Author Archives: sixstrstories
Home Alone
It’s been a while since I posted a piece of my music for your listening pleasure. So, here’s a guitar instrumental that I came up with a few years back, inspired by the music and playing of Elizabeth Cotten, Doc … Continue reading
A Trip To The Museum
In Boston, Massachusetts, at the Museum of Fine Arts, there is a gallery – #103 – devoted to musical instruments. (The gallery – it’s hanging sign and heavy glass door, both proclaiming: “Musical Instruments” – is located just inside the … Continue reading
Quotations Marked
This is going to be a new “category” here at sixstr stories. To start things off, here are two quotes about Folk music. “All music is Folk music. I ain’t never heard no horse sing a song.” Louis Armstrong (1901-1971) American … Continue reading
This Historic Day: Avis Louise Foss Sinclair
One hundred years ago today, on March 8, 1914, my Mother was born. Avis Louise was the first born of the six children of George P. and Stella (Libby) Foss. Growing up in Center Strafford, New Hampshire, Avis went to … Continue reading
A Valentine’s Day Song
“And I Love Her” was Paul McCartney’s first ballad. Though John Lennon may have helped a bit with the “middle eight” – the part that starts: “A love like ours, could never die…” – this song was the first in … Continue reading
This Very Historic Day
Here I am again. It’s a Sunday afternoon, a February 9th, and I can’t wait for 8:00 pm. Fifty years ago today, on that Sunday afternoon – February 9, 1964 – the ten-year-old me couldn’t wait for 8:00 pm because that … Continue reading
This Historic Day… My Daughter
What? It’s your birthday again? Whoa. Time does fly. Well, you know what to do! Par-taaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!!!!!!!!! The very happiest of birthdays to you, my dear daughter. Rock on!
Playing It Again
On May 3, 2010, I wrote and published my sixth post on sixstr stories. It was an “On This Day In Music History” post in celebration of Pete Seeger’s 91st birthday. In the days since he died, I’ve really wanted … Continue reading
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
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