Category Archives: Posts with Video

These posts contain embedded links to a YouTube video(s) with a musical soundtrack that is (somehow) related to the topic of the post.

This Historic Day In Music: Capitol MAS-2653 (Mono LP), SMAS-2653 (Stereo LP)

Posted on June 2, 2017 by sixstrstories

“Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” by The Beatles was released in America on June 2, 1967. (It had been released in the United Kingdom the day before.) It was the thirteenth Beatles’ LP released in the United States. (#8 … Continue reading →

Posted in Posts with Video, This Historic Day In Music | Tagged A Day In The Life, Abbey Road Studios, Capitol Records, Geoff Emerick, George Martin, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles | 1 Comment

Wrestling With The Angel, Chapter 12

Posted on May 19, 2017 by sixstrstories

If you’re a new visitor to this blog, the purpose of my Wrestling With The Angel series (or category) is to highlight and share individual songs that are on a list of mine entitled: Devastatingly Great Songs. The title phrase, … Continue reading →

Posted in Posts with Video, Wrestling With The Angel | Tagged Bank of NH Pavilion, Buddy & Julie Miller, Buddy Miller, Ellis County, Emmylou Harris, Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, Julie Miller, Meadowbrook Musical Arts Center, Sweet Harmony Traveling Revue, Universal United House of Prayer, Written In Chalk | 1 Comment

This Historic Day In Music: Pete Seeger

Posted on May 3, 2017 by sixstrstories

Pete Seeger was born in Patterson, New York on this day, May 3, in the year 1919. Pete performed in public for the first time on Sunday, March 3, 1940 on the stage of the Forrest Theatre in New York … Continue reading →

Posted in Posts with Video, This Historic Day In Music | Tagged Bruce Springsteen, Obama Inaugural Celebration, Pete Seeger, This Land Is Your Land | Leave a comment

This Historic Day In Music: The Kansas City Five

Posted on March 18, 2017 by sixstrstories

On Friday, March 18, 1938, record producer John Hammond gathered five Jazz musicians in a New York City recording studio for a recording session. The musicians were: Buck Clayton, trumpet; Eddie Durham, trombone & electric guitar; Freddie Green, rhythm guitar; … Continue reading →

Posted in Posts with Video, This Historic Day In Music | Tagged Buck Clayton, Commodore Records, Dave Oliphant, Eddie Durham, Freddie Green, Jazz Guitar, Jo Jones, John Hammond, Kansas City Five, Laughing At Life, Milt Gabler, Ruth Etting, Scott Yanow, Texan Jazz, Walter Page | Leave a comment

This Historic Day In Music: Nina Simone

Posted on February 21, 2017 by sixstrstories

The 4th Annual Boston Globe Jazz Festival was held the weekend of January 31 and February 1, 1969. The festival’s venue was the War Memorial Auditorium in the Prudential Center on Boylston Street in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. (Tickets were $5.50, … Continue reading →

Posted in Posts with Video, This Historic Day In Music | Tagged 4th Annual Boston Globe Jazz Festival, Alan Heineman, Bob Dylan, Down Beat Magazine, Eunice Kathleen Waymon, I Shall Be Released, Nina Simone | Leave a comment

(Going, Goin’) Home (Coming, Again)

Posted on January 25, 2017 by sixstrstories

I was born in Exeter, New Hampshire. Over the course of the sixty-something years since, I’ve lived in a handful of locations around the Granite State. Besides Exeter, I’ve taken up residence in North Conway, Raymond, Dover and Hampton Beach. Well, my wife and … Continue reading →

Posted in Posts with Video, Random Topics | Tagged Bill Forsyth, British Movies, Going Home, Local Hero, Mark Knopfler, Moving, Soundtrack Albums, Theme from Local Hero | Leave a comment

Moving Day

Posted on October 15, 2016 by sixstrstories

That it is: the day that my wife and I say “Farewell!” to our house and home of 36 1/2 years. I’ve known and loved Jim Kweskin’s recording of “Moving Day” for way longer than that. I can think of … Continue reading →

Posted in Posts with Video, Random Topics | Tagged Andrew B. Sterling, Charlie Poole & The north Carolina Ramblers, Harry von Tilzer, Jim Kweskin, Jump For Joy, Moving Day, The Neo-Passe Jazz Band | 1 Comment

A Somewhat Recent Rediscovery

Posted on September 22, 2016 by sixstrstories

James McMurtry’s debut album, “Too Long In The Wasteland,” came out in August of 1989. After hearing “Painting By Numbers,” “Talkin’ At The Texaco” and the title song on the radio, I soon added a copy of this intriguing singer/songwriter/guitarist’s record … Continue reading →

Posted in Posts with Video, Random Topics | Tagged Complicated Game, Copper Canteen, James McMurtry, Prescott Park Arts Festival, Too Long In The Wasteland | Leave a comment

Not Just Another “B”

Posted on August 19, 2016 by sixstrstories

“B?” Yes, “B.” Let me explain. For quite some time now, I have been aware that an inordinately high number of all of the musicians and bands that I’ve ever seen perform live have the letter “B” as the first … Continue reading →

Posted in Posts with Video, Random Topics | Tagged 2016 Boston Concerts, August 16 2016, Barbra Streisand, Barbra: The Music... The Mem'ries... The Magic!, Don't Rain On My Parade, Funny Girl, TD Garden | 1 Comment

This Historic Day In Music: “Sallie Gooden”

Posted on July 1, 2016 by sixstrstories

Two fiddlers performed together at the Old Confederate Soldiers’ Reunion in Richmond, Virginia during the third week of June, 1922. 34-year-old Texas fiddler Alexander Campbell “Eck” Robertson was one and 77-year-old Henry Clay Gilliland from Oklahoma (and a former Confederate soldier himself) … Continue reading →

Posted in Posts with Video, This Historic Day In Music | Tagged Arkansaw Traveler, Country Music Originals, Eck Robertson, Henry C. Gilliland, Martin W. Littleton, Sallie Gooden, Tony Russell, Victor Records | 1 Comment