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Musicians Then and Now – Orianthi

Orianthi Panagaris is an Adelaide South Australia singer/guitarist. She has played with Santana, Alice Cooper and Michael Jackson. The first video is early in her career with Santana. The second is in 2017. Both show her ability at shredding the guitar ( extremely technically proficient guitar playing) Don MatthewsDecember 2020

Ignorance

If you think education is expensivetry ignorance

Poet Don Wishes You All a Happy New Year

I hope two-thousand twenty oneWill better one gone byCome join me while reporting onAll things of interest and no interest……. Don Matthews1 January 2021 yay!

We Are a Happy Family

We are a happy familyWe have a car as wellWe are a happy familyFrom photo you can tell…. Can only be in America…. Don MatthewsJanuary 2021

Shit Priscilla

I’m doing my calligraphyAnd Cilla wants a lookJust finished my nice L and u… Shit Priscilla!…. Don MatthewsDecember 2020

Priscilla’s Been on a Drinking Binge

I told Cilla don’t you drink too muchI know it might be Christmas dayShe meowed I will do what I want toAnd here is result she did pay…. Don MatthewsDecember 2020

Is This a Problem Mummy?

Mummy my pants fallenHalfway down my bumDoes this cause a problem?No dear, in you come Don MatthewsDecember 2020

The Show Must Go On

You are spending thousands of dollarsOn fireworks for the wealthy and lucky How about cancelling them? Spend the thousands of dollarsOn health carers who have givenSo much this year? Oh I forgot – the show must go on…. Don Matthews31 December 2020

Remembering Arethra Franklin

Arethra Franklin was an American singer/songwriter/actor/pianist. She died of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumour on 16 August 2018, age 76 The first video is a dynamite performance of ‘Think’ from 1989 The second is from 1968 of ‘A Natural Woman, co-written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin The third is from 2015, three years before her death,Continue reading “Remembering Arethra Franklin”

Flashback – ‘Mama Told Me Not To Come’ Three Dog Night (1970)

Three Dog Night is an American rock band formed in 1967 The name? Vocalist Danny Hutton’s girlfriend suggested the name after reading a magazine article about Aboriginal Australians, in which it was explained that on cold nights they would customarily sleep in a hole in the ground while embracing a dingo, a native species of wild dog.Continue reading “Flashback – ‘Mama Told Me Not To Come’ Three Dog Night (1970)”