Today I listened to Orlando 8/31/71 and Toronto 9/4/71. I had forgotten how great both those versions of Moby Dick are. Very energetic, creative and enjoyable all the way through.

Here's the crazy thing about the "Premium" articles. They are most just speculation articles about stupid things that will never happen, as opposed to actual journalism or any real reporting/analysis of something that actually happened. I would never pay for ESPN+ I can tell it is garbage just by reading the headlines and the intro paragraph they show. Here is an example of a headline. "Where the top MLB free agents would go if money were no object." When is money ever no object? Or how about after every sports season ends they breathlessly promote their self proclaimed "way too early power rankings for next year" as if doing something meaningless and "way too early" is a good thing? Or then they have articles about "instant over-reactions" as if "instant over-reactions are ever a good thing? Nuts.

The first time I heard this I thought this is one I can imagine Page and Jones picking sometime on acoustic guitar and mandolin. This version by Earl Taylor is from the 50s. Apparently it was a Carter family song from the 30s, and Flatt and Scruggs covered it.

Could this be the greatest country song ever written? I think so.

Glad you liked it. I first heard Dibango back in 1973-74 when FM radio was playing his track "Soul Makossa" alot. Years later I found more of his music. Check out Soul Makossa on YouTube and another track called New Bell. Killer bass and drums on both. Love the bass tones.

The tune starts at 0:44. Cooking.

I wish I could remember. The spring and summer of 1976 is a blur. I know I heard Achilles and Nobody's Fault on the radio. Can't recall how often and can't recall if I ever heard any of the other tracks on the radio then.

The apex of southern rock? I think so. Perfection.

This article speaks to me and rings true. It captures much of what I thought and felt the one time I got to see Zeppelin on June 11, 1977. Thanks for sharing this.

Santana's third album was released in September 1971. It was number one on the US album chart Nov 13 - Dec 18, much of the time that LZIV was number 2. To me it is Santana's best album. He expanded the sound and added Neal Schon on guitar. A lot of variety on this record. Touissant L-Overture and Jungle Strut are the monster tracks. This is the original album. There was a 1990s edition with 3 live tracks added, then later the Legacy edition with a full show from 1971.

Just saw this gem of modern sports "journalism" on ESPN: "Kershaw, a three-time Cy Young Award winner who is arguably the greatest player in Dodgers history" This kind of drivel is written by and for people with a memory that goes back no further than 2010. If they did not live it, it does not exist. Not even close. Not even the best Dodgers pitcher. Sandy Koufax was much better. Pitched way more innings per year, was much more clutch, and had a much better record in the playoffs, and that is when there was one playoff series per year, the World Series. Koufax was much more dominant and clutch in his era than Kershaw could ever dream of being. And look at who Koufax faced frequently given the low number of teams. Willie Mays, Frank Robinson, Juan Marichel, Bob Gibson, etc. Koufax never faced cupcake teams in the expanded, bloated "playoffs". Each year his only playoff series was against the best of the other league. Kershaw let his team down when it counted year after year, even against supposedly inferior teams. Koufax won 3 Cy Youngs when there was only 1 Cy Young for both leagues. And one year he lost it he should have won. If there had been an NL Cy Young he would have won 4+. I think in the clutch and for durability Don Drysdale was second to Koufax ahead of Kershaw.

went to a piano and cello concert yesterday. One of the pieces was a Schumann song that reminded me of this one.

Steve this sounds fantastic. Thanks so much for all you do !

Django cuts loose starting at 0:40

Beethoven rocks out.