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I had no idea War produced these music videos in the 1970s. This is lighthearted and definitely a different take on racial tension than what would be produced today.

I have lost a few friends over the last few years. I recently found a mix CD one of them made me. I looked at the calendar and realized today was the birthday of another of them. So in honor of my lost brothers, here’s a track from the mix CD. What, it’s not a live Phish recording? Well, the …

Have we featured Tower of Power before? Yes. Should we feature them again, despite the repeat of a song and a white guy dancing? Yes.

If you need this artist explained to you, our society really has crumbled.

Something a little different this week. I’ve featured Ray Stevens before. I just love him. And I just found out Marty Robbins put him on his show in 1977. The whole thing is on Facebook here. My mom saw Marty Robbins in concert and said he was a nut. So I suppose they were two nuts in a shell, so …

Such a happy song. And because I am of a certain vintage, I always associate it with an episode of Growing Pains: At a dance, Kirk Cameron’s character was opposed to his little sister dancing with his best friend Boner. It ended, as I recall, with this tune and the focus on just having fun. Which is certainly what this …

We’re apparently sticking with the ’70s right now.

At some point in my adulthood, this Southern Baptist developed some weird habits: I always listen to New Orleans music leading up to Ash Wednesday, and then I listen to Irish music leading up to St. Patrick’s Day. Today: Why not both? As featured here before, I give you the Pogues.

Apologies because I didn’t write it down, but thank you to whoever suggested Average White Band. Here they are live at Montreux in 1977. I always think of the cult film “Swingers” when I hear this song. Shows my age. (Can you believe Jon Favreau brought us that film, plus the Mandalorian, plus “Elf,” let alone his Marvel work? Yeesh!)

Interestingly enough, this is our first Bowie selection. It’s from the Berlin trilogy of albums produced by Brian Eno.