The long holiday weekend has arrived! In honor of America’s birthday, here’s 19 hours worth of music to play during your drive, bbq, pool party, or just laying around. A little old, a little new, some fast, some slow, definitely bands you’ll recognize, others you wont but in the end, it’s all over the place and I think you’ll dig it. Hit the shuffle button and press play Enjoy! Happy Independence Day!
Tag Archives: Birthday
Happy Birthday Jimi!
27 NovToday would have been Jimi Hendrix’s 70th birthday! A little salute to the musician I wish I could have seen perform live.
Cool little tribute here via Spinner to.
I turned two today! Well, DoYouHearTheMusic.com did!
2 AugCrazy for me to think that two years ago I started this online journal aka my music spot on the massive internet aka a blog. I think what I’m most excited about is that I haven’t given up and that I’ve tried to keep posting new, interesting and fun content to share with friends and people I have never met (closing in on 700 posts!). But the most joy I get out of penning doyouhearthemusic.com is when someone tells me they love xyz band I posted, dug that new song or tell me a new band to check out. Music is the universal language that can connect everyone in some shape or form and I’m just happy being a piece to that puzzle.
The last year has brought me incredible memories via music. I spent 15 of the coolest minutes of my life talking to Mr. Jimmy Cliff. That interview ran in Vegas SEVEN as did my chats with Walk The Moon, Foster The People and Ryan Bingham. I made my radio debut and started writing for a second publication getting to feature DJs. I made my first trip to Lollapalooza (to which I am going back to tomorrow), I returned to Bonnaroo and reveled in four glorious days of music with incredible friends. I discovered new bands and musicians like The Lumineers, Of Monsters and Men, Sleeper Agent, San Cisco, Clement Marfo & The Frontline, New Navy, Baywood, Jukebox The Ghost, Zach Heckendorf….you get the point, I could go on forever. I saw some incredible concerts with the likes of rising stars Vintage Trouble and Allen Stone to some of my favorites like Dave Matthews Band, O.A.R., G. Love and Dispatch. Said goodbye to some truly amazing musicians who’s music I grew up listening to (RIP Adam Yauch, Whitney Houston, Levon Helm, Donna Summer, Robin Gibb, Etta James, Davy Jones).
All in, not a bad 365 days! But where do I go from here? Guess we’ll just have to wait and see but if the stars align, the next year could be the most rocking one ever!
Peace + Love + Music
Craig
Happy Birthday Sir Paul McCartney!
18 JunHappy 70th birthday to the legend, Sir Paul McCartney! Still out there rocking and rolling, and let’s hope this doesn’t stop anytime soon!
Real quick – in a past life I interacted with celebrities on a weekly basis and never got star struck except for one time, with Sir Paul McCartney himself. It was the opening of LOVE at the Mirage Las Vegas and I guess I just view him as bigger than life so for me it was interacting with a person who is not only celebrated around the world but someone who connects with people of all ages.
Happy Birthday Tupac/Bishop
16 JunToday would have been Tupac’s 40th birthday. I figured it was an appropriate time to recall one of my favorite movies of all time, Juice and the character he played, Bishop.
Do You Hear The Music? 