RIP Kenny Rogers & SOTD

well, mom's faved country man, 1st I ever heard of, in my childhood...is now gone, on 22.03.2020, he was 81.
I moved on to -real music-and gave Country another shot in 30 years, now renamed Americana :D
For me it was a major turning point when I heard (as anyone), My Condition was In (I just dropped in), in THE BIG LEBOWSKI, by ...Kenny Rogers and The First Edition. Awesome, but thought, wow, this can not be THAT Kenny Rogers...well, it was that one, yep ! And  from that day on, I looked at KR with another eyes.  Well, now I know its Mickey Newbury's song, well, (his version is on a sad tone), composed in 1967 for Jerry Lee Lewis who rejected it. But a whole world knows it via The Dude and Big L.
here's a Willie Nelson cover !
well, he played Brasov in 1995, I should've gone to see him...young and stupid :), oh, yeah like now Im old and wise :D I played My Condition last night, today and tonight, and more Kenny, from The Gambler to Islands on a Stream , with Dolly Parton. But this song (I just Drooped in) fascinates me most and its many covers, well, My condition was IN...

hello updates, just discovered an excellent new version of Mickey Newbury-s song by our friends, the Cinelli Brothers, published April 20th 2020 on youtube. Here it is !

Max von Sydow RIP

Max von Sydow, one of the greatest actors that ever was, is no longer here :(
He died on Sunday March 8th, he was 90.
Sweedish born, he 1st appeared in Ingmar Bergman's films-he faced death in The Seventh Seal - to an international career, from Jesus (in The Greatest Story Ever Told) to the Exorcist, with plenty of supporting roles in Hollywood films, villains galore, played a campy Emperor Ming back in 1980 in Flash Gordon and a Blofeld in the unofficial Bond, Never Say Never Again !
must-see, one of my faved films, The Night Visitor, a rare gem  (1973).
-will do a tribute at Cinemateca Patria in April. well, that is, when it will re-open again :(

Empire obit here 
Indiewire here 

Joker-s

Dede Priest & Johnny Clark's Outlaws @ Transilvania Blues Nights

" If you are a sucker for energy driven rock, blues, indie rock, a dash of funk and country fronted by a Texan woman who has a mesmerizing and haunting voice, then Dede Priest and his band are the ones for you!"
Aceasta este caracterizarea făcută de jurnaliștii de la Blues Blast Magazine pentru Dede Priest & Johnny Clark's Outlaws, care vin în premieră în România direct la Transilvania Blues Nights, pe 28 februarie!

Bilete: 60 RON pre-sale, 75 RON în seara concertului, online și la locație.

Sponsori: Butan Gas Romania, BCR, Miele Shop Brasov, Tehnic Mihor, Centerline Brasov

Parteneri media: Zile si Nopti Brasov, Rock FM Brasov

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