Saturday Night at the Oldies: Zero Through Ten

Before getting on to tonight's scheduled presentation, we pause to remember George Jones who died Friday at 81, his longevity proof of the human body's ability to take a sustained licking from John Barleycorn and keep on ticking.    I don't believe Jones ever had a crossover hit in the manner of a Don Gibson or a Merle Haggard.  He was pure country and highly regarded by aficionados of that genre.  Here are two I like:

 She Thinks I Still Care

The Window Up Above

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Bob Dylan, Love Minus Zero/No Limit (1965)

Orleans, Still the One (1976)

Doors, Love Me Two Times (1967)

Jimi Hendrix, Third Stone from the Sun (1967) "You will never hear surf music again . . . ."

Lucinda Williams singing Dylan, Positively Fourth Street.  This is a great cover!

Cream, From Four Until Late

Bob Dylan, Obviously Five Believers (1966)

Bob Dylan, From a Buick 6 (1966), from Highway 61 Revisited with Al Kooper on organ and Mike Bloomfield, lead guitar. 

Lovin' Spoonful, Six O'Clock (1967).  More proof of the vast superiority of the '60s over every other decade when it comes to popular music.  No decade was more creative, engaged, rich, relevant, and diverse.  Generational chauvinism?  No, just the plain truth!  But you had to be there.

Johnny Rivers, Seventh Son (1965)

Byrds, Eight Miles High (1969)

The Clovers, Love Potion #9 (1959).  Written by Lieber and Stoller.

Bruce Springsteen, Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out