Yer Ol' Uncle D

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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"Rebellion is obsolete - change things from the inside working out."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.

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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.