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John Lennon's Rolls Royce in Oak Brook (Not Really) - December 2021

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There we were, minding our own business on a little trip out in Oak Brook, when we came across one of John Lennon's prized Rolls Royce phantoms sitting out front.   Two quick things:  First, pretty sure this isn't a Phantom V ( as only 517 of them were made ) and second, it isn't John's, of course.  If you head here and scroll down , you can see that John's car had a third side window - and was stretched out longer than this beauty below.   Would make a heckuva wedding-day car, wouldn't it?  That's what I'm guessing it was doing out.

The Dirty Mac: Supergroup With John Lennon, Eric Clapton and Keith Richards

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 In terms of "super groups", I think we all can agree that the Traveling Wilburys are tops.  There are some that are part of my lifetime (like Temple of the Dog and Oysterhead) and plenty of them from way before my life including CSNY and Cream. Rolling Stone has a pretty good list here .   The reason I bring it up is that I've come across a new (to me) supergroup:  The Dirty Mac.   Like all of you Google Music users, I've had to make the (TERRIBLE) migration to YouTube Music.  Can I tell you how much I dislike YouTube Music?  It, umm, feels like they don't really care if anyone uses the service.  But, on there, I came across this Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus video of "You Can't Always Get What You Want" .  Neat version, cool video.  But, at the bottom of the description there's this little nugget:   "The program also includes extraordinary performances by The Who, Jethro Tull, Taj Mahal, Marianne Faithfull, Yoko Ono, and The Dirty M

Seeing It Is Thanksgiving... 2020

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 Nope, not The Last Waltz.  I suppose that's ok.  With the pandemic and all, right?   Instead, here's a little Elton John and John Lennon singing my COVID mantra:  Whatever gets you through the night.  Elton was on Howard Stern recently and talked about playing with John.  The video below has *real* audio, but there doesn't seem to be video from the night.   Whatever gets you through your life It's all right, it's all right Do it wrong, or do it right It's all right, it's all right  Oh, I'll still watch The Last Waltz today.  But, 2020 being what it is, felt like I could snap the line of annual posts here on the blog .