Category Archives: Posts with Video
The Ticonderoga & The New Orleans Hop Scop Blues
The Shelburne Museum is located at 6000 Shelburne Road in Shelburne, Vermont. Spread across the 45 acres of the museum’s grounds are 39 buildings housing a world-renowned collection of art and Americana numbering over 100,000 items. There are also 22 … Continue reading
This Historic Day In Music: “Like A Rolling Stone”
Bob Dylan started recording songs for his sixth album on Tuesday, June 15, 1965. The session was held in Columbia Records’ Studio A, located at 799 Seventh Avenue in New York City. Tom Wilson was the producer and the band … Continue reading
Finding Covers – Chapter 5
The first time I heard and saw Leon Redbone sing and play his guitar was late at night on Saturday, February 28, 1976. Leon was the musical guest on that evening’s episode of Saturday Night Live. (It was the 15th … Continue reading
Some Kind Of Smelling Salts: “Fire In The Engine Room”
Some Kind Of Smelling Salts features songs from my personal playlist of musical stimulants and audio caffeine delivery systems; a distinct selection of creations and performances that I find to be deliciously intoxicating, undeniably invigorating and unapologetically addictive. Listening not … Continue reading
Boogie Woogie: A twohundredandthirtystr story
Boogie – (from: Merriam-Webster.com) verb: 1) to dance to Rock music, also: revel, party. 2) to move quickly. noun: 1) boogie-woogie. 2) earthy and strongly rhythmic rock music conducive to dancing. Boogie Woogie – (from: Harvard Dictionary of Music) Originally, a … Continue reading
Sparklers: “Easter And The Sargasso Sea” by Leo Kottke
This is the third installment of my next-to-newest category here at sixstr stories. It features recordings of outstanding performances by noteworthy guitarists – or outstanding guitarists giving noteworthy performances. So, ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce to you… “Easter And … Continue reading
This Historic Day In Music: Wes Montgomery – Take 2
I bought my first Wes Montgomery album when I was in high school. The purchase was made in Boston, Massachusetts, at one of the two music stores that used to stand on the block of Boylston Street in between Tremont … Continue reading
Some Kind Of Smelling Salts
“Music. What is it good for? Why do you seek it?” Journalist Christopher Hislop, skilled chronicler of the large and vibrant music scene here in my neck of the woods, poses those questions to everyone he interviews for his weekly … Continue reading
Truck Day
Truck Day is the day celebrated each year by the fans of the Boston Red Sox Baseball Team as the “official” start of the new baseball season. It is the day that the team’s equipment truck begins its journey from … Continue reading
This Historic Day In Music: Atlantic Records SD 8216
I wish I could tell you that I remember when I first heard them, but I can’t. I do remember that in 1969, starting in the middle of my sophomore year of high school, I was crazy about the new … Continue reading
