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July 7 Born... 1928 - Mary Ford 1932 - Joe Zawinul 1940 - Richard Starkey ***** 2006 - Syd Barrett dies.

Happy Birthday 2017 Randy!

When Don Coryell was the coach of the Chargers, he once asked his assistants what one player they would want to have on fourth and goal to go. All said Jim Brown except one who said Joe Namath. Coryell then said that he would choose Jackie Parker.

Thank you, Jim!

RIP. I remember him well when he played for both the Red Sox and the Celtics. Jim, it's great to see a Post Cereals card again!

Laurie Pepper has released a Milcho Leviev solo from an upcoming release. https://artpepper.bandcamp.com/track/free-for-the-4th-milcho-leviev-solo

This is a vocals album. I like it, and wish there were more people making this kind of music. This is not as jazzy as Merrill's last album.

+1 Natalia Zagorinskaya soprano; Gerrie de Vries mezzo-soprano; Yves Saelenstenor; Harry van der Kamp bass; Jean-Guiten Queyras violoncello; Elliott Simpson: guitar; Tamara Stefanovich piano; Csaba Király pianino, spoken word; Asko/Schoenberg Ensemble / Netherlands Radio Choir Reinbert de Leeuw conductor This 3-CD set is a milestone in the documentation of Hungarian composer György Kurtág’s work and also a labor of love. It brings together all of Kurtág’s works for ensemble and for ensemble and choir, presented in chronological order of composition (1959 -2011). The extensive CD booklet includes all song texts with translations, an interview with Reinbert de Leeuw, liner notes by Wolfgang Sandner and Paul Griffith, and a statement by György Kurtág. [learn more] Discover Kúrtag's new release with the video 'Chastushka' from Messages of the Late Miss R. Troussova Op. 17 (1976-1980) © 2017 ECM | ECM Records USA | 1755 Broadway, 3rd floor | New York NY 10011

July 6 Born... 1925 - Bill Haley 1937 - Gene Chandler 1954 - Nanci Griffith ***** 1957 - Lennon meets McCartney. 1964 - "A Hard Day's Night" premieres in London. 1971 - Louis Armstrong dies. 1979 - Van McCoy dies. (I had the pleasure of speaking to him once on the phone!) 2003 - Skip Battin dies.

Happy Birthday 2017 Barak!

Happy Birthday Jack!

Happy Birthday 2017 GP!

July 4 Happy Independence Day everyone! Born... 1911 - Mitch Miller 1938 - Bill Withers 1940 - Dave Rowberry 1943 - Alan Wilson 1948 - Jeremy Spencer 1952 - John Waite ***** 1974 - Walter Becker and Donald Fagan play their last gig together until 18 years later. 2003 - Barry White dies. 2009 - Allen Klein dies.

Joey Chestnutt won for the 10th time in 11 years with a personal best 72 dogs.

When I was a toddler, being taken to Howard Johnson's for a hot dog was my favorite thing in the whole world. My dad's uncle worked for Howard one summer. This was shortly after the turn of the century. Howard had a push cart at Cape Cod, and Uncle Fred had the second cart.

Happy 40th Birthday 2017 WD45!

July 3 Born... 1930 - Tommy Tedesco 1940 - Fontella Bass 1957 - Laura Branigan ***** 1968 - At Joni Mitchell's house, Crosby Stills and Nash sing together for the first time. 1969 - Brian Jones dies. 1971 - Jim Morrison dies. 1972 - Mississippi Fred McDowell dies. 1974 - Laurens Hammond dies. 2001 - Johnny Russell dies.

I'm sorry that list only goes up to '67. I saw three DC Left Bank shows, and I think that all three were in the spring of '69: Art Blakey, Horace Silver and Roy Haynes. Both Blakey and Silver were disappointing (too robotic), but I enjoyed the Haynes very much. Haynes' quartet had George Adams on tenor sax and Carl Schroeder on piano.

July 2 1956 - Elvis records Hound Dog. 1969 - Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell quit The Jimi Hendrix Experience. 1979 - Sony introduces the Walkman. 2007 - Hy Zaret dies. ***** Born... 1926 - Lee Allen

Happy Dominion Day everyone! To celebrate the country's 150th birthday, I think they should have brought back the red ensign.

More Week 2 picks http://www.rodpedersen.com/2017/06/week-2-cfl-picks-2017.html https://www.cfl.ca/2017/06/28/cfl-ca-writers-make-picks-week-2/ http://www.canadasportsbetting.ca/news/betting-picks/cfl-picks-week-2.html?lang=us http://www.sportsbettingcanadian.ca/cfl-week-2-betting-picks-2017/

Week 1 Plays of the Week https://www.cfl.ca/videos/plays-of-the-week/ ***** Drew Willy has signed with the Alouettes. http://3downnation.com/2017/06/26/former-riders-bombers-and-argos-qb-drew-willy-signs-with-alouettes/#comments http://www.sportsnet.ca/football/cfl/alouettes-sign-veteran-qb-drew-willy-one-year-contract/ ***** The legal battle over the construction problems of Tim Hortons Field is escalating. http://3downnation.com/2017/06/26/former-riders-bombers-and-argos-qb-drew-willy-signs-with-alouettes/#comments ***** The league will use new statistics this year. http://3downnation.com/2017/06/28/ready-quar-cfl-numbers-game-change/#comments https://www.cfl.ca/2017/06/30/quar-cfls-new-quarterback-ranking-method/ https://www.cfl.ca/2017/06/29/steve-daniel-takes-us-inside-canadian-football-statistics/ ***** It looks like Randy Ambrosie will be the new commissioner. http://3downnation.com/2017/06/28/former-cfl-lineman-randy-ambrosie-named-new-commissioner-report/#comments http://www.sportsnet.ca/football/cfl/reports-randy-ambrosie-named-cfl-commissioner/ http://www.tsn.ca/ambrosie-to-be-named-cfl-commissioner-1.791833 ***** 6/28 checking down https://www.cfl.ca/2017/06/28/checking-down-week-2/ ***** Week 2 picks https://www.cfl.ca/2017/06/28/weekly-predictor-full-confidence-alberta/ ***** Randy Chevrier has retired. http://www.sportsnet.ca/football/cfl/16-year-vet-randy-chevrier-retires-calgary-stampeder/ http://www.tsn.ca/chevrier-retires-after-16-years-in-pro-football-1.790308 ***** Henoc Muamba hurt his knee, and will be out for a while. http://www.tsn.ca/roughriders-muamba-out-with-knee-injury-1.793547

This morning's Wall Street Journal says that Sony will begin pressing vinyl for the first time since 1989. The plant will be in central Japan. So I wonder: Does that mean these albums will be 180g? The article also says that last year in the UK, vinyl outsold downloads. I'm surprised. https://www.wsj.com/articles/groovin-sony-to-press-its-first-vinyl-records-since-1989-1498731044 http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2017/06/30/sony-is-restarting-production-vinyl-records.html

June 30 Born... 1939 - Tony Hatch 1943 - Florence Ballard 1951 - Stanley Clarke 1963 - Yngwie Malmsteen 1984 - Fantasia ***** 1995 - Phyllis Hyman dies. 2001 - Chet Atkins dies. 2001 - Al Jardine sues The Beach Boys. 2004 - Dave Davies suffers a stroke.

Happy Birthday 2017 Face!