We’re only a few hours away from America’s 250th birthday! And what would an American birthday party be without some American celebrities of the present and the past?
Joan Crawford by Ruth Harriet Louise
Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee by Leo Fuchs
Marlon Brando by Leo Fuchs
Mary Badham and Gregory Peck by Leo Fuchs
Natalie Wood by Alan Grant
Marilyn Monroe and Jack Benny by Phil Stern
James Dean by Phil Stern
John Wayne by Phil Stern
Bruce Conner, Toni Basil, and Teri Garr by Dennis Hopper
I’m surprised that this is the very first post I’ve made for “Song of the Day” that’s unfiltered blues. I’ve posted songs which have blues influence in them from blues-rock to rhythm & blues, but never just pure blues. To rectify that slight mistake I’ve picked one of my favorite blues songs from one of my favorite bluesman with Taj Mahal’s dixieland blues jazz track, “Irresistible You“.
Right from the start this song just hooks it’s upbeat blues tempo with jazz trumpets and percussion plus Taj Mahal’s raspy, lived-in vocals. Most people equate blues to dour, downbeat songs, but just one listen to “Irresistible You” should disabuse that sort of musical stereotyping. This song may sound like dixieland jazz, but it’s a blues song true and true even when the piano section show’s up later to be followed by some solo horns before it leads to the final chorus.
I’ve listened to this song for an uncounted number of times and it always reminds me of my time when I visited and vacationed in New Orleans. When down and out this song always does it’s job in picking me up and telling me everything will be alright.
Irresistible You
Your magic hands … your lovin’ eyes Kissable lips … Baby, mine oh mine I’m in love … I’m in love And I know it’s true Tell me… who-o-o wouldn’t fall for irresistible you.
I don’t know what you got But it’s got me and I’m hooked Like a fish in the sea You make eagles call from above Make the Devil fall in love An-a … who-o-o … irresistible you.
Ohhh, come on … Lets walk awhile … I wanna talk … Talk talk talk to you honey child … You’ve been blessed … And you’re much … too much … There’s a wonder of a love in your touch.
Don’t ever fret … Don’t you worry about me I’ll never regret … How much you mean to me I love you … I love you My whole life through Tell me … who-o-o w=couldn’t fall for irresistible you.
Lets twist awhile …
Don’t ever fret … Don’t you worry about me I’ll never regret … How much you mean to me I love you … I love you My whole life through But tell me … who-o-o wouldn’t fall for irresistible you.
Through the Shattered Lens 