Pat DiNizio impressively pays tribute to Buddy Holly on CD

As regular readers of this blog know, I like music. However, I am sure most of you have noticed that I rarely write about current music. Sometime around 1994, I lost interest in the current music scene and became content with the music of the 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s.

Because of this, I am especially grateful to a co-worker who exposed me to a compact disc by Pat DiNizio who put out a record of nothing but Buddy Holly covers. I like Holly's music a lot, and DiNizio did a great job. He was able to interpret the music in a fresh way without losing the original essence of the songs. Appropriately enough, the title of the album is Pat DiNizio/Buddy Holly.

His achievement is not always an easy one to pull off. For every good album of covers (for example, Bob Seger's Smokin' O.P.'S), there are others that fail (for example, Michael Bolton's disemboweling of the song "[Sittin' On] The Dock of the Bay").

For those wanting more information about his album, click here.

By the way, DiNizio is best known for his work with the Smithereens (in case you did not already know).

What is spinning in my CD player these days?

Here are some tasty songs I am listening to that you might want to check out (if you have not already):

'Salt of the Earth' -- The Rolling Stones
'Dead Flowers' -- The Rolling Stones
'Shine a Light' -- The Rolling Stones
'Surrender' -- Cheap Trick
'Across the Great Divide' -- The Band
'Whispering Pines' -- The Band
'Something in the Air' -- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
'San Francisco Bay Blues' -- Eric Clapton
'True Love Ways' -- Buddy Holly
'Here Comes the Sun' -- The Beatles
'Take Me with U' -- Prince and the Revolution

I'm stealing Mr. Jimmy's idea...or am I?

Frequent visitors to Mr. Jimmy's BLAHBLAH know that he sometimes posts a list of songs that he is currently listening to. I always like those postings because I believe they shed some insight into the person. Plus, I like music, and I'm always interested in finding something new.

In that spirit, I thought I would post some songs I'm currently listening to. Then, I got to thinking that some of you might think that I was stealing his idea. What am I to do? Hmmmmm. I've got it. Look at it like this: This posting is paying homage to Mr. Jimmy because I am admitting that his work is influencing me.

Yeah, that's the ticket.

Anyway, here are the songs:

'Tomorrow Never Knows' by The Beatles
'Daddy Sang Bass' by Johnny Cash with June Carter Cash and The Statler Brothers
'Workin' at the Car Wash Blues' by Jim Croce
'Roll Me Away' by Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
'Keep the Customer Satisfied' by Simon and Garfunkel
'Amos Moses' by Jerry Reed (RIP)
'Apeman' by The Kinks
'Spontaneous' by Neil Innes
'Pop Life' by Prince and the Revolution
'Badge' by Cream
'Where Did You Sleep Last Night' by Nirvana
'It Doesn’t Matter Anymore' by Buddy Holly
'Southern Accents' by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
'Sundown' by Gordon Lightfoot
'Think' by Aretha Franklin