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...died on this date in 1991 from a stroke related to complications from pneumonia.

There are so many killer versions of Miles' bands over the years. I went hunting on YouTube to find some representative pieces and realized that even within eras (especially the electric phase from 69 - 74) the variations on the line-up make it really hard to cherry-pick without ignoring something amazing.

So here's my feable attempt to spread some Miles today. Three clips. First up is Miles & Trane from the late '50s, then one from the "classic quintet" featuring Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, et al from 1964 (dig Herbie's piano solo about 8 minutes in) and finally the electric band at the Isle of Wight Festival in 1970...

Burning Dervish Volume 4: Obvious Songs of the Season-Autumn

It is what it's named...Autumn's just kicking in here in Brooklyn. The weather has been lovely and the warmth promises to be in the air for at least a few more weeks.

Playoff baseball...football pools...and before you know it, Halloween.

Download the mix and enjoy the tunes - and the season, too...

• My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion, The Flaming Lips, At War with the Mystics
• Summer's Almost Gone, The Doors, Waiting For The Sun
• September Gurls, Big Star, #1 Record/Radio City
• September Song, James Brown, Soul on Top
• One September Day, Nina Simone, Four Women: The Nina Simone Philips Recordings
• Early Autumn, Pucho and His Latin Soul Brothers, Tough!
• Autumn In New York, Johnny Smith, Walk, Don't Run!
• Autumn In New York, Frank Sinatra & Billy May, Come Fly With Me
• September Song, Frank Sinatra, Point Of No Return
• September In The Rain, Frank Sinatra, Sinatra's Swingin' Session! And More
• The September Of My Years, Frank Sinatra, Sinatra At The Sands
• Autumn Leaves, Frank Sinatra, Where Are You?
• Autumn Leaves, Jimmy Smith, Incredible Jimmy Smith at the Organ
• Autumn Leaves, Miles Davis, Seven Steps: The Complete Columbia Recordings 1963-1964
• October In The Railroad Earth, Jack Kerouac with Steve Allen, The Beat Generation

Download Burning Dervish Volume 4: Obvious Songs of the Season-Autumn here.

...died of a heart attack on this date in 1991.

It is hard to write anything brief about the MC5. First off, everything about them is fascinating - the band members, their manager, the scene they came out of, their music and lyrics, their legacy, their intellects, their ass-kicking, their politics...and Rob Tyner was a character amongst characters.

I'll tell you what, I will do what I do best here, which is offer up some good music. I'll let other folks who are better-suited fill you in on why you should take a minute today to kick out the jams for Rob Tyner:

Motor City Music Rob Tyner Bio

An excellent four-part tribute to Rob with lots of trivia and info.

The two tracks today come from their last record, which really makes you wonder what they would have done next had they kept it together. This record is amazing and these two tracks are the cream:

MC5: FutureNow and Over and Over
from, High Time

..obviously nowhere near as momentous, but enough to give music fans pause...

Peter Tosh, one of the original Wailers, was murdered on this date in 1987 and Mickey Hart, who I personally find one of the most self-important and ridiculous characters in the world was born...Let's get some healing on with this Tosh clip from YouTube..

Our latest mix, available for download until September 17...

• Marcus Dub (Follow Marcus Garvey), Burning Spear, Living Dub, Vol. 2


• Them Belly Full (But We Hungry), Bob Marley, Dreams of Freedom: Ambient Translations of Bob Marley in Dub


• Jah Calling, The Itals, Give Me Power!


• Know Fari, Bongo Herman & Eric 'Bingy Bunny' Lamont, Tighten Up: Trojan Reggae Classics 1968-74


• Embwa Belew, Muluqen Mellesse, Ethiopiques, Vol. 3: Golden Years Of Modern Ethiopian Music


• Mad Mad Mad, Alton Ellis, Get Ready for Rock Reggae Steady


• The Result, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Scratch the Upsetters Again


• Almaz Men Eda New, Mahmoud Ahmed, Ethiopiques, Vol. 6: Almaz


• Gofere/Antchi Hoye, Getatchew Mekurya, Ethiopiques, Vol. 14: Negus of Ethiopian Sax


• Downtown Rock, King Tubby Meets Larry Marshall, I Admire You (In Dub)


• Gubelye, Mulatu Astatqe, Ethiopiques, Vol. 10: Tezeta - Ethiopian Blues & Ballads


• You Don't Love Me (No No No), Dawn Penn, Studio One Rockers


• Tezeta, Nostalgia, Ethiopiques, Vol. 4: Ethio Jazz & Musique Instrumentale, 1969-1974


• Mediation In Dub, The Abyssinians, Declaration of Dub


• Live Injection, The Upsetters, 200% Dynamite!

Burning Dervish Volume Three available for download until Sunday, September 17, 2006 HERE.

...Ron "Pigpen" Mckernan, original keyboard player for the Grateful Dead would be 61 today. Pig died on March 8, 1973 from cirrhosis - drank himself to death, basically. He was 27. That's a lot of booze. In tribute I ferreted around the Live Music Archive and found a nice audience recording of a show from 1969 featuring three representative Pigpen tracks...

Grateful Dead, Hard to Handle, It Hurts Me Too, and Turn On Your Lovelight
from, The Music Box, Omaha, NE, April 15, 1969

On this date in 1995 the Museum opened with a marathon concert in Cleveland.

I have never made the trip, but I hear there is an exhibit dedicated to The Clash opening later this year and that may be what finally motivates me to go.

Have you ever been? I would love to know what you thought. Please leave some comments and let me know how it was.

And for fun, let's check out the clips of P-Funk's induction from 1997...