Swamp Dogg

I never knew about Swamp Dogg in the 1970s. I first heard about him in one of the annual music issues of the Oxford American. His “Total Destruction to You Mind” was on the CD with the magazine and it was incredible.

His latest album is country music. John Prine was on the album. Swamp Dogg had recorded Prine’s “Sam Stone” many years ago.

See my separate posts on “Sam Stone” and “Total Destruction to You Mind”. I’ll post other songs here.

Here’s his web site: Jerry “Swamp Dogg” Williams (theswampdogg.com)

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Sorry You Couldn’t Make It – Wikipedia

Love, Loss, and Auto-Tune – Wikipedia

Covers: This Is Where I Belong

My third post today of Kinks covers. “This Is Where I Belong” was a single B-side in 1967.

Bill Lloyd is great – check out his records

Covers: I’m Not Like Everybody Else

“I’m Not Like Everybody Else” (1966) by the Kinks was the B side of “Sunny Afternoon”. There are numerous covers. As I recall, they performed it when I saw them in 1993.

full version

Covers: Waterloo Sunset

“Waterloo Sunset” (1967) is one of the Kinks’ finest songs. It reached #2 in England but didn’t succeed in the US. It sure doesn’t sound like the music that was popular here then but it’s a great record. Colin Hay just covered it.

The Men at Work frontman and solo artist @ColinHay shares and discusses his version of the classic Kinks song, which appears on his upcoming covers album I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself. https://t.co/ABUvrTeErU pic.twitter.com/ZcGnJYP9dD
— AllMusic (@allmusic) July 12, 2021

"By 1967 the songs defined me, they gave me personality…" On this day in 1967 @TheKinks released one of their greatest ever songs, Waterloo Sunset. @RayDDavies, @davedavieskinks and drummer Mick Avory tell MOJO about the making of a classic.https://t.co/HKJ9P8PgI7 #TheKinks
— MOJO Magazine (@MOJOmagazine) May 5, 2023

Biden judges update 7/12/21

The Biden-Harris administration is breaking new ground.https://t.co/n60G517I24
— The Democrats (@TheDemocrats) July 11, 2021

Covid is up in states that didn’t expand Medicaid

I’m sure this is not a coincidence

States who have not expanded Medicaid, placed alongside the 14-Day change of #COVID19 cases.

WY | +13%
WI | +29%
NC | +32%
SD | -40%
TX | +42%
GA | +66%
MS | +110%
FL | + 115%
SC | + 138%
KS | + 150%
AL | + 159%
TN | + 224%

Coincidence…..I think not. #ThisIsOurShot pic.twitter.com/LUbrr7FA9Y
— Joseph Sakran (@JosephSakran) July 12, 2021

Good point about many Red states refusing Medicaid expansion, which is surely undermining their vaccination progress. https://t.co/eJNZ3pNIND
— Richard Skinner (@richardmskinner) July 4, 2021

Medicaid Expansion was associated with reduced Suicide Deaths among Nonelderly U.S. Adults
https://t.co/OIsDtJsiuN
— Matt Grossmann (@MattGrossmann) July 12, 2021

A recent study shows a correlation between the lack of #MedicaidExpansion and healthcare inequalities in low-income communities, particularly among Blacks and Latinos.https://t.co/tXW4ACB8mH
— Floricua (@floricuas) July 8, 2021

Democratic lawmakers are grappling with how to extend health insurance to millions of poor Americans in states that have refused Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion https://t.co/9hN26KVOh8
— POLITICO (@politico) July 10, 2021

Twelve states have refused to expand Medicaid eligibility.

The coverage gap has left about 2.2 million Americans uninsured — and data shows that women would benefit most from the expansion. https://t.co/yaLRU6fTNA
— 19thnews (@19thnews) July 16, 2021

Is Eric Clapton the only musician who appeared on Mothers of Invention and Bonzo Dog Band records?

Eric Clapton is not thought of for his sense of humor but he made guest appearances on albums by the Mothers of Invention and the Bonzo Dog Band. I think he’s the only person who recorded with both.

Clapton had “Legs” Larry Smith from the Bonzo Dog Band as part of his group on his 1974 tour which I saw.

Here are the albums credits which include Clapton:

Gorilla (Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band album) – Wikipedia

We’re Only in It for the Money – Wikipedia

I saw the 1993 Home Run Derby

The 1993 baseball All-Star Game was held in Baltimore. I didn’t go to the game but I did attend the Home Run Derby the day before. The derby was not as big a deal then as it is now. It was held in the day time.

The things I remember:

Juan Gonzalez hit an incredible home run to the third deck in left field. With hindsight, he was probably juiced.
Ken Griffey, Jr. hit the warehouse on the fly. This has never been done in a game.
Cecil Fielder was accompanied by one of his kids. He looked like a sawed-off version of Fielder. He was very stout. I assume this was Prince Fielder.

Ken Griffey Jr.’s warehouse ball: 445 feet. pic.twitter.com/uv36NS1Adt
— Matt Taylor (@roarfrom34) June 11, 2023

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One of my favorite baseball stats: Cecil Fielder and Prince Fielder are tied on the all-time home run list with 319 bombs apiece. pic.twitter.com/NY3rZtDJFi
— Super 70s Sports (@Super70sSports) July 9, 2022

I think this photo would have been taken around the time I saw them.

I have two foul balls hit by Orioles players in Home Run Derbies. I bought them online.

Excellent essay by David French on losing friendships and its impact on the US

This is an excellent essay by David French.

I haven’t read it in decades but I recommend The Pursuit of Loneliness by Philip Slater from 1970.

Why is the most powerful and prosperous nation in history so torn by misery and division? Here’s one reason. We’re losing friends. Ultimately we were not created for power and prosperity. We were created for community and fellowship. My Sunday essay: https://t.co/c7RgphcfHT
— David French (@DavidAFrench) July 11, 2021

New research shows Americans have fewer friends than in the past and are less likely to have a best friend.

At a time of excruciating mental and societal stress, the friendship drought is another sign we're breaking apart.https://t.co/feCVq8eiTE
— Axios (@axios) July 25, 2021

Good reminder of the role loneliness and mental health plays in the appeal of conspiracy theories. https://t.co/LIEAaRA48e
— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) July 20, 2021

Perspective: Even as society opens back up, some measures of social isolation remain alarmingly high. https://t.co/Ru6NbYbkLm
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 26, 2021

https://t.co/wGTi6miBAV
— CNN (@CNN) July 28, 2021

Read this, by @DamonLinker. The best inoculation against fundamentalism–religious, political, Left, Right, etc…–is friendship. https://t.co/KcmfluNINx
— Tim Carney (@TPCarney) July 26, 2021

Rather than helping alleviate isolation, virtual contact during the Covid-19 pandemic has been more likely to result in older people feeling lonely, according to a new study. https://t.co/KdDfxZWXpx
— CNN (@CNN) July 26, 2021

AEI’s Survey Center on American Life reports that 33% of US adults reported having 10+ close friends in 1991. Today it’s just 13%.

So nearly 9 out of every 10 of us have no close friends at all. None.

Think about that.

It looks to me like a loneliness crisis of sorts.
— Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ (@tribelaw) July 25, 2021

Americans have fewer close friends. A new book offers a solution. https://t.co/Cr1eyJoMeD
— Slate (@Slate) February 19, 2023

Reporter explains why many Americans suddenly stopped hanging out with friends

Trump supports the 1/6 insurrection

This is disgraceful. Trump and his cult are denying and warping what happened.

The dominant voice in the GOP has now embraced the Capitol rioters: https://t.co/ffN0Ut48UE
— Blake News (@blakehounshell) July 11, 2021

We are deep into evolution of pro-Trump thought from

"January 6 was not Trump's fault"

through

"January 6 was less bad than Democrats say"

to now

"January 6 was understandable"

to soon

"January 6 was good, let's do it again."
— David Frum (@davidfrum) July 9, 2021

"There was such love at that rally … the love in the air, I've never seen anything like it" — Trump has completely rewritten the history of the deadly January 6 insurrection he instigated pic.twitter.com/wpX4fvXaqT
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 11, 2021

The insurrection is being recast as a patriotic uprising; the rioters are being transformed into heroes and martyrs. This sends a clear signal to groups like the Proud Boys about the future: Stand by to fight again — because there might be a next time. https://t.co/7vv2JFTZlb
— Charlie Sykes (@SykesCharlie) July 11, 2021

TRUMP LIED repeatedly today about the January 6 insurrection. Here's my quick tally from his interview with @MariaBartiromo, who enabled these lies. He lied about his comments at the rally, the violence of the crowd, and Babbitt's death, and more. Just absolutely shameless. pic.twitter.com/StAd2Aw8bd
— Marshall Cohen (@MarshallCohen) July 11, 2021

TRUMP, in 2017, on Charlottesville:

"You had some very bad people in that group, but you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides."

TRUMP, today, on the Jan. 6 rally:

"These were peaceful people, these were great people." https://t.co/qwl8ocyi81
— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) July 11, 2021

1. Trump is, right before our eyes, rewriting Jan. 6 into a stabbed-in-the-back narrative, with Ashli Babbitt as a Horst Wessell style martyr. And Fox, once hesitant, is now on board out of fear they're losing audience to NewsMax and OAN. https://t.co/PgWs0nobGn
— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) July 11, 2021