What are you listening to today?

[Cyndee]

So like it's Rocktober ?

 

So gimmie some Montrose.... 

 

 

gimmie some Cactus !!

 

 

C

[Heather Shay]

 

 

[miz miranda]

Feeling a bit gritty today

 

 

 

 

[Bri2020]

Here's a twist that came through my feed. Lil Nas X slays this with his emotional/desperation laced vocals.

 

[Davie]

19 hours ago, miz miranda said:

Feeling a bit gritty today

 

 

 

 

Tom Waits. Used to see him at out local folk club, Passims. Fabulous songwriter. He invented the word Hipster.

[Cyndee]

so true, in many things, just a lovely slide guitar

 

 

[Cyndee]

Love the guitar solo in this

 

 

[Heather Shay]

very cool Cyndee.....

[Heather Shay]

Seems like a Michael Hedges disciple though I've never heard a guitar use tuning keys as part of the song structure - love.....

[Cyndee]

18 hours ago, Shay said:

Seems like a Michael Hedges disciple though I've never heard a guitar use tuning keys as part of the song structure - love.....

 

wow, just wow..., beautiful 

[Davie]

Homunculus · Chris Smither

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsh_DBipdsM

 

 

 

 

[Davie]

BEST FRIEND BY JENNAH BELL

[Heather Shay]

I got my 7 year old grandson interested in music by showing him this video......

 

 

[Heather Shay]

Am reading Jim Peterik (Vehicle with Ides of March and Eye of the Tiger with Survivor) and he mentioned looking for a new lead singer for Survivor and at the time auditioned Mark Free - now Marcia Free - her she is... I remember loving Signal when they came out....

 

 

 

Marcie Michelle Free (born Mark Edward Free on April 12, 1954) is an American rock singer, best known as the lead singer of King Kobra, Signal and Unruly Child.

Free started singing professionally at the age of 19 while living in Flint, Michigan (1973). In 1975, Free moved to Las Vegas, Nevada which eventually (in 1979) led to her relocating to Los Angeles, CA where she met Carmine Appice (Vanilla Fudge, Beck, Bogert & Appice, Rod Stewart) in 1983. Together they formed King Kobra and were signed to Capitol Records in 1984. Free recorded two albums with King Kobra, Ready to Strike and Thrill of a Lifetime, before leaving in November 1986 to pursue other musical interests.

In 1987, Free formed a band with guitarist Danny Jacob, bassist and keyboardist Erik Scott and drummer Jan Uvena, which would later take the name Signal. Signal recorded one album for EMI, 1989's Loud and Clear, before disbanding soon after.

In 1990, Free then joined up with Bruce Gowdy, (Stone Fury/World Trade) and Guy Allison (World Trade) (keyboards), forming a group known as Unruly Child. Unruly Child signed with Atlantic/Interscope Records in 1991 and released their self-titled debut album in 1992. In 1993, Free sang the theme song, "(To Be) The Best of the Best", for the action film, Best of the Best II. Also in 1993, a solo album consisting of demos Free had sung for a mother/daughter songwriting duo named Judithe and Robin Randall was released on an independent label in the UK called Now & Then Records. The album entitled Long Way from Love was re-released on Frontiers Records in 1998. This album version included some of the live performances Free gave while in Manchester, England for the first rock festival known as "The Gods of AOR" in October 1993.

Shortly after the release of Long Way from Love, Unruly Child, after losing their record deal with Atlantic/Interscope, had reformed under the moniker Twelve Pound Sledge and were writing new material in hopes of re-signing with another U.S. label. That never happened, though songs from these sessions were later released in 1995, as a solo album on independent labels in Germany and Japan, entitled Tormented.

Suffering with gender dysphoria all her life, Free came out to the world as Marcie Free in November 1993. In 1995, Free retired from the music business and moved back to Michigan to be close to her family. However, she still sings professionally on the side and in September 2009, Free, Gowdy and Allison reunited as Unruly Child and signed a recording contract with Frontiers Records. A new album with that label, Worlds Collide, has been released to critical acclaim. Unruly Child's triad (Free, Gowdy, Allison) continues to write and record. They released a new album in 2014 entitled Down the Rabbit Hole on the band's own label "Unruly Records".^[1]http://t2.gstatic.com/licensed-image?q=tbn:ANd9GcRq2gd04FXN2BNo0MEJfKDKBYYNCPoPfPuMHxBapzuHFkUs3RRTjcGcXJNQT7CU

[miz miranda]

heard this on my run today and it made me laugh.

 

Like the song says First I look at the purse, but instead of looking at what's in it; rather How it would look on me

 

 

and a bit more

 

 

[Davie]

21 hours ago, Shay said:

Am reading Jim Peterik (Vehicle with Ides of March and Eye of the Tiger with Survivor) and he mentioned looking for a new lead singer for Survivor and at the time auditioned Mark Free - now Marcia Free - her she is... I remember loving Signal when they came out....

 

 

 

Marcie Michelle Free (born Mark Edward Free on April 12, 1954) is an American rock singer, best known as the lead singer of King Kobra, Signal and Unruly Child.

Free started singing professionally at the age of 19 while living in Flint, Michigan (1973). In 1975, Free moved to Las Vegas, Nevada which eventually (in 1979) led to her relocating to Los Angeles, CA where she met Carmine Appice (Vanilla Fudge, Beck, Bogert & Appice, Rod Stewart) in 1983. Together they formed King Kobra and were signed to Capitol Records in 1984. Free recorded two albums with King Kobra, Ready to Strike and Thrill of a Lifetime, before leaving in November 1986 to pursue other musical interests.

In 1987, Free formed a band with guitarist Danny Jacob, bassist and keyboardist Erik Scott and drummer Jan Uvena, which would later take the name Signal. Signal recorded one album for EMI, 1989's Loud and Clear, before disbanding soon after.

In 1990, Free then joined up with Bruce Gowdy, (Stone Fury/World Trade) and Guy Allison (World Trade) (keyboards), forming a group known as Unruly Child. Unruly Child signed with Atlantic/Interscope Records in 1991 and released their self-titled debut album in 1992. In 1993, Free sang the theme song, "(To Be) The Best of the Best", for the action film, Best of the Best II. Also in 1993, a solo album consisting of demos Free had sung for a mother/daughter songwriting duo named Judithe and Robin Randall was released on an independent label in the UK called Now & Then Records. The album entitled Long Way from Love was re-released on Frontiers Records in 1998. This album version included some of the live performances Free gave while in Manchester, England for the first rock festival known as "The Gods of AOR" in October 1993.

Shortly after the release of Long Way from Love, Unruly Child, after losing their record deal with Atlantic/Interscope, had reformed under the moniker Twelve Pound Sledge and were writing new material in hopes of re-signing with another U.S. label. That never happened, though songs from these sessions were later released in 1995, as a solo album on independent labels in Germany and Japan, entitled Tormented.

Suffering with gender dysphoria all her life, Free came out to the world as Marcie Free in November 1993. In 1995, Free retired from the music business and moved back to Michigan to be close to her family. However, she still sings professionally on the side and in September 2009, Free, Gowdy and Allison reunited as Unruly Child and signed a recording contract with Frontiers Records. A new album with that label, Worlds Collide, has been released to critical acclaim. Unruly Child's triad (Free, Gowdy, Allison) continues to write and record. They released a new album in 2014 entitled Down the Rabbit Hole on the band's own label "Unruly Records".^[1]http://t2.gstatic.com/licensed-image?q=tbn:ANd9GcRq2gd04FXN2BNo0MEJfKDKBYYNCPoPfPuMHxBapzuHFkUs3RRTjcGcXJNQT7CU

Wonderful story, Heather. Thanks so much.  —Davie

[Heather Shay]

 

 

[Jani]

I was listening to this yesterday.  I have their Greatest Hits cd in the car player.  So many memories on this album.  Its an expansion of the Best Of with 18 songs (four more) including the acoustic intro to American Woman.  

[Heather Shay]

melancholy today..............

 

 

[LindaMarie]

 I love and play this song. It reminds me of all the times I was in other cities playing LindaMarie. It reminds me of how lonely it is out there. It reminds me that I'm not the only lonely soul out there.  Turn the Page.

 

[Heather Shay]

 

[Jani]

I heard this and thought of a good friend. ?

 

"You know that I need your love
You've got that hold over me
As long as I've got your love
You know I'll never leave
I wanted you to share my life
I had no doubt in my mind
And it's been you, oh baby
Right down the line"

 

 

 

"I know how much I lean on you
And only you can see
The changes I've been going through
Have left a mark on me
You've been as constant as a northern star
The brightest light that shines
And it's been you oh baby right down the line"

[Cyndee]

Great tune ? 

[Heather Shay]

 

[Davie]

Joni Mitchell's new and official You Tube Site is here. Even if you're already a fan of her brilliant work there are many new pieces here I've never heard.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1wN41s_8Fmew81Pk2LQOxw 

 

Here's the demo of "Blue."