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Please Yourself

July 18, 2022July 18, 2022randylewisbrown0

PLEASE YOURSELF “But it’s all right now I learned my lesson well You see, you can’t please everyone So you got to please yourself” Garden Party by Rick Nelson “Garden Party” is a 1972 country rock song written by Rick Nelson and recorded by him and the Stone Canyon Band on the album Garden Party. […]

After the Deluge

June 29, 2022randylewisbrown2

“Let the music keep our spirits high Let the buildings keep our children dry Let creation reveal its secrets by and by, by and by When the light that’s lost within us reaches the sky” Before the Deluge, Jackson Browne Before the Deluge is a song from Jackson Browne’s third album, Late for the Sky. […]

Like a Complete Unknown

June 13, 2022June 12, 2022randylewisbrown1

“How does it feel, how does it feel? To be without a home Like a complete unknown, like a rolling stone” “Like a Rolling Stone” by Bob Dylan from Highway 61 Revisited “Like a Rolling Stone” was released in 1965 on the album Highway 61 Revisited. Clocking in at over 6 minutes, the song set a […]

Money or What it Costs to Make Music

May 23, 2022May 23, 2022randylewisbrown2

“Money, It’s a crime Share it fairly, but don’t take a slice of my pie Money, So they say Is the root of all evil today” Written by Roger Waters and recorded by Pink Floyd “Money” is a song off Pink Floyd’s record breaking album “Dark Side of the Moon”. Released in 1973 on Harvest […]

The Man Behind the Curtain

April 21, 2022April 21, 2022randylewisbrown0

“Ignore the man behind the curtain Ignore the puppets strings Ignore the lies and nonsense Of those who would be king” Wind of Change by Randy Lewis Brown I don’t normally use my own songs when I write about music stuff but this particular lyrical reference to the title song from my upcoming album was […]

No Success Like Failure

April 1, 2022April 1, 2022randylewisbrown0

“In the dime stores and bus stations, People talk of situations, Read books, repeat quotations, Draw conclusions on the wall. Some speak of the future, My love she speaks softly, She knows there’s no success like failure And that failure’s no success at all” Love Minus Zero/No Limit by Bob Dylan I have been a […]

For What It’s Worth

March 7, 2022March 6, 2022randylewisbrown1

“There’s something happening here What it is ain’t exactly clear” For What It’s Worth — written by Stephen Stills I was in the ninth grade in the spring of 1967, living in Jacksonville, TX, when I first heard Buffalo Springfield and this Stephen Stills penned single; “For What It’s Worth.” The intro with its two alternating […]

Almost Woodstock — Kerrville

February 21, 2022February 21, 2022randylewisbrown0

Almost Woodstock — Kerrville Well I came across a child of God, he was walking along the road! And I asked him tell where are you going, this he told me:! Well, I’m going down to Yasgur’s farm, going to join in a rock and roll band.! Got to get back to the land, set […]

Why I Am Not Leaving Spotify

February 3, 2022February 3, 2022randylewisbrown2

“Don’t let it bring you down It’s only castles burning Find someone who’s turning And you will come around” Don’t Let It Bring You Down – Neil Young – After The Goldrush – 1970 Let me start this column off by saying that despite what some folks say, artists have every right to express their […]

Letters From Behind the Pine Curtain — ISIS and the Sparrow

January 31, 2022January 30, 2022randylewisbrown0

Sparrow and ISIS Column by Randy Lewis Brown ISIS and the Sparrow “Asallah pulls her burka tighter Like loose feathers to her skin She shivers in the evening chill And the memory of the men One by one, they traded places Backed by guns and holy law They left her here, a broken bird Beneath […]