Comments on: Friday Five: Boston

By: Juli Thanki

Juli Thanki — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 21:49:52 +0000

Been there, done that: http://www.engine145.com/friday-five-baltimore/

By: Rick

Rick — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 21:27:38 +0000

To heck with “Bean Town”! How about something from a grittier area in another eastern seaboard state to the south? I’d pick the Tompall Glaser/Harlan Howard song “Streets of Baltimore” just because it’s NOT about Boston. Well that and the fact Gram Parsons liked the song so much. Go Orioles!

By: Arlene

Arlene — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 18:51:13 +0000

And then there’s these which also make me think of Boston:

“Sweet Baby James”- James Taylor
“Boston”- Patty Griffin (from the unreleased album, Silverbell)
“When Fall Comes To New England”- Cheryl Wheeler
“Boston”- The Byrds/Gene Clark
“Where Everybody Knows Your Name”- Cheers theme song

By: Barry Mazor

Barry Mazor — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:15:02 +0000

Well, Peter Rowan and David Grisman are at their absolutely least bluegrass in their late-60s band Earth Opera, which did produce the once famous “The Red Sox Are Winning”–which the Sox and maybe not too many others were:

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

By: bob

bob — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 14:50:53 +0000

thanks Ben. Your memory’s better than mine.

By: Jack Williams

Jack Williams — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 14:41:26 +0000

Well, there’s the “blue-eyed Boston boy” from the traditional song “The Two Solders,” which has been covered by many. I first heard it on the second album from Norman Blake and Tony Rice.

By: Ben Foster

Ben Foster — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 14:34:28 +0000

Bob – From the archives… :)

http://www.engine145.com/friday-five-autumn/

By: bob

bob — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 14:13:23 +0000

I guessed wrong. Since tomorrow’s the first day of fall, I thought the Friday Five would be about Autumn/Fall songs.

The following is from Terry Cashman’s Boston Red Sox version of “Talkin’ Baseball”:

“Boston has tradition
And with the proper ammunition
The Sox will fight from April ’til the Fall”

By: Dave D.

Dave D. — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 13:54:24 +0000

If we’re basing the list strictly on song preference, I’d drop the Chesney song for Uncle Pen, which merits consideration by name checking Boston Boy.

By: Ben Foster

Ben Foster — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 13:07:29 +0000

Never knew all that “Whoever’s In New England” trivia. Now I’m imagining all three songs being performed by their corresponding characters in a big stage musical…