All Posts Tagged With: "music"
Reflecting On The Music Of My Mother
I was fumbling around on youtube this morning and found this Patsy Cline rendition of Tennessee Waltz. My mother introduced me to this song. She was not trying to – this was one of the songs she sang while wringing out the laundry in her wringer wash machine. Hearing Patsy Cline sing this old song […]
1Apr2010 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Reflecting On The Music Of My Mother | Continued
Three Dog Night Youtube videos
When I was a young man – long, long, ago – when I was interested in pop culture – long, long, ago – before I realized man had been around for a long time – there was Three Dog Night. Today is a day for music reflection – and we shall begin with these favorites: […]
15May2009 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Three Dog Night Youtube videos | Continued
Finding a Voice With Music
Dad, I am one of those lovers of music that has no musical background. I wasn’t in band in high school; I never sang in a choir, I never even managed a successful stretch of lessons that allowed me to learn an instrument. I toyed with the idea of learning the violin, but I am […]
21Apr2009 | bryan | Comments Off on Finding a Voice With Music | Continued
Music of the Night – Videos
Andrew Lloyd Weber describes “The Music of the Night” as the most sexual song he has ever written. My take on the music is that it is the most sexual song I have ever heard. Here are three renditions, ordered from least to best – and they are all good. We begin with David Cook, then Josh Grobin, and conclude with Gerard Butler.
23Jan2009 | Ohg Rea Tone | 2 comments | Continued
Wicked: A marriage of literature, art, and music
We marvel att the marriage of art and technology and the ingenuity of those who can master that integration. Steve Jobs and his folks at Apple are prime examples. In the same vein, there is a marriage of literature, art, and culture that can culminate in the same kind of experience. Probably the best example […]
14Oct2008 | bryan | Comments Off on Wicked: A marriage of literature, art, and music | Continued
Songs of the Great Depression
These are some very nice videos posted on youtube about the Great Depression. Well at least we got some good music out of the national sadness. Get ready for another renaissance in music. Woody Guthrie sang about the hard times in America. “This Land Was Made For You and Me” has become a folk classic […]
22Sep2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Songs of the Great Depression | Continued
Resurrecting Gordon Lightfoot
Gordon Lightfoot is one of the most polite and graceful of all Folk Legends. He is quiet and unassuming. We are grateful to have lived in his lifetime. His music and his life deserve a resurrection. From Parade Magazine Personality Parade: In 2002, Lightfoot suffered a ruptured aortic aneurysm, similar to the condition that killed […]
21Sep2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Resurrecting Gordon Lightfoot | Continued
Hunter Hayes – 4 year old sings Jambalaya
Son, Hank Williams Jr. discovered a great talent in the four year old Hunter Hayes. Listen to this rendition of Jambalaya. I could not help sharing this – it is just too good. And here is the original by the original Hank Williams. [wp_youtube]hOlYKNIiooQ[/wp_youtube] This is just too much fun. And I am no fan […]
2Feb2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Hunter Hayes – 4 year old sings Jambalaya | Continued
Family Life and Family Values
Son, I respect the values you and your spouse have adopted. But life is not all or nothing – your choices have actually provided your family opportunities that others will not have. This is not criticism, this is a compliment. The ideas of no debt, of frugal money management, of thrift store shopping, of minimal […]
27Nov2007 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Family Life and Family Values | Continued