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Nothing Compares To The Great Classic Rock Music Of The Sixties And Seventies

Have you ever been driving down the road and a Classic Rock Song that you haven’t heard in years comes on your stereo? And did it give you the urge to go home and dig that album out and listen to it again? It’s happened to me on more than one occasion and I’m sure for some of you it’s happened as well. I might be aging myself here but for those of you like me, who were fortunate enough to experience some of the great Classic Rock Music of the sixties and seventies, in the sixties and seventies, you know exactly what I’m talking about.

Legendary Bands

The sixties and seventies brought us a lot of great songs and albums from some of the most legendary bands to ever form. Bands like The Rolling Stones, The Doors, Cream, The Beatles, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Led Zeppelin, The Who, and I know I could continue with a list that goes on and on, produced some of the best songs ever. These bands created some Classic Rock Songs that are still being listened to today, everyday. Not only have these songs survived the test of time, some of the bands that created them were still touring up until a couple of years ago and some probably still are. There are also some members of some of these bands that are doing the casino circuits to this day playing fan favorites of their respective bands.

Lazin on a Sunny Sunday Afternoon

Not too long ago on a sunny Sunday afternoon, I was listening to one of my favorite rock stations. For years now they’ve had a show that takes up most of the Sunday schedule called Psychedelic Sunday. (For anyone interested it’s Q107 in Toronto) Almost the entire day is devoted to Classic Rock Songs and Albums from the sixties and seventies. Although I listen in quite often, this one particular Sunday I decided to pull out some of my old albums just to have a look at what I was still in possession of. To my pleasant surprise I ended up finding a trunk full of albums that I totally forgot I had. There was well over one hundred albums in that old trunk and since I was one of those guys that would record any album I bought onto a cassette, and then put it into a plastic sleeve and put it away, these albums and their covers were in excellent shape. The only problem was that I haven’t had a turntable in over twenty years and even if I had one today, I most likely wouldn’t play these albums on one anyways.

Digitally Re-mastered CD’s

I decided that I would slowly start to replace some of the albums I liked the most with digitally re-mastered CD’s. I couldn’t believe how easy replacing them turned out to be. It’s only been a few months since I started replacing these great Classic Rock Albums and I can tell you that I’ve already managed to replace over twenty of them. There hasn’t been one that I have looked for that I wasn’t able to find, and from what I’ve seen, I know that finding anymore that I want wont be a problem at all. They are literally all available whenever I choose to go and get them.

Nothing Compares to Classic Rock Music

Now I’ll be the first to admit that there are a lot extremely talented musicians and songwriters these days, that produce some excellent songs in many different genres, but in my opinion nothing does or ever will compare with the great classic rock music of the sixties and seventies, and I really hope that I’ve been able to inspire you to go down into your basement or out to your garage and dig out those old classic rock albums that you haven’t listened to in a very long time. Good luck and Happy listening.

Nothing Compares To The Great Classic Rock Music Of The Sixties And Seventies

FREE Tiny House Event in CT Thursday Feb 4th! with a film live art live music

Yes, its a FREE event..... (and we ARE looking for one more sponsor (newenglandrockpress@gmail.com)

So, to not only help out a great new independent gallery in the super-cool art town of Putnam, CT, AND to toss back some love/thanks for a very supportive tiny house scene, Ive put together a FREE event at The Artisan Soul Gallery in Putnam, CT (run by Laura Taylor)..... FREE!!!!

(PS, we ALSO have a HANDS-ON TINY HOUSE BUILDING WORKSHOP (the Diedricksen Brothers with Mike Bedsole) that will be taking place May 13-15th) in Chattanooga, TN. Well have sign up links and details soon, or email us at newenglandrockpress@gmail.com to sign up for a spot. Limited space.... 3 days- 30 hours of tiny house-related building, speakers, demos, and more.... SEE/tour tiny houses as well!

Thursday, February 4th- 6pm to 9:30

Well have live music from Salvage-guru King Courteen (all the way from Milwaukee!)

A screening of the film "Re-Use: Because You Cant Recycle The Planet", WITH director Alex Eaves there..... www.reusedocumentary.com

LIVE art from:

Derek Diedricksen
Jonathan Fritz
and Benjamin Davis
(and perhaps more)

Ill be doing a book signing for my new book "Microshelters"

We have Jess and Dan Sullivan- tiny house builders/dwellers from RI

And Palo Coleman doing a Bamboo-building talk/demo

And who knows what else!

Come armed with your tiny house questions for Dan and Jess and check out this tour I shot of their tiny house in Rhode Island.....

MEGA THANKS to:

ONDURA.com- the makers of Tuftex Polycarbonate Panels that I use in almost ALL my builds!

AND....

Sandra and Leo Fay from The Stoughton House Of Brews in Stoughton, MA

for backing and supporting this event!!!

Hope to see you there!!!!

-Deek

FREE Tiny House Event in CT Thursday Feb 4th! with a film live art live music

Live Music and Tiny Houses on Display

Heres a little music video I shot at the "Relaxshacks.com Tiny House Building and Design Workshop" that took place last weekend outside Memphis, TN.

We had quite the roster of creative, fun, talented, and hardworking attendees there- including one Michael Gerlach, aka King Courteen…. Check out this video, esp. the chorus of the song- very catchy!

We also are lining up our speakers, demo presenters, and musical guests for the NEXT HANDS-ON Relaxshacks.com workshop- which will be…

August 15-16-17 (and MAYBE the 18th too) in Northern Vermont, at my camp. www.Relaxshacks.com will have the details soon- we should have another kick-butt poster for the event from Kevin Fitzpatrick, and I cant wait to share more info on this!

Its a 10 acre spread with 5 cabins on the premises (that you can stay in), a nearby off-grid (solar) log cabin that well see (and you can also stay in), a river to swim in nearby, trails to hike right from our doorstep, a mom n pop sawmill that well tour, a solar cooking demo, a horseshoe round-robin competition, bonfires each night, and more!

Well work on a tiny cabin in the woods, a small tree house, AND a recycled material, ultra-funky stage in the pines, for our night #2 musical guests- many of them….

Like all SIX of our past workshops, this one will sell out fast, and space is limited!
kidcedar at gmail.com if interested in locking a spot ahead of the pack…

-Derek "Deek" Diedricksen

Live Music and Tiny Houses on Display