Chicago Transit Authority!
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Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner
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Went to the Aether Realm/Tyr show yesterday. Killer show, Aether Realm simply tore the roof off.
Weird thing happened though. I’ve never actually cried at a show before, but this one broke me last night. Dunno if it was just the collective stress of a horrific past month or just how it this song always makes me think of family (this is kinda “our song” with my kids), but man, I was a mess.
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Here’s the story behind some of the Chicago songs–“25 or 6 to 4” is the second one discussed.
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Really love this band.
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i played A LOT of CHicago music Junior High Band classes over the years
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Maga Dog has always been one of my favorite Peter Tosh songs. Sung in Jamaican patois, it tells a story - full of multi-layered symbolism - about a “maga dog” that merits great caution. Rough lyrical translation: only a fool would trust the maga dog not once but twice… it will turn around and bite them every time.
Tosh first recorded and released the song around 1962, then as a Wailers single in 1964. He re-recorded it numerous times, and ultimately for his 1983 Mama Africa LP when it became an international hit.
Best I can tell, this particular rocksteady version dates to the late 60’s.
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The new Youth Code song rips.
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I’d never seen this until now. It’s amazing. She was 80 years old at the time she sang here.
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I like these celebration performances–great songs in which so many performers, in person, pay homage to the author. (This one must’ve been before Kevin Spacey’s disgrace. I had no idea he could sing or play the harmonica.)
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Track 4 of an album with effectively no skips. Reminds me of Rumours in that regard.
The big humorous take right now is that it is a giant betting pool of which song will be the next single, being that there are probably at least 3 more, if not 5 beyond Disease, Abracadabra, and Die With A Smile ( which has over 2.1 billion streams since August 2024).
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He could play the upright organ like nobodys business!
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Dug out a very old album yesterday afternoon, one that was among my favorites in the mid seventies and could not stop listening to it for hours.
I chose my favorite piece to post below.
The bass player, Scott Lafaro, who died at the age of 25, the year this recording was made in 1961, developed a revolutionary new bass style, which along with his virtuosity, left him recognized as one the most influential Jazz bassists of all time.
Edit to say: everytime I see this album cover, I long to go back to the early sixties and show it to my piano teacher, Mrs. Greene, who was always obsessed about my playing posture 
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Good stuff. loved his stuff with Miles. pretty sad there is only a smattering of applause for such an accomplished musician while guys that grab their junk and spew profanities make millions of dollars !
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