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Highly Recommended
I have used this phrase often in my posts, in reference to an artist or a song or a book. But this is the first time, dear readers, that I have used it in reference to your comments. My most recent post, … Continue reading
On This Day In Music History: John Lennon
The room where I teach is high ceilinged, so there is plenty of room for the large, framed picture of the Beatles that hangs on the wall over the blackboard. The picture is actually a print of a black & white … Continue reading
On This Day In Music History: ???
Greetings, Readers. It’s quiz time again! What Rock trio featuring an American singer/guitarist, a British drummer and a British guitarist-turned-bass-guitarist/singer was formed on this day, October 6, in 1966, in London, England? Click on “leave a comment” below to post … Continue reading
Better Late Than Not At All
As attentive and long-time readers of this blog will know, I’ve been reading a book: Delta Blues: The Life and Times of the Mississippi Masters Who Revolutionized American Music (2008) by Ted Gioia. I’ve referenced it in several posts, starting with … Continue reading
On This Day In Music History: Gillian Welch
Today is Gillian Welch’s birthday. Born in New York City, October 2, 1967, she grew up in Los Angeles, CA, thanks to her adoptive parents, Ken and Mitzie Welch. Thanks to an elementary school music teacher, she heard the music … Continue reading
Odds & Ends, Vol.1
Hello. I’m sorry to have been away so long. Life’s been busy. No excuse, just an explanation. Looking back over my more recent posts, I’ve realized that there are a few things I wish I’d mentioned in a few of them. … Continue reading
On This Day In Music History: Bruce Springsteen
Today is Bruce Springsteen’s birthday. He was born on September 23, 1949 in Freehold, NJ, the first child and only son of Douglas and Adele Springsteen. At the age of 13, he bought his first guitar at a pawnshop for … Continue reading
One That Got Away
B.B.King and I go way back. In 1969, I bought my first B.B.King album: “Live And Well.” Downbeat magazine, which I subscribed to and read religiously at the time, had praised it as “the most important Blues recording in many … Continue reading
On This Day In Music History: “Rising Sun Blues” Again
In 1937, Georgia Turner was 16 years old, a “thin, pretty, yellow-headed miner’s daughter,” living in Middlesboro, Kentucky. Around her neighborhood, Georgia was known for her singing and, more specifically, for singing a song about a house in New Orleans … Continue reading
Summer’s Over (“Call It Stormy Monday”)
Even when the first day of Fall is many days away, for a teacher (like me), once the new school year has started and you’re back to work, that’s it: Summer’s over. So, how appropriate that today, my first day … Continue reading
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