I’ll open this last half of our Road Trip to New Orleans with a short musical History Lesson about events almost exactly two hundred years ago!
I’ll have a guy who was a child prodigy, writing his first song at age 8.
The funniest song here is by another guy who could sing like a girl…and a frog, lol!
Earning himself a nickname in the process.
I’ll finally get around to playing one by a female solo singer- I hadn’t…
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Added by Mike Pell on March 26, 2013 at 11:50pm —
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We were in New Orleans for Mardi Gras, so I thought we might go back for their definitive sound.
Rock & Roll, from its earliest days, most assuredly owes a…
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Added by Mike Pell on March 24, 2013 at 11:35pm —
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Now THAT above is the proper way to check into a Hotel, more likely a Motel, lol!
It's Celebrate Your Name, The Finale- and we've had John and Mary as surrogates for all of us.
Just finished Mary, so I will conclude this short Series with…
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Added by Mike Pell on March 20, 2013 at 3:11am —
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It is Celebrate Your Name Weeks here at Rockollections.
Rather than list yours and everybody's name and playing songs for them, I have taken the most common names of the past Two Centuries- John and Mary!
Simple as…
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Added by Mike Pell on March 17, 2013 at 11:31pm —
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Like I said last time, it caught my eye that last week was Celebrate Your Name Week, a holiday established in 1997 by Jerry Hill.
A week for appreciating names in general, and to have fun getting to know more about names.
Since I am already late with this, I…
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Added by Mike Pell on March 13, 2013 at 12:44am —
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Here's the first chapter of what will be two weeks of simple fun.
I will return to the Angels for one more concluding show, but this caught my eye.
It was Celebrate Your Name Week, a holiday established in 1997 by American Onomatology hobbyist Jerry…
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Added by Mike Pell on March 11, 2013 at 1:05am —
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After a Rockabilly start to this Angel chapter, I've got a cover of an oldie to play you may have never heard, by John Lennon from a posthumous album released in the 80's.
I had to play a Beatle at some point, lol!
Then it's the Tale Of Two Movies!…
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Added by Mike Pell on March 6, 2013 at 2:15am —
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I've got More Angel Songs!
There are so many that sometimes you don't even realize it.
Early on, I'll play a few well-known tunes that because Angel is not in the title, you may never have noticed there is one in the…
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Added by Mike Pell on March 4, 2013 at 1:20am —
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