Bruford - Joe Frazier (1979)
Guy Lafleur - Score! (1979) Guy Lafleur was the scoring machine for the great Montreal Canadiens dynasty of the late 70's. Before that, the Philadelphia Flyers had won the Stanley Cup twice, in 1974 and 1975. In that second one, they beat my Buffalo Sabres. During the 6th game, my mother's friend Ray took me fishing on Lake Erie. I think my mother was just trying to find me things to do. i didn't have a father to discipline me or show me "man stuff". So Uncle Ray (we called him Uncle Ray, his wife Aunt Sarah) patiently taught me how to fish those murky waters until I finally caught a carp, smallish, but what an over-the-moon feeling! The Neal family was eating that night! But then Uncle Ray said I couldn't, because the fish had too much "murcuree". So we threw it back. And on the way home, as we drove down the Skyway, I heard the despondent broadcasters recapping the game that the Sabres had lost. And we didn't make it back to the finals until 1999. Fuck Uncle Ray. I wanted to eat that little thermometer!!
Joe Frazier - If You Go, Stay Gone (1969)
Joe Frazier - First Round Knockout (1975)
Muhammad Ali - The People's Choice (1975)
Rosey Grier - Pizza Pie Man (1966) Rosie Greer played for the mighty Los Angeles Rams of the late 60's, and had a pretty good career as a singer and TV personality. I liked it when he was on Sesame Street singing "It's Alright To Cry". This track is pretty psychedelic as soul goes.
Rosey Grier - You're The Violin (1974)
Terry Bradshaw - Until You (1980) The Steelers were an unstoppable machine until this album was released. The release of this album ended the Steelers dynasty. No other reason.
Stompin' Tom Connor - Good Ol' Hockey Game (1972)
Dave Schultz - Penalty Box (1975) Here's a little trivia for people of a "certain age". The finals between the Canadiens and the Flyers in 1976 represent the highest cumulative win-percentage of both finalist teams combined.
Ike Turner - Philadelphia Freedom (1978) You hear Tina singing, but the album, "The Edge", was a solo Ike album assembled from studio tracks with Tina, and the album's b-side is Ike's basic but competent blues/soul. This song, originally sung by Elton John, was the theme song for the Flyers during those NHL finals with the Sabres. But the SABRES's theme song was....
Donna McDaniel - We’re Gonna Win That Cup (1975) This song was written by Tom Calandra, a hero in Buffalo music. He had been in Raven, a big Buffalo band in the late 60's. Raven included Gary Mallaber, a big-time studio player that found his way into Steve Miller's 70's bands. Calandra formed something called the BCMK, the Buffalo College of Musical Knowledge, and took part in a TV show on Buffalo cable called "33 West". My band, Man Against Mauve, took part in this whimsy. Wanna see?
Donna McDaniel - Watch Out, Here Comes The French Connection (1975)
Jim Schoenfeld - All Along The Watchtower (1973) Schoenfeld was a very popular defenseman for those 70's Sabres teams. Later on, he would be a successful coach for the New Jersey Devils. And he did this. By the way, the man who facilitated the recording of this album and cowrote songs with him was John Valby.
Ray Dorset and Mungo Jerry - Heavy Foot Stomp (1975)
Mungo Jerry - Feels Like I’m In Love (1986?)
Mungo Jerry - We’re OK (1977)
Bill Wyman - Monkey Grip Glue (1974) If you can make me a video for one of my songs, and make it look like this, I will pay you all the money I have.
Billy J Kramer - Going Through It (1968)
The Troggs - Little Green Apples (1968)
Herve Villechaize - Why? (1981)
Nazz - Wonder Who’s Loving Her Now (1967) This is the prototype for the band Alice Cooper. I don't think anything that band did was bad. As a solo artist, no one could tell Vincent "no", so...Lace and Whiskey.
Spelbrekers - Rock Around The Clock (1957) I love this version. I always smile. I'm smiling now.
Tribe - Why? (1971) My friend Paul Rinedoller had this record.
Lena Horne - Maybe I’m Amazed (1971)
Andy Williams - My Sweet Lord (1971)
Shut Up - Láska K Říkadlům ("Back Off Boogaloo") (1972)
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