{"id":2516808,"date":"2026-07-25T11:11:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T11:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2516808"},"modified":"2026-07-25T11:11:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T11:11:12","slug":"morning-open-thread-saturday-july-25th-new-music-johnny-blue-skies-the-dark-clouds-situation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/morning-open-thread-saturday-july-25th-new-music-johnny-blue-skies-the-dark-clouds-situation\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Open Thread, Saturday, July 25th. New Music &#8211; Johnny Blue Skies &#038; The Dark Clouds. Situation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Good Morning! Its Saturday!<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>Welcome to Morning Open Thread, with daily posts from a MOTley crew of hosts who choose their own topics from a wide-open range: often music or poetry, sometimes history \u2014 anything and everything from Apples to Zoology! We support our community, invite and share ideas, and encourage thoughtful, respectful dialogue in our open forum. That\u2019s a feature, not a bug.<\/p>\n<p>Other than that, site rulz rule.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, grab your cuppa, and join in!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Unlike Tuesday I employ a governor on Saturdays which hopefully prevents digressions. Hopefully<\/em>.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Motley Schedule<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sunday:\u00a0<strong>Ice Blue<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Monday:\u00a0<strong>officebss<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><mark><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Today:\u00a0<strong>RandomNeuron<\/strong><\/mark><\/mark><\/li>\n<li>Wednesday:\u00a0<strong>youffraita<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Thursday<strong>:Ozarkblue<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Friday:\u00a0<strong>DHM<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:#fffde0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Saturday<\/mark>:\u00a0<strong><mark style=\"background-color:#fffde0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">RandomNeuron<\/mark> <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">New music: Johnny Blue Sky and the Dark Clouds<\/h2>\n<p>I like this. A lot. New music for your ears. As always your mission (should you choose to accept it ) is to post songs or bands that come to mind after hearing this one. Or, being open thread, do something else (I often do!).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Johnny Blue Skies and the Dark Clouds \u2013 Situation<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Johnny Blue Skies &amp; The Dark Clouds - Situation (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NrcxwWGBj_M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Johnny Blue Skies is the alter ego of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sturgill_Simpson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sturgill Simpson<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Credits adapted from the album\u2019s\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Liner_notes\">li<\/a>ner notes.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Musicians\">Musicians<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sturgill_Simpson\">Johnny Blue Skies<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 lead vocals, rhythm guitar, lead guitar, backing vocals<\/li>\n<li>Black Daddy \u2013 bass<\/li>\n<li>Easy Luvin \u2013 drums, percussion, backing vocals<\/li>\n<li>Raw B \u2013 keyboards, saxophone<\/li>\n<li>Little Joe \u2013 rhythm guitar, slide guitar, lead guitar, pedal steel guitar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>Enjoy the weekend!<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span class=\"image-attribution\">RandomNeuron<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hey. 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