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It's Week 2 of the all-inclusive, everybody's invited Rockollections Christmas Party.

What you believe doesn't matter, I don't care, it's a Party!

I noticed that the show will be broadcast terrestrially on the First Day Of Winter, and couldn't…

Continuing on with our Christmas Party, a once rare old 45 RPM single by the Rolling Stones' Keith Richards from 1978.

I suspect if you have a copy it is worth something, don't know how much but surely more than you originally paid for it.

And it…

It's the beginning Chapter of our annual Christmas Party!

So in short here's what I have for you.

A pretty damn good opening set of kicking Rock & Roll.

I always try to play the different Christmas…

Moving on to John Lennon in our remembrance of the lives of two men who were a part of something that probably will never happen again, the phenomenon that was the Beatles.

Dec. 8th is the anniversary of John's death.

What can I…

Once again, it's that strange time between the deaths of George Harrison, November 29, 2001 and John Lennon, December 8, 1980- two former Beatles.

Without The Beatles, I don’t love Music like I do- simple as that!

So the loss of any of the Fab…

I am Re-creating a show broadcast Nov. 28th 2006, Fifteen Years and One Day Ago, then called Post Turkey Leftovers.

And now again!

Playing the same things I did then with slight modifications.

For…

This was a strange idea, take a show from Nov. 28th 2006, Fifteen Years and One Day Old, and re-create it.

Actually Re-Record it!

The same thing that happened to me 15 years ago, happened again...and happened again…

The Holiday is very close as people are making there way Home For Thanksgiving.

Something about Thanksgiving brings out the Farmlands, the Country Roads, Country Comforts for this City Guy!

Maybe because it seems a prettier Trip…

It's time for the Annual Rockollections Trip Home For Thanksgiving, the most heavily traveled time of year in the United States.

I try not to repeat songs each year, so it's a Different Way Home with new stops along the way and some interesting choices.…

This time I'll be Taking It To The Streets with Existing Real Named Streets.

We'll hear a few British Streets and a few American ones of that ilk.

Then a return to New York City for some numbered Streets you will undoubtedly be familiar…

Since I've been Taking It To The Streets, I thought we'd stroll around Greenwich Village in Musical Ways.

And if you're talking about the Village, well you're going to hear some Folk Music.

I'll have some Pioneering Musicians In Folk Rock with…

It's Taking It To The Streets, and I'll accept Boulevard.

In many American Cities and Towns, they have a Main Street they call Main Street, lol!

But not here In New York, although we do have a big Street called that in the Borough Of…

I am Taking It To The Streets, and that's undoubtedly a good thing.

If we were Locked Down there would long ago have been Fighting In The Streets, Running Wild In The Streets!

I have a song for the Streets Of This Town, and one for the the…

I am Taking It To The Streets, so let's Get Out In Them!

Here In New York and other major cities, the Street Corners were Training Grounds for Vocal Harmonies.

Like in Sports, some of them made the Big Time.…

The air is brisk, refreshing, and after the couple of years we've had it's time for Taking It To The Streets!

This begins a Theme Series.

Starting with some Big People On The Streets, Hot Shots In Their Own Mind.…

I'll start this 2nd half with a Halloween Marriage Proposal!

Then a guy who should forever be a Halloween Perennial, unless the Zombies find something he Tweeted 50 years ago.

He's good for costumes, decorations, toys and more- of course I am…

It’s that scary time of the year again, Halloween.

Making it the Season Of The Witch- a song I have played many versions of over the years.

But I confess I had forgotten the one I will present this time.…

It's the 9th Inning, the Finale to the Series, and I am expecting a Walk-Off Home Run!

A couple of thoughts- Willie Mays was the BEST player I ever saw, and when asked a Baseball question of any sort and you don't know the answer, say Babe Ruth.…

I am Keeping The Ball Rolling for my Salute To Baseball with this first of two final halves.

It is Week 3, and 3 is a Big Number in Baseball, as well as in another institution, and we will briefly explore the Spiritual Side of Baseball.…

It is now an Official Game, so even if it rains it counts, lol!

There is a local flavor to this Rockollections Episode.

But not exclusively.

I know I am surprising a good amount of people who never…