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I listened to this album a lot when it came out even though I knew I was too young to relate to most of what he was saying.
Now that I’m older, I can’t say it makes the album better, but it does make it hurt a little more.
Lyle Lovett - I Know You Know from [...]

Jimmy Webb’s Wikipedia entry calls Glen Campbell “the finest interpreter of Jimmy Webb songs,” and I would have to say that “interpeter” is the perfect word choice, because who knows what Jimmy Webb is talking about most of the time?
That’s not a slight (at least not in my universe) — I’m about as big a [...]

Welcome to my birthday party — I got you something! Hello Vegetables turned one yesterday. 261 songs later, I hope I’ve been of some use to the planet.
Barry Manilow was my first pop-music love, performed my first two “rock” concerts, and recorded two of my first three albums. So I owe it all to Barry. [...]

I don’t think I ever heard this until just recently, and that’s an insane shame. It’s from Viva Las Vegas, but the number was cut from the film. Maybe because it was way too saucy.
Elvis Presley & Ann-Margret - You’re The Boss available on The Very Best Of Ann-Margret (amazon / itunes), Viva [...]

Today’s vegetable is from what might be my very favorite album. Purchased at Rasputin for maybe $3 to throw on a tape for our wedding reception, its true value was soon realized. Young (27) Wayne at the height of his powers (before he grew ashamed of his voice), fantastic arrangements played by a [...]

Holy Moley I just heard this song for the first time yesterday and I loooove it. It’s from Don Ho’s first album (1965) and it features one of his backup singers. Didn’t seem right to credit Don Ho with it, but I couldn’t find the singer’s name online. I listened closely to [...]