It's the first Sunday in 2018 and perfect for a #VinylAndBeerSunday. I was saddened by the news of the recent death RAY THOMAS. He was one of the original founders of THE MOODY BLUES. I have loved their classic music that they produced in the late 1960s and 1970s. There was no other band that had their classic progressive rock sounds (and I love the Mellowtron). THOMAS was one of their vocalists and their flutist. He was instrumental in their collected sound as a band. Tonight, I am spinning their 1972 release SEVENTH SOJOURN. This was their eighth album and released near the end of their classic period. But what a gorgeous album with tunes like LOST IN A LOST WORLD, NEW HORIZONS, ISN"T LIFE STRANGE, and I"M JUST A SINGER IN A ROCK AND ROLL BAND. I found tonight's listening session appropriate as this album contains one of my favorites tunes from RAY THOMAS. His FOR MY LADY is one of the songs that is seemingly forgotten by many. But it is a very delightful tune - and RAY is at his best. Candidly, I once wrote a story for an imagined movie based on this tune as a potential soundtrack when I was a teenager in the 1970s. I am listening to this fine disc with a new (to me) brew from CULMINATION BREWING COMPANY in Portland, OR. Their 4 & 20 IMPERIAL BLACK INDIA PALE ALE is a dark roasty brew with a coffee like finish. It is not my favorite style but I liked it more as I drank it - and as it warmed a bit. A really solid brew - and I would like to try more from this brewery. So....what are you listening to tonight? What are you drinking? #moodyblues #vinyllover #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #records #spinning #listeningto #raythomas #ripraythomas #themoodyblues #seventhsojourn #beer @culminationbrewing @sandandstain #culminationbrewing #4and20 #craftbeer #beerlove #beermusic #beerstagram #beertasting #ipa #blackipa (at Salem, Oregon)
