Everyone Is Mortal RIP Ritchie Valens

Ritchie Valens was a Mexican/American singer/songwriter who died in a plane crash along with Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper in 1959, age 17 Everyone is mortalEveryone will dieRitchie Valens passed awayMany said goodbye Reader you are mortalReader you will dieEven I as poetSome day I will die Don MatthewsNovember 2020

Everyone is Mortal RIP Trini Lopez

Trini Lopez was an American singer, guitarist, actor. He died on 11 August 2020 from covid-19 complications, age 8319 Everyone is mortalEveryone will dieTrini Lopez passed awayMany said goodbye Reader you are mortalReader you will dieEven I as poetSome day I will die Don MatthewsNovember 2020

Lucy Throws a Party for The Like-Minders Society and Birth of FCS

(This is a tidied-up LMS version of one I posted a while back. In memory of the late Richard Penniman, Little Richard) The Like-Minders Society (LMS) is a group of people who think like me. If you like different, unconventional work and enjoy all things whacky you have now become a member. Welcome. LMS visitsContinue reading “Lucy Throws a Party for The Like-Minders Society and Birth of FCS”

Everyone is Mortal RIP Peter Tork (Monkees)

Peter Tork, born Peter Halsten Thorkelson, was keyboard and guitar player with the 60’s American band the Monkees. He died of adenoid cystic cancer on 21 February 2019, age 77 Everyone is mortalEveryone will diePeter Tork has passed awayMany said goodbye Reader you are mortalReader you will dieEven I as poetSome day I will dieContinue reading “Everyone is Mortal RIP Peter Tork (Monkees)”

Leonardo’s Bride Then and Now

Leonardo’s Bride is an Australian band with lead singer Abby Dobson This is a new series I’m startingfeaturing musicians at the beginning of their career then years later.Lyrics after first video [Verse 1] Don’t be confused by my apparent lack of ceremonyMy mind is clearI may be low or miles high off in the distanceIContinue reading “Leonardo’s Bride Then and Now”

Everyone Is Mortal RIP Prince

American singer/songwriter Prince Rogers Nelson died on 21 April 2016 from an accidental fentanyl overdose, aged 57 Everyone is mortalEveryone will diePrince Rogers Nelson passed awayMany said goodbye Reader you are mortalReader you will dieEven I as poetSome day I will die Don MatthewsOctober 2020 Videos show two sides of Prince Fentanyl is 50-100 timesContinue reading “Everyone Is Mortal RIP Prince”

Everyone is Mortal RIP Etta James

Etta James was an American blues singer who sang at the Montreux Jazz Festival many times during her career. She was Blues Artist of the Year on no less than fourteen occasions. She died after a long battle with leukemia on 20 January 2012, age 73 Everyone is mortalEveryone will dieEtta James has passed awayManyContinue reading “Everyone is Mortal RIP Etta James”

Everyone is Mortal RIP Bill Withers

Bill Withers was an American singer/songwriter best known for ‘Ain’t No Sunshine’ and ‘Just The Two Of Us’. He died of heart complications on 30 March 2020, age 81 Everyone is mortalEveryone will dieBill Withers he has passed awayMany said goodbye Reader you are mortalReader you will dieEven I as poetSome day I will dieContinue reading “Everyone is Mortal RIP Bill Withers”

Everyone is Mortal RIP Little Millie

Millicent Small (Little Millie) was a Jamacian singer/songwriter who came to fame with the ‘My Boy Lollipop’. She died of a stoke on 5 May 2020, age 73 Everyone is mortalEveryone will dieLittle Millie passed awayMany said goodbye Reader you are mortalReader you will dieEven I as poetSome day I will die Don MatthewsNovember 2020

I Can Sit Neck-to-Neck in a Group But Can’t Dance the Shuffle by Myself? WTF?

There’s something ’bout a shuffleWhich gets me off my feetOff the seat I’m sitting onOff my sitting seat Attended, I, a blues clubBefore this covid struckDancing’s now been banned all roundBugger, WTF? Now settle down there Don my boyThe rules you mustn’t buckThey let us sit all all cozy-tight?No logic WTF? Don Matthews (frustrated)November 2020Continue reading “I Can Sit Neck-to-Neck in a Group But Can’t Dance the Shuffle by Myself? WTF?”