From the All Things Music Plus page on Facebook: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vlDhcZXCHw ON THIS DATE (35 YEARS AGO) February 14, 1977 - Jimmy Buffett: "Margaritaville" b/w “Miss You So Badly” (ABC 12254) 45 single is released. "Margaritaville" is a 1977 song by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett from the album Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes. This song was written about a drink in Austin, Texas, and the first huge surge of tourists who descended on Key West almost two decades ago. He wrote it in Key West while spending time in Florida. The song was a chart hit in the United States when it was released and contemporary popular culture references and remakes attest to its continuing popularity. It reached #8 on Billboard Hot 100 chart, topped the Easy Listening (Adult Contemporary) chart at #1, and peaked at #13 on the Hot Country Songs chart. It remains Buffett's highest charting solo single. Named for a cocktail, the margarita, and with lyrics reflecting a laid-back lifestyle in a tropical climate, "Margaritaville" has come to define Buffett's music and career. The relative importance of the song to Buffett's career is referred to obliquely in a parenthetical plural in the title of a Buffett greatest hits compilation album, Songs You Know By Heart: Jimmy Buffett's Greatest Hit(s). The song is a narrative overview of the singer's life for the previous season. He sings about laid-back living in a drunken haze in a beach community. "Margaritaville" is the mental state in which he exists during this period, induced by the perpetual imbibing of margaritas. This is best illustrated in the last verse, when the singer goes for a walk, cuts his heel and returns home to ease his pain with the eponymous alcoholic beverage. The singer is drowning his sorrows over a failed romance, and his friends are telling him that his former girlfriend is at fault. But in the respective last lines of the three successive choruses, over the course of the song we see the singer gradually confronting the fact that this emotional catastrophe was "his own damned fault." Buffett revealed during the recording of an episode of CMT's Crossroads with the Zac Brown Band that "Margaritaville" was actually supposed to be recorded by Elvis Presley, but Elvis died the year that the song was going to be recorded. Buffett got to record it instead.

Probably because there's a whole lot of parents out there that have gone through the exact same thing with their children and they're not quite sure how to go about handling the situation. That, and the sensationalism of it. For those that have read the follow-up statements from the father, he now regrets leaving the clip up on YouTube for as long as he did. Whatever the case may be, if this helps open up a dialogue between parents and their children that didn't exist before then maybe it's worth all of the sensationalism and press that it's received.

http://youtu.be/WS7UxoprqMg This cover of "Rollin' n' Tumblin'" isn't from an album, rather it's the first of a series of singles called Songs of the South that the North Mississippi Allstars are releasing. Here's more on that from their Facebook page:

Agreed, when I first heard the first few seconds of this song a week or so ago I thought it sounded very much like Plant and Krauss.

You may have already heard or read this explanation but in case you haven't, this is from Raleigh News & Observer music writer David Menconi's On the Beat blog: Read more here: http://blogs.newsobs...3#storylink=cpy

Vintage Nugent performing "Stranglehold" in 1977. There's a bit of "Just What the Doctor Ordered" at the end which isn't edited out. Thankfully the full performance of that was also posted to YouTube. http://youtu.be/cYOV8uu17t0 http://youtu.be/XGtdryPx17M

From Conan O'Brien's show circa 2004:

What's wrong with America in 2 minutes and 57 seconds.

http://youtu.be/JhR4zDOa8Zc

Todd Snider w/ Rosi Galon at the Clayton Center in Clayton, NC this past Saturday night. There were many highlights during the show, many of which have since made their way onto YouTube, including this one. If you've never heard this song before I strongly suggest giving it a listen, especially if you love rock n' roll.

I'm not an Adele fan but because so many people who's taste in music I trust are fans I gave her a listen recently. It's not really my thing but at the same time I really don't see what's supposedly so godawful about her. I've definitely heard much, much worse.

Who Is Paul McCartney?

For the geographically challenged, here's a map of the United States with North Carolina highlighted in red. It's located on the East Coast between Virginia and South Carolina. I have no idea what the "redneck belt" is but North Carolina is definitely located in the South. Unfortunately, rednecks and redneck behavior can be found everywhere, not just in the Southern U.S. After noticing how this particular YouTube clip had flooded the internet over the past several days I finally decided to watch it for myself last night. While shooting his daughter's laptop may seem more than a little extreme he actually carried out what he said he was going to do and if you read the follow-up discussion (posted below) as Type O suggests, it seems to have had a very positive effect on the man's daughter. Follow-up From the Dad Who Shot His Daughter's Computer

Thanks for that. Not sure what happened but the last I read, Dickey Betts was supposed to appear with them to accept the award. Thank goodness Chuck Leavell mentioned him because Gregg, Jaimoe and Butch sure didn't. In more positive Grammy news, Tinariwen won the Best World Music Album award for their Tassili record and Stephen Marley won Best Reggae Album for Revelation Part 1: The Root of Life.

Prior to the launch of his website, several sites mentioned he was working on an album where he would play a different kind of guitar on each track. I have no idea what became of that project. More recently (meaning around a year ago) he said in an interview that he would be using JimmyPage.com as a way to make new music available via downloads. Right when everyone least expected it, that site became a reality and went online. I also remember everyone being up in arms over the re-release of the Death Wish II soundtrack on vinyl since he didn't release it when he originally promised. Right when everyone figured it was not going to come out at all, there it was.

I was just reading about Levon Helm winning a Grammy. The Allman Brothers Band are also receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award tonight. That's a couple strikes in their favor already. The sad part is that Levon's win was not broadcast. I'm not sure about the Allmans but my guess is, their presentation will also take place off the air.

Feb. 14 Flowers flying cross the room Vases smashed against the floor Said "I'd rather be alone Take your chocolates and go home" Be my valentine They say time makes things easier but only time will tell You said we'd go the distance but I guess it's just as well You're blossoming all over while I whither on the line I just called to tell you that "I hope you're doing fine" Be my valentine

This site used to have all of the lyrics from the studio albums. I have no idea why that section was done away with.

A dollar short and a day late but I figured some folks might be interested in reading this entry on the Firm's debut album from the All Things Music Plus page on Facebook. All Things Music Plus ON THIS DATE (27 YEARS AGO) February 11, 1985 – The Firm:The Firm is released. # ALL THINGS MUSIC PLUS+ 4.5/5 # Allmusic 4/5 The Firm is the eponymous debut studio album by British rock band The Firm, released by Atlantic Records on 11 February 1985. Tracks ranged from the epic "Midnight Moonlight" based on a previously unreleased song by Led Zeppelin called "Swan Song", first tinkered with during the Physical Graffiti sessions, to the commercially successful "Radioactive". "Closer" employs a horn section to subtle effect. The Firm peaked at #17 on the Billboard 200 chart, and reached #15 on the UK Album Chart. The song "Radioactive" topped Billboard's Top Rock Tracks chart for one week. REVIEW by Brian Downing, allmusic Anticipation was quite high when it was announced in 1984 that Paul Rodgers, the past voice of Bad Company, and Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin's former guitarist, were creating a "supergroup" called the Firm. Page and Rodgers had first tinkered with the idea of an album after their successful collaboration on the ARMS benefit tour for Ronnie Lane in 1983. Based upon the fact that it had been over five years since Page's last band effort, and two years since Rodger's lackluster finale with the original Bad Company, pundits were more than eager to hear what new material the duo would unleash. However, when the band's self-titled debut was actually released in 1985, it received a critical drubbing and was all but ignored by the record-buying public. That's too bad, for the album is quite good and does nothing to taint the sterling reputations of either of its key players. Page and Rodgers were joined on The Firm by veteran drummer Chris Slade and Roy Harper-alum Tony Franklin. Slade's Bonham-esque sledgehammer attack on the skins, coupled with Franklin's fretless basslines, added dimension to Rodgers' smooth vocals and Page's layered guitar textures. Page's tone throughout is very reminiscent of the sound of his overdubs on Coda, as well as the sound he would subsequently employ on 1988's Outrider. Opening track "Closer" cleverly uses a subtle horn section to good effect, while "Someone to Love" represents all the good elements of the band in one number. Rodgers' "Radioactive" was actually a minor hit for the band, its quirkiness overcoming the goofiness of the lyrics. The album's best cut is "Satisfaction Guaranteed," a mid-tempo gem with a snaky and exotic Page riff and a heartfelt vocal performance by Rodgers. The only weak track on the record is the unnecessary cover of the Righteous Brothers' "You've Lost That Loving Feeling," which feels totally out of place. The album-closing "Midnight Moonlight" could have been the Firm's best song, but the underwhelming arrangement and superfluous backing vocals partially destroyed it. The fact that "Midnight Moonlight" was actually an unfinished Led Zeppelin cut entitled "Swansong," left over from the Physical Graffiti sessions, led some to believe that Page had run out of new ideas for the project. While it is true that this album isn't as uniformly excellent as Led Zeppelin's work, it is the best from this short-lived band and turned out to be Page's most consistent effort from the entire decade of the '80s. TRACKS Side One 1. Closer (Jimmy Page, Paul Rodgers) 2:52 2. Make or Break (Rodgers) 4:21 3. Someone to Love (Page, Rodgers) 4:55 4. Together (Page, Rodgers) 3:54 5. Radioactive (Rodgers) 2:49 Side Two 1. You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling (Barry Mann, Phil Spector, Cynthia Weil) 4:33 2. Money Can't Buy (Rodgers) 3:35 3. Satisfaction Guaranteed (Page, Rodgers) 4:07 4. Midnight Moonlight (Page, Rodgers) 9:13

Lydia Loveless from the Sleepover Shows website.

According to Google Maps it's in the Inyo National Forest in Mono, California. The description (which you may have missed, is just above the photograph) says that it's an effect caused by the sun reflecting off of the water that only happens for a few days in February every year.

This clip isn't on YouTube (at least that I'm aware of) but it is Jeff Tweedy (of Wilco) playing "Kashmir".