Three Tune Tuesday

It's time again for Three Tune Tuesday, that day of the week where members of the Hive community shares three songs of their liking with the rest of the community.

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I take a slow, relaxing approach to Three Tune Tuesday: I like to share pre-1924 78rpm songs from my collection, and record them while playing on an appropriate time-period windup phonograph. I encourage you to take a few moments and slow down with me. Settle down, close your eyes, and take yourself back.. way back.. in time, to a distant uncle's parlour in the early 1920's. There are comfortable seats, pleasant conversation, and old music.

I haven't had the time or opportunity to put together a TTT podcast this week; I spent the last week in Calgary (home!) for a funeral and prioritised my time.

Despite the reason for being in Calgary I made the best of it and spent a good deal of time visiting some old haunts and revisiting my youth. So this week's installment of TTT is, for me, full of nostalgia.

Sweet City Woman

This is a song from 1971 by The Stampeders. No, not the CFL team, but the band. One must understand that Calgary's identity is strongly linked to ranching, oil, and rodeos (ala the world famous Calgary Stampede).

Anyway, this song was a big hit for the band and remains heard on radio today. Yes, it was released before I was born, but is a song that the entire city is pretty proud of.

Making it Work

Okay, Doug and the Slugs weren't from Calgary, but I did get to see them play at a local theme park, Calaway Park. This is fun song. Doug Bennett was a pretty good songwriter and didn't get the credit he deserved, in my opinion. RIP Doug Bennett.

There's Something I Like About That

Also not from Calgary, but the band Chilliwack shares the same name as the city I was born in, so there's that. This particular song wasn't one of their larger Canadian hits, but it's one of my favourites. I still sing this (poorly, because I can't sing) when putzing aboot the house.