#Aaron Neville

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The Neville Brothers and Wild Tchoupitoulas performing at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Fest (1977)

[gameofthunder66]

'Mulholland Falls' (1996) film

-watched 6/3/2024- 3 stars- on Tubi (free)

31% Rotten Tomatoes

[whereifindsanity]

Three great talents👍

[krispyweiss]

Tina Turner Dies at 83

- “She was inspiring, warm, funny and generous,” Mick Jagger says

Tina Turner, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Ike & Tina Turner and as a solo artist, has died at 83.

No cause or date of death was given in the statement posted May 24 on Turner’s Facebook page.

“It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Tina Turner,” it read. “With her music and her boundless passion for life, she enchanted millions of fans around the world and inspired the stars of tomorrow.”

Turner had “been ill, but I never thought this day would come,” Darlene Love said on Facebook.

“There will never be a performer like Tina Turner again,” Love wrote. “She was one of a kind. Icon, legend, warm-hearted, hard-working, legs for days, hitmaker, pioneer, hardest-working artist, survivor. She was simply the best.”

Former Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler recalled seeing the Turners open for the Rolling Stones in 1966 and becoming “an instant fan.”

“I’m so saddened by the passing of my wonderful friend Tina Turner,” Mick Jagger said of his Live Aid duet partner.

“She was truly an enormously talented performer and singer. She was inspiring, warm, funny and generous. She helped me so much when I was young and I will never forget her.”

Turner broke away from her abusive marriage and musical partnership with Ike and launched a hugely successful solo career in the 1980s with hits like “Better be Good to Me,” “Private Dancer” and many others.

“Thank you for being the inspiration to millions of people around the world for speaking your truth and giving us the gift of your voice,” Bryan Adams said in eulogizing his one-time touring partner.

In 1990, Turner launched a sold-out tour of Europe with the Neville Brothers, leaving Arron Neville to mourn her loss.

“She showed us much love and respect,” he wrote on social media.

Jazz guitarist Al Di Meola called Turner “the epitome of class.” Former NBA star “Magic” Johnson said “she gave one of the best live shows I’ve ever seen.” And John Fogerty “loved her version of (Creedence Clearwater Revival’s) ‘Proud Mary.’”

“(Turner) taught women that they could be strong, sexy, fearless and their own person,” Carole King said. “May she rest in peace and power.”

Turner retired from music in 2009. But her influence was secure.

“There was nothing her deep, robust voice couldn’t do,” the Rock Hall said in its online eulogy.

5/24/23

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How beautiful is this? Aaron Neville duets with Ernie on the classic "I Don't Want To Live On the Moon"

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I Love Her Too - Aaron Neville

Listen to more from this artist

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Don't Know Much (with Aaron Neville) - Linda Ronstadt

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Another Random Headcanon: Marinette grew up listening to her mom's Aaron Neville CDs, and because of that, she is a HUGE Aaron Neville fan, and has introduced his music to all of her friends.

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[evvywevvy]

I put on sesame street for the 2yo and had a surprise cry to Aaron Neville and Ernie singing "I Don't Want to Live on the Moon" so here you go

[cbjustmusic]

Video for Aaron Neville and Dirty Dozen Brass Band’s "Stomping Ground" which won the GRAMMY Award for Best American Roots Performance. ___________________ Stomping Ground Songwriters: Dave Gutter, Eric Krasno and Aaron Neville

I was born in the southern land That's where I became a man My roots was down in New Orleans The birth of jazz and voodoo queens From the heart of Louisiana Marie Laveaux, and Mojo Hannah Grew up on the music of the streets Second line bands and the Indian beats

That's where it's going down Back on my stompin' ground

‘Fesser Longhair, Fats Domino From Smiley Lewis, to the Great Satchmo From the Wild Tchoupatoulas, to the Creole Wild West Neither tribe didn't take no mess From way up town in the Thirteenth ward The Crescent City was my back yard With Mac Rebennack and Scarface John Hung in the Dew Drop all night long

That's where it's going down Back on my stompin' ground

That's where it's going down Back on my stompin' ground Back on my stompin’ ground

Way down yonder in New Orleans The land of them creole queens I sure love this southern town It got me through a lot of ups and downs Times were bad and times were good

I owe it all to my neighborhood From the Ninth ward, to way uptown Every block was my stompin’ grounds

That's where it's going down Back on my stompin' ground

That's where it's going down Back on my stompin' ground

Mole Face and Melvin, Billy Beat the World Trecherous Slim, Secondline Black Big Chief Jolly, Ratty Chin Brother Jake, Apache Red

Stackalee, James Booker Marvin and Johnny, Art the Mighty Row Hornman, Jabby Izzy Koo

That's where it's going down Back on my stompin' ground

Calliope Project, Magnolia St. Thomas, Pilot Land, St. Bernard Melpomine – Yeah Sometimes them streets was mean, can ya dig? But that was my stompin’ ground, where y’at, Jack?

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Two absolutely phenomenal artists, Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville, perform “Don't Know Much” at the 1990 Grammy Awards.

“I don’t know much but I know I love you and that may be all I need to know.”

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♫ A Change Is Gonna Come ♫ (Redux)

This is a redux of one I last played back in 2020, but it is just as relevant today as it was when it was released in 1964. This one was never a #1 hit, maybe some of you have never even heard it before, but in light of the recent murder by police of George Floyd and the blatant racism we see by our own elected officials, I felt this was a very appropriate song to share.  I do hope you will…

[krispyweiss]

Album Review: Dr. John - Things Happen that Way

It would’ve made a fine late-career release. As it turns out, Things Happen that Way must stand as Dr. John’s posthumous farewell.

Well, hello there are John’s first beyond-the-grave vocals on the album-opening cover of Willie Nelson’s “Funny How Time Slips Away,” which John sings as surprising rather than funny. It’s also surprising and funny Nelson doesn’t appear on this track, instead popping in for a duet on “Gimme that Old Time Religion.”

No matter who’s guesting - Aaron Neville, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real - or whose songs they’re playing (Cowboy Jack Clement, the Traveling Wilburys, Hank Williams or John’s own) these tracks sound like the Nite Tripper of yore - cooking up a country-blues-jazz gumbo on the third line. There’s the good juju of “The End of the Line” - Happy to be alive, John sings - the bad voodoo of “Walk on Guilded Splinters” and the sad boo-hoo of “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” among seven others.

The good doctor sounds like a man with a lot of years left on “Give Myself a Good Talking To,” and a man resigned to his fate on the album-closing “Guess Things Happen that Way.”

Whether John knew the end was near is anyone’s guess. And it’s unclear whether the guests were pre-planned or brought in to round out the work-in-progress. Neither really matters, as Things Happen that Way is a solid cap to a singular discography.

Grade card: Dr. John - Things Happen that Way - B+

10/11/22