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Monday, June 9, 2025

Classic Rock Music Monday

The stuff that now passes as "music", particularly rock 'n roll, leaves me cold. So, to start off the week, here's a video of a classic rock artist.

To start off the week, we have a couple from Gene Pitney. The first is his "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" from 1962 and the second, "She Lets Her Hair Down (Early In The Morning)" from 1969.

Pitney died from a sudden heart attack while on tour in England.

From Wikipedia:

Gene Francis Alan Pitney (February 17, 1940 – April 5, 2006) was an American pop and country singer, songwriter, and musician.

Pitney charted 16 top-40 hits in the United States, four in the top ten. In the United Kingdom, he had 22 top-40 hit singles, including 11 in the top ten. Among Pitney's most famous hits are "Town Without Pity", "(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance", "Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa", "I'm Gonna Be Strong", "It Hurts to Be in Love", and "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart". He also wrote the early-1960s hits "Rubber Ball" recorded by Bobby Vee, "Hello Mary Lou" by Ricky Nelson, and "He's a Rebel" by the Crystals. In 2002, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

 


 

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

"My Darling Clementine"

 


 "When the legend becomes fact, print the legend." - from The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962).

That line could sum up the 1946 John Ford movie, My Darling Clementine. It is a fictional version of the events leading up to and including the shoot-out at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona between the Earp brothers and the Clantons.

Since I have a trip coming up to Tombstone, I decided to watch My Darling Clementine last evening. It is the Criterion Collection version that I bought a few years ago starring Henry Fonda as Wyatt Earp, Victor Mature as Doc Holliday, Ward Bond as Morgan Earp and Linda Darnell as Chihuahua.

Not much, if anything, is historically accurate, but it is a beautifully shot movie and well acted. It was filmed in Monument Valley, which I find humorous as the real Tombstone doesn't look anything like Monument Valley. It has to rank as the darkest movie by John Ford.

The extras do provide the real facts about Tombstone. The one I especially liked was a NBC News report from 1963 with David Brinkley.

The movie scored a 100% rating at Rotten Tomatoes' Tomatometer.

I visited Tombstone back around 1988 and enjoyed it. I am looking forward to the upcoming trip.

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