extra long weekend as I am off today also. Woo Hoo bring on the rain I mean the sun.

I thought that this weeks was a tough one and it was, although two intrepid musicologists, friends and hero's of mine did submit answers (sort of). One chose to write a comment on the original post regarding this weeks song (you might want to read it, it's kinda funny) and the other sent a traditional e-mail with all the correct information and some additional stuff that I didn't ask for.

Congratulations to Perry D. and Don (The Chief) R. for getting all and more of the info correct. Neither attended the big show, but Don says they were planning to, but never made it. Perry and I are of similar vintage and I know that while he was geographically closer to Bethel NY he wasn't there. Too bad Don wasn't there, he too would have had some stories to tell us about the music and he would have remembered all of it.

Here are your answers:

The name of the song: I'm going home (or

The writer of the song: Alvin Lee

The name of the band: Ten Years After

What day they played at Woodstock: Sunday evening (day 3) between Country Joe and the Fish and The Band

Here is a version of the song from the Woodstock movie

Some great stuff here. I am looking forward to visiting some of the memorable and not so memorable acts from Woodstock over the next four weeks or so. Have a great long weekend, enjoy the break and maybe just maybe we will have more than one day in a row of sunshine to bask in as we take our rest. I will leave you with this quote from another Woodstock performer can you tell me who it is?

Music is a safe type of high. It's more the way it was supposed to be. That's where my highness came, I guess, from anyway. It's nothing but rhythm and motion.

Tuesday Musing (#46)

Happy Tuesday everyone

So much to say and so few words to use. This will be the shortest Tuesday musing yet as I cannot formulate into words what I want to say. Oh well, at least I won't agonize over what I should and should not say and that's a good thing.

Happy Tuesday everyone

obscure lyric for the week of July 27/09

Good morning music fans and before I forget congratulations to Donna M. and Scott G. for getting some of the answers from last week's contest correct. I was away and did not have access to my computer so could not update the bog with the correct guessers. Well we are in the last week of July which leads us to the first week in August, funny how that happens. For this week and the month of August I will be using songs that were performed at what was "The Woodstock Music and Art Fair". And as Gandalf says: "and now it begins"

It (Woodstock)was in 1969 and it was held from Aug.15 to 18. I wasn't there but have watched the movie (back when it was a movie) in high school and have read a little about the weekend and am jealous that I was not there. But, I wasn't in the country and I was only 11 at the time. So Happy 40th anniversary to Woodstock. This weeks song was released in August 1968 and was recorded in Klook's Kleek in London which was a live venue. The original LP consisted of only 5 songs with this weeks song being the last. In the 2002 CD re-release there are 9 songs. The song was not written by a chipmunk. The band followed Leslie West/Mountain and was followed by The Band at Woodstock.

Here is this weeks lyric:

gonna see my baby, see my baby fine

Take my baby, take my baby mine

Gonna tell your Momma how good that love of ours

I would like to know the following:

The name of the song:

The writer of the song:

The name of the band:

What day of Woodstock they played:

Have a great week, enjoy the weather, no matter what it is like, it will likely change soon, sounds like a Jimmy Buffet song if you ask me, or was it a country song, which reminds me of part of a conversation that I overheard while on vacation. Two men were talking and one said (no kidding): "I was an assistant produce manager and she was just a cashier" I pretty near fell off my chair laughing and then thought that it would make a great country song. That's another blog someday. Have an awesome week. If I have time, there may be some more hints on Wednesday.

Tuesday Musings #45 on a Saturday morning after the cottage

I was at the cottage this week. We had outstanding sunny weather from Monday to Wednesday, incredibly rainy weather on Thursday and a mixed bag of mostly sunshine on Friday for our drive home. There you have the weather report for last week from Haliburton, specifically Wenona Lake. Above is a picture from the floating dock where we spent many hours reading and "killing worms" although my beloved caught the only fish (a perch) of the week.

I was thinking about the beauty of our place of residence, the lake, the area, our province, country and our amazingly beautiful earth this week while I sat and rested. The "Planet Earth Series" is nice to watch, and I enjoyed just being here this past week. My beloved suggested that next year we bring the telescope.

I wondered as I sat there how many people do not have the opportunity to do the things I and my family have been able to do. How many people can have the privilege to sit on a deck at night and really see the stars in sky with no light pollution. Yes the mosquito's were annoying, but the sky was amazing. Watching the cars going north yesterday and we travelled south told me that loads of people have the chance to see the sky as we did but many cannot have ever had the pleasure of this.

So I though as the week progressed, how blessed am I? I live in the best country in the world. I have a great job, I am surrounded by family who love me, I have many acquaintances that I occasionally spend time with and I have and do so much more. In addition to that I believe that all of this was created (you knew I was going there didn't you?) and did not arise out of a "big bang", I did not come from primordial slime and neither did I come from a monkey (and no we are not distant cousins). I believe in a Creator who did this "and it was very good".

So, all this was created for me (and you) to have the pleasure of viewing it when we can (and sometimes when we wish). But, what about those who cannot view this beauty because of financial or other reasons, was it not created for them too? I have a responsibility as a member of this "family" to see to it that I do all I can so that others can too sit and wonder at a night sky and enjoy it.

In my musing I have enjoyed what I have the pleasure of seeing and challenged to think of others who may have access to less than I have and to do something about it.

Happy Saturday everyone

The big reveal for the week of July 20/09

Hello out there, it's Friday(not really, but you are reading this on Friday).I trust that you all had a great week. If the weather turned out the way it was predicted then it was a hot week with lots of sunshine.

We (my beloved and I) were at the cottage all week and today as we travel home are celebrating her birthday. I met her when she was fifteen and therefore have known her for ............hmm it's rude to ask a lady's age, so I better not tell. Suffice it to say that we have known each other for some time. As I wrote this before I received any answers, I am unable to give ant "props" to anyone who may or may not have been able to answer the questions, My guess is that more than a few knew this one.

Time for the big reveal:

What is the name of the song: Summer in the City

The relationship between the sweathogs and the song: Both this song and "Welcome back" were sung by John Sebastian, the lead singer of The Lovin' Spoonful"

What band recorded it: The Lovin' Spoonful

Whose Brother wrote it: it was written by John Sebastian's brother (Mark Sebastian)

The car horn: Volkswagen Beetle

Construction tool: A jackhammer

Check out the hair, clothes and "performance by these guys.

Have a great weekend. I will see some of you next week. I sure hope I can remember all my passwords. Getting up in the morning to come into work should be fun. Oh well, only four weeks to my next two weeks of summer vacation.

Reality is just a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs

Obscure lyric for the week of July 20/09

Hello music fans, it's Monday already. Actually I wrote this on Friday, so I hope you all had a great weekend and by the time most of you read this, my beloved and I will already be on our way to the cottage. We expect to arrive just after noon and once the unpacking is completed, let the resting and reading and oh yeah the sipping begin.

So I was thinking of some songs for the next to last week of July and I chose this one. I have a few hints, and Gary D. actually helped me with his response to last week's question which went something like this " oo oo o I know this one Mr Kotter". No the song is not by the sweathogs, or any of the cast of Welcome Back Mr. Kotter, but thanks for the memory. The writer of this song has something in common with the Sweathogs and you will have to figure this one out.

This song is really old. I was only 9 when the song was released. If you know how old I am now, that might be a hint, if you don't then if you know when JFK was killed and add three years then you will know when the song was released. I am looking for some fun answers this week, so if you know the song, then let's hear it.

here are some lyrics:

But at night it's a different world

Go out and find a girl

Come on come on and dance all night

Despite the heat it'll be alright

What is the name of the song:

The relationship between the sweathogs and this song:

What band recorded it:

Whose brother wrote the song:

The horn from what automobile is heard:

What construction tool is heard:

Have a great week. I will be away with my beloved for the week and as I noted will be resting, reading and sipping. It looks like it will be a great week and no matter what the weather brings, I am planning on a wonderful time in the country. We don't live in the city, but summer at the lake is much more preferable to me, the sounds are so different and the peace, quiet and the stars at night will be awesome.

The week of July 27/09 will be the last week of summer songs as I will be spending the entire month of August remembering the event that was Woodstock, the one and only that occurred in 1969. By the way, that was the year that I arrived in Canada, so I am also celebrating a 40th anniversary

The big reveal for the week of July 13/09

Wow, the first four days of my vacation have just flown by. It's been a busy week, and even so it has certainly been restful. Friday is here and with it the big reveal. Clearly this was not a tough one as a number of you wrote to me to me with the correct answers, at least most of them.

I guess the combination of recognizable lyrics, the Woodstock reference and the answer in the question made things a little easier this week. I can't do really tough ones all the time now can I? The following people (and in this order) e-mailed me here with some of the correct answers: Chris W.(again), Gary D. and Debbie M. congratulations and let's see what you can do with next weeks quiz.

Here are your answers:

The name of the song: Summertime Blues

The writer of the song: Eddie Cochrane

Who sang it at Woodstock: The Who

What time was it sung at Woodstock: according to multiple sources, the Who started their set at 4:00 a.m. and they sang "See Me Feel Me" just as the sun was rising, so somewhere between 4:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. will do

Below is a video of the Who performing at Woodstock in 1969. The original festival at Max Yasgurs farm.

Have a great weekend. Whether it rains or shines doesn't matter, it's the weekend. We will be busy getting ready for 5 glorious days at the cottage (that's camp for your northerners) and doing more of resting, reading and relaxing. I hope that yours is a fun weekend. I really like the quote below as it expresses what was supposed to happen at Woodstock on a farmer's field.

Love is to the heart what summer is the the farmer's year - it brings to harvest all the loveliest flowers of the soul