Yer Ol' Uncle D

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Jun 15, 2023

3 Red Hot Chili Peppers Songs That’ll Make You Say, “Okay, That’s Enough.”

Red Hot Chilli Peppers are just a band. Sure, I've heard a few parts of their songs, and yeah, I might have become a little irritable listening to them, but one time, I made it through an entire Sugar Ray album without snapping. That's some real mental fortitude.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Jun 15, 2023

"I felt guilty. I thought for some reason... I was alive, and Buddy and those boys were dead, and I didn't know how, but somehow I'd caused it." - Waylon Jennings, who gave up his seat on the plane to Buddy Holly, born this day in 1937.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Jun 15, 2023

"I was on acid, and I looked at the trees and I realized that they all came to points, and the little branches came to points, and the houses came to point. I thought, "Oh! Everything has a point, and if it doesn't, then there's a point to it". - Harry Nilsson, born this day in 1941.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Jun 10, 2023

"I couldn't do no yodelin', so I turned to howlin'. And it's done me just fine." - Howlin' Wolf (Chester Burnett), born this day in 1910.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Jun 5, 2023

"Life is the best thing we have in this existence. And if we should desire to believe in something, it should be a beacon within. This beacon being the sun, sea, and sky, our children, our work, our companions and, most simply put, the embodiment of love." - Patti Smith

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Jun 4, 2023

Hatbird cheats death another year. Right on. Cheers @Corycm.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Jun 3, 2023

I've committed to a second year of Vinyl Me, D - A Free Record Club with some changes to make it more accessible to more folks. Tell me how it should go...

Vinyl Me, D - A Free Record Club Year 2 - Let's Run It Back - 36 Folks Win - Vote!

The first year of Vinyl Me, D has been a blast. I've had so much fun doing this. I hope @Djxfactor511, @MadLucas and @scotthilk have had as much fun as I have. If you missed it, here's the hijinks so far... https://www.needlesandgrooves.com/threads/vinyl-me-d-a-free-record-club.2171/ When the...

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Jun 2, 2023

"The world of this is a load of crap. You get all these bloody people, so incredibly sycophantic." - Charlie Watts, born this day in 1941. Miss you, brother. You were right. Sadly, nothing's changed.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• May 31, 2023

I move like a cat, talk like a rat, sting like a bee, babe I wanna be your man...

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• May 28, 2023

"I think if it wasn't for the blues, there wouldn't be no jazz." - T-Bone Walker, born this day in 1910.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• May 23, 2023

"Everything has some consciousness, and we tap into that. It's about energy at its most basic level. Part of what I do is a craft, part of what I do is a science. The craft comes in knowing what science to use and what science not to use. I was never worried that synthesizers would replace musicians. You have to be a musician in order to make music with a synthesizer." - Robert Moog, born this day in 1934.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• May 18, 2023

"Rebellion is obsolete - change things from the inside working out." - Mark Mothersbaugh, born this day in 1950.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• May 16, 2023

"Some people try to pick up girls and they get called an asshole. Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole." - Jonathan Richman, born this day in 1951.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• May 8, 2023

"Some people tell me that the worried blues ain't bad. Worst old feelin' I most ever had." - Robert Johnson, born this day in 1911.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• May 4, 2023

"Hendrix was the bass player for Little Richard. We were both left-handed, but we would use a right-handed guitar held upside down and backwards. He developed my slides and my riffs. In fact, he used to say, and this is documented, 'I patterned my style after Dick Dale.' " - Dick Dale, born this day in 1937.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Apr 30, 2023

The power of music...

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Apr 28, 2023

Eleventh hour freebie for Wilco? OK.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Apr 23, 2023

"I may be a living legend, but that sure don't help when I've got to change a flat tire." - Roy Orbison, born this day in 1936.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Apr 22, 2023

"I don't notice it yet. Maybe it'll come on later. But they said, 'You have Alzheimer's', and I said, 'Well, you know, it's do what you can do, you know'." - Glen Campbell, born this day in 1936.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Apr 21, 2023

"You can't drink on an eight hour flight, pass out, and then go onstage... well you can, but then you're Spandau Ballet." - Robert Smith, born this day in 1959.