April 26, 2020 —– Chart #14 Hello Musical Friends, Hope you are having a nice Sunday and enjoying beautiful weather. Today’s chart comes from The Netherlands in 1969. “Venus” is a song by Dutch rock band Shocking Blue, initially released as a single in the Netherlands in the summer of 1969. Written by Robbie van […]
April 25, 2020 —– Chart #13 Hello Musical Friends, Today we have a funny one for you from 1975. The Amazing Rhythm Aces is an American country rock group, which has characterized its music as “American music” or “roots music”—a blend of rock, country, blues, R&B, folk, reggae and Latino. The band is best known
April 24, 2020 —– Chart #12 Hello Musical Friends, Back to high school for me on today’s selection. This is an easy song to play and sing on acoustic guitar, and pretty tasty if you want to take on the lead guitar work. “Can’t You See” is a song written by Toy Caldwell of The
April 23, 2020 —– Chart #11 Hello Musical Friends, Its almost the weekend so we are going to rock today. I have chosen a 1969 number from Neil Young for today’s chart of the day. This one rocks and is a little dark. “Down By The River” was first released on his 1969 album with
April 22, 2020 —– Chart #10 Hello Musical Friends, Today we are going to the king of the Texas Troubadours himself, Mr. Guy Clark. Full disclosure, I first fell in love with this song listening to Jerry Jeff Walker, one of many artists to cover this song. But the tune belongs to Guy Clark and
April 21, 2020 —– Chart #9 Hello Musical Friends, Okay, today we are digging deep, all the way to 1967. A song written by the incredible song writer Jimmy Webb (more on this guy in future chart of the day emails), this tune was recorded by The Fifth Dimension and went to number 7 on
April 20, 2020 Chart #8 Hello Musical Friends, Welcome to another COVID quarantine week. If you are like me, these days are running together and I sometimes forget what day it is. Well folks, today is Monday so I though we should have a Monday song to reboot your mood. How about this gem from
April 18, 2020 —– Chart #6 Hello Musical Friends, Hope you are having an enjoyable day of quarantine. We may all be stuck at home, but it’s Saturday night and time for a house party. Today we travel back to 1964 and treat ourselves to a great hit from the Fab Four. That’s right, none
April 17, 2020 —– Chart #7 Hello Musical Friends, Today’s chart of the day (my 7th now) is from The Rolling Stones. It’s a rainy Sunday at my house and this song just seemed to fit the day. From the 1973 Goats Head Soup album, the song is “Angie”. The song is credited, as most
April 17, 2020 —– Chart #5 Musical Friends, Today we will honor a treasured American songwriter recently lost to COVID-19. Damn that virus, John Prine was too good to lose. This song is one of his most popular, first released in 1971. Widely cited as one of the most influential songwriters of his generation, Prine