Thursday Night MoTO

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Finally getting to B.B. King. And what little tribute I can make to someone who was a big part of my life, especially growing up. Let's start tonight with the obvious. The Thrill Is Gone - https://www.youtube.com/w...

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My mother would have a fortune in vinyl if most of her B.B. King collection hadn't gotten ruined in a basement flood. She bought every album she could get her hands on. I think she even had some duplicates because she played the grooves off a couple. - barrywynn - [ 1 ] -

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This is "my song". As I heard B.B. say one time, "It makes me want get my boogie down." Never Make Your Move Too Soon: https://www.youtube.com/w...

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Again, pure artistry on the guitar. Sweet Little Angel: https://www.youtube.com/w...

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B.B. could swing, you all. My dad liked this one, especially. For it's musical value and for it's personal cache. Everyday I Have The Blues: https://www.youtube.com/w...

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I would hear Daddy singing this after he got sick. It wasn't a lament. Rather, it was an anthem. - barrywynn - -

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Reprise - How Blue Can You Get: https://www.youtube.com/w...

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Just note how the crowd responds. B.B. was the real thing. - barrywynn - -

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Aunt Lois liked this one too. And honestly, who wouldn't like this song? B.B. could kick it up tempo when he wanted to. Let The Good Times Roll: https://www.youtube.com/w...

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Alden, my roommate, and I, never missed a concert after that. Even if we had to eat peanut butter for a week to pay for the tickets. Kept the tradition up with Wife. Lord I loved those shows. - barrywynn - -

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I always thought of this tune as B.B's signature song. Ma and Daddy used to dance to this one. Why I Sing The Blues - https://www.youtube.com/w...

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The blues is joy, you all. Joy in hard times. Making something from nothing. Art from pain and degradation. Alchemy. - barrywynn - -

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The band was particularly hot on this recording, particularly the piano and trumpet. How Blue Can You Get - https://www.youtube.com/w...

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I've dated this woman. Couple of times... - barrywynn - -

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Probably one of the greatest lines to any song. Nobody Loves Me But My Mother (and she could be jivin' too) https://www.youtube.com/w...

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And Mr. King's protestations aside, he plays the strings off this cut. - barrywynn - -

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This may be my favorite performance of his. - barrywynn - -

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One of my mom's favorites: Rock Me Baby https://www.youtube.com/w...

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"Rock me baby... like my back ain't got no bone." #lawd - barrywynn - -

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My Aunt Lois was always concerned with the uplift of the race. She was no "race woman". But she had seen what Jim Crow had done to the dignity of black people. She was all about building and keeping "respectability." She was not much for blues but she loved B.B. And rightly so. B.B. never did anything to publicly embarrass himself (or the race). And he carried himself in a dignified manner. Consequently, it surprises me that "Sweet Sixteen" was her favorite B.B. cut.

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I always thought it was too "low down" for her. https://www.youtube.com/w... - barrywynn - -

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My dad was a music purist. Ellington, Basie, Davis, & Montgomery were his stock and trade. Didn't have much love for pop. Though he recognized artistry, so I'm sure he'd have liked Prince. Likewise, he wasn't much of a blues man but he loved B.B. He thought Philadelphia was "an atrocity" though. http://www.youtube.com/wa...

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For all Ma cared, B.B. could have played polka. She'd have bought the album and loved it. I always liked the horns and the bass line. - barrywynn - -

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This week's #ThursdayNightMoTO will be another #FridayEdition. Feel free to suggest themes. Good night

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Songs to do with the weather - any excuse to play Purple and November Rain, oh, and a l'il bit if Annie (I know you like her MoTO) :-) - heleninstitches - -

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Will there be a #ThursdayNightMoTO this week?

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Since tonight's theme is #MovingOn and Letterman is about to move on, how better to start this week's #ThursdayNightMoTO than with The Proclaimers US Network debut on Letterman with 500 Miles: https://www.youtube.com/w...

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Delightful Helen came up with several suggestions but this is my favorite. Ray Charles - Hit The Road Jack https://www.youtube.com/w...

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You should have heard Waif sing the lady's part back when she was about 6. - barrywynn - -

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Thank Jenn for this one. One of my personal favorites. Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up: https://www.youtube.com/w...

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This one goes out to everybody making a move right now, especially Friar Will, Mandy, & Kristin. McFadden & Whitehead - Ain't No Stopping Us Now https://www.youtube.com/w...

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Erykah Badu - Bag Lady (PAAAA-AAACK LII-IIIIGHT!) https://www.youtube.com/w...

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In my opinion, one of the greatest songs ever recorded. B.B. King - Never Make Your Move Too Soon: https://www.youtube.com/w...

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That's it for me tonight, criminals. Papa gotta move on to bed. Good night and good luck. #ThursdayNightMoTO #MovingOn - barrywynn - -

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Fleetwood & Mac - Go Your Own Way https://www.youtube.com/w...

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Received several suggestions for this one. Billy Joel - Moving Out: https://www.youtube.com/w...

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Duckie had me at "Elvis." Elvis Pressley - A Little Less Conversation https://www.youtube.com/w...

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The closest to funky the "Kang" ever got. This remix helps him over the hump. - barrywynn - -

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I think Mandy (Starmama and I were separated at birth). Our tastes mesh so well. I played the grooves off this cut. Parliament/Funkadelic - Aqua Boogie https://www.youtube.com/w...

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"you can dance underwater and not get wet" - barrywynn - -

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"check out my boo-ooogie" - barrywynn - -

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I imagine that bunneh makes his "black blood of the earth" every morning to this song. Queen - Princes of The Universe https://www.youtube.com/w...

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