The Peak, week of 3/5/12

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Mon 3/5/12: 1976

EJ grows some funk, Gary Wright weaves dreams, Queen remember '39, Elvin fools around and Zimmy goes to Mozambique.  OMGWTF rarity: Jerry Garcia, "Must've been the Roses" -- proxy of geoff.

Frampton shows us the way again.  uber-BOS 10cc, "Art for Art's Sake"!

memo t Rob: it's Mickey THOMAS, not Mickey Hart singing with Elvin B.

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Tue 3/6/12: 1990

Not sorry I missed this one: Henley, Midnight Oil, Stones, Church, Crowes, Smithereens, Stone Roses. AL-meets-Moreytrinas.

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Wed 3/7/12: 1982

eek: Asia, Peter Cetera, Prism -- WOSes all.

LN: Tommy Tutone, Human League.

VHM the Jam.   2 songs yet to come -- please surprise me with something good, Rob.

well, okay: BOS JJ does TJ, "Crimson & Clove Her"

VHM the Police, on a secret journey.

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Thur 3/8/12: (March of) 1968!

Otis sits, the Manfreds are mighty, Balloon Farm takes yer "Temperature", the Beatles meet a "Lady" and Sly dances.

BOSes Leonard Cohen, Laura Nyro, Small Faces and Jimi.

Inevitable but always delightful: "Valleri"

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Fri 3/9/12: (March of) 1988

Percy, REM, George on a Cloud and Jerry Harrison revvin' it up, little boy.

WOS1  Aerosmith.

LN: 10K Maniacs.

uber-BOS Robin Hitchcock, "Balloon Man"!  The Bangles were IDIOTS to have turned this one down.  Funny: The Peak's censorship software shows his name as "Hitchc--k".

VHM JCM checkin' it out; LN2 Midnight Oil.

Damn, I'd forgotten what a shameless JCM clone Henry Lee Summer was -- he was even from Indiana iirc.  WOS2 "Wish I had a Career Girl Like That"