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One of the most noticeable things about Spring is the Sounds of Birds singing again.

As you well know, they migrate South for the Winter.

And the Swallows do indeed Return To Capistrano, all the way back from Argentina.…

Naturally now that I started this Spring Series, it was 23 Degrees with a Feels Like 15 last night here in NYC, lol!

This Chapter the primary stop along the way is Springtime Daydreaming Laziness!

Just find a comfortable place and position, and I'll do all the work.

You need only…

I'll begin this Episode with a couple of Harmony Songs.

After that, I will go very Old Progressive FM Radio DJ on you, if you were tuning in...oh, say in the early 1970's!

Except for a very small group of people, I may be introducing you to these three songs in a row that deal with our…

Spring is the only Season I have never taken a long Musical look at- I have done all the others.

I like Spring, but also have mixed feelings about it, as unfortunately it always brings me to a hot Summer.

I am a Winter guy!…

I am doing Songs Paul McCartney Gave Away.

Similar to a show I did years ago on Songs The Beatles Gave Away, but focused on Paul.

Mostly from his post-Beatles days!

Did you know Paul with wife Linda…

Quite a few years ago I did a show on Songs The Beatles Gave Away.

Now I thought I'd give a shot at Songs Paul McCartney Gave Away!

There will be songs from his Beatle days, but mostly later as a Solo Artist or with Wings.…

It’s an Odds & Ends Get Together!

A very very loose show, just things that were near and caught my eye.

Let’s go get Stoned with some Songs you should know.

Mostly Sixties Music, but not…

Here's one of those every now and then Odds & Ends Shows I like to do- no Theme!

But I do seem to find some Connections, lol!

I’ll start with one of the 2 songs Elvis recorded in his first real recording session at Sun Records…

By the time you read or hear this, it may already be or have been March 3rd, or 3/3.

Those 3's inspiring a Musical Listen to Three Of A Kind- which in Poker is a good Hand even if Deuces!

Just another of those ideas that pop into my head and send me…

I noticed that we are just a few days away from March 3rd, or 3/3.

I didn't want to wait for it to fall on the day of the show- who knows where I'll be then.

Rather, the urge came over me to play songs now that were Three Of A Kind, things connected…

I'll finish up with the Namedropping for now, until it's brought back at some time in the Future.

This time it's Songs containing the Names of Classic Rock & Rollers!

I was thinking, the whole point of dropping names is that the listener KNOW the…

Let's do another round of Namedropping.

Beginning with a song that not only mentions the Mamas & Papas, Donovan and the Beatles, but features credible impressions of each.

After that, I thought I'd play the Namedropping of famous…

More of The 60's Poets, and their Thoughts and Stories About Love.

The great thing about Poetry is that it is open to interpretation.

What it means to you can be entirely different from what it means to me.

And we are both right!

The intent with these Words of The 60's Poets was…

For St. Valentine’s Day a return to the 60's for The Poets.

This will close the British Invasion out...for now.

It was too much fun and the Music was too damn good to just end it.

So I will return to it periodically.

But for this Chapter, I'll start with a song that…

On Feb. 9th 1964, the Beatles performed on the Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.

I watched it as a kid, and it's an odd feeling knowing what you did PRECISELY on a given date over a half century ago!

In fact, it's never happened to me…

As noted before, on Feb. 7th 1964, the Beatles landed at Kennedy Airport met by reporters and mostly screaming girls, and Beatlemania and The British Invasion was born.

Those two terms may seem interchangeable now, but I'll point out the difference.…

On Feb. 7th 1964, the Beatles arrived at Kennedy Airport here in New York, marking the beginning of Beatlemania and The British Invasion.

Also making a whole lot of people feel very old this week, lol!

As it happened, I didn't like their first…

The Name of the Game is Namedropping.

I will continue with some Folk and Folk Rock.

Featuring the most inveterate Namedropper of all time, Bob Dylan, who will Drop and be Dropped!

Plus you'll get to hear some of the Ladies take part in the game.

The fun is in the lyrics, seeing…

You have heard me mention Namedropping frequently over the years.

That's when a song contains a mention in the lyrics of a Musician, a Group, a Movie Star, a Politician...anyone famous and well-known.

You'll easily know what I mean after after…