Another backyard jam presented to you by the Elegant Strangers. ~Makin' Whoopie~ Harmonica, Flute, Tenor Sax: Stan 'The Baron' Behrens: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvF7hzsrsGM5SR7CxcHLr0Q Simultaneous Keys and Drums, the inimitable, Rob Mullins: https://www.youtube.com/user/planetmullins Guitar, Vinnie Caggiano, Eclectic Guitarist: www.facebook.com/vinstrel ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pNIM9mMpU0

"White Christmas" is an Irving Berlin song reminiscing about an old-fashioned Christmas setting, released in 1942. The version sung by Bing Crosby is the world's best-selling single with estimated sales in excess of 50 million copies worldwide. When the figures for other versions of the song are added to Crosby's, sales of the song exceed 100 million. Accounts vary as to when and where Berlin wrote the song. One story is that he wrote it in 1940, in warm La Quinta, California, while staying at the La Quinta Hotel, a frequent Hollywood retreat also favored by writer-director-producer Frank Capra, although the Arizona Biltmore also claims the song was written there. He often stayed up all night writing. One day he told his secretary, "I want you to take down a song I wrote over the weekend. Not only is it the best song I ever wrote, it's the best song anybody ever wrote." Special huge thanks to Gene Ferriter who made the higher video quality of this recording and future recordings possible. Thanks, GenO! You're my Maine man! ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnD5PrK4RGk

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Here, I am offering a basic overview of what's to come regarding Blues Theory. I will be discussing the Three Systems; why the Blues is so important; and finally, 'Blues Clues' or, the footprints left in the sand by the Blues. Bear in mind, there is no theory or system from the perspective of academic music studies that explains, theoretically, why the Blues works. In the final analysis, it's still a mystery. But, because of music theory, we can at least discuss its properties and traits and why the Blues is such a radical, world-changing form of music. [By the way,--and how embarrassing!--I referred Arnold Schoenberg as Arnold "Schoenfeld!" I must have been thinking of one of my students with that last name. Pardon that one!] ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QgLaxHXOXo