Musical Musings Blog 2... The Infinite Musical Continuum

  Norman Greenbaum with his 1970 rock and roll tune "Spirit in the Sky".  A message in this song, really, is about the afterlife and has a very spiritual meaning, about death and then, what the afterlife would or will be, should you believe that a better place exists for humanity after our time on earth is over.  

  From a performance at the Beacon Theater in New York, New York, here is Joe Bonamassa & his band playing his song "Blue & Evil".  

  Another song, an original, from Minnesota funk and R&B band Parlor Greens, on local Minneapolis record label Colemine Records.  This one is called "Eat Your Greens" live at Portage Lounge.  

Jazz singer Freddy Cole performing the tune "You and Me Against The World".  Discovered this by chance one day playing on the local jazz radio station, Jazz 88, KBEM out of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota.  A great tune originally performed by Helen Reddy and written by Paul H. Williams and Kenneth Lee Ascher.  

  Gary Burton on vibraphone, playing the jazz classic "Sweet Georgia Brown".  Check it out.  The performance dates to sometime in the late 1960s.  

  This clip is a portion of my feature-length documentary, Sing Sing Thanksgiving, recorded in 1972 at the prison in Ossining NY outside of New York City. We got permission to present the concert from the Warden and took full of it to create and then record this incredible event plus tell the lives of some of the inmates who helped make it happen. Regarding the Sing Sing prison performance, B.B. King said in an interview with NPR: "I've played a lot of prisons since but Sing Sing is the only one that I can remember the name of and the reason is because I was scared. I thought it was the end of my life." The experience was an emotionally charged one for King who was initially apprehensive about performing at the prison. However, the performance turned out to be a success, with the inmates showing great appreciation for the music. King's fears were alleviated, and the event left a lasting impression on him. He considered it is absolutely best performance up until tha...