The Joker...

Seems like just the other day we were talking about Little Stevie Miller for "swingtown". On this day (11/17) in 1973, Steve Miller Band hit the charts with "The Joker", which made it all the way to the Top Of The Charts.

On The Road Again...

Hotel room still life. Sheraton Westport, St. Louis area. Handheld in natural light. Kodak LS443 1/30 Sec, F4.0. Cropped, slightly desaturated in PSE2.0

I don't mind, 'cause it means that much to me

Yes, there was a lot of good music in the 70's... Entering the charts today (11/16) in 1974, "Ain't Too Proud To Beg" the Rolling Stones' remake of the motown classic. It peaked at #17.

In The Flow Of Things

Intake Building for the St. Louis water system. Shot taken from the old Chain of Rocks bridge over the Mississippi river. This is the old Rt. 66 river crossing, and is now open for hiking/biking....

Problems w/ Photo Today.....

Sorry no picture yet today, I'm having some very odd problems with blogger's posting module. It keeps adding characters to my url, so it won't work. Will try from a different computer in a bit.

Good Feneces Make Good Neighbors....

Fence-line on a drizzly day, old town Glen Carbon, IL. This shot was originally posted on Better Photo last month. I received a lot of good comments, but only made runner-up in the contest. This is just across the street from my son's preschool. Also across the "other" street from the old Labor Local building.

Hello Old Friend

Hitting the charts today, back in 1976:
Eric Clapton, with "Hello Old Friend", which peaked at #24
and Electric Light Orchestra, with "Livin' Thing", which made it all the way to #13.

A Walk In The Woods

My older daughter and my son on a walk in the woods. This is the trail up McAddams Peak, above Pere Marquette lodge, near Grafton, IL. Taken last fall, late October. Kodak LS443, 1/60 f-4.0. Effects in Printshop Elements, Buzz Simplifier, Virtual Photographer.

Shakey!

Happy Birthday to Neil Young!! Born this day (11/12) in 1945! One of the most intense personalities in music, and he just keeps rockin!

Top Forty...

11/12/1977, Steve Miller Band enters the top 40 for the last time in the 70's, with Swingtown. It would peak at #17.

Embarrassed?

The Embarras River, east central Illinois. I was driving from Indianapolis home to St. Louis area today, and took a side trip at the Greenup exit. Just following the "brown signs", looking for a Lincoln Log Cabin, and I crossed this river. Had to stop and look around. Then I had to go to the next rest stop and look at the big state map on the wall to see where I'd been!!

Play it for Duane and Barry.......

11/11/72, Bassist Berry Oakley of the Allman Brothers Band is killed in a motorcycle accident in Macon, Ga., three blocks from the site of Duane Allman's motorcycle death the previous year.

How You Gonna See Me Now

Hitting the top 40 this date (11/11) in 1978: "How You Gonna See Me Now" by Alice Cooper. Co-written with Bernie Taupin (Elton John's co-writer during his best period), its Alice's ode to coming home from rehab. This rather atypical song made it all the way to #12...

Flood Damaged Barn

A few years ago, and a few years after the Great Flood of '93, the family took an excursion to go Eagle Watching upriver fro St.Louis. I had taken my Nikon FM2 with its zoom lens, to use as a telescope of sorts. Just outside Harden, IL we passed this old barn, which clearly had seen better days. I couldn't resist pulling off the road, and running back to take a shot.

Another Grim Day in Music History.....

It must be something about November. Recent posts have noted #1 songs from the 70's debutting on the charts this month. 11/10/79 brings us 2 more: "Do that To Me One More Time" by The Captain & Tennille, and "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)" by Rupert Holmes. At least Rupert Holmes didn't end up with a TV show...