I don't know what got into me a year ago this week, but only one day after debuting my Wacky Wednesday feature on this blog,
I launched Throwback Thursday to explore the music and musicians of decades past. The original intent was to spotlight music from before I was born -- and echoes of those old sounds in more contemporary music. I haven't strictly adhered to that, but nearly all of my Throwback posts are based on music from at least 50 years ago.
Frequently on Throwback Thursday I'll select an old song, try to give a little history about it and show various versions of it to show how it's evolved.
I'm pretty sure this is a complete list of those tunes with links to the original posts. If I left out any you know of, please let me know. (I threw in a couple of Wacky Wednesday songs plus a few from a few years before I started Throwback Thursday as well)
Enjoy!
The Throwback Thursday Songbook, Volume 1
All My Trials
Auld Lang Syne
Beedle um Bum (This was my first Throwback Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014)
Brennan on the Moor
Cabbage Head / Four Nights Drunk / Wake Up Baby (from August 2014, a few months before I started Throwback Thursday)
Crawdad Hole
Diver Boy / Edwin
Ghost Riders in the Sky
Going Home / Miracles
Goober Peas
Goodnight Irene
House of the Rising Sun
I'll See You in My DreamsLili Marleen (from April 2011)
Moonlight Bay
Pretty Peggy-O
Sam Hall
See That My Grave is Kept Clean / One Kind Favor
Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair
The Sheik of Araby (This one appeared in Wacky Wednesday)
Shortnin' BreadSloop John B
Stagolee (This one is from 2008)
St. James Infirmary / Streets of Laredo / Dyin' Crapshooter Blues / Unfortunate Rake (This one is from 2012)
Two Lovely Black Eyes
White House Bues / Mr. Garfield
WPLJ (This one also appeared in Wacky Wednesday)
The Year of Jubilo
And in case you missed the first anniversary of Wacky Wednesday CLICK HERE
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