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Your (Almost) Daily Playlist: 8-14-23
The Toot Uncommons, Steve Martin’s backing band on “this song”King Tut,” usually performed under the name The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. That group’s John McEuen taught Martin how to play the banjo. “King Tut” is included on Martin’s album A Wild and Crazy Guy, which won the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album of 1979. In 2010 Martin won another Grammy Award, this one in the category Best Bluegrass Album for his album The Crow: New Songs for the 5-String Banjo, which showcased his banjo-playing skills. The album was produced by John McEuen.
Steve Martin was born on this date in 1945. He inspired today’s playlist.
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Your (Almost) Daily Playlist: 10-22-22
Today’s playlist celebrates the October 22 birthdays of Bobby Fuller, Grizzly Bear’s Ed Droste, The Rascals’ Eddie Brigati, Dead Boys’ Stiv Bators, Shelby Lynne, Shaggy, Mountain’s Leslie West, Plan B, Annette Funicello, Pratt & McClain’s Truett Pratt, Baby Keem, Paul Lekakis, The Four Preps’ Bruce Belland, John Wesley Harding, and Franz Liszt; and the October 23 birthdays of Miguel, The Dixie Cups’ Barbara Ann Hawkins, Charlie Foxx, “Weird Al” Yankovic, and The Raindrops’ Ellie Greenwich.
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Happy!
Today is International Day of Happiness. Do something that makes you feel like a room without a roof. As long as you don’t impinge on someone else’s happiness, it’s all good.
Today’s playlist consists of thirty songs with the word happy in the title.
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A Nirvana Playlist
Kurt Cobain (b. February 20, 2967) was dating Tobi Vail of the band Bikini Kill. Vail wore Teen Spirit perfume. One drunken night Kurt’s friend and Vail’s bandmate Kathleen Hanna wrote “Kurt smells like teen spirit” on Kurt’s bedroom wall. Kurt wasn’t aware of the perfume; he thought Hanna was commenting on the revolutionary spirit of youth. You know what happened next.
Here are 29 of Nirvana’s best, plus a bonus cut inspired by the group’s success.
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Your (Almost) Daily Playlist (12-10-20)
Inspired by the season and the December 10 birthdays of Commodores’ Walter Orange, Dinosaur Jr.’s J Mascis, The White Stripes’ Meg White, Teyana Taylor, Wang Chung’s Jack Hues, Paul Hardcastle, Peter Sarstedt and Chad & Jeremy’s Chad Stuart.
Your (Almost) Daily Playlist (12-9-20)
Inspired by the season and the December 9 birthdays of Donny Osmond, Portishead’s Geoff Barrow, The Rutles’ Neil Innes, Joan Armatrading, Dan Hicks, Donald Byrd, Uffie, Sylvia, Jessie Hill and Cybotron’s Juan Atkins.
Your (Almost) Daily Playlist (12-4-20)
Inspired by the season and the December 4 birthdays of Jay-Z, The Beach Boys‘ Dennis Wilson, The Byrds’ Chris Hillman, Pansy Division’s Jon Ginoli, Freddy Cannon, Dionne Farris, Anna McGarrigle, Adamski and Southside Johnny.
Your (Almost) Daily Playlist (12-1-20)
Inspired by the season and the December 1 birthdays of Bette Midler, Janelle Monae, Basement Jaxx’s Simon Ratcliff, Lou Rawls, Richard Pryor, Billy Paul, Gilbert O’Sullivan, Mary Martin, Woody Allen, Treat Williams, Sarah Silverman, Julee Cruise, Jonathan Coulton and Matt Monro.