Franorama 2.0 3/14/24
Dion gets by with a little help from his female friends, including our Christine Ohlman. And his voice, at 84, is as clear and strong as ever.
Dion gets by with a little help from his female friends, including our Christine Ohlman. And his voice, at 84, is as clear and strong as ever.
Time keeps movin’ on … 10 years already since my old New Haven pal Chip Damiani, the drummer for The Remains, departed suddenly.
On a February 29 show full of songs about leaps and jumps, what else could I play at One O’Clock but Count Basie’s “One O’Clock Jump”?
If you ain’t learnin’, you ain’t livin’. Case in point: I was this week old when I learned that The Osmonds didn’t record the original version of “Yo-Yo” – Billy Joe Royal did.
Mister Mojo Fallen … and off to have to answer to Elvis.
February 9, 1964. And the Western world would never be the same.
You know what The Problem With Kids Today is? It’s that so few of them were born to rock. But this mighty young New Havenish trio does.
The fourth and final Franorama 2.0 Holiday Extravaganza for this year. Christmas, the Solstice and Festivus – what else could anyone want? Anyway, Franta Claus saved some of the best for last. Merry Whatever You Celebrate.
The third of the four Franorama 2.0 Holiday Extravaganzas. A little lot of something for everyone!
Just wishing you … more fine holiday tunes. Even Hanukkah music for the first night.