Glen Campbell & Roy Clark – Ghost Riders in the Sky
An evening pause: May they both rest in peace.
Make sure you watch the guitarist in the background near the end, shaking his head in disbelief at what he is hearing.
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
Category: The Evening Pause
A nightly pause from the news to give the reader/viewer a bit of classic entertainment.
Carol Burnett: Love
An evening pause: Hat tip Phill Oltmann.
Angel City Chorale – Al Ha-Nissim
An evening pause: A song for Hanukkah.
Hat tip Danae.
Dave Alvin & The Guilty Ones – Johnny Ace Is Dead
An evening pause: Hat tip Mike Nelson.
Making barrels
An evening pause: I especially find the mixture of human labor and machinery here fascinating.
And what better to watch as we enter the holiday season then the making of wine barrels?
Hat tip Phill Oltmann.
Hank Williams & Anita Carter – I Can’t Help It If I’m Still in Love with You
An evening pause: Recorded live on television in 1952.
Hat tip Edward Thelen, who is making the effort to find videos on alternative venues from youtube.
William Joseph – Within
An evening pause: Hat tip Danae.
Taylor Mali – On Girls Lending Pens
An evening pause: Some poetry for the post Thanksgiving recovery.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
A military Thanksgiving dinner in Asia
An evening pause: Does this make you hungry? It should also make you want to give thanks.
Hat tip Danae.
Maurice Jarre – Building the Barn
An evening pause: From the 1985 film, Witness.
Collective action can be a great thing, as long as it is done voluntarily and with good will. Makes a good introduction to the Thanksgiving holiday.
Hat tip Danae.
Timestorm Films – Nox Atacama
An evening pause: From the youtube website:
The Atacama desert is home to the darkest and cleanest skies in the world. …The environment is harsh though. Filmed in freezing temperatures, altitudes up to 5000m/16000ft, salt lakes and icy slopes, the Atacama is not friendly to life and equipment.
Hat tip Willi Kusche.
Merle Haggard – I’m a Lonesome Fugitive
An evening pause: Performed live on television in 1966. This was Haggard’s first #1 hit.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
O Fortuna Misheard Lyrics
A evening pause: So that’s what they were singing!
Hat tip Martin Kaselis.
Brodie Cumming – 100 Famous Rock Guitar Riffs
The Vogues – Five O’clock World
An evening pause: Classic early pop on classic early TV.
Hat tip Dan Covert.
Lucie Silvas – Nothing Else Matters
An evening pause: Beautiful, and the sentiment is right. I do however wonder in this song whom she is referring to with the pronoun “they,” and if she thought about this with any depth.
Hat tip Danae.
John Bonham, Led Zeppelin’s Drummer
An evening pause: Something a bit different, and very fascinating if you want to understand the sophistication of some classic rock.
Hat tip Dan Covert.
The Saga Of Biorn
An evening pause: Even in death there can be humor.
Hat tip Martin Kaselis.
Ian Anderson – Pavane
An evening pause: With the Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt.
Hat tip Danae.
Garth Brooks – If Tomorrow Never Comes
An evening pause: Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.