A belated happy birthday to Anton Barbeau, who hit the big four-oh earlier this week. I somehow dropped off Anton's mailing list when I changed email addresses, so I've been missing his periodic wackiness in my inbox. And he seems to spend most of his time in the UK these days, so I haven't been able to see Anton live since the show he did with the Loud Family on New Year's Eve eve.I wanted to to mark the occasion by picking a few of my favorite Anton songs to share, but it's difficult to pick just a few. Because I'll be honest with you, I love his music. I do. As Bob Slydell would say "I am an Anton Barbeau fan". And many of you who are reading this may also be Anton fans, maybe because of me.
To whittle it down from his tons of worthwhile choices,here are five of my favorite Anton songs with numbers in their titles. Nothing says "happy birthday" better than buying a CD, so pick up one of his discs you don't already own. All the discs can be purchased here. That Anton photo is stealing their bandwidth so it's the least we can all do.
Anton Barbeau
- When I Was 46 In The Year 13
(from In The Village of the Apple Sun, 2006) - Pop Song 99
(with the Loud Family, from What if It Works?, 2006) - 6 Hours Later
(from 17th Century Fuzzbox Blues, 2000) - 3rd Eye
(from A Splendid Tray, 1999) - Allyson 23
(from Waterbugs & Beetles, 1995)
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Which reminds me: I still haven't figured out where "Food Land" was in my hometown, as seen on Anton's curious t-shirt. Perhaps it's one of those Japanese t-shirts that doesn't refer to any actual location, and there never was a "Food Land" here. Except insofar as we pretty much are food land...
Wow! I hadn't heard "Allyson 23" in a while. I am surely enjoying a nostalgia high tonite.
"Third Eye" has always been my favorite Anton song, and it hasn't made it to my iTunes yet, so it's been a long while since I heard it. Thanks!
Both "Allyson 23" and "Third Eye" are available for download here.
You can make a pretty decent Anton playlist by downloading all the tracks from the sounds page on his web site
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