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ROCKOLLECTIONS: THE SOUNDS OF NEW ORLEANS PT.1

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 — 2 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: JOHN AND MARY PT.4 CONCLUSION

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 — 7 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: JOHN AND MARY PT.3

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 — 20 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: JOHN AND MARY PT.2

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 — 12 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: JOHN AND MARY PT.1

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 — 19 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: MORE ANGELS PT.2

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 — 4 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: MORE ANGELS PT.1

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 — 6 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: ANGELS PT.4

In putting this Theme Series together, and having given it absolutely no forethought whatsoever, I assumed would find many more songs about Angels' Wings than anything else.

After all, they have them, we don't!

And pretty much, Wings are a defining feature for Angels.…

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Added by Mike Pell on February 27, 2013 at 12:06am — 7 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: ANGELS PT.3

As we continue with our Rock & Roll musical exploration of Angels, I will take you on a trip through the years.

And being a man of limited ideas, since we opened Part One by Calling All Angels, I thought we would do it again.

We'll also hear a few of the Ladies do their songs on Angels- including a gut-wrenching matter of Social Commentary.

If you…

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Added by Mike Pell on February 25, 2013 at 12:15pm — 10 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: ANGELS PT.2

In this episode after a few opening tunes, I’ll get myself in trouble by playing two songs remarkably by the SAME group from the SAME album!

How about THAT?

You should know them, and if you care, I took them from a grand old vinyl album.

These songs- publically played and having anything to do with her- would have gotten my butt kicked by Angel, lol! 

And prompted by one of them, I’ll tell you a couple of stories…

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Added by Mike Pell on February 20, 2013 at 6:43am — 14 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: ANGELS PT.1

This is a Series that should have started last week.

But every time I sat down to do it, I couldn't get it going.

Maybe emotions were involved.…

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Added by Mike Pell on February 18, 2013 at 1:42am — 13 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: MARDI GRAS PT.1

This week it is Fat Tuesday, last day of the Mardi Gras, and the last time to party like crazy before Lent begins the…

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Added by Mike Pell on February 10, 2013 at 11:18pm — 5 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: REBELS PT.4 CONCLUSION

This is it, the final episode of my musical take on Rebels.

Included, a look at James Dean- a key scene from Rebel Without A Cause interspersed with Music that connects to him.

There will be other songs too, dealing…

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Added by Mike Pell on February 6, 2013 at 3:11am — 4 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: REBELS PT.3

What does it take to be a True Rebel, and does this guy qualify?

"William H. Bonney (better known as Billy the Kid) was a 19th-century American gunman who became a frontier outlaw in the American Old West.

According to legend, he killed…

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Added by Mike Pell on February 4, 2013 at 12:40am — 9 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: REBELS PT.2

This time out in our musical look at Rebels we'll be making our first visit to Rebels In Film.

I would think the two dominant forces in that category would still, after all these years, be between Marlon Brando and James Dean.

Brando came first...and Bikers are…

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Added by Mike Pell on January 30, 2013 at 2:34am — 9 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: REBELS PT.1

It is Time!

I've been thinking about doing this for years, and the fact that Elvis Presley's birthday was Jan. 8th and James Dean's is Feb. 8th signaled to me that this was the time.

So this week and next, it's Rebels!…

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Added by Mike Pell on January 27, 2013 at 9:54pm — 6 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: MLK AND SONGS OF FREEDOM PT.4 END

We begin our final chapter with another interpretation of the song we ended the last chapter with.

Great songs tend to be covered by other artists, and this one has been done at least by the Chambers Brothers, a weird but thoroughly enjoyable version by the Vanilla Fudge and the one I have chosen.

There is just something about the interplay of guitar and voice that does it for me.

Martin Luther King won the Nobel Peace…

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Added by Mike Pell on January 23, 2013 at 12:27am — 15 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: MLK AND SONGS OF FREEDOM PT.3

Martin Luther King's Birthday was observed Monday, but we got a jumpstart on it with his real Birthday last week.

And Freedom is of course a year-round endeavor.

This chapter I want to open up with 2 of the greatest British bands of all time, and their songs of freedom.

In our brief history of Dr. King, we note the injustice of those bad old days- doesn't make sense really.

And in light of that, the next two-song…

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Added by Mike Pell on January 21, 2013 at 12:21am — 4 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: MLK AND SONGS OF FREEDOM PT.2

Continuing on with our presentation of Martin Luther King and Songs Of Freedom.

I am going to open this one up with another version of the song we left off with.

I will have more biography about Martin Luther King, the greatest of the Pioneers of the Civil Rights Movement.

But there were other pioneers too, including those in music, who were putting themselves out there and singing the same message of…

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Added by Mike Pell on January 16, 2013 at 1:40am — 21 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: MLK AND SONGS OF FREEDOM PT.1

This will be a two-show Series, and I am doing what I love to do best.

Taking a Theme and running with it- no worries about playlists, genres, decades, etc.

January 15th is the ACTUAL date of Martin Luther King's birthday, which means it falls on the day of the terrestrial broadcast.

So, some history about him and some songs about Martin Luther King and Songs Of Freedom, within the Rock & Roll framework.

These…

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Added by Mike Pell on January 13, 2013 at 10:51pm — 10 Comments