Song of the Day - House of the Rising Sun - The Animals (1964)

Song of the Day - Nights in White Satin - Moody Blues (1967)

"Music is the only thing that will give and give and give and not take." 

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- Amy Winehouse

This Day in Music History - January 29th

1992 American blues singer and guitarist Willie Dixon died of heart failure. He wrote the classic songs 'You Shook Me', 'I Can't Quit You Baby', 'Hoochie Coochie Man', 'I Just Want to Make Love to You' and 'Little Red Rooster'. Dixon was a major influence on The Rolling Stones, Cream, The Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin.

Song of the Day - No Sugar Tonight - The Guess Who (1970)

This Day in Music History - January 27th

2015 Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne were given a song writing credit on Sam Smith's hit 'Stay With Me', because of the similarities to his 1989 track 'I Won't Back Down'. 'Stay With Me' had been nominated for three Grammys, including song of the year - which honors the writers of the track. Petty's publisher had contacted Smiths publisher who made an out of court settlement.

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Song of the Day- Grateful Dead with Etta James (1982)

Song of the Day - He's Gone - Grateful Dead (1972)

This Day in Music History: JANUARY 24TH

2008 Amy Winehouse was admitted into rehab in a battle to kick her addiction to drugs. A statement from her record company, Universal said she entered the facility "after talks with her record label, management, family and doctors to continue her ongoing recovery against drug addiction."

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Song of the Day - Ain't No Sunshine - John Mayer (2010)

"When you call my name, I salivate like Pavlov's dog."

-The Rolling Stones
Bitch

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Jerry and Janis in Haight 1967

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"The sea was red and the sky was grey, I wondered how tomorrow could ever follow today."

- Led Zeppelin
Going to California

Song of the Day - Old Love - Eric Clapton (1992)

Song of the Day - Terrapin Station - The Grateful Dead (1977)

Terrapin Station

Words by Robert Hunter, Music by Jerry Garcia

Let my inspiration flow

in token lines suggesting rhythm

that will not forsake me

till my tale is told and done

While the firelight's aglow

strange shadows in the flames will grow

till things we've never seen

will seem familiar

Shadows of a sailor forming

winds both foul and fair all swarm

down in Carlisle he loved a lady

many years ago

Here beside him stands a man 

a soldier by the looks of him

who came through many fights

but lost at love

While the storyteller speaks

a door within the fire creaks

suddenly flies open 

and a girl is standing there

Eyes alight with glowing hair

all that fancy paints as fair

she takes her fan and throws it

in the lion's den

"Which of you to gain me, tell

will risk uncertain pains of Hell?

I will not forgive you

if you will not take the chance"

The sailor gave at least a try

the soldier being much too wise

strategy was his strength

and not disaster

The sailor coming out again

the lady fairly lept at him

that's how it stands today

you decide if he was wise

The storyteller makes no choice

soon you will not hear his voice

his job is to shed light

and not to master

Since the end is never told

we pay the teller off in gold

in hopes he will come back

but he cannot be bought or sold

TERRAPIN STATION

Inspiration, move me brightly

light the song with sense and color,

hold away despair

More than this I will not ask

faced with mysteries dark and vast

statements just seem vain at last

some rise, some fall, some climb

to get to Terrapin

Counting stars by candlelight

all are dim but one is bright:

the spiral light of Venus

rising first and shining best,

From the northwest corner

of a brand-new crescent moon 

crickets and cicadas sing

a rare and different tune

Terrapin Station

in the shadow of the moon

Terrapin Station

and I know we'll be there soon

Terrapin - I can't figure out

Terrapin - if it's an end or the beginning

Terrapin - but the train's got its brakes on

and the whistle is screaming: TERRAPIN

AT A SIDING

While you were gone

these spaces filled with darkness

The obvious was hidden

With nothing to believe in

the compass always points to Terrapin

The sullen wings of fortune beat like rain

You're back in Terrapin for good or ill again

For good or ill again

The Annotated Terrapin Station

The Dead and Company to Headline Bonnaroo 2016

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Fingers crossed for the 2016 Peach Festival!

"My senses have been stripped, my hands can't feel to grip, my toes to numb to step, wait only for my boot heels to be wandering."

BOB DYLAN 

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Song of the Day - Must Have Been the Roses - Grateful Dead (1976)

Song of the Day - Nirvana - Dive (1992)

Song of the Day - Bob Dylan - Mr. Tambourine Man (1964)

"All the money you make will never buy back your soul."

BOB DYLAN

Song of the Day - What is it About Men - Amy Winehouse (2004)

Amazing. Nirvana circa 1991

This Day in Music History:JANUARY 14TH

2007 Amy Winehouse started a two week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Back To Black'. The album has sold over 3.58 million copies in the UK alone, becoming the UK's second best-selling album of the 21st century. Worldwide, the album has sold over 20 million copies.

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"Ten years the waves roll the ships home from the sea,

Thinkin' well how it may blow in all good company,

If I tell another what your own lips told to me,

Let me lay 'neath the roses, till my eyes no longer see."

GRATEFUL DEAD 

written by ROBERT HUNTER

Song of the Day - John Mayer - Who Did You Think I Was (2010)

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"River gonna take me

Sing me sweet and sleepy

Sing me sweet and sleepy

all the way back back home

It's a far gone lullaby

sung many years ago

Mama, Mama, many worlds I've come

since I first left home...

Going home, going home

by the waterside I will rest my bones

Listen to the river sing sweet songs

to rock my soul."

GRATEFUL DEAD

Written by Robert Hunter 

This Day in Music History: JANUARY 11TH

1992 Nirvana appeared on NBC-TV's Saturday Night Live performing two songs, 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' and 'Territorial Pissings'. Also on this day the group's Nevermind went to No.1 on the US album chart.

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Song of the Day - Cat People - David Bowie (1982)

Thank you for the music David Bowie Xx

2016 David Bowie reportedly passed away at the age of 69 from a battle with cancer. RIP David, you will be missed!

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Song of the Day - Territorial Pissings - Nirvana (1992)

"Never met a wise man, if so its a woman." -K.D.C

Song of the Day - To Ramona - Bob Dylan (1965)

Song of the Day - Don't Think Twice (It's Alright) Bob Dylan (1965)

This Day in Music History: JANUARY 8TH

1947 David Bowie was born! Happy birthday to David!  First UK Top 40 single was the 1969 'Space Oddity' which became a UK No.1 in 1975, plus over 50 other UK Top 40 hits including five No.1's. Bowie has also scored two US No.1 singles, the 1975 'Fame' and 1983 'Let's Dance'. Plus two albums with Tin Machine in 1991 and 1992. Source

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Song of the Day - Bold as Love - Jimi Hendrix (1967)

This Day in Music History: JANUARY 7TH

1958 Gibson guitars launched it' 'Flying V' electric guitar. Guitarists who played a Flying V include, Albert Collins, Jimi Hendrix, Marc Bolan and Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top.

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Song of the Day - Love is a Laserquest - Alex Turner (2011)

This Day in Music History: JANUARY 6TH

1985 Alex Turner of the Arctic Monkeys was born. Happy 31st Birthday Alex!

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This Day in Music History: JANUARY 5TH

2004  Kinks singer Ray Davies was shot in the leg while on holiday in New Orleans. The 59-year-old singer-songwriter was shot when running after two men who stole his girlfriend's purse at gunpoint. Davies was admitted to the Medical Center of Louisiana but his injuries were not considered serious. New Orleans police said one person had been arrested, and police were still searching for the second.

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Song of the Day - You're My Waterloo - The Libertines (2015)

Song of the Day - Heroin - Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)

You're Welcome :)

Song of the Day - A Change is Gonna Come - Sam Cooke (1963)

I loved you much,

It's not enough.

For you I was aflame,

Love is a losing game.

It's my responsibility, you don't owe nothing to me,

But to walk away I have no capacity.

Song of the Day - She's Not There - The Zombies (1964)

This Day in Music History: JANUARY 1ST

1959 Johnny Cash played a free concert for the inmates of San Quentin Prison, California. One of the audience members was 19 year-old Merle Haggard, who was in the midst of a 15 year sentence (he served three years) for grand theft auto and armed robbery.

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