Mal ,'Serenity'
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
It's weird. It's like discovering Wendy Melvoin (Wendy & Lisa, Prince etc.) was the daughter of Mike Melvoin's (first call sixties studio piano player. Played on everything from Mission: Impossible theme to Pet Sounds).
Or that Chris and Paul Weitz (the guys who produced American Pie) are the children of Susan Kohner (who played the gorgeous black daughter who could pass in Imitation of Life).
who was in the band That Dog.
That was the media hook for That Dog -- that they were all kids of famous music people. Other members were the Hayden sisters (Petra, et al), who were the spawn of Charlie.
That's Haden, not Hayden. Another fun fact about Petra Haden that surprised the crap out of me recently: she appeared on Sunn 0)))'s 2nd album.
Or that Lenny Kravitz is the son of Roxie Roker, AKA Helen Willis on The Jeffersons.
Well, I knew Anna was Lenny's daughter. I just didn't realize that she was Donna Loren's daughter. Oh well, I'll connect all the dots eventually.
Also? Doyle Bramhall is Wendy Melvoin's brother-in-law.
Other famous Hollywood Kids In Music: Terry Melcher (Doris Day's son, key West coast producer, conduit to Charles Manson); Peter Lewis of Moby Grape was Loretta Young's son; Dino (son of Dean Martin), Desi (son of Lucy and Desi) and Billy; Gary Lewis and the Playboys.
And of course, Don Grady from My Three Sons was in The Yellow Balloon.
Maya Rudolph is Minnie Riperton's daughter.
That's Haden, not Hayden.
Ack. I knew it didn't look right (who would spell Hayden that way?), but I was too lazy to check it.
::sets timer to see how long it will take Boucher to post about Charlie Haden::
Completely random question:
Best '60s pop use of sitar - "Mother's Little Helper"?
I'm making some playlists to burn for mac, one calm sort of lullabies not only for babies and one upbeat.
I have an hour of calm so far and getting close to 3 hours of upbeat. If you have some favorites for kids, I'd love suggestions.
I am trying to avoid strictly "kids" music, but am also avoiding adult language and situations.