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...Joel wrote this song about his first wife, Elizabeth. A pure expression of unconditional love, he gave it to her as a birthday present.Sadly, after nine years of marriage, Joel and Elizabeth divorced in 1982. Joel's next two marriages didn't work out either: he was married to Christie Brinkley from 1985-1994, and to Katie Lee from 2004-2010."Every time I wrote a song for a person I was in a relationship with, it didn't last," Joel said. "It was kind of like the curse. Here's your song - we might as well say goodbye now."

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"Billies Bounce" 2:21 Joe Corsello-Drums Preston Murphy-Bass Michael Stark-Guitar

Bono was aware that his father, Bob Hewson, was in the terminal stages of a bout with cancer. At that point, the song had the working title of "Tough", as that was the impression Bono always had of his father; he called him: "A tough old boot of a guy. Irish, Dub, north side Dubliner, very cynical about the world and the people in it, but very charming and funny with it." The Edge said that when the band played the song together, "it was a bit cloying". Bassist Adam Clayton said the song in its original form "had a very traditional feel", and that the group spent extensive time trying to change "the harmonic content" while still "retaining the strong melodies". The band subsequently decided not to release the song on All That You Can't Leave Behind. After Bob died in 2001, Bono sang a version of the song at his funeral "The Entertainer" by Scott Joplin ;an original arrangement...

10 Facts About ‘Desperado’ By The Eagles “Desperado” has stood the test of time and remains one of The Eagles best-known and most enduring songs. Here are ten facts about it: 10. It has an Old West theme but Don Henley said, “When I play it and sing it, I think of Ray Charles and Stephen Foster. It’s really a Southern Gothic thing, but we can easily make it more Western.” 9. Henley began writing the song in 1968 but it didn’t go anywhere until he got together with Glenn Frey. 8. The Eagles enlisted the help of musicians from the London Philharmonic Orchestra during the recording at Island Studios in London. 7. This inspired Bon Jovi’s 1986 classic hit “Wanted Dead Or Alive.” 6. It was never released as a single but it was the title track of the band’s second studio album and also became one of their signature songs. 5. It’s the last song they played in concert with Frey at a show in Bossier City, Louisiana on July 29, 2015. 4. It’s the song that kickstarted Henley and Frey’s songwriting partnership. According to Henley, “Glenn came over to write one day, and I showed him this unfinished tune that I had been holding for so many years. I said, ‘When I play it and sing it, I think of Ray Charles – Ray Charles and Stephen Foster. It’s really a Southern gothic thing, but we can easily make it more Western.’ Glenn leapt right on it – filled in the blanks and brought structure. And that was the beginning of our songwriting partnership – that’s when we became a team.” 3. Guitarist Randy Meisner claimed it was him who came up with the guitar intro but that he wasn’t given any songwriting credit. 2. It all came full circle when Linda Ronstadt covered “Desperado” as Henley and Frey were both part of her backing band in 1971. Shortly after touring and recording with her, the pair formed The Eagles. Ronstadt encouraged and supported them. Henley reacted to her cover saying, “I was extremely flattered that Linda recorded ‘Desperado’. It was really her that popularized the song. Her version was very poignant and beautiful.” 1. Henley always pointed out how unsatisfied he was with his vocal performance here. He told Mojo magazine, “When we are in England, recording ‘Desperado,’ I was a nervous wreck. I was standing in this huge room, Island Studios, a big orchestra right behind me, and they were bored to tears. Some older gentleman had brought chessboards and they would play between takes. I would hear these remarks like, ‘Well, you know, I don’t feel much like a desperado.’ I was so intimidated that I didn’t sing my best. Our producer Glyn Johns, who is still a friend of mine, I think, wanted to get the album done quickly and economically, and he didn’t let me do many takes. I wish I could have done that song again.” Yet another old-school favorite, “Desperado” by Eagles is a quintessential country song. The popularity of the song is in part because of its Western concept. The Eagles’ song voices the lonesomeness of a rugged outlaw – and that is what we fell in love with! For those of us that are fascinated by the tales of outlaws of the Wild West, “Desperado” is a treat. “Desperado” was a collaboration between the band’s two frontmen Glenn Frey and Don Henley. The song was something that Henley first wrote about one of his friends named Leo and had nothing to do with the song we now know and love. Henley remembers how “Desperado” first came to be: “’Desperado’ was a song fragment that I’d had since the late ’60s. Maybe ’68, I started that song. It wasn’t even called ‘Desperado.’ It was called something else, but it was the same melody, same chords. I think it had something to do with astrology. Whatever the title was back then, it was horrible. Jackson Browne suggested a Western theme – something to do with playing cards, I think – which is sort of where we were headed anyway.” The song took a different direction as the band later wanted to create an album about antiheroes. So the idea of a desperado was born – giving the name to the title track of the Eagles’ second studio album. “Desperado” was recorded in early 1973, accompanied by some musicians from the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Despite its popularity later on, “Desperado” was never released as a single but was included in many of the later compilation albums of Eagles.

Wonder wrote this song in 1967 when he was a student at Michigan School for the Blind, recording a rough version and putting into his trusty "tape box," where he kept his song ideas. He wrote the song for his girlfriend at the time, Marcia, and the song was originally titled "Oh My Marcia."By the time he recorded the song, Marcia was out of the picture, so Wonder changed the title to "My Cherie Amour."

When a distinguished group of Naval Veterans ask if you can play the "National Anthem" for them, you don't say that you don't know it...you just figure it out as you go.... Joe Corsello-Drums Preston Murphy-Bass Michael Stark-Guitar The story goes.......The “Star-Spangled Banner” was a poem. The words were written by Francis Scott Key in 1814. During the War of 1812, on September 13, 1814, Key watched a night-time battle between Great Britain and America that took place in Baltimore, Maryland at Fort McHenry. He was trying to secure the release of prisoners but ended up being detained and held by the British. The bombing of Fort McHenry continued throughout the night, and the American flag, the symbol of our nation, was not always visible. If the flag was not flying or was replaced with a British flag, it would mean that the British had captured the fort.

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Thank you Karen for your continued support!!! Johann Sebastian Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major on Guitar 2:37 When Judy Garland went over the rainbow as Dorothy Gale in the classic 1939 musical The Wizard of Oz, she almost left without singing what was to become her signature number. For an advance screening, MGM executives had removed “Over the Rainbow” because they felt it slowed down the film.Associate producer Arthur Freed stepped in, telling studio head Louis B. Mayer, “The song stays—or I go,” to which Mayer replied: “Let the boys have the damn song. Put it back in the picture. It can’t hurt.” More than 75 years later, the film and the song by composer Harold Arlen and lyricist Yip Harburg are cultural touchstones. In 2001, “Over the Rainbow” was voted the greatest song of the 20th century in a joint survey by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Recording Industry Association of America.

......Loud Jazz is a studio album by jazz guitarist John Scofield. It is the second recording to feature bass guitarist Gary Grainger and drummer Dennis Chambers. Also appearing are keyboardist George Duke and percussionist Don Alias.AllMusic awarded the album with 4 stars and its review states: "The music (which includes such numbers as "Tell You What", "Dirty Rice", "Wabash" and "Spy Vs. Spy") has memorable melodies and plenty of dynamic playing by Scofield, who at this point was growing as a major stylist from album to album". Preston Murphy-Bass Michael Stark-Guitar

Thanks to Rebecca,Ian,Joe,Preston and all the talented students @ the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater in NYC...

"Sleepwalk" 2:30 Donald Fagen recalled writing this song in California to American Songwriter magazine. "There was a film called FM and we were asked to do the title song," he said. "And I said, 'Does it have to have any specific words?' And they said, 'No, it just has to be about FM radio.' We wrote that very quickly, I remember, in one or two days. And we also recorded it very quickly, too. Johnny Mandel came in and did the string chart. It was fun to meet Johnny Mandel."

Live @ the Little Goose....Thank You Karen! :by the Average White Band.....The guitar line of the song came from Hamish Stuart, while Roger Ball wrote the first part of the horn melody. The song was produced by Arif Mardin. According to Malcolm 'Molly' Duncan, he had disagreed with releasing the song as a single because the song is a "funk instrumental played by Scotsmen with no lyrics other than a shout". He also said about the shouts of "Pick up the pieces": "It's about picking yourself up when things aren't going well. We'd spent a lot of time making no money whatsoever, so it felt very relevant."The song was included as an extended long version on the live Person To Person album (1976) (18:06) and on the various artists album The Atlantic Family Live at Montreux (1977) (21:40). The tenor saxophone solo on the Montreux version is by Michael Brecker. The solo on the original release is by Molly Duncan.

Thank you Johnny and Richard !!!!! Joe Corsello-Drums Preston Murphy-Bass Mike Stark-Guitar

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Thank you Tony!!... Natalie Hamilton-Keys/Vocal Thiery Arpino-Drums Mike Nunno-Bass Mike Stark-Guitar

More Solo and Trio Vocal dates are in.... Spring/Summer...,inquire by e-mail if interested....Also studio album of all original material ( Vocal/Trio) with the greats....Joe Corsello and Preston Murphy coming very soon.... I'll be posting it of course.......Thanks for all the support!

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"Texas Flood" 4:39 "Cissy Strut" is a 1969 funk instrumental by The Meters. Released as a single from their eponymous debut album, it reached No. 4 on the R&B chart and No. 23 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2011, which honors "recordings of lasting qualitative or historical significance that are at least 25 years old". The A.V. Club called the song a "classic" deeply rooted in New Orleans music tradition.

"Corcavado" 5:00 This is a blues off the album "I Can See Your House from Here" ..... a 1994 jazz album by guitarists John Scofield and Pat Metheny. Scofield is heard on the left channel and Metheny on the right in this stereo recording. The band is rounded out by bass guitarist Steve Swallow and drummer Bill Stewart. Nick Longo-Drums Preston Murphy-Bass Michael Stark-Guitar

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Preston Murphy-Bass Joe Brancenforte-Drums Michael Stark-Guitar LOCRIAN Have you heard the Locrian scale, It's a musical mode that can surely regale. It starts and ends on a diminished chord, And it's often seen as quite avant-garde. Some people find it quite obscure, But to me, it's a mode that's pure. The Locrian scale has a unique sound, It's often used in jazz and can be quite profound. The seventh note is flatted, you see, It gives it a unique quality. It's perfect for creating tension, And it can add to any musical invention. The Locrian mode may be rarely heard, But it's worth exploring, that's my word. It has a dark and mysterious tone, And it's perfect for expressing the unknown. The Locrian mode is not for the faint, It's not something you'll hear in a saint. It's a mode for those who like to explore, And create music that's worth much more. Locrian, Locrian, oh how you do impress, With your diminished chord and mysterious finesse. You add a unique flavor to any tune, And make it something special, not just a swoon. The Locrian scale may be rarely used, But when it is, it's sure to amuse. It's perfect for those who like to experiment, And create music that's quite different. Locrian, Locrian, you're quite the mode, A musical wonder that's not been bestowed. You add depth and tension to any song, And you'll be remembered long after it's gone. Locrians, an ancient Greek ethnic group Locrian Greek, ancient Greek dialect spoken by the Locrians Locris, the territory of the Locrians In music: Locrian mode, a musical mode or diatonic scale Major Locrian scale, the scale obtained by sharpening the second and third degrees of the locrian mode Locrian sharp 2 or Half diminished scale, a musical scale commonly used in jazz and some rock