Today marks the anniversaries of the deaths of two music greats: Edwin Starr, Agent Double-O-Soul,…
Gloomy Tunes
Gloomy Tunes: Golden Gate Gospel Quartet, “Go Down, Moses”
Last night was the first seder of Passover, the retelling of the Jews’ Exodus from…
Gloomy Tunes: Frank Sinatra, “There Used To Be A Ballpark”
It’s Opening Day, where every team is tied for first, and—in theory—has an equal shot…
Gloomy Tunes: Jan and Dean, “Dead Man’s Curve”
A couple of great musicians—Ludwig van Beethoven, Alex of “A Clockwork Orange’s” favorite composer, and…
Gloomy Tunes: Buck Owens and the Buckaroos, “Cryin’ Time”
Buck Owens died on this day in 2006, putting a period on the life of…
Gloomy Tunes: Michael Brown, “Walk Away Renee”
I can remember exactly where I was the first time I heard “Walk Away Renee.”…
Gloomy Tunes: The Pogues, “And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda”
Ah, St Patrick’s Day. I’m sure I could remember them fondly…if I could remember them…
Gloomy Tunes: Ty Segall, “Caesar”
You want to know how much Obit loves you? Well, instead of doing the easy…
Gloomy Tunes: Charlie Parker
Since Charlie Parker is our Dead of the Day, a couple of our favorite Parker…
Gloomy Tunes: Led Zeppelin, “Gallows Pole”
We told you in Dead of the Day that today is the anniversary of Ferdinand…