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English - Music, Humour
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dufusdownbeat · 1Y ago

Under My Thumb

This is the final post of dufusdownbeat. It’s been a blast sharing my tastes in music over the last couple of years both here, at the new site, and my old site on Blogger. But all good things must come to an end, sooner or later. If you like, look me up at nonamedufus.Rock on. [...]
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dufusdownbeat · 1Y ago

The Last Time

By early 1965 the Rolling Stones had had several #1 hits. But they were covers, extremely excellent covers mind you, of American blues artists. In his autobiography “Life” Keith Richards recalls how he and Mick Jagger penned the first in a long line of Jaggers/Richards tunes. “Mick and I knew by now
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dufusdownbeat · 1Y ago

As Tears Go By

The Rolling Stones had been knocking around Britain in the early 60s building their reputation as a Chicago blues cover band extraordinaire. The evidence of this legacy can be found on their early albums, full of covers of legendary American blues artists. Keith Richards, in his autobiography “Life”
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dufusdownbeat · 1Y ago

Off Beat – Babalu

When I was a kid my introduction to Cuban music, or what then was referred to as Latin music, came from the I Love Lucy Show. Lucille Ball was married to and starred with Desi Arnaz in the 50s TV sitcom. But Arnaz was a big name in the music scene of the day leading [...]
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dufusdownbeat · 1Y ago

Keef Keeps Rollin’ Along

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dufusdownbeat · 1Y ago

Cuban Jazz

Our second look at Cuban music features trumpeter Arturo Sandoval. Sandoval was heavily influenced by Dizzy Gillespie who came to be Sandoval’s musical mentor. Sandoval began his career in the state-sponsored Orquesta Cubana de Musica Moderna. He later co-founded the band Irakere which went on to be
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dufusdownbeat · 1Y ago

Chan Chan

Sometime I like to mix it up at dufusdownbeat. This past weekend I was kicking back listening to some Cuban music. It’s great stuff. Makes you want to jump up and cha-cha-cha. There’s an interesting history to Cuban music. It’s been repressed, controlled and banned. But in the end it’s become known
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dufusdownbeat · 1Y ago

I Like To Move It

Okay, so earlier this week we looked at music from cartoon characters Yogi Bear and Alvin and the Chipmunks both throwbacks to the late 50s, when I was a kid. Today we look at a more current cartoon tune. This one is one of my grandson’s favourites and he loves the series of movies associated [...]
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dufusdownbeat · 1Y ago

Christmas Don’t Be Late

We’re looking at music from cartoon characters this week. One of my all-time favourites, and one of my earliest memories of this genre has got to be the classic from Davide Seville and the Chipmunks. David Seville had a 1958 hit called Witch Doctor with which he used a variable speed tape recorder f
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dufusdownbeat · 1Y ago

Hey There, It’s Yogi Bear!

This week we’re going to get a little animated at dufusdownbeat. That is to say we’re going to take a look at music that flows from cartoons. Our first is an old favourite. Last week, Anji left a comment mentioning she remembered her Uncle had a Yogi Bear LP when she was growing up. What? [...]
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