Yer Ol' Uncle D

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• May 14, 2021

"I do know that there is a difference between artists who are career-driven and artists who have a calling and are just compelled to make music, compelled to perform live, and the business isn't the reason they're doing it. In fact, there isn't really a reason. You just do it." - Ian Astbury

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• May 13, 2021

"Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn't mean he lacks vision. We all have ability. The difference is how we use it." - Stevie Wonder, born this day in 1950.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• May 11, 2021

"Sitting in a room, alone, listening to a CD is to be lonely. Sitting in a room alone with an LP crackling away, or sitting next to the turntable listening to a song at a time via 7-inch single is enjoying the sublime state of solitude.” - Henry Rollins

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• May 10, 2021

"Once I stopped dwelling on what I didn't have, on what I thought I was going to lose, and began to give freely, everything opened up for me. Everything began to flow into my life." - Patti LaBelle

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• May 8, 2021

"I think there's nothing better than seeing a three-chord straight up rock 'n' roll band in your face with sweaty music and three minute good songs." - Joan Jett. Amen.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• May 6, 2021

"Sometimes I am two people. Johnny is the nice one. Cash causes all the trouble. They fight." - Johnny Cash

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• May 3, 2021

"I taught them everything they know, but not everything I know." - James Brown

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• May 1, 2021

"Aesthetically, we were enormously successful. Economically... there was no success. It was all about music of the future and unfortunately it was a band that didn't have any future." - Wayne Kramer of the MC5

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Apr 27, 2021

"I want to be the first rock band on Mars." - Kate Pierson

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Apr 25, 2021

Our European friends were so advanced over the US when it came to live music TV programming. I thank you all...

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Apr 12, 2021

"They say I spend too much money, so they take it and put it away for me. What do I spend it on? Oh, old records and things." - Tiny Tim, born this day in 1933.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Apr 9, 2021

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Apr 9, 2021

Watch that speed freak
Watch that speed freak
Gonna shoot it up
Every night of the week

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Apr 7, 2021

"Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what's more than enough." - Billie Holiday, born this day in 1915.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Apr 4, 2021

"Saturday night is your big night. Everybody used to fry up fish and have one hell of a time. Find me playing till sunrise for 50 cents and a sandwich. And be glad of it." - Muddy Waters, born this day in 1913.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Apr 2, 2021

"Patriotism can be good or bad. Knee-jerk patriotism can be very bad. I'm patriotic almost to the point of self-consciousness, but I love my country the way I love a friend or a child who I would correct if she was going the wrong way." - Emmylou Harris, born this day in 1947.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Apr 1, 2021

"I grew up in the church and had always questioned what they were telling me." - Jimmy Cliff

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Mar 26, 2021

Har Mar Assaultstar.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Mar 25, 2021

"We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It's our basic human right. I think it would be a far greater world if people were kinder and more respectful to each other." - Aretha Franklin, born this day in 1942.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Mar 21, 2021

And that's why the NCAA Tournament is the greatest sporting event on earth.