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Musical Rx-1: Take 3 (or 5) and call me in the morning...

Just mixed up some prescription music for a friend whose body is hurting.


Use as directed...


Take 3 and call me in the morning...


WARNING: Music can cause uncontrolled head bobbing, foot tapping, bodily gyrations, loud singing...


1. From the "Capsule" theater in Port Chester, NY:



The Rolling Stones - Sister Morphine - Live 1997 (04:28)


2. From the Royal Albert Hall Pharmacy






David Gilmour / David Bowie / Richard Wright - "Comfortably Numb" (08:11)


3. From the same musical dispensary



Eric Clapton - Cocaine (07:47)


5. Extra Strength...Jazzing it up...


For Peggy and other cats that dig jazz...





Take Five - (Paul Desmond & Dave Brubeck) Sachal studios and Wynton Marsalis (06:42)


Laffter is the best medicine...


Take as much as your sides can bear...



Stress relief from laughter? It's no joke - Mayo Clinic


Collapsed laughing: how the gap between music and comedy has disappeared - The Guardian










For Larry Febo and other pickers and strummers...




Ringo also suggested changing their names from the "POLKA DOTS."




For those in law enforcement...especially those who had concert duty....



Environmentally savvy...




A Head of his time...signature...



Calls for a Song: Classical Gas


Mason Williams was the head writer for The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour at the time of the piece's release and premiered the composition on the show. Williams performed it several times over several episodes.


First, here's Mason providing some backstory... Cousin Bobby, "EYE" don't mean no harm toward the network where you worked...


Mason Williams ( Classical Gas comp./artist ) - Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (07:55)




Mason Williams - Classical Gas (1988) (03:13)


Post Op


There's so much research being done...check i\the topic out on the web...



Effects of music therapy under general anesthesia in patients undergoing abdominal surgery - NIH National Library of Medicine


Waking Up Is Hard To Do - Laryngospasms (02:27)



#music #humor #jazz #RollingStones #DavidGilmour #DavidBowie #RichardWright #BaqirAbbas #Bansuri #Flute #Take5 #TakeFive #DaveBrubeck #PaulDesmond #SachalJazz #WyntonMarsalis #MasonWilliams #SmothersBrothers #Laryngospasms

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