Welcome to October! Every First of October the world celebrates International Coffee Day. As a life long coffee drinker, this is the perfect day to offer up a tune or two about my blessed "bean water!". There are a lot of songs about coffee, but today I will share my top 3. Frank Sinatra was … Continue reading Tune Tuesday – International Coffee Day
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Tune Tuesday – September Song
43 years ago today, I experienced the loss of a loved one for the first time. I was 11 years old when my maternal grandfather passed away after having a heart attack while on a business trip. Grandpa and me My grandparents had a trailer that they purchased up in Caseville, Michigan and we spent … Continue reading Tune Tuesday – September Song
Tune Tuesday – Tear In My Beer
101 years ago today, the "Hillbilly Shakespeare" was born. I am, of course, talking about Hank Williams Sr. Hank is regarded as one of the most significant and influential American singers and songwriters of the 20th century. He certainly was a prolific songwriter. He wrote (or co-wrote) 167 songs in his 29 years of life. … Continue reading Tune Tuesday – Tear In My Beer
Tune Tuesday – Materia Primoris
It was on this day in 1993 that we were told "The truth is out there," as the X-Files debuted on Fox Television. It starred David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson as Fox Mulder and Dana Scully. They are FBI agents who investigate the eponymous "X-Files": marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. The theme song, entitled … Continue reading Tune Tuesday – Materia Primoris
Tune Tuesday – I’m No Superman
Today is Sarah Chalke's 48th birthday. She is probably best known as the "second" Becky Connor on the sitcom Roseanne. She also appeared on How I Met Your Mother, Firefly Lane on Netflix, Cougar Town and many appearances doing voice over work. I, however, loved her as Dr. Elliot Reed on the comedy Scrubs. Scrubs … Continue reading Tune Tuesday – I’m No Superman
Tune Tuesday – Please Read The Letter
Today is the 76th birthday of a legend who quit his training as a chartered accountant immerse himself in the England Midlands blues scene. One can only imagine the classics we would have missed out on had the great Robert Plant continued to work with numbers! Plant, of course, rose to fame as the vocalist and … Continue reading Tune Tuesday – Please Read The Letter
Tune Tuesday – Yakety Yak
The song for today is a familiar one, despite its age. The reason I pick this one is to remember one of the greats who passed away on this day in 1971. Perhaps you don't know him by his real name, Curtis Montgomery, or his adopted name Curtis Ousley. If you are a music lover, … Continue reading Tune Tuesday – Yakety Yak
Tune Tuesday – My Honey’s Lovin’ Arms
The fantastic actor Robert Mitchum was born today in 1917. Mitchum appeared in over 110 movie and television roles over the course of his career. The American Film Institute places him at #23 on their list of 50 Greatest American Screen Legends of All Time. He was in so many great films like the noir … Continue reading Tune Tuesday – My Honey’s Lovin’ Arms
Tune Tuesday – Lord, Mr. Ford
Today is the 161st birthday of Henry Ford. He was the founder of Ford Motor Company who developed the assembly-line process for mass production. In 1891, he became an engineer at the Edison Illuminating Company of Detroit. He he received a promotion to Chief Engineer in 1893, he had enough time and money to devote … Continue reading Tune Tuesday – Lord, Mr. Ford
Tune Tuesday – Criminal
Admittedly, this is an odd pick for me. It is one of those songs that got my attention because of the instrumentation of the song and the unique voice of the singer. It was a song that would play on the radio on one of the stations I would listen to while driving and delivering … Continue reading Tune Tuesday – Criminal
