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Tony Funderburk Posted on February 13, 2025 by TonyFebruary 14, 2025
Swamp rock, old stock, and tick-tock

I like the way you walk. Well, say that you’ll be true. Well, say that you’ll be mine. If you’ve been around long enough to recognize those three sentences, you’re (shall we say) not exactly a young person. Or you … Read the rest

Posted in music history, sing a new song, Tony Funderburk | Tagged music history, sing a new song, swamp rock
Tony Funderburk Posted on November 13, 2024 by TonyNovember 21, 2024
Songwriter stories where secret connections are there

Here’s a snippet of one of those songwriter stories I get a big kick out of. It’s about Cindy Walker. What?! You never heard of her? Somebody oughta bing your noggin. Check this out. In 1940, Cindy Walker, at the … Read the rest

Posted in music history, Tony Funderburk | Tagged an unknown Artist, music history, singer songwriter, songwriter stories
Tony Funderburk Posted on October 21, 2023 by TonyOctober 21, 2023
Star spangled banner and a historic scanner

Apparently it all started in a “gentleman’s club.” So, as you might expect, there is some controversy involved. Wait. What was that? You think I’m talking about a strip joint?! Far be it from me to stoop to such levels. … Read the rest

Posted in music history, Rhymes, Tony Funderburk | Tagged music history, patriotic, star spangled banner
Tony Funderburk Posted on September 4, 2023 by TonySeptember 4, 2023
Farther away from the maker of day

I remember two small wall hangings my Grandmother had above her stove in her kitchen. One said, “No matter where I serve my guests, it seems they like my kitchen best.” And the other one I like even better. It … Read the rest

Posted in Faith Hope and Love, music history, Tony Funderburk | Tagged farther away, music history, rock-n-roll
Tony Funderburk Posted on August 31, 2023 by TonyAugust 31, 2023
Question the science of your self reliance

OK, this little roller coaster ride is gonna take some interesting twists and turns. Because I’m leading off with content from a meme. I’ve seen different versions of it making the rounds. And the gist of it is “They say … Read the rest

Posted in music history, singer songwriter, Tony Funderburk | Tagged born again, hit songs, Lou Gramm, music history
Tony Funderburk Posted on August 30, 2023 by TonyAugust 30, 2023
Rick Wakeman is awake, man

The Rick Wakeman story is a total yawner. Yeah, he’s your typical rockstar. Six kids. Happy marriage. Healthy lifestyle. So, nothing to see here, folks. Keep it moving. Have you even ever heard of Rick Wakeman? Wouldn’t surprise me if … Read the rest

Posted in Contemporary Christian music, music history, Tony Funderburk | Tagged music history, Rick Wakeman, rockstar
Tony Funderburk Posted on August 29, 2023 by TonyAugust 29, 2023
Welcome to my nightmare. Now hold on right there.

Sounds like the start of very interesting story. Welcome to my nightmare. If you’ve live enough decades, you might remember guys like Doctor Demento or Svengoolie. And they were entertaining. But not nearly as interesting as a boy named Sue. … Read the rest

Posted in music history, Tony Funderburk | Tagged music history, Welcome to my nightmare
Tony Funderburk Posted on August 28, 2023 by TonyAugust 28, 2023
Sweet Cherry Wine is not just another line

Ritchie Grasso. Now, there’s a name you don’t hear every day. Well, unless you’re related to Ritchie or you went to school with him. Or you wrote songs with him. I didn’t. And my guess is, you didn’t either. But … Read the rest

Posted in music history, Tony Funderburk, Words and Music | Tagged Christian lyrics, music history, words and music, words mean things
Tony Funderburk Posted on July 28, 2023 by TonyAugust 3, 2024
Take it to the limit and you can’t just skim it

Right now he knows if I (and many others like me) am a liar or not. And he found out you can take it to the limit and barely be started. Yeah, he fully knows the take it to the … Read the rest

Posted in current events, music history, Tony Funderburk | Tagged Hotel California, living in the lyrics, music history, Take it to the limit
Tony Funderburk Posted on July 26, 2023 by TonyAugust 9, 2023
Hypnotic groove, but what does it prove?

“It has a very hypnotic groove, a samba, which has a tremendous hypnotic power, rather like good dance music. It doesn’t speed up or slow down. It keeps this constant groove. Plus, the actual samba rhythm is a great one … Read the rest

Posted in FunderCast, music history, Tony Funderburk | Tagged hypnotic, in the groove, music history, rhyme and reason podcast
Tony Funderburk Posted on June 29, 2023 by TonyJuly 17, 2023
Imagine no possessions or fake lyrical expressions

Imagination can be an awesome and powerful force. But it can be used for good OR evil. So, it can also be a hypocritical and destructive force. You can imagine yourself flying, on your own power, over the clouds and … Read the rest

Posted in FunderCast, music history, Psalms, Tony Funderburk, Words and Music | Tagged music history, nostalgic imagination, rhyme and reason podcast, truth bombs
Tony Funderburk Posted on June 22, 2023 by TonyJuly 7, 2023
Enigmatic sounds and roasted coffee grounds

What do these words have in common: abstruse, Delphic, incomprehensible, indecipherable, inexplicable, oracular, paradoxical, recondite, and unfathomable. According to the dictionary, they’re all synonyms of enigmatic. Sounds like I’m about to give a language lesson. But I’m not. This is … Read the rest

Posted in FunderCast, music history, Rhymes, Tony Funderburk | Tagged enigmatic ocean, music history, rhyme and reason podcast, rhymes
Tony Funderburk Posted on May 5, 2023 by TonyMay 7, 2023
Heartbreak and misery and a guy from Mississippi

Here’s one way to turn somebody else’s heartbreak and misery into a tidy profit. Many years ago a man found himself too lonely to go on. In fact, he wrote a suicide note saying “I walk a lonely street”. Then, … Read the rest

Posted in music history, Words and Music | Tagged heartbreak hotel, music history
Tony Funderburk Posted on April 22, 2023 by TonyApril 22, 2023
Believe a lie till it makes you die

They happen to the rich and poor, the beautiful and ugly. And to the short and tall, the fat and thin. Even the old AND young. I’m talking about issues of the day. Trouble is, most of America prefers to … Read the rest

Posted in current events, music history, Tony Funderburk, Truth Bombs | Tagged believe a lie, music history, what you believe
Tony Funderburk Posted on March 15, 2023 by TonyMay 1, 2023
Better off dead. Is that what he said?

I worked in a disco. Yep. It’s true. I was a bartender. And I also worked as what they called a “floorwalker.” That was one of the guys who (you guess it) walked around the floor to make sure they … Read the rest

Posted in FunderCast, music history, Tony Funderburk | Tagged living in the lyrics, music history, rhyme and reason podcast, Tony Funderburk
Tony Funderburk Posted on December 29, 2022 by TonyDecember 29, 2022
Time in a bottle? Ease up on the throttle.

I remember sitting in my mom’s living room, with headphones on, listening to Jim Croce’s album, “You Don’t Mess Around With Jim.” The title song, about a bar fight, was a hit. But another hit on the album was, “Time … Read the rest

Posted in current events, music history, Tony Funderburk | Tagged limited time offer, music history, words and music
Tony Funderburk Posted on December 26, 2022 by TonyMarch 21, 2023
Music duos come and go. Different views can make it so.

This week, back in 1979, I lived and worked in Houston, Texas. My brother and I had established ourselves as one of the more popular music duos. And we had fans we could depend on to come see us as … Read the rest

Posted in FunderCast, music history, Tony Funderburk, Words and Music | Tagged music duos, music history, rhyme and reason podcast, words and music, worldview
Tony Funderburk Posted on December 8, 2022 by TonyDecember 8, 2022
Make the connections from different directions

I can make the connections from some quirky directions sometimes. They’re not always important. And often they’re probably only interesting to me. This might be one of those times. But a couple of unrelated articles connected in the eccentric region … Read the rest

Posted in music history, Tony Funderburk | Tagged classic rock, connect the dots, music history, southern rock
Tony Funderburk Posted on December 1, 2022 by TonyMarch 5, 2023
Melody line is a favorite of mine

A long, catchy melody line is a thing of beauty. And, for the most part, it’s a thing of the past. Pop music, in almost every genre, tends to seek out a vowel and repeat it over and over these … Read the rest

Posted in FunderCast, music history, Tony Funderburk | Tagged lyrics, making melodies, music history, pop music, rhyme and reason podcast, songwriters
Tony Funderburk Posted on November 29, 2022 by TonyNovember 29, 2022
Rock n Roll roots and a guy in boots

I remember seeing, as I drove from Texas to Kansas, a road sign for the turn-off to Tahlequah, Oklahoma. It was a long time ago, after my junior year in high school. But that’s an unusual name. A Cherokee name. … Read the rest

Posted in music history, Tony Funderburk | Tagged guitar players, music history, rock-n-roll

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