Category: Americana

Greg Trooper – Day 9 – 30-Day Folk Challenge

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2026 Update:

When I wrote this post in 2021 i had been blogging for 11 years, The first 4-5 years my main musical focus was on Americana music: Folk, Blues, Bluegrass and othe roots music. Somewhere around 2014 my focused shifted and I was writing more posts about Jazz, New AGe and Progressive Rock. Americana music slipped into the background. In 2021 I created this 30-day Folk Challenge to challenge myself to listen to more Folk music. I don’t think I cpmpleted the challenge but I did write several posts.

Now in 2026 through A Sixties – Seventies Men I am going back and rekindling my love for Americana music. Overall, the s. ite will be how I weave music into my daily life. And Mini Challenges like this is one way. Stay tuned to hear about all the ways.

Greg Trooper – Day 9 – 30-Day Folk Challenge

Today January 13,2021 would have been singer-songwriter Greg Trooper’s 64th birthday. Unfortunately for the music world he died two days after his 61st birthday in 2017. The cause of the death was pancreatic cancer.

Greg Troop was a fellow New Jerseyian. He was born on January 13 in 1956 iin Neptune Township, New Jersey. He was raised in nearby Little Silver.

I  started today listening Straight Down Rain, which found it’s way into my music collection around 1999. I remember I found the album in the discount bin at Tunes,  which was our go to CD store at the time.

His prior release Popular Demons which had been released  in 1998, quickly was added to my music library. Popular Demons had been released on Koch Records and was produced by Buddy Miller.

All total Greg Trooper released thirteen albums. Three of those albums were live albums.

After I listened  to Straight Down Rain for the first time in a long time, I listened to songs from several of Trooper’s other albums.  Of Trooper’s thirteen albums here are the five that are in my music library….

Between a House and a Hard Place
Floating (2003)
Popular Demons (1998)
Straight Down Rain (2001)

Here’s a Baker’s Dozen Greg Trooper Playlist

Final Thoughts

So far this 30-day challenge has been  very rewarding. personally. It has given me an opportunity to listen to many albums that I haven’t heard for too long a time! In addition, I have a renewed interest in searching out new Americana, and Folk music.

Likewise, because I was looking for old vinyl albums I have organized those albums by genre, so now I know where all my folk albums can be located, as well as, my jazz and rock albums! so maybe there’s a 30-day classic rock and jazz challenge in the future. Stay Tuned!

Artist’s Website
Dutch Website
Wikipedia
AllMusic
Discogs
Spotify
Amazon

Here’s is Greg performing on of my favorite Greg Troooper songs “They Call Me Hank”

 

Tony Rice – Day 7 of Folk Music Challenge

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On Christmas Day last month the Bluegrass world lost a true legend, when Tony Rice passed away. Rice is arguably the best bluegrass guitarist ever!

I confess that through the 70s and 80s I knew who he was , but never listened much to the groups in which he was a member. Progressive bluegrass groups like J D Crowe and the New South and the David Grisman Quintet.

Tony Rice -nCold on the Shoulder

EK Finds Cold on the Shoulder amongst his Vinyl….

I probably became aware of Tony and his fantastic guitar in the mid to late 80s. Most likely it was through Gene Shay’s folk radio show here in Philly. Anyway, I bought two of his solo albums Cold on the Shoulder and Me & My Guitar  at a used record store at the now defunct Pennsauken Mart.

 

I found those two records the other day, when I started to organize my vinyl collection by genre. I am counting listening to Cold on the Shoulder as day seven of my 30-day Folk Music Challenge.

Needless to say, it sounded great. It is also just a coincidence that it has the same title song as day ones pick.

While reading the back of the album, I discovered  this was the first album Tony recorded consisting of all vocal tracks. While there are no all instrumental tracks on the album, Rice picked songs that allowed space for individual solos.

The  space for solos is filled with a group of outstanding musicians. If I didn’t know who Tony Rice was i would  have bought this album just on the people who play on it.

An Amazing Supporting Cast 

The supporting cast includes:

Vassar Clement – fiddle
Jerry Douglas – dobro
Todd Phillips -bass
Sam Bush – mandolin
Bobby Hicks – fiddle
Larry Rice – mandolin
J D Crowe – banjo
Kate Wolf – harmony vocals
Bela Fleck – banjo

What a fantastic line-up of musicians! And several times while I was listening to this album I stopped what I was doing and said. “Wow”.

Tony Rice in Rice, Rice Hillman and Pederson

ony Rice in Rice Rice Hillman and Pederson

My next contact with Tony Rice’s music was when he became part of the group – Rice,Rice, Hillman and Pederaon. I added their album Out of the Woodwork to my music library.

The group consisted of: Tony, his brother Larry, Chris Hillman from The Byrds, Manassas, and the Flying Burrito Brothers, and Herb Pederson. The group only released three albums and I need to check out the other two!

The bottom line is that Tony Rice was a great talent and his passing is a great loss for the folk and bluegrass community.

If you’ve never listened to Tony’s music do it. As for me I want to check out some of his earlier solo albums, along with the J.D. Crowe and David Grisman albums!!

Links for Further Explorations

Wikipedia
NPR: Tony Rice Was My Guitar Hero
Rolling Stone: Was Bluegrass Music’s Great Experimentalist
Spotify

In addition to the above, after watching the following video I need to check out any albums from the Tony Rice Unit…. four of my favorite musicians!!

Gordon Lightfoot Kicks Off My 30-Day Folk Music Challenge

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Yesterday I said I had started a 30-day Folk Music Challenge early last week. Well, as a result yesterday  was the sixth day of the challenge. Blue River Eric Andersen’s 1972 release.was the album of the day. In this post I’d like to start to catch up and write about the albums I listened to on the first 5 days. Gordon Lightfoot kicked it off!

Cold on the Shoulder - Gordon Lightfoot

 Cold on the Shoulder – Gordon Lightfoot

Gordon Lightfoot’s Cold on the Shoulder was the first album I listened to as part of my 30-Day Folk Music Challenge.

While Gordon Lightfoot was never a  huge favorite of mine, his impact on the genre was immense! Some of the earliest folk music I listened to was Peter, Paul and Mary who covered  at least two Gordon Lightfoot songs “Early Morning Rain” and “For Lovin’Me”.

However, I didn’t have any Lightfoot albums in my music collection until his 1972 release Sundown. The second album I added to my collection  was Cold on the Shoulder.

Here’s some biographical information about Gordon from Wikipedia:

 

Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr….(born November 17, 1938) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music. He is credited with helping to define the folk-pop sound of the 1960s and 1970s. He is often referred to as Canada’s greatest songwriter and is known internationally as a folk-rock lege

“Rainy Day People” – Cold on the Shoulder’s Hit

The big hit on Cold on the Shoulder was “Rainy Day People” again from.Wikipedia……..

Rainy Day People” is a song written and recorded by Gordon Lightfoot, released on his 1975 album, Cold on the Shoulder, and also as a single. “Rainy Day People” went to number 26 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was Lightfoot’s last of four songs to reach number one on the Easy Listeningchart, spending one week at number one in May 1975.

Lightfoot’s  discography consists of 19 studio albums, 3 live albums and 16 computation albums Eighteen of his nineteen  studio albums were released between 1966-2004. The last Gordon Lightfoot album I added to my library was  A Pilgrim Passes By released in 1998.

Gordon Overcomes Major Health Problems

In 2004 Lightfoot almost died when he…

….underwent emergent vascular surgery for a rupturedabdominal aortic aneurysm, and he remained in serious condition in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Lightfoot endured a six-week coma and a tracheotomy, and he underwent four surgical operations.

In 2006, Lightfoot suffered a minor stroke in the middle of a performance. The stroke left him without the use of the middle and ring fingers on his right hand. It took him many months to recover.

In spite of his health problems, Lightfoot has not retired. Last year Lightfoot released his 19th studio album Gordon Lightfoot Solo. from Gordon’s website:

Nine of the songs come from two CDs of songs he had recorded back in 2001 – 2002 and which he had forgotten. He discovered them when cleaning his office, listened to them, and decided to make an album with just him and his guitar, removing other instruments that had been added. The 10th song, “Easy Flo,” was written and recorded more recently.

Lightfoot says this about the album….

“I thought my fans would be interested in hearing what songs sound like when first written”

So if you’ve never listened to Gordon Lightfoot You really need to do it….as for me I’m checking out Gordon Lightfoot Solo.

Links for the Further Exploration of the Music of Gordon Lightfoot

Artist’s Website

Spotify
Amazon

Here’s “Rainy Day People” from Gord’s Gold

 

 2026 Update

Gordon Lightfoot passed away on May 21, 2023. Over the last few years I have been adding Gordon Lightfoot albums to my music library. As this blog develops you’ll b readng about those additions so stay tuned!

A 30-Day Folk Music Challenge leads to a Revitalization

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2026 Update: Looking back, this post marked a turning point. My 30-Day Folk Music Challenge reminded me where my musical journey began. Although I would continue exploring blues, jazz, progressive rock, and many other genres, this challenge eventually led me back to the folk and Americana music that first captured my imagination more than fifty years ago. That rediscovery would eventually inspire this website.

A Return to the Beginning

Well, it’s quite an understatement to say I haven’t posted much lately. It’s not that I haven’t tried. I have started at times many, many posts and somehow I can never complete them. However the other night, I had a wild thought why not go back to where it all started at least musically!

For the majority of my adult life I listen to mostly Folk and Americana music. In college I listen to a combination of rock and folk. However, as the years past and the rock groups that I loved weren’t on the radio anymore, I listen to my folk musician favorites from the 60s and 70s. In the 1980 and early 90s I added several more Folk and Americana favorites.

Then in the mid-90s I discovered Texas Country music. I also started to listen to a variety of blues musicians. (Thank- you Stevie Ray Vaughan)

In 2014 after blogging about that music, I started listening to several different music genres. I started listening to and writing about more New Age music. In conjunction with this Instarted listening to more jazz and progressive rock.

Since the number of hours in the day available to listen to music is limited the amount of time I listened to Folk and Americana music diminished.

Creates The 30-Day Folk Music Challenge

Until last Tuesday when I decided to create a 30-day Folk Music Challenge. I that challenge I am going to listen to albums from those artist who I have listened to over the last 50 some of years!

Folk Album of the Day – “Blue River” Eric Andersen

It is now the sixth day of the challenge. Today’s album was ……

a30 day folk music challenge album - blue river

Eric Andersen’s 1972 release Blue River. Eric was part of the Greenwich Village folk music scene in the mid-1960s. His most popular songs from that era were “Violets of Dawn” and “Thirsty Boots” which as been recorded by many, many people.

Blue River was probably his most commercially successful album. It climbed as high as 169 on Billboard’s Top 200. My favorite tracks include: Is It Really Live at All?” and “Wind and Sand”

Links

As I was reading about the album at Wikipedia I read that a number of musicians who played on the album were the reason I took a chance on several albums in the 1970s. They were a group of the best session musicians around and included….

  • David Bromberg – dobro, acoustic guitar
  • DavidBriggs – organ, keyboards, celeste
    Weldon Myrick – steel guitar
  • Norbert Putnam – bass
  • Kenneth Buttrey – drums, percussion, tambourine

In the 70s, if I picked up an album and saw these guys listed on the album, I’d pick up the album. Sometimes even though I didn’t know the artist. I knew at least I’d like the music!

The Challenge Leads to New Folk/Americana

So after listening to some of my favorite folk music over the last several days, I decided to check out the Folk Charts at Roots Music Report.

I found several artists I’ve never listened to before, give thEir stuff a quick listen and was pleased with what I heard. I also remember  the Euro-Americana Chart and checked it out finding more new folk/Americana artists! So expect to hear about those new albums mixed in with the old albums.

Finally, I also listened to some new Blues today and found two groups I really liked. The first one was Terminal Station and the second The Bluesbones. The later was my favorite so you’ll probably hear about that one first

Here’s “Is It Really Live at All” from Eric Andersen

 

 

 

Savoy Brown – Ain’t Done Yet! – Yeah!

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Ain't Done Yet - Savoy Brown

So according to my new blog schedule, (which you don’t  know about because I still haven’t finished the post about it yet, damn you ADD) today, I am supposed to be writing about a blues album I picked on Saturday and listen to twice since then.

The thing is I didn’t create this schedule until this Sunday, so I didn’t know I was supposed to pick an album to listen to prior to writing this post.

The good thing though is I have used the new album from Savoy Brown Ain’t Done Yet. 
as the soundtrack for at least two runs. Even better, I haven’t written about the runs or album yet.

Through the years, I never have been a  Savoy Brown fan. Oh, I knew the  name but never listened to a full album until somewhere around 2011, when they released the album Voodoo Moon

About Savoy Brown

From the Savoy Brown Website…

Savoy Brown was formed in 1965 by guitarist Kim Simmonds in London, England. Simmonds has been the group’s guiding hand from the first singles released in 1966 through the band’s newest effort, their forty-first album “Ain’t Done Yet”

The three- piece line-up now includes Kim Simmonds on guitar and vocals, Pat DeSalvo on bass and Garnet Grimm on drums. This trio has established itself as the longest-running consistent line-up in the band’s history, now going strong for more than 10 years.

Over the last ten years, my favorite Savoy Brown albums have been Voodoo Moon, Witchy Feelin’ and City Nights. I do believe Kim Simmonds has handled the lead vocals on all these albums, except Voodoo Moon.

Thoughts About Ain’t Done Yet

In my opinion,  Ain’t Done Yet is an appropriate statement about both the band and its driving force Kim Simmonds. This album had me from the opening tracks “All Gone Wrong” and “Devil’s Highway” to the closing instrumental  “Crying Guitar“

Throughout the album, the tracks are varied, well written and  interesting. Simmonds vocals and guitar playing are always spot on. Simmonds guitar never outplays the song, it just fits in perfectly. I guess that’s a result of crafting 41 albums!

What I admire most is that after 53 years and 41 albums Simmonds and Savoy Brown are still recording fresh great new blues songs! I for one am glad they “ain’t done yet”!

Links for the Further Exploration of Savoy Brown

Band’s Website

Wikipedia

Twitter

Instagram

Spotify

Here’s the title track from Ain’t Done Yet

The Dead South Revives a Love of Bluegrass and Hopefully Blogging!!

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tHYE dEAD sOUTH - sUGAR & jOY

So it’s been a long time since I spent an afternoon on the hunt for new music. Maybe even longer since I searched the Roots Music Bluegrass chart, but I did just that yesterday. I discovered several bands that I hadn’t heard of previously. I will try to write about several of these bands later in the week, but The Dead South is an initial favorite,

The Dead South is a Canadian folk-bluegrass band hailing from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. The band formed in 2012. However, the band’s fortunes took off when a 2014 video garnered over a million views on YouTube! Since then they have built an international following through a hefty touring schedule.

I listened to their  most recent release Sugar & Joy. Sugar & Joy is currently No. 36 on the Roots Music Bluegrass chart.

About The Dead South

The Dead South has a great uptempo energetic sound and are often jokingly referred to as Mumford and Sons Evil Twins.

The band is composed of Nate Hilts (vocals, guitar, mandolin), Scott Pringle (guitar, mandolin, vocals), Danny Kenyon (cello, vocals) and Colton Crawford (banjo).

Through the years the band’s membership has been tweaked. In 2015  Crawford left the band. He was replaced by studio musician Eliza Mary Doyle for several years. He  re-joined the band starting with the Voices In Your Head tour in mid-2018. On occasion cellist Danny Kenyon is unable to tour. If that happens Erik “Del Suelo” Mehlsen replaces him on cello and vocals.

The bottomline is that for me Sugar & Joy is a great album and should be in my music rotation for a long time so check the  out!  As for me I’m going to be checking out Illusion & Doubt the band’s 2016 Juno award-winning album.

Links for the Further Exploration of the Music of The Dead South

Band’s Website
Facebook
Twitter
YouTube
Amazon

Here’s “In Hell I’ll Be in Good Company” from The Dead South

Rise from Joanna Connor Highlights a Good Run

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Rise - Joanna Connor

So I succeeded in avoiding running all weekend. My excuse Saturday was it was too cold in the morning. Then in the afternoon we babysat Logan while his parents took their new puppy to obedience training. After that there was College Football as I watched the end of the Gators game, followed by the LSU-Alabama game. The Georgia game ended the night.

The Run

So after my EKG which looked Like last years which was very good, I hit the road. It was actually the first time I’ve run in the late afternoon. Not knowing how traffic would be on some of the major roads in town, I ran a course where I don’t have to cross any main roads. Basically, it was the same course I ran last Tuesday with a different first 3/4 mile.

I even seriously thought about not running today. However, when I saw that it’s going to rain tomorrow morning which is the only time I can run tomorrow. I knew I had to run today .

It was a strong easy run, slightly slower than last Tuesday’s run. Here are the nerdy details….

The Nerdy Details

Total Distance:  3.24   Total Time: 32:31  Pace: 10:02-

Splits  Mile 1: 9:53 Mile 2 – 10:12  Mile 3: 10:16 0.23 9:08

Avg HR: 140  Max HR 171 Calories Burned: 407 cals

 

The Soundtrack –  Joanna Connor’s Rise

The soundtrack for the run was Rise  the new release from Joanna Connor I first discovered Ms. Connor’s music which is highlighted by here dynamic guitar work,  when I listen to her 2916 release Six String Stories.  I was impressed with that album and Rise is just as impressive more even more impressive.

While Joanna stretched herself musically on Six String Stories, she went even farther on Rise providing touch of jazz, Celtic music and even hip-hop. And while I don’t love the hip-hop it works on the album. The songs on the album provide a personal statement from Joanna…..

“It’s all about rising in life, rising to know yourself, rising to meet the challenge of exploring yourself deeper. Putting it out there.”

She also has a new backup band– drummer Tyrone Mitchell and Cameron Lewis, bassist Joewaun Jay Red Scott and keyboardist Delby Littlejohn. The group adds some fresh energy to the album. Joanna says the following about the album and band…

“The whole record is me and a bunch of younger men,” she says. “So there was some kind of power coming through them to me.

The Bottom Line

The bottom line is that  Rise from Joanna Connor is a great album, with some terrific guitar work from Joanna. Some folks say that the highlight of the album is “Bad Hand”a duet with Joanna’s long-time friend Mike Zito.

As for me two highlights for me were the two instrumental tracks “Joanna in A” and “If You Want to Stay”. Two others that were standout tracks for me were: “Earthshaker” and  “Blues Tonight” which may be my favorite track”

So Check Out  Rise and while you’re at it also check out Six String Stories.

I’ll end with Guitar World’s comment about Joanna…


Joanna Connor might be the best — or most original — blues-based slide guitar player you’re likely to come across today. Or tomorrow. 

Links for the Further Exploration of the Blues of Joanna Connor

  1. Artist’s  Website
    Facebook
    Twitter
    YouTube
    Amazon

Here’s one of the highlights of Rise a Joanna Connor – Mike Zito duet.

 

Mike Zito Kicks Off An Improvised Workout

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A Cold Morning Leads to an Improvised Workout

So it was 24 degrees outside when I got up this morning. Being the fair weather runner that I am I decided that if I run today it will be later this afternoon. I decided instead to just do a light workout. Maybe a little less strenuous than if it were only workout for the day but a little harder than my normal pre-run workout.

Mike Zito’s Rock ‘n’ Roll: A Tribute to Chuck Berry kicks off my morning workout

I didn’t use a soundtrack per say but made it up as I went along. I started out with some dance-cardio. The first three songs were from Rock ‘n’ Roll: A Tribute to Chuck Berry Mike Zito’s new album. Two songs from Victor Wainwright came next “Piana from Savannah” and “Let’s Go, Get Gone”  At that point, I was 10 plus minutes into the workout and heals burnt over 100 calories.

I was also ready to shift gears and shift into some Kundalini using Snatam Kaur’s “Mul Mantra”. This portion of the workout consists of some Kundalini warm up exercises and the core workout exercises. It last a little over 7 minutes.

The final section of the workout focused on legs and hips. All done to the music of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s cover of  “I Heard It Through the Grapevine”

The Nerdy Details

Total Time: 35:02.  Calories Burned: 269.  Avg HR 107

HR Zones: Peak 1 min. Cardio: 18 min Fat Burn: 12 min

Now as I sit here writing this, the temperature has risen to a comfortable running level. So I should be out running, but LSU is playing Alabama, and I do want to watch that game. Hmm, looking at the weather for tomorrow I see it’s going to be warmer tomorrow and the Eagles are t playing. I do believe I will be running tomorrow!

Now if I do another 20 minute Cardio workout Later today I could burn as many calories as a run!!

Links for the Further  Exploration of the Blues of Mike Zito

So here’s Mike Zito and Walter Trout performing Johnny B Goode. Which is in many people’s minds associated with what movie?

 

 

 

 

A Strong Workout Plus the Altered Five Blues Band’s “Mint Condition”

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Altered Five Blues BAnd - Charmed & Dangeous

A Strong Workout Plus Altered Five Blues Band’s “Mint Condition”

So last week was nice. Morning temperatures were in the mid-60s and relative humidity was also fairly low. Yesterday and today overall temperatures were up. This morning it was 76 degrees at 8 o’clock with 95% relative humidity and the sun shining brightly! Not conditions that I like to run in! This  68 year-old body can take just so much!

Anyway I decided to do an indoor workout. Since it was supposed to be a running day, I wanted to make it a mostly cardio workout. One of the things that I decided to include in the workout was a set of exercises, some of which are  from Kundalini yoga, I do to Snatam Kaur’a Song of the Mul Mantra.

I used probably the first Cardio playlist that I created which contains a lot of songs from the Sixites and added a few different songs. I kept it mostly just dance cardio but did use light weights, a resistance band and a 5 lb medicine ball during the workout. Here are the results!

The  Nerdy Results

  • Total Time: 60 min  Calories Burned : 541
  • Avg HR 117 bpm  Max HR 168 bpm
  • Time in HR Zones
  • Peak: 7 min Cardio: 35 min Fat Burn: 10 min

The results show that I burned as more calories today than I did on my 3.1 mile run on Tuesday. (All be it in more time).I also achieved my goal of  having the workout be mostly cardio. I may try this schedule running 2 days a week instead of three for a few weeks to see if my knees are a little better for it. While my knees aren’t real bad, they don’t feel as good as they use it on the non-running days.

Morning Music Playlist

If anyone is interested here is the basic playlist I used for the workout. I did however skip a few songs and added one or two songs from another playlist.

Now, how about some other late morning music …..

The Altered Five Blues Band – Charmed & Dangerous – “Mint Condition”

A few weeks ago, I discovered the Altered Five Blues Band. Their new release Ten thousand Watts was on the Roots Music Blues Chart ( this week the album is number 8 on the chart) but hadn’t been released yet. So when I went to Spotify, I checked out their 2017 release Charmed &Dangerous. It didn’t take long for me to realize that this was a band I was going to like .

On the first track “Charmed and Dangerous”  I heard some killer guitar, good vocals and organ!! Oh yeah !

The second track “Mint Condition” continued the love fest, as the organ became more prevalent. Then they won me over by adding some blues harp on then third track  “Three Forks”.  I was sold on the band!!

I’ll write more about the band after listening to Ten Thousand Watts a few more times. But for now let’s go into the afternoon  with some late morning music “Mint Condition”from the Altered Five Blues Band album Charmed & Dangerous. Check it Out!

 

John Mayall Makes A Good Run Better! Try It

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Nobody Told Me - John Maayall

Originally Posted Aug 2019 – Revised and Updated Feb 2026

The Run

Yesterday’s was one of those days that was about as close to perfect as you can get. First we were going to be babysitting our grandson Logan all day while his parents and older sister went to Six Flags. The good thing was we didn’t need to be there until 9:30. That meant that I could run around 8:00 and and be done and showered by 9:30. So I got up at 7:00 did some warm up exercising and was out the door by 8:00.

I ran a 3.1 (5K) mile course that is pretty flat. It’s the fourth time I’ve run since I was sick with an upper respiratory infection and a touch of pneumonia. Overall, it was the best of the four runs. Here are the results….

The Nerdy Details

Total Distance: 3.19    Time :33:38     Pace: 10:33

Avg HR   144       Peak HR  163         Cals 423

Splits   1 – 10:18    2-  10:40      3- 10:51    0.19  9:38

The Soundtrack – Nobody Told Me – John Mayall

he first John Mayall album I bought was 1969’s The Turning Point. I really loved that album an over the next 50 years I have continued to follow his legendary career and he has consistently provided me with great albums!   Nobody Told Me is another.

Throughout his career Mayall has always had a terrific lead guitarist in his band, starting with Eric Clapton! Other guitarists who have worked with Mayall include: Mick Taylor, Peter Green, Harvey Mandel, Walter Trout,Coco Montoya and Rocky Athos.

Guest guitarists on Nobody Told Me  include Todd Rundgren, Joe Bonamassa, Larry McCray, Alex Lifeson (Rush), Steven Van Zandt and Carolyn Wonderland.

Bottom line

The bottom line is that at 85 years young John Mayall sounds as good as he ever has. While I like all the tracks on the album I would have to say that these four are my favorite tracks: “ What have I done Wrong” and “Delta Hurricane” with Joe Bonamassa. “Evil and Her to Stay” with Alex Lifeson and “Distant Lonesome Train” with Carolyn Wonderland.

So if you’re a fan of John Mayall you have probably already checked this album out. So I’d be interested in your opinion. And if you’ve never heard of Mayall check it out and I bet you’ll be checking out several more albums included in his extensive discography!

Here’s the Official Video for the tile track of Nobody Told Me featuring the band’s new lead guitarist Carolyn Wooderla d!

Ok so there were three things that made Tuesday a great day. A good run, babaysitting my 20 month old grandson Logan and finally I finished the 34th book I’ve read this year, Rogue Island by Bruce DeSilva. When it was released in 2010 it won the Edgar for Best First Novel. I will be writing about it shortly!

Links

Artist’s Website

Album Review: Glide Magazine

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