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This Historic Day In Music: Judy Collins
Among the many music books that I made frequent use of in my musically formative years and that still fill my shelves, one of the most memorable is a collection of songs recorded by Judy Collins. The Judy Collins Songbook was first published in October, … Continue reading
Richie Havens
Richie Havens, one of the most instantly identifiable singers, unique guitarists and creative Folk musicians to come from the 1960’s Greenwich Village music scene, passed away yesterday at the age of 72 at his home in Jersey City, New Jersey. … Continue reading
Wrestling With The Angel, Chapter 5
If you’re a new visitor to this blog, the purpose of my Wrestling With The Angel series (or category) is to highlight and share individual songs that are on a list of mine entitled: Devastatingly Great Songs. The title phrase, “Wrestling With The Angel,” is … Continue reading
Odds & Ends, Vol.2
Odds & Ends, Vol.1 appeared in this blog on September 30, 2010. I explained the purpose of that post in its second paragraph: “Looking back over my more recent posts, I’ve realized that there are a few things I wished I’d mentioned in … Continue reading
“Deep River Blues”
(To see more Guitar TAB transcriptions, click on Guitar Music in the Categories list.) This past February, I wrote a post for this blog called “Songbooks & Sheet Music.” One of the songbooks I mentioned was Jerry Silverman’s Folk Song Encyclopedia, … Continue reading
This Historic Day In Music: Muddy Waters
On April 4, 1915, McKinley Morganfield was born on the Kroger Plantation in Rolling Fork, Mississippi. He was the second son of Ollie Morganfield and Berta Jones. When, as a youngster, little McKinley showed a penchant for playing in mud … Continue reading
Happy Easter (and the Sargasso Sea)
“Easter and the Sargasso Sea” is an acoustic guitar instrumental piece written and performed by Leo Kottke. He recorded and released it on the album Circle ‘Round The Sun in 1970. I bought my copy of the vinyl LP in the … Continue reading
This Historic Day In Music: Eric Clapton
Eric Patrick Clapton was born this day, March 30, in 1945 in Ripley, Surrey, England. Starting with his first band, The Roosters, then with The Yardbirds in 1963, on through his time with John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, Cream, Blind Faith and Derek … Continue reading
Richard, Emmylou & Rodney
It’s a bit after 1:00 am and I just got back from a concert in Boston. My friend, Chris and I went down this evening to see Richard Thompson with his “Electric Trio” and Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell with … Continue reading
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