tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57845635057722208892024-03-13T09:46:05.709-04:00Savage RoadsMy blog is all about the ride! Some music, philosophy and cool stuff too!The Savage Roadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538683809136827447noreply@blogger.comBlogger183125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784563505772220889.post-17407159415019305662022-10-22T07:00:00.000-04:002022-10-22T07:00:15.104-04:00The Sombrero Galaxy by Hubble<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="397" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2QFu7elIIMD_VGk1TBH7yHVuhXySodz9mP_CFjk9CWGTIsnRJRnvSR-SWkMRjNF3nINW7EbKI29uL5kYKoYYsBIjHbvqpTOc9PdBx01ws2lwgmlpVYi2WNvrhPHHNEZim2Cw6bkB6hbKJM6gESWl7xTuVcvcG9bFMcWkg9TKGYmTmujeXdhv0YfFV/w397-h397/tumblr_4ebcbff1782fff2b839c80e3f160e702_8b6af89f_500.jpg" width="397" /></div><p></p><h2 style="margin-left: 160px; text-align: left;">The Sombrero Galaxy by Hubble</h2><h2>There are approx. 200 to 400
billion stars in the Milky Way. Now look at this galaxy. It has 200 to
300 billion stars. Now there are billions of galaxies with billions of
stars and that is just what we can observe with the current technology.
A billion billion is a Quintilian and there is about 400 billion x a Quintilian stars in the known universe. Something to the power of 10 to
the 24th. </h2><h2>It blows my mind! What gets me isn’t just the number of
stars, and the enormous scale and size and distance. It’s the amount of
time and that each galaxy is 31 million light years away. The amount of
time it took for the light from that picture to reach us, entire species
could evolve on planets and develop into a space faring galactic
civilization; empires could rise and fall, then fade into dust, and be
lost in the sands of time, without us ever knowing. And that’s just the
31 million years it took for that light, which is a drop in the bucket
of time that this galaxy has had to create life over many many billions
of years.</h2><h2>Space vroom <br /></h2><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>The Savage Roadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538683809136827447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784563505772220889.post-44527582279622140832022-07-18T19:06:00.001-04:002022-07-18T19:06:17.893-04:00Harley-Davidson Study On Women And Motorcycles<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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Harley-Davidson-sponsored study about women and motorcycles says those
who ride are considerably happier, more confident and more fulfilled
than those who do not.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #fce5cd; font-size: medium;">Freud asked, "What does woman want?"</span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #fce5cd; font-size: medium;">Harley-Davidson has the answer. She wants a motorcycle -- or should.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #fce5cd; font-size: medium;">That is the result of a study of female motorcycle riders and non-riders, commissioned by the Wisconsin-based bike manufacturer.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #fce5cd; font-size: medium;">Female
riders were twice as likely as their non-riding counterparts to feel
"confident." They were twice as likely, too, to feel "extremely
satisfied" with their appearance.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #fce5cd; font-size: medium;">More
than half of those riders said the two-wheeled experience made them
feel "free" and "independent." And while they were marginally less
inclined to say they "usually feel good" about their senses of humour and
intelligence, they were almost twice as likely to say they "usually
feel good" about their sex appeal.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #fce5cd; font-size: medium;">Harley-Davidson's
director of women's outreach marketing, Claudia Garber, is one of those
female riders. She took up the sport six years ago with the purchase of
a Harley Nightster and moved on to a Fatboy.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #fce5cd; font-size: medium;">"It's
about freedom," the married mother of two says. "When you’re doing
things you want to do, for yourself, and you feel confident, it goes
into every aspect of your life, including how you feel about yourself.
You feel more comfortable in your skin."</span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
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and more women are, in fact, riding. A 2012 study by the Motorcycle
Industry Council found that women accounted for 12% of U.S.
motorcyclists -- up from 10.5% in 2009. </span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #fce5cd; font-size: medium;">Veteran rider and motorcycle journalist Susanna Schick found the results of the new study consistent with her own experience.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #fce5cd; font-size: medium;">"I
ride because I need the freedom," she said. "When I drive my car, I
feel like a caged wild animal, trapped and forced to live within
everyone elses limits."</span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
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study, in which 1,013 riders and 1,016 non-riders were interviewed by
the market research company Kelton Global, seems to bear that out. The
results say female riders are happier in their careers, happier in their
friendships, happier with their home lives, and twice as likely to be
"extremely satisfied" with their sex lives.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #fce5cd; font-size: medium;">Uh, maybe, said Schick.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #fce5cd; font-size: medium;">"Being
a woman in a man's sport means I meet loads of men who tell me how much
they dig chicks who ride," she said. "Then they go home to their
girlfriend or wife who doesn't -- and [who] eventually talks them out of
riding altogether. So there's a real disconnect between the compliments
I get and the reality. Having professional racers half my age flirt
with me feeds my ego, but not my soul."</span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
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their experience, the rise in women riders is working for Harley. The
company is selling more motorcycles to women than all their competitors
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ancient, mossy bridge is the perfect complement to any rural or river
scene. These old and mysterious arched bridges are mankind’s way of
traversing landscapes that are otherwise decidedly wild.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 80px; text-align: left;">
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enough, an arch is only kept in position by its own weight – the stones
supporting an arch couldn’t possibly stay in their position without the
stones above them weighing them down. So, while they were very
effective and sturdy, their building process was complicated. This
usually involved building an entire wooden framework underneath the
bridge on which the arch could be rested until the rest of the bridge
was built around it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: medium;">What do you need to find and develop within yourself to be most successful? </span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: medium;">The
answer comes from looking at those who have created success in a
variety of fields. These traits may sound very simple, but they do lead
to remarkable results.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: medium;">If
you really want to bring success into your life, you should cultivate
yourself just as you'd cultivate a garden for the best yield.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: medium;">The
attributes here are shared by successful people everywhere, but they
didn't happen by accident or luck. They originate in habits, built a day
at a time.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: medium;">Remember:
If you live your life as most people do, you will get what most people
get. If you settle, you will get a settled life. If you give yourself
your best, every day, your best will give back to you.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: medium;">Here are the traits that the highly successful cultivate. How many do you have?</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: medium;">1. Drive</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: medium;">You
have the determination to work harder than most and make sure things
get done. You pride yourself on seeing things getting completed and you
can take charge when necessary. You drive yourself with purpose and
align yourself with excellence.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: medium;">2. Self-reliance</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: medium;">You
can shoulder responsibilities and be accountable. You make hard
decisions and stand by them. To think for yourself is to know yourself.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: medium;">3. Willpower</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: medium;">You
have the strength to see things through--rather than vacillate or
procrastinate. When you want it, you make it happen. The world's
greatest achievers are those who have stayed focused on their goals and
been consistent in their efforts.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: medium;">4. Patience</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: medium;">You
are willing to be patient, and you understand that, in everything,
there are failures and frustrations. To take them personally would be a
detriment.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: medium;">5. Integrity</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: medium;">This
should not have to be said, but it's seriously one of the most
important attributes you can cultivate. Honesty is the best policy for
everything you do; integrity creates character and defines who you are.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: medium;">6. Passion</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: medium;">If
you want to succeed, if you want to live, it's not politeness but
rather passion that will get you there. Life is 10 percent what you
experience and 90 percent how you respond to it.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: medium;">7. Connection</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: medium;">You can relate with others, which in turns makes everything reach further and deepen in importance.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: medium;">8. Optimism</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: medium;">You
know there is much to achieve and much good in this world, and you know
what's worth fighting for. Optimism is a strategy for making a better
future--unless you believe that the future can be better, you're
unlikely to step up and take responsibility for making it so.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: medium;">9. Self-confidence</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: medium;">You
trust yourself. It's as simple as that. And when you have that
unshakeable trust in yourself, you're already one step closer to
succeeding.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: medium;">10. Communication</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: medium;">You
work to communicate and pay attention to the communicators around you.
Most important, you hear what isn't being said. When communication is
present, trust and respect follow.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: medium;">No
one plans on being mediocre; mediocrity happens when you don't plan. If
you want to succeed, learn the traits that will make you successful and
plan on living them out every day.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Be humble and great. Courageous and determined. Faithful and fearless. That is who you are, and who you have always been.</span><br />
</span><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><br /></span>The Savage Roadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538683809136827447noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784563505772220889.post-89168479074589321722021-06-26T06:27:00.000-04:002021-06-26T06:27:21.013-04:00My "Crush Of The Day" Best Of Bikes #30<p><span data-offset-key="d4giu-0-0"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span data-offset-key="d4giu-0-0"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span data-offset-key="d4giu-0-0"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span data-offset-key="d4giu-0-0">Greetings and saludos from sunny Spain! At long last my 30th collection of heart stopping, heart pounding, heart racing Harley Davidson rides. Oldies, choppers, bobbers and more. 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Here is my third collection!</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;"><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961)" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961)" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-85qI-ALbrxQ/YBK6ZB9ToVI/AAAAAAAAddQ/NcwjTCQ-DGInR3tdcq7c5LZEeWddX95cwCNcBGAsYHQ/s846/02da8616ece0a58beda8daf54877ac18.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="846" data-original-width="564" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-85qI-ALbrxQ/YBK6ZB9ToVI/AAAAAAAAddQ/NcwjTCQ-DGInR3tdcq7c5LZEeWddX95cwCNcBGAsYHQ/w426-h640/02da8616ece0a58beda8daf54877ac18.jpg" width="426" /></a></span></span></div><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961)" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); 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</div><br /></div></div><div class="site-content clearfix"><div class="main-content"><div class="wrapper post-wrapper"><div class="post clearfix"><div class="entry"><article data-index="-1" data-location="/zz-top-billy-gibbons-rhinestone-suit/" id="post-459264"><div class="content-wrap"><div class="content"><div class="pod-content"><div class="in-view-sentinel-wrapper"><div class="in-view-sentinel in-view-sentinel-top" data-cbid="2"></div><div class="in-view-sentinel in-view-sentinel-bottom" data-cbid="3"></div><div class="photogallery-wrapper no-bottom-bling no-right-bling blog-photogallery"><div class="photogallery-container" id="photogallery-295-363102-0"><div class="photogallery-item" data-index="0"><figure class="frameme frame-loaded"><div class="theframe" data-image="//townsquare.media/site/295/files/2018/10/1-Georgia-Satellites-Georgia-Satellites-1989.jpg" rel="" title="No. 25. Georgia Satellites, 'Georgia Satellites' (1986)"></div></figure><div class="item-meta"><section class="sub-title"><h2 class="title"><span style="font-size: x-large;">No. 25. Georgia Satellites, 'Georgia Satellites' (1986)</span></h2></section><div class="item-description"><span style="font-size: medium;">They shouldn't have been one-hit wonders, since 1988's <i>Open All Night</i> was pretty good too. Nevertheless, the Atlanta-based Georgia Satellites' self-titled debut remains their lone claim to fame. At the time, this kind of down-home roots rock was as rare as it was badly needed. But that left-field sound remained out of step with pop trends, and their humorous No. 2 smash "Keep Your Hands to Yourself" tended to come off like a novelty song. They soon broke up, only to reform later with a lineup that didn't include frontman Dan Baird.</span></div><div class="item-description"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div class="item-description"><div id="tsm-clipoard-container" style="background: #fff; height: 0.1; left: -1000px; position: absolute; top: -1000px; width: 0.1;"><figure class="frameme frame-loaded"></figure><div class="item-meta"><h2 class="item-title">24. Wet Willie, 'Keep On Smilin'' (1974)</h2><div class="item-description">Progenitors
of a soul-focused brand of Southern rock, this Mobile, Ala., band
loosened up on its third album and finally found its audience. The
happy-go-lucky, appropriately named <em>Keep on Smilin'</em> almost cracked the Top 40 on <em>Billboard's</em>
albums chart, Wet Willie's highest-ever showing. The title track was
its bell cow and its big hit, a No. 10 smash that ran country rock
through a reggae filter. Wet Willie ended up scoring two more Top 40
singles, but "Keep on Smilin'" will always be their signature song. </div></div><span><br /><br /><b>Read More: </b><a href="https://ultimateclassicrock.com/zz-top-billy-gibbons-rhinestone-suit/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral">Watch ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons Reunite With Rhinestone Suit</a> | https://ultimateclassicrock.com/zz-top-billy-gibbons-rhinestone-suit/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral</span></div><span style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></article></div></div></div></div></div><br /><div id="tsm-clipoard-container" style="background: #fff; height: 0.1; left: -1000px; position: absolute; top: -1000px; width: 0.1;"><figure class="frameme frame-loaded"></figure><div class="item-meta"><h2 class="item-title">24. Wet Willie, 'Keep On Smilin'' (1974)</h2><div class="item-description">Progenitors
of a soul-focused brand of Southern rock, this Mobile, Ala., band
loosened up on its third album and finally found its audience. The
happy-go-lucky, appropriately named <em>Keep on Smilin'</em> almost cracked the Top 40 on <em>Billboard's</em>
albums chart, Wet Willie's highest-ever showing. The title track was
its bell cow and its big hit, a No. 10 smash that ran country rock
through a reggae filter. Wet Willie ended up scoring two more Top 40
singles, but "Keep on Smilin'" will always be their signature song. </div></div><span><br /><br /><b>Read More: </b><a href="https://ultimateclassicrock.com/zz-top-billy-gibbons-rhinestone-suit/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral">Watch ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons Reunite With Rhinestone Suit</a> | https://ultimateclassicrock.com/zz-top-billy-gibbons-rhinestone-suit/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WTxXmJRYm3A/YAEDLTST6zI/AAAAAAAAdHA/hjPd3jk27us8oB0u3L7pbOYWYhh-qwIIQCNcBGAsYHQ/s600/R-5580092-1397123151-1377.jpeg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="385" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WTxXmJRYm3A/YAEDLTST6zI/AAAAAAAAdHA/hjPd3jk27us8oB0u3L7pbOYWYhh-qwIIQCNcBGAsYHQ/w385-h385/R-5580092-1397123151-1377.jpeg.jpg" width="385" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><h2 class="item-title"><span style="font-size: x-large;">24. Wet Willie, 'Keep On Smilin'' (1974)</span></h2><div class="item-title" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Progenitors of a soul-focused brand of Southern rock, this Mobile, Ala.,
band loosened up on its third album and finally found its audience. The
happy-go-lucky, appropriately named <em>Keep on Smilin'</em> almost cracked the Top 40 on <em>Billboard's</em>
albums chart, Wet Willie's highest-ever showing. The title track was
its bell cow and its big hit, a No. 10 smash that ran country rock
through a reggae filter. Wet Willie ended up scoring two more Top 40
singles, but "Keep on Smilin'" will always be their signature song.</span></div><div class="item-title" style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="item-title" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OdotTySPnfo/YAEFLSQB1YI/AAAAAAAAdHM/3X9g7wCIWAEuTeIQ7gZsg5BqWX2Ufz4pgCNcBGAsYHQ/s500/R-3777419-1497046254-4147.jpeg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="381" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OdotTySPnfo/YAEFLSQB1YI/AAAAAAAAdHM/3X9g7wCIWAEuTeIQ7gZsg5BqWX2Ufz4pgCNcBGAsYHQ/w381-h381/R-3777419-1497046254-4147.jpeg.jpg" width="381" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="item-title" style="text-align: left;"> <h2 class="item-title"><span style="font-size: x-large;">23. Gregg Allman, 'Laid Back' (1973)</span></h2><div class="item-title" style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: medium;">The title here says it all, as Gregg Allman
coasts out of the Allman Brothers Band's charging fusion-blues into
something more contemplative and direct. That's best heard on his dreamy
reworking of "Midnight Rider," which had first appeared on 1970's <em>Idlewild South</em>. But the whole album, recorded as Dickey Betts began to take a more central leadership role on the Allmans' tandem <em>Brothers and Sisters</em>
project, feels just as personal. Allman's best solo album also expands
his sound into the influences of R&B and gospel that surrounded him
as a kid in Florida.</span></div><div class="item-title" style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="item-title" style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="item-title" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xghWsaV_MW8/YAEFwDIyj5I/AAAAAAAAdHU/1e1-emIW8Xo0qzcjrbhMW4VpaclLpqPdACNcBGAsYHQ/s1092/81HlItmc1qL._SL1092_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1092" data-original-width="1086" height="398" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xghWsaV_MW8/YAEFwDIyj5I/AAAAAAAAdHU/1e1-emIW8Xo0qzcjrbhMW4VpaclLpqPdACNcBGAsYHQ/w396-h398/81HlItmc1qL._SL1092_.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="item-title" style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="item-title" style="text-align: left;"><figure class="frameme frame-loaded"></figure><h2 class="item-title"><span style="font-size: x-large;">22. Kentucky Headhunters, 'Pickin' on Nashville' (1989)</span></h2><div class="item-title" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> The <em>Billboard</em> charts (where <em>Pickin' on Nashville</em>
produced four Top 40 singles, including their No. 8 hit cover of Don
Gibson's "Oh Lonesome Me") and awards shows tended to pigeonhole the
Kentucky Headhunters as a country act, but they were always far more
than that. This album put them in league with rootsy Southern rock acts
like the Marshall Tucker Band, despite that Grammy for best country
performance. Unfortunately, the Kentucky Headhunters' original lineup
held for only one more album before brothers Doug and Ricky Lee Phelps
went solo in 1992. Taking a more traditional bent, they re-recorded
"Ragtop" from this debut in 1994.</span></div><div class="item-title" style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="item-title" style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="item-title" style="text-align: left;"><div id="tsm-clipoard-container" style="background: #fff; height: 0.1; left: -1000px; position: absolute; top: -1000px; width: 0.1;">21. Black Oak Arkansas, 'High on the Hog' (1973)<span><br /><br /><b>Read More: </b><a href="https://ultimateclassicrock.com/zz-top-billy-gibbons-rhinestone-suit/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral">Watch ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons Reunite With Rhinestone Suit</a> | https://ultimateclassicrock.com/zz-top-billy-gibbons-rhinestone-suit/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vjB0dQVxCYI/YAEHCrXZw1I/AAAAAAAAdHg/9Bf1Q07V6jk_4TrEC6mQkpLcDmk59b5iACNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1973%2BHigh%2BOn%2BThe%2BHog%2B-%2BBlack%2BOak%2BArkansas%2B%2528C.D%2BE.U%2BATCO%2B8122796837-4%2529%2B%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="369" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vjB0dQVxCYI/YAEHCrXZw1I/AAAAAAAAdHg/9Bf1Q07V6jk_4TrEC6mQkpLcDmk59b5iACNcBGAsYHQ/w369-h369/1973%2BHigh%2BOn%2BThe%2BHog%2B-%2BBlack%2BOak%2BArkansas%2B%2528C.D%2BE.U%2BATCO%2B8122796837-4%2529%2B%25281%2529.jpg" width="369" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="item-title" style="text-align: left;"><div id="tsm-clipoard-container" style="background: #fff; height: 0.1; left: -1000px; position: absolute; top: -1000px; width: 0.1;">21. Black Oak Arkansas, 'High on the Hog' (1973)<span><br /><br /><b>Read More: </b><a href="https://ultimateclassicrock.com/zz-top-billy-gibbons-rhinestone-suit/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral">Watch ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons Reunite With Rhinestone Suit</a> | https://ultimateclassicrock.com/zz-top-billy-gibbons-rhinestone-suit/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral</span></div></div><div class="item-title" style="text-align: left;"> <div id="tsm-clipoard-container" style="background: #fff; height: 0.1; left: -1000px; position: absolute; top: -1000px; width: 0.1;">21. Black Oak Arkansas, 'High on the Hog' (1973)<span><br /><br /><b>Read More: </b><a href="https://ultimateclassicrock.com/zz-top-billy-gibbons-rhinestone-suit/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral">Watch ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons Reunite With Rhinestone Suit</a> | https://ultimateclassicrock.com/zz-top-billy-gibbons-rhinestone-suit/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral</span></div></div><div class="item-title" style="text-align: left;"><h2 class="item-title"><span style="font-size: x-large;">21. Black Oak Arkansas, 'High on the Hog' (1973)</span></h2><div class="item-title" style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: medium;">Black Oak Arkansas likely would have been a lot more famous had they
ever settled on one definitive Deep South style. Fame's loss, however,
was <em>High on the Hog</em>'s gain. Black Oak Arkansas flex every
musical muscle here, even if the album will always be dominated by their
stomping cover of LaVern Baker's R&B classic "Jim Dandy." For every
classic Southern rock moment like "Red Hot Lovin'," they add left turns
like the thunderous funk of "Swimmin' in Quicksand," the kitchen-sink
instrumental "Moonshine Sonata" and the country honk of "Back to the
Land." It's a wild ride, and a fun one.</span></div><div class="item-title" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div class="item-title" style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="item-title" style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gsyIHl3pIbM/YAEHvWEoklI/AAAAAAAAdHo/lOzqX3nchcoOyR3iomIUojnU8cgUfozpACNcBGAsYHQ/s599/R-10933259-1506765298-8297.jpeg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="598" data-original-width="599" height="383" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gsyIHl3pIbM/YAEHvWEoklI/AAAAAAAAdHo/lOzqX3nchcoOyR3iomIUojnU8cgUfozpACNcBGAsYHQ/w384-h383/R-10933259-1506765298-8297.jpeg.jpg" width="384" /></a></div><br /> </div><div class="item-title" style="text-align: left;"><div class="item-meta"><h2 class="item-title"><span style="font-size: x-large;">20. Gov't Mule, 'Dose' (1998)</span></h2><div class="item-description"><span style="font-size: medium;">You come in expecting an Allman Brothers Band feel, owing to late-period associations with both Warren Haynes
and Allen Woody. What was a interesting is the way Gov't Mule expanded
upon that on a tour de force album that was at once darker than their
debut, more detailed and far more musically ambitious. They'd started
out trying to show that Southern rock could work in a power-trio format;
now they were ready to race further out – much further out. It all
comes together on "Thorazine Shuffle," a band showcase in the truest
sense of the word. But there are great songs throughout. </span></div><div class="item-description"> </div><div class="item-description" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rqsVUshFZIY/YAEIg1WKyGI/AAAAAAAAdHw/GHOKdTuuNcMiMCnjm_vrcNp_YEiuIFejgCNcBGAsYHQ/s350/Front-9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="350" height="374" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rqsVUshFZIY/YAEIg1WKyGI/AAAAAAAAdHw/GHOKdTuuNcMiMCnjm_vrcNp_YEiuIFejgCNcBGAsYHQ/w374-h374/Front-9.jpg" width="374" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="item-description" style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="item-description"> <div class="item-meta"><h2 class="item-title"><span style="font-size: x-large;">19. Blackfoot, 'Strikes' (1979)</span></h2><div class="item-description"><span style="font-size: medium;">Rickey Medlocke first tenure
with Lynyrd Skynyrd ended when he decided to focus on Blackfoot,
perhaps the heaviest of the classic-era Southern rock bands. Bad move.
Skynyrd's star rose quickly, while Blackfoot spent most of the '70s
putting out middle-of-the-road records. By the end of the decade,
however, their fates had switched: Skynyrd's career seemed lost after
the band's aircraft went down, then Blackfoot finally found the right
musical mix on <em>Strikes</em>. They began with the mountain-moving
"Road Fever," but it wasn't all metal flash. The heartfelt "Left Turn on
a Red Light" is a lonesome delight, and they swerve confidently into
Skynyrd's lane on "Highway Song." Then there's the bluesy "Train,
Train," which finds Rickey's grandfather Shorty Medlocke playing a
feisty harmonica. </span></div><div class="item-description"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div class="item-description"> </div><div class="item-description"> </div><div class="item-description" style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NGrZAZ-HZHs/YAEJdGt6d-I/AAAAAAAAdH8/sk9pSS33U5UzCCBmpo6fq4wsDSu6hzrRwCNcBGAsYHQ/s522/71pn6j%252BBZzL._SX522_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="522" height="374" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NGrZAZ-HZHs/YAEJdGt6d-I/AAAAAAAAdH8/sk9pSS33U5UzCCBmpo6fq4wsDSu6hzrRwCNcBGAsYHQ/w374-h374/71pn6j%252BBZzL._SX522_.jpg" width="374" /></a></div><br /> </div><div class="item-description"> <div class="item-meta"><h2 class="item-title"><span style="font-size: x-large;">18. Jason Isbell, 'Southeastern' (2013)</span></h2><div class="item-description"><span style="font-size: medium;">"This
time," Jason Isbell said as he began work on his first post-rehab
album, "I want to remember it all." And he wasn't just talking about
sobriety. Isbell had never put out a deeper, more personal record. In
keeping, he approached things in a simpler, more straightforward way –
recording his vocals in one take, often without his regular band.
Everything felt close up, like a confidant sharing secrets. Some of
them, quite frankly, were awful secrets, terrible things that have to be
reckoned with. Thankfully, Isbell's utterly unflinching recitations
served as their own kind of reassurances.</span></div><div class="item-description"> </div><div class="item-description" style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="item-description" style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jgOvs7f6vhY/YAEKgi7QCxI/AAAAAAAAdII/i2UsRoVFDIU8_rd9dizcMPankVw7AFe5gCNcBGAsYHQ/s1167/71cwk5dEhwL._SL1167_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1098" data-original-width="1167" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jgOvs7f6vhY/YAEKgi7QCxI/AAAAAAAAdII/i2UsRoVFDIU8_rd9dizcMPankVw7AFe5gCNcBGAsYHQ/w383-h360/71cwk5dEhwL._SL1167_.jpg" width="383" /></a></div><br /> </div><div class="item-description"> </div><div class="item-description"><div class="item-meta"><h2 class="item-title"><span style="font-size: x-large;">17. Molly Hatchet, 'Molly Hatchet' (1978)</span></h2><div class="item-description"><span style="font-size: medium;">In
the wake of Lynyrd Skynyrd's horrifying plane crash, Molly Hatchet
initially seemed to fill a Skynyrd-sized void. (Multi-guitar lineup?
Check! Florida roots? Yep! Super-long hair? Of course!) What set them
apart was a penchant for fast-charging boogie-blues – oh, and the guts
to rework an old Allman Brothers Band into the radio-ready "Dreams I'll
Never See." Less country-inflected (perhaps because of the presence of Cheap Trick
producer Tom Werman), Molly Hatchet benefited from a moment-in-time
opening, but they sealed the deal with their own redneck gumption. </span></div><div class="item-description"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div class="item-description"> </div><div class="item-description" style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TO4eTujzlfY/YAELsSa22PI/AAAAAAAAdIU/gs2CzqTz2vM0ayLy9oGjmEeY4qLccOdXACNcBGAsYHQ/s1400/album-the-southern-harmony-and-musical-companion.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1400" height="369" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TO4eTujzlfY/YAELsSa22PI/AAAAAAAAdIU/gs2CzqTz2vM0ayLy9oGjmEeY4qLccOdXACNcBGAsYHQ/w369-h369/album-the-southern-harmony-and-musical-companion.jpg" width="369" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="item-description"><div class="item-meta"><h2 class="item-title"><span style="font-size: x-large;">16. The Black Crowes, 'The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion' (1992)</span><br /></h2><div class="item-description"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Black Crowes stretched out on their sophomore release, adding guitarist Marc Ford to what could have been a tried-and-true Rolling Stones-meets-Faces-meets-Humble Pie
mix beside Rich Robinson. Instead, they began hinting at musical
choices that weren't so clearly delineated – and the Top 40 hits dried
up. ("Thorn in My Pride," the Black Crowes' last charting song, stalled
at No. 80.) This was really just a sign to come. <em>Southern Harmony and Musical Companion</em> can now be seen as a bridge between their more song-oriented first record and the longer-form explorations that followed. </span></div><div class="item-description"> </div><div class="item-description"> </div><div class="item-description" style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rFN8zwjS06M/YAENaL2JWWI/AAAAAAAAdIs/iFJ2vJPhaCgyr8Qs92rYDWEhE0n1wdopQCNcBGAsYHQ/s355/61tnP%252BUjfXL._SY355_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="355" data-original-width="355" height="359" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rFN8zwjS06M/YAENaL2JWWI/AAAAAAAAdIs/iFJ2vJPhaCgyr8Qs92rYDWEhE0n1wdopQCNcBGAsYHQ/w359-h359/61tnP%252BUjfXL._SY355_.jpg" width="359" /></a></div> </div></div></div><div class="item-description"> <div class="item-meta"><h2 class="item-title"><span style="font-size: x-large;">15. Johnny Winter, 'And' (1970)</span></h2><div class="item-description"><span style="font-size: medium;">Great album, dumb title -- since it implies Johnny Winter is joined here by a group of faceless sidemen. In fact, <em>And</em>
found the Texas-born guitarist tossing out the staid blues of his first
two records, buoying his career with a flinty new rock-focused
attitude. Credit goes, in no small way, to Rick Derringer and the
McCoys, an able backing back that pushed Winter as much as they
complemented him. The guitar interplay between Winter and Derringer, in
fact, provides the backbone of Winter's most complete album – and
Derringer's songs are the best of the lot. </span></div><div class="item-description"> </div><div class="item-description"> </div><div class="item-description" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R9t5vzS9HFU/YAEOW4Qj0nI/AAAAAAAAdI8/zUtkdsjBriQK8Qm0tjYfqvNAXRNOnK4sgCNcBGAsYHQ/s599/R-5844557-1588093995-1201.jpeg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="591" data-original-width="599" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R9t5vzS9HFU/YAEOW4Qj0nI/AAAAAAAAdI8/zUtkdsjBriQK8Qm0tjYfqvNAXRNOnK4sgCNcBGAsYHQ/w365-h360/R-5844557-1588093995-1201.jpeg.jpg" width="365" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="item-description"> </div><div class="item-description"> <div class="item-meta"><h2 class="item-title"><span style="font-size: x-large;">14. The Marshall Tucker Band, 'The Marshall Tucker Band' (1973)</span></h2><div class="item-description"><span style="font-size: medium;">The
Marshall Tucker Band's legacy was framed by the tone-setting bluegrass
and country of their upstate South Carolina youth, though they weren't
limited to those basic influences. Songs like "Can't You See," their
first charting song, were completed with notable jam-band and jazz
elements. So they had no trouble revving up ("Take the Highway,"
"Ramblin'"), down shifting ("My Jesus Told Me So," "AB's Song") or just
simply cruising happily along ("Hillbilly Band"). And in the end, that's
what really set the Marshall Tucker Band apart: While their Southern
rock brethren were raising holy hell, these guys tended toward a sense
of sweet, sweet reverie.</span> </div><div class="item-description"> </div><div class="item-description" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2FqJHGVbtgs/YAEPR9i14hI/AAAAAAAAdJI/ja_ex8ofmwo-DFyJRQ4SWiiZyXZmwRbIgCNcBGAsYHQ/s600/R-482701-1348596305-2972.jpeg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="600" height="370" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2FqJHGVbtgs/YAEPR9i14hI/AAAAAAAAdJI/ja_ex8ofmwo-DFyJRQ4SWiiZyXZmwRbIgCNcBGAsYHQ/w371-h370/R-482701-1348596305-2972.jpeg.jpg" width="371" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="item-description" style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="item-description"> <div class="item-meta"><h2 class="item-title"><span style="font-size: x-large;">13. Molly Hatchet, 'Flirtin' With Disaster' (1979)</span></h2><div class="item-description"><span style="font-size: medium;">"Whiskey
Man," this album's on-the-nose opening track, might be the best song
Lynyrd Skynyrd never released. Thankfully, Molly Hatchet quickly got
back on track with "It's All Over Now," a bustling boogie number that's
firmly entrenched in their own personal wheelhouse. Subsequent
highlights included the perfectly named "Jukin' City," the great
interplay of "Boogie No More" and the title track's timeless roadhouse
swagger. Elsewhere, "One Man's Pleasure" also hewed too closely to the
Skynyrd template, but by then <em>Flirtin' With Disaster</em> had already asserted itself as Molly Hatchet's best-ever album. </span></div><div class="item-description"> </div><div class="item-description" style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eJSoFOQzelc/YAEQK--TnaI/AAAAAAAAdJU/ClELopHE29sDm1dnCv7vegfoaDNDgscvACNcBGAsYHQ/s1500/61mNxTSgenL._SL1500_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="370" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eJSoFOQzelc/YAEQK--TnaI/AAAAAAAAdJU/ClELopHE29sDm1dnCv7vegfoaDNDgscvACNcBGAsYHQ/w370-h370/61mNxTSgenL._SL1500_.jpg" width="370" /></a></div><br /></div></div></div><div class="item-description"> <div class="item-meta"><h2 class="item-title"><span style="font-size: x-large;">12. The Black Crowes, 'Shake Your Money Maker' (1990)</span></h2><div class="item-description"><span style="font-size: medium;">The highest-proof distillation of the Black Crowes' history-facing sound arrived on their concise multi-platinum debut. <em>Shake Your Money Maker</em>
was important not because of what it said, so much as what it did. This
was a like a biting, badly needed shot of brown liquor in an era
dominated by umbrella drinks. (<em>Billboard</em>
memorably published a contemporary think piece titled "Rock-a-Bye-Bye:
Genre Left Behind in '90.") Then the Black Crowes arrived, piloting a
way-back machine from a home base at Keith Richards' Villa Nellcôte.
Maybe most of this had been done before – certainly "Hard to Handle" –
but the familiarity of a swift kick in the ass doesn't make it any less
needed sometimes</span>. </div><div class="item-description"> </div><div class="item-description" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2sXvZ4T0XO8/YAESkjAAJ1I/AAAAAAAAdJg/zZtTNjHoPuQElv3FQb0BB_xawK6yZFC3wCNcBGAsYHQ/s500/3260795_sa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="496" data-original-width="500" height="373" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2sXvZ4T0XO8/YAESkjAAJ1I/AAAAAAAAdJg/zZtTNjHoPuQElv3FQb0BB_xawK6yZFC3wCNcBGAsYHQ/w376-h373/3260795_sa.jpg" width="376" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="item-description"> <div class="item-meta"><h2 class="item-title"><span style="font-size: x-large;">11. The Allman Brothers Band, 'The Allman Brothers Band' (1969)</span></h2><div class="item-description"><span style="font-size: medium;">This
is more blues than jam, with only a whiff of psychedelia on "Dreams"
and the very first inklings of the instrumental supernova that "Whipping
Post" would become. It is, in the very truest sense of the word,
embryonic. But only because we know now where the Allman Brothers Band
were going; we know all what they'll accomplish over the next few years.
But even without the gift of 20/20 hindsight, this self-titled debut
would still be one of the most important debuts ever, and a signature
'60s-era album in both the rock and blues genres. That nobody bought it
at the time (and we mean that almost literally; <em>The Allman Brothers Band</em> peaked at No. 188) tells you just how far these guys had raced ahead of everyone else. </span></div><div class="item-description"> </div><div class="item-description" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CswMthVb_zM/YAEThbXrULI/AAAAAAAAdJs/UMZwHCSBWS87NUltJoY1Xe-4ZWgSPQUQwCNcBGAsYHQ/s1200/71L2sKS8oLL._SL1200_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="377" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CswMthVb_zM/YAEThbXrULI/AAAAAAAAdJs/UMZwHCSBWS87NUltJoY1Xe-4ZWgSPQUQwCNcBGAsYHQ/w377-h377/71L2sKS8oLL._SL1200_.jpg" width="377" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="item-description"><div class="item-meta"><h2 class="item-title"><span style="font-size: x-large;">10. Lynyrd Skynyrd, 'Street Survivors' (1977)</span></h2><div class="item-description"><span style="font-size: medium;">The
tragedy of Lynyrd Skynyrd's end on the way to that Baton Rouge show was
underscored by this album's many triumphs. Singer-songwriter Ronnie Van
Zant had returned reinvigorated from a break, and the addition of
guitarist Steve Gaines gave the band a fresh impetus. You hear it
everywhere on <em>Street Survivors</em>, which arrived just days before both were lost in the crash. Their best album since 1974's <em>Second Helping</em>, <em>Street Survivors</em> would have positioned Skynyrd for their next era of greatness. Instead, it rang for years as a death knell. </span></div><div class="item-description"> </div><div class="item-description"> </div><div class="item-description" style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nt_cwe0W-sA/YAEUGAwob4I/AAAAAAAAdJ0/L1j2nAzczOcSDphg5m4HHX0pgxsQgFEqACNcBGAsYHQ/s500/51zNJEzZxBL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="378" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nt_cwe0W-sA/YAEUGAwob4I/AAAAAAAAdJ0/L1j2nAzczOcSDphg5m4HHX0pgxsQgFEqACNcBGAsYHQ/w378-h378/51zNJEzZxBL.jpg" width="378" /></a></div><br /> </div><div class="item-description"> <div class="item-meta"><h2 class="item-title"><span style="font-size: x-large;">9. Drive-By Truckers, 'Southern Rock Opera' (2001)</span></h2><div class="item-description"><span style="font-size: medium;">An independently funded dream project that predated the founding of Drive-By Truckers, <em>Southern Rock Opera</em>
unfolds like the slow-and-low simmered project it was. Every detail in
this gothic tale of growing up in the Deep South – and in the shadow of
Lynyrd Skynyrd's fall from the sky – is honed to a glinty edge.
Patterson Hood has since built a well-earned reputation for both
celebrating and smartly eviscerating Dixie rituals, institutions, myths
and misfires. That sharply intelligent journey into the essential
duality of his homeland found its first full flowerings right here. </span></div><div class="item-description"> </div><div class="item-description"> </div><div class="item-description" style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HAbTZQLS_Gk/YAEUwJO0EsI/AAAAAAAAdKA/_Yi6BPV9YwY9R9YcNFpj1euID609I8tkwCNcBGAsYHQ/s466/71S0tyFhu0L._SX466_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="419" data-original-width="466" height="347" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HAbTZQLS_Gk/YAEUwJO0EsI/AAAAAAAAdKA/_Yi6BPV9YwY9R9YcNFpj1euID609I8tkwCNcBGAsYHQ/w386-h347/71S0tyFhu0L._SX466_.jpg" width="386" /></a></div> </div></div></div></div> <div class="item-meta"><h2 class="item-title"><span style="font-size: x-large;">8. Allman Brothers Band, 'Idlewild South' (1970)</span></h2><div class="item-description"><span style="font-size: medium;">If you were judging on punching power alone, the more sophisticated <em>Idlewild South</em> would switch places on this list with the <em>Allman Brothers Band</em>'s
self-titled debut. If you're looking for the group's true big-bang
moment, however, this is it. Dickey Betts' "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed"
provided a wellspring of inspiration for their career-making <em>Fillmore East</em>
recordings. "Midnight Rider" and "Please Call Home" opened the door for
later-era acoustic-based songs. "Hoochie Coochie Man," and "Leave My
Blues at Home" circle back to those early roots, while "Revival" – the
band's first-released Betts composition – pointed to where the group
would go in the post-Duane Allman era. </span></div><div class="item-description"> </div><div class="item-description" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NM-_PZoOdsY/YAEVjtQtKXI/AAAAAAAAdKI/zfr9Z43dND0b-H-tuAGtG2ALKTpzTZctACNcBGAsYHQ/s355/81tPGoE5ThL._SY355_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="355" data-original-width="355" height="375" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NM-_PZoOdsY/YAEVjtQtKXI/AAAAAAAAdKI/zfr9Z43dND0b-H-tuAGtG2ALKTpzTZctACNcBGAsYHQ/w375-h375/81tPGoE5ThL._SY355_.jpg" width="375" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="item-description"> <div class="item-meta"><h2 class="item-title"><span style="font-size: x-large;">7. ZZ Top, 'Tres Hombres' (1973)</span></h2><div class="item-description"><span style="font-size: medium;">No
Gulf Coast band was as deeply rooted in the blues (or in the
iconography of Texas), and that helped set ZZ Top apart from the likes
of Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Allman Brothers Band. Still, they'd issue two
widely ignored albums before finally hitting their creative stride here.
"La Grange" became the band's first charting song at No. 41; it was
soon joined on the radio by several others, including the album-opening
pairing of "Waitin' for the Bus" and "Jesus Just Left Chicago." "Move on
Down the Line" even hints at the more chart-friendly fare to come on <em>Eliminator</em>.
The result is ZZ Top's best album. To quote another deep cut, they'd
finally found something that was "Hot, Blues and Righteous."</span></div><div class="item-description"> </div><div class="item-description"> </div><div class="item-description"> </div><div class="item-description" style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4NH9grG812o/YAEWPZhgpJI/AAAAAAAAdKQ/_K-0rV0ghioESDy2EoXGf5NmFNwwnwwhgCNcBGAsYHQ/s480/The_Allman_Brothers_-_Brothers_and_Sisters.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="480" height="374" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4NH9grG812o/YAEWPZhgpJI/AAAAAAAAdKQ/_K-0rV0ghioESDy2EoXGf5NmFNwwnwwhgCNcBGAsYHQ/w380-h374/The_Allman_Brothers_-_Brothers_and_Sisters.jpg" width="380" /></a></div> </div><div class="item-description"> <div class="item-meta"><h2 class="item-title"><span style="font-size: x-large;">6. The Allman Brothers Band, 'Brothers and Sisters' (1973)</span></h2><div class="item-description"><span style="font-size: medium;">The first album to be finished without any contributions from Duane Allman, <em>Brothers and Sisters</em>
saw the ascension of Dickey Betts (who penned both the country-tinged
No. 2 hit "Ramblin' Man" and the delightful instrumental "Jessica"), as
well as the addition of pianist Chuck Leavell. That represented a
radically altered sound for a group that had long relied on a muscular
two-guitar front. Gregg Allman's stirring vocal showcase on "Southbound"
also found a home on FM radio, helping <em>Brothers and Sisters</em>
become a surprise chart-topper. By smartly expanding their sound rather
than trying to replace the truly irreplaceable Duane, the group set an
unlikely template for surviving that continued for decades.</span></div><div class="item-description"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div class="item-description" style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LVOzKbv_-nU/YAEXBNe7k1I/AAAAAAAAdKY/hSO2izv3cdEEmT5pNaPvosb6pCdhoOoDgCNcBGAsYHQ/s969/1%2Bot5jKBSwifwd_yPEsW2UoA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="969" data-original-width="965" height="374" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LVOzKbv_-nU/YAEXBNe7k1I/AAAAAAAAdKY/hSO2izv3cdEEmT5pNaPvosb6pCdhoOoDgCNcBGAsYHQ/w373-h374/1%2Bot5jKBSwifwd_yPEsW2UoA.jpg" width="373" /></a> <br /></div></div><div class="item-description"> <div class="item-meta"><h2 class="item-title"><span style="font-size: x-large;">5. Lynyrd Skynyrd, 'Second Helping' (1974)</span></h2><div class="item-description"><span style="font-size: medium;">Lynyrd Skynyrd arrived at these sessions with a head of steam, having built upon their signature debut with an opening spot on the Who's <em>Quadrophenia</em>
tour. They also promoted Ed King, and that unlocked something
creatively for the band. He joined their three-guitar attack, perhaps
best heard on the album-closing cover of J.J. Cale's "Call Me the
Breeze." But he also contributed ideas that completed "Sweet Home
Alabama," Skynyrd's biggest hit at No. 8. Elsewhere, stalwart Gary Rossington
collaborated with Ronnie Van Zant on "Don't Ask Me No Questions," while
fellow guitarist Allen Collins helped out on the devastating "Needle
and the Spoon." <em>Second Helping</em> didn't rock as hard as their first album, but it may have had more heart. </span></div><div class="item-description"> </div><div class="item-description" style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0jUpSRNyv2k/YAEX3eJjecI/AAAAAAAAdKk/vHQRCFcWR_wXPv2gqLDH-qVnhwNnp_ktgCNcBGAsYHQ/s1200/81i8ruGzGeL._SL1200_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1065" data-original-width="1200" height="351" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0jUpSRNyv2k/YAEX3eJjecI/AAAAAAAAdKk/vHQRCFcWR_wXPv2gqLDH-qVnhwNnp_ktgCNcBGAsYHQ/w395-h351/81i8ruGzGeL._SL1200_.jpg" width="395" /></a></div></div><div class="item-description"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><div class="item-meta"><h2 class="item-title"><span style="font-size: x-large;">4. Drive-By Truckers, 'Decoration Day' (2003)</span></h2><div class="item-description"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Drive-By Truckers came into their own here, adding an intriguing new voice in Jason Isbell. Fresh off <em>Southern Rock Opera</em>,
they took a turn toward the more contemplative, telling inky tales of
difficult choices and love gone wrong. Isbell, a decade younger than
co-founders Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley, played a key role in that
shift: The title track was the first thing he ever wrote with the
Drive-By Truckers. But something more fundamental was already changing,
as the group began to rely more on their instincts, first in hiring
Isbell and then in their entire approach to <em>Decoration Day</em>. They'd steadily gained enough experience to be great, and now they were putting it to good use.</span></div></div></div><div class="item-description"> </div><div class="item-description" style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cQRgj7D7tbw/YAEYagS0N-I/AAAAAAAAdKs/8AM_0RFmAZIwUWz6MoJvE-XtOZkAwZu4ACNcBGAsYHQ/s1230/eat-a-peach-cover-1230x1200.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1230" height="363" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cQRgj7D7tbw/YAEYagS0N-I/AAAAAAAAdKs/8AM_0RFmAZIwUWz6MoJvE-XtOZkAwZu4ACNcBGAsYHQ/w372-h363/eat-a-peach-cover-1230x1200.jpg" width="372" /></a></div><br /> </div><div class="item-description"> <div class="item-meta"><h2 class="item-title"><span style="font-size: x-large;">3. The Allman Brothers Band, 'Eat a Peach' (1972)</span></h2><div class="item-description"><span style="font-size: medium;">Cobbled together in the wake of Duane Allman's death, <em>Eat a Peach</em>
became both an emotional memorial to his greatness and the initial road
map for carrying on. The Allman Brothers Band had finally broken
through with 1971's <em>At Fillmore East</em> before Allman met his fate
at a Macon, Ga., intersection. That left his bandmates to combine early
sessions they'd already finished with Fillmore leftovers (including a
half-hour examination of "Mountain Jam") and – in a move that hurtled <em>Eat a Peach</em>
to greatness – some key new songs. Gregg Allman said the touching
ballad "Melissa" had been one of Duane's favorites; "Ain't Wastin' Time
No More" directly addressed what must have been an unfathomable pain.
Meanwhile, Dickey Betts' "Les Brers in A Minor" hinted at where they'd
go on <em>Brothers and Sisters</em>. </span></div><div class="item-description"> </div><div class="item-description"><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--1xh5jFGhJk/YAEY2JvP-zI/AAAAAAAAdK4/xM6MsfkHLvwZSWJC4bOn9GU4MDjqdUAbQCNcBGAsYHQ/s355/813cxqBHguL._SY355_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="355" data-original-width="355" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--1xh5jFGhJk/YAEY2JvP-zI/AAAAAAAAdK4/xM6MsfkHLvwZSWJC4bOn9GU4MDjqdUAbQCNcBGAsYHQ/s320/813cxqBHguL._SY355_.jpg" /></a></div><br /> </div><div class="item-meta"><h2 class="item-title"><span style="font-size: x-large;">2. Lynyrd Skynyrd, '(Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd)' (1973)</span></h2><div class="item-description"><span style="font-size: medium;">Lynyrd Skynyrd had worked for years to get to this point, and it showed. <em>(Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd)</em>
was a song-by-song foundation-laying success. In fact, with tracks like
"Tuesday's Gone," "Gimme Three Steps," "Simple Man" and the
forever-requested "Free Bird," it almost plays like a greatest-hits
package. But they certainly weren't an overnight sensation: The core of
Ronnie Van Zant, Allen Collins and Gary Rossington had been playing
music together as far back as 1964. Band names and bandmates came and
went before they finally settled on Lynyrd Skynyrd, but by then they had
amassed a deep well of lean, hard-rocking, often darkly poetic songs.
That edge set them apart. </span></div><div class="item-description"> </div><div class="item-description"><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LBoNt7ow4S0/YAEZnnWqxpI/AAAAAAAAdLA/j8urB-iTuIY1Qa1814XCHwR_eaYCFS4WQCNcBGAsYHQ/s600/R-2379908-1280619864.jpeg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="596" height="367" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LBoNt7ow4S0/YAEZnnWqxpI/AAAAAAAAdLA/j8urB-iTuIY1Qa1814XCHwR_eaYCFS4WQCNcBGAsYHQ/w365-h367/R-2379908-1280619864.jpeg.jpg" width="365" /></a></div><br /> </div><div class="item-meta"><h2 class="item-title"><span style="font-size: x-large;">1. The Allman Brothers Band, 'At Fillmore East' (1971)</span></h2><div class="item-description"><span style="font-size: medium;">This
project would make or break the Allmans, and they knew it. That's why
they settled on making a live album, something that would showcase their
strengths as improvisers. That's why they met with producer Tom Dowd
after the first show, sketching out which songs needed another
run-through. That's why they empowered Dowd to edit and, in some cases,
condense their performances in order to achieve something greater than
the sum of those evenings' parts. It worked. <em>At Fillmore East</em>
remains a last will (this was the final album released in Duane Allman's
lifetime) and a testament – to the Allman Brothers Band, and to
Southern rock's lasting power and beauty. It's not just the best of its
kind; <em>At Fillmore East</em> might be the best live rock album ever. </span></div></div></div><div class="item-description"> </div><div class="item-description"> </div></div></div><div class="item-description"> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div id="tsm-clipoard-container" style="background: #fff; height: 0.1; left: -1000px; position: absolute; top: -1000px; width: 0.1;"><h2 class="item-title">14. The Marshall Tucker Band, 'The Marshall Tucker Band' (1973)</h2><div class="item-description">The
Marshall Tucker Band's legacy was framed by the tone-setting bluegrass
and country of their upstate South Carolina youth, though they weren't
limited to those basic influences. Songs like "Can't You See," their
first charting song, were completed with notable jam-band and jazz
elements. So they had no trouble revving up ("Take the Highway,"
"Ramblin'"), down shifting ("My Jesus Told Me So," "AB's Song") or just
simply cruising happily along ("Hillbilly Band"). And in the end, that's
what really set the Marshall Tucker Band apart: While their Southern
rock brethren were raising holy hell, these guys tended toward a sense
of sweet, sweet reverie. </div><span><br /><br /><b>Read More: </b><a href="https://ultimateclassicrock.com/zz-top-billy-gibbons-rhinestone-suit/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral">Watch ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons Reunite With Rhinestone Suit</a> | https://ultimateclassicrock.com/zz-top-billy-gibbons-rhinestone-suit/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div id="tsm-clipoard-container" style="background: #fff; height: 0.1; left: -1000px; position: absolute; top: -1000px; width: 0.1;">21. Black Oak Arkansas, 'High on the Hog' (1973)<span><br /><br /><b>Read More: </b><a href="https://ultimateclassicrock.com/zz-top-billy-gibbons-rhinestone-suit/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral">Watch ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons Reunite With Rhinestone Suit</a> | https://ultimateclassicrock.com/zz-top-billy-gibbons-rhinestone-suit/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral</span></div></div></div><div id="tsm-clipoard-container" style="background: #fff; height: 0.1; left: -1000px; position: absolute; top: -1000px; width: 0.1;">The title here says it all, as <a href="https://ultimateclassicrock.com/tags/gregg-allman/">Gregg Allman</a>
coasts out of the Allman Brothers Band's charging fusion-blues into
something more contemplative and direct. That's best heard on his dreamy
reworking of "Midnight Rider," which had first appeared on 1970's <em>Idlewild South</em>. But the whole album, recorded as <a href="https://ultimateclassicrock.com/tags/dickey-betts/">Dickey Betts</a> began to take a more central leadership role on the Allmans' tandem <em>Brothers and Sisters</em>
project, feels just as personal. Allman's best solo album also expands
his sound into the influences of R&B and gospel that surrounded him
as a kid in Florida.<span><br /><br /><b>Read More: </b><a href="https://ultimateclassicrock.com/zz-top-billy-gibbons-rhinestone-suit/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral">Watch ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons Reunite With Rhinestone Suit</a> | https://ultimateclassicrock.com/zz-top-billy-gibbons-rhinestone-suit/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral</span></div><div id="tsm-clipoard-container" style="background: #fff; height: 0.1; left: -1000px; position: absolute; top: -1000px; width: 0.1;"><h2 class="item-title">23. Gregg Allman, 'Laid Back' (1973)</h2><div class="item-description">The title here says it all, as <a href="https://ultimateclassicrock.com/tags/gregg-allman/">Gregg Allman</a>
coasts out of the Allman Brothers Band's charging fusion-blues into
something more contemplative and direct. That's best heard on his dreamy
reworking of "Midnight Rider," which had first appeared on 1970's <em>Idlewild South</em>. But the whole album, recorded as <a href="https://ultimateclassicrock.com/tags/dickey-betts/">Dickey Betts</a> began to take a more central leadership role on the Allmans' tandem <em>Brothers and Sisters</em>
project, feels just as personal. Allman's best solo album also expands
his sound into the influences of R&B and gospel that surrounded him
as a kid in Florida.</div><span><br /><br /><b>Read More: </b><a href="https://ultimateclassicrock.com/zz-top-billy-gibbons-rhinestone-suit/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral">Watch ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons Reunite With Rhinestone Suit</a> | https://ultimateclassicrock.com/zz-top-billy-gibbons-rhinestone-suit/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral</span></div></div><div id="tsm-clipoard-container" style="background: #fff; height: 0.1; left: -1000px; position: absolute; top: -1000px; width: 0.1;">Progenitors
of a soul-focused brand of Southern rock, this Mobile, Ala., band
loosened up on its third album and finally found its audience. The
happy-go-lucky, appropriately named <em>Keep on Smilin'</em> almost cracked the Top 40 on <em>Billboard's</em>
albums chart, Wet Willie's highest-ever showing. The title track was
its bell cow and its big hit, a No. 10 smash that ran country rock
through a reggae filter. Wet Willie ended up scoring two more Top 40
singles, but "Keep on Smilin'" will always be their signature song. <span><br /><br /><b>Read More: </b><a href="https://ultimateclassicrock.com/zz-top-billy-gibbons-rhinestone-suit/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral">Watch ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons Reunite With Rhinestone Suit</a> | https://ultimateclassicrock.com/zz-top-billy-gibbons-rhinestone-suit/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral</span></div><div id="tsm-clipoard-container" style="background: #fff; height: 0.1; left: -1000px; position: absolute; top: -1000px; width: 0.1;">Progenitors
of a soul-focused brand of Southern rock, this Mobile, Ala., band
loosened up on its third album and finally found its audience. The
happy-go-lucky, appropriately named <em>Keep on Smilin'</em> almost cracked the Top 40 on <em>Billboard's</em>
albums chart, Wet Willie's highest-ever showing. The title track was
its bell cow and its big hit, a No. 10 smash that ran country rock
through a reggae filter. Wet Willie ended up scoring two more Top 40
singles, but "Keep on Smilin'" will always be their signature song. <span><br /><br /><b>Read More: </b><a href="https://ultimateclassicrock.com/zz-top-billy-gibbons-rhinestone-suit/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral">Watch ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons Reunite With Rhinestone Suit</a> | https://ultimateclassicrock.com/zz-top-billy-gibbons-rhinestone-suit/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral</span></div><div id="tsm-clipoard-container" style="background: #fff; height: 0.1; left: -1000px; position: absolute; top: -1000px; width: 0.1;"><h2 class="item-title">24. Wet Willie, 'Keep On Smilin'' (1974)</h2><div class="item-description">Progenitors
of a soul-focused brand of Southern rock, this Mobile, Ala., band
loosened up on its third album and finally found its audience. The
happy-go-lucky, appropriately named <em>Keep on Smilin'</em> almost cracked the Top 40 on <em>Billboard's</em>
albums chart, Wet Willie's highest-ever showing. The title track was
its bell cow and its big hit, a No. 10 smash that ran country rock
through a reggae filter. Wet Willie ended up scoring two more Top 40
singles, but "Keep on Smilin'" will always be their signature song. </div><span><br /><br /><b>Read More: </b><a href="https://ultimateclassicrock.com/zz-top-billy-gibbons-rhinestone-suit/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral">Watch ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons Reunite With Rhinestone Suit</a> | https://ultimateclassicrock.com/zz-top-billy-gibbons-rhinestone-suit/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral</span><div id="tsm-clipoard-container" style="background: #fff; height: 0.1; left: -1000px; position: absolute; top: -1000px; width: 0.1;"><h2 class="item-title">24. Wet Willie, 'Keep On Smilin'' (1974)</h2><div class="item-description">Progenitors
of a soul-focused brand of Southern rock, this Mobile, Ala., band
loosened up on its third album and finally found its audience. The
happy-go-lucky, appropriately named <em>Keep on Smilin'</em> almost cracked the Top 40 on <em>Billboard's</em>
albums chart, Wet Willie's highest-ever showing. The title track was
its bell cow and its big hit, a No. 10 smash that ran country rock
through a reggae filter. Wet Willie ended up scoring two more Top 40
singles, but "Keep on Smilin'" will always be their signature song. </div><span><br /><br /><b>Read More: </b><a href="https://ultimateclassicrock.com/zz-top-billy-gibbons-rhinestone-suit/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral">Watch ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons Reunite With Rhinestone Suit</a> | https://ultimateclassicrock.com/zz-top-billy-gibbons-rhinestone-suit/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral</span></div></div><div id="tsm-clipoard-container" style="background: #fff; height: 0.1; left: -1000px; position: absolute; top: -1000px; width: 0.1;"><h2 class="item-title">24. Wet Willie, 'Keep On Smilin'' (1974)</h2><div class="item-description">Progenitors
of a soul-focused brand of Southern rock, this Mobile, Ala., band
loosened up on its third album and finally found its audience. The
happy-go-lucky, appropriately named <em>Keep on Smilin'</em> almost cracked the Top 40 on <em>Billboard's</em>
albums chart, Wet Willie's highest-ever showing. The title track was
its bell cow and its big hit, a No. 10 smash that ran country rock
through a reggae filter. Wet Willie ended up scoring two more Top 40
singles, but "Keep on Smilin'" will always be their signature song. </div><span><br /><br /><b>Read More: </b><a href="https://ultimateclassicrock.com/zz-top-billy-gibbons-rhinestone-suit/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral">Watch ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons Reunite With Rhinestone Suit</a> | https://ultimateclassicrock.com/zz-top-billy-gibbons-rhinestone-suit/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral</span></div><div id="tsm-clipoard-container" style="background: #fff; height: 0.1; left: -1000px; position: absolute; top: -1000px; width: 0.1;"><h2 class="item-title">24. Wet Willie, 'Keep On Smilin'' (1974)</h2><div class="item-description">Progenitors
of a soul-focused brand of Southern rock, this Mobile, Ala., band
loosened up on its third album and finally found its audience. The
happy-go-lucky, appropriately named <em>Keep on Smilin'</em> almost cracked the Top 40 on <em>Billboard's</em>
albums chart, Wet Willie's highest-ever showing. The title track was
its bell cow and its big hit, a No. 10 smash that ran country rock
through a reggae filter. Wet Willie ended up scoring two more Top 40
singles, but "Keep on Smilin'" will always be their signature song. </div><span><br /><br /><b>Read More: </b><a href="https://ultimateclassicrock.com/zz-top-billy-gibbons-rhinestone-suit/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral">Watch ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons Reunite With Rhinestone Suit</a> | https://ultimateclassicrock.com/zz-top-billy-gibbons-rhinestone-suit/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral</span></div>The Savage Roadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538683809136827447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784563505772220889.post-91512410075333002662021-01-08T11:03:00.004-05:002021-04-20T11:00:48.125-04:00My Crush Of The Day Best Of Bikes #29 <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><br /><span style="color: #ffa400;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Here, at last, is my first collection of my bike series Crush Of The
Day! A sweet collection of Harley bikes that make my heart go wow flutter.
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text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U4lEcGvaIok/X5fvnFcaFTI/AAAAAAAAa_I/jj-7As-nJOkD361jOVFjeB5GuUGBFQsHgCNcBGAsYHQ/s1871/PatSavagePromo1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1360" data-original-width="1871" height="291" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U4lEcGvaIok/X5fvnFcaFTI/AAAAAAAAa_I/jj-7As-nJOkD361jOVFjeB5GuUGBFQsHgCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h291/PatSavagePromo1.jpg" width="400" /> </a></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>Of
the many factors that shape our lives -- geographical location, family
dynamics, resources and influence, beliefs, self-concept, support
systems, motivation, relationships, luck, karma or fate -- our sense of
self-worth is the single most important determinant of the health,
abundance, and joy we allow into our life. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>To the degree we doubt our worthiness, we
limit or sabotage our efforts, and undermine our relationships, finances
or health. Ever wondered, for example, why so many young actors, who
gain sudden wealth, fame, and celebrity, go on to self-destruct with
drugs and erratic behavior? Or why many able-bodied people live on the
streets, reduced to begging for spare change. Or why some people
continue to accept abusive mates or undesirable work conditions? </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>Once we understand the lessons of
self-worth, we are in a better position to help such people -- but first
we must help ourselves. So, as we proceed, note the following points: </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>No one else can give you an improved sense of self worth. Self-worth comes from doing what is worthy. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>Your innate worth has never been lowered,
compromised, or touched by fate or circumstance. It exists as a fact of
life, like air and trees, and doesn't need to be raised, revitalized, or
earned. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>To make this topic relevant to your own life, let's start with: </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><span style="color: #f3f3f3;">Self-Reflection on Self-Worth</span>: <br /></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>Consider the following questions, and answer "Yes," "No," or "Sometimes." </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>When fortune smiles on you, do you think, "This can't last?" </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>• Do you find it easier or more 'natural' to give than to receive? </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>• Does your life feel like a series of problems? </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>• Does money seem scarce or hard to come by? </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>• Do you find your work or relationships fulfilling? </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>• Do you work long hours and lack leisure time? </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>• Do you resent or envy people who take frequent holidays? </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>• Do you feel driven to work more, do more, be more than others? </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>• Do you overeat "comfort" food, smoke, drink alcohol daily, or use other drugs? </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>• Do you feel uncomfortable when you receive praise, applause, lots of attention, gifts or pleasure? </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>• Have you turned down or passed up opportunities in education, work, or relationships and later regretted it? </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>• Do you seem to get sick or injured more than other people? </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>• If someone asks the cost of your services, do you price yourself lower than others in your field to be "fair"? </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>If you answered "Yes" to a number of
questions, did these circumstances or situations just happen to you
solely through bad luck? Or is it possible that the choices you made,
and actions you took, led to where you are? By acknowledging your role
and responsibility in your current life, you find the power to make
different choices. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>That is not to say that someone who is
robbed at gunpoint or run into by a drunk driver somehow "attracted" or
"drew" such experiences due to low self-worth -- such ideas are
superstition or magical thinking. </span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>But when we make choices that lead to
difficulties, it is worth understanding in this context. For example, if
you were abused as a child, the abuser was responsible -- not you. But
if you are abused as an adult (say by a troubled spouse), the abuse
itself is not your responsibility -- but the choice to stay with that
person may point to low-self worth. (This is not about blame, but it is
about acknowledging our role or responsibility, which leads to the power
to change.) </span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span> </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>Discovering your unconditional worth can
help you expand fully into the world. It begins with a first step --
awareness of the problem is the beginning of the solution. </span></span></span></span>
</div><div>
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><span style="color: #f3f3f3;">Taking Charge by Taking Responsibility</span>: <br /></span></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>Sometimes bad things just happen -- a toss
of the karmic dice: a hurricane or freak storm, or earthquake or other
natural disaster -- we may become a victim of circumstance. We can only
make the best of those circumstances and learn from them and grow
stronger. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>But much of the time, our lives are shaped
by the choices we ourselves make, and the actions we take. So if life
isn't going well, ask yourself this question: "Who's doing this to me?"
If the answer is "someone else" -- if your boss or spouse or partner or
another person appears to be the cause of your suffering -- then ask
yourself, "Who chose to be around this person? Who chose this job. Did I
truly have no other options? Or do I believe that 'beggars can't be
choosers'?" </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div><span style="color: #f3f3f3;">
</span><div><span style="color: #f3f3f3;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><span style="color: #f3f3f3;">Maybe it's time to take another look</span>: <br /></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>We end self-sabotage only by taking
responsibility for the choices and actions that created it. Only when we
stop blaming our boss, the government, our parents, spouse or partner,
children, circumstances, fate or God can we change our lives and say
with conviction, "I chose where I am and who I'm with, and I can make
other choices." </span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>Taking responsibility has nothing to do
with blame or finding fault. Rather, taking responsibility is taking
control, because it represents the power-moment when we recognize the
degree to which our difficulties are self-generated, and that what we
created, we can also change. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div><span style="color: #f3f3f3;">
</span><div><span style="color: #f3f3f3;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><span style="color: #f3f3f3;">The Heart of Self-Worth</span>: <br /></span></span></span></span></span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>We don't always get what we deserve in
life; we get what we believe we deserve. So the problem is not your
actual worth, but your perceived worth. Most of us have lost touch with
our intrinsic goodness -- our courage and humanity -- allowed our worth
to be covered over by memories of a thousand transgressions, real or
imagined, so that we feel only partly deserving of life's blessings. </span></span></span></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">
</span><div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><span style="color: #f3f3f3;">Exercise</span>:</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>Ask yourself: "How deserving am I?" Then
give a numerical rating, somewhere between 1 to 100, based on how
deserving you believe you are. Come up with whatever rating feels right
and true for you. 60? 70? 80? 90? 95? Why? </span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>Bear in mind that you have been
subconsciously rating yourself since childhood. Now we bring it into the
light, and consider how this self-perception has shaped your choices
and your experiences. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>Our sense of self-worth (or deservedness)
comes from many influences, beginning in our early years -- how we were
treated by parents or other caregivers (as judgments placed upon us by
others become internalized). Abused children, as well as people from
stable and loving households, but with extremely high standards, may
both grow up with self-worth issues. The source of self-worth issues is
complex, and does not come exclusively from how well or poorly we
behaved. </span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>But whatever the reasons or sources for
your internalized level of worth, the purpose of this week's session is
to draw it up from the depths and into the light of awareness. </span></span></span></span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div><span style="color: #f3f3f3;">
</span><div><span style="color: #f3f3f3;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><span style="color: #f3f3f3;">Self-Worth and Self-Sabotage</span>: <br /></span></span></span></span></span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>As I've noted, self-worth is a
subconscious self-assessment of your perceived value, goodness, and
deservedness. You allow yourself to receive only those people,
experiences and blessings that reflect your sense of worth. </span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>Success involves talent, effort, and
creativity. But first and foremost, it requires a willingness to
receive. As the saint Ramakrishna once said, "Rain or blessings may pour
down from the heavens, but if you only hold up a thimble, a thimbleful
is all you receive." </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><span style="color: #f3f3f3;">The Choices You Make</span>:</span></span></span></span></span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>The central theme of self-worth is that
you subconsciously choose (or allow into your life) the level of people
and experiences (both positive and negative) that you believe you
deserve. Until you come to realize that life is full of cactus, but you
don't have to sit on it. </span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>In any moment, you are free to choose the
high road, by being kind to others, working hard, finding supportive
partners, and following good role models. Or you may burn bridges, use
drugs or alcohol, or choose destructive relationships. Through your
choices, your sense of self-worth influences whether you choose to learn
easy lessons or more difficult ones, to strive or to struggle. </span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>These choices are not conscious. We don't
wake up one morning and say to ourselves, "I think I'll sabotage my
relationship today -- oh, no, I already did that last week; today I'll
sabotage my finances." </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>Some of us get in our own way and block
success or abundance -- we start but don't finish that schooling or
training that leads to a better career opportunity. Or we experience
great success but self-sabotage, self-destruct, or don't allow ourselves
to ride the wave and enjoy it in perspective. </span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>Looking back on your life, have you
wondered, Why did I say that? Why did I do that? Have friends or loved
ones advised against a choice or action, but you did it anyway because
you just felt you had to? Now you understand the source, and can finally
get out of your own way, and make more positive, empowering choices and
to take actions to build a new life -- whether in the realm of
exercise, diet, rest and recreation, travel, improved working
conditions, more education or training for a better income -- the world
opens up to you. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><span style="color: #f3f3f3;">Your Innate and Unconditional Worth</span>:</span></span></span></span></span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>Coming to appreciate your innate worth has
nothing to do with entitlement or putting yourself above others. Rather
it involves a basic recognition of your essential value as a human
being -- realizing that you have done the best you could and made the
best choices you could see at a given point in your life. More
important, unconditional worth does not have to be earned; it belongs to
you just as it did when you were a young child. </span></span></span></span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>Let's say someone invited you in to gaze
upon their newborn child or month-old infant. Most of us would gaze into
that infant's wide eyes and rate it 100 on the deservedness scale. You
were that child once. When did you start subtracting, and why? Because
you made mistakes? Said unkind things? Weren't always respectful or
kind? Had slips of integrity? (Well, if you were already perfected, you
wouldn't be living on this planet!) </span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>Each of us is a H.I.T. -- a
human-in-training. It's time you recognize that you've done the best you
could each day of your life, taking into account your own baggage,
information, limitations, wounds, and struggles. You made the best
choices you could see at the time. And now the time has come to
appreciate your innate worth and choose the higher roads of life. </span></span></span></span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><span style="color: #f3f3f3;">The Power of Grace</span>: <br /></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>Even when you don't feel very kind, or
brave, or deserving, the roof over your head continues to shelter you
from storms, the sun shines upon you, your chairs keep supporting you,
and so does your life. Life itself is an unearned gift. This is the
hidden meaning of grace. </span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>If you have debts to pay, then pay, then
pay them forward in the currency of kindness to others -- not by
punishing yourself. Not ever again. It is not necessary. It never has
been. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><span style="color: #f3f3f3;">Daily Life Assignments</span>: </span></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>(1) Remind Yourself: Write out the
following words on a post-it, or piece of paper, and post it on your
bathroom mirror so you see it each and every day: How good can I stand
it today? (Because that's how much good you'll allow) </span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>(2) Just Imagine: Let your imagination
drift to a better life. Fantasize yourself as the star of a new movie of
your life. You no longer have to be an extra or bit player, being told
by others where to go and what you can or can't do. In this exercise you
become the director, the writer, and the star. </span></span></span></span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>• Imagine, just for a moment, how
specifically you might have an improved relationship (it may be with
your current partner, but with some different elements); or, if it is a
troubled relationship, then with another partner. </span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>• Now do the same in the workplace -- your
current work, or another career or calling. What kind of work situation
might you wish for? </span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>• Let your mind drift to another area of life -- what possibilities might await you there? </span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>For any and all of these areas: </span></span></span></span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>• Is it possible to draw closer to your dreams? Why or why not? </span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>• What steps might you take? </span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>• Who is stopping you? (If the answer is "me," then this "me" can instead become a friend and supporter.) </span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>Most of us have been our own "worst enemy"
sometime in the past. Can you recall a choice you have made or action
taken that you now see as a subconscious act of self-sabotage? What will
you do to avoid such sabotage in the future? </span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>How have you responded to favors, gifts,
or opportunities? How might you respond differently now? What advice
might you give yourself, as your own best friend, about allowing
yourself to live a more abundant, enjoyable life? </span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>The next time an opportunity arises that
might interest you, or someone offers to give you something or do
something for you -- instead of the reactive, "Oh, thanks, but I
couldn't" open your arms and heart and mind, and say, "Yes! Thank you!"
(Even if you don't feel deserving.) </span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>When you are alone, in quiet moments -- as
odd as it may feel -- every once in a while, open your arms wide and
say to an imagined person, or to life itself: "Yes! Thank you!" And let
this be your approach to living -- from now on!</span></span></span></span><br /></div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Christiania, is an intentional community and commune of about 850
to 1,000 residents, covering 7.7 hectares in the borough of
Christianshavn in the Danish capital city of Copenhagen.
Christiania has been a source of controversy since its creation in a
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the southern portion of Copenhagen near a lake. The 900 or so
freethinking individuals who inhabit the area are a self governing
community who refuse to pay taxes to the Danish government, run their
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their own houses, restaurants and civil buildings and even have their
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Christiania was a series of hash stands on the main thoroughfare, which
was named Pusher Street. While hard drugs have always been banned by
community law, the hash trade was a burgeoning business for Christiania
until the Danish government finally cracked down and the town was forced
to refocus its business ventures. Visitors now come to Christiania for
inexpensive, ethnic food, music concerts, coffee shops, yoga studios,
farmers’ markets and handmade gift stalls. However, there is still a
drug element in parts of the town.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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Christiania are wild, free form, colorful and charming. A vernacular
architecture that blends in with surrounding trees and flowers. Walking
around the park-like neighborhoods, you would never guess you are right
in the middle of the city. Birds are singing, there are fish in the
large lake in the middle of Christiania and community members ride
around on bikes.</span></span></span><br /><span style="color: #04ff00;"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoPageCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> </span></span></span><br /><span style="color: #04ff00;"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoPageCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> Some of the Christiania houses are even re-created from old shepherds huts, bathhouses and gypsy wagons.</span></span></span><br /></div>
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<span style="color: #04ff00;">However, photos of the houses, people, children and Pusher Street are
discouraged. This is a hippie throwback community, but it is still home
to hundreds of people who choose to raise their children in Christiania
rather than out in Copenhagen proper. Most pro-Christiania citizens
believe that the Danish government wants the community disbanded,
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it for yourself. When you do, don’t forget to pick up a “Bevar
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filming my "Savage Roads" episode in Krabi Thailand we did a photo
shoot for bike magazines with Swedish model Gunvor Friberg who just so
happened to have a US flag bikini which made the shoot even better!
These photos are high res so </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "lucida grande" , "tahoma" , "verdana" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">b</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "lucida grande" , "tahoma" , "verdana" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">low up quite large :)</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0); color: #b6d7a8;">An
ancient, mossy bridge is the perfect complement to any rural or river
scene. These old and mysterious arched bridges are mankind’s way of
traversing landscapes that are otherwise decidedly wild.</span></div>
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enough, an arch is only kept in position by its own weight – the stones
supporting an arch couldn’t possibly stay in their position without the
stones above them weighing them down. So, while they were very
effective and sturdy, their building process was complicated. This
usually involved building an entire wooden framework underneath the
bridge on which the arch could be rested until the rest of the bridge
was built around it.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0); color: #6fa8dc; vertical-align: baseline;">One
of the most important, and often overlooked parts of any Twitter page
is the bio section. Your band may have the coolest profile pics, but
without a great bio no one will ever see it.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0); color: #6fa8dc; vertical-align: baseline;">Whether
you’re new to Twitter or a veteran Tweeter, chances are you give more
thought to the contents of your Tweets than to the content of your bio.
Optimizing your bio is fairly simple and there are a number of tips out
there to help you make the most of your Twitter experience.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0); color: #6fa8dc; vertical-align: baseline;">I have compiled a list of proven tips that musicians are using to get their presence out to a wider audience.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">1. </span><span style="color: #cccccc;">Take full advantage of the space provided</span><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"> </span></span><span style="color: #6fa8dc; vertical-align: baseline;">-
Twitter allows you 160 character to wow the world, use all of them. It
is near impossible to convey what you’re about in one short sentence.
You know you’re great, you’re mom knows you’re great, but the rest of
the world might need a little more convincing. The more information you
can give them, the better.</span></span></div>
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Think of Twitter as a giant people based search engine. Think of things
that people would search for to find your band, and try to include
those keywords in your bio. Some keywords that might be relevant to you
might include, “musician,” “indie,” “folk music,” “gangsta rapper,” etc.
The more niche and targeted you can be, the better.</span></span></div>
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Make your bio an extension of your personality. Whatever your
personality is and whoever you are as an artist, make sure your bio
represents that. If you’re funny, be funny. Showing your personality is a
great way to make a great first impression.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">4. </span><span style="color: #cccccc;">Include your location</span></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #cccccc;"> </span><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">-
Some people don’t like to put a location or will just put the country
they are from. I would advise against this. If you don’t want to be as
specific as putting the city or town that you live in, at least put the
general area or state that you’re in. This will help if people are
looking for musicians locally or within a certain area, especially when
looking for live shows. Additionally, this will aid in networking with
other musicians in your area.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">5. </span><span style="color: #cccccc;">Have a link to your website</span></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #cccccc;"> </span><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">-
Twitter allows you to enter a link to a website that will appear in
your bio. The only link you should be using in your bio is a link to
your own website. Don’t use a link to your Facebook page, ReverbNation
profile, etc. They can always go to those pages after they’ve visited
your website. Give yourself the traffic, not some social media site. By
sending people to “your” website, you can entice them to join your
mailing list, read your blog, watch your videos, and visit your online
store to make purchases.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">6. </span><span style="color: #cccccc;">Update your bio regularly</span></span><span style="color: #6fa8dc; vertical-align: baseline;"> -
Your Twitter bio should be updated regularly. If you’re putting out a
new album, going on tour, or have won an award, be sure to add a quick
sentence about that. Always be aware of your Twitter bio and whether it
still reflects who you are as an artist.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0); color: #6fa8dc; vertical-align: baseline;">A
good Twitter bio can tell someone a lot about your band. It can make it
easier for new fans to discover your music. I hope these tips were
helpful, now go write the next great Twitter bio!!</span></div>
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Medlocke (born February 17, 1950) is an American musician best known as
the frontman/guitarist for the southern rock band Blackfoot. During his
career he's also played with Lynyrd Skynyrd as a drummer (1970-71)
before rejoining as a guitarist in 1996 where he continues to tour and
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Medlocke was born on February 17, 1950, in Jacksonville, Florida. He
was raised by his paternal grandparents. His grandfather, Shorty
Medlocke, was a well-known Delta blues musician and taught his grandson
to play a miniature banjo. Medlocke started performing onstage at age
three, and his musical abilities increased over the years. He began
teaching himself to play the guitar by age five and was playing drums in
Shorty's band at age eight. Over the next several years Medlocke
mastered the banjo, guitar, drums, mandolin, dobro and keyboards. He had
a melodic singing voice and had taught himself to sing and play guitar
at the same time. After graduating high school, Medlocke formed his
first band, Blackfoot, where he was lead vocalist and lead guitarist.</span></div>
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wrote and recorded shortly with the 70's era Lynyrd Skynyrd band
occasionally playing drums or singing lead on a few songs for them in
1970: "One More Time", "Preacher's Daughter", "Lend a Helpin' Hand",
"Wino", "White Dove", "Comin' Home", "The Seasons", "Ain't Too Proud to
Pray" and You Run Around. On occasion, Medlocke played alongside the
band's original drummer Bob Burns but came to desire the energy of a
guitarist at the front of the stage. This resulted in his 1971 decision
to reform Blackfoot. The band began touring and producing hit songs that
included "Train Train", which was written by his grandfather, and
"Highway Song", written by Rickey Medlocke and Blackfoot drummer Jackson
Spires, amongst songs written by others. He disbanded the group in the
early 1990s.</span></div>
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1990s, Medlocke thought about pursuing other careers until he received a
phone call in 1996 from Gary Rossington inviting him to rejoin Lynyrd
Skynyrd as a lead guitarist and primary songwriter. Rossington asked
Medlocke if he remembered how to play "Free Bird", "Tuesday's Gone", and
"Workin' For MCA", among others. Medlocke rejoined Skynyrd and has been
a member since. Occasionally, Medlocke will step away from Skynyrd
briefly to join musicians like Shooter Jennings on stage. He joined
American Idol finalist Bo Bice on stage for a rendition of "Sweet Home
Alabama" when the top three finalists from season four returned home.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #fce5cd;">Skynyrd's First and... Last (1978) (contains early recordings from 1971 and 1972)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #fce5cd;">Skynyrd's First - The Complete Muscle Shoals Album (1996) (contains early recordings from 1971 and 1972)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #fce5cd;">Twenty (1997)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #fce5cd;">Lyve from Steel Town (1998)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #fce5cd;">Edge of Forever (1999)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #fce5cd;">Christmas Time Again (2000)</span></div>
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really is nothing quite like the sound of a Harley Davidson motorcycle
getting fired up and ready to hit the road. It’s a distinctive sound
that once you hear, you are hooked. If you have ever gone hog wild
yourself, you understand that riding a Harley is not just about a fine
piece of machinery. My music is a reflection of my bikers lifestyle and
for many years I've been lucky enough to get paid well for my music
about our Harley bikers world.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">It’s
all about freedom and the opportunity to feel the wind in your face.
It’s about riding in for rallies big & small and enjoying the
comradeship of an exclusive group that recognize their fellow bikers
from around the World. If you are a biker you can find brothers and
sisters across the globe that share your love and passion for your
Harley.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">If
you can’t hit the road as often as you would like but want to see what
others are up to I put together a list of 37 hog wild Harley blogs just
for you. These are just a sampling of the best I could find on the web
if you have any others to recommend, please let me know.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">You will soon be reading all about my new biker television series "</span><span style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;">Savage Roads</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">" and my new Cd </span><span class="Apple-style-span">"</span>The Best Of Pat Savage<span class="Apple-style-span">" is available through some of these blogs, Spotify, ITunes, Amazon and most streaming networks in the world.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">1. <a href="http://pieromarchelli.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: orange;">Moto E Metafisica</span></span></a></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;"><span class="ember-view" id="ember4677">My dear friend <span style="color: #cccccc;">Piero</span></span><span class="ember-view" id="ember4685"><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #cccccc;"></span></span></span> <span style="color: #cccccc;">Marchelli</span> an Italian biker and brother from another mother has a fantastic blog
in both Italian and English that encompasses so much positive stuff. I
highly recommend this blog for any bikers around the world.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">My dear friend and long time brother </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Marc J. Beaulieu</span> has a passion folks and it is biking. He truly lives to ride motorcycles but when he can't ride, he blogs about it! Truly one of the best online blogs!</span></span></span></h2>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">This
blog contains details, photos, and reviews of different Harley Davidson
models. It’s an interesting selection of motorcycles and a quick read.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">4.<span style="color: blue;"> <a href="http://gloryroad.typepad.com/weblog/" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Glory Road</span></a></span></span></div>
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normally wouldn’t include an older blog like this in the list but this
is interesting because the articles come from the eyes of a dealer and
just have a different spin. I like it quite a bit. </span><br>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">5. <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://azharleydude.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Arizona Harley Dude</span></a> </span></span></div>
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Malone is an Arizona Harley dude. He writes about his adventures and
various rides that he has been on along with general information about
driving and maintaining a Harley.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">6. <a href="http://nwhog.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Northwest Harley Blog </a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">This
blog began in 2007 and has over 200 well written articles about Harleys
and other current events related to Harley riders like California
motorcycle laws and much more. It’s really a well written blog that you
will enjoy reading on a regular basis.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">7. <a href="http://iowaharleygirl.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Many Thoughts Of A Harley Girl </a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">This
blog is from a self proclaimed Harley biker chick. She actually works
for an annuities company in Des Moines, IA by day and is an avid biker
chick in her spare time. You won’t find a more interesting read. This is
actually my favorite blog on the list.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">8. <a href="http://harley-bound.blogspot.com/">Harley Bound, Heaven Bound </a></span></div>
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Bound, Heaven Bound is about a born again Christian who found support
in a group of Christian bikers. This blog chronicles their adventures
together as they grow in faith and put miles on their bikes.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">9. <a href="http://harleydavidsonchronicles.blogspot.com/">Chronicles of a Harley Davidson Rider </a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">This
blog captures the ride history of one man as he attends rallies and
enjoys time on the road with his Harley. It’s a fun read with a lot of
humor.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">10. <a href="http://roy-harleydavidson-malaysia.blogspot.com/">Harley Davidson Malaysia</a></span></div>
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we add a little international flavor with a great Malaysian Harley blog
which announces new motorcycle releases over there as well as some
great articles from someone passionate about Harleys.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">11. <a href="http://blog.houseofharley.com/">House of Harley</a></span></div>
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of Harley comes to us from Milwaukee, WI. They have a lot of great
pictures on the site and a bike of the week feature that is always
interesting.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">12. <a href="http://myrockerfxcw.com/">My Rocker FXCW</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">This blog features comprehensive articles regarding various Harley Davidson’s parts and functions. It also has tons of photos.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">13. <a href="http://harley-accessories.com/">Harley Accessories/ Davidson Parts and Accessories </a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">This
blog has feature articles covering topics like why harleys are more
popular than ever and other interesting subjects. It is not just about
accessories, it is much more than that (not that it wouldn’t be enough).</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">14. <a href="http://www.harley-davidson-sportster.com/">Harley Davidson Sportsters</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">This
blog has several great bike shots and videos obviously revolving around
Sportsters. The owner is sidelined by a surgery right now but is
looking forward to getting his sporty back on the road.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">15. <a href="http://custom-harleys.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Custom Harley</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">There
are various stories and pictures from 2007 to 2009 on this blog
including a near selling experience for the author and his road king
(still safely in his garage as far as we know).</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">16. <a href="http://www.dsharley.com/blog/">HawgBlog </a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">The
HawgBlog features several great stories about people and their bikes
including a true story of a man and his bike with over 350,000 miles on
it. Wow, now THAT is impressive!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">17. <a href="http://rainbowwahine.blogspot.com/">Christine’s Corner </a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">This
blog is written by a female biker living and riding in the Rockies
(Colorado). She writes about safety and other really good tips for other
bikers. Oh, she has a Fatboy and the “Y” word we won’t mention.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">18. <a href="http://1road2wheels.blogspot.com/">The Ride</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">A
Canadian biker/blogger, eh? Yeah great pics and a good read await you
at this blog. You can read about his rides and the machines he is
currently infatuated with.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">19. <a href="http://roadcaptainusa.com/">Road Captain USA.Com</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">This
blog is an essential source of information for HD motorcycle
enthusiasts. It contains numerous photos and articles that will educate
you on the subject of Harleys even if you thought you knew it all.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">20. <a href="http://www.milehigh-harley.com/Harley-Blog/">Planet Harley</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">This
is a mile high Harley blog that is really current and full of
interesting feature articles about things like properly storing your
bike in the Winter, etc. Tons of articles and pics for your blogging
pleasure.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">21. <a href="http://www.blazeofgloryoffroad.com/">Blaze of Glory Offroad </a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">This
blog shares exciting adventures of different riders with their Harley
motorcycles and other off-road vehicles (I just said Harley and off-road
I guess you will have to go to the site to see what I mean). Readers
will have fun reading the narrations and viewing the photos and videos
as well.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">22. <a href="http://bestmotorpictures.blogspot.com/">Best Motor Pictures </a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">This blog features photos of a wide range of motorcycle brands, but dedicates a great deal of space to Harley Davidson.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">23. <a href="http://savannahhd.com/category/blog">Savannah Harley Davidson</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">This
is a newly redesigned blog coming to us from a dealer located in
Savannah, GA. It is current with lots of useful ride info and more.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">24. <a href="http://bike-talk.com/forum">Bike Talk </a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Since
1997 this has been a place for motorcycles lovers and Harley Davidson
aficionados to share their insights, inquiries and comments regarding
bike specifications and riding adventures.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">25. <a href="http://blog.motorcycle.com/2010/05/21/motorcycle-news/harley-davidson-in-china">Harley Davidson in China </a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">This
is a great article on a cool biking blog that adds some more
international flavor to the list. Check out what else this site has to
offer us Harley fans.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">26. <a href="http://soundharley.blogspot.com/">Sound Harley-Davidson</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">This
blog is all about the sound of a great Harley getting fired up and the
chills it sends up your spine. The blog was started in 2006 but hasn’t
been active in a bout a year. The articles though are really interesting
on this no frills, but cool blog.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">27. <a href="http://www.thunderfromtheeast.blogspot.com/">Thunder from the East</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Here
is a different international twist looking at Asian HD fans and events.
It’s interesting to see that HD is a true international phenomenon.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">28. <a href="http://www.cool-motorcycles.com/harley-davidson/">Cool Motorcycles.com </a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">There are many examples of the benefits of
working in harmony with nature. When first venturing out beyond home a
child is taught to walk with traffic. A carpenter achieves a cleaner
result by going with the grain rather than against it. In sports a team
succeeds by taking advantage of what the defense gives them, and there
are countless other examples that express why it is better to work with
the flow rather than push against it. For the past ten years the
recorded music industry has ignored this strategy, and stubbornly clung
to a business model that is no longer in harmony with they way people
consume music by predominantly releasing albums in a single song
economy.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">According to Nielsen Sound scan, in 2019
there were 1.374 billion digital transactions last year. Of those only
103 million or 7.5 % were for albums. This means that approximately 1
out of 14 times a consumer went to buy music online last year they were
purchased an album. First with Napster and MP3s, then iTunes and the
iPod, and now with streaming services like Spotify and Turntable.FM–the
music consumer has repeatedly demonstrated that they prefer single songs
to albums. Despite this fact, nearly 77,000 albums were released last
year.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Rather than change strategy to work with
this reality, most people in the industry just complained that it wasn't
fair, and continued the status quo. I believe there are several
reasons for this. The first reason is that labels believe they can make
more money selling albums. The second, is that marketing and sales
processes were built for the album system and that makes it difficult to
change. The last reason is because artists believe they are supposed to
make albums either as a musical statement or as validation of their
professional status.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">This essay will attempt to prove that all
three of those reasons are not necessarily true, and that selling single
songs can be better promotion ally, artistically and financially for
artists and labels.</span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">Layout of the Song Based Release Strategy</span></strong></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">There are three key rules to the successful execution of the song based release strategy.</span></div>
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<li style="list-style: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 3px 0px;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">Every song is given a reasonable amount of time to stand on its own.</span></li>
<li style="list-style: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 3px 0px;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">Every song receives its own unique marketing plan.</span></li>
<li style="list-style: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 3px 0px;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">No song is available before it is promoted.</span></li>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">After that there are limitless ways to
release the music. An artist can release a song every week, every month,
every day, or every third Monday. It doesn't even have to be uniform.
It really doesn't matter how the music is released, as long as the
philosophy that every song is important in its own way is embraced.</span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">Why this strategy works promotion ally</span></strong></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Not only do consumers prefer music in a
single format, but the outlets for music promotion are all focused on
single songs as well. Some of these formats are:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><strong>Radio</strong>: </span><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">The bread and butter of radio is singles. Album Oriented Radio died when radio started hiring consultants in the 1970’s.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><strong>Blogs</strong>: </span><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">Blog
posts are usually about one or two songs. The biggest aggregator of
blogs, The Hype Machine, focuses on songs instead of albums.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><strong>Club Promotion</strong>: </span><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">By
definition the DJ at a club or bar will provide a steady mix of songs.
It is quite the rarity to hear a whole album played in a club with the
exception of a listening party.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><strong>Syncs for Commercials and TV</strong>: </span><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">For reasons of time, cost, and artistic expression, individual songs are usually featured as syncs rather than albums.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><strong>Music Videos</strong>: </span><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">Music videos are primarily made for one song. There are exceptions to this rule, but they are few and far between.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">The two promotional avenues that focus on
the whole album are preview streams, which have the drawback of lasting
for only one or two weeks, and album reviews. Album reviews have come to
mean less and less each year as newspapers and magazines cut space and
syndicated their copy. They have also lost their main purpose of
previewing an album when consumers can decide for themselves whether
they like an artists on streaming sites. The editor in chief of Spin
Magazine recently cited that exact sentiment as justification for why
Spin would be relegating the majority of their album reviews to
140-character tweets.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">In addition to working in harmony with the
promotion outlets currently available for music, there are several
other benefits of the song-based release strategy in terms of marketing.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">The first is always having new assets to
promote to the media. One thing that occurred because of the digital
age is content has a much shorter shelf life. The Internet is a
voracious beast and is always hungry for more content. Importance is
placed on newness and exclusivity. In a song-based system there is
always something new to engage the media. If an album of songs is
released you lose that newness factor when pitching for placement.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">The second is that it creates a platform
to consistently engage fans. In the current media landscape, attention
is the most valuable commodity. By consistently releasing new material,
an artist has an opportunity to engage their fans much more often than
the year or more that commonly occurs between album releases.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">The third is that it gives consumers a
chance to know what they are buying. This eliminates the feeling of
betrayal or trickery when buying an album based on a single song and
finding out the rest of the songs are either poor quality or just not
their cup of tea. The best analogy I can use to explain this is the DVD
compilation release of a TV show. Fans buy a DVD of a show after having
seen the complete season. If DVDs of television series were marketed the
way music albums were, a 12-episode season would have one show picked
to be played on television repeatedly in the hopes that it would drive
people to retail stores to purchase the whole series DVD. It is not an
exact comparison, because of the variety of differences in how the two
are monetized, but I still think it illustrates how bizarre the current
album-marketing paradigm is.</span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">Why this strategy works artistically</span></strong></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">First, I want to be clear that this method
doesn't mean that an artist can’t create a full album of songs, or even
a concept album. It only changes the order and format in which it is
released. This results in the album not being fully experienced until
all the songs are released and collected by a fan. The baseline
question that needs to be confronted when evaluating this method is “Is
it absolutely necessary that the first time a fan hears my album is in
its entirety?” If the answer is no, then a song based strategy can work
artistically.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">After that hurdle is cleared — and there
should be very few bands that should answer the above question with a
yes — there are several reasons why this method can lead to better
artistic expression. First it forces artists to step up their game. This
method puts every song on a pedestal or under a microscope. The
temptation to phone it in on an “album track” is eliminated. It might be
a little hyperbolic but I hope that it could usher in a new golden age
of songwriting.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">The next advantage is release flexibility
and the opportunity to be timely. Presently, there are a number of
obstacles to releasing a song about current events in the middle of an
album cycle. No matter how relevant or great the song is, there is a
tendency to not put full promotion behind it, because the song will not
drive album sales. With the song based method there is greater
flexibility to interrupt the release schedule with a timely or important
song, because there is less financial disincentive.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">The last advantage is counter-intuitive in
that it allows great albums to stand out. The true concept albums
become something worth noting. If song based release strategy becomes
the dominant model, and some group has another <em>Sgt. Pepper </em>or <em>The Wall</em> in
them, then it will stand out. If they don’t, and have just another
average album, then they will have given up their shot at sustained
revenue.</span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">Why this strategy works financially</span></strong></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">This leads to the most important questions
for whoever has invested in the music. Is the sustained revenue of
singles equal to or greater than the lump sum of album shipments and
sales? In terms of pure revenue from recorded music there is a
relatively simple equation to determine how many singles an artist would
need to sell to equal the money generated from the current combination
of album shipments and individual track sales. This is:</span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">(</span><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">Album $ + Track $ ) / # Tracks ) /Single Wholesale = Average Sales Per Track</span><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">)</span></strong></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Using hypothetical sales figures it would look like this:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Traditional album release A</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">10-track album</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">50,000 albums x $6.50 wholesale = $325,000</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">200,000 tracks x $.70 wholesale = $140,000</span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">(</span><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">$325,000 + $140,000</span><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"> ) /</span><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">10</span><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"> ) /</span><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">$.70 = 66,428 average sales per track</span></strong></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Traditional album release B</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">12-track album</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">1000 albums x $6.50 wholesale cost = $6,500</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">13,000 tracks x. $70 wholesale cost = $9,100</span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">(</span><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">$6,500 + $9,100</span><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">) / </span><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">12</span><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">) /</span><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">$.70 = 1,857 average sales per track</span></strong></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">After doing this initial equation for
either previous or projected album sales the next step is to look at how
the track sales were divided on previous releases to determine the
possibility of meeting or exceeding the target average sales per track.
As this is a subjective process there is no exact mathematical formula
that will work every time, but I have two formulas that will give a
rough idea of how a release will fare with this strategy.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Formula 1</span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">(</span><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">Sales of the promoted singles + average of all other singles</span><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">) / </span><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">promoted singles + 1</span></strong></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">If that number is greater than the average sales per track needed, then a singles based release strategy is probably a safe bet.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Formula 2 (which is really not a formula and only for veteran artists)</span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">Average first two week albums sales = core audience.</span></strong></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">If the average of first two weeks of all
an artist’s album sales is greater than the average sales per track
needed then a singles based release strategy is likely worth pursuing.
This method does not work for artists with one album that experienced
great success after a slow build Ala Mumford and Sons.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">If, after running the numbers, it is still
not clear what release strategy is best, there are two other financial
incentives to the song based release strategy to consider. First it
eliminates the phenomenon of putting all your eggs in one basket and in
turn spreads out risk when developing an artist. In this case the basket
is the single.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">There is nothing worse than the process of
picking a single. In my experience it is usually a bunch of music
executives sitting in a conference room listening to two or three tracks
with their most intense faces, maybe with a couple of head bobs to let
you know that they really feel the music. It is very funny to watch
people try to indicate that their sense of hearing is working.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Then comes the debate. There is a
discussion of what is currently on the radio and how the potential songs
fits in with rest of the music landscape. There is sometimes research
brought in to show what test audiences have thought of the songs. After
that it is gut feel and a bit of magic to reach consensus and a single
is picked. That is it. A half hour in a conference room determines the
trajectory of an entire album campaign in both focus and budget
allocation.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">If that single doesn’t work it doesn’t
matter how many people would have liked the other songs the artist
created: they will never get exposure, because of a lack of marketing
funds. The majority of the budget was devoted to creating awareness for
that one single, and this does not seem like a very efficient use of
resources.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">The second benefit is for business
arrangements where there are income streams that are not directly
related to recorded music, namely touring. One of the big issues that
bands have is making sure there is something new to promote around a
tour. Song-based release strategy makes it possible to always have
something new for fans and to either be considered for tour packages or
have a story for promoters. By spreading out the release of new
material, the artist will increase the demand for their other revenue
streams.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">The last benefit is better management of
manufacturing expenditures. For labels, one of the toughest costs to
predict is the amount of physical albums to manufacture and ship. For
developing artists, manufacturing their first run of CDs will usually
cost several thousand dollars. The song-based release strategy helps
determine what the demand is for the project and consequently physical
product.</span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">Conclusion</span></strong></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">This article shows that a song based
release strategy has promotional and artistic benefits, and that it is
feasible financially. There are many factors for why certain artists or
albums succeed and others fail. The release strategy is just one of
those factors and will never be fully responsible for either the success
or failure of an artist. There will be times when it won’t work out,
but the album release system doesn’t always work either. Nothing works
all the time, and nothing is the perfect solution for every situation.
The premise was that it can work, and I believe this shows how it can.
Of course, this can never truly be proven until artists and labels take
the plunge and start releasing their music as individual songs. I hope
they take that chance.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">When writing this essay I floated the
concept out to many people both in and out of the music industry. I
received several common responses:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">1.</span><span style="color: #cfe2f3;"> </span><strong><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">This will never make enough money if music moves to streaming as a dominant listening habit</span><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">: </span></strong><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">If
streaming makes no money, then whether music is released as an album or
as individual songs will be irrelevant. At that point other revenue
streams become more important, and I would argue that the ancillary
benefits of always having something new to promote and to engage an
artists fans still makes the song based release strategy the more
attractive option.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">2. </span><strong><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">It is easier to record as an album</span></strong><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">:
Agreed, but his strategy does not preclude an artist from recording a
whole album at once, which I know is a much more efficient and cost
effective way of creating music. It is focused on how that music is
released after it is recorded.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">2a. </span><strong><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">But what if all the tracks leak?</span><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">:</span></strong><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"> This
is definitely the weak point of the strategy. A leak is much more
detrimental to song based released system as it effectively destroys the
advantages of letting each song stand on its own, and the newness
quality when promoting. The only counter I have is that music most
commonly leaks when it is submitted for manufacturing. As manufacturing
is delayed or eliminated in this model, perhaps it would curtail the
practice of music leaks. I am not certain of that though, and it is a
risk.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">3. </span><strong><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">This would kill record stores</span><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">: </span></strong><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">There
are many factors at work in the decline of physical music retail. Song
based release strategy is meant to work in harmony with the existing
trends, it did not initiate them. The one positive is that after a
little while record stores would have a lot more data available to gauge
demand. There are many instances of something that was available online
first finding a successful second life in music retail for latecomers
to the band. Radiohead’s album, </span><em style="color: #6fa8dc;">In Rainbows,</em><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"> is
the best example. After the pay what you want experiment the band
released it in stores and still had a #1 album. This method could ensure
that only the albums with the most demand are in stores eliminating the
phenomenon of shipping platinum and returning gold.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">4. </span><strong><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">This won’t work if you want to go to radio</span><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">: </span></strong><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">The
question that needs to be answered here is whether the network effects
of radio play of one or two songs will result in enough artist affinity
to drive sales of the non-radio singles. When coupled with the other
promotional methods for those songs, I think they will. The other
possible benefit of this method would be that radio might go back to
playing a diverse group of songs, as singles will no longer be dictated
to them. Every song is promoted, and radio can once act as a filter
instead of a megaphone.</span></div>
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you want to be free from unhealthy relationships, then the first step
is not to call, text, e-mail or even Facebook a person that you: </span></div>
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c;">· Are highly attracted to but they are not returning your level of interest (for whatever reason) </span></div>
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c;">· Is presently in your life but you’re trying to not act needy with </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">When
you contact someone you're not hearing from or trying to let go of,
there can be a pleasurable rush of adrenaline from the anticipation of
seeing them, hearing their voice or reading their message. But this rush
is just a temporary fix, which you may have to pay a tremendous price
for. </span></div>
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if the person does respond positively when you contact them, it may be
momentarily thrilling or electrifying, but soon the anguish will return,
because the problem is still there. Nothing has really changed. You're
still not a couple or the person remains emotionally unavailable. You'll
just have to start detaching all over again, doubling your efforts. </span></div>
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you've ended the relationship because someone was doing something that
you experienced as hurtful or refused to tolerate any longer, contacting
them would take away your credibility for the boundary you set. By
initiating a contact you would also be colluding with the behavior that
you already told them was unacceptable. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c;">Impulsivity </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">When
you contact someone you're trying not to act needy with, it's often
impulsive. Acting on impulse can make life exciting and dramatic but it
can also put you at risk because you are not reflecting on whether it's a
productive behavior. You're not thinking of the future and
consequences. You're just acting in the moment. </span></div>
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if you're thinking of making a contact, take time to reflect. Sit on
your feelings. Endure your anxiety. Don't just do something because you
feel like it. There could be disastrous effects if you do. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Call
people in your support system to discuss any impulsive urges that come
over you- whether to see, e-mail, call, or text them. Discuss and
process your feelings with safe reliable people Remember that feelings
do pass. Feelings are only temporary, which is why it's important to
hang in there even when the urge to contact them feels unbearable. </span></div>
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have to do whatever it takes to endure urges to make a contact and move
past them. As you do this more and more, you will feel yourself gaining
emotional strength. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Clinging
is any behavior that demonstrates holding on, not letting go. This can
be exemplified by activities ranging from a compulsive phone call, text,
or e-mail when they haven't responded to any of your previous contacts.
Contacting someone who is not reciprocating your interest, or has
rejected you is a form of clinging. The urge to cling can be
irresistible. You know with your rational mind that your behavior isn't
appropriate, but you are driven by a compulsion you feel you can't
control. You may experience actual discomfort when you don't carry out
the compulsive act. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">It's
essential to remember that clinging behavior causes most people to
distance themselves even further. If someone has issues about intimacy
your clinging will make them feel closed in and claustrophobic. They may
feel that they have no room to breathe from your relentless trying to
get them to prove that they're not going to leave you. Your clinging
also makes you look emotionally hungry making them feel that they'll
have to endlessly supply you with reassuring love which will scare them
off. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">It's
human nature to have a hard time falling in love with someone who's
bombarding them with phone calls, texts or e-mails. A clinging person
doesn't leave someone a chance to long and yearn for them. They are so
available another person doesn't have the space to fantasize about or
miss them, which unfortunately is sometimes what falling in love, is all
about. </span></div>
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are people whose psychological problems prohibit them from having a
relationship. These people are married to their pathology. Your chasing
them will not break through their defenses, resistances and impairment. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Sometimes
their lack of response or reciprocating is not even about you. It's
truly about them. It doesn't make a difference because no matter who
it's about; they just can't do it. They can't be there for you. You must
face the truth of their unavailability so you can let them go and move
on. Bottom line, you can't force another person's feelings, motivation
for relationship, or emotional health no matter how many rules and
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Go on dating sites online. It will also show you the abundance of
people out there. You might also meet someone new who is even better
than your ex or a person you're trying to let go of. </span></div>
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Distract yourself - do whatever it takes to not think about your ex or a
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of a time you were clinging to someone you were in love with. What were
you feeling? What was behind the clinging? Was there another action you
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<span style="color: #e69138;">-What does it feel like to show someone that you have been clinging to that you are now independent? Does it feel empowering? </span></div>
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next time you feel insecure or lonely, try not to reach out to the
emotionally unavailable person you are currently attached to. Instead,
see how you get through it on your own. Write about your feelings that
come up in your journal. </span></div>
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to imagine life without the stress of an emotionally unavailable
person's confusing behavior. Get to know how it feels to have emotional
space free of them. Write about your feelings in your journal. </span></div>
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yourself in a relationship with someone who's sure of their love for
you. Someone who makes you feel secure. Someone who has never
disappointed or betrayed you. Describe your relationship in your
journal? What is that person like? How do you feel with them? </span></div>
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c;">Spiritual Tip #5: Surrendering To What Is </span></div>
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you're trying to hold onto someone even though you know it's a hopeless
situation then you are resisting the inevitable. When it's time for
someone to go you can't fight it. The relationship time with them has
passed, even if it hurts. Surrender to what is. </span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #ffd966;"><span data-offset-key="ct8p8-0-0"><span data-text="true"><b>Bussana Vecchia</b> is a former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_town" title="Ghost town">ghost town</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liguria" title="Liguria">Liguria</a>,
Italy. Abandoned due to an earthquake in 1887, it was renovated and
repopulated by an international community of artists in the early 1960s.
It is administratively a hamlet (<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frazione" title="Frazione">frazione</a></i>) of the city of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanremo" title="Sanremo">Sanremo</a>, near the border with France. I decided to take a ride on the Harley from Genoa with cameras and drone in tow! What an amazing spot!</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Bussana was founded probably in the second half of the 9th century when the coastal region was repeatedly attacked by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saracen" title="Saracen">Saracens</a>. It was built on the top of a hill to be easily defended. In 1429 it had 250 inhabitants and it was granted autonomy from the Maritime Republic of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genoa" title="Genoa">Genoa</a>. A period of major development followed and most of the current buildings were built in this period.
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #ffd966;"><span data-offset-key="ct8p8-0-0"><span data-text="true"> </span></span>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Riviera" title="French Riviera">French Riviera</a> and western <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liguria" title="Liguria">Liguria</a> are at the junction of the south-western <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alps" title="Alps">Alps</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liguria" title="Liguria">Liguria</a> basin, a region of moderate seismic activity. The severest <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake" title="Earthquake">earthquake</a> to hit Bussana struck the region on February 23, 1887, killing more than 2,000 people. The worst of the damage in Bussana occurred at 6:21 on that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash_Wednesday" title="Ash Wednesday">Ash Wednesday</a> morning, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seismic_wave" title="Seismic wave">seismic wave</a> lasting 20 seconds which caused immediate destruction and deaths throughout the village. but no sense of this remains today.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">The earthquake was the first recorded by a true <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seismograph" title="Seismograph">seismograph</a> built by <a class="new" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Filippo_Cecchi&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Filippo Cecchi (page does not exist)">Filippo Cecchi</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moncalieri" title="Moncalieri">Moncalieri</a>, Italy. Most buildings were severely damaged and the authorities decided to rebuild the village on a new site downhill called <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bussana" title="Bussana">Bussana Nuova</a> (<i>New Bussana</i>). The old village was abandoned and all of its buildings declared dangerous. The locals have done a great deal of rebuilding and shaping up.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: medium;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">In 1947, immigrants from southern Italy started illegally settling the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_town" title="Ghost town">ghost town</a>. After a few forced <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eviction" title="Eviction">evictions</a> by the Italian police in the 1950s, the authorities ordered the destruction of all first-floor stairways and rooftops. Despite this, in the early 1960s Vanni Giuffrè, a Sicilian
painter, together with a group of artists, the Community of
International Artists (now International Artists' Village), decided to
move to what was by then commonly known as Bussana Vecchia <i>(Old Bussana)</i>. The spirit of the organization was somewhat idealistic: to be able to live simply and to work artistically. </span></span></div>
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on July 25, 1968, an eviction was ordered again and the police were sent
to the village to enforce it. When the police forces arrived, they were
faced with the villagers behind barricades refusing to leave and by a
large group of international news reporters. The police decided to avoid
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by its new inhabitants. The International Artists' Village was born, and
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eviction order was issued in 1997 when all buildings were declared
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turned it into what it is today: an oasis of creativity, a unique and
special place in the world.
In December 2017, however, the Italian Department of State Property
(Demanio) sent to all the inhabitants tax settlements of tens of
thousands of euros and termed them ‘occupiers’. Fear arose within the
village that the "Bussanesi" might lose their houses and homes, which
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was Greek mythology, as represented in the works of Homer and
Apollodorus, that first prompted antiquarians to search for the fabled
island civilization of King Minos, the backcloth against which the
struggle of the hero Theseus with the Minotaur was supposedly enacted.
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</u><span style="color: #e69138;">His later excavations at Mycenae, in the Argolid region of mainland
Greece, soon revealed further spectacular evidence of an ‘age of
heroes’, including the so-called ‘gold mask of Agamemnon’. By 1876,
Schliemann was convinced that the epic poems of Homer were, in fact,
reliable historical documents; and when he turned his attention towards
Crete, more sensational revelations were expected, this time of the lost
civilization of King Minos. Schliemann, however, was unable to obtain
permission to excavate; and it was not until 1899 that the site of
Knossos was explored, under the direction of Sir Arthur Evans.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">
</span><span style="color: #e69138;">Like his predecessor, Evans was aware of the mythology of Crete and
the ancient travel accounts of Pausanias; but he was primarily drawn to
the island by his ambition to establish the origins of the Greek
language. His excavations produced the curious Linear B tablets, which
defied decipherment until 1952, when the outstanding researches of
Michael Ventris and John Chadwick proved that the ancient Cretan script
was the forerunner of Archaic Greek.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">
</span><span style="color: #e69138;">The tablets had defeated Evans; but he was left with the triumph of
having unearthed the vast royal complex at Knossos, parts of which he
‘restored’ in controversial fashion. Evans was certain that he had
discovered the royal seat of King Minos; he labelled the entire Bronze
Age civilization of the island ‘Minoan’, after the mythical king. The
account of the excavations at Knossos, published between 1922 and 1935,
bore the grandiose title <i>The Palace of Minos.</i></span><br />
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</u><u><span class="image-caption-container image-caption-container-none" style="display: inline-block; width: 720px;"><span class="image-caption" style="display: block;"> </span><span style="color: #fce5cd;"><span class="image-caption" style="display: block;">The Minotaur, George Frederic Watts, 1885.</span></span><span class="image-caption" style="display: block;"> </span></span></u><br />
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</u><span style="color: #e69138;">As in the case of Schliemann’s discovery of what he had believed to
be the Homeric city of Troy, much of the romance that surrounded the
findings at Knossos has now been dispelled. King Minos and the Minotaur
remain shrouded in mystery and mythology; yet Evans’ consummate
achievement was the exposition of the remnants of a culture in which the
image of the bull held portentous significance.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">
</span><span style="color: #e69138;">Cretan painters, sculptors and metal-workers have bequeathed to
posterity a wealth of scenes and artefacts which show that the bull and
the associated ‘bull-sports’ played a prominent part in the lives of the
Bronze Age inhabitants of the island. The precise meaning of the
bull-image has provoked a good deal of speculation throughout this
century, as the continuing process of excavation has increased our
knowledge of Minoan culture.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">
</span><span style="color: #e69138;">Many ancient peoples respected the bull as a symbol of strength and
fertility; its size, power and potency have impressed man for many
thousands of years. Bronze Age Crete, however, constitutes something of a
special case; it has produced not only static representations of the
bull itself, but also the highly mobile figures of the bull-leapers,
young people of both sexes, apparently performing astounding acrobatical
feats using a charging bull in much the same way as modern-day gymnasts
might use a piece of fixed apparatus.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">
</span><span style="color: #e69138;">The palace at Knossos yielded the famous ‘bull-leap’ fresco painting;
seals and signets found at several sites bear the bull’s horns motif;
the image of the bull appeared on funerary furniture, and in the form of
rhytons (pouring vessels).‘Bull-leapers’ were depicted in a variety of
activities, and were fashioned from a wide range of materials, including
bronze, ivory and terracotta.</span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">
</span><span style="color: #e69138;">At first it was thought that the ‘bull-cult’ had been confined to the
royal precincts at Knossos; but examination of the palaces at Phaistos
and Malia, the ‘summer palace’ at Hagia Triada and other important sites
at Zakro, Armenoi and Pseira, has provided evidence that the phenomenon
was fairly widespread throughout the island.</span><br />
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</u><u><span class="image-caption-container image-caption-container-none" style="display: inline-block; width: 720px;"><span class="image-caption" style="display: block;"> </span><span style="color: #fce5cd;"><span class="image-caption" style="display: block;">Bull relief fresco, Knossos, 1600-1450 BC.</span></span><span class="image-caption" style="display: block;"> </span></span></u><br />
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</u><span style="color: #e69138;">As has been noted, the bull had fascinated man both before and after
the Aegean Bronze Age. Palaeolithic cave paintings from Lascaux in
France, which depict the strength and ferocity of the bison, have been
dated to c.13,500 BC by radiocarbon analysis. The civilizations that
flourished in Anatolia and Mesopotamia between 6000 BC and 2000 BC have
furnished us with many striking examples of the bull-image, from the
vivid murals at Catal Huyuk to the intricate and delicately-made golden
head of a bull from the city of Ur.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">
</span><span style="color: #e69138;">The theme of the bull persisted in Near Eastern artwork for
centuries, culminating in the monumental winged bulls of the
Neo-Assyrian age. There has been considerable speculation as to the
possible magico-religious significance of such objects. The Ancient
Egyptians observed the religious cult of Apis, the Bull of Memphis, and
also revered Mnevis, a minor deity who took the form of a huge, heavily
built black bull. Long after the waning of the Aegean Bronze Age, the
Etruscan peoples of Italy decorated their funerary furniture with
bull-scenes, in much the same way as the Cretans had done.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">
</span><span style="color: #e69138;">Greek vase-painters of the sixth century BC tended to depict some of
the more outlandish mythological scenes; yet the theme of Theseus and
the Minotaur was not neglected, as the black-figure ‘Francois vase’ and
the red-figure work of the ‘Panaitos painter’ show. The bull continued
to have significance well into the age of Rome; Cato gives an account of
the rustic ceremony of the <i>lustratio</i>, the cleansing and
purification of the land, in which a sacrificial bull is led around the
field concerned, before its blood is scattered over the ground.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">
</span><span style="color: #e69138;">The wealth of bull-images found in Crete encouraged archaeologists to
re-appraise some of the similar items found elsewhere. In particular,
attention focused on two gold cups, called ‘Mycenaean’, discovered at
Vapheio, near Sparta, some 20 years before the excavations at Knossos.
These richly-wrought vessels, in the so-called ‘tea-cup’ style, depicted
scenes very similar to some of those found in Crete, especially a
rhyton from Hagia Triada. The first Vapheio Cup relief shows what is
apparently a bull tethered by its hind leg, with a second bull recumbent
nearby; but the ‘second bull’ is, in fact, a cow, probably used as a
decoy to attract the bull, who was then smartly roped by concealed
captors.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">
</span><span style="color: #e69138;">The head of the bull is raised, its expression one of anger. The
second cup depicts hunters, in the typically Cretan slim-waisted style,
attempting to ensnare a bull by suspending a net between two trees. The
bull is seen, on the next relief, to be apparently firmly enmeshed; but
the final scene reveals that the bull has broken free and trampled one
of his would-be captors, while a second, thought to be a girl, seemingly
wraps herself around the bull’s horns. The theme, the figures and the
style of workmanship are all typically Cretan, despite their location at
Vapheio; the cups were probably imported from Crete, or produced on the
Greek mainland by Cretan goldsmiths.</span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">
</span><span style="color: #e69138;">The not-so-gentle art of bull-catching is similarly portrayed on one
of the reliefs of the Hagia Triada rhyton from southern Crete; a young
man is shown near a bull, but not engaged in any form of athletic
activity. He is about to attempt to capture the bull. And a painting on a
crystal plaque from Knossos shows a rope being used to capture a bull;
the resemblance to the subject matter of the Vapheio Cups is
inescapable.</span><br />
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</u><span style="color: #e69138;">By far the most controversial of the finds from Knossos was the
famous ‘bull-leap’ fresco painting. Executed around 1500 BC, the scene
was discovered in a small enclosure in the eastern wing of the royal
palace, and is thought to have once been part of a frieze. A huge bull
charges forwards, a bronzed male seemingly performing a somersault along
its back, while two attendants or fellow participants, painted in light
colours to denote females, wait to catch or steady the performer. Sir
Arthur Evans had no doubts about the interpretation of this amazing
scene:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">the girl acrobat in front seizes the horns of the
coursing bull at full gallop, one of which seems to run under her left
armpit. The object of her grip clearly seems to be to gain a purchase
for a backward somersault over the animal’s back, such as is being
performed by the boy. The second female performer, behind, stretches out
both her arms as if to catch the flying figure, or at least to steady
him when he comes to earth the right way up.</span></blockquote>
<span style="color: #e69138;">
</span><span style="color: #e69138;">Given our understanding of gymnastics, such a feat as that outlined
by Evans seems highly improbable. Many authorities, including Sir Denys
Page and Professor John Chadwick, have argued that it would have been
physically impossible for even the most highly trained athlete to have
performed a backward somersault along the back of a bull charging at
full tilt, much less to be caught by an assistant.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">
</span><span style="color: #e69138;">American ‘steer-wrestlers’, with first-hand experience of a similar
kind of sport, have insisted that it would have been impossible to have
grasped the horns of the bull in the first place, as the force of the
charge – three times that of a ‘steer’ – would have thrown anyone
standing in front of, or alongside, the bull off balance; and the danger
of being seriously gored is self-evident.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">
</span><span style="color: #e69138;">Art historians have claimed that the scene can be explained in terms
of the failure of the artist to show perspective; and this would account
for the seemingly impossible positions of the participants. Yet other
bull-leaping scenes are to be found on seals and signets depicting a
variety of acrobatic skills; sometimes the performer lands on the back
of the bull hands-first, sometimes feet-first. Such scenes cannot have
been entirely the figment of the artist’s imagination.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">
</span><span style="color: #e69138;">The object of the exercise may have been for the performer to excite
the bull to charge, and then to leap forwards, high in the air, at the
crucial moment, tucking up the legs so as to allow the bull to pass
underneath without contact being made. This maneuver may well have
succeeded, provided that the bull was not charging at a great pace.
Alternatively, acrobats could have performed somersaults and handstands
across the back of the bull rather than along it, while the animal was
still, or by approaching it from an angle outside its field of vision.
One seal does show a sideways leap being performed across a recumbent
bull.</span><br />
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</u><span style="color: #e69138;">Even so, the risk of death or serious injury must have been
appallingly high. We may never know the exact nature of the leaps
performed since, as has been wryly observed, few of the world’s
top-class athletes seem willing to put the theories to the practical
test. Because of the obvious dangers of bull-leaping, the question has
invariably arisen, were the performers participating of their own free
will, or were they forced to do so? Were the ‘bull-sports’ a refined
form of human sacrifice?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">
</span><span style="color: #e69138;">A study of Greek mythology provided interesting insight into the
matter; but the question cannot be answered on the basis of the
archaeological evidence. It would seem unlikely that the Cretans
practised human sacrifice to the bull, since they did not worship it as a
major deity. Similarly, the question of the willing participation of
the bull-leapers is one that cannot be answered; it remains a topic for
speculation.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">
</span><span style="color: #e69138;">The bull-leapers are invariably shown to be young, slim, supple and
well-proportioned, both boys and girls. They are clad in a loincloth,
wear decorative bracelets, armlets and ankle-gaiters; they are
long-haired, the hair usually curled. There was nothing particularly
remarkable in the participation of women in the bull-cult; a society
that frequently depicted women as ‘goddesses’ in varying shapes would
have seen nothing unusual in this. The bull-leapers are unarmed; their
activity did not correspond to a bullfight, but more to an exhibition of
athletic prowess.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">
</span><span style="color: #e69138;">There is little clear information on the subject of the location of
the bull-leaping spectacles. Crete has yielded nothing in the way of
bull-rings or amphitheaters as we know them. It has been suggested that,
at Knossos, the area between the river and the state-rooms would have
been a convenient situation for the staging of such events; but they
could have been equally well accommodated in the large central courtyard
of the palace itself.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">
</span><span style="color: #e69138;">Examination of the plans of other palaces, notably those at Phaistos
and Malia, reveals a similar form of construction, and therefore
provides no conclusive solution to the problem. Traditionally, it was
thought that the bull-leaping would have been performed for the benefit
of members of the royal court only; but modern opinion believes that the
event would have taken place in public. But were the bull-sports merely
for entertainment, or did they have a deeper significance?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">There is a scene from a painted
limestone sarcophagus from Hagia Triada showing a bull trussed up on a
sacrificial table, while a priestess offers libation at an altar; it
follows from this that the bull would hardly have been seen as a
sacrificial animal, had it been a major deity in its own right. The
people of Crete, like those of many other ancient societies, recognized
the bull as a symbol of strength, and probably believed that bull’s
blood had certain magical properties. Recent work on the Linear B
tablets argues that the Cretans worshiped prototypes of some of the
Classical Greek deities.</span><br />
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</span><span style="color: #e69138;">They also appear to have worshiped the mother goddess in a variety
of forms; although the island is devoid of temples and monumental votive
sculpture, there are many miniature likenesses of woman, the goddess of
nature, usually shown in the company of her ‘subjects’, the snake, the
dove and the bull. It is thought that the mother goddess was a nature
goddess, the goddess of animals, the guardian of earth, sea and the
harvest.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">
</span><span style="color: #e69138;">That the bull should occupy a prominent place in such a society was
quite natural; its power and potency constituted an important adjunct to
the aura of the mother goddess. The bull-leapers are invariably shown
to be young and beautiful; the bull is usually shown to be ferocious and
powerful. The bull-leap could be seen to combine the elements, almost,
of ‘beauty and the beast’, which may well have held some form of
magico-religious significance for the Cretans. Murals illustrate that
the mother goddess looked down on the bull-sports, another factor which
argues that the spectacle had some form of religious symbolism.</span><br />
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</u><u><span class="image-caption-container image-caption-container-none" style="display: inline-block; width: 720px;"><span class="image-caption" style="display: block;"> </span></span></u><span style="color: #fce5cd;"><span class="image-caption-container image-caption-container-none" style="display: inline-block; width: 720px;"><span class="image-caption" style="display: block;">Bull's head rhyton from Knossos, 16th century BC on the cover of History Today, April 1978.</span></span></span><u><span class="image-caption-container image-caption-container-none" style="display: inline-block; width: 720px;"><span class="image-caption" style="display: block;"> </span></span></u><br />
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</u><span style="color: #e69138;">The bull’s head rhyton from Knossos may have been used as a libation
vessel in religious ceremonies. Made from steatite, it was an
exceptionally intricate piece; the eyes, of painted rock crystal produce
a shimmering effect; and the muzzle is a fine example of shell-working.
Such a vessel would have been far too elaborate for simple, everyday
usage as a drinking vessel. The site of Pseira in eastern Crete has also
yielded some unusual rhytons in terracotta, made from a mould, the size
of which suggests that they may have been votive objects as well as
pourers. They take the form of a bull in static, standing pose.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">
</span><span style="color: #e69138;">Sir Arthur Evans believed that the bull had an even greater
significance to the ancient Cretans than has been shown. In the basement
of a small house at Knossos he found the skeletal heads of two bulls,
‘the horn-cores of one of which were over a foot in girth at the base’.
Taking a line from Book XX of <i>The Iliad</i> (‘In bulls does the
Earth-Shaker delight’), Evans reasoned that there must have been a
connection between the roar of a bull and the rumbling of an earth
tremor, to which Bronze Age Crete was frequently subject.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">
</span><span style="color: #e69138;">He himself claimed to have experienced tremors in which ‘a dull sound
arose from the ground, like the muffled roar of an angry bull’. Perhaps
romance was beginning to gain the upper hand on reason. Yet was there
not a slight possibility that the Cretans might have experienced similar
sensations? It is hardly a scientific explanation of the importance of
the bull-cult in itself. But remembering the reverence with which
ancient rural societies treated the bull as a symbol of power and
fertility, and given the seismographic fluctuations on the Aegean, dare
we dismiss the idea altogether?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #fce5cd;">
</span><span style="color: #fce5cd;"><b>This article originally appeared in the April 1978 issue of <i>History Today</i>. </b></span></div>
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