Yer Ol' Uncle D

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Apr 21, 2023

"Something I like to do a lot is just sit by water when there’s a current and just stare into the water. I don’t fish, I don’t hunt, I don’t scuba, I don’t spear, don’t boat, don’t play basketball or football – I excel at staring into space. I’m really good at that." - Iggy Pop, born this day in 1947.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Apr 16, 2023

"I burp like everyone else and I'm promiscuous. My sexuality has never been a problem to me but I think it has been for other people. I have tried sex with both men and women. I found I liked it." - Dusty Springfield, born this day in 1939.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Apr 11, 2023

"The first rule of rock and roll is it's all about live. Then you have to learn a second craft, which is making records. It should go in that order." - Steven Van Zandt. I think most bands today have this totally backwards.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Apr 10, 2023

"We don't operate off a script or know where this is headed. Just keep playing that over and over." - Eddie Hazel. born this day in 1950.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Apr 7, 2023

"A habit is no damn private hell. There's no solitary confinement outside of jail. A habit is hell for those you love. And in this country, it's the worst kind of hell for those who love you. All dope can do for you is kill you... the long hard way. And it can kill the people you love right along with you." - Billie Holiday, born this day in 1915.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Apr 6, 2023

"The thing that bothers me the most is the recklessness of the local ranchers, choking with waste the creek that runs through my property. There's certain times of day that the cowboys like to send them turds down the river. Them fuckers piss me off. if you gotta mess up the ecology of the world in order to raise a bunch of cows, well eat something else." - Merle Haggard, born this day in 1937, died this day in 2016.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Apr 5, 2023

“Was my management style aggressive? I would say so. Call it what you like – as long as it works. If somebody had to be trod on, they got trod on. Too true.” - Peter Grant, Led Zeppelin manager extraordinaire, born this day in 1935.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Apr 4, 2023

"There was a time when I had the blues - I mean I really had it bad. I couldn't pay my light bill and I couldn't pay my rent and I really had the blues. But today I can pay my rent and I can pay the light bill and I still got the blues. So I must been born with 'em... That's my religion - the blues is my religion." - McKinley Morganfield (Muddy Waters) born this day in 1913.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Apr 2, 2023

"When there are dogs and music, people have a good time." - Emmylou Harris, born this day in 1947.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Apr 2, 2023

"To be an artist is a blessing and a privilege. Artists must never betray their true hearts. Artists must look beneath the surface and show that there is more to this world than what meets the eye. Art is a way of possessing destiny." - Marvin Gaye, born this day in 1939.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Apr 2, 2023

"The first canon of my religion is that you shouldn't try to convince anybody to believe like you do." - Leon Russell, born this day in 1941.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Mar 31, 2023

Caitlin Clark. What a player.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Mar 31, 2023

"I'm sick to death of people saying we've made 11 albums that sounds exactly the same, in fact, we've made 12 albums that sound exactly the same." - Angus Young, born this day in 1955.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Mar 24, 2023

Can we trade in a couple truly heinous living folks and get these two back? Please? Pretty please?

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Mar 22, 2023

I've just listened to this song 10 consecutive times. Some of the darkest beauty ever created...

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Mar 19, 2023

"I just tried to come up with some honest songs. I was writing about real plain stuff that I wasn't sure was going to be interesting to other people. I've never had any discipline whatsoever. I just wait on a song like I was waiting for lightning to strike. And eventually - usually sometime around 3 in the morning - I'll have a good idea. By the time the sun comes up, hopefully, I'll have a decent song." - John Prine

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Mar 17, 2023

"I think most non-Christians who try to be good people are probably better Christians than Christians." - Paul Kantner, born this day in 1941.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Mar 17, 2023

"You couldn't have fed the '50s into a computer and come out with the '60s. If you can remember anything about the '60s, you weren't really there." - Paul Kantner, born this day in 1941.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Mar 17, 2023

"Compared to what they were, rock concerts now are like business meetings." - Paul Kantner, born this day in 1941.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Mar 12, 2023

"I'm very interested in religion and different religions, and I know quite a lot about it. I love gospel music, and I love going to churches, but the one drawback is that I don't actually believe in God. And it is quite a handicap, you know." - Nick Lowe