Dash Rip Rock

"I heard Joni Mitchell say, 'Everybody's a songwriter, even people who shouldn't be.' It's true. It was as true in 1963 as it is today. People heard the Beatles and said, 'Oh, I could do that!' Actually, no, you couldn't. You couldn't write 'She Loves You,' let alone 'For No One' or 'Girl.' It's the same today. A lot of people who can sort of write songs screw up their ears and tell themselves it's something special. But it's not really. "Lennon, McCartney and Harrison had stunningly high standards as writers. Imagine releasing a song like 'Ask Me Why' or 'Things We Said Today' as a B side. They made such fantastic records as 'Penny Lane' b/w 'Strawberry Fields Forever' and only put them out as singles! These records were events, and not just advance notice of an album release. "You can’t really put onto the page what is great about 'And Your Bird Can Sing' or 'Paperback Writer' or even a great overlooked hard rock Beatles cut like 'Hey Bulldog.' Ok, you can break it down to this remarkable guitar part, those weirdly tracked, overlapping vocal harmonies or Lennon’s insanely intense delivery of an almost throwaway cut and even remark that the piano part is a relative of 'Lady Madonna.' But this doesn’t begin to explain how these records make me feel. That is beyond words." --#ElvisCostello #Songwriter #TheAttractions @ElvisCostello #Grammys #ASCAP #BAFTA #HallOfFame #TheBeatles #Influence #GOAT

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Dash Rip Rockin’

@brianpmoore666 Crank it ⚡️⚡️⚡️

@TracesofTexas Our favorite Dash

Y'all, Dash Crofts has died at the age of 87. Dash, shown here on the right with musical partner Jim Seals, was half of the iconic 1970s soft rockers Seals and Crofts. Both Dash and Jim were Texans. “Dash” Crofts, whose real name was Darrell, was born in Cisco, Texas on August 14, 1940, alongside his twin sister, Dorothy. The nickname “Dash” stems from his mother, who entered the twins in a beauty contest when they were babies, under the names Dot and Dash. Crofts played baseball and took piano lessons at five years old before pivoting to drums. He was two years older than Jim Seals, who grew up an hour south in Sidney, Texas. They met while they were both in the local band the Crew Cats, and later joined the Champs, moving to California. They had a monster hit song, "Tequila," as part of the Champs. “The song took off and scared the s**t out of all of us,” Crofts told Rolling Stone in 1971. “We were literally stars overnight. In one sense, I guess it was a fantastic experience. We were awfully young, the whole rock scene was really innocent, we met a lot of different people and went to a lot of places. But God, it was a hard life. Hard in every way. We were constantly on the road in a bus.” In 1969, the two formed Seals and Crofts and hit the big time with "Summer Breeze (makes me feel fine)," "Diamond Girl," "We Will Never Pass This Way Again," and "Get Closer," earning four gold albums, two platinum albums, and two Grammy nominations. In 1983, the pair went their separate ways before reuniting in the 1990s and, in 2004, they teamed up for their first album since 1980 with "Traces." Jim Seals died in 2022. RIP Dash Crofts!

Sail on Dash❤️

@WillPHarrison @Farcethemusic Painful

@dashkicksass @Farcethemusic 100% When I hear them Texans trying to yoink zydeco from Louisiana.

If it wasn’t made in Kentucky, it’s not Bluegrass, it’s just sparkling banjo music.

Boat days @OutlawCruise

@JoshuaHedley Yep

You wanna know how to *really* make it in the country music industry? You learn about 1500-2000 cover songs, move to Nashville, and play on lower broadway. That’s how you do it. That’s how you make a living playing music. That’s “making it” in the real world.

Don’t tell anyone but we’re on a cruise

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Louisiana is #1 in forever chemicals.

@jimmyribz2 Try Geese

I try to listen to Goose and it makes me want to drink weed killer and die

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"We have become a Nazi monster in the eyes of the whole world. A nation of bullies and bastards who would rather kill than live peacefully." "We are not just whores for power and oil, but killer whores with hate and fear in our hearts." - Hunter S. Thompson

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Get lost in the music this weekend! 💪⚜️🎶🎸🎤🐊😎 #NowPlaying -- @dashkicksass - Shakin' Out the Days youtu.be/u1oKeWQOrBo?si… @YouTube