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Thursday, June 25, 2009
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I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. Already they have raised up a money aristocracy that has set the government at defiance. This issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people to whom it properly belongs. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children will wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of the moneyed corporations which already dare to challenge our Government to a trial of strength and bid defiance to the laws of our country"
--Thomas Jefferson, 1791
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008
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Original Tunes Composer Style
Cut It Out Taggart Rock
Dragged Through Taggart/Barango CyFunk
Essentially Taggart Swing/Blues
Jonesin For You Palmer/ Taggart Jazz
Not Good Enough Taggart/ Barango Rock
Once Is Now Was Taggart Rock
Seven Minor Miles Taggart Jazz
PCNRTYM Taggart/Seraph CyFunk
So Long Taggart Rock
Its Alright Taggart Regge
Talk Taggart Rock
Temporary Moment Taggart/Seraph Rock
Got Your Blues Taggart Swing/Blues
Original arrangements (Uncovers)
Aiko Aiko/Jambalya Trad/Taggart Rock
After Midnight JJ Cale Funk/Blues
Angel From Montgomery Prine CyFunk
Bridge Troubled Water Simon/Taggart Rock
Come Together Beatles/Taggart CyFunk
Crossroads Johnson/Taggart Funk/Blues
Eleanor Rigby Beatles/Taggart Rock
House Rising Sun Arr Taggart ala Brubeck
Imagine Lennon/Taggart CyFunk
Let It Be Beatles/Taggart Rock/Regge
Memphis Underground Mann/Taggart Funk/Blues
Rain Beatles/Taggart Rock/Regge
Sandman America/Taggart CyFunk
Satisfaction Stones/Taggart CyFunk
Walkin Blues Johnson/Taggart Funk/Blues
Wild World Stevens/Taggart CyFunk
Covers (But not too close)
Ain't Misbehavin' Waller Jazz
A Foggy Day Gershwin Swing
Watchtower Dylan Rock
All around this World Traditional Traditional
All Blues Miles Davis Jazz
All My Lovin' Beatles Swing
All of Me Simons / Marks Swing
All Of You Porter Swing
All Shook Up Elvis Rock
Am I Blue Clarke/Akst Jazz
Basin Street Blues Blues
Before You 'Cuse Me McDaniel Swing/Blues
Best Friends Girl Cars Rock
Big Boss Man Smith/Dixon Swing/Blues
Big Joes Blues L, H & Ross Swing/Blues
Black Bird Beatles Rock
Black Magic Woman Peter Green Blues
Blue and Sentimental Basie Jazz
Blue Yodel #9 Rodgers Blues
Boom boom Hooker Blues
Bring it On Down Bob Wills Swing
Bring It On Home Sam Cook Blues
Brokedown Palace Garcia/Hunter Rock
Bye Bye Love Bryant Swing
Cant Buy Me Love Beatles Swing
Choo Choo Cha Boogie Jordan Swing
Circles Preston Blues/Rock
Come Dancing Kinks Rock
Come On Hendrix Rock
Confirmation Parker Jazz
Cosmic Debris Zappa Blues
Cotton Fields Leadbelly Blues
Crazy Cause He Is Dan Hicks Swing
Crosstown Bar Traditional Traditional
Daphne Django Jazz
Deep Ellum Blues Traditional Blues
Don't Get Around Much Ellington Swing
Down in France Zappa / Watson Blues
Down On The Corner Fogerty Rock
Drive My Car Beatles Rock
Dusty Road Blues Woody Guthrie Blues
Easy to Love Porter Jazz
Franklin's Tower Grateful Dead Rock
Freddie The Freeloader Miles Davis Jazz
Georgia Carmichael Jazz
Get Back Beatles Rock
Gimmie That Wine L, H & Ross Jazz
Guinness As Usual Tom Lenahan Swing
Hey Baby Broonzy Blues
Hey Bartender Blues Brothers Swing/Blues
Hey Joe Hendrix Blues
Honeysuckle Rose Waller Jazz
See the Light Ellington Jazz
Is you Is Louis Jordon Swing
It Aint The Meat Mann/Glover Swing
It Don't Mean a Thing Ellington Swing
Under My Skin Porter Swing
I Get a Kick Porter Swing
Jack You Dead Louis Jordon Swing
Java Jive Drake/Oakland Swing
One Of Those Things Porter Swing
Lady is a Tramp Rogers/Hart Swing
Lazy Deep Purple Blues/Rock
Good Times Roll Louis Jordon Swing
Let's Misbehave Porter Jazz
Little Wing Hendrix Blues
Love Her Madly The Doors Rock
Mac The Knife Brecht/Weill Swing
Minnie The Moocher Calloway Swing
Minor Swing Django Swing
Moanin' L, H & Ross Jazz
Mojo Working Louis Jordon Swing
Mr. P.C. John Coltrane Jazz
Muddy Water Keb Moe Blues
Mystery Train Neville Brother Blues/Rock
Night and Day Porter Swing
Not Fade Away Holley Rock
Oh Boy Holley Rock
Oh Darling Beatles Rock
One for the Road Arlen / Mercer Jazz
Outskirts of Town Louis Jordon Blues
Oye Como Va Puente/Santana Rock
Red House Hendrix Blues
Riders On The Storm The Doors Rock
Right Place Dr. John Blues/Rock
Ripple Garcia/Hunter Rock
Rocky Raccoon Beatles Rock
Rock This Town The Stray Cats Rock
Route 66 Troupe Swing
Satin Doll Ellington Swing
Shake Rattle And Roll Calhon Rock
She's A Woman Beatles Blues/Rock
So What Miles Davis Blues
Stand By Me Ben E King Blues/Rock
Statesboro Blues McTell Blues
Stir It Up Marley Reggae
Stormy Monday Cotton Blues
Stormy Weather Koehler / Arlen Jazz
St. Thomas Sonny Rollins Jazz
Summertime Gershwin/Heyward Jazz
Sweet Home Chicago Johnson Swing
Symphony Sid Lester Young Swing
Taint Nobody's Business Granger/Robins Jazz
Take Me To The River Al Green Blues/Rock
Take this Hammer Leadbelly Blues
That'll Be The Day Buddy Holly Rock
The Weight The Band Rock
The Wind Cries Mary Hendrix Rock
This Train Woody Guthrie Blues
Three Little Birds Marley Rock/Regge
Troubled Traditional Blues
Tough Talk Jazz Crusaders Jazz
Tuxedo Junction Miller Swing
Uncle John's Band Garcia/Hunter Rock
Venus Shocking Blue Rock
You Don't Love Me Allman Brothers Blues
You Run Your Mouth Louis Jordon Jazz
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Friday, October 31, 2008
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Category: News and Politics
The Test of a Leader From the Iacocca book
"Where Have All The Leaders Gone"
I've never been Commander in Chief, but I've been a CEO. I understand a few things about leadership at the top. I've figured out nine points—not ten (I don't want people accusing me of thinking I'm Moses).
I call them the "Nine Cs of Leadership."
They're not fancy or complicated.
Just clear, obvious qualities that every true leader should have.
We should look at how the current administration stacks up. Like it or not, this crew is going to be around until January 2009. Maybe we can learn something before we go to the polls in 2008.
Then let's be sure we use the leadership test to screen the candidates who say they want to run the country.
It's up to us to choose wisely.
So, here's my C list:
CURIOSITY, CREATIVITY, COMMUNICATION, CHARACTER, COURAGE CONVICTION, CHARISMA, COMPETENCE, COMMON SENSE, CRISIS,
A leader has to show CURIOSITY.
He has to listen to people outside of the "Yes, sir" crowd in his inner circle. He has to read voraciously, because the world is a big, complicated place. If a leader never steps outside his comfort zone to hear different ideas, he grows stale. If he doesn't put his beliefs to the test, how does he know he's right? The inability to listen is a form of arrogance. It means either you think you already know it all, or you just don't care.
A leader has to be CREATIVE,
go out on a limb, be willing to try something different.
You know, think outside the box.
Leadership is all about managing change—whether you're leading a company or leading a country. Things change, and you get creative. You adapt.
A leader has to COMMUNICATE.
I'm not talking about running off at the mouth or spouting sound bites.
I'm talking about facing reality and telling the truth.
Communication has to start with telling the truth, even when it's painful.
A leader has to be a person of CHARACTER.
That means knowing the difference between right and wrong and having the guts to do the right thing. Abraham Lincoln once said, "If you want to test a man's character, give him power."
A leader must have COURAGE.
I'm talking about balls. (That even goes for female leaders.) Swagger isn't courage. Tough talk isn't courage. Courage in the twenty-first century doesn't mean posturing and bravado. Courage is a commitment to sit down at the negotiating table and talk.
If you're a politician, courage means taking a position even when you know it will cost you votes.
To be a leader you've got to have CONVICTION—
a fire in your belly. You've got to have passion. You've got to really want to get something done. How do you measure fire in the belly?
A leader should have CHARISMA.
I'm not talking about being flashy. Charisma is the quality that makes people want to follow you. It's the ability to inspire. People follow a leader because they trust him.
That's my definition of charisma.
A leader has to be COMPETENT.
That seems obvious, doesn't it? You've got to know what you're doing. More important than that, you've got to surround yourself with people who know what they're doing.
A leader has to be a problem solver, and the biggest problems we face as a nation seem to be on the back burner.
You can't be a leader if you don't have COMMON SENSE.
I call this Charlie Beacham's rule. When I was a young guy just starting out in the car business, one of my first jobs was as Ford's zone manager in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. My boss was a guy named Charlie Beacham, who was the East Coast regional manager. Charlie was a big Southerner, with a warm drawl, a huge smile, and a core of steel. Charlie used to tell me, "Remember, Lee, the only thing you've got going for you as a human being is your ability to reason and your common sense. If you don't know a dip of horseshit from a dip of vanilla ice cream, you'll never make it."
The Biggest C is Crisis
Leaders are made, not born.
Leadership is forged in times of crisis.
It's easy to sit there with your feet up on the desk and talk theory.
It's another thing to lead when your world comes tumbling down.
PCNRTYM
Cy
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