gym – Curious as a Cathy

Buckle up, kiddies coz this is gonna be a long ride! I have jammed a lot of content in one post mewsic, sky views, fill-ins, and giggles galore! I can’t believe it’s mid-month already, can you? Thanksgiving is now less than 2-weeks away. Phew, time zips!

November 1st battle results…

Okay, it’s time to fill in how my last battle went in the ‘Piece of My Heart’ showdown between two hard rock bands – Lionsheart and Nazareth. The showdown initally was lopsided with Nazareth taking all the votes then Lionsheart evened out but never got ahead making Nazareth today’s champ taking twice the number of votes for a 10 to 5 win. To refresh your memory, let me recap how everyone voted. Lionsheart took Lee, Eugenia, Michael T, Donna, & Debbie’s ballots. Tom, Sandee, Mary, John, Stephen, Brian, Mimi, Amy, Birgit, & Mike Spain’s ballots went to Nazareth.

Now to sample perhaps the best known song by today’s winner – NAZARETH ‘Hair of the Dog’!

Mid-month showdown begins now…

Okay moving right along to my battle this morning. I betcha thought I goofed on the post title but I didn’t. There are more bands I wanted to feature covering Franklin’s hit than I could squeeze into one post without someone having a seizure, so I’m breaking it down into another edition using the same song, ‘Piece of My Heart’.

In this battle, it’s sorta like a dueling duet cover showdown.

The first dueling duet is Eddie Floyd & Mavis Staples. I’m not good with names in the mewsic industry but ya know I’ve done a whole lot of listening over the years. Thanks the Internet researching celebrities is easy breezy. Floyd is a well-known singer/songwriter. I recognized his #1 hit, Knock on Wood, right off. Believe it or not, I knew who Staples is as I recognized her from National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation theme song. The R&B and gospel singer is also actress which I didn’t know. Anywho, I stumbled on Floyd & Staples cover on the 1969 R&B album, Boy Meets Girl.

The second dueling duet is none other than Steven Tyler of Aerosmith with The Loving Mary Band. Last year I featured Tyler’s single with the same name as his album, We’re All Somebody from Somewhere (full album). What I didn’t know or just didn’t pay any attention but his backing band on that album and on his first solo tour in 2016 is The Loving Mary Band.

Who gets your vote, Eddie Floyd & Mavis Staples or Steve Tyler with The Loving Mary Band?

Remember there is no wrong vote, except a no vote. You don’t have to know the song or the artists, just pick the band that sounds the best to you. 😉

[tweetthis]I just voted in the ‘Round 15 #BoTB ‘Piece of My Heart’ showdown & you’re invited to play along. #coverbands[/tweetthis]

You’ll find more awesome battles underway at some of these blog listed below (not everyone is doing the bi-monthly showdowns now) and if you’d like to be included in the fun, then contact Stephen requesting to be added to the list.

✩ai loves music✩ (Amy), Cherdo on the Flipside, The Doglady’s Den (Debbie), Jingle Jangle Jungle (Mary) , Mike’s Ramblings, STMcC Presents BoTB (Stephen, BoTB Manager) , The Sound of One Hand Typing (John), & Tossing It Out (Lee)

Polls close noon (EST) on the Nov. 21st!

Mark your calendar for December 1st to learn how this showdown went and be prepared to cast your vote in a new battle!

Skywatch Friday with two views of the morning sky within 24 hours of each other. What a difference the weather can make, huh?

This past Monday morning we had a gorgeous East Tennessee sunrise. Our temps reached the low 60s. I’d say not bad for mid-November, wouldn’t you?

24-hours later, this is how our East Tennessee morning sky looked – SNOW!! Our temperatures plummet throughout the day into the teens that night. Brrr, it feels like winter!

Rounding things out with some Friendly Fill-ins with Ellen & Lorraine…

1. I have been busy working on my menu for the holidays. Yep, I meant to that to be in the pular form because I like to fix enough of some of my items to have for both Thanksgiving and Christmas. It saves time and money.

2. Have you intricate a snowflake appears to the eye? I’m sure you have and yet it still marvels me to this day.

3. I always get in the Christmas feeling this time of year. Not that I ever completely get out of the Christmas feeling but it gets a new charge.

4. The world could use more kind, loving people because if we had enough then maybe hatred wouldn’t be such a problem and people wouldn’t be so divided.

Earlier in the week I made the discovery that Lydia from Where the Wild Things Were is hosting each week a Xmas Themed linky party that’ll run until the end of the year and will try my darnest to join the fun by sharing Christmas related posts from my archives. Get inspired, join the fun!

To celebrate the first snow of the season I couldn’t resist this humorous comparison….

Earlier in the week I saw my ENT. Everything went well. Right ear tube still in place, left ear (tube fell out about 6-months ago) looks good will continue to monitor both. This comic made me grin. I’m so thankful DH doesn’t feel this way about me. 🙂

That’s it for now, but consider yourself inivted to the greatest dance party in Blogosphere with your choice song picks on Monday’s Mewsic Moves Me on Sunday. Keep warm, folks it’s a cold weekend!