Jimmy Swaggart, Rick Hurst, Lalo Schifrin, and Mick Ralphs Dies

Early summer of 2025 has taken 4 more rememberable people that I’ll take a look at here.

These guys were televangelist, gospel singer, and author; played Deputy Cletus Hogg on The Dukes of Hazzard; composed the music for movies like Cool Hand Luke and The Amityville Horror, and TV like Hawaii 5-0; and wrote songs and played guitar for Mott the Hoople and Bad Company.

Great Balls of Fire (1989) – Dennis Quaid (Jerry Lee Lewis) and Alec Baldwin (Jimmy Swaggart) in Great Balls of Fire (1989)

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Stacks of 45’s – Wonder Could I Live There Anymore/Piroque Joe

When I was young before I had cassettes, the only good way of making a playlist of songs was to stack 45s on the turntable. I would arrange them to play my favorite songs in my favorite order. These posts are about records I had in my stacks.

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Covers – Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree

Voices singing, let’s be jolly, Deck the halls with boughs of holly

“Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” was penned by Johnny Marks, a prolific songwriter renowned for his contributions to the Christmas music genre.

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