Monthly Archives: June 2012
This Historic Day In Music: Big Bill Broonzy
I don’t remember when or where I first heard or read it, but Big Bill Broonzy is a name you don’t forget. Big Bill Broonzy played guitar and sang the Blues. Big Bill’s recording career started in November of 1927. He … Continue reading
“Friday Night”
Many years ago, I had a gig playing Friday nights at the Loaf & Ladle Restaurant on Water Street in downtown Exeter, NH. After the first year or so, I decided that I needed some kind of “theme song.” This is … Continue reading
This Historic Day In Music: June 20,1937, The Vitagraph/Warner Brothers Exchange Building, 508 Park Avenue, Dallas, Texas
Even though it was a typically hot middle-of-June Texas afternoon and even though the “recording studio” was a third-floor room in a warehouse/office building in downtown Dallas, Robert Johnson had the most productive day of recording in his career. Johnson cut seventeen … Continue reading
This Historic Day In Music: Paul McCartney
“Eight Days A Week,” “Nowhere Man,” “Hey Jude,” “I Should Have Known Better,” “Blackbird,” “I’ve Just Seen A Face,” “Help,” “Rocky Raccoon.” As you, my knowledgeable reader, knows; these are all titles of songs recorded by The Beatles. And, if you were … Continue reading
With The Help Of Many Friends…
Here’s something a bit different from my usual sixstr stories fare. I was invited to participate in this project back in April by my friend and colleague, Bob Squires and one of his students, Oscar Dupuy d’Angeac. Oscar came up with the … Continue reading
50 Years Ago Yesterday: The Audition At Abbey Road
It was 7:00 pm, on Wednesday, June 6, 1962. The Liverpool rock & roll quartet known as “The Beatles” – John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Pete Best – were in Studio Two of EMI Studios, 3 Abbey Road, … Continue reading
Pancakes & Vivaldi
I don’t know which came first, but ever since the early years of parenthood, Sunday mornings in the Sinclair household have meant two things: pancakes and classical music. The only connection that I know of between listening to classical music and eating a … Continue reading
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