And The Beat Goes On...

So here we are in the 1970's and I am collecting Tyrannosaurus Rex (later T.Rex). My girlfriend bought me three or four of their albums. I was thrilled. I also started listening to Doctor Demento on the radio on KMET. (In case you've never heard of Dr.Demento, he played novelty records on a local FM station for years and finally went national. He still has a show on the web to this day, and he's 70 years old!) I was drawn to Demento because he played music that was fairly old, even for me. Stuff from the 30's and 40's, on 78 rpm records.

And one of my favorite songs from the 1940's is

"Wouldst Could I But Kiss Thy Hand, Oh Babe" Played here in 1940 by "Will Osborne And His Slide Music"

"Doghouse" Dale Jones did the vocal on this recording.

Another song I used to like that Demento played was "It's In The Book" by John Standley.

You might notice that the John ends his performance by singing only the last verse of Grandma's Lye Soap. There are actually two verses which precede the one he sings here.

And then, finally, we have "Life Gits Tee-jus Don't It?" by Carson Robison.

We'll return to our regularly scheduled music next time.

And The Beat Goes On...

Also in the '60's I listened to bands like The Cyrkle.

(This song always takes me back to the Santa Monica pier late '60's where I spent time playing in the ocean and watching them film "Groovy" with Michael Blodgett.

And, though I really wasn't so much into Paul Revere and The Raiders (even though a good friend of mine was going with and later married their manager, Roger Hart) I did like the Monkees.

During High School I listened to different music; stuff that was a little more rock and roll. Among those were The Guess Who, CCR, Davis Bowie and then I got into to Tyrannosaurus Rex.

Interestingly I didn't listen to much Bowie again until the eighties.

But that's for later.

Next we'll look at the mid '70's.

EXTRA!

Just came across this today:

I wrote this a couple years back.

And The Beat Goes On...

Over the next few years I collected quite a bit of music. I was obviously influenced by the AM radio and would listen to The Beach Boys, The Grass Roots, The Box Tops, The Bee Gees, because back then, before disco, The Bee Gees were awesome.

And the beat goes on...

In 1965 my mom decided to join Columbia Record Club. I was very pleased that she asked me if there was an album I might want. Of course I had been hearing some radio and the first thing I said was THE BEATLES!!! So I decided on "Rubber Soul" I still find this to be a very beautifully written and performed album. The original copy, from Columbia House, is still in my collection.

One of the songs I liked the most on this album was "In My Life."

Shortly thereafter The Beatles came out with Revolver and the one song of The Beatles I liked the best of all, "For No One."

So, The Beatles, yeah.

And The Beat Goes On...

I've decided to add a bit of music to this blog. Comics are nice but I think I'll start posting about music on the off days. So, while I'll keep posting Andale and Friends on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, I will also start a music-centric part to this blog on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

To start with I want to introduce you to the music I listened to as a younger man. The very first 45 RPM record I ever owned was "Monday, Monday" by The Mamas and The Papas. I had albums and my parents had a lot of country western music, but I had no 45s until '66. I'm not really sure why my 12 year-old self liked "Monday, Monday" so much but it sure hit me as a good song then. Oddly enough I still have that very 45.

Next we'll listen to a few more old songs that have stayed with me all these years.