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HOKEY-SMOKE! STMcC is in the ho-owww-se, but I'm days late!
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Well, you see, what happened was... I'm way late because I got waylaid and then mislaid and then my fee had to be paid and the cops made a raid and... and... and the dog ate my homework.
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I thank everyone who took the time to visit li'l ol' me and my blog and cast a vote in this 3-Way Battle Of The Bands installment. We had three different tunes titled 'INDIAN SUMMER' -- Glenn Miller versus The Doors versus Chris Botti -- and the Battle took place HERE.
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It turned out to be an excellent BOTB match-up as evidenced by the close finish:
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FINAL TALLY
Glenn Miller = 3 votes
The Doors = 4 votes
Chris Botti = 5 votes
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My own vote for Chris Botti was the deciding factor. I enjoy hearing all three of these tunes but for me it was really between Miller & Botti. Here's why I "boted" for Botti:
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[Some Notes From My 'Morning Music With Joe' competition...]
For about fourteen months (April, 2018 to May 31, 2019) in two different cities, I was on a personal quest to determine what was the ultimate music album in my collection to listen to first thing in the morning while waking up with my cups o' coffee. I call this MMWJ (or, 'Morning Music With Joe'). The album had to be pleasant to hear in the early morning hours; it had to have some life to it but not be too loud and jarring.
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'Kind Of Blue' by Miles Davis was the first album I came across which I was able to proclaim as "Ideal MMWJ". This was my first great find, which set the bar for everything that followed. I hadn't listened to it for several months, because I deemed that it had nuttin' else to prove. And that's why I was quite shocked to find that Chris Botti (seeded at #6) beat Miles Davis (seeded #4) relatively easily. ... I still think 'Kind Of Blue' is great MMWJ. But 'A Thousand Kisses Deep' is even better. The first track is 'Indian Summer', and it begins with some "chiming" notes. Every time I hear them, I have this thought: 'The Morning is ringing my doorbell'. And then there's just a kind of "groove" that most of these songs ride which is simply perfect with coffee first thing in the morning. Wow! This is the real deal! I never imagined that Chris might bump off Miles.
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So, I really dig Chris Botti's 'Indian Summer', especially first thing in the morning when I'm drinking my coffee and preparing to go out and meet the day. If anyone's interested in the MMWJ playlists I put together after the 14-month contest ended, below are two links you can check out:
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[Link> MMWJ - Morning Music With Joe - Part 1 of 2: Primarily Instrumentals
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[Link> MMWJ - Morning Music With Joe - Part 2 of 2: Primarily Vocals
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Well, thanks again, all y'all, for participating in my November BOTB contest. I'll be back here again on December 1st, and I hope YOU will be, too!
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~ Stephen T. McCarthy
