We're Having a Party: Let's Start the Show

So, Happy Birthday to me.

While I wait to see if I get the present I really want, I've decided to give myself a gift. The gift of music. I'm giving myself a rock concert. Last week's 121212 Concert...ha. I've invited some of the best of all time, even a few who are no longer with us, and yes, they've agreed to sing a song or two for my big day.

Some of these songs have been featured in past blogs. Some are my favorites, some are songs I've enjoyed seeing done live, some are songs by an artist I might have seen, but never heard that song done live. You may also notice that many are sung by hot guys...well, it's my party and there aren't many things I enjoy more than watching a good looking man singing a song. There I've said it. I may be adding another year on my age, but I ain't dead yet.

So in no particular order, mainly because I didn't have time to think about how the line-up should go...

Chris Isaac "Wicked Games" ...ok, so let's start with hot and go from there.

Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band "Blue on Black" ...with Noah Hunt singing lead...again, hot

Bon Jovi "Dead or Alive" ...I'm a cowboy. Yes, yes you are.

Crosby, Still & Nash "Suite Judy Blue Eyes" ...great clip with Stephen showing how it's done

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss "Killing the Blues" ...breathtakingly beautiful

The Band "The Weight"  ...if only, one more time

Joe Cocker "Hitchcock Railway"  ...start the feet moving

Jackson Brown "You Love the Thunder" ...a hard choice deciding which song by Jackson to use

The Monroes "What Do All The People Know" ...one of my fave one-hit wonders

Meat Loaf "Bat out of Hell" ...11 minutes of theatrical perfection

Tom Petty "Free Fallin" ...always loved the chorus, cause don't we all want to sometimes

Stevie Wonder "Higher Ground" ...also hard to choose with Stevie

Sam & Dave "Hold On. I'm Comin' " ...a no brainer and a great live video

The Rascals "I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore" ...my hometown boys....SURE

Seal "I Can't Stand the Rain" ...great version of a timeless song

Little Feat "Let it Roll" ...feet don't fail me now

Steve Winwood "Still in the Game" ...another hard choice, but I've never seen him do this live

Tracy Chapman "You're the One" ...the voice, melody, lyrics...excellent

Eric Clapton "Layla" ...electric, it never gets tired...cause uh Layla

Jimi Jamison "When Love Comes Down" ...really, did you think he wouldn't make the list. Never seen this live and I love the vocal.
Bruce Springsteen "Candy's Room" ...Max has to be on drums. And Bruce can do another five or ten songs...his choice, all fine with me.

Dobie Gray "Drift Away" ...cause that about sums it all up and it's the best song ever written about music. Period.

Not a bad night for me. Hopefully the usual suspects will be wearing some leather...a girl gets her wish granted on her birthday doesn't she? There's at least twenty more songs I would love to hear, but I don't have the extra cash to pay the unions for overtime. Listen to as many as you like.

Happy Birthday to me. Who wants to hang out for the show? Bring your own beer, and somebody better bring a cake. Chocolate.

Now where are my dancin' boots...

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