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Bright Lit Blue Skies Rockin’ Ramrods 1966

April 29, 2012 – 11:44 pm
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FLUTE THING By Peter Nolan Smith

April 29, 2012 – 11:24 pm

In the Spring of 1969 I ran for president of the South Shore CYO Deanery. My older brother was the incumbent and my election was close to unanimous. Throughout the summer I met at the deneary headquarters in Weymouth with the other officers to plan out of schedule for autumn, winter, and spring. The newly [...]

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AX IN HAND by Peter Nolan Smith

April 28, 2012 – 4:55 pm

My mother swore that Nantasket Beach was the best beach in the world. She had spent her honeymoon in Bermuda. Every winter my parents vacationed in the Caribbean. Our family rented a cottage on the Cape for a week in July. On weekends my father loaded the car for a drive to the beach. Horseneck [...]

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House of The Rising Sun – Bob Dylan 1962

April 26, 2012 – 7:46 pm

Fifty years later. The LP BOB DYLAN changed our world. I was ten years old. It was arranged by Dave Van Ronk. The Pope of Greenwich Village.

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LOUIE LOUIE by Richard Berry

April 23, 2012 – 6:58 pm

The origin LOUIE LOUIE was released by Richard Berry in April of 1957. Over 55 years ago and the 45 sold 40,000 copies. There was no fuck in it like the later cover by the Kingsmen. Berry sold his rights to Flip records for $750. And they stole all his money. You know who ‘they’ [...]

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