Sipsey Street Irregulars: Sunday Jams

Sunday, August 28, 2016

Sunday Jams - The Band

One of the Old Mans favorites. They just do not make them like this anymore.

7 comments:

idahobob said...: The Band was and still is one of my favorites.

Bob
III; August 28, 2016 at 7:20 AM
Anonymous said...: The music a mans loves says volumes more about him than a million close friends could ever know.

Yank; August 28, 2016 at 10:54 AM
KBCraig said...: I recently bought the entire movie, and I’ve watched it multiple times.

It is truly timeless music.; August 28, 2016 at 11:26 AM
Anonymous said...: In my younger days, I 'breast fed' on Neil Young songs, learning to play most of them on guitar while my female friend sang. As time went on, I began hearing and seeing how old Neil was pretty much a left wing guy. I was heart broken. Now I'm just mad at what I feel was a betrayal. Are you telling me that Mike was a Neil Young fan?; August 28, 2016 at 12:32 PM
Dutchman6 said...: Ann,

Yes, he listened to Neil Young. And CCR, and a whole lot of others. Just because you disagree politically, doesn't mean you have to stop listening to music. Or drive a car. Or have home insurance. Or purchase food.

Life goes on.; August 28, 2016 at 5:15 PM
Ken said...: Love the Band. Also CCR, Gram Parsons, and Neil Young. Heck, the Dixie Chicks too. The Dixie Chicks/Toby Keith feud always amused me, considering they were two of a dwindling number of reasonably authentic country acts. I don't get my entertainment taste from Rand Paul, and I don't get my foreign policy direction from guitar slingers.; August 28, 2016 at 6:41 PM
Kenneth Moore said...: Also loved the rock of the Band. I had a tape back In the day of
"The Doors and The Band Meet Head On." Great music still today.; September 1, 2016 at 8:03 PM

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Sunday Jams - The Band

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