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248: Bob Dylan, ‘You Ain’t Going Nowhere’

Dylan just turned 82, and the dude shows no signs of slowing down. I wrote the following SoTW seven years ago, when he won the Nobel.
It’s my attempt to get to the heart of how I perceive Dylan as an artist.

250: Mose Allison, ‘Young Man’s Blues’

My g-g-g-generation, dropping like flies, teenagers dying of old age.
Carpe diem?
After my nap.

March 22, 2023 by jeff Other Personal Song Of the week 6

271: Laura Nyro, ‘Walk on By’ (Bootleg Collection)

A Rosh HaShana gift – 15 bootleg covers that never appeared on Laura’s official albums.

September 21, 2022 by jeff Personal Rock Song Of the week 12

300: Decapede, ‘Creston Gold’/Buddy Holly, ‘Peggy Sue’

The sweetest music you’ll never hear.

July 21, 2022 by jeff Personal Rock Song Of the week 9

090: The Cyrkle, ‘Red Rubber Ball’

1966–when Paul Simon mistook Jeff for Art and gave away that unforgettable, bouncy ‘Red Rubber Ball’.

May 5, 2022 by jeff Personal Rock Song Of the week 10

084: Dmitri Shostakovich, Prelude & Fugue No 16 in B-flat Minor (Tatiana Nikolaeva)

As our hearts weep with the innocent Ukrainian victims of Russian aggression, our thoughts turn to Dmitri Shostakovich, a courageous human being and a great composer who lived and worked under the shadow of Soviet oppression.

March 10, 2022 by jeff Classical Personal Song Of the week 8

070: Buddy Holly, ‘That’ll Be the Day’

Buddy Holly’s great song and the night The Grateful Dead backed me singing it. Yeah, for real.

February 10, 2022 by jeff Personal Rock Rock and Roll Song Of the week 9

065: Ella Fitzgerald, ‘Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most’

A beatnik musical (what??), an obscure jazz standard (oxymoron), and high school nostalgia (snore)–the convoluted paths we take to visit our past.

February 3, 2022 by jeff Jazz Personal Song Of the week Vocalists 9