The MG’s (aka the Stax Records house band) was also the base of the Blues Bros. band (Dunn and Cropper, specifically).
Bunch! I have the Calypso album that belonged to my parents. I loved the song Day-O (the first song I ever sang as a kid) except the part about the tarantula. RIP Mr. Belafonte.
Memphis to Chicago, home of the blues, where the brothers met. Up the rolling river the blues traveled.
Mozart symphony no. 35, Haffner. Next, No. 41, Jupiter. A new, to me, record.
Manfred Symphony, Op. 58, Tchaikovsky on Morning Classics, MTPR .
Ugh. He truly brought out the absolute worst in folks. I remember watching this garbage when I first moved to this country, and I could not believe people would be this savagely cruel to one another ON CAMERA. Though I guess the 2 seconds of “fame” they got out of it made their lives worthwhile.
Well recommended:
Wow, her voice hasn’t changed one bit over the decades!
A wonderful, talented songwriter from my area. Give her a listen.
A flute and piano sonata by Francis Poulenc. Lovely.