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FReeper Canteen - Tunes For Our Troops - 23 June 2012
Our Troops Rock!!!! | The Canteen DJ's

Posted on 06/22/2012 5:59:49 PM PDT by AZamericonnie


 

 

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~ Tunes For Our Troops ~

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Warning: Not all the music you hear below will be appropriate for children! Please click with caution! Thank you!

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Tunes For The Troops
 



 
**Artist Showcase**

Nyro was born Laura Nigro in the Bronx, New York, the daughter of Gilda Mirsky Nigro, a bookkeeper, and Louis Nigro, a piano tuner and jazz trumpeter. Laura had a younger brother, Jan Nigro. Laura was of Russian Jewish and Italian ancestry. As a child, she taught herself piano, read poetry, and listened to her mother's records by Leontyne Price, Billie Holiday and classical composers such as Ravel and Debussy. She composed her first songs at age eight. With her family, she spent summers in the Catskill Mountains, where her father played the trumpet at resorts.

While in high school, she sang with a group of friends in subway stations and on street corners. She said, "I would go out singing, as a teenager, to a party or out on the street, because there were harmony groups there, and that was one of the joys of my youth." Among her favorite musicians were John Coltrane, Nina Simone, Pete Seeger, Curtis Mayfield, Van Morrison, and girl groups such as The Supremes, Martha and the Vandellas and the Shirelles.

Nyro's own renditions of her songs never attained hit status, but between 1968 and 1970 a number of other singers had achieved significant successes on the charts with her works. Other artists scored hit after hit with her songs, led by the 5th Dimension’s “Stoned Soul Picnic” and “Sweet Blindness” in 1968 (then “Wedding Bell Blues” in ’69 and “Blowin' Away” in ’70). Over two consecutive weeks in October 1969, Blood, Sweat & Tears entered the Hot 100 with “And When I Die,” and Three Dog Night followed with “Eli's Coming.” In 1970-71, Barbra Streisand charted three consecutive times with Laura Nyro songs, “Stoney End,” “Time And Love” and “Flim Flam Man.”

Nyro's evocative vocal style mixed jazz and rhythm-and-blues with street pop, gospel, and Broadway, and her three-octave range has led her voice to be characterized as both "a blues soprano" and "a rich, charcoal-smudged alto."

In 1996, she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. After the diagnosis, Columbia Records prepared a double-disc CD retrospective of material from her years at the label. The company involved Nyro herself, who selected the tracks and approved the final project. She lived to see the release of Stoned Soul Picnic: The Best of Laura Nyro (1997), and was reportedly pleased with the outcome.

Nyro died of ovarian cancer in Danbury, Connecticut, on April 8, 1997, at 49, the age at which the same disease had claimed the life of her mother.

Nyro's influence on popular musicians has also been acknowledged by such artists as Joni Mitchell, Rickie Lee Jones, Elton John, Cyndi Lauper, Todd Rundgren, Steely Dan, and Melissa Manchester. Todd Rundgren stated that, once he heard her, he "stopped writing songs like The Who and started writing songs like Laura".

On April 14th, 2012, Laura Nyro was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Enjoy the variety of musical selections that the Canteen Deejays provide throughout the thread. Please ping any DJ with your requests for the Troops!


All music is removed on Monday.
Thanks to all the DeeJay's for their time & effort providing entertainment for the Troops!

*Canteen Mission Statement*

Showing support and boosting the morale of
our military and our allies military
and the family members of the above.
Honoring those who have served before.
 

 

 




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To: ConorMacNessa

Thank you for the “The Empty Chair” presentation.


221 posted on 06/23/2012 12:09:20 AM PDT by Diver Dave (Because He Lives, I Can Face Tomorrow)
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To: AZamericonnie; All
Twenty-eight years after it's release, Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce joined with the late Gary Moore as BBM and revisited the song that started it all.

I Feel Free (Live)
~ BBM ~







222 posted on 06/23/2012 12:11:56 AM PDT by Drumbo ("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw [Robert A. Heinlein])
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To: Drumbo
It's not clear whether the corporate boys in A&R ever figured out that they'd been duped, but instant success meant that never again would the record company try to meddle in the band's development.

Some folks are slow learners. d:o)

223 posted on 06/23/2012 12:17:31 AM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
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To: Kathy in Alaska

73’s


224 posted on 06/23/2012 12:18:45 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Cindy
No Summer in the title but still keeping with the theme;

The Cars - “Magic”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bEu9wLDjKY

A song for no reason;

Dada - Dizz Knee Land

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daa9pZDxfIY

225 posted on 06/23/2012 12:21:40 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
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To: Cindy

Good job, Cindy! No summer yet? Maybe we have it.

It was mid 70s today....HOT! It’s like 80+ in here with me and my computer. I’ve got fans going, but they are not keeping me awake very well. LOL!


226 posted on 06/23/2012 12:24:24 AM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
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To: Diver Dave

Good evening/morning, Dave...((HUGS))...hope you are doing well, and feeling better each day.


227 posted on 06/23/2012 12:27:31 AM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
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To: 2LT Radix jr; acad1228; AirForceMom; AliVeritas; aomagrat; ariamne; armyavonlady; austingirl; ...
Welcome Troops, Veterans, Families, and Allies!
Music posted for your enjoyment. Thank you for serving our country.


Thanks, unique, for the Troops support.

Parents, you are responsible for previewing.

Little Peggy March ~ I Will Follow Him

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228 posted on 06/23/2012 12:30:19 AM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
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To: Liberty Valance

Outstanding!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwUmgWARJSc&feature=related


229 posted on 06/23/2012 12:30:51 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: AZamericonnie; Kathy in Alaska; Drumbo; ConorMacNessa; Publius; LUV W; HopeandGlory; ...
Thank you for a very enjoyable Canteen. All of the selections were great!




230 posted on 06/23/2012 12:39:28 AM PDT by bd476
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To: bd476

You’re most welcome bd476 and that is a beautiful bouquet.


231 posted on 06/23/2012 12:44:09 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: Kathy in Alaska

You saved one of the very best until last. Lovely!


232 posted on 06/23/2012 12:59:12 AM PDT by bd476
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To: 2LT Radix jr; acad1228; AirForceMom; AliVeritas; aomagrat; ariamne; armyavonlady; austingirl; ...
Welcome Troops, Veterans, Families, and Allies!
Music posted for your enjoyment. Thank you for serving our country.


Thanks, unique, for the Troops support.

Parents, you are responsible for previewing.

Nino Tempo & April Stevens ~ Deep Purple

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233 posted on 06/23/2012 1:03:15 AM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
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To: bd476

Beautiful flowers, bd...((HUGS))...thanks.


234 posted on 06/23/2012 1:04:28 AM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
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To: bd476

A request? A tune you’d like to hear?


235 posted on 06/23/2012 1:07:12 AM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
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To: Kathy in Alaska
Thank you Kathy! Oh this is beautiful! I love this song. You should hear me clapping. :) Nino Tempo and his sister April Stevens were great in this arrangement. Nino Tempo also is an incredible saxophone player.




236 posted on 06/23/2012 1:11:13 AM PDT by bd476
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To: Kathy in Alaska
Kathy, I don't know how you're doing this but you must be reading the part of my brain where I store my favorite music. ((((Kathy))))

Thank you! :)




237 posted on 06/23/2012 1:26:47 AM PDT by bd476
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To: 2LT Radix jr; acad1228; AirForceMom; AliVeritas; aomagrat; ariamne; armyavonlady; austingirl; ...
Welcome Troops, Veterans, Families, and Allies!
Music posted for your enjoyment. Thank you for serving our country.


Thanks, unique, for the Troops support.

Parents, you are responsible for previewing.

Trini Lopez ~ If I Had A Hammer

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238 posted on 06/23/2012 1:29:08 AM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
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To: 2LT Radix jr; acad1228; AirForceMom; AliVeritas; aomagrat; ariamne; armyavonlady; austingirl; ...
Welcome Troops, Veterans, Families, and Allies!
Music posted for your enjoyment. Thank you for serving our country.


Thanks, unique, for the Troops support.

Parents, you are responsible for previewing.

John Anderson ~ Heartache Tonight

*To support the artists you hear in the Canteen,
please click the links at the top of the thread.*

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239 posted on 06/23/2012 1:38:53 AM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
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A very pleasant good morning to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country.

Welcome, everyone to this weekend's edition of the Canteen Music Dedication. The music in this thread is provided for the enjoyment of the troops and their families.

Please support the artists in this thread. Buy their music and attend their concerts when they come to your area.

Our thanks to the Canteen DJ's for all their hard work in posting the music to today's thread.

240 posted on 06/23/2012 1:38:53 AM PDT by E.G.C.
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