Renaissance - Ashes are Burning....not bad now, but like a lot of prog, it was better when high

The Harder They Come (Deluxe Edition)

For awhile this was my first and only reggae album I had access to. Still a favorite.

77F / 68% RH / 12 mph - partly cloudy most of the morning and early afternoon

Gabor Szabo - High Contrast

Love the original version of “Breezin’” that leads off this album.

74F / 81% RH / 8 mph - beautiful day, high of 80 again but felt at least 5 degrees higher, washed and waxed the wifey’s car

D¡ck Dale and his DelTones - King of the Surf Guitar

I know Conan loves the Beach Boys, but I always thought they had about 6 to 10 fine songs and the rest was Jan & Dean sound-alike...

not America's answer to the Beatles. Perhaps the Byrds earned that title.

America's answer to the Beatles was the Blues.....it just took the Stones, the Who, the Animals, etc. to rockify them...never mind that they were British, too

For a change of pace

Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power

Sometimes the voices must be drowned out

I agree with most, Conan. With music more than most things, we’re a product of our environment. My tastes were being shaped on the down side of Beatles and Beach Boys popularity. My early impression of Beach Boys received an unfairly large dent due to a simple circumstance. As a pre-teen, my grandparents had an old Wurlitzer in the basement and one of my favorite 45’s was Barbara Ann. My later exposures to them found them lacking on two major fronts, to me. They weren’t the blues based band of the early 60’s that I thought they were….and the classification as surf music frustrated me, since I loved Ventures, Safaris, ****** Dale type surf guitar music and blamed the Beach Boys for ‘corrupting’ the genre. So, I guess, to me, it was always more about what they ‘weren’t’ than taking them at face value. By the time I was starting to buy music, I was listening to AOR and buying J Geils, Edgar Winter, Zep, Chicago, Doobies, BTO; even America, James Taylor, Elton John, Frampton, Rod. I feel, maybe subconsciously, that Beach Boys and Beatles lack of blues guitar influences meant they weren’t worthy of their elevation….IDK. So, I fly my hypocrite flag with pride while saying everybody’s tastes are different and worthy….but, under my breath whispering that mine are better :)
I don't hate rap, though, I demand some original musicality (melody and rhythm) if I'm to listen; I do hate almost all electronic/dance music and cannot begin to defend it. I respect classical and truly enjoyed playing in orchestras, but I rarely have the patience demanded to listen to it -- doesn't work at all as background music for me. Tried a bit of opera in recent years and found I can admire vocal talent while despising the music.
I had zero aptitude for music theory and now wish that wasn't the case. I think that I could be a lot more open minded if I could intelligently analyze more music. I really admire the breadth of your music interests and knowledge.

Dave, thanks for that last sentence in the prior post but I’m just a guy that loves music and happened to work in the record business for a few years right after high school. I was lucky enough to be exposed to a wide range of music early on and have the people I worked with to thank.

I've gained recently renewed appreciation for the O'Jays -- another group I unfairly put in a box that I set aside (I included Love Train in list of songs I disliked because I felt they caused disco.)

I'm currently listening to Chris Stapleton - Tennessee Whiskey.....there's money changing hands for this tune -- doesn't matter what Pandora station I am listening to, this song pops up -- today its on Black Keys....yesterday it was Neil Young....Saturday it was Van Morrison

Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary (Original Soundtrack)

Gonna have to check Netflix for this.

73F / 70% RH / very light breeze

Just listened to Angry Eyes and Can't You Hear Me Knockin back to back....always loved both songs, especially for the jams....just didn't realize until now how eerily similar they are

But, you just made me completely flash back to my best friend from high school. Need to check up on that bastid

War - All Day Music

The title track from this album is one of the iconic songs from my long ago youth.

74F / 76% / 9 mph - felt the a Summer day - high was 85

Slipknot The Subliminal Verses

Supposed to be raining here tomorrow. So I'll sit on the patio play some old country and old rock and see how many cigars I can smoke.

Pantera The Great Southern Trendkill

Marcus, pace yourself. That much head banging at once can cause serious neck injury. Dam good album though

I do love my metal but have branched out over the decades

Going to have to disagree with you though. Nothing against Ronnie but the best Sabbath was the original incarnation. That's the group I and fellow Columbus natives rioted over. Well, they rioted. I watched in fascination

All of that said, you've inspired me to go heavy today

Sepultura - Roots

Dr. John-Such a Night.....great piano

https://youtu.be/QO53Xu6TZBg

Big Brother & the Holding Company - Cheap Thrills

That chick, Janis, sure could sing!

73F / 78% RH / 8 mph - overcast ALL day except for maybe 2 minutes when the sun poked through

Just switched my iTunes station to Joe Bonamassa - great blues with a rock mix from other bands on the "station". Previous station was Gretta Van Fleet - they rock!! Zeppelin of the 21st century!!

A Perfect Circle - Eat The Elephant

Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero

^^ good one yourself