“Those that have followed his career even casually over the course of nearly 45 years can recognize the fact that Steve Forbert is among America’s greatest singer/songwriters.” –
@AmerSongwriter
From the moment his debut LP “Alive On Arrival” came across my desk at WWSP 90FM back in 1978 I have been a big fan of the man from Meridian Mississippi. Over the span of the last four decades he has written and recorded boatloads of great tunes. If you only know him from his radio hit “Romeo's Tune”…dig deeper. With his quirky voice and beautiful acoustic playing he grabs you and immerses you in his stories and imagery. I've been lucky enough to see him live a couple of times and when he makes his way back to Wisconsin again I highly recommend you check him out. Even though he's one of the great American song writers…he has done cover songs in the past including an LP featuring the music of another Meridian native, Jimmie Rodgers. But for the first time he's done an album of cover songs that have spoke to him over the years. It's an eclectic mix ranging from The Grateful Dead to Elton John to Danny'O Keefe to Leonard Cohen & Gordon Lightfoot. The LP is called “Early Mornin Rain” and came out last week at bluerosemusic.com
The lost jazz classic today is a funky fusion trip with Japanese guitarist Ryo Kawasaki called “Juice. From 1976
Covers Of The Day (in 1974 jazz pianist, composer and arranger Gil Evans put together a crack band including Lew Soloff, Howard Johnson, David Sanborn and Hannibal Marvin Peterson to tackle the music of Jimi Hendrix. On guitar was Ryo Kawasaki who did the above “Juice” LP. Hendrix approved and was working on a similar project when he died. What do you think?)
It was 50 years ago today…..
A guy who worked backstage at Celebrity Apprentice dishes on what he saw. You won't believe it…or maybe you will…read it
here
Quotes Of The Day
“There are those who say states like California who contribute $500 billion to the federal government, and receive less than $100 billion in return need to call out trump. This is not about sanctuary cities and trump has no legal basis for this. Bullies must be called out.”American Veteran
“Listening to governors Lamont, Murphy, and Cuomo it continues to be obvious that trump has ceded all ownership and responsibility for the management of the crisis. trump managed this just as he managed his business. Lying, corruption, and bereft of any accountability. Disgraceful”-American Veteran
“On the same day the Trump campaign seeks to attack Biden over unreliable harassment allegations, Trump is calling the always thoughtful Niccole Wallace a dimwit and a lapdog. We must never grow accustomed to his abuse.”-Steven Beschloss
“I ran VP nominee operations for Obama campaign in 08. When Biden was selected I served as his Chief of Staff. NO sexual assault or harassment allegation ever came up against him. It was an exhaustive vet.”-Patti Solis Doyle
https://twitter.com/mviser/status/1256378636095160…
“Hopefully our Country will soon mend. We are all missing our wonderful rallies, and many other things!”-Donald Trump
“67k dead, people sheltering in place, families grieving, 30 million losing their jobs, children hungry, Americans separated from their families and what does
@realDonaldTrump
miss? His rallies”-Joe Lockhart
A limerick…from Heidi Bieber Sanchez
“7 years since Sandy Hook
4 years since Pulse
2 years since Parkland
2 years since Vegas
1 year since Tree of Life
9 months since El Paso And no action. And yet it took Canada just ONE WEEK after a massacre to ban assault weapons. This is common-sense leadership to save lives.”-Kris Brown
Another watchdog fired by Trump…read it
here
“There's only an hour left until Trump's retaliatory firing of the IC Inspector General is final.
When you wake up, the deed will be done. Thanks to crooked Republican Senators who don't care about government integrity, Trump will have gotten away with this latest corruption.
“-Walter Schaub
https://twitter.com/waltshaub/status/1256762295113…
“Trump’s purge of Inspectors General continues, as he removes the one who reported critical shortages of protective gear in hospitals. Trump will not allow the truth to be told, and that will cost more American lives. After 60,000 deaths, the silence of Republicans is shameful.”Adam Schiff
https://twitter.com/peterbakernyt/status/125641628…
“As Gilead's stock price rises on reports of remdesivir, remember that the drug was developed with a $37.5 million grant from the federal government paid for by the taxpayers. Once again, Big Pharma is set to profit on the taxpayer's dime.”-Robert Reich
“I’m a gun owner from Texas who believes in the 2nd amendment and the right to protest. But those bringing semi automatic weapons to intimidate elected officials and fellow citizens is not in defense of 2nd amendment-it’s cowardice and terrorism.”-John Layfield
“Very good people do not try to determine the course of public policy by brandishing firearms at duly elected and governing civil officials and state legislatures. Fascists do that. It's exactly what fascists do. Which is why you dig it. “-David Simon
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1256202…
This is a lockdown protest in Illinois
This is Auschwitz
“I’ll pose a reality question. If every weapon carrying protestor knew that they would be stopped to make sure their guns are not loaded, their ids checked to make sure they are not felons, and their guns were not used in crimes, this crap would stop”American Veteran
“Republicans believe the government is incompetent and then get elected and prove it,” says Sen. @BrianSchatz. “They don’t want the federal government to work and we do. That’s what’s going on here, and I don’t have a quick, facile solution to it.”Ezra Klein
https://vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/5/1/21241…
