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Sax And The City returns after a week off so I could plead the 4th!

This is trouble- between me thinking of more Sax songs and people making better suggestions than they ever have, this Series may never end, lol!

Hence the sense of Urgency to get…

Once again, my failure to turn the Calendar Page, as is often the case, interrupts the Sax And The City shows.

At the last moment, I discovered we are just days away from the 4th Of July- in other words it's Almost Independence Day!

And I was feeling particularly…

It is America's 242nd Birthday, the day the Declaration Of Independence was approved and ratified, July 4th, 1776.

Older than me, but I'm pretty damned independent too!

The firing of cannons and muskets accompanied the first public readings of the Declaration, so Fireworks have been a part of the 4th since the beginning.

Hang…

The Amazing Sound Of The Saxophone is what we are listening to in Sax And The City.

And now we come to The Greatest Band That Ever Existed, always a good idea in any Musical Endeavor.

They have any Sax in their songs?

As…

More Wailing Saxophone as I move through the years with Sax And The City.

I replayed a Song from last week because I talked over it, it was necessary as I was running short of time- but it was the only 45 RPM a guy's father ever bought.

He wrote and told…

We move on with Sax And The City- our Celebration Of The Saxophone!

They are still in Rock & Roll but nowhere near as prevalent as in those Early Days in The 1950’s.

Sometimes the Sax wails all through the Song, or at the break, at the end, or hidden in the…

It’s the start of a new Series, a Celebration Of The Saxophone!

With no apologies to HBO and their old Series, I am calling this Sax And The City!

This could go long, there’s lots to choose from.

In the Early Days of Rock…

A lot of traveling in this Episode, finishing up in L.A. and then a trip across country back to New York.

After that, a short stop on Long Island, before the long journey across the pond to more of the scene in England.

I still have a huge pile of records I…

I realize just how impossible it is to play all the songs I want to in this 1967 And The Summer Of Love series, no matter how many years it takes.

In this opening half, I'll have something I couldn't ignore, Protest Music...just a couple.

Then, since we did San…

We'll close out our featured artist in this final episode, beginning with a song I would have bought based on the title alone.

I'll have the 3rd of the songs the Beatles covered by Carl.

This should be pointed out, it is extremely noteworthy that the Beatles…

I was busy this week so this is an old show, I mean an OLD show, lol!

Among all my favorite kinds of music, Rockabilly has always been right up there.

There is a raucous letting go that appealed to me as a kid, and still does it for me.…

Food, Glorious Food is the Theme.

After a quick Picnic, a trip to one of the truly great places for Food, New Orleans.

And since NOLA Food is so rich, after that a set for Healthy And Non-Healthy…

I am sure many of you went to a Barbecue this past Memorial Day.

Almost guaranteed were Hot Dogs, Hamburgers and French Fries!

I went to do an Odds and Ends show with that subconsciously in my head I guess.

There are so…

The Memorial Day Remembrance concludes for this year, but in my heart continues the other 364 days.

This time, I'll open with a song about a guy who, I hate to say it, would have made it easier on his family and himself if he had not come home from war overseas.…

Memorial Day is May 28th, it used to always be on May 30th before our fixation with Monday Holidays.

It is a day of Remembrance for those who have died in our nation's service- the ultimate sacrifice.

I'll open with a…

Spring is Mating Season for Birds as well as many other earthly creatures.

This is the closer for this Jukebox Exploration.

Despite some old statistics, I've always felt Jukeboxes made most of their money in bars.

Now imagine sitting in a bar, and a guy…

I began last week with Music dedicated to the glorious Jukebox.

It's the Jukebox or the Juke Box this time out (either spelling is acceptable), that Coin-Operated Phonograph.

I'll have some History here- both about that machine and with the Music I'll play.

And see if you can pick up on the thread that holds together the longest set in here.

I forgot to mention that it was 78's that replaced…