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Thursday, April 5, 2018

Steps & Stairs: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - One Step Over the Line

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purchase [ One Step Over the Line ] <One Step Over the Line> is not to be confused with the better known <One Toke Over the L...
Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Steps & Stairs: Steppin’ Out

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Joe Jackson : Steppin’ Out [ purchase ] When Joe Jackson released his debut album, Look Sharp! in 1979, he was usually lumped in with...
Friday, March 30, 2018

Steps & Stairs: Springsteen/Into the Fire

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purchase [ The Rising ] I recently read a poignant piece about fire-fighters ( The Perfect Fire ) in which stairs played a major role....
Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Steps & Stairs: Gimme Three Steps

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Lynyrd Skynyrd : Gimme Three Steps [ purchase ] A few years back, I wrote a piece for Cover Me that was timed to run on the annivers...
Monday, March 26, 2018

STEPS & STAIRS: ONE STEP FORWARD/Desert Rose Band

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Unlike esteemed colleague Darius, I have no such qualms about steps over stairs, enjoying the smorgasbord of songs available. Many refer to ...
Sunday, March 25, 2018

Steps & Stairs: Room at the Top of the Stairs

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Ralph Stanley : Room at the Top of the Stairs [ purchase ] I have to admit that the announcement of our new theme did not bring any ...
Saturday, March 24, 2018

Women: Fleetwood Mac's Women

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purchase [ Future Games ] Fleetwood Mac goes back to the mid 60s in one incarnation or another. At first, without any women. Except...

Women: Hard Luck Woman

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Purchase Kiss, "Hard Luck Woman" KISS is many things: the personas and the makeup and the costumes are just a small part of t...
Friday, March 23, 2018

Women: The Ideal Woman

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Adrian Belew : The Ideal Woman [ purchase ] To some extent, this is a tricky theme for a blog that currently appears to have only ma...
Thursday, March 22, 2018

WOMEN: WOMAN'S WORLD/SQUEEZE

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I always think Squeeze songs sound better in black and white, invariably invoking the british film industry of the early 60s, wherein kit...
Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Women: Woman/Lennon

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purchase [ Woman ] I come from a generation where Lennon/McCartney was impossible to beat: I'm pretty sure the first "Rock ...
Sunday, March 18, 2018

WOMEN: DO RIGHT WOMAN

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It's funny, my usual approach is to tap the theme into my iTunes search and see what comes up. No shortage with this one, both woman and...
Monday, March 12, 2018

Women: Woman in Chains

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Tears for Fears, featuring Oleta Adams : Woman in Chains [ purchase ] Oleta Adams has a great voice that too few people have heard. ...
Sunday, March 11, 2018

Mar*: March of the Pigs

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Purchase: March of the Pigs , from Nine Inch Nail's The Downward Spiral Maybe it's coincidence, maybe it's the magic of se...
Saturday, March 10, 2018

Mar* Songs: Mar Jayeen

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purchase [ Mar Jayeen ] Bollywood is probably not at the top of your list for music files. Then again, with ~ 1 billion listeners, ma...
Friday, March 9, 2018

MAR* SONGS: Águas de Março

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Or Waters of March, the english translation of what has been called the all-time best Brazilian song, in a 2001 poll. Written by arguably...
Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Mar* songs: Mary , Mary

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purchase [Mary Mary] Kind of like J David said - from the start I planned to veer off into the Mar* option rather than the full <Ma...
Tuesday, March 6, 2018

Mar* Songs: Forward March

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Pat Metheny Group : Forward March [ purchase ] It took me a while to adjust to studying in college, because it was different from what...
Thursday, March 1, 2018

Mar* Songs: Rosie Flores Came to Town (Mar 1914)

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The Honeydogs : Rosie Flores Came to Town (Mar 1914) [ purchase ] Sometimes, I like to pull the screen back and let you see what goes...
Sunday, February 25, 2018

MAR* SONGS: March 11th 1962/Mary Gauthier

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When this assignment was sent out, it was on the understanding that March might be too restrictive a heading, something the plethora, per...
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