Bob James - Angela ( "Taxi" Theme)

[umbertino]

 

 

To me one of the best tv show themes ever...I love it and always will...

 

Eric Gale - guitar

 

 

 

 

 

 

RIP Andy Kaufman (Latka Gravas)

[umbertino]

 

 

Great series....Michael Chiklis ...An extraordinary actor...And the others (Walton Goggins, CCH Pounder etc) as well

 

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

 

 

 

 

 

RIP James Gandolfini ( who died in my Country of all places....)....Stunning actor .... and all the others as well

 

RIP Tony Sirico - "Paulie"

 

RIP Frank Vincent ( Phil Leotardo)

[umbertino]

 

 

Season 5 theme version .... The one version  I love the most.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Song remained always the same  ( "Way down in the hole" by Steve Earle) but version kept changing at every season...If I'm not mistaken.....

[umbertino]

 

 

To me an awesome series with fantastic actors...All of them...They used to air it regularly on a free channel here in Italy and then they stopped it...I guess by now it's only available on demand

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

 

 

 

 

 

 

RIP Jerry Orbach (the best to me), Fred Dalton Thompson, Dennis Farina, Paul Sorvino and Epatha Merkerson

[umbertino]

 

 

Performed by John Sebastian (fmr. member of the Lovin' Spoonful) who was one of the Woodstock  festival   performing artists in 1969

 

 

 

 

 

 

RIP Epstein (Robert Hegyes) and Horshack (Ron Palillo)...The first 2 above in the pic

[umbertino]

 

 

Performed by Janet DuBois-RIP...Actor and singer

 

 

 

 

 

RIP Sherman Hemsley, Isabel Sanford, Roxie Roker ( Lenny Kravitz Mother....the one married to the white guy in the show ) and Marla Gibbs

[umbertino]

 

 

Nano nano (  btw..."nano" means dwarf / midget in Italian)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RIP Robin Williams

[umbertino]

 

 

Composed by the great Quincy Jones who died pretty  recently

 

 

 

 

 

RIP Redd Foxx

[umbertino]

 

 

Such a beautiful theme ( one of the best to me)....And a great TV series

 

Lots of memories....A bit of sadness.....I was in the States whan this one was aired for the 1st time....1980/81

 

 

 

 

All these shows ( not sure about Sanford & son and Welcome back Kotter...) used to be aired ( some still are) also here  in Italy (overdubbed in Italian obviously)...