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Goodbye, Pete Seeger
The man who played the long neck, 5-string banjo that bore these words: “This machine surrounds hate and forces it to surrender” is gone. Pete Seeger was born on May 3, 1919. He passed away at New York Presbyterian Hospital … Continue reading
This Historic Day In Music: Capitol Records T-2047 (Mono LP), ST-2047 (Stereo LP)
All of the 12 songs on The Album had already been released in England. “I Saw Her Standing There” was the oldest, having been released on March 22, 1963. This song was the first track on the EMI/Parlophone LP Please Please Me. … Continue reading
Finding Covers – “O Mary, Don’t You Weep”
Bruce Springsteen has a new album out. The album is called High Hopes and, as one would expect, its release has triggered a cacophonous accompaniment of articles, interviews and record reviews. Though I have certainly not read and/or heard them all, the … Continue reading
One Thing Leads
My friend Chuck is a follower and frequent comment-leaver (#2 for 2013!) of this blog. His first comment of 2014 was left on my first post of 2014 – Happy New Year. Chuck wrote: “Just like a hazy shade of winter.” … Continue reading
Happy New Year
As the sun sets behind the hemlocks and the birches in my New Hampshire backyard on this first day of 2014… …I wish you all – followers, readers & comment-leavers; viewers, listeners & frequent or just-occasional visitors – a happy, healthy, … Continue reading
This Historic Day In Music: “Sweet Little Sixteen”
On Thursday evening, January 31, 1974, I attended a concert at The Music Hall – now known as the Citi Performing Arts Center’s Wang Theatre – in Boston, Massachusetts. Joni Mitchell was the headliner. The very popular singer, songwriter, guitarist, … Continue reading
A Hymn For The Holiday And The New Year
In 1993, I became the guitarist for The Amity Singers, a contemporary Christian vocal group at First Parish Church Congregational in Dover, New Hampshire. After I’d been with the group for a few months, I presented them with an arrangement … Continue reading
A Thanksgiving Song
I know what you’re going to say. “‘Over The River And Through The Woods’ is a Christmas song.” Well… Here’s the story. The words to “Over The River And Through The Woods” were taken from a poem. The poem was … Continue reading
T-Bone Strikes Again
The latest issue of Acoustic Guitar magazine – January 2014, Issue 253, Vol. 24, No. 7 – arrived in today’s mail. The monthly collection of song transcriptions in this issue – “6 Songs To Play” – is an especially good … Continue reading
Wrestling With The Angel, Chapter 7
“Dublin Blues” is the title of an album and a song by songwriter, singer, guitarist & luthier, Guy Clark. The album, Dublin Blues, was released in 1995 and was Guy’s 8th album. (His first, Old No. 1, came out in 1975.) It … Continue reading
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