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'The  Music  That  I  Like'  Page

 Information on the genres and artists and groups, and even specific songs, that I - website proprietor G.E. Nordell - happen to like.
(Not that I expect any visitors will alter their own personal viewpoints, but because I needed a page
where I can code YouTube links to listen to when I want . . . and why not share them with the world ?)

on the main Music Page:
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ragtime
big bands & swing
artists & groups
classical / composers
the blues / R&B
dates in musical history

other topical music pages:
Country / Hillbilly / Folk
Jazz Page

         silhouette of orchestra and leader from Disney's 'Fantasia' [1940]         on this page:

maybe an essay here

my favorite genres

my favorite songs

my favorite artists

my favorite groups

links


“The problem with country & Western music is that if I listen to too much of it,
I want to go shopping for a pickup truck. With a gunrack in the back window.”
— G.E. Nordell

My  Favorite  Genres

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Bluegrass, Traditional & Banjos Page

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Rock 'n' Roll Page
50s rock • 60s rock • 70s rock • 80s rock • 90s rock

Rock 'n' Roll Movie Festival Page

Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame & Museum
browse Rock Music category at Amazon
browse Classic Rock Music category at Amazon
'Golden Age of American Rock'n'Roll' audio CDs (9 volumes)
article '500 Songs That Shaped Rock'
History of Rock'n'Roll website

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Hawai'ian & Slack Key Music

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Film Music Pages at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store

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Instrumental Music
including
instrumental surfing guitar
bagpipes
theater organ music


My  Favorite  Songs

"The Little Drummer Boy"
originally known as "Carol of The Drum"; a popular Christmas song written by American composer Katherine Kennicott Davis in 1941
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Drummer_Boy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B12lO-gv1c0 5.45
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DS8OQWZKR7s 6.36
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnAv0ZyO3z4 2.58
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0mT-zNxRMw south african 4.31
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sKmHiGOv70 snare drums 4.56
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VGQZwIlWiU NTNU norway 4.35
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ_MGWio-vc pentatonix 4.13
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9kfdEyV3RQ bowie & crosby 4.23

"Dueling Banjos"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myhnAZFR1po movie clip 4:19

"Classical Gas"

"Telstar"

"Ghost Riders (In The Sky)"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zol906ltPU [4.28] - Willie Nelson & Johnny Cash at concert

"Pachelbel's Canon in D major" [XVIIth Century]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachelbel%27s_Canon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZnMuNsshF4 3:19 by Arthur Fiedler [1940]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wiRRv80ehM 7:16 by Jean-François Paillard [6/1968]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cP26ndrmtg 3:31 Trans-Siberian Orchestra's "Christmas Canon"

"The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGl5ReYunoY 2.54 by The Tokens - - old guys

"Bach's Toccata & Fugue in D minor"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Cst9lV5PPg 9:45 by Original Canadian Brass 2013

"Over The Rainbow" from "The Wizard of Oz" [1939]
slack key "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" by Israel 'Iz' Kamakawiwo'ole [1959-97]
http://www.facebook.com/musicclubshow/videos/193880187987272/ FB page gone


My  Favorite  Artists

Jimmy Buffett: browse music

Bob Dylan
"Mr. Tambourine Man" live at the Newport Folk Festival in 1964
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeP4FFr88SQ [5:55]
The Traveling Wilburys - "Handle With Care"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o4s1KVJaVA
The Traveling Wilburys - "End of The Line" (Official Video) 3.25
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMVjToYOjbM

Arlo Guthrie
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlo_Guthrie
"Alice's Restaurant"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m57gzA2JCcM : original 1967 recording
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPx2t7xoF1k : Alice's Restaurant Massacree lyrics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNLE5z7jNaM : all 16 minutes - at Farm Aid 2001
"Deportee"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2eO65BqxBE
"City of New Orleans"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF1lqEQFVUo 5.35

Jimi Hendrix [1942-70]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix

Janis Joplin [1943-70]
"Me and Bobby McGee"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHkBv-AtKDA 4.30

guitarist Leo Kottke
Kottke is the best 12-string guitarist around, but I really cannot stand his singing voice.

drummer Sandy Nelson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Nelson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lbxeJRtfGw - "Teen Beat" [1959]

Bengali sitar master Ravi Shankar [1920-2012]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravi_Shankar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMk2eTqPLWk 1:14:35 "The Spirit of India" (full album)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1nKVExbewM 1:42:36 "Ravi Shankar & Ali Akbar Khan In Concert, 1972" []

John Philip Sousa [1854-1932]

'The Boss' Bruce Springsteen

Taylor Swift

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Neil Young
Spirit of America's Neil Young Page
browse music • official website • entry at Wikipedia

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young band
browse music | Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame 1997

Neil Young & the Crazy Horse band


My  Favorite  Groups

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The Beach Boys band official logo (in blue)  band [est. 1961]
Spirit of America Bookstore's 'The Beach Boys' Page
browse Beach Boys albums at Amazon • entry at Wikipedia

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Dire Straits band [1977-95]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Straits

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The Eagles  band [est. 1971]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagles_(band)

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Fleetwood Mac  band [est. 1967]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleetwood_Mac

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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band [est. 1966]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitty_Gritty_Dirt_Band

"Mr. Bojangles" with lyrics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-LVXR6rjXs

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Pink Floyd  band [est. 1964]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_floyd

Pink Floyd's "The Wall"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3rHCTK5zJI full album 1:23:00
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd_%E2%80%93_The_Wall

Pink Floyd's "Another Brick In The Wall (Part 1)"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9d72n2fX6g 10:15

Pink Floyd's "We Don't Need No Education (Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrxX9TBj2zY 3:18

Pink Floyd's "Another Brick In The Wall (Part 3)"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9d72n2fX6g


L i n k s


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