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Dave Frishberg: Zoot Walks In (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music November 21, 07

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Dave Frishberg: I Want To Be A Sideman (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music June 04, 09

If you want to introduce a musician to the songs of Dave Frishberg, there’s no better example than “I Want To Be A Si...

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Dave Frishberg once offered his original song “The Underdog” to Frank Sinatra. The song told the story of a gambler...

Dave Frishberg: Brenda Starr (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music June 04, 09

As the newspaper business continues to decline, here’s a tongue-in-cheek tribute to a fictional heroine of newspapers...

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Dave Frishberg once offered his original song “The Underdog” to Frank Sinatra. The song told the story of a gambler...

Bob Dorough & Dave Frishberg: I'm Hip (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music November 12, 08

Dave Frishberg became a big Bob Dorough admirer when he heard Bob's first album, Devil May Care, around 1956. When th...

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Dave Frishberg: Van Lingle Mungo (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music June 04, 09

“Van Lingle Mungo” is one of Dave Frishberg’s most famous songs, primarily because of its lyric, which consists entir...

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Dave Frishberg once offered his original song “The Underdog” to Frank Sinatra. The song told the story of a gambler...

Dave Frishberg: Slappin' The Cakes On Me (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music June 04, 09

Love songs might not be Dave Frishberg’s forte, but that doesn’t mean that he hasn’t successfully explored elements o...

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Dave Frishberg once offered his original song “The Underdog” to Frank Sinatra. The song told the story of a gambler...

Dave Frishberg: I'm Hip (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music June 07, 09

The first unwritten rule of hipdom must be that hipness is a state of being. One is hip by demonstration, not by proc...

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Dave Frishberg once offered his original song “The Underdog” to Frank Sinatra. The song told the story of a gambler...

Dave Frishberg: The Underdog (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music June 04, 09

“The Underdog” may be one of the most profound lyrics that Dave Frishberg has ever created. The song is about a gambl...

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Dave Frishberg once offered his original song “The Underdog” to Frank Sinatra. The song told the story of a gambler...

Dave Frishberg: Dear Bix (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music June 04, 09

I have to admit a personal preference for this song. In my freshman year at the University of Northern Colorado, I wa...

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Dave Frishberg once offered his original song “The Underdog” to Frank Sinatra. The song told the story of a gambler...

Dave Frishberg: Sweet Kentucky Ham (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music June 04, 09

I first heard this song performed by Rosemary Clooney and she described it as “the ultimate road song”. True enough, ...

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Dave Frishberg once offered his original song “The Underdog” to Frank Sinatra. The song told the story of a gambler...

Bob Dorough & Dave Frishberg: Where You At? (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music March 16, 08

The sheer joyous pace of their two pianos frolicking on the intro is a treat for the ears, and when they start singin...

Susannah McCorkle: Blizzard Of Lies (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music June 04, 09

Susannah McCorkle loved the songs of Dave Frishberg, and nearly all of her albums included a Frishberg tune. Her reco...

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Dave Frishberg once offered his original song “The Underdog” to Frank Sinatra. The song told the story of a gambler...

Judy Roberts: My Attorney Bernie (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music June 04, 09

As performed by its composer and nearly everyone else, Dave Frishberg’s “My Attorney Bernie” is sung to a samba beat....

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Dave Frishberg once offered his original song “The Underdog” to Frank Sinatra. The song told the story of a gambler...

Roberta Gambarini: You Are There (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music June 04, 09

Roberta Gambarini is a gifted vocalist who has earned high praise from critics and musicians alike. Blessed with perf...

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Dave Frishberg once offered his original song “The Underdog” to Frank Sinatra. The song told the story of a gambler...

Blossom Dearie: I'm Hip (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 01, 07

"I'm too much," proclaims Blossom. "I'm a gas." We wholeheartedly agree, but the subject of her song is another matt...

Diana Krall: Peel Me A Grape (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music June 04, 09

Several years ago at a Diana Krall performance in Denver, a man in the audience yelled out the predictable “I Love Yo...

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Dave Frishberg once offered his original song “The Underdog” to Frank Sinatra. The song told the story of a gambler...

THE DOZENS posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 01, 07

In African-American tradition, "the dozens" is an informal exchange filled with ribaldry, taunting and clever put dow...

Weekend Track Review Roundup posted in The Jazz.com Blog March 20, 08

Jazz.com has published 157 reviews during the last three weeks – offering our site visitors the widest coverage of ja...

Jim McNeely: Ernie Banks (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music August 29, 08

The title of this Jim McNeely composition brings to mind Dave Frishberg's "Van Lingle Mungo." The lyrics to Frish...

Dorough, Bob (Robert Lrod) posted in Encyclopedia October 20, 09

Bob Dorough's light and amiable vocals, with a slight Arkansas twang, come across as those of a hip and uninhibited ...

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