“The Gambler” Says “Time To Fold ‘Em”
Kenny Rogers is retiring. Everybody knows “The Gambler,” (1978) which was huge worldwide and almost everybody knows "Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town" or "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was in)” by The First Edition, but most people don’t...
In Memoriam: Otis Redding. John Lennon.
Fifty-years ago Sunday, Dec. 10th, 26-year old Otis Redding, already a legend, died in a plane crash over Lake Monana near Madison Wisconsin, where he was scheduled to play that night. All but one member of his band, the Bar-Kays, perished. Redding had a truly rare...
Ladies & Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones
A year ago, Boomer Music Update featured the Rolling Stones’ album "Blue And Lonesome," their covers of blues songs that they’ve always treasured. https://boomermusicupdate.com/alternative/rolling-stones-sing-blues-new-cd/ Today, fans can again rejoice as the...
Best Wishes For Your Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend
American Music Awards To Honor Diana Ross
It's awards month in the music world. A week and a half ago the spotlight shined on Nashville and the Country Music Awards but on Sunday attention turns to Los Angeles and the 2017 American Music Awards, with highlight performances by Kelly Clarkson, Demi Lovato and...
Sheila E at (soon to be) 60-years Old: Still Putting It Out There
In 1984, Sheila E's "The Glamorous Life" hit #1 on the Dance chart; you probably heard it every few hours on your favorite Top 40 radio station. Though an accomplished player on many instruments, it's drums that she's best known--after all, it's in her...
Lyrics As Good As Those From The 70’s
Sam Smith’s “Pray” I’m young and I’m foolish, I’ve made bad decisions I block out the news, turn my back on religion Don’t have no degree, I’m somewhat naïve I’ve made it this far on my own But lately, that shit ain’t been getting me higher I lift up my head and world...
Paying The Proper Respect: Fats Domino
Fats Domino had a long life and nearly as long a career, having recorded his first hit almost 70 years ago, 1949's "The Fat Man"-- the earliest Boomers were only three years old. By the the mid-50's everybody, certainly in the USA, knew him -- he performed...
Long Live Lynyrd Skynyrd
Forty years ago today three Lynyrd Skynyrd band members* died in a plane crash—and –yet--the band lives on. "Sweet Home Alabama" is still a mainstay on classic rock radio stations and play-lists, worldwide. Kid Rock “reinvented” it in 2008 on his hit "All...