Keeping Boomers In Touch With Today's Music
We connect a song from back-in-the-day to a current hit that has a similar sound/content/style. You’ll be up to speed in 90-seconds.
Curated by Dave Sholin | Written by Lee Wade
Lyrics with Timeless Creativity
Before we get into the details of today’s song suggestions, let me admit that I have, at times, been smug about “my" generation’s music—that it was the “golden age” of the singer/songwriter, an era awash in creativity, producing musical heavyweights from Elvis to the...
Remember Waylon Jennings “Are You Ready For the Country?”
In 1976 Waylon Jennings had a hit with “Are You Ready For the Country” and that very same song is out right now, sung by Hank Williams, Jr. and Eric Church. Eric Church is young, handsome, and a country star. Hank Williams, Jr. is 66 years old, has lived a hard life,...
A Tribute To Allen Toussaint
Dave Sholin wrote this tribute: Sad news out of New Orleans last week on the passing of songwriter and producer Allen Toussaint. His name and the music of the Crescent City will forever be etched into our consciousness. The list of artists who've recorded Toussaint's...
For a Good Time, Watch This Video
Messing around has come a long way since Ray Charles recorded “Mess Around” in 1953, one of the worst songs you’ll never want to hear, so skip it, and dive right into the new “Mess Around” by Cage the Elephant, a weird name for a rock group I had never heard of until...
A Hard-core Country Song
If you liked Travis Tritt’s "Here's A Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares),“ than Chris Stapleton’s exceptional “Nobody to Blame” is a “Must Listen To!” Personally, I love this hard-core style-- Merle, Waylon, George Jones, and if you do, too, than Chris Stapleton is...
“SHOUT!” A LITTLE BIT LOUDER, NOW!
How many artists have a body of work so deep that their boxed set holds an amazing 23 CDs? The Isley Brothers! They’ve been recording since the late 50s, back when oldest Boomers among us were just entering Jr. High. And they are still performing—just last Saturday,...
The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same: Jana Kramer Evokes Patsy Cline
If you are a Baby Boomer, you’ve probably heard of Patsy Cline. Even if you weren’t into Country music, her hits were played on multiple formats. She had a beautiful voice and chose very good songs, but her claim to fame is that of an interpreter—a stylist-- like...
“Electric Love” Sizzles & Delights
"Electric Love” by Michigan singer/songwriter Garrett Borns, now known only as Borns, is gaining traction after his appearance on Jimmy Fallon’s “Tonight Show” a few weeks ago. The song—which sounds fantastic!-- been around for months, but the buzz is getting louder....
This Song Is Just So Beautiful!
The Weekly "Whatever" This is a salute to the multi-talented musician/writer/producer Jeff Lynne, formerly of ELO, which has morphed into “Jeff Lynne’s ELO.” He has a new song out, and it’s is just so beautiful. The melody to “When I Was a Boy (I had a dream)” is so...