Dobie Gray – Drift Away
An evening pause: Performed live on television 1973.
Hat tip Dan Morris.
Tag: entertainment
Coldplay – Viva La Vida
An evening pause: Performed live 2017.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Linda Ronstadt – Desperado
An evening pause: Hat tip Dan Morris.
Frederick Caper – Midnight, the stars, and you
An evening pause: A nice rendition, with appropriate visuals, of a 1930s song. It also happens to be John Batchelor’s theme song.
Hat tip Charlie Tutino.
Yes Prime Minister – The MPs Pay Rise
An evening pause: A nice sequence from the British series that brutally but with great humor described the reality of what goes on in high political circles. This clip comes from the follow-up to the original series, Yes, Minister.
Hat tip Phill Oltmann.
Sorry for the late arrival of this evening’s pause. It didn’t post when it should, and I only just realized it.
Dire Straits – Tunnel of Love
An evening pause: Performed live 1983.
Hat tip Dan Morris.
Junior Senior – Move Your Feet
An evening pause: I suppose some disco dance music might be a good way to start the weekend.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Dale Watson – David Buxkemper
An evening pause: Hat tip to Robert Pratt of Pratt on Texas, who adds that David Buxkemper is an actual listener to Pratt’s podcast, and the song was written by Watson with that person in mind.
Matt Herskowitz – The Banjo
An evening pause: From the YouTube webpage:
Louis Moreau Gottschalk’s “The Banjo: Grotesque Fantansie”, composed in 1853, is based on African-American banjo playing from his native New Orleans, specifically using West African banjo techniques and musical structure.
Hat tip Charlie Tutino.
Les Paul interviews and plays with ZZ Top
An evening pause: Stay with it. The story Billy Gibbons tells in between the songs is fascinating about how he got started. And this sudden jam session music is fine indeed.
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
U2 – 40
An evening pause: Performed live 1983. It appears this became the band’s traditional closer at all of its concerts.
Hat tip Dan Morris.
Danielle Nicole Band – Purple Rain
An evening pause: Performed live 2016.
Hat tip Gary McDaniel.