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I’ve always loved music, even tried my hand at making music and played guitar and sang in several garage bands as a kid. Later I took to jazz and began playing the bass with a few musicians and got further and further into composing (which I still do but only for the background music of my videos http://www.YouTube.com/@FranciscoBravoCabrera) but maybe I will go back to song writing again this year… 

In any event, I love music and this song, «Get a Job» (released in 1957) which will conclude today’s music cycle, has always been somewhat of a favourite of mine and now I find out that it has been a fave of a lot of people. For example, the group Sha Na Na (not from the 50’s but from 1969) got their name from this song and apparently the former East Timorese President and Prime Minister «Xanana» Gusmão got his name from the band Sha Na Na…

«Get a Job» became part of several movies like: American Graffiti, Trading Places, and Stand by Me, and The Silhouettes performed in the movie Joey (released in1969)… The group is really a one-hit wonder as they never were able to place another song on the hit parade. They disbanded in 1968 but reunited and performed until 1993. 

I hope you like the song, I think just about everyone has heard it, either as an oldie-goldie or from one of the movies…

Cheers…

El trompetista jazz por excelencia, venga, para mi el epitome del minimalismo en la música jazz, el gran Miles Davis era también pintor. Aquí os mostraré su obra y os diré lo que pienso, pero más importante aún es que quiero saber lo que pensáis vosotros… Bueno, aunque os he puesto solo tres ejemplares, creo que son suficientes (buscad mas que el arte es la búsqueda)… Me gustan, me parecen bien pensadas, desarrolladas y me comunican su mensaje, claro, como yo lo interprete…

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The jazz trumpeter par excellence, for me the epitome of minimalism in jazz music, but did you know that the great Miles Davis was also a painter? I will show you some of his work and tell you what I think, but more importantly, I want to know what you think… Well, even though I have only put three examples, I think they are enough, (look for more because art is the search)… I like them, I think they are well thought out, developed, and they communicate their message to me, clearly, as I interpret it…

GRACIAS – CHEERS

This is one phenomenal song by The Doors, written by Robby Krieger, the band’s guitarist, and Jim Morrison created…with this tune and others…much controversy at the time in his concerts, (especially in Miami). Thank God it wasn’t these times because today they would have banned it…and him…and eliminated it. In those days, 1969, we were a free people and we did not need the «protection» of Big Brother (the government). «Touch Me» was released in the album The Soft Parade. Curtis Amy, who was a North American Jazz saxophonist, performs the saxophone solo… The song was released in December 1968 and reached number 3 on Billboard’s top 100… »Touch Me» is soul, pop, rock, psychedelic, progressive and theatrical, all wrapped up in this tremendous hit by a phenomenal band…

CHEERS…

Bueno, hemos llegado a la mitad de la semana, gracias a Dios…

Y hoy me he reído hasta llorar con esta representación tan guay de la actualidad política que sufrimos con D. P. Sánchez. A que vosotros reiréis también…

And the coloured girls go…

CHEERS

Esta canción «Iko Iko» habla del enfrentamiento de dos tribus de indios del Mardi Gras (Mardi Gras Indians) en Nueva Orleans. Bueno, no me voy a liar, hay que ser de Nueva Orleans para entender esto. Pero no para gozarlo, bailarlo, cantarlo y gritarlo por las azoteas. La otra letra jock-a-mo es un grito de guerra de los indios, bueno, al menos eso he leído…

Hay muchas versiones, comenzando por la del propio autor, James «Sugar Boy» Crawford and his Cane Cutters, (1953), The Dixie Cups (1965), el legendario Dr. John (1972), The Grateful Dead (1977), y en 2021, la adaptación del artista Justin Wellington de Papua Nueva Guinea, que la tituló «Iko Iko (My Bestie)», se convirtió en un hit internacional debido a un desafío en Tik Tok.

Y no me preguntéis que significa la letra, cantadla y disfrutadla…

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«Iko Iko» is a song about two tribes of Mardi Gras Indians who confront each other in New Orleans. But, hey, I don’t want to get caught up in the confusion, so just enjoy the song and dance to it! The phrase jock-a-mo is a war cry of the Indians, I guess…

There are many versions of this song beginning in 1953 with the one by its composer James «Sugar Boy» Crawford and his Cane Cutters, (1953), The Dixie Cups (1965), the legendary Dr. John (1972), The Grateful Dead (1977), and in 2021, Justin Wellington, a singer of Papua Nueva Guinea, recorded a version he titled «Iko Iko (My Bestie)», which became an international hit after a Tik Tok challenge.

Well, don’t ask me what the words mean, just dance and sing it on the rooftops!

Aqui teneis una de mis versiones favoritas:

But here is one of my favourite versions:

Gracias…

Cheers…

«Shadows of New York» has been nominated by Spillwords Press for Poetic Publication of the Year! It came as a huge surprise to me and I am humbled and I greatly appreciate the recognition. Now I ask you for your support and your vote: https://spillwords.com/vote/

And here is the poem: https://spillwords.com/shadows-of-new-york/

THANK YOU!

Fine art prints are an affordable way to have original and unique works of art in your walls. I have created special images to create fine art prints and the only company that I use is Fine Art America (and Pixels). They handle the entire transaction and ship quickly to you. «Sunrise Song» above is the wood print, but there are more styles to choose from as well as other items with this image available. Check out my gallery at Fine Art America and check it often as it often changes…

CHEERS…

The one you see above «One Kiss» is the framed print, but there are other styles… I have revised my gallery at Fine Art America, the company that makes my fine art prints to include several new items like «One Kiss». Fine Art America handles the entire transaction and they ship to you quickly. Fine art prints, of high quality, is a phenomenal way to own original art at very affordable prices.

CHEERS…